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Cristophe Lemaitre struggling for an OQT, still about 0.40 off. Dafne Schippers running in her pyjamas, seemingly. Duplantis 5.92 WL, going for 6.0. Gets it!

Lots of selfies & autographs for the kids, good for her.

Six Olympic QTs, don’t know how many already had it.

Off we go in Hengelo with Sifan Hassan going in another 10,000m. Magic 70s disco lights being featured, but no accompanying Boney M soundtrack. Separate pacemakers for the Hassan group & for an OQT group. 6 minutes in & Hassan is already solo - apart from a bellowing Jos Hermans - in her WR attempt. Up on WR time at 5000m Has lapped the field. Smashes it! Over 10 secs off the WR.

Mo Farah flopped in the Birmingham 10,000m last night. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/57372151 Theoretically still has more chances, but the form looks to be a long way short of anything other than a humiliation.

I’ve said before, used to live in , wonderful people, just not very competitive since head-hunting was abolished.

Sunday evening our time will be the big finals I suppise.

Still going on. This was morning heat 1 of the Jamaican nationals! Maybe live on some kind of Caribbean ESPN or whatever.

Strange that she never reached that level in Gateshead, though. Actually the True World Record. 1. F G-J more doped than Jimi Hendrix 2. Broken wind gauge, was reading more than 3m/s all day.

I think it must be. Hamburg is cancelled as of now, but that is usually sprint races & a relay, so there are no more races until August.

Triathlon WS in sunny Leeds tomorrow. Last chance Olympic Qualifying for many nations & individuals. It’s live on BBC2 & BBC Streaming, so you might be able to tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Men’s preview. https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/wtcs_leeds_set_to_sizzle_as_mens_olympic_places_hang_in_balance Women’s preview https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/wtcs_leeds_set_for_some_olympic_sized_stories_in_an_unmissable_womens_race

For fans of micro-athletics, this is also on YouTube with a charming Italinglish commentary. (The picture on the link does not represent the actual event.). We’ve got a Moldovan javelin thrower at 84 metres, which is excellent by any standard.

So eligible for the Olympics.

Lots of good meets coming up this weekend Championship of the Small States of Europe. are kind of the of this Championship. https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/programmi/web-tv-sport European 10,000m Cup from Brum, featuring lots of attempts for Olympic Quals - including Mo Farah. https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/british-athletics-tv/2021-10000m-championships/ FBK Games from Hengelo, with a better line-up than 50% of DL events. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=world+athletics

If the authorities are arresting women players for excessive double faults it’s going to be difficult to complete tournaments. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-9652063/Russian-tennis-player-Yana-Sizikova-ARRESTED-French-Open-match-fixing-claims.html

Brilliant opportunist win for Geraint Thomas in the Dauphiné yesterday. The stage was set up as a sprint, but Thomas attacked into a sharp hairpin while all the sprinters’ teams were braking and being concertinaed out of the back. Held out for 800m for the win. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/57347261

ASO announce an official Women’s Tour de France for 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/57352842

This item could go in several categories.... Tom Pidcock has broken his collarbone in training. Is out of the Tour de Suisse, but still optimistic for the Tokyo VTT. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/57338232

I was trying to post all Saturday afternoon, but the website kept crashing and my posts all disappeared. Was travelling on Sunday & missed all the excitement.

Has been awful afternoon - I’m trying to get things moving in the Athletics forum but nothing is sticking.

doing really well so far, would be horrible if nul points in the HJ cost them a win.

Damiano Caruso makes early bid for glory. Has 45 secs over Bernal & Yates with 30k to go.

Typically Swiss hooliganism & irresponsible behaviour from the cowbell-wielding fans there.

Here we go - 88k worth of climbing & descending coming up. Breakaway has 4 mins, won’t last. Multiple riders with reasons to attack, so....

Swiss/Italian border obviously like the Swiss/French border; all the rich people’s houses are on the Swiss side.