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  1. Grassmarket
    Have seen that done before! An Israeli (well, probably Russian) guy - can’t remember his name - did the same thing a couple of years ago. Lapped the field in the first 2-3 laps, but crucially settled into the back of the peleton and then hung on easily in the final of a World Cup 1500m race.
  2. Grassmarket
    Khrushchev (Khrush) was also a Ukrainian beetle. There was a Russian lady 400m runner called Krivoshapka - Crooked Hat. Also a few Chernousov/Chernousovas = Black mouth. (It’s because of serfdom - owners would give their serfs insulting names)
  3. Grassmarket
    There’s a new Russian guy in the WC whose name literally means Shooter - Streltsov.
  4. Grassmarket
    Ester!
  5. Grassmarket
    Geez, sad news....Mickaela Shiffrin’s father was killed in a domestic accident this week. Just awful for her, TV cameras always focussed on her mother but seemingly her father also travelled with her to her races, and knew lots of people on the Tour.
  6. Grassmarket
    World Indoor Tour moves on to Toruń, Poland tonight. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/preview/torun-copernicus-cup-preview-2020 There might be live coverage here. All in , but everyone knows that it’s a very easy language to learn. https://sport.tvp.pl/46534985/orlen-copernicus-cup-w-toruniu-transmisja-w-tvp-sport-transmisja-na-zywo-stream-gdzie-ogladac-kiedy-zawody
  7. Grassmarket
    4 3 Final!
  8. Grassmarket
    For those of us in the UK, all the Team GB matches are on the Freesports Channel as usual, which is also streamed on the STV streaming app if you can’t get the Digital Channel.
  9. Grassmarket
    One of sport’s great mysteries is why the world’s skating & field hockey super-power is so verschrikelijk when the two are combined. The only thing they are worse at is penalty shootouts.
  10. Grassmarket
    Filip Ingebritsen gets a 3:36.32 WL in the 1500m, will hold it until his brother Jakob runs his first race of the season.
  11. Grassmarket
    Well, that and the Russians being caught doping a lot more than anyone else.
  12. Grassmarket
    Redgrave’s medal was in the Four.
  13. Grassmarket
    Well Steve Redwood won an Olympic Gold in rowing as a diabetic, there are diabetic professional soccer players, there is or was an-all diabetic pro cycling team in the States etc etc.
  14. Grassmarket
    There’s plenty of people with diabetes & many other manageable conditions who benefit from TUEs. Are you saying they should be thrown out of top-level sport just because a minority abuse the rules? Hardly fair, the solution is to amend the rules to prevent abuse - only neutral doctors can prescribe, renewals are not automatically granted, statistics are published at year end etc etc.
  15. Grassmarket
    Just a reminder World Indoor Tour III tomorrow from Dusseldorf, live on Eurosport. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/dusseldorf-world-indoor-tour-preview-2020 Looks like the best meet so far.
  16. Grassmarket
    I am sure there is one tiny village shop deep in the forests of Oregon that has an amazing selection of shoes. Similarly a village shop way up beyond the Norwegian Arctic Circle full of cross-country skis, another deep in the Black Forest that sells luges etc etc.
  17. Grassmarket
    Oi, Talay DQF she should know better!
  18. Grassmarket
    OK, it should be normal that young athletes improve every year in the early indoor season but it is always good to see.
  19. Grassmarket
    Mahuchikh 2.02 WR U20!
  20. Grassmarket
    There you go, NR for Salome Lang , 1.93 in the HJ. Must be cursing her luck with no World Champs...
  21. Grassmarket
    Oh sure, but it was only on US TV and expensive Pay Streaming. Could have mentioned also the Scottish National Championships last weekend. N But this is the first meet everyone gets to see. Should say also that this year’s performances do not count towards the postponed Worlds - clock will reset next January.
  22. Grassmarket
    Europeans (Torun, Poland) will be rescheduled with a two-week gap between them and the Worlds to give athletes the chance to double up. We have live international athletics on TV for the first time in 2020 tonight! The Karlsruhe meet is on ES in about an hour, Dusseldorf meet also live on ES on Tuesday.
  23. Grassmarket
    Seemingly, because of the shortage of snow they had built a really complicated twisting looping course and he wasn’t the only one to get confused. We have seen people lose medals because of this before.
  24. Grassmarket
    Nico Walter’s crew trashed about €20,000 worth of kit.
  25. Grassmarket
    Oh dear, Kuehn 0 for 5.
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