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400m runner Pavel Maslak. Nobody really wants to be remembered as an indoor World Champion & nothing else, but it's more than 99% of runners achieve. https://worldathletics.org/news/news/pavel-maslak-retirement

Only four weeks to the season opening weekend in Norway - 16/17 November

Pretty impressive retirement credentials for track cyclist Dan Bigham - he goes off to become head of engineering at Red Bull-Bora! So not just your usual punch-drunk ex-sportsman.

Long way to go before you catch up with track athletes turned drug mules.

Just had a quick look, everything in order. And a reminder to everyone: Eurovision Sport does NOT work if you have any kind of adblocking enabled, so you might have to switch to a new browser.

It's on YouTube!

Will speed things up. There's no point in debating whether this fall was better than that fall.

Well done for a proper derny bike for the keirin!

Not quite sure why more countries don't have open air tracks. All you need is a 30cm deep pond & a week.of frosty nights. OK, not world class but good enough for a training group. Would work even in

All on YouTube, but probably geo-blocked in some countries Skating ISU - YouTube

Kicks off tomorrow with Skate America, all takes place between now & Xmas. https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/news/news-fsk/15070-isu-world-champions-malinin-chock-bates-usa-to-kick-off-isu-grand-prix-at-skate-america?templateParam=15

Well, these people always say they want to be martyrs. Glad at least somebody got the job they wanted to do when they left school.

Swimming World Cup from Shanghai live on Eurovision Sports this weekend. Morning Sessions live at 02:30, Evening Sessions live from 11:30 in Proper Time. Eurovision Sport | World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024 - Stop 1

Final weekend of the season coming up, and both Championships to be decided in over the weekend. Medals already decided in the two U-23 Races today. Women's Race on Saturday - preview and probabilities World title in Beaugrand’s hands as women hit Torremolinos for championship decider • World Triathlon Men's Race on Sunday - preview and probabilities. Alex Yee ready to roll the dice in Torremolinos Championship Finals • World Triathlon

Always a big day - it's the naming of the fortunate individuals who going to be getting Olympic Funding for the next season. 2024/25 OLYMPIC WORLD CLASS PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED | British Athletics Here's the main winners and losers, shamelessly cut and pasted from a post in the Athletics Weekly Forums. Some of the names dropped are effectively retired anyway, or have already moved to other aspects of the sport like Eiliish McColgan with Road Racing. Others might be preparing appeals.... 19 were dropped from funding Dropped from Olympic Podium (1): Holly Bradshaw Dropped from Olympic Podium Potential (10): Elizabeth Bird, Tom Gale, Elliot Giles, Jake Heyward, Jessie Knight, Eilish McColgan, Lawrence Okoye, Charlotte Purdue, Daniel Rowden, Callum Wilkinson Dropped from Olympic Relays (2): Jodie Williams, Adam Gemili Dropped from Olympic Confirmation Level (Relays) (2): Alyson Bell, Aleeya Sibbons Dropped from Olympic Confirmation Level (4): Ellie Baker, Matthew Stonier, Lucy Hadaway, Samantha Harrison 17 were added to funding Added to Olympic Podium (2): Georgia Bell, Jacob Fincham-Dukes Added to Olympic Relays (7): Toby Harries, Desiree Henrry, Louie Hinchliffe, Amy Hunt, Hannah Kelly, Lina Nielsen, Sam Reardon Added to Olympic Confirmation Level (8): Alastair Chalmers, Phoebe Gill, Romell Glave, Megan Keith, Mahamed Mahamed, Jake Norris, Calli Haugher-Thackery, Revee Walcott-Nolan 5 were moved within tiers Max Burgin (from Olympic Confirmation Level to Olympic Podium) Charlie Dobson (from Olympic Relays to Olympic Podium Potential) Amber Anning (from Olympic Confirmation Level Relay to Olympic Podium) Emile Cairess (from Olympic Confirmation Level to Olympic Podium) Tade Ojora (from Olympic Confirmation Level to Olympic Podium Potential) 43 remained at their level Olympic Podium (16): Dina Asher-Smith, Keely Hodgkinson, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Josh Kerr, Laura Muir, Jemma Reekie, Jazmin Sawyers, Jake Wightman, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Daryll Neita, Cindy Sember, Morgan Lake, Molly Caudery, Katie Snowden, Zharnel Hughes, Ben Pattison Olympic Podium Potential (9): Naomi Metzger, Aimee Pratt, Marc Scott, Jade O’Dowda, Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Neil Gourley, George Mills, Anna Purchase, Jessica Warner-Judd Olympic Confirmation Level (2): Charlotte Payne, Joshua Zeller Olympic Confirmation Level Relay (1): Yemi Mary John Olympic Relays (15): Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Laviai Nielsen, Asha Philip, Ama Pipi, Nicole Yeargin, Jona Efoloko, Victoria Ohuruogu, Jeremiah Azu, Eugene Amo-Dadzie, Joe Brier, Lewis Davey, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Bianca Williams, Rio Mitcham

Last day of the Round Robin today - here are the brackets to be filled for the weekend starting tomorrow. Doesn't look like any FTA coverage though. World Mixed Curling Championship 2024 - Play-offs Bracket (worldcurling.org)

The full season starts this weekend - it's the Big Air weekend. Practise already underway! Friday - Ski Big Air - qualifiers in the morning, finals at night. Saturday - Snowboard Big Air - qualifiers in the morning, finals at night. It's not all good though - Swiss DJs are threatening to play.

Incredible true story out of ! Seeing is be-leaf-ing! Man single-handedly plants 40,000 trees on derelict city-centre land and turns it into an urban forest that's home to 45 species of bird Seeing is be-leaf-ing! Man single-handedly plants 40,000 trees on derelict city-centre land and turns it into an urban forest that's home to 45 species of bird | Daily Mail Online

Up until clicking on the link I thought these champs were being held in BallerAT . Luckily I didn't book a flight.

Moguls and Aerials World Cup Calendar confirmed. Plenty of AirMiles to be earned. FIS | The 2024/25 FIS Freestyle World Cup – Moguls & Aerials calendar announcement (fis-ski.com)

In the domain of "Amazing true facts I have only just found out".....ice hockey was completely unknown in the until December 1946, when the first National League was created! And yet by 1954 they were World Champions.

Aaaaaaand - we have no wind. Just like the Olympics.

got a bit of work to do, currently 0-15 down to after 4 ends.

TV coverage will be PPV on Curling TV. Nothing on Discovery. However last year semis & finals of all the important events went out FTA on the Olympic Channel at the weekend & usually BBC Scotland also has some coverage of this level of event.

BBC currently predicting wind speeds of 10 times the speed of sound for Edinburgh. But we are used to changeable conditions here, so best keep pets indoors. https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2650225