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More World Cup triathlon tomorrow - this time from Rome. https://www.youtube.com/@worldtriathlon

The good news for Iranian worshippers is that sermons will be a lot shorter over the next few weeks. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13924269/Irans-supreme-leader-Ali-Khamenei-holds-rifle-sermon-rants-Israel-not-long-hails-October-7-massacre.html?ico=comment-anchor#comments

Two big wins today for young British cyclists. 20-year old Max Poole won the big mountain stage in the Tour of Langkawi. Might put him in with a chance of the overall, but lots of sprint stages to come. 18 year old Cat Ferguson - after double gold in the World Juniors last week - got her biggest and most prestigious win in the Belgian cobbled climb at Binche-Chimay-Binche. Both on Discovery Plus if you want to catch up.

Maybe can put in a transfer bid?

.......oooh wait a while......gap is coming down.

There we go, 50km left & Pogačar is on his own.

Well, you got it!

And they've let all the big names get back on..... Hoping all this rain is falling as snow in the mountains btw.

Berlin Marathon this weekend - always the focus of record attempts. Sadly no pan-European coverage - in it's on a pay streaming service. https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/

Am boycotting all George RR Martin productions until he finishes what he started.

Hey, we have cross country skiing on snow this weekend! It is the German Indoor Championships, using what looks to be some top-secret James Bond villain's lair in the former , filled with artificial or preserved snow. Langlauf - xc-ski.de - YouTube

I watched the first series, will catch up when it's finished. I'm not that huge Tolkein purist, so did like S1.

Very bad news from the Junior Women's today. I noticed also there was an Italian from the first chasing group who fell about 100m from the line and was not getting up. Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer is in a "very critical" condition after suffering a serious head injury at the Road and Para-cycling World Championships. The 18-year-old crashed during the junior road race - authorities say they are "extremely concerned" about her condition. Road Worlds: Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer 'very critical' after crash - BBC Sport

Here's a bit more about what's behind it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/ce8d033z430o

I doubt that. It will mean only a doping rubber stamp and a promise not to swear at the ice skating moppets in public,

So, kind of forgotten about at the end of the summer season, we have two events to go in the World Triathlon Championship Series, the last WTCS regular season races of the year in Weihai , then the Final in in mid-October. All to play for because there are double points up for grabs in the last race, so effectively nothing really decided yet. Races are tomorrow morning time, so pretty much overnight in Europe. Races are full Olympic length and apparently a hilly cycling course. Here's the situation and preview for the Men. World Triathlon Championship Series Weihai ready for another epic Wilde vs Yee battle | World Triathlon Championship Series And for the women Women's World Triathlon Championship Series rankings to heat up in Weihai | World Triathlon Championship Series

Info is at that link now. It's really more of a promo than a meet. But it's on YT anyway. ATHLOS - YouTube

TV insists, I am sure. Also puts the team weather forecaster out of a job.

Just an early heads-up - the two races in the Triathlon World Series from this weekend are both on Friday morning Europe time, so plan accordingly! More details later.

Also early season Short Track Speed Skating! US Speedskating - YouTube

Nationals and qualifying races for the World Cup Series* live on YT this weekend! US Speedskating - YouTube *Eh, what's that you say? Speak up, man and stop muttering! Short Track World Tour you say......

BBC will have lots of coverage of the World Road Championships, both Para & Standard. And even on pukka BBC2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c8xejdly5z4o

For non baseball fans this is like being a dual discus\200m medallist.

Quite a few things going. Summer ski jumping, summer biathlon, snow Freestyle WC from New Zealand have already been going for a while. We also have a lot of curling and the Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix Series is in week 3 or 4 or something.

Road Running and Marathons for the next few weeks, but we also have the Third Edition of the European U-20 Club DNA shootout from Portugal this weekend. The Format is 12 teams from different European Countries, two quick (circa 150 mins for a range of events) Cup Matches of 6 teams each on Saturday, then a B Final and A Final on Sunday. All live on YT. DNA U20 Clubs Pombal 2024