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Of course you don’t miss it;  is the largest & most underperforming nation in the history of Commonwealth sports. I agree that the CG does not mean as much as it did 40 years ago, but it is still a vital stepping stone to full World & Olympic level/

Yeah, the progressive left are more thorough-going cultural imperialists than King Leopold of Belgium.

Of course you don’t miss it;  is the largest & most underperforming nation in the history of Commonwealth sports. I agree that the CG does not mean as much as it did 40 years ago, but it is still a vital stepping stone to full World & Olympic level/

Not just him.  They’ll be measuring time gaps with a calendar.

That was funny, like he was dropping off the children for kindergarten.

Yeah, the progressive left are more thorough-going cultural imperialists than King Leopold of Belgium.

The irony is that the IOC did not suspend her of course. And her suspension ends before the Games for what concerns international authorities. So it's the Americans themselves with their trials system which are preventing Richardson to compete at the Olympics. No one from the IOC is forcing them to chose their team based on only race's results.

Ivo Schelling defending the KoM like a true Dutchman - anything over 250m & he’s a dead man.

Dunno if Femke Bol is getting a bonus for each PB/NR, but if she is, she’s earning more than Messi - 53.33 NR.

There you have it! 

It is a huge bargain compared to all other internet subscription sports deals out there. Almost all of them you are paying double or triple for just a single sport.

Think he has a chance. I don’t think he has reached his limit yet, so as long as he keeps getting into high profile races it will be good for him.

Hadn’t realised that Jacob Ingebritsen was a late withdrawal: obviously when the schedule was set it was meant to be a double-barreled salvo of ness.

Incredible 48.56 AR from Christine Mboma  in the Bydgoszcz 400m.  Justyna Swiety about 30m behind.
 
5.89 PB for Obiena  in the PV.

Incredible 48.56 AR from Christine Mboma  in the Bydgoszcz 400m.  Justyna Swiety about 30m behind.
 
5.89 PB for Obiena  in the PV.

Incredible 48.56 AR from Christine Mboma  in the Bydgoszcz 400m.  Justyna Swiety about 30m behind.
 
5.89 PB for Obiena  in the PV.

Last chance for non qualified athletes in heir journey to Tokyo

Well, unlike their neighbours , who take a less pedantic approach to national origins.

Well, unlike their neighbours , who take a less pedantic approach to national origins.

Only one hockey stick per case is the rule. Or perhaps they have enough to make an arc de triomphe over the front door.

Day 1 of the Lithuanian Athletics Championships highlights:
 
Tomas Keršulis was not known to nearly everyone in the stadium this evening, he started in the slowest heat of 400m and blew away the competition and everybody questioned the time posted on the clock. Nobody was able to beat his time in the faster heats and he became a Lithuanian champion in his very first competition in Lithuania. (he lives and trains in USA)
 
3000m. Steeplechase was lucky today for Giedrius Valinčius, who ran under 9 minutes and qualified to the European U23. It is the final chance to qualify to U23, the U20s still have an additional week of competitions. 
 
Adrijus Glebauskas was aiming for the Olympic qualification mark in the high jump, but eventually he got stuck on 2.31 (3rd attempt looked good). He won the championship with a 2.29 jump, it might be good enough to sneak him through the rating system.
 
Highlight was the Discus Throw for men, where Gudžius without question won with a rather humble 67.21. What stole the attention of everyone was that Mykolas Alekna decided to take part in the competition throwing the senior discus (he only did that once last year). His best throw was 63.52, he became the 8th best thrower in Lithuanian history, broke the Lithuanian 19yo record and took the WL in his age group. His older brother Martynas came in 3rd with a 58.26 and of course during the medal ceremony, it was Virgilijus Alekna that awarded the medals.
 
Nothing too crazy on the women's side.
 
Urtė Bačianskaitė qualified to the U23 in shot put, she had failed to qualify in heptathlon and focused on the shot put instead.
Beatričė Juškevičiūtė also qualified in the 100m Hurdles for U23, but she'll start in heptathlon.
 
Everything interesting happened in the discus, where Ieva Zarankaitė broke her PB after an abyssmal season. It was the first time this year that she threw above 60 metres and her score was 62.08, which might help her qualify through rating. Second was Zinaida Sendriūtė with a competitive 59.51. Finally, Paulina Stuglytė, born in 2004, took the 3rd place with a 48.91. She broke the Lithuanian 16yo record, but was 9cm too short to a U20 World Champ qualifying mark, but she has qualified to the European U20 already earlier this month.
 
I'll come back to this tomorrow, Airinė Palšytė, Edis Matusevičius, Liveta Jasiūnaitė, Gediminas Truskauskas and a triple jump battle between Kilty and Zagainova are the things to watch tomorrow.

Only one hockey stick per case is the rule. Or perhaps they have enough to make an arc de triomphe over the front door.

What’s that strange noise in the street? Why, Scotland have scored! I never thought I’d hear that sound again before I died.

No doubt because UEFA have sold the stadium-coloring-with-lights permissions to some Chinese betting company.

How is he a “victim”? He had his sporting career. He wasn’t very good. Along with seven billion other people. Now, at age 43, he wants to steal someone else’s career? He’s not the victim, Feagaiga Stowers  is the victim. She has had her Oceania gold medal & Olympic place stolen from her by a selfish, greedy, second rate man.  He deserves all the hatred he gets.
 
Feagaiga Stowers, say her name.