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well, here in Italy (right now, you know...) also women's Alpine Skiing has way better TV ratings than men's
 
Swimming also had the same attitude for years thanks to Federica Pellegrini (only Massimiliano Rosolino somehow had and still has a comparable degree of popularity...even Paltrinieri doesn't stand a chance to draw the same attention those 2 had in their prime)

Two big meets tomorrow - unfortunately Berlin seems to be restricted to German & Polish TV only.
 
Madrid is the Gold Tour Final - preview here.
 
https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/meeting-indoor-tour-final-madrid-2024-charlton

“Looks like I’ve picked a bad week to quit drinking:
 

“Looks like I’ve picked a bad week to quit drinking:
 

“Looks like I’ve picked a bad week to quit drinking:
 

The problem is that globally you are creating two different sports. The high-tech 20% will compete to one set of rules, the low-tech poor 80% will compete to another.  What good does that do?

The problem is that globally you are creating two different sports. The high-tech 20% will compete to one set of rules, the low-tech poor 80% will compete to another.  What good does that do?

The problem is that globally you are creating two different sports. The high-tech 20% will compete to one set of rules, the low-tech poor 80% will compete to another.  What good does that do?

The problem is that globally you are creating two different sports. The high-tech 20% will compete to one set of rules, the low-tech poor 80% will compete to another.  What good does that do?

Just caught up with those two races. Absolute classics in front of big crowds.  First American male win in a distance race since Bill Koch in the early 1980s.

All live on Eurovisionsport, before anyone asks.
 
eurovisionsport.com/explore/federation?id=LandingPage-IBU

British team a bit skinny for a Home Games, but everyone has their own priorities.
 
 
Women
Georgia Bell (1500m)
Isabelle Boffey (800m)
Molly Caudery (pole vault)
Morgan Lake (high jump)
Laura Muir (3,000m)
Laviai Nielsen (400m)
Jemma Reekie (800m)
Cindy Sember (60m hurdles)
Revee Walcott-Nolan (1500m)
4x400m: Hannah Brier, Hannah Kelly, Jessie Knight, Laviai Nielsen, Lina Nielsen and Ama Pipi 
 
Men
Jeremiah Azu (60m)
Callum Elson, (1500m)
Adam Fogg (1500m)
Josh Kerr (3,000m)
David King (60m hurdles)
Tade Ojora (60m hurdles)
 

Still finalizing acceptances, I think. 

For the first time since 2017, Norway completes a world championship without any medals in women's events.

OMG, classic, epic last shoot disaster for !  

OMG, classic, epic last shoot disaster for !  

OMG, classic, epic last shoot disaster for !  

Tbf a gale started blowing so she was caught on a tightrope halfway across the chasm.

Oooh, nasty one.  In competition of course there are always volunteers on hand to stop precisely that kind of runaway sled, but I guess not so in practice.
 
Swiss bobsledder Sandro Michel is recovering in hospital after being run over by a sled in training for this weekend's World Cup race in Germany.
 
Michel was lying on the track after being thrown from a four-man sled when it crashed in Altenberg.
 
He was then run over by the sled, which Swiss Sliding said "was uncontrollably sliding back from the finish area".
 
 
Sandro Michel: Swiss bobsledder in hospital after being run over by sled in training crash - BBC Sport
 

Oooh, nasty one.  In competition of course there are always volunteers on hand to stop precisely that kind of runaway sled, but I guess not so in practice.
 
Swiss bobsledder Sandro Michel is recovering in hospital after being run over by a sled in training for this weekend's World Cup race in Germany.
 
Michel was lying on the track after being thrown from a four-man sled when it crashed in Altenberg.
 
He was then run over by the sled, which Swiss Sliding said "was uncontrollably sliding back from the finish area".
 
 
Sandro Michel: Swiss bobsledder in hospital after being run over by sled in training crash - BBC Sport
 

Got a huge glut of good meets this week.  Outdoor Gold meet from Melbourne on Thursday with plenty international names.
 
https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/maurie-plant-meet-melbourne-2024

Got a huge glut of good meets this week.  Outdoor Gold meet from Melbourne on Thursday with plenty international names.
 
https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/maurie-plant-meet-melbourne-2024

More athletics this week - first up is a Silver meet in Belgrade on YT.
 
 

And a special Jumps meet from 
 
 

More athletics this week - first up is a Silver meet in Belgrade on YT.