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Puripol Boonson seizes home men's 100m sprint gold after going sub-10 seconds in heats
 
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/sea-games-athletics-mens-100m-final-results-puripol-boonson
 
First Southeast Asian to go under ten seconds in the 100 meters.

Well, other countries didn't reveal their price tag  

I think business as usual, because we are not mining medals in swimming and athletics. At best we could be third on the medal tally.
 
Our aquatics federation did a lot of preparation compared to previous editions, let's see how they fare against Singapore and Vietnam. Athletics held training camp in Japan and Kenya. In badminton we only send the best young athletes, but people expect Thailand to dominate as they send all their world class players (as you might expect from a host).

Same thing happened to the sport climbing, the Indonesian Olympians are not joining, so we send junior athletes instead (which has better times than most Southeast Asian climbers anyway). The Indonesian Sport Climbing Federation president said that "there are pressure to ensure we do not include our top athletes".

Olympedia update.
The IOC did pull out of the deal because of "budget reasons" but we compromised by accepting less money and just updating 2024 and not Milan-Cortina for the time being.
The result is that the contract was signed this week and we just need to transfer our private data to Olympedia and then it will be back up to date.
Unfortunately not all our members were happy with the IOC's behavior and some may leave us because of this.

INDONESIA
 
Dua Empat ft. Mar Vilaseca - My Funny Guy
 

 
Introduction
 
 
 
Lyrics
 
 

I'll join,  entry will be revealed later on 

I'll join,  entry will be revealed later on 

Or possibly not...
The IOC may pull out of the deal because of budget reasons

It’s sad to think about all the amazing things the IOC could do with their media and archives, if only they understood or cared to

Guatemala   is ready to attend XX Bolivarian Games in Ayacucho-Lima  November 22 - December 7 2025
 
132 athletes in 28 sports
 
Flag bearers: Christopher Martínez (Badminton)  Sofía Cabrera (Modern Pentathlon)

You’re referring to the 2027 Winter University Games. For a while there, I thought the original host of the Summer Games, Chungcheong Province, Korea, had backed out. 

Just finished a dream trip to Japan recently...
 

 

 

 
Also included a visit to Expo 2025 and Japan Olympic Museum too
 
 

Could be both. The sport is indeed not that popular here. Not many common people know about the event until it went viral for the wrong reason (Israeli athletes participation).
 
Tickets are already cheap (almost 60% cheaper than in 2023), but maybe still too expensive for non gymnastics fans.
 
Currently the Premium VIP tickets for the apparatus finals are already sold out, I believe the buyers are mostly foreigners.
 
If only Rifda Irfanaluthfi is still competing, maybe it could boost the crowd numbers a bit.

e-sports Olympics cancelled for now! 
 
IOC and Saudi organizers just broke up (mrs. Coventry finally is starting to put Bach's shit aside )
 
https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-statement-on-the-olympic-esports-games

So funny and so sad at the same time
 

By no means a skilled person in taking photos, but here are some snaps from the stands
 

 

This one is the best , we can see the flag 

By no means a skilled person in taking photos, but here are some snaps from the stands
 

 

Also sitting a few rows below Sugihara's mother means I was also on TV a few times

By no means a skilled person in taking photos, but here are some snaps from the stands
 

 

Just finished a dream trip to Japan recently...
 

 

 

 
Also included a visit to Expo 2025 and Japan Olympic Museum too
 
 

Just finished a dream trip to Japan recently...
 

 

 

 
Also included a visit to Expo 2025 and Japan Olympic Museum too
 
 

Just finished a dream trip to Japan recently...
 

 

 

 
Also included a visit to Expo 2025 and Japan Olympic Museum too
 
 

Just finished a dream trip to Japan recently...
 

 

 

 
Also included a visit to Expo 2025 and Japan Olympic Museum too