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  1. Nickyc707
    In the 2022/23 Pro League last December GB (as opposed to England) beat the Netherlands 3-0 and drew the return match 1-1. I agree that the Netherlands are the favourites but most of the England team have recent experience of beating this Dutch team. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_Men's_FIH_Pro_League
  2. Nickyc707
    I agree the men's tournament is going to be much harder to call than the women's next year judging by the FIH Pro League last winter with a real mixture of results and no really dominant teams. Should make for a fascinating OG event. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_Men's_FIH_Pro_League Interestingly the finalists here finshed top of the league during the winter so it appears to have benefited them coming into this tournament.
  3. Nickyc707
    Seems very risky if they did this when they only finished two pts clear of the 10th placed athlete.
  4. Nickyc707
    Lol. Nine competitors covered by three points. 🤔
  5. Nickyc707
    Surprisingly Clouvel failed to qualify for the final.
  6. Nickyc707
    GB has revived its long tradition in both the men's and women's 800 & 1500 m in the past 5-10 years and Scottish runners have played a big part in this. It's a big turnaround as British teams 10-20 years ago often only had one Scottish athlete - Liz McConnell. They were almost invariably outnumbered by Welsh athletes. I'm sure there's way more to it but the improvement seems to have coincided with Glasgow hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  7. Nickyc707
    To be more specific it stays at the same athletics club in Edinburgh.
  8. Nickyc707
    It would have been the final embarrassment for Ingebrigtsen if his father had successfully coached Nordas to beat him.
  9. Nickyc707
    GB are best of the rest and a bit of a wild card. They only compete as GB in the fourth year of each Olympic cycle so we'll get a better idea over the next twelve months. I still doubt that they'll medal this time but if they qualify and reach the semis who knows.
  10. Nickyc707
    The top three together with and seem to be the main contenders for medals next year judging by the results in last winter's international hockey league. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_Women's_FIH_Pro_League
  11. Nickyc707
    Yesterday we saw the 36 year old European men's 400 m record go. I think we're also going to see the even older 44 year old men's 200 m record go this week.
  12. Nickyc707
    I knew it was large enough but I was more concerned about the suitability of the summer weather conditions.
  13. Nickyc707
    That's a bit unfair when we gave the world Boris Johnson.
  14. Nickyc707
    Any suitable lakes for the sailing?
  15. Nickyc707
    Reminded me of this guy who competed in basketball at the 1964 Games and then by 1976 in Montreal had switched to sailing. Not too many obvious links between these two sports. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/András_Haán
  16. Nickyc707
    Take the consolation that quotas are more important than medals in 2023. 2024 is for medals.
  17. Nickyc707
    Is this what they mean by Double Dutch? Somewhere a Dutchman must have shot an albatross.
  18. Nickyc707
    Huge turn around in race 10. Wearn started 20 pts behind and finished 20 pts ahead. You don't very often see that degree of change among the medal contenders so late in the contest.
  19. Nickyc707
    He'll get another chance next month at the European Kite championships at Portsmouth.
  20. Nickyc707
    They've postponed the windsurfing races but appear to be still hoping they might get some of the other races in.
  21. Nickyc707
    The same 1-2 finish as Tokyo.
  22. Nickyc707
    I think the Aussies' preferred word is whinging.
  23. Nickyc707
    And finally today's bit of useless information. The first woman to win a gold medal at the OG was in sailing in 1900 in an early example of a "mixed event". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hélène_de_Pourtalès I believe the image is of her in her sailing kit.
  24. Nickyc707
    Seven of the ten events. The others are the men's and women's skiffs (49er & 49erFX) and the mixed multihull (Nacra17).
  25. Nickyc707
    The top three almost in home waters - literally so in the case of the Dutch.
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