Nickyc707

I believe one of only two known holocaust survivors to go on to compete at the Olympics.
 
https://www.teamgb.com/article/sir-ben-helfgott-1929-2023/1xaWCon1OFwS94BPuRg3DG?s=09
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Helfgott

Rest In Peace  Sir Ben Helfgott  1929-2023
His parents and sister were killed by the Nazis and he survived 3 years at the Triblinka extermination camp before sent to England after the war ended.
He was captain of the British weightlifting team at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and became a leader of the Jewish community in the UK.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2018.

The moment Mark Selby achieved his maximum. The score 9-8 to Luca Brecel after the first two sessions in the best of 35 frame final.
 
 

I guess my take on this is that on the women's side, GB are benefiting from an improving Italy and vice versa - it's pushing both teams to get better and better and they know that there is a potential medal up for grabs in Paris. I would say that both teams rely on their big names performing and perhaps GB have an edge in terms of the depth of squad available - shown by the great performance from Beckie Downie on the uneven bars.
 
The British men are stronger than Italy but the squad that we have taken to Turkey isn't our strongest so Italy taking the gold was a fair reflection of the teams current status. GB really need Joe Fraser and Giarnni Regini Moran to be fully fit and more consistent performances from Jake Jarman. Add in Courtney Tulloch and the possible return of Max Whitlock and that is a pretty solid team with medal potential across multiple events. 
 
The one benefit for GB at the moment is that having got their Olympic qualification in the bag last year, this is a free year for them - so everyone that needs to is going under the surgeon's knife now and/or reworking their routines to increase degree of difficulty. 

tbh, very disappointing performance by our girls (they scored almost 166 points last week in the Jesolo Trophy vs the Americans -tbh, a 3rd tier team from the USA).
 
as usual, the balance beam was a disaster with falls, mistakes and low D scores to start.
 
even at the floor, which is supposed to be one of our strong apparatus, we had a lot of troubles (we couldn't even use the 4th girl) and mistakes.
 
well deserved loss, in the end.
 
hopefully our media will stop overexposing these girls. they are good, but not that good as they are depicted.
 
or maybe not...our media usually never learn from their capital mistakes. 

Undisputed? That's stretching your credibility just a bit - remind me which European nation was the only one to qualify for Olympics at the 1st opportunity cos it certainly wasn't Italy . Don't get me wrong - a great result for the Italian guys but they barely scraped home against a seriously weakened Team GB.

2023 British National Championships- Sheffield, Great Britain   
April 5- April 9, 2023
 
Meet Results
 
 
The following new OQTs were achieved
 
Women’s 50m Freestyle 
Anna Hopkin  
 
Women’s 100m Freestyle 
Freya Anderson  
Anna Hopkin  
 
Women’s 200m Freestyle
Freya Anderson  
Abbie Wood  
 
Women’s 400m Freestyle
Freya Colbert  
 
Women’s 100m Backstroke
Medi Harris  
 
Women’s 200m Backstroke
Katie Shanahan  
Freya Colbert  
 
Women’s 200m Butterfly 
Emily Large  
Keanna MacInnes  
 
Women’s 200m Individual Medley
Katie Shanahan
Abbie Wood  
 
Women’s 400m Individual Medley
Freya Colbert  
Katie Shanahan  
 
Men’s 50m Freestyle
Lewis Burras  
Benjamin Proud  
 
Men’s 100m Freestyle
Matthew Richards  
Lewis Burras  
Duncan Scott  
 
Men’s 200m Freestyle
Matthew Richards  
Thomas Dean
James Guy
Duncan Scott  
 
Men’s 800m Freestyle 
Daniel Jervis  
 
Men’s 1500m Freestyle
Daniel Jervis  
 
Men’s 200m Backstroke
Oliver Morgan  
Brodie Williams  
 
Men’s 100m Butterfly
Jacob Peters  
James Guy  
 
Men’s 200m Individual Medley
Thomas Dean  
Duncan Scott  

I always think Bart Swings is a great name for a speed skater.

I always think Bart Swings is a great name for a speed skater.

WT Championship Series 1 (Abu Dhabi ) Results
 
Elite Men
1.  Alex Yee 52:53
2.  Vasco Vilaca 52:59
3.  Manoel Messias 53:06
 
Elite Women
1.  Beth Potter 57:56
2.  Sophie Coldwell 58:14
3.  Taylor Spivey 58:27

Women's Park Final
 
1   Brown          90.83
2  Hiraki           86.66
3  Yosozumi    85.15
4  Kusaki         84.50
5  Wettstein    84.40
6  Tamblyn      81.53
7  Stess          80.33
8  Marhoefer  80.18
 
The same podium as in Tokyo but in reverse order.

Women's Park Final
 
1   Brown          90.83
2  Hiraki           86.66
3  Yosozumi    85.15
4  Kusaki         84.50
5  Wettstein    84.40
6  Tamblyn      81.53
7  Stess          80.33
8  Marhoefer  80.18
 
The same podium as in Tokyo but in reverse order.

The women's park finals will have three athletes from and two from . I'd like to hope the men's final will be a bit more diverse, but the semis only have in a sea of

Which is why trying to build on the European Championships concept makes more sense. The truth is we don't need a European Games but the powers that be wanted to bring Europe into line with the other continents. The individual sport's European championships are very competitive and successful in their own rights so why would the governing bodies want to relegate them to the European Games?

Mixed Team Skeleton Top 10 Final
 
1. Susanne Kreher / Christopher Grotheer 2:24.91
2. Laura Deas / Matt Weston 2:25.04
3. Brogan Crowley / Craig Thompson 2:25.32
4. Valentina Margaglio / Amedeo Bagnis 2:25.51
5. Zhao Dan / Yan Wengang 2:25.83
6. Mirela Rahneva / Blake Enzie 2:25.98
7. Tina Hermann / Felix Keisinger 2:26.21
8. Hallie Clarke / Andrew Blaser 2:26.66
9. Li Yuxi / CHEN Wenhao 2:26.81
10. Alessia Crippa / Mattia Gaspari 2:26.82

Thanks, Fixed

Wrong link I think.
 
https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=41544

Don't forget Duterte of the Phillipines who left office in June.

Because in those countries more densely populated urban areas, which tend to be more pro left, take longer to count than more sparsely populated rural areas which lean right.
 
The reverse tends to be true in the UK where we both vote. Other than in very one-sided elections either way the left often builds up a lead in seats as the urban votes are counted more quickly. This is because these constituencies tend to have slightly lower turnout and be geographically smaller and therefore votes arrive at the counting centres more quickly. And then as the night goes on 'magically' the right begins to catch up and often overtake the left as votes counts are completed in more rural areas. Even within individual constituencies (especially marginals) this phenoma occurs - I speak as someone who has attended many counts in different capacities - but most people aren't aware of it because they only see the final results for each seat.
 
I'm not sure how serious you are but similar comments from politicians in many long established democracies frighten me as they are well aware of these factors but try to manipulate them to undermine the credibility of what are almost always free and fair elections. I don't normally comment on politics on this site but I've never feared for democracy more than I do at the moment as a result of the behaviour of populist politicians in attacking democratic institutions in their countries and their refusal to accept the result of elections that do not go their way.

Because in those countries more densely populated urban areas, which tend to be more pro left, take longer to count than more sparsely populated rural areas which lean right.
 
The reverse tends to be true in the UK where we both vote. Other than in very one-sided elections either way the left often builds up a lead in seats as the urban votes are counted more quickly. This is because these constituencies tend to have slightly lower turnout and be geographically smaller and therefore votes arrive at the counting centres more quickly. And then as the night goes on 'magically' the right begins to catch up and often overtake the left as votes counts are completed in more rural areas. Even within individual constituencies (especially marginals) this phenoma occurs - I speak as someone who has attended many counts in different capacities - but most people aren't aware of it because they only see the final results for each seat.
 
I'm not sure how serious you are but similar comments from politicians in many long established democracies frighten me as they are well aware of these factors but try to manipulate them to undermine the credibility of what are almost always free and fair elections. I don't normally comment on politics on this site but I've never feared for democracy more than I do at the moment as a result of the behaviour of populist politicians in attacking democratic institutions in their countries and their refusal to accept the result of elections that do not go their way.

Because in those countries more densely populated urban areas, which tend to be more pro left, take longer to count than more sparsely populated rural areas which lean right.
 
The reverse tends to be true in the UK where we both vote. Other than in very one-sided elections either way the left often builds up a lead in seats as the urban votes are counted more quickly. This is because these constituencies tend to have slightly lower turnout and be geographically smaller and therefore votes arrive at the counting centres more quickly. And then as the night goes on 'magically' the right begins to catch up and often overtake the left as votes counts are completed in more rural areas. Even within individual constituencies (especially marginals) this phenoma occurs - I speak as someone who has attended many counts in different capacities - but most people aren't aware of it because they only see the final results for each seat.
 
I'm not sure how serious you are but similar comments from politicians in many long established democracies frighten me as they are well aware of these factors but try to manipulate them to undermine the credibility of what are almost always free and fair elections. I don't normally comment on politics on this site but I've never feared for democracy more than I do at the moment as a result of the behaviour of populist politicians in attacking democratic institutions in their countries and their refusal to accept the result of elections that do not go their way.

Because in those countries more densely populated urban areas, which tend to be more pro left, take longer to count than more sparsely populated rural areas which lean right.
 
The reverse tends to be true in the UK where we both vote. Other than in very one-sided elections either way the left often builds up a lead in seats as the urban votes are counted more quickly. This is because these constituencies tend to have slightly lower turnout and be geographically smaller and therefore votes arrive at the counting centres more quickly. And then as the night goes on 'magically' the right begins to catch up and often overtake the left as votes counts are completed in more rural areas. Even within individual constituencies (especially marginals) this phenoma occurs - I speak as someone who has attended many counts in different capacities - but most people aren't aware of it because they only see the final results for each seat.
 
I'm not sure how serious you are but similar comments from politicians in many long established democracies frighten me as they are well aware of these factors but try to manipulate them to undermine the credibility of what are almost always free and fair elections. I don't normally comment on politics on this site but I've never feared for democracy more than I do at the moment as a result of the behaviour of populist politicians in attacking democratic institutions in their countries and their refusal to accept the result of elections that do not go their way.

Because in those countries more densely populated urban areas, which tend to be more pro left, take longer to count than more sparsely populated rural areas which lean right.
 
The reverse tends to be true in the UK where we both vote. Other than in very one-sided elections either way the left often builds up a lead in seats as the urban votes are counted more quickly. This is because these constituencies tend to have slightly lower turnout and be geographically smaller and therefore votes arrive at the counting centres more quickly. And then as the night goes on 'magically' the right begins to catch up and often overtake the left as votes counts are completed in more rural areas. Even within individual constituencies (especially marginals) this phenoma occurs - I speak as someone who has attended many counts in different capacities - but most people aren't aware of it because they only see the final results for each seat.
 
I'm not sure how serious you are but similar comments from politicians in many long established democracies frighten me as they are well aware of these factors but try to manipulate them to undermine the credibility of what are almost always free and fair elections. I don't normally comment on politics on this site but I've never feared for democracy more than I do at the moment as a result of the behaviour of populist politicians in attacking democratic institutions in their countries and their refusal to accept the result of elections that do not go their way.

Ah yes, those magical super starts for the rightist populists, as if they're an F1 driver who started a minute before the lights went out. They're becoming quite the global phenomenon. 

For me, it's the most stress inducing apparatus. I don't even consider a team's performance until after the BB. Just like the PH for the men.