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Ali Mirzaei. Iranian Weightlifter. Winner of the bronze medal in the bantamweight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Age 91. Helsinki 1952 weightlifting medallist Mirzaei dies age 91

Donald Whiston. Ice Hockey. Member of the United States team that won the silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Age 93. Oslo 1952 Olympic ice hockey medallist Whiston dies age 93

Noah Lyles sets world record in 200 meters...only to find out he only ran 185 meters. Noah Lyles: 200m 'world record' ruled out... because he only ran 185m - BBC Sport

Gary Longhi. Canadian Paralympian. Competed in road cycling at four Paralympics from 1988 to 2000 winning gold and bronze in 1996 and silver in 1992. Flag bearer for Canada at the 2000 Paralympics. Age 56 years old. Gary Longhi, Canada's flag-bearer at 2000 Paralympics, dies at 56 | CBC Sports

Ivan Utrobin. Russian Cross Country Skier. Member of the bronze medal winning 4 x 10 Km relay team at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Age 87. Olympic cross-country bronze medallist Utrobin dies aged 87

Marlene Ahrens. Chilean athlete. Winner of the silver medal in the women's javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Falleció Marlene Ahrens, histórica figura del deporte chileno y única medallista olímpica | Deportes | BioBioChile

Philippines cancels hosting of 2020 ASEAN Para Games due to Coronavirus pandemic. PH cancels hosting of 10th ASEAN Para Games

The whole of Metro Manila had been placed under "community quarantine" effective today. So far, we've had 111 positive cases in the country and 8 deaths.

If you think he's bad, you should have seen our president talk at his press conference last March 9. A reporter asked it there were sufficient COVID 19 test kits and he replied by talking about the Bubonic Plague, the Spanish Flu, the Middle East, the Roman Empire and the Spanish Inquisition. It looked like something that should be on SNL

The ASEAN Para Games have been postponed for a second time due to the Corona Virus outbreak. I have a feeling it's not going to proceed as planned this year. ASEAN Para Games postponed for second time due to coronavirus

Tokyo 2020 Asia and Oceania boxing qualifier moved to Amman after virus outbreak

Better to be safe than sorry.

2020 Asian Olympic qualifying tournament in Wuhan, China has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The IOC will announce a new competition host and schedule once a decision has been made. Olympic boxing qualifiers in China cancelled due to virus outbreak

There will be presidential and legislative elections in the Republic of China aka Taiwan too. On January 11.

I suspect India will be bringing back the pairs events as an opportunity to boost their medal tally at the 2022 Games.

A waste of our tax money

From this article, it looks like there was a difference of opinion between the FIG representative and the interpretation of the technical handbook on whether or not to award two gold medals. Gymnastics: Malaysia’s chef de mission lodges official complaint over decision to strip Izzah’s gold medal in ribbon event | The Star Online

I think what happened is that the technical handbook included rules to break ties during the qualification stage. But there were no rules about breaking ties during the finals. So the Malaysians had a reason to feel aggrieved

It looks like the organisers changed their minds and decided to make women’s breaking a medal event even though there were only two athletes entered. Same with water polo for women. Initially, they weren’t going to award bronze medals because there were only three teams entered but now the official website shows the bronze medals awarded to the Philippines. Canoeing. I’m confused with what’s showing on the official website as well. It seems like there were six events held instead of seven. Looks like the kayak singles got cancelled.

They've reinstated the gold medal after the Malaysians appealed to the organizing committee. Gymnastics: M'sia's Izzah has gold medal reinstated in ribbon event in SEA Games | The Star Online

Bummer!

Do they have PDFs on the media section?

Agree. It’s a great story. Sadly, it was ignored by the local media

Why do I get the feeling the official website is still a work in progress even though the Games are at the halfway point?

Up until the 1980 Summer Olympics, they used to hold swimming and diving simultaneously at the same venue.