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Thirteen competitors in the women’s shot put and they still have a qualifying round of two groups. A straight final would have been better.

And Teong Tzen Wei takes the silver medal!

When I try to access the results section on my MacBook, the schedule comes up empty. The section is just empty. Tried it on Safari, Chrome and Firefox. Same result. But on a Lenovo and an iPad, results section comes up fine. Weird

Thanks. I’ll just have to use another computer for now.

Does anyone here have problems accessing the results page? I’ve tried to access the page on three different browsers on my MacBook but nothing comes out. But I can access the page on my iPad and on a Windows based computer.

What will they think of next? World Athletics to introduce repechage round at Paris 2024 The World Athletics Council has approved an innovation to the regular competition format for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, introducing a repechage round to all individual track events from 200m to 1500m in distance, including the hurdles events. In the new repechage format, athletes who do not qualify by place in round one heats, will have a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals by participating in repechage heats. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/repechage-round-paris-2024-olympics-budapest-entry-standards

What relief to see him win the Philippines first world championship medal. Especially after all the troubles he had with the athletics federation

Owens-Delerme’s time of 45.07 in the Decathlon 400 meters is also the new national record in the event. Previous record is 45.60 by Hector Carrasquillo set in 2010. That time would also have placed him sixth in the finals of the men’s 400 meters.

Historic gold medal for Kazakhstan in the women’s steeplechase!

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time. The International Olympic Committee announced the change Friday on the 110th anniversary of Thorpe winning the decathlon and later being proclaimed by King Gustav V of Sweden as “the greatest athlete in the https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-sports-native-americans-stockholm-sweden-5cbe83bde828487ce2f82e3066850d85

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe shot while making a speech in the city of Nara, Japan. He has been sent to a hospital but is showing no vital signs

Olympic swimming medalist Kayla Sanchez to represent Philippines https://www.rappler.com/sports/olympic-swimming-medalist-kayla-sanchez-to-represent-philippines/ Can our Canadian friends here comment on this? This is a surprise to me.

World Archery proposes compound for the 2028 Olympic Games Compound is officially being considered for inclusion alongside the current recurve events on the sports programme of the LA28 Olympic Games. The proposal from World Archery is for an additional indoor archery competition for men, women and mixed teams that would last approximately three days, shorter than the current nine-day Olympic schedule. Competing over 18 metres and indoors, in comparison to the 70-metre outdoor recurve format, would clearly differentiate the two events while building on the successful professional indoor archery circuit that is already well-established in the USA, the host nation of the next Games after Paris 2024. https://worldarchery.sport/news/200806/world-archery-proposes-compound-la28-olympic-games

Took them long enough!

It’s accessible again but there’s nothing to see on the site.

Awer Mabil's journey from refugee camp to the World Cup is the stuff that dreams are made of https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-15/awer-mabil-from-refugee-camp-to-world-cup-socceroo/101151676

India considering senior hockey teams for Birmingham 2022 after Hangzhou 2022 postponement India will be considering senior hockey players for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after the postponement of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, according to the men’s and women’s coaches. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124059/india-hockey-senior-teams

By comparison, they’re still using the old shooting format at the Southeast Asian Games

I find following the Games on Wikipedia a better alternative to the hard to follow results section of the official website.

Chengdu 2021 expected to be postponed again over COVID-19 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122774/chengdu-2021-postponement-expected-again

Ismael Borrero: Cuba's Olympic wrestling champion defects Wrestling star Ismael Borrero has become the latest Cuban athlete to defect. Borrero, who won gold in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, abandoned the Cuban delegation while they were in Mexico for the Pan-American Wrestling Championships, a Cuban official said. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61319922

Looks like they’ve started. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122278/ioa-archery-shooting-wrestling-victoria

Victoria officially confirmed as host of 2026 Commonwealth Games as new regional model unveiled Victoria confirmed as host of 2026 Commonwealth Games as regional model unveiled

Singapore bidding to host the 2025 World Athletics Championships Sport Singapore has officially announced the country’s bid to stage the World Athletics Championships in 2025. The national sports agency has confirmed that Singapore is aiming to become the first Southeast Asian country to host World Athletics’ flagship event. The 2025 edition will also mark Singapore’s 60th year of independence with Sport Singapore claiming it "would be a fitting addition to the nation’s celebrations". Sport Singapore has revealed that it will partner with Singapore-based Malaysian billionaire businessman Ong Beng Seng to help turn its bid into reality. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1120648/singapore-world-athletics-championships

Swimming Australia pulls out of the 2021 Summer University Games Swimming Australia wishes to advise that it will no longer be sending a team to compete in the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China, from June 26-July 7, 2022," a Swimming Australia statement read. "Following the withdrawal of our Pan Pacific Partners USA Swimming and Swimming Canada, a decision has been made to seek alternative competition opportunities that best serve the development of our athletes. "With this in mind, a team will now be selected at the Australian Swimming Championships in May to compete in the US National Championships in Irvine, California in July. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1120600/swimming-australia-pulls-out-chengdu