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Recently, I entered to the European Games YouTube channel and, the difference between Baku 2015 and Minsk 2019 is Huge!
Baku had this entire arrays of Clips and Highlights, which they uploaded constantly while Minsk Barely has a video added there.
I hope that the Organisers will take this seriously, since it’s a great way to expose people all over the world to the competition.

Someone has kindly offered to take over the duties since they have free time for the next period so I’ll let you know once I confirm with them all the information.
 
Thanks to all who have been willing to step in to help. 

At this point I need to share with you my anxieties about the rest of this contest. I'm really not sure I will be able to maintain my organisation duties. In fact I know it will be almost impossible for me to organise it over the weekend and next week.
 
I already shared this with you before the contest, but now it is crystal clear to me that it will be almost impossible for me to manage this alongside managing my personal life. I'm sorry to let anyone down but I need to do what's right for me. I hope you will understand. I have time scheduled to spend with friends and family during my time off from work and I would regret it if I cancelled those plans.
 
I don't know what is best to do? If we continue with re-scheduling the dates then it will probably take a lot longer since I will be back at work then too and will only be able to manage what I can, when I can and the point of this event was to have it run alongside the old Olympic schedule.
The other option would be to look for replacement organiser(s) but I don't know if anyone is interested in that.
 
I'm really sorry everyone. I've enjoyed preparing this contest and I am having fun but I can't sacrifice my personal time for the remainder of my holiday to organise it. I would regret it if I didn't spend the time with my family 
 
 
 
 

despite taking the lead are now eliminated as they needed Somalia to lose 8-0.
therefore are assured of a repechage berth at the very least.

So it's going down to the final Judge (Judge A) to decide who prevails between and for a place in the repechage.
A vote for Belarus and they are through to the repechage and Jamaica are out.
A vote for Jamaica and it is they who advance to the repechage at the expense of Belarus.
 
Elsewhere, congratulations to Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka as they are now guaranteed to qualify to the Round of 16!

stay alive! They still need to win the votes of the final 2 judges.
 
are now assured to qualify directly to the Round of 16 as (A2).

So we are about to kick-off the final day of action in the group stage. One thing I should point out is that due to Guinea's vote difference, they are guaranteed to finish at the very least as a best 3rd placed nation so they have also booked their spot in the Round of 16. Furthermore, if Belarus win by any margin today, they will also qualify to the Round of 16, even if they finish 3rd.

It was fairly innovative back in the 90s so maybe the millenials will re-discover it as something new - even if it's not   Outside of Spain an UK this sport is totally obscure - just as speedway outside of Poland and Scandinavia

Here is a recap of today's results and the current standings in Groups D, E and F.
 
Day 5 (Wed 29 July)
 
Fixtures / Results
 
 
Group D  
Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 13:00 (GMT +1)
  Côte d'Ivoire 5 vs 3   Monaco  
Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 13:30 (GMT +1)
  Costa Rica 5 vs 3   Iraq  
 
 Nation P W D L VF VA VD Pts   South Africa 3 3 0 0 15 9 +6 9   Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 6   Côte d'Ivoire 3 2 0 1 13 11 +2 6   Iraq 3 0 1 2 10 14 -4 1   Monaco 4 0 1 3 11 21 -10 1  
 
 
 
Group E  
Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 17:00 (GMT +1)
  Chinese Taipei 1 vs 7   Cape Verde  
Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 17:30 (GMT +1)
  Iceland 4 vs 4   Cuba  
 
 Nation P W D L VF VA VD Pts   Cape Verde 4 3 1 0 23 9 +14 10   Cuba 3 1 2 0 13 11 +2 5   Mali 3 1 0 2 9 15 -6 3   Iceland 3 0 2 1 11 13 -2 2   Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 8 16 -8 1  
 
 
 
Group F  
Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 17:30 (GMT +1)
  Hong Kong 2 vs 6   Barbados  
Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 17:30 (GMT +1)
  Belize 2 vs 6   Angola  
 
 Nation P W D L VF VA VD Pts   Barbados 4 3 1 0 22 10 +12 10   Angola 3 1 1 1 12 12 0 4   Hong Kong 3 1 1 1 12 12 0 4   North Macedonia 3 0 3 0 12 12 0 3   Belize 3 0 0 3 6 18 -12 0  
 
 
 
2 more nations, Barbados and Cape Verde, have booked their place in the Round of 16 as a result of today's action. Let's take a look at the current situation with regards to who is through, who is out and who is assured at least a repechage slot:
 
Nations Qualified for Round of 16:
Albania Barbados Burundi Cape Verde Gibraltar South Africa  
Nations Guaranteed at least a Repechage Place:
Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Guinea Puerto Rico Sri Lanka  
Eliminated Nations who will enter the Challenge Trophy:
Belize Iraq Japan Kosovo Monaco Zambia  
 
Here is a reminder of the crucial final round of ties where12 matches across all groups will decide the qualifiers for the Round of 16 and the Repechage Round.
 
Day 6
Thursday 29th July
 
Group A Match 49 14:00: Jamaica v Belarus
Match 50 14:00: Japan v Gibraltar
Group B Match 51 15:00: Kosovo v Somalia
Match 52 15:00: Puerto Rico v Kiribati
Group C Match 53 18:00: South Korea v Guatemala
Match 54 18:00: Burundi v Albania
Group D Match 55 19:00: South Africa v Costa Rica
Match 56 19:00: Iraq v Côte d'Ivoire
Group E Match 57 20:00: Mali v Iceland
Match 58 20:00: Cuba v Chinese Taipei
Group F Match 59 21:00: North Macedonia v Belize
Match 60 21:00: Angola v Hong Kong
 
 
See you tomorrow
 

Because when you speak out against the coaches you get punished, or the abuse just gets covered up. Gymnastics is a sport that requires perfection and success. When athletes attempt to submit complaints about coaches, national federations see that as a threat to success. Plus, many of those who staff the national federations went through similar times as athletes and coaches, so they are numb to the issue.

European Games have finally become European Olympic Games.

Draw. Followed by endless penalty shoot-outs.

So are we going to have a Japan VS Kosovo Match? Wonder how it will end 

Since they already qualified, they're probably going to have a happy game and get trashed 8-0 by Japan in the final match.

Here are possible Group A outcomes:
 
BLR v JAM will decide everything
 
If Jamaica wins - Q directly, repechage If they draw or Belarus wins 5:3 - Q directly, repechage If Belarus wins 6:2 - Q directly, step into wilderness (and wait for the JSP presumably) If Belarus wins 7:1 or 8:0 - Q directly, repechage

Hahaha, what a comeback for Guinea! And my first guess!  

Yes so when I am allocating the judges I will have a better idea what suits. I'd like everyone to be involved in at least 2 of the 8 Round of 16 matches.
 

That went for quite a bit more than it was forecast to. Auctioneers thought it would be won around 100,000.

The comeback 

Yes, funny how nobody cries over the truly racist organization of Saint Louis 1904.
 
Yes, the 1936 were shadowed by Nazi propaganda; so were the 1968 with the Tlatelolco massacre, the 1980 with good old Soviet cheating, the 1996 who were a huge Coke fest and so on.
 
Yet each and every single of those editions had their moments. Remembering Berlin edition just because the Nazi propaganda simple hinder such stories of true Olympic spirit like the story behind Jesse Owens and Lutz Long friendship; Owens own achievements which were "diplomatically" recognized by Hitler, while being snubbed by FDR, and meanwhile, the Democratic party was ruling the Southern US states with Jim Crow laws; the first relay of the Olympic flame and so on.
 
But of course, let's just please those who think they're so correct in their popular views.

Maybe then the reason it went to my top was because i did not knew who Dua Lipa was and I just did the same I did with the other songs: listen to the music and decide if i like it or not 

Or tie with herself.
 
Maybe it would have happened had we allowed multiple entries per nation. 

What’s preventing most sports now is the complexity of travel arrangements between different nations.  So for a non-professional international sport like gymnastics, I don’t think we’ll see many events this year.

I just can't imagine the poor user, who was so excited for picking Kosovo, expecting a deep run in the tournament and running into a brick wall of TISC jurors 

So we went from Shawn Mendes winning TISC to Dua Lupa getting defeated by everyone in 3 months... yeah.  (this is particularly funny because Dua Lipa is far more critically acclaimed as an artist than Mendes)