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Athletics, Swimming, Artistic Gymnastics, Rowing and Weightlifting. Track cycling has fallen in recent years due to removal of great events like the Points race but is still probably 6th on my list, just outside top 5. Archery is definitely a big highlight for me too at the Olympics. Men's road race cycling is up there at the top also as one of the best events of the Olympics.

No I hadn't heard this, congrats to her . I guess she is living here now?

Yes, now over 50% (closer to 60%) of the way there last time i checked. And he now has an auction available with all sorts of quirky and great items, such as a lesson with Andrew Nicholson!! I might bid for the bracelet made up of Art's hair but I doubt I will win the bid as it already stands at £130! Here is the auction site: https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/detail/auction_id/1854/showid/31379#none

Well that's a wrap.... enjoyable championships and already looking forward to the next edition! Great job Budapest!

As much as I don't like either Efimova or King, I love this rivalry a lot

Another excuse for the commentators to make a mess of pronouncing anything remotely correct

Fiji and USA could be good targets for your team, if not to win then to go close to a win. And with France playing Ireland again this time we will see the new difference between the level of our teams, I am sure it won't be as big

Yep, it's the full 18-a-side Let's see how they go, you might be pleasantly surprised and sneak a win or two

Yes I don't know how that Division thing works and who gets put in which division or if there is some kind of relegation (probably not).

He wants to introduce a new event, women's Bach-stroke .

Actually no, I think the team is basically made up of Croatian nationals who play for the Croatian Knights (national team name). Here you can read about them in this article: http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20170728182551644 And their Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/7909610796/ I believe they crowdfunded to help get them funding so they can compete here

The Aussie Rules Football International Cup kicks off next week (so-called Aussie Rules World Cup ). The hosts Australia don't participate as they would dominate and destroy the opposition . Website http://www.afl.com.au/internationalcup/ Competing teams are as follows (world ranking in brackets): Men's Division 1: Papua New Guinea (2) New Zealand (3) Ireland (4) Nauru (5) South Africa (6) Great Britain (7) United States (8) Canada (9) Fiji (13) France (14) Men's Division 2: Croatia (12) (@dcro did you even know Croatia competes in Aussie Rules? . First time appearance) Germany (15) Japan (16) China (19) India Indonesia Pakistan Sri Lanka The format makes absolutely no sense as each team will play four matches against other teams within the division and will then be ranked from one to ten with grand finals to follow between the top two placed teams on the ladder, the third and fourth placed teams and so on. But it seems to be completely random who you play in the 4 games to determine the final rankings.... for example, Ireland (3rd seed) plays Papua New Guinea (1st seed) and New Zealand (2nd seed) in the prelims so it isn't exactly a fair format. In the past (2011 and 2014), a Team For Peace participated made up of players from Israel and Palestine. A very nice concept, pity they aren't here again. Previous tournaments: Year GOLD SILVER BRONZE 2002 Ireland Papua New Guinea New Zealand 2005 New Zealand Papua New Guinea United States 2008 Papua New Guinea New Zealand South Africa 2011 Ireland Papua New Guinea New Zealand 2014 Papua New Guinea Ireland New Zealand Women's Competition: Canada (2) United States (3) Ireland (4) Fiji Great Britain Pakistan Papua New Guinea European Crusaders (combined team made up of players from Previous tournaments: Year GOLD SILVER BRONZE 2011 Ireland Canada United States 2014 Canada Ireland United States

Any news about the "clubs" feature yet?

The Russian anthem is great! Probably my favourite.

King is raging at Galat right now I bet

Ahh, that's really cool!

Osman qualified to final

Oh, you mean because she was hugging and congratulating Efimova? Yeah, King is gonna have her for that

Does King not like Galat?

What a swim by Rylov!!

Is there a substantial difference between an "upvote" and a like? How will I know which to use next time I want to show my approval?

I think the dark ones are those with posts that you have not read.... the light ones you have already caught up with those threads. I think anyway

Fantastic results for both Tunisia and Algeria, congrats We can't compete with that standard but still, 14th place is great so well done to our team . I hope the championships return to London again soon, the UK public are brilliant at supporting Para events.

2020 Vision Akpe-Moses claims 100m Gold at European Juniors It was a weekend to remember for Ireland's Gina Akpe-Moses as she stormed to gold in the final of the women's 100m at the European u20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy. 18-year-old, Gina, who we are tracking as part of our 2020 Vision project here on Totallympics, posted a personal best time of 11.56 secs in the semi-finals. Although conditions in the final were not conducive to fast times it was all about taking home silverware and she could not have delivered a better result, claiming gold and the European junior women's 100m title in 11.71 secs, seeing off the challenge of Germany Keshia Kwadwo in the final 20m. Her Irish teammate Ciara Neville came home in 7th place, a rare sight to see two Irish contesting a sprint final! It's another stepping stone for Gina on the way to hopefully qualifying for Tokyo 2020 and follows on from her success at the EYOF in 2015, where she claimed silver in both the 100m and 200m. Gina and Ciara were also in action this afternoon in the final of the women's 4x100m relay finishing just outside the medal in 4th place. Hopefully this points towards a bright future for Irish sprinting. Here you can watch a replay of that glorious gold-medal winning moment for Gina Post-race interview with a delighted Gina: Ciara Neville congratulating an emotional Gina after the race Gina with her gold medal Congrats Gina, very proud moment for our athletics

Sjostrom smashes WR