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Only Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods have successfully defended their Masters crown and now Rory is the fourth to do it 

Rory!!!! Back-to-back Masters champ! Incredible 

Only Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods have successfully defended their Masters crown and now Rory is the fourth to do it 

Rory!!!! Back-to-back Masters champ! Incredible 

Only Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods have successfully defended their Masters crown and now Rory is the fourth to do it 

Only Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods have successfully defended their Masters crown and now Rory is the fourth to do it 

Rory!!!! Back-to-back Masters champ! Incredible 

To all who celebrate, Happy Easter Sunday! He is risen!
 

For anyone from the UK or Ireland it’s on Channel 4.

In a country as big as , the odds of Olympians being close to you are quite small; however, once I realized several months ago that even a state as small as mine hosts Olympians on occasion, I decided to scour each sport's calendar to make sure I caught them when they come around.  That led me to the middle of nowhere in my own state today, where there was a 4* Eventing competition, featuring a couple of Olympians and/or World Champion athletes.
 
Most all the athletes here were local or from USA, but there were a couple who compete for   or .  When we walked up, I had no idea what I was doing.  I thought I was in the right arena at the venue, but I didn't really see anyone there.  (There weren't any stands full of spectators, nor did I see any judges...it was time for dressage.). One of the ladies turned around and we struck up conversation.  Turns out I was in the right spot, and they were just on a short break.  She directed my attention to the upcoming athlete, Caroline Pamukcu.  Thanks to my research ahead of time, I knew she was on the Paris 2024 Eventing Team.  The lady we were talking with was the owner of the horse Caroline was riding.  After she finished with her dressage round, she got off the horse and was just standing there talking with her crew.  We went over and had a brief chat and one of the other ladies offered to take our picture.  
 
I asked Caroline if she was aiming for LA28, and she said yes.  I've also since shown the girls and wifey the video from her Paris 2024 jumping competition.  Hope she makes the team this year!
 
(Caroline has a Gold Individual Eventing and Silver Team Eventing medal from the 2023 PanAms.  Boyd Martin from the Paris team was also there, himself having a WCh Silver and three gold PanAms.  Tamra Smith, who has a Silver from the 2022 WCh, was there as well.  Waylon Roberts, who represents  and has a PanAm Silver competed.  I saw a few more Dressage rounds, then watched them all do the Jumping.  Didn't get to see Cross-Country, but they'll have another similar event in October.)
 
 

Some new members for us to welcome 
 
 
@MichiganGold  nice to have you here on the road to LA    
 
@Learphollach welcome in! Great to have a fellow Irish on here . Glad to hear you enjoyed the Winter Olympics and hope you stay with us to enjoy the road to LA 

 
@Daniel999 from one Daniel to another, welcome to the forum. Glad to have you    


@Nashorn88 great to see another active member from Finland! We hope you stay and enjoy participating in the threads    
 
 

Thanks @OlympicIRL for the welcome.  I've been lurking on here for a couple of years but looking forward to participating on the forum

Some new members for us to welcome 
 
 
@MichiganGold  nice to have you here on the road to LA    
 
@Learphollach welcome in! Great to have a fellow Irish on here . Glad to hear you enjoyed the Winter Olympics and hope you stay with us to enjoy the road to LA 

 
@Daniel999 from one Daniel to another, welcome to the forum. Glad to have you    


@Nashorn88 great to see another active member from Finland! We hope you stay and enjoy participating in the threads    
 
 

Great to see O’Connor on the podium again! Thats 4 major medals in the past 12 months (World Indoors x 2, Euro Indoors and World Championships).
 
Her strongest event is the javelin so she is going to continue to be a huge threat in the heptathlon this summer and she is still improving all the other events. Exciting times for her  

Sorry Qatar. That’s just been overturned and Morocco have been awarded the World Cup trophy  

And also include Eamonn Coghlan, another of the great Irish milers who ran at Villanova in the 1970s.

Major doping scandal hits Georgian rugby. However it has more serious implications for Georgian sport in general. Seems like the Georgian national anti doping body (GADA) has been complicit in it, tipping players in advance of testing and not properly observing sample collection standards.
One would have to assume if it’s happening in Georgian rugby and their own national anti-doping agency is involved in it, then surely Georgian sport in general has to be under suspicion.
 
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/c0rjejvzdj5o

He also ran track at Villanova University, just outside Philadelphia, under legendary coach Jumbo Elliott.

A Celtic hero

Love the design! Whoever is responsible for this, please create the scoreboard and voting templates for our next TISC 

A new version of the Qualification Tracker has been prepared.
 
As a starting point, the first sport available is Baseball, with the first Olympic qualification event currently in progress.
 
I will help @Matej to set up the trackers for all sports. Afterwards, he will be the main person responsible for updating them, but if anyone would like to help, please feel free to let us know.

Congrats!! Well deserved! This is a good Italy team  
 
England staring at the wooden spoon if a resurgent Wales manage to beat Italy next week with a try bonus. Though with a -96 points difference I don’t think Wales can realistically overhaul them.
On the other hand, a win for Italy would be a historic third win in a Six Nations Championship season.

Italy defeated England for the 1st time ever! 

2012 Olympic champion Katie Taylor  has announced she will retire after her fight in Dublin this summer.
 
 
https://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2026/0225/1560357-taylor-to-retire-after-dublin-fight-this-summer/
 

2nd best all time performance