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The positive trend continues for Germany, although i am not sure how much sense relays make at this level.

I am not sure whether i should consider youth or junior results more "important". What do you guys think (which results would you put more emphasis on if you had to choose)? On the one hand junior results are probably more likely to translate, but on the other hand youth results are more important long term and there is always the possibility that some of the best juniors are already good enough to compete in the world cup and therefore don't compete here, making the junior results less "valuable".

Amazing results for Germany so far (compared to the last few years). - Youth men's 12,5 km individual: "Only" a 5th place for Köllner, but a good track time and he is young enough to return next year. Overall: Amazing to see Switzerland doing great on the men's side for a change, Kazakhstan continues their rise, very encouraging results for Slovenia (two guys in the top 8), very surprising that no russian or french athlete finished top 10. - Youth women's 10 km individual: The worst result for Germany here so far (8th place), but amazing track time for Hermann and even with 1 miss she could have won this race, so very encouraging result for her. Overall: Very refreshing podium, Finland doing great on both sides, the Czech Republic is doing amazing work on the women's side, a bit surprised that no norwegian girl finished top 10, also good depth for Italy on the women's side. - Junior men's 15 km individual: Amazing result for Germany, 3rd, 4th and 9th. I don't remember ever seeing such a depth for Germany on the men's side in a junior competition. In addition to that insane track time for Riethmüller (and Grotian) who is young enough to return next year. Overall: Kazakhstan again with a top 10 result and 2 swiss guys in the top 10 as well, but no russian guy! - Junior women's 12,5 km individual: Another amazing result for Germany, 2nd, 3rd and 9th. Very encouraging, especially because Frühwirth is young enough to return next year and Pfnuer can compete 2 more years at this level! Overall: Another good result for Italy, they have the depth but weren't lucky enough to win a medal so far. Another disappointing result for the french girls (in my mind they used to win tons of medals at this level?), don't know what to think about the chinese girl (China used to be pretty good on the women's side, this is probably their best shot to revive their women's biathlon in time for the 2022 olympics), Zuk must have had an insane track time!

Sascha Bajin must be one of the best coaches on the womens tour currently. He did an amazing job with Osaka and he told her that she would become number 1 when he took over. I guess he kept his promise. Personally i dont find Osaka very interesting, i would clearly prefer Bencic having results like that. Osaka is the first player not named Serena Williams to win back to back slams since Clijsters did it in 2010/2011. I think in this century there are now 5 players who have done it: Serena, Venus, Clijsters, Henin and Osaka.

I don't know, there are so many wonderkids every year on the womens side ... Anisimova is only 1 year older and look how much ahead Tauson she already is ... on the other hand what happened to Bellis for example?

Hopefully not, the 2 best teams deserve to be in the final. A final between the 2 co-hosts would be a great end to this record-breaking tournament.

Really sad to see my favorite player getting injured like this (but i know the feeling back from when Paul George was my favorite player). I guess it always has to be Indiana ... The sad thing is that there were people who saw this injury coming, Indiana clearly mismanaged his knee problems this season. Withouth Oladipo i dont see them challenging Toronto, Boston, Philly or the Bucks. For me only Giannis, Kawhi, Embiid and Kyrie are definitely ahead of him this season. Walker, Simmons and Butler are about equal and of course a fit Porzingis as well, but Oladipo for sure is a top 10 player in the east.

I immediately became a fan of Davidova when i first saw her. I think she will become the first foreign biathlete i ever cheered for. Would be nice to see her dominate once Dahlmeier retires.

Most of his points (i think around 88 %) are unassisted and he draws a lot of foul calls that other players wouldn't get. In addition to that his efficiency isn't too high and he produces tons of turnovers. I still prefer watching Curry, LeBron or The Greak Freak (despite him not being able to hit a long-range shot to save his life) on offense.

How exactly were they lucky? I'd say currently noone else (maybe except for a fit Del Potro) is anywhere near them. I don't see Federer or Wawrinka (or even Murray) getting there again, so we have to hope that one of the young guys (Khachanov, Coric, Tsitsipas, Shapovalov, Auger-Aliassime) gets there in the next 2-3 years.

I am not sure whether the umpire's decision on match point had anything to do with the way she played afterwards (although she didn't seem too bothered by it)?

Are you saying that France wanted to play against Denmark instead of Norway? If so, then there is no way that this is true. Denmark is the favorite for gold. I am also not sure whether France would have finished 2nd anyways if Germany would have won their match against Spain? For me it's 50/50 between Norway and Germany, but 60/40 in favor of Denmark in the other semifinal.

Amazing result for Kazakhstan, sadly results at JWCs don't mean too much (just look at Zografski for example). Deeply disappointing result for Schmid, everyone expected him to win gold here (after bronze in 2017 and silver in 2018).

Might be the best chance for Germany to qualify, given how up and down this team is ... Great at 2016 european championships and 2016 olympics, then shit in 2017 and 2018 and now great again. I am still not convinced that this is the right coach, i think the results are mainly due to home advantage. This team could very well lose against 8-10 other european teams (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France, Hungary, Slovenia, Russia, Croatia, Iceland) at any given time withouth the home advantage.

Only the winner gets a ticket for the olympics?

So the semifinals will be Germany v Sweden and Denmark v France? If the ultimate goal for the german team is to win a medal, then this is probably a good thing, but if the ultimate goal is to win the tournament, then i am not so sure. Don't see any chance of Germany beating Denmark at their home in a possible final, certainly the chances of beating them would have been much better with home advantage in the semifinal. On the other hand France might beat Denmark in the semifinal and then the final could be 50/50 ...

No reason to feel sorry, those guys just don't have it in them, there just isn't enough individual talent in this team and on top of that the coach is horrible. This is the 2nd safe win they threw away, they don't deserve to reach the semifinal.

Amazing for 18 year old Rudolf Molleker to qualify for his first grand slam (against Schwartzmann) on his first try. Who would have thought that he would do it while Kuhn and Auger-Aliassime would fail?

Pretty, pretty, pretty good. In the east only Oladipo is debatable. I think Lowry, Simmons, Beal or Walker also would have been solid picks. In the west Doncic doesn't belong in the starting 5, but maybe he could get the last remaining spot for forwards. Curry, James and Harden definitely belong in the starting 5. I think it would make sense to pick a center (Jokic, Davis) and either Durant or George for the remaining 2 spots.

And the same happened in women's foil! First world cup podium for generational talent Leonie Ebert!

Doncic is clearly the favorite for ROY, but there is no way that he deserves to be an all-star. For me: West: Harden, Curry, Durant, George, Davis, James, Lillard, Westbrook, Jokic, Gobert, Harris, Thompson/DeRozan Starting 5: Curry, Harden, James, Durant, Jokic/Davis East: Giannis, Butler, Embiid, Oladipo, Leonard, Walker, Irving, Vucevic/Drummond/Horford, Beal, Wall/Lowry, Middleton/Tatum, Simmons Starting 5: Irving, Butler, Leonard, Giannis, Embiid

Not surprised at all that Touissant was caught. The sudden improvements of certain dutch swimmers (Touissant, Kamminga, Puts, ...) have always been very suspicious for me.

Amazing draw for Bayern! Hopefully i will get tickets for Anfield.

Wasn't possible, Arsenal is playing Euroleague.

Very strong reaction and all of that just because she released some nude pictures a while ago? Seems like a bit of an overreaction to me to be honest ...