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And that is good news, because ... ? (Serious question) I dont think that Semenya will get the double gold and i still dont think that Semenya will do the 1500 m 100%, especially if it takes place before the 800 m. If this becomes another jogfest with a very fast 800, then Semenya would be the favorite, but if the girls go for sub 4 pace, Semenya shouldnt have a chance to win it. Muir, Hassan, Kipyegon and Dibaba all have a PB that is at least 5 seconds faster than that of Semenya.

Sad that Germany is missing so many of its top athletes, for example Moguenara, Mihambo, Elbe, C. Harting, Schwanitz, 3 of them would have been medal contenders in top shape. Add the retirement of Obergföll, Stahl and Heidler and there arent too many medal chances left for Germany. I also think some of the selections are very weird: Küster (womens hammer throw) and Hering (womens 800 m) have clearly a worse chance to make the next round than Spelmeyer (womens 400 m) or Graumann (womens high jump), but nevertheless invitations for Spelmeyer/Graumann were apparently rejected by the german federation. I also would have liked to see some young talents in the team, just to get some experience, for example K. Kwadwo (in womens 4x100 relay), C. Schwab (in womens 4x400 relay) or Lita Baehre in mens pole vault (i think he didnt get the entry standard, so i cant blame the german federation here).

Great work, i only looked at the german team so far and there is one tiny mistake: I think it should be "Fate Tola" in womens marathon.

Makes sense. What about Ruck or Condorelli? Wasnt Barber also born in the US and spent most of his childhood there?

Where did i say "Obvious dopes (referring to Hungary)"? You should try to be more careful with words. There is a difference between something not being proven to be true and something to be false. Nothing i said has been proven false, so nothing i sad was incorrect, which was my point, because the way our british friend spelled my username was incorrect (definitely false), whereas my comments might be true or false. Yes, i am 100% sure that every medal winner is doped, its impossible to prove it, even if FINA would be interested in catching all the cheaters, they couldnt do it. Where did i say that only people from poor countries win medals? You should really try to understand the full meaning of a sentence, before you reply to it. I said "People from poor countries ... have nothing to lose by doping", i said nowhere that people from richer countries dont dope. The stadium indeed looked empty in the morning, if you dont agree, then we probably have different views on what "pretty empty" means. Its great that you were in the arena on Saturday, but how does that prove anything? Didnt the competitions only start yesterday (on Sunday)? I know that i was definitely talking about Sunday, so maybe thats why we seem to have seen different competitions ... ? 5 euros sound really expensive, especially if its for the cheapest ticket. I have never been to Hungary, but 5 euros in Hungary are probably equivalent to 100-200 euros in Germany, right? How much does an average hungarian person earn in a month? 200-300 euros?

Thanks Hosszu ... i protested your race, so i missed the coolest thing that ever happened in a swimming competition. Cant believe that the canadian girl just left the pool, what an amazing behavior, she must have been like "Nah, i dont have a chance, so i just quit and do something else".

Where exactly did i mention her name in there? Its a difference between forgetting a letter and not writing this weird "u", i dont even know how to do it on my computer and i wont bother to find out. I am sure Hosszu will forgive me. Nothing i said is untrue, so i dont know why you would consider it disrespectful?

Its "OlympicsFan" ... show some respect happy man! Of course they wont listen to me, i dont have enough money to change their opinion, thats all that matters for them. Bye!

Is Fesikova one of those who were caught before? Smoliga seems to have a polish background, so maybe 1/16 medal for Poland tomorrow ... No doubt that Hosszu could have won a medal, still think that she should either swim all the races or not compete at all. In the official results you can see the second names of all athletes, but for Ustinova it just says "Daria K Ustinova", is K a common russian name?

Very happy for Govorov. After everything that Russia did to him, he deserves to win a medal. Seems to be a very strong and smart person.

I wonder why there are (almost) never false starts in swimming? Very annoying, false starts would add to the excitement.

Ok ... overreacting much? This isnt even an olympic event (sadly), so ... I hope that FINA will listen to me: 50 fly/back/breast are much more interesting than 800/1500 free, FINA made a huge mistake (as usual).

Cant say that i am surprised, looking at the behavior of most eastern european people on this board (you seem to be one of the very few reasonable ones among them), its a completely different mentality.

Very glad to see that Hosszu scratched, the guilt probably got to her. Yesterday lapaj suggested that i shouldnt watch her races, by not competing, she makes it very easy for me. Even if i would like to watch "her", i couldnt do it.

I (sadly) doubt it. She is withouth a doubt the most talented female foil fencer of the past 10 years, but german coaches are doing a good job of messing her up. She hasnt really progressed for the past 2-3 years, other girls who she used to beat (easily) at junior level are now overtaking her.

Mens sabre ... for Germany ... at home world championships ... unbelievable. What? This is a disgrace, Hartung should retire right away, i am pretty confident that with me instead of him in the last bout Germany would have advanced to the next round. This absolutely must have been one of the worst performances in the history of fencing and possibly even all of sports.

Coincidence that you visited my profile 14 hours ago, right when you wrote your comment? Sorry that i made a wrong assumption, would you mind telling us who your comment was about? Lapaj and I were the ones who were quoted most often in the hourse before you wrote your comment, so it must have been me or him? Like i said: You behavior is a bit creepy (no matter who you were talking about), but i think the one who apparently is the center of your attention deserves to know it (i think lapaj agrees on that one with me).

Didnt know youre stalking me, kind of creepy to be honest ... on the other hand its good to know that someone is always thinking about you, so i guess ... thank you?

Free tv? Thats great, but in most countries its completely different and it would be interesting to know how many danish people actually watched it. Dont get me wrong, swimming is a great sport and super healthy, so the more kids do it, the better, but for me there is no doubt that swimming is doing a very bad job in marketing itself and swimming is also much less interesting to watch than athletics for example, but thats probably not something you can change. All athletes are swimming in their own lanes, most of the time you only see them from the top and can barely seperate them + you dont really see whats going on. The people at home can only get excited, if they can regularly watch the athletes and not only every 2 or 4 years at world championships/olympics. They would also have to be closer to the athletes to get more excited, only seeing the race from the top is really boring. Maybe FINA will find a way to get the cameras closer to the athletes during the race.

1) Yeah i wont watch, the only race i watched today was womens 100 fly semifinal heat 1. I think i only watched like one half of an evening session at the olympics last year. I didnt watch any of Hosszus races last year and i wont watch any of her races this year, the same is true for Ledecky, womens breast (hate King, even more than Efimova), Dressel, mens fly or mens back. Its not the countries who necessarily spend the money, its enough if they tell/show their athletes that they wont try to catch them, then the athletes have the green light to dope, its the same in kenyan/ethopian athletics. In addition to that Hungary hosts the world championships (because they were too expansive for Mexico) (while Germany for example can't afford to host world championships) and it feels as if Hungary is hosting at least one major event every year (correct me if i am wrong), this year Hungary also hosts the EYOF and i think Hungary was also awarded the short course world championships in a couple of years, last year Hungary hosted the junior european championships and in 2019 they will host the junior world championships, so please dont tell me that hungarian swimming isnt "swimming" in money. WADA for sure controls a lot at the world championships, but ... a) You have to be an incredible fool to get caught at major championships ... huge fool ... b) If you get caught, nothing will happen anyway (just look at the "punishment" that Efimova, Sun Yang and so on got), there is almost no risk in doping. I dont think that Hungary developed a new performance enhancing substance that gives them a huge disadvantage. Today most of the drugs are produced in countries like Paraguay, hungarian life sciences arent on a level high enough to come up with great new drugs, Paraguay is much more developed. What does "dont you think that sport is much more important here than there" mean? Is swimming more important in Hungary than in Germany? Yes, so what ... (this explains why Hungary is better than Germany, but pretty much all countries are better than Germany in swimming, so ... ) If you want to think that i am jealous, than thats ok, because if i would be hungarian i would probably also turn my head, no doubt about that. I would also be happy if Heintz wins a medal in the 200 IM this week, but then i would remember his progression and stop being happy. I try to never get too involved, sport is just entertainment. Whenever there is money to be earned, there will be people who try to cheat, that doesnt mean that you should just accept that, even if you benefit from it. What is your point about the african swimmers and the number of medals they could win here? I dont get it ... Its not about Hungary winning a medal in the relay. Its all your athletes suddenly being in amazing shape right in time for home world championships. The times are the proof, not the fact that Hungary won a medal. Last year the hungarian relay was 12th at the olympics, at the 2012 olympics the hungarian relay was 14th (behind Serbia), at the 2015 and 2013 world championships the hungarian relay didnt even compete ... i guess its just a coincidence that you suddenly got those great "talents" just in time for you home world championships. Central europe: Maybe i didnt read my own comment carefully enough, but where did i mention "central europe" or what is your point? Central europe isnt the same as western europe ... Its good to know that your nerves are fine, you should enjoy your home world championships and all the medals Hungary will win. The roof will probably go off when Milak wins the 200 fly (although the stadium looked pretty empty today, maybe the tickets are too expensive?), i am already looking forward to it.

Apparently Theis will play at the european championships, very good news for the german team. Schröder, Pleiss (if he is allowed to play), Voigtmann and Theis might do ok, finishing third or even second in the group. Unless Serbia doesnt finish 2nd or worse in their group, there still shouldnt be any chance to fight for a medal. I think in a couple of years Germany might become a medal contender. With Theis, Voigtmann, Schröder, Zipser, Kleber and talents like Wagner, Mushidi, Hartenstein, Da Silva, Bonga, Jallow or Olinde there might be enough depth and quality in a couple of years. I think 1985 was the only year were at least 2 german players were drafted and i am pretty sure that next year at least 2 german players (out of Bonga, Da Silva, Olinde, Mushidi, Wagner and Jallow) will be drafted. Bonga, Wagner and Mushidi should definitely be drafted, unless they get seriously injured. At the U20 european championships Greece is currently playing the final against Israel! I think Israel didnt reach too many finals in their history ... ? They seem to have a great bunch of talents.

16 year old Rudolf Molleker (born October 26th 2000) qualified for the main draw at the ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg by beating Leonardo Mayer and Casper Ruud

We also shouldnt forget that the only world record that was broken today was the one in womens 100 free, but Sjöstrom is from Sweden, so she isnt suspicious, swedish people in general dont dope, although their health system is said to be pretty great ...

Just to clarify: 1) wasnt only about Hungary, of course there is a lot of doping in Hungary, but the USA, China or Russia arent any better. 2) What do you mean with "Pleas(e) don't see her races!"? I shouldn't watch her races, because ... a) My comments would go on your nerves? b) Her performances would go on my nerves and you don't want me to get too angry? c) ... (Fill in your own explanation)

Sorry? " ... pathetics ... ", what are you trying to say? Edit: Why didnt you just say that right away? Would have been much shorter and much clearer, despite the wrong spelling.