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He didn’t make the relay? Also what about Ajee Wilson?

And when exactly did it become a disagreement between countries? Last time I checked Germany as a country wasn’t doing anything here, but maybe I missed something and Manuel Neuer became the spokesperson of the German government ... This is about people asking other people not to discriminate against certain people. If certain countries want to see it as a personal attack, then it is their problem. If those countries don’t feel addressed, then they should have no problem to ignore it, but for some reason those countries don’t seem to be able to do that. When German players want to show their support for people of certain sexual orientations, then it isn’t political, but when Germany asks Hungary do behave a certain way in that matter, then it is political. Also: Saying that certain people shouldn’t exist isn’t an ideology, it is criminal.

In some way yes, but asking people not to discriminate against other people isn‘t political, it is about common decency. If certain countries see that as a personal attack, then it is their problem.

Not sure what you mean ... Karl Marx spent most of his live in Paris/London ...

No, but after reading your other comments, It doesn’t surprise me that you fail to understand even such a simple thing. This is not about country A vs. country B, this is about people who want to end the discrimination of certain people. Ukraine vs. Russia or Azerbaijan vs. Armenia is a completely different topic (geographical conflicts = political). It makes me sad to see how limited your understanding of the world is. Political = conflicts between countries or fight against a political institutation. This is about how people treat other people.

I applaud your creativity (for connecting communism and equal rights for people of all sexual orientations). Don’t think I heard this one before ... now I get why people in former communist countries have such a big problem with this.

Again: How is advocating equal rights political? Also if the west would dictate the terms, then UEFA probably would have told Russia to fuck off. UEFA really has to stop with the hate towards Hungary ... first they gave them two group matches and now they even consider handing them the final, this discrimination of Hungary has to stop ...

You forgot to include GB on purpose?

Yes, the west is a big blob, everyone is the same and all people here have a Common Agenda. Baffling to see people with such a limited understanding of the world they live in. Also: 1) Not using rainbow colors for the arena would be better how? 2) You realize that people can do things in support of other people instead of only doing it to „punish“ someone else? Sometimes it helps not to be that self-centered. 3) People that feel the need to tell you that they don’t give a shit, usually give a shit ... 4) So what exactly are you doing apart from rambling on the internet? There are different cultures and trying to force your values on another culture usually doesn’t work. Usually we see a conflict between values and money/self-interest and usually the latter wins out. If you aren’t willing to give something up to defend your values, you can’t be surprised if other people don’t take you seriously. The solution is to try to deal with people with different values as little as possible and to let them live in their own world.

It’s gonna be gold for Australia (unless they drown) and USA/Canada/China/GB/Netherlands for the minor medals.

I think she did that time in February, before the qualification period started. Anyways I don’t really see the sense of entering someone who can’t even break 4:10.

Yes, I know (but forgot). Thought it was a gamble (since O‘Croinin and Overholt might have been able to swim the standard), but after seeing how slow the other canadian women were, it was a calculated risk and it payed off.

When did Overholt swim the standard?

I don’t want Hungary to advance because their fans were disgusting today and I don’t want Germany to advance because I finally want to see Löw gone. At this tournament I would like to see Belgium winning the title. My second choice would be England (although I fear that their fans will get even more arrogant after that) and my third choice would be Spain.

Seems unlikely. I guess they will have 20 shots on goal, but not sure how they will score 3 goals, but let’s see (I also couldn’t imagine Germany scoring a goal).

Thanks ... at least I got the goal difference right ... Very weird performance by Portugal, they should have had more confidence, but they barely tried. Losing against this German team by two goals is pretty pathetic. Now I am torn for the last match. I want neither Germany nor Hungary to advance, but that doesn’t seem possible.

She has been selected, so I don’t see why she wouldn’t get an individual swim. Bigger question mark for me is Sjöstrom. I think the top 6 from that list + Shkurdai will make the final, not sure about the 8th spot, maybe someone from France or Italy.

I just want to see Musiala playing for Germany. Also would be funny if Ronaldo would score an own goal just to improve his goal record. Dont see Germany scoring a goal and also don’t see Germany not conceding a goal. My prediction is 2:0 for Portugal.

Disgusting behavior by the Hungarian fans at the end ...

Impressive choke by Germany. Archery is part of the shooting federation in Germany, so this failure should have been expected.

Yes, I know. Same is true for Wellbrock in men‘s 400 free.

I came up with the following rankings: Mens 400 free: Winnington 3:42.65 McLoughlin 3:43.27 Malyutin 3:44.18 Wellbrock 3:44.35 Auböck 3:44.51 Detti 3:44.65 De Tullio 3:44.83 Märtens 3:44.86 Mens 400 IM: Seto 4:09.02 Kalisz 4:09.09 Marchand 4:09.65 Clareburt 4:09.87 Borodin 4:10.02 Smith 4:10.04 Litherland 4:10.33 Razzetti 4:11.17 Mens 100 breast: Peaty 57.39 Kamminga 57.90 Andrew 58.14 Martineghi 58.37 Shymanovich 58.46 Wilson 58.50 Wilby 58.58 Schwingenschlögel 58.95 Womens 400 free: Titmus 3:56.90 Ledecky 3:59.25 Bingjie Li 4:02.36 Cook 4:04.10 Egorova 4:04.10 Quadarella 4:04.66 Madden 4:04.86 McIntosh 4:05.13 Womens 400 IM: Weyant 4:33.81 Flickinger 4:33.96 Hosszu 4:34.76 Ohashi 4:35.14 Willmott 4:35.70 Yiting Yu 4:35.94 Mihalyvari-Farkas 4:36.81 Franceschi 4:37.06 Womens 100 fly: Huske 55.66 Yufei Zhang 55.73 McKeon 55.93 MacNeil 56.14 Curzan 56.43 Hansson 56.73 Throssell 57.11 Sjöstrom 57.34 I think MacNeil and McIntosh will improve on their times today. O‘Croinin in the 400 might also join the top 8 today and later on 1 or 2 Canadian women could also make the 400 IM Top 8.

1) Those rankings are incomplete (for example Wellbrock is missing in men’s 400 free). 2) Doesn’t make sense to also use times from last year.

Crazy, Ingebrigtsen might really win Olympic gold ...

It is more than obvious that he is dirty, but American athletics certainly won’t take another medal contender out of the game. Someone like Ajee Wilson got away without a problem as well. Too bad that American money rules, otherwise the US might be in danger of getting the same treatment as Russian athletics.