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Believe it or not have only ever had one male speed skater. He competed in one event (1000m) in 2002 and finished second to last. I'm pretty sure the last placed athlete also fell

I found out that Chad and Liberia have recognized swimming federations but have never sent anyone to the World Championships or Olympics. If anyone knows someone with Chad or Liberian ancestry, this would seem like a great opportunity…

There is a good chance that this event will break the attendance record from 2007 in Winnipeg. And Czechs would hold both records It’s crazy because the women’s world championship was only shown on Czech TV for the first time in 2021. 2007: 119,231 2025 with 5 games left: 96,697 Both Czech games will be sold out (5,859 people) so we need the other semifinal, other medal game and 5th place game to combine for 10,817.

Not just another goal, she did the Michigan again

Soon it will be goodbye to the British Indian Ocean Territory as they will become part of Mauritius. No permanent residents, but the descendants of expelled indigenous residents from the 70s have a “Chagos Islands” football team. Ironically, just a few months ago, they played their first match under the “BIOT” name, and their shirts had the flag which looks pretty amazing.

It’s a great redemption story, really. I normally don’t love when one athlete is put on a pedestal but Biles deserves the praise. Tbh we should celebrate how far we’ve come in women’s gymnastics. Back in 1988 the US commentator kept calling the East German teenagers “attractive” and it was super creepy https://www.tumblr.com/freifraufischer/734561603745447936/nbcs-dick-enberg-being-creepy-about-teenagers-for

Still somehow I thought polo was more likely than squash and cricket lol

Ironically the reporter's last name "Vražda" means "murder"... I wonder how this will impact the EU elections. If Fico doesn't survive, he would be the first European leader to be assassinated since Serbia's Zoran Đinđić in 2003.

Are winter sports allowed at the World Games? It would be interesting if they decide to include Ice Stock Sport or Synchronized Skating.

This is apparently a great result for Slovakia. They now get to avoid Sweden in the final Olympic qualification round, and get a weak qualifier team in their first round group instead of Latvia.

You think that’s bad wait until Olympic qualification when they have to play Mexico

I grew up there and I always thought I was eligible for Czech citizenship but due to a technicality I’m actually Slovak-American Ah.. hopefully she will make her debut in Olympic Qualification and score 5 goals against Iceland

I just received Slovak citizenship so they are my team now, not Czechs. But imagine my surprise when I looked at the roster and… no Lopusanova?

True, but nobody recognizes the Faroe Islands as independent. The UN (and USA) technically recognizes Niue. Re. Free association isn’t Niue basically the same like Palau/Marshall Islands/Micronesia except with no separate citizenship?

The United States has officially recognized Niue as a country. Could they join the 2028 Olympics? They are already a member of five federations (Judo, Rugby, Table Tennis, Weightlifting, Wrestling). Niue and the Cook Islands are uniquely classified by the UN as “non-member states”. But, all Niueans are New Zealand citizens.