Dragon

To be fair deleted themselves.

Olympic champion from Hemel Hempstead European champion from Newtonards. That's a bit like the two best cricket players in the world coming from Zagreb and Belgrade...

Aren't there Croat handball players playing for Qatar?

It's absolutely right that somebody can change countries but it shouldn't be easy. A bad example is the Kenyan who arrived in Turkey and was competing for his new country 12 months later despite having spent a lot of those 12 months back training in Kenya. And it doesn't matter that athlete was from Kenya, it would be the same if he was from Sweden or the UK or Japan or Morocco or any other country, If there's no family link to the new country then they should live in that country for at least three years - maybe more

Scotland...

Don't exaggerate - it's only 38

Although remember that, although Farah was born in Somalia and has a Somalian mother, his father was British so Mo has been a British citizen since he was born

Nice reference to Wilson Kipketer there

It's hardly rained at all for the last three months so it had to happen sometime...

Zoe Backstedt - Cycling Daughter of Paris-Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt and British national women's champion Megan Hughes Won the national under 16 pursuit title by 11 seconds in the month she turned 14. Also national U14 road race champion and 2nd in the U16 track sprint this year

It's not a strict rule - but if they're known internationally it might not as interesting to the rest of the world.

Inspired by Jakob Ingebrigtsen I thought I'd start a thread where people discuss young sportspeople from their countries we could see doing well at the Olympics of 2024 onwards. Maybe restricted to sportsmen/sportswomen under 20 years old. Post your suggestions on who will be the stars of Paris onwards.

"Rain stopped play for the mountain bike bunny hop and the bicycle wrong way race this evening,. So, both will now be added to our busy schedule tomorrow - it’s family fun day, and it also includes worm charming, egg throwing, finger Jousting, space hopper racing, backward running, wheelbarrow racing and gravy wrestling. Everyone welcome! Full details: www.worldalternativegames.com"

The World Alternative Games open this weekend http://www.worldalternativegames.com/WAG_Events_Calendar_2018.pdf

I heard it was a serious injury? A ruptured achilles tendon? Not true?

Chewing gum

I'm ashamed to say I always cheated in egg and spoon races....

Case #426 (United States #69) Athlete: Shaun Moffett Sport: Cycling - Road Duration: 21 Months Expiration: September 3rd 2019 Substance: Testosterone, Clomiphene Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #427 (United States #70) Athlete: Abigail Dahlkemper Sport: Football Duration: Public Warning Expiration: - Substance: Spironolactone Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #428 (United States #71) Athlete: Amanda Kendall Sport: Swimming Duration: 3 Months Expiration: May 14th, 2018 Substance: Vilanterol Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #429 (UUnited States #72) Athlete: Cesar Colunga Sport: Karate Duration: 4 Months Expiration: July 7th, 2018 Substance: Methylphenidate Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #430 (United States #73) Athlete: Scott Gross Sport: Cycling - Road Duration: 48 Months Expiration: May 3rd, 2022 Substance: Test Refusal Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #431 (United States #74) Athlete: Buster Brown Sport: Cycling - Road Duration: 24 Months Expiration: November 29th, 2018 Substance: Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #432 (United States #75) Athlete: Roger Ainslie Sport: Cycling - Road Duration: 42 Months Expiration: February 3rd, 2021 Substance: GW1516 Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #433 (United States #76) Athlete: Michael Meacham Sport: Triathlon Duration: 12 Months Expiration: August 8th, 2018 Substance: Androgenic Anabolic Steroids Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #434 (United States #77) Athlete: Ryan Lochte Sport: Swimming Duration: 14 Months Expiration: July 24th, 2019 Substance: Illegal Intravenous Infusion Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #435 (United States #78) Athlete: Jack Casey Sport: Swimming Duration: 6 Months Expiration: September 22nd, 2018 Substance: Anastrozole Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #436 (United States #79) Athlete: Bruce Mazur Sport: Cycling - Road Duration: 48 Months Expiration: May 10th, 2022 Substance: Androgenic Anabolic Steroids Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/ Case #437 (United States #80) Athlete: Anthony Ferraro Sport: Judo Duration: 6 Months Expiration: August 12th, 2018 Substance: Cannabinoids Source: https://www.usada.org/testing/results/sanctions/

Konstanze Klosterhalfen broke the women's 3000m record last August in Birmingham. Ok - it's not a championship event but it is an official German record

For a little balance in this argument I looked at the track and field events at Rio 2016. The number of naturalized athletes on some of the major European countries is as follows: Turkey 13 Spain 9 Italy 6 Germany 4 Great Britain, France, Netherlands 2 Poland 1 I'm not counting athletes who were entitled to citizenship since birth (eg those whose parents came from the country they now run for)

Soundtrack...

If Anguilla and Montserrat are allowed to join the IOC then Gibraltar would follow. Spain would never allow that.

On the subject of track crashes nothing will ever be worse than this...