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World champion / Olympic medallist cyclist to marry superstar rugby player

on the PS - I'm guessing the magazine refused to count South Africa because of the political situation back then. Apartheid years

Interesting - I found a reference to "Africa's only ice skating rink" being in a shopping mall in Dakar from 1979 African convention centers--East and West - Apr 1979 - Page 67 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5Wel-lWKRWYC Black Enterprise - ‎Vol. 9, No. 9 - ‎Magazine - ‎Full view SENEGAL Only six and one-half hours from New York City, as the Air Afrique jet flies, Senegal's capital city of Dakar is the ideal spot for small groups. The city's ... Yet, it is in the midst of everything: from the colorful and buzzing markets of Dakar, to the mouth-watering restaurants. And because the ... Time after meetings will be spent exploring the hotel and its wonders: the six restaurants, the casino, the cinema, Africa's only ice-skating rink, the bowling alley, or the nearby golf course.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Corniche-Ouest-Dakar/197671413632190 Not sure if it's ISU size but there's been a rink in Dakar since the 1970s

This is from the British Championships in 1928

There is no WADA approved laboratory in the whole of Africa. Samples have to be flown to Qatar to be tested

I don't think the FIL will officially confirm the quotas until January 1

I have big doubts about this. I don't think it can be correct

https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/dora-ratjen-1.html

The good thing here is: Whatever country we come from, whatever religion we believe in, whatever games we love, All we really want to see is some good sport and every thing else does not matter...

As usual it's 11 degrees centigrade and raining here but still. Happy Christmas to all you who celebrate it. Here's the UK's national Christmas anthem...

It looks like there will be a big argument about the British luge men, The luge association counts Nations Cup as part of the World Cup and so believes their results are good enough to meet the standards of the British Olympic Association. The BOA does not count the Nations Cup as part of the World Cup so will refuse to pick them for Korea, It will go to an independent appeal committee for a final decision

How long will it take to organize the Tongan national roller skiing championship (with guest competitors of course) in somewhere like Bermuda? That's how Vanessa-Mae qualified for Sochi - by organising her own Thai National Championships. Just wanted to check on Pita's points 266 245 270 298 537 Average 323? Needs to drop 23?

Have you got the real results yet?

Quick, somebody calculate how fast Damjanovski is to finish 10000 km in 20 seconds. I'm betting on him to ski to the Formula One world title in 2018

44 Russians now disqualified from Sochi.

Big setback for Indian medal hopes at 2022 Commonwealth Games. Shooting has been dropped from the programme.

There are whispers Lapshin is in big trouble after being named in the McLaren report, But whether this will be dealt with before or after the Olympics is a mystery

All now depends on how the British Olympic Association define "top 67%"

Do you get a world cup point by competing in a Nations Cup?

The GBR rules say you have that you have to be in the 67% in 2 world cup races so it looks like the quota will be declined.

Have they ever finished in the top 67% of a World Cup race?

Am I right that have 2 quotas for men's singles?