Dragon

In the entire history of the Olympics, only two sets of relatives have ever coached at the Olympics and only one set at the same Olympic Games. The van Heumens, father Wim and son Gijs, coached the Dutch men and women respectively in field hockey in 1984. The Bauer brothers coached Canada in ice hockey. Bobby in 1956 and 1960 and Dave in 1964. So no spouses, sets of brothers or sisters or parent and child have ever competed against each other as coaches in any Olympics

Formula 2 Monaco 2003

Love what Inside The Games are saying about it "The atmosphere is rocking here at the Saranac Lake Civic Center as the teams come out onto the ice for the men's curling final. There is a unexpectedly large, and vocal, British contingent for this hotly anticipated rematch of the Revolutionary War. The Scottish presence on the British team is being felt with some heavy metal bagpipe renditions of Metallica, Aerosmith and more."

Early world lead women's 60m

If you consider that cricket didn't exist in Rwanda until the start of this century, this is is a remarkable achievement

Finally W 100 Hurdles 1 Donkova BUL 12.57 2 Paetz GDR 12.62 3 Kalek HUN 12.63 4 Akimova URS 12.64 5 Fitzgerald USA 12.77 6 Gusurova RUS 12.79 7 Strong GBR 12.81 8 Zagorcheva RUS 12.88

W 200 1 Brisco-Hooks USA 21.80 2 Griffith USA 22.03 3 Ottey-Page JAM 22.08 4 Cook GBR 22.10 5 Wockel GER 22.18 6 Jackson JAM 22.19 7 Givens USA 22.35 8 Bacoul FRA 22.77

W 100 1 Ashford USA 10.89 2 Gohr GDR 10.93 3 Ottey-Page JAM 11.08 3 Kondratyeva URS 11.08 5 Nuneva BUL 11.09 6 Gladisch GDR 11.09 7 Auerswald GDR 11.09 8 Brown USA 11.11

So I've been ill with the flu for the last couple of weeks and I've had a lot of spare time on my hands. So I thought I'd compare the sprint athletics by putting them through a program which equalizes the wind speeds between the two races. This is what it should have looked like if there had been no wind at at all at either LA or Moscow in 1984 Men 100 1 Lewis USA 10.00 2 Lara CUB 10.15 3 Kovacs HUN 10.16 4 Penalver CUB 10.19 5 Graddy USA 10.20 6 Johnson CAN 10.23 7 Janiak POL 10.27 8 Brown USA 10.28 Men 200 1 Lewis USA 19.75 2 Baptiste USA 19.91 3 Jefferson USA 20.21 4 Da Silva BRA 20.26 5 Muravyov URS 20.27 6 Yevgaev URS 20.34 7 Luebke FRG 20.46 8 Boussemart FRA 20.50 Men 110 h 1 Kingdom USA 13.16 2 Foster USA 13.19 3 Brygarre FIN 13.36 4 McKoy CAN 13.41 5 Campbell USA 13.51 5 Bakos HUN 13.51 7 Ustinov URS 13.52 8 Munkelt GDR 13.59 No differences in medals at all - but the women's events were very different...

Sportsperson of the year for nations within GBR Neil and Andrew Simpson (Para-Skiing) Olivia Breen (Para-Athletics) Rhys McClenaghan (Gymnastics)

It is. But Felix Sienra of Uruguay also became the longest lived Olympian of all time this week. The sailor from 1948 will became the first Olympian to reach his 107th birthday on Saturday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/64297128

OK, This is not a difficult question. The answer is 106 years 361 days as of today, 17 January 2023, but what is the record and who holds it?

"The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has threatened to boycott the upcoming African Nations Championship unless host country Algeria agrees to its requests FRMF President Fouzi Lekjaa is demanding that a direct Royal Air Maroc flight is set up from Rabat to Constantine, where the Moroccan national team is due to play its group matches. Algerian authorities have previously closed its airspace to Morocco and remains adamant in its stance. "We are only obliged to provide transport for the participating teams within the national territory," said Organising Committee President Rachid Oukali, explaining that it was not the body's responsibility to provide direct flights, as reported by Atalayar. "Most of the African countries coming to Algeria will have stopovers." The Moroccan National Press Council has also sent a letter to President Patrice Motsepe of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) asking for Algeria to guarantee Moroccan journalists the freedom of the press, freedom of expression and human rights at the Championship."

I wonder what would happen if the IOC allow Russia and Belarus to compete and then, for instance, the next day Russian missiles wipe out a hospital or orphanage in Ukraine. The IOC would have a lot to lose in that situation. Are they brave/foolish enough to risk that?

This is a comment by one of the leading observers of the IOC. "All the indications point to boxing being excluded from Paris 2024; boxing has been a part of the Games continuously since 1920. There is a possibility of a challenger federation being organized, but at this point, the IOC seems ready to simply exclude the sport. If so, it’s unlikely that the IOC’s issues with the IBA would be settled by the fall and boxing would then be likely to be skipped in 2028 as well. Maybe that’s what Kremlev has in mind anyway, as he recently made an agreement with the World Boxing Association (WBA) to create a joint pathway to professional boxing. In that case, a new Olympic-focused boxing federation could emerge, despite Kremlev’s insistence that the IBA is the owner of worldwide amateur boxing."

Not really the way to keep a happy team, is it?

This story continues to get worse. There are 24 Chinese players who play on the World Tour, 10 are now suspended on suspicion of fixing matches including their two best players.