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Nijat Rahimov has been stripped of his gold medal from the Rio Olympics. China, Egypt and Thailand move up a place in the medals.

Sorry, I missed this before. The IOC counted them as official medals at the time they were awarded, their status has never officially been changed but the IOC just doesn't include them in their records anymore.

67th in the medal table in Tokyo means they're not buying the right people...

Problem with is that half their Summer Olympians are imported too. Boxers from , wrestlers from , gymnasts from ,fencers and gymnasts from , badminton from ....

Is @bestmen checking when the semi-finals of the World Indoor Bowls Championships is live on YouTube yet?

Apparently the campaign was started by the British conservative politician Baron Hayward. I hadn't heard of him either....

Merry Christmas to all you who celebrate it. And if don't - have a good time anyway.

Good news for @bestmen

It's being reported that England cricket player Eileen Ash has died at the age of 110. Believed to be the longest lived international sportsperson of all time.

Are you sure? I'm still seeing hundreds or replies all with the same message of "#WhereIsPengShuai" over the last few hours. ???

It's not a well-kept secret that he had a relationship with a teenage British female athlete during his year and a half with UK Athletics

There's been a rumour that cycling could replace riding so maybe yes....

I'm seeing rumours that the UIPM have voted to remove horse riding from the sport after 2024. It's not confirmed yet but people had asked them to deny this and they haven't done so yet.

Sad to see that the horse ambulance is at the scene. This could be bad

I remember British TV used to televise a competition where three riders went off as a team and followed each other round a fairly easy course

Interestingly the BBC radio commentators thought it was a very close fight, that maybe the Brit won the 3rd round but didn't complain about the verdict

Interesting problem. NBC just used to delay showing stuff until prime time but can they do that in the internet era where everything can be seen live via other sources?

Nice - the UK did that in 2012

Change in race schedule Summary: Change in race schedule on Saturday, 24 July, Sunday, 25 July and Monday, 26 July Details: Based on the weather forecasts received from the Tokyo2020 Olympic Games weather services, adverse weather is expected on Monday 26 July 2021 which would bring high winds and strong gusts creating probably unequal and potentially unrowable racing conditions. The weather forecast for Saturday 24 July 2021 and Sunday 25 July 2021 remains good. The World Rowing Executive Committee has reviewed the options in Rule 63 and following consultations with IOC, Tokyo2020 Organising Committee and OBS have decided to make the following changes: 1. Racing will start at 8:00hrs with Repechage1 of W1x on Saturday 24 July 2021 and will follow the same order of racing. 2. Men’s 8+ heats and Women’s 8+ heats will be moved from Sunday 25 July 2021 to Saturday 24 July 2021. These races will start with M8+ H1 at 12:00hrs, followed by M8+ H2 at 12:10hrs, W8+ H1 at 12:20hrs, W8+ H2 at 12:30hrs. 3. All races planned on Monday 26 July 2021 will be moved to Sunday 25 July 2021 and will be held in the same order starting at 11:00hrs with W1x Quarterfinals

Australia are officially withdrawn from team jumping. Tops-Alexander and Laurie will compete as individuals only

Just got a message that El-Mardi (MAR) had to pull out at women's middleweight. #2 seed

I'm being told Kermond will not be replaced. Quote from the AOC "“The AOC is continuing to explore opportunities for the athletes affected as a result of Jamie Kermond being unable to compete.”