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It probably is but having Zimbabwe suspended during your tenure isn't something to be proud of.

If she can get pressing matters sorted like this blanket ban on transgender athletes sorted quickly, like she promised to do in a recent BBC interview, then I can see her reign being quite successful. I can also see her being in favour of more athlete quotas for LA which is always a good sign, and maybe we'll finally get 50m events fully at an Olympics which is something I assume she'll be looking at doing.

Quite surprised by the result, I guess Bach has more influence on every member than anyone expected. I just hope Kirsty's reign is better than her tenure as Secratary of Sport in Zimbabwe.

I'd take either Samaranch or Coe, the others haven't really do enough for me to warrant the role. I think anyone who takes charge will be better than Bach though, who I'm really glad to see the back of.

Maybe it's my youth, but I don't understand the distain for Coe being president. From a political point of view I understand why people, like myself, aren't a fan of him but from a sporting point of view I think he's done a good job as head of World Athletics and would be one of the few candidates who could successfully deal with Trump heading into LA 28.

Surely not, they're the showpiece events of every cycle. I can only think they must've had discussions over increasing the 10,500 quota for LA.

Like Sindo said, post Olympic year is always tough as nothing really happens so there's no real motivation for people to be on the forum so the lack of action should probably be expected. Regarding the prediction contests, if people are OK with it I don't mind stepping up and hosting them in Wumo's absence. I might need some help with the table templates and all that technical stuff but other than that I should be all good.

I think what someone like Coe and Samaranch offers is stability for the next 5 or so years after the controversies that have happened over the last couple of years which has tarnished to an extent the reputation of the Olympics and the IOC, there also needs to be someone who's strong enough to deal with Trump in LA who will undoubtedly try to make it all about himself and try to stop rightfully qualified athletes from entering the country.

Hopefully Pitman is back for LA, she will be key to the Women's success although there is more young promise in the women's side than the men's. Wise will be a big miss for the men, a fairly consistent performer who leaves a big hole to be filled. Hopefully Ella Gibson comes over from compound to do some recurve events, as far as I'm aware there's no plans for a compound to be a late edition for LA or for it even to be included in Brisbane so it would be a shame if she never got to showcase her talent on an Olympic stage. I'm fairly confident both team will be in decent knick and qualify for LA but we can't leave it as late as we did last time again.

So does this mean they've retired from competitive competition or have they just moved over to non Olympic events?

I can count for you, but what I will say is that I don't think it was a lot.

And now ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the final time for the national anthem. So that's it for another year A big thanks to @OlympicIRL and @Sindo for helping me set everything up and enduring my constant pestering. Same goes for @heywoodu @Wanderer and @Topicmaster1010 for updating the scoreboard throughout the day. And once again congrats to @Erigert @Belle and @Hipooo for getting top 3 as well as everyone who voted for Maximo Park. I hope you enjoyed yourselves despite the mistakes and I'll see you all next year in .

And now for our final award, the medals standings. took the gold with 5 1st places, took the silver with 4 1st places and and both took the bronze with 3 1st places, 1 2nd place and 2 3rd places.

Team Merseyside - Eliminated Rank #6 Total 13 52 37 43 19 150 Team Shropshire - Eliminated Rank #7 Total 2 22 4 20 9 55 Team Durham - Winner Rank #1 Total 93 72 67 157 93 415 Team Flintshire - Eliminated Rank #5 Total 51 42 46 75 16 214 Team Cheshire - Eliminated Rank #4 Total 68 35 22 64 86 253 Team Derry/Londonderry - Eliminated Rank #2 Total 160 45 116 83 25 404 Team Wigtownshire - Eliminated Rank #3 Total 80 0 58 90 91 319 After 34 votes Team Derry/Londonderry were eliminated and took the silver medal meaning Team Durham are the winners and take home the gold medal and the Durham coat of arms as an additional prize.

And now it's time for our team awards. Team Merseyside - Eliminated Rank #6 Total 13 52 37 43 19 150 Team Shropshire - Eliminated Rank #7 Total 2 22 4 20 9 55 Team Durham Rank #1 Total 81 60 52 133 93 367 Team Flintshire - Eliminated Rank #5 Total 51 42 46 75 16 214 Team Cheshire - Eliminated Rank #4 Total 68 35 22 64 86 253 Team Derry/Londonderry Rank #2 Total 148 43 91 77 20 359 Team Wigtownshire - Eliminated Rank #3 Total 80 0 58 90 91 319 After 30 votes Wigtownshire were eliminated and took the bronze medal.

And now our fair play award, which goes to our last place . @kungshamra71 you may have claimed the wooden spoon but you have left a lasting impact on all of us this contest.

And now our continental awards, these go to the best performing countries from each continent that has 3 or more countries participating. North America: United States @dezbee2008 South America: Argentina @konig Europe: Czech Republic @Hipooo Asia: China @Vic Liu

And our winners from the main standings, the gold medal goes to . Czech Republic - MIKOLAS - Acapella

The silver medal from the main standings goes to . Sweden - Europe - The Final Countdown

So let's kick off with some awards. Our first award goes to Albania, Dua Lipa came 3rd in the final standings so the bronze medal goes to you. Albania - Dua Lipa - New Rules

No, and I deliberately left a certain song off as in my book Christmas doesn't start till 1st December (day after my birthday). The late night shopping channel on ITV have already got their Christmas tree up, it's nuts!!

Closing Ceremony Welcome to the Closing Ceremony of TISC 2024. I'd like to thank all of this years participants for coming out to do the contest. I know many of you were feeling those post Olympics blues so I'm extremely grateful to those who participated this year. So to kick things off, we have a special guest. Don't think we forgot about her this year.

It's time for the closing ceremony everyone.

Not sure yet, this is not the final ranking + there's still an elimination after 30 votes - all will be revealed at 19:00 GMT in the closing ceremony.

Moldova Albania 12 France 11 Greece 10 Great Britain 9 United States 8 Argentina 7 Denmark 6 Portugal 5 Lithuania 4 Romania 3 Brazil 2 Serbia 1 And that completes the results of the votes from the Moldovan National Jury. Have a great day! CZECH REPUBLIC WINS TISC 2024!!!!