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Yeah, I have dearly missed all these loud Dutch fans. Great to have them back in full force finally.

Apparently there is no such thing as Omani NR at 20/50 km race walking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Omani_records_in_athletics Guaranteed NR provided one of their men avoids DQ later today.

Meanwhile in Argentina... Please don't make another Slovakia-Slovenia out of this.

Kuzin's technique.

So it seems we avoided a nuclear disaster by few hundred meters, if not just few tens of meters. Brilliant move to grenade the largest nuclear plant in Europe. Most of the waste would have ended up in Russia anyways. But not really surprising. They also "accidentally" blew up a dam back in 1941, wiping out 100k people in the process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieper_Hydroelectric_Station

This is now Krol's to lose, even if Verbij holds the provisional lead. I suspect the bronze will go to Lorentzen.

Right... The entire continent has to fall under severe recession. That would help everyone. Answer: It will not help anyone. Not even Ukraine. EU would suddenly have massive troubles of their own, meaning Ukraine would get even less help, while Russia and Putin specifically do not care. They are in it for passion and prestige, not money. It's the first rule of the first aid help. You do not rush to help someone when such action can realistically cause you harm. Then you just end uo having more than one person in distress

Honestly, it's refreshing to have some champions who are content with doing it once.

I am confused. 10000m is still a part of the all-around? Wasn't there a push to remove it recently? They are making it hard to follow.

Well, Van der Poel already gave hints earlier. His training regime is basically unsustainable, so this is no surprise.

Figure skating has a problem that a lot of Moscow-born, Moscow-trained athletes are representing other nations. Even in singles, which was highly unusual until recently. It's puzzling what will happen with them. One possible solution is that they will go to Montpelier via Dubai, and coachless.

China is missing from the entry list and the entries are closed reportedly. Seems like they are unable to leave their country, just like the biathlon team. Pairs will be wide open.

Amstel Gold Race is not a monument?

Funny how in the case of Federica Brignone people were claiming that her big globe will not need an asterix since nobody will remember that the final part of the season got axed. Same with the Polish luge double getting a podium in Winterberg when even Germany boycotted. Hilarious.

So it is most of the World after all. Majority in every region. South America and SEA are almost universally in favor (commies aside, of course ). Entire Oceania (surprise surprise). Large majority of Africa and the Caribbean, including their big players like Egypt, Nigeria and Kenya. Most of the Middle East as well.

FEI bans all Russian and Belarusian athletes starting March 6th. Several Russians are entered for Lier this week, so they will compete, under no flag.

Suddenly I am glad that Eritrea flopped at every Olympics since Athens. Keep it up.

Some Ukrainian farmer has stolen a Russian tank using a tractor.

Ah yes, MLB players must be getting desperate. Right now they can only afford a penthouse on the Sunset Boulevard, but not on thd Rodeo Drive.

Cluster bombs have been fired at Kharkiv according to the HRW. The traditional go-to weapon of war criminals.

It should be noted that Russia officially broke the Olympic truce, which on paper was set to expire on March 20th. Even if all this gets resolved quickly, this leaves an argument for Russia to get a blanket ban on the next Olympics. Again, mostly considering that they were already on thin ice before any of this started.

The likes of South Africa and Brazil have condemned the invasion too. Speaking of sports specifically, is there one nation/NOC/IF which is openly opposing and calling out these sanctions against Belarus and Russia?

Most of the world happens to be larger and more influential than most of the Arabs. For what it's worth, Israel did get excluded from the Asian sports continent and the Mediterranean Games, even though they are literally surrounded by Asian and Mediterranean nations. If that's not Arab doing then I don't know what could be.

It comes down to the universality of sanctions. Putin did something that made most of the world unite instantly. Whataboutism does nothing here except deflect from the war that is happening right now.

There is no clear solution. More deadlines is not the way to go imo. Neither is having too many rules. Also, not to be the devil's advocate, but this new rule can be abused. If a user from A nation thinks the song from B nation could win too easily, then they can invite other users from B nation in an attempt to overthrow their submission...