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There you have it... Angola fails to reach Afrobasket semifinal stage for the first time since 1981.

[hide] Knockout Round September 9th - September 17th, 2017 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Semifinals Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3) Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 September 14th 2017, h. 21:30, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Spain 9 Slovenia September 15th 2017, h. 21:30, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Russia 9 Serbia [/hide]

2026 bidding doesn't look bad thus far, with Calgary, Sion, Lillehammer, Innsbruck as potential bidders (accoring to Wiki) But then again, i don't believe in any Swiss bid... Or Norwegian.

Mariana-Isabel Arcaya went under 140 points in yesterday's slalom. Meanwhile, Pellegrin has ensured Malta's participation, though I hope Spiteri will make it too in snowboard halfpipe.

For reference, these are the dates when previous two Open contests were opened. 2015 - September 1st 2016 - September 10th So we are a bit late, but nothing alarming yet.

Yeah... It's sort of ridiculous that triathlon doesn't have "normal" World Championships.

[hide] Knockout Round September 9th - September 17th, 2017 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3) Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 September 12th 2017, h. 18:45, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Germany 14 Spain September 12th 2017, h. 21:30, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Slovenia 6 Latvia September 13th 2017, h. 18:45, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Greece 7 Russia September 13th 2017, h. 21:30, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Italy 12 Serbia [/hide]

St. Moritz 1928

Well, that's not really the true, in fact it trends to be the complete opposite.. Double trap for example - average age of people on Olympic podium 2008 - 31 years 2012 - 37 years 2016 - 39 years Men's skeet... 2008 - 27 years 2012 - 31 years 2016 - 33 years

I wonder if we are eventually going to have a whole orchestra from exotic nations... So far it's a violinist and a composer.

I wonder if this is him! Dominican composer with the same name apparently (maybe he took some advice from Vanessa Mae )... http://www.joseguillermopuello.com/

What's this? @heywoodu

Sarasota, Florida is supposed to host World Championships in two weeks... Looks like it might get cancelled considering the weather.

Rumours suggest it was the publicity stunt for WINTERFEST (TISC's rival created by Antarctica).

So looks like Froome is leading by just enough margin, as usual... I mean, it would be more interesting if they are attempting to do something ridiculous, as in leading by 10 minutes.

I imagine Azzimani will be quite a pro on downhill sections, comparing to the rest of skiers from such nations.

Competing is both XC and alpine skiing is indeed rare. The only other recent example that I can remember is Arturo Kinch.

[hide] Knockout Round September 9th - September 17th, 2017 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Round of 16 Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3) Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 September 9th 2017, h. 12:30, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Slovenia 12 Ukraine September 9th 2017, h. 15:15, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Germany 9 France September 9th 2017, h. 18:45, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Finland 4 Italy September 9th 2017, h. 21:30, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Lithuania 9 Greece September 10th 2017, h. 12:30, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Latvia 10 Montenegro September 10th 2017, h. 15:15, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Serbia 12 Hungary September 10th 2017, h. 18:45, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Spain 10 Turkey September 10th 2017, h. 21:30, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Croatia 10 Russia [/hide]

95% buildings on Barbuda were destroyed or damaged.

That's great. Not many skiers make it to the Olympics in both alpine and cross-country skiing. And it will be the first Morocco's participation in XC skiing since 1992.

Bolivia leading Chile in La Paz. Bolivia must be the biggest troll among South American nations with their altitude (all of their points came at home matches).

And let's be honest, most Japanese people will find more interest in watching judo gold medal match between Japan and South Korea for example than between two Japanese judokas (even if they are best two in the World on paper)...

Lol, we still lead the group after this. Masters of making life difficult for themselves.

YES! Despite getting a red card Burkina Faso managed to tie the game in the last few minutes. I hope the winner of - will qualify...