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It's ridiculous that single mixed relay counts for qualification...

Down to 21 songs.

Make that 5-5... Let's go Italy!

No.

5-3 now. Venezuela seems to be waking up.

LOL, and now a home run for Italy.

And now a double play. Italians on fire.

3-0 for Italy following two doubles

Yes, right after I wrote this Canada gave a free walk point to Colombians.

Colombia looking good against Canada.

Funny DNFs Well, I suppose these girls are eagerly waiting for the end of the season.

I think that Estonia also overperforms in relays. Looking at their line up for tomorrow, Lithuania should really beat them, but... If you think Lithuanian girls are hopeless, then look at what Kadri Lehtla is doing these days. I wonder if she is even a serious athlete these days.

Adelinde Cornelissen's Parzival has just been retired in an emotional ceremony in s'-Hertogenbosch, which ended with a standing ovation from the crowd.

Well, it's good to get a reminder.

Meh, that's nothing. Some people have been on podium in slalom despite having the whole second run without pole AND glove.

Gold for Snježana Pejčić in 10m air rifle at the Europeans in Maribor. Also a team silver.

Great battle between and for the 22nd place in women's nations cup. Lithuania has taken the 22nd place after today, but only by a whisker! That's essentially a battle for the Olympic quota in mixed relay.

This weekend we have the last few qualifiers for the WC finals. Dressage - 's-Hertogenbosch (Western European League) Dressage - Burbank, California (North American League) Jumping - Live Oak, Florida (North American East Coast League) Live Oak qualifier should be the most intriguing one regarding the qualifications for the final. Several US riders will be looking to book their places, but also Heineking and Kochetova will be looking to secure their tickets for Omaha as extra athletes. Today we have one of the preliminary classes in Live Oak, which will be livestream here at 21:00 CET.

Awesome to see a WC event in Squaw Valley. It's quite possible that this is the first big alpine skiing event in Squaw Valley since the 1960 Winter Olympics!

Some good news. After making a pathetic decision to remove speed competition as the first round of jumping at the World Equestrian Games, they decided to reinstate it only 3 months later. http://www.worldofshowjumping.com/en/News/FEI-suggests-to-reinstate-the-Table-C-competition-at-the-World-Equestrian-Games.html

Well, there is nothing quite like freestyle discipline of ballet.

To be honest, I find it much better than slopestyle and halfpipe.

They've uploaded the video of her winning ride in Dormund. Apart from being stacked with difficult transitions, this freestyle also has some 80s music.

Jewish people are basically granted Israeli passport (wherever they are born), so yeah, all of them should have valid passports.

Wow, maybe Israel could beat the Kingdom of the Netherlands and become the best European team.