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Mijaín López
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PARA ATHLETICS
 
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TENNIS
 

Welcome to the 2024 edition of the Totallympics Awards, a celebration of the year in sports!
 
For the third consecutive year, we are here to celebrate the best of the year in sports as voted by Totallympics members. This Olympic and Paralympic year has brought incredible moments for sports fans and, over the next hour, we will unveal the winners of the 12 competitive categories, as well as a special prize for those who make Totallympics the best sports forum on the internet. We will also celebrate the achievements of sports figures who retired this year, who will be inducted into the Totallympics Hall of Fame.
 

I have just voted

Things happened too fast, surprised everybody. the future is so unpredictable. so far these groups are trying to act properly but so did Taliban at first. we will see their true color in next few weeks/months.
 
Bashar Asad was a murderer and criminal but he wasn't extremist. these guys can be both murderer and extremist. but there are lots of groups involved. still it's not totally clear who will get the power ultimately. it's highly possible to see a war between these groups
 
Turkey is sponsoring some (most) of these groups, so the future will be hard for the Kurds too. Turkey will push these groups to conquer the Kurdish parts too.
 
but I think the regime in Iran was the biggest loser here, they spent billions of dollars (at least 30 according to rumors) to keep this piece of crap in power. he was supposed to pay it back someday. now they have to rethink their strategy, everything if falling apart for them. (which is not necessarily a bad thing to be honest) 
 
anyway it was a very hard few years for the Syrian people and the future doesn't look brighter. I just hope I'm wrong and something good comes out of this.  maybe these guys have really changed  Syrian people suffered a lot already.

Celebrating 50 years since they first partnered in 1974, adidas and the Argentinian Football Federation have revealed a special edition kit and collection. The kit is expected to debut in the match against Peru on 20 November.
 
 
 
The retro-inspired design draws from the kit that the Albiceleste wore back in 1974, showcasing the distinctive and traditional Ambient Sky and Cloud White stripes. They’re complemented by a Trefoil logo and a stripped back mid-1970s Argentina crest on the chest, both of which are in gold to celebrate the achievements of the team over the years.
 
Inside the collar, there is a special graphic with a laurel wreath and the sun symbol of the Argentinean flag with the words 'En el alma y en la piel' (In the soul and on the skin). Above it are the words 50 ANOS, nodding to the 50 years of partnership, while below are three stars to symbolise the three World Cup wins.
 

thats true. If anyone observes the US election map then he can see that Harris dominated in NorthEast states and the Eastern Coast, exactly where the big economic centres are based (New York, New Jersey, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco etc).
 
Also what i observe regarding politics in western europe is that Socialdemocratic/centre-left parties have become extremely pro-market and even neo-liberal and some traditional right parties have become euroscepticist and protectionist, exactly the opposite as it was in 70s-80s

New velodrome takes shape
 
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video/c3002114-new-rec-centre--velodrome-takes-shape

New velodrome takes shape
 
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video/c3002114-new-rec-centre--velodrome-takes-shape

Three 4th place for our relays here, I feel to be Canadian tonight....

Apparently  Topić has recovered from her Olympic injury & is competing.

Final Day Medallists
 
women's Madison
Gold: Carys Lloyd & Erin Boothman
Silver: Judith Friederike Rottmann & Messane Bräutigam
Bronze: Linda Sanarini & Anita Baima

women's Keirin
Gold: Stefany Lorena Cuadrado Florez
Silver: Makaira Wallace
Bronze: Matilde Cenci

men's Madison
Gold: Matijs Van Strijthem & Nolan Huysmans
Silver: Eros Sporzon & Davide Stella
Bronze: Finlay Tarling & William Salter

men's Elimination Race
Gold: Davide Stella
Silver: Ruben Sanchez Cordoba
Bronze: Lucas Menanteau

men's 1km Time Trial
Gold: Tayte Ryan (59.875, new WR)
Silver: Henry Hobbs (1.00.255, also below the old WR)
Bronze: Tomasz Lamaszewski

Women's Team Pursuit:
1.)  (Cat Ferguson / Imogen Wolff / Erin Boothman / Carys Lloyd)
2.)  (Elina Cabot / Melanie Dupin / Leane Tabu / Violette Demay)
3.)  (Linda Sanarini / Arianna Giordani / Irma Siri / Asia Sgaravato)
 
Men's Team Pursuit:
1.)  (Davide Stella / Ares Costa / Christian Fantini / Alessio Magagnotti)
2.)  (Ellande Larronde / Lucas Menanteau / Leo Busson / Camille Charret)
3.)  (Sam Fisher / William Salter / Henry Hobbs / Fin Tarling)
 
 
Women's Team Sprint:
1.)  (Lu Minying / Luo Shuyan / Shi Yi)
2.)  (Riley Faulkner / Jodie Blackwood / Caitlin Kelly)
3.)  (Siria Trevisan / Matilde Cenci / Chantal Pegolo)
 
Men's Team Sprint:
1.)  (Krystof Friedl / Jan Porizek / David Peterka)
2.)  (Li Ruyi / Feng Yusheng / Sun Haoran)
3.)  (Jung Jaeho / Choi Taeho / Jeong Suckwoo)
 
 
Women's Scratch:
1.)  Nicole Duncan
2.)  Valentina Ferreyra Beltramo
3.)  Chantal Pegolo
 
Men's Scratch:
1.)  Lucas Menanteau
2.)  Heimo Fugger
3.)  Nejc Peterlin
 
 
Women's Individual Sprint:
1.)  Stefany Lorena Cuadrado Florez
2.)  Georgette Rand
3.)  Luo Shuyan
 
Men's Keirin:
1.)  Fabio Del Medico
2.)  Kanata Takahashi
2.)  Daniyar Shayakhmetov
 
Women's Elimination Race:
1.)  Messane Brautigam
2.)  Gabriela Kaczmarczyk
3.)  Anita Baima
 
Men's Points Race:
1.)  Nicolas Aernouts
2.)  Lucca Marques Ferreira Silva
3.)  Fin Tarling
 
Women's Omnium:
1.)  Cat Ferguson
2.)  Nicole Duncan
3.)  Adelina Sakun
 
Men's Individual Pursuit: 
1.)  Henry Hobbs
2.)  William Holmes
3.)  Alessio Magagnotti

Athletics WA Under 20 World Championships 2024  
Lima (PER) - 27 August 2024 - 31 August 2024  
 
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destroyed the field in the men's Team Pursuit qualifications with 3.53.659, which is a new world record (previous 3.53.9, also held by )
 
so, there's life after what was most likely the last Olympic ride by Super-Pippo Ganna in Paris
 
,  and  were second, third and fourth respectively, but all almost a lap behind  
 
then,  and  won the semis and will meet tomorrow for the gold medal
 
in the women's TP qualifiers, it was  to lead the field ahead of  and  (actually,  were quite behind the top 2 teams)
 
 
meanwhile,  Nicole Duncan won the women's Scratch
 
 won the women's team Sprint (where  won a really surprising bronze medal, even if some big Nations weren't at the start)
 
 won the men's team Sprint
 
 

Nobody mentioned it..
 

Wasn't the steeplechase added because it mimicked cross-country?

It is to me. Look I get that it can be held with all different types of weather, but c’mon. Winter Olympics should have ice and snow sports only. 

Summer Olympics, hell yeah I’m all for it! 
 
Winter Olympics, absolutely not. 
 
Cross-country running events are held in the winter, but that doesn’t make it a winter sport, sorry. There is one caveat though if it were to, let’s say get added to to the Olympic program hypothetically, because it would weaken the strength of distance fields drastically due to scheduling. 
 
Edit: None of this is directed at you, just the idiots (like Coe) that think this (putting a summer sport in the winter Olympics, not cross country running at the Olympics) is a good idea…

its not your laptop :). I confirm the same, "Latest Posts around Totallympics"  space has been expanded

its not your laptop :). I confirm the same, "Latest Posts around Totallympics"  space has been expanded

Just a reminder that the U23 and Senior categories kick-off today and you can watch here on the World Rowing Youtube channel:
 

THey are considered as "Senior B", which is where the B comes from

You see... Every federation will push for more additional events. Everyone of them based on various arguments. Thats why i am in favor of a strict number of core sports-events.
IOC reduces events in some sports but allows various sports to enter olympic program according to host desire . Then these federations will claim their sport's success and they are gonna ask to stay as core sports..Then IOC must find further events to cut in order to keep a level of number of total athletes, but at the same time fedrations keep asking for increase in events. And Olympics are expanding constantly and becoming more costly and maybe in future no country will wish to host them. Its a cycle without an end ..

Time for some post-Olympic Diamond League action 
 
In Lausanne, we’ll be seeing Marco Arop in the men’s 800m, and Sarah Mitton in women’s shot put.