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Oh man, what a match, what a match I was at work today, when it started, so i wasn't fully focused. Some work, some game and if i have to be honest, when we lost convincingly the first 2 sets i was very disappointed and turned the game off. Everything was going as ever, we are good, but not good enough when it matters the most. And when i got home, to my utter surprise, the match was still going and the tiebreak was just beginning. It was like i was watching a completely different team from the first 2 sets. Of course afterwards i rewind and saw the full match again. Everyone knows that these players have talent and potential, but this summer they are showing a quality that has never been a strong suite for our athletes - believing in their abilities and not giving up, when things are not going their way. I hope they will add performing under pressure as another quality after this tournament. The whole team is playing as a unit, but Aleks Nikolov is just on another level. This year he has really grown and i really believe in another year or two he is going to be the next generations Kaziyski and Leon a.k.a the best player in the world! As for the game against Czechia, i hope they won't be emotionally spent after today and won't underestimate the Czechs, since we are going in as the favorites.

98 was scrapped for 94 kg a few months back, see page 1.

This would be a good chance as any for us to beat at a big Championship. One we are playing very well and the team looks very motivated and two, the US are missing some of their biggest names like Anderson, Russell and DeFalco.

The should just have the discus tomorrow. Say whoever has tickets for tonight can come tomorrow as well and vola. It's clear it can't be done tonight (not at least with their desired performances, because everyone can throw from standing position, without much rotation).

USA with their best WCH this century (maybe ever?). I'm expecting from them 20-22 golds in LA28.

US with near perfect exchanges, something very, very unusual for them. Jamaica fumbled between 2-nd and 3-rd, otherwise would have gotten the win.

Yes, the dreaded multiple medalist will strike again ( just like on every major Championships recently)

Polska on the board

Botswana gets the win

The rain comes to wreck some havoc

Even Keely couldn't save the tragic British athletics. Some might say karma is finally getting to them for the their and C o e's crusade against Russia in the last 10+ years.

Today is Keely's day. Let's hope this time it won't be second place.

I am actually very excited for this. Not that much for the races themselves, but more for the scenery and location we would get. Cycling has always been 99% Europe oriented, that the rare times we get big races outside is very interesting for me. The Olympics in Tokyo and Rio were very fun and unique.

Doubt it and frankly see no reason for it. FIS has the best calendar for Parallel in the World Cup and it has the most interest amongst European countries of all snowboard disciplines. They would rather get rid of one of the 3 redundant flip-flopity events before parallel. Plus the IOC is already taking huge swings at FIS with the potential exclusion of Nordic Combined, so them trying to remove more stuff is not logical. After all FIS is the backbone of WOG, so more or less they have leverage.

Norwegians abysmal here First Ingenritsen, now Warholm bombs.

Yeah, yeah, lesson number 1 in every school book in countries west of Hungary for 70 years.

Thankfully Koch's record survives Levrone can now retire.

And the shocks just keep on coming. Only Iran barely made it today and they were in the weakest group. Complete opposite from the Women's WCH where basically every group match was a foregone conclusion. Here there were very few non-surprises

Looks like North Korea have come to take Japan's crown as the dominating force in women's wrestling This reminds of how North Korea started winning a lot in weightlifting. It appears they are moving over to wrestling now. The World has not seen the full force of

Can't remember about that, but most likely have watched it live on TV.

True, but it has the opposite affect as well. Now with the internet i can watch it whenever i can / want. Unlike in the past, when if you didn't watch it live, you could very well have missed it. So if it's not something unmissable and i'm busy with something, i prefer to come home, have a drink, lay down and watch it like a champ.

Hey, some of us have to work.

With the magic shoes i'm expecting 45 sec in the women's 400

Bye bye Japan and the first shocking elimination of the WCH