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actually, the junior world championships should also count for the OQR...

thanks, I didn't know (actually, I've never taken the question into consideration) that splits are considered official times also in Swimming...

Behdad Salimi (WL, men's +105kg) at the London 2012 Games was listed in competition at 168.19kg p.s. also Andrei Chemerkin in 1996 was listed as heavier than Zhabotnysky (165+ kg) among the women, Li Wenwen in Tokyo 2021 was listed at 150.10kg

this one isn't so surprising...we already took a big risk against UKR 10 days ago in the world cup qualifiers (game played in Riga)...only Gallinari saved our ass that night (and yesterday he wasn't available because of the bad injury he sustained in the last game before the start of this tournament)... and don't be too surprised if tonight we fully destroy ourselves with another loss to Croatia...

as I wrote, I knew my list could have been not completely accurate as I didn't have many results from the national champs (and frankly I couldn't go and search for it one by one)... p.s. I'm pretty sure that checking the Japanese/Chinese Junior Nationals quite a few more fast times could be included in our lists, but I don't know where to find all those results... p.p.s. for what concerns Grimes and her 800m Free clocking, I'm not sure a mid-distance split can be counted as official (it's swimming, not athletics)...

I really hope it's only a momentarily hype and it gets where it stands (at the very bottom of any list) as soon as possible... by the way, also here in Italy it has gained a lot of attention by the media, with sky Italia showing hours and hours a week of that and even some newspaper giving it more space than our Olympic Gold medallists in many sports...

who's that guy? is he a totallympics' user?

if only this was the biggest problem... have you read about yesterday's shameful disorders after GEO vs TUR and about the unbelievable tech mistake by the refs in the GER vs LTU match? (with the following protest not even taken into consideration by FIBA)

he took a big, big risk (for his own life)... many people, who bought the (very expensive) ticket to see Giannis play, were seen near the Greek locker room with baseball bats, pistols and shotguns...

Junior Mixed Team Skeet Gold: Great Britain (Sophie Herrmann & Mitchell Brooker-Smith) Silver: Slovakia (Miroslava Hockova & Ladislav Nemeth) Bronze: Italy 2 (Sara Bongini & Marco Coco) and Finland (Nea Josefine Vallioniemi & Oskari Aatos Juhani Lehtimaeki)

as expected, the women's rankings are quite different from the junior events results we've seen through the year, as we have a couple of senior world champions still in the age of the junior class. Most prominent name is surely Summer McIntosh, dominating good 5 disciplines, but also Benedetta Pilato (100m breastroke world and european champion) and a few more senior world (and / or continental) medallists like Katie Grimes that didn't participate to any of the junior events this year. meanwhile the 3/4 most promising men (Popovici above all, but also Masiuk, Whittle and Coetze) still in the junior class of 2022 did take part into the main junior events of the season.

not sure this is 100% accurate, but I hope it is... 2022 Women's World Ranking List by discipline (Individual events only) Women's 50m Freestyle: 1. Anna MOESCH, 24.92 (US meet) 2. Milla JANSEN, 25.19 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) 3. Nina JAZY, 25.22 (junior europeans) Women's 100m Freestyle: 1. CHENG Jujie, 53.36 (senior worlds) 2. Anna MOESCH, 54.33 (US meet) 3. Milla JANSEN, 54.36 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) Women's 200m Freestyle: 1. Summer McINTOSH, 1:54.79 (senior worlds) 2. Claire WEINSTEIN, 1:56.71 (senior worlds) 3. Jaime PERKINS, 1:57.34 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) Women's 400m Freestyle: 1. Summer McINTOSH, 3:59.32 (Commonwealth Games) 2. Katie GRIMES, 4:05.77 (PRO Swim Series USA) 3. Bella SIMS, 4:06.61 (International Team Trials, Greensboro, USA) Women's 800m Freestyle: 1. Bella SIMS, 8:22.36 (International Team Trials, Greensboro, USA) 2. Katie GRIMES, 8:22.73 (International Team Trials, Greensboro, USA) 3. Merve TUNCEL, 8:24.33 (senior europeans) Women's 1500m Freestyle: 1. Katie GRIMES, 15:44.89 (senior worlds) 2. Merve TUNCEL, 16:13.68 (junior europeans) 3. Bella SIMS, 16:15.87 (International Team Trials, Greensboro, USA) Women's 100m Backstroke: 1. Mary-Ambre MOLUH, 59.67 (French senior nationals) 2. Maggie WANEZEK, 59.96 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) 3. Britt BERGLUND, 1:00.23 (International Team Trials, Greensboro, USA) Women's 200m Backstroke: 1. Yuzuki MIZUNO, 2:09.17 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) 2. Katie GRIMES, 2:09.52 (PRO Swim Series USA) 3. Dora MOLNAR, 2:09.53 (senior europeans) Women's 100m Breaststroke: 1. Benedetta PILATO, 1:05.70 (senior Italian Nationals) 2. Eneli JEFIMOVA, 1:06.50 (senior worlds) 3. Lucy THOMAS, 1:07.63 (US junior Nationals) Women's 200m Breaststroke: 1. Kotomi KATO, 2:26.55 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) 2. MOON Sua, 2:26.64 (senior worlds) 3. Eneli JEFIMOVA, 2:26.85 (junior europeans) Women's 100m Butterfly: 1. Lana PUDAR, 57.27 (senior europeans) 2. Roos VANOTTERDIJK, 57.85 (junior europeans) 3. Alex SHACKELL, 58.33 (US junior Nationals) Women's 200m Butterfly: 1. Summer McINTOSH, 2:05.20 (senior worlds) 2. Lana PUDAR, 2:06.81 (senior europeans) 3. Airi MITSUI, 2:07.82 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) Women's 200m Individual Medley: 1. Summer McINTOSH, 2:08.70 (Commonwealth Games) 2. Leah HAYES, 2:08.91 (senior worlds) 3. Mio NARITA, 2:11.22 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) Women's 400m Individual Medley: 1. Summer McINTOSH, 4:29.01 (Commonwealth Games) 2. Katie GRIMES, 4:32.67 (senior worlds) 3. Mio NARITA, 4:36.79 (Japanese selection meet)

not sure this is 100% accurate, but I hope it is... 2022 Men's World Ranking List by discipline (Individual events only) Men's 50m Freestyle: 1. Diogo RIBEIRO, 21.92 (world juniors) 2. David POPOVICI, 22.16 (european juniors) 3. Jere HRIBAR, 22.32 (european juniors) * Krzysztof CHMIELEWSKI, 21.64 (possible mistake, AKA short course time; Grand Prix Polski in February) Men's 100m Freestyle: 1. David POPOVICI, 46.86 (senior WR, senior europeans) 2. PAN Zhanle, 47.65 (senior worlds) 3. Jacob WHITTLE, 48.19 (senior worlds) Men's 200m Freestyle: 1. David POPOVICI, 1:42.97 (senior europeans) 2. Flynn SOUTHAM, 1:46.77 (Stockholm Open) 3. Lorenzo GALOSSI, 1:47.71 (junior europeans) Men's 400m Freestyle: 1. Lorenzo GALOSSI, 3:45.93 (senior europeans) 2. David POPOVICI, 3:47.99 (senior europeans) 3. Joshua STAPLES, 3:48.36 (Jr. Pan-Pacifics) Men's 800m Freestyle: 1. Lorenzo GALOSSI, 7:43.37 (senior europeans) 2. Carlos GARACH, 7:52.73 (world juniors) 3. Vlad STANCU, 7:54.02 (junior europeans) Men's 1500m Freestyle: 1. Alec ENYEART, 15:05.10 (US meet) 2. Carlos GARACH, 15:05.11 (senior europeans) 3. Vlad STANCU, 15:05.47 (junior europeans) Men's 100m Backstroke: 1. Ksawery MASIUK, 52.58 (senior worlds) 2. Pieter COETZE, 52.95 (junior worlds, semis) 3. Daniel DIEHL, 53.27 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) Men's 200m Backstroke: 1. Pieter COETZE, 1:56.05 (world juniors) 2. Ksawery MASIUK, 1:56.62 (european juniors) 3. Hidekazu TAKEHARA, 1:57.00 (?) Men's 100m Breaststroke: 1. Nick MAHABIR, 1:00.37 (US Summer Nationals) 2. Zhier FAN, 1:00.64 (International Team Trials, Greensboro, USA) 3. Volodmyr LISOVETS, 1:00.88 (senior europeans) Men's 200m Breaststroke: 1. Asahi KAWASHIMA, 2:11.81 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) 2. Nick MAHABIR, 2:12.07 (US Summer Nationals) 3. Yamato OKADOME, 2:12.19 (Jr. Pan-Pacific?) Men's 100m Butterfly: 1. Diogo RIBEIRO, 51.61 (senior europeans) 2. Thomas HEILMAN, 51.98 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) 3. Jesse COLEMAN, 52.23 (Jr. Pan-Pacific?) Men's 200m Butterfly: 1. Krzysztof CHMIELEWSKI, 1:55.01 (senior worlds) 2. NIU Guangsheng, 1:55.27 (senior worlds) 3. Aaron SHACKELL, 1:55.81 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) Men's 200m Individual Medley: 1. Maximus WILLIAMSON, 1:59.01 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) 2. Sanberk Yigit OKTAR, 1:59.89 (junior worlds) 3. Tomoyuki MATSUSHITA, 2:00.64 (Jr. Pan-Pacific?) Men's 400m Individual Medley: 1. Riku YAMAGUCHI, 4:14.88 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) 2. Ei KAMIKAWABATA, 4:14.95 (Jr. Pan-Pacific) 3. Maximus WILLIAMSON, 4:17.58 (Jr. Pan-Pacific)

according to the list I did find, he did it at a Polish National meet in late February... but it might be a mistake (I think it was a short course time that was put in the 50m pool list as a mistake)...

so, the first week of RS is over... next couple of games for each team will be next weekend (September 8th through September 11th)...

Group Stage Day 2, Part 2 Sunday 04.09.2022 - Results Group A 16:00 Sparta Prague (CZE) - Luleå Hockey (SWE) 2-3 18:00 Jukurit Mikkeli (FIN) - Aalborg Pirates (DEN) 5-3 Standing : 1.Luleå 6, 2.Jukurit 3, 3.Aalborg 3, 4.Sparta 0 Group B 18:00 TPS Turku (FIN) - EV Zug (SUI) 0-4 19:00 Grizzlys Wolfsburg (GER) - Olimpija Ljubljana (SLO) 7-2 Standing : 1.EV Zug 6, 2.Wolfsburg 3, 3.TPS 3, 4.Olimpija 0 Group F 15:05 Färjestad Karlstad (SWE) - Straubing Tigers (GER) 6-1 20:20 Comarch Cracovia (POL) - Villach SV (AUT) 4-2 Standing : 1.Färjestad 6, 2.Straubing 3, 3.Cracovia 3, 4.Villach 0 Group H 15:05 Skellefteå AIK (SWE) - Ocelàři Třinec (CZE) 3-2 (OT) 16:30 Belfast Giants (GBR) - HC Davos (SUI) 3-6 Standing : 1.HC Davos 6, 2.Třinec 4, 3.Skellefteå 2, 4.Belfast 0

great job, but if we look at the world ranking lists for this year, the outcome is quite different in many disciplines... for instance, in the men's 50m free, Krzysztof CHMIELEWSKI has a 21.64 recorded early in the season (never backed up with anything close to that, however)... maybe later today or tomorrow I'm going to post the 2022 Jr. WRL, just to have a full view of what happened through the whole season...

never watched Game Of Thrones and will never do it. same with this one, of course. I just don't like this kind of fantasy saga movies/tv series...

Day #3 (final) in Paris Women's +67kg Gold: Lee Dabin Silver: Althea Laurin Bronze: Nafia Kus & Gabriele Siqueira Men's +80kg Gold: Rafael Alba Silver: Ivan Sapina Bronze: Cheick Sallah Cissè & Ivan Garcia Martinez Today's action recap by World Taekwondo http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/view.html?nid=139358&mcd=D26&sc=ne

is it just me or the big teams are already playing games to adjust their position in preview of the knockout stage bracket?

so, also the 2022 World Cup has ended with a wonderful weekend in Val di Sole for what concerns the Cross-Country races, French riders were absolutely unstoppable, going for a clean sweep to remember... the overall titles, however, were mainly a Swiss affair, as they won 3 out of 4 world cup senior titles... here's quick recap: Women's Cross-Country, Short Track Race Gold: Pauline Ferrand Prevot Silver: Loana Lecomte Bronze: Alessandra Keller Short Track World Cup Final Standings 1. Alessandra Keller 2. Rebecca McConnell 3. Jolanda Neff Men's Cross-Country, Short Track Race Gold: Titouan Carod Silver: Alan Hatherly Bronze: Luca Braidot Short Track World Cup Final Standings 1. Alan Hatherly 2. Filippo Colombo 3. Titouan Carod Women's Cross-Country, Olympic Race Gold: Pauline Ferrand Prevot Silver: Loana Lecomte Bronze: Jolanda Neff Overall World Cup Final Standings 1. Alessandra Keller 2. Rebecca McConnell 3. Anne Terpstra Men's Cross-Country, Olympic Race Gold: Titouan Carod Silver: Nino Schurter Bronze: Jordan Sarrou Overall World Cup Final Standings 1. Nino Schurter (8th World Cup title for him) 2. Titouan Carod 3. Luca Braidot p.s. the Under 23 races were won by Line Burquier (women) and by Martin Vidaurre Kossmann (men), who won also their respective category World Cup title

Men's Junior Individual Skeet Gold: Marco Coco Silver: Andrea Galardini Bronze: Muhammet Seyhun Kaya

Karate 1 Premier League Stage #4 ( Baku) Medallists Recap Women's Individual Kata Gold: Grace Lau Mo Sheung Silver: Hikaru Ono Bronze: Kiyou Shimizu & Natsuki Shimizu Men's Individual Kata Gold: Kakeru Nishiyama Silver: Kazumasa Moto Bronze: Ariel Torres Gutierrez & Enes Ozdemir Women's Individual Kumite, -50kg Gold: Yorgelis Salazar Silver: Sara Bahmanyar Bronze: Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu & Erminia Perfetto Women's Individual Kumite, -55kg Gold: Ahlam Youssef Silver: Anzhelika Terliuga Bronze: Shiori Nakamura & Taravat Khaksar Women's Individual Kumite, -61kg Gold: Anita Serogina Silver: Anna-Johanna Nilsson Bronze: Alessandra Mangiacapra & Fatima-Zahra Chajai Women's Individual Kumite, -68kg Gold: Irina Zaretska Silver: Silvia Semeraro Bronze: Elena Quirici & Halyna Melnyk Women's Individual Kumite, +68kg Gold: Ayaka Saito Silver: Anastasiya Stepashko Bronze: Ayumi Uekusa & Kyriaki Kydonaki Men's Individual Kumite, -60kg Gold: Aminagha Guliyev Silver: Karime Aboeitta Bronze: Kaisar Alpysbay & Christos-Stefanos Xenos Men's Individual Kumite, -67kg Gold: Steven Dacosta Silver: Dionysios Xenos Bronze: Tural Aghalarzade & Didar Amirali Men's Individual Kumite, -75kg Gold: Nurkanat Azhikanov Silver: Bahman Askari Bronze: Andrii Zaplitnyi & Abdalla Abdelaziz Men's Individual Kumite, -84kg Gold: Youssef Badawy Silver: Rikito Shimada Bronze: Zabiollah Poorshab & Turgut Hasanov Men's Individual Kumite, +84kg Gold: Asiman Gurbanli Silver: Taha Mahmoud Bronze: Ryzvan Talibov & Mourad Hajizadeh

Women's Junior Individual Skeet Gold: Sara Bongini Silver: Isabel Wassing Bronze: Emilie Bundan

Toshihiko Koga would be my second choice (he also won an Olympic silver medal and 3 world championships gold medals in his career) and Ezio Gamba (an Olympic silver and 3 consecutive world championships silver medals in his career, signing an era in the judo history...and now by far the best coach in the world) the third choice...