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so close... Mahuchikh can really do 2.04...

and you got it right... Ugandaaaaaa!!!

as they wrote, he moved there when he was 11...he's been raised, educated, trained his entire life in Canada...how can people not consider him fully Canadian? OK, his blood is not from there...probably his heart's still bleeding because he had to leave his native Land, but he must be considered Canadian at 100% in any case...

Mahuchikh!!!

meanwhile Samba made the miracle...the stadium is half full!

no, she can't...she had to slow down... still, she's way faster than any other girl in the race...

she did slow down, but she's still on sub 9-min pace...

is Chepkoech crazy or what? does she really think she can go on like that for the entire 3000m with this weather conditions?

sure it is...as all the winter Games schedules are influenced by the many sports that can't be contested without the sun light... but still, they could have done a much better work also keeping into consideration all the climatic issues...

well, if Berti qualifies through the next european champs, they have a shot at a medal in the mixed team trap event... it's still a long shot, but we can't rule it out yet... by the way, I wouldn't rule out also Turkmenistan (Rejepov in men's weightlifting and Babamuratova in women's Judo) nor St.Lucia (Lavern Spencer in women's High Jump)... and Mali could have a remote chance also in men's Taekwondo...

however, the Pyeongchang 2018 schedule makers are still a full lap ahead...waiting for those in Tokyo to overtake them on the finish line and win this particular race...

just watched Jon Ridgeon, iaaf's CEO, reaching the highest levels ever seen in the not so new discipline "mirror climbing" in an interview on the BBC... I know he has to defend his (and his buddies) choices, but frankly he was just pathetic while trying to find any sort of excuse to justify this championship being held in Qatar (and the future even more controversial places they're going to visit sooner or later) and the new mixed 4*400m relay... and there are still a lot of people around the world asking why athletics is dying and losing appeal year after year?...

she is in any case... especially if she shows up with one of her shocking hairstyles...

of course the man in this photo is not me (he's the famous Italian singer/showman Caparezza, which actually means "thick hair" in the slang of his region, Puglia/Apulia)... but really, I'm not that far from having something like this on my head (I just keep it a bit shorter because here Summer is hot and keeping hair like that could be annoying)... p.s. and no...I'm not offended at all (I know you didn't want to talk about me)...

which is the real scandal (not like Arenas running for 20k, but still)...

hey, guys! It's not a secret that I'm not the youngest user on this forum... but, despite my age, I'm not so decadent yet... and actually, I still have a pretty thick hair (all natural, no colouring nor any other trick)...

Ferry Weertman and Arianna Bridi, winners at FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series Final in Chun'an Kristof Rasovszky (men) and Rachele Bruni (women) win the 2019 World Series With a temperature of 30°and water temperature around 27°, a total of 27 men swimmers competed in the men's 10km race. Despite Weertman being a little bit rusty after the first two laps, the Dutch found his own pace from the 5th lap. The Dutchman enjoyed a clear dominance at the finish pad as he took the victory in a time of 1h56m00s13. Matteo Furlan of Italy came second in 1h56m05s30 and Kirill Abrosimov of Russia finished third 1h56m12s24. Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary ended up fifth in 1h56m12s91 and maintained the leading position on the rankings after all nine legs of the World Series. The women's race was fiercer as a group of swimmers was always in the first pack and the gap between the top four swimmers was within 1.5 seconds after the 10km race. Italian Arianna Bridi took the victory with a strong finish in 2h04m05s44 while Brazil star Ana Marcela Cunha, champion of last leg, had to concede to a silver medal by one stroke, 0.33 second behind. Newly-crowned World champion Xin Xin came third, touching home in 2h04m06s69. Rachele Bruni of Italy was the fourth today in 2h04m06s93 and stayed on top of the overall rankings. Chun'an leg was the last meet of the 2019 circuit of the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series after eight previous stops in Doha (QAT), Seychelles (SEY), Setubal (POR), Balatonfured (HUN), Lac St Jean (CAN), Lac Megantic (CAN), Ohrid (MKD) and Nantou (TPE) from February to September 2019. Quotes Ferry Weertman “It is just a start of my season as I took vacation after the Gwangju World Championships and returned training a month and a half ago. It was a sort of training and it was amazing. My pace was not very fast in the first 4 laps, so I had to make it tough in the fifth lap when I noticed people were touching my legs and it was getting more crowded around me. I was really happy to finish well. I'm used to the cold weather and cold water. It was really good to see I could swim fast in the warm water and weather. It's a good preparation for the Olympic games.” “I did not compete all the World Series and I am happy to start from here for my new season. My focus will be the Olympic Games. I'm hoping I can defend my title.” Arianna Bridi “I tried to swim fast from the first lap but everybody was with me. So I slowed down a little bit and took a little rest during the race. But during the last 400m, I was in full charge and tried to use more legs in the last 20m and focused on the last three strokes. I practiced a lot of times yesterday on the last finish. It was my third victory at the World Series. But this year was very difficult for me because I failed to secure a spot to the Olympic Games at the Gwangju Worlds. I was very sad and empty. It was difficult to continue training hard in swimming. But it is always an honour to swim with Ana Marcela Cunha.” Ana Marcela Cunha “What a busy year! I have competed many races this year so far that I don't even count the numbers, including 7 World Series, 4 races in Gwangju World Championships, the Mediterranean Games, a Brazil National Championships. And it is far from the end of the year since I will compete in the World Beach Games and World Military Games next month and maybe two more races in Brazil. I will come to Wuhan for the World Military Games. Frequent competition is the way for me to keep good form. It was comfortable to swim today since there is no big waves here.” Xin Xin “It was my fourth time swimming in Qiandao Lake leg and I like the place very much. I took six-week vacation after the Gwangju Worlds and only returned training one month ago. I was far behind my peak form and tired at the last moment of the race. I did not have more energy and speed. The World title did not bring me pressure at all, but confidence. I hope I can focus on training and preparation for the future competitions. I would like to learn more from the other top swimmers.”

Stage #9 (Final) (Chun'an, CHN) women's 10km Gold: Arianna Bridi Silver: Ana Marcela Cunha Bronze: Xin Xin Full Results: Coming (hopefully) soon... men's 10km Gold: Ferry Weertman Silver: Matteo Furlan Bronze: Kirill Abrosimov Full Results: Coming (hopefully) soon... Fact File The course: 1.66km (6 laps = 10km) Water conditions: Fresh water Water Temp: 27 degrees C. Temp: 30 degrees C Start numbers: 27men & 20 Women (16 countries and regions represented)

hey, I wish you to get as old as I am now... and you'll discover the goods and also the not so good things of a certain age... p.s. and in any case, they have already invented diapers...

yeah, but I won't be online for that...I'm gonna watch it from my bed (with no other technological instrument than my powerful remote control)...

it's been a nice soirèe...see (read) you tomorrow... bye...

hey, man! don't try to steal a medal from CIV! some of us know the difference between the 2 Flags...

SAFP!!! 10.71! and silver for Dinah(r)Asher-Smith... happy for Ta Lou winning bronze...

yeah, normally they're more into camels and camel racing...

interesting difference in the interpretation of the same word...