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Chinese Nationals, Day #8
 
men's 100m Fly

1.Wang Changhao, 51.20
2.Sun Jiajun, 51.54

women's 200m IM

1.Yu Yiting, 2.09.73
2.Zheng Huiyu, 2.11.87

women's 800m Freestyle

1.Li Bingjie, 8.25.43
2.Gao Weizhong, 8.27.97

women's 50m Freestyle semis

Wu Qingfeng, 24.27
Zhang Yufei, 24.31
Cheng Yujie, 24.56
Yang Junxuan, 24.75

Mixed Medley Relay remarkable times

Xu Jiayu, 52.69 (1st leg, men's back)
Qin Haiyang, 59.25 (2nd leg, 3rd fastest among the men in the breaststroke leg)
Pan Zhanle, 46.72 (4th leg, men's free)
Zhang Yufei, 56.55 (3rd leg, women's fly)
 

action so far...
 
women's -48kg
Gold:  (RUS) Kristina Dudina
Silver:  Blandine Pont
Bronze:  Catarina Costa &  Tamar Malca
 
women's -52kg
Gold:  Distria Krasniqi
Silver:  Odette Giuffrida
Bronze:  Ariane Toro Soler &  Reka Pupp
 
women's -57kg
Gold:  Daria Bilodid
Silver:  Kaja Kajzer
Bronze:  Timna Nelson Levy &  Eteri Liparteliani
 
women's -63kg
Gold:  Renata Zachova
Silver:  Joanne Van Lieshout
Bronze:  Savita Russo &  Andreja Leski
 
women's -70kg
Gold:  Barbara Matic
Silver:  Elisavet Teltsidou
Bronze:  Lara Cvjetko &  Ai Tsunoda Roustant
 
men's -60kg
Gold:  Francisco Garrigos
Silver:  Balabay Aghayev
Bronze:  Salih Yildiz &  Cedric Revol
 
men's -66kg
Gold:  Vazha Margvelashvili
Silver: Muhammed Demirel 
Bronze:  Bence Pongracz &  Elios Manzi
 
men's -73kg
Gold:  Hidayat Heydarov
Silver:  (RUS) Danil Lavrentev
Bronze:  Lasha Shavdatuashvili &  Joan-Benjamin Gaba
 
men's -81kg
Gold:  Tato Grigalashvili
Silver:  Frank De Wit
Bronze:  Vedat Albayrak &  Shamil Borchashvili

DEL Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #5, Friday, April 26th, 7.30 p.m. CET, Pinguins Bremerhaven vs Eisbären Berlin  0-2 (0-0, 0-0, 0-2)
 
Eisbären Berlin win Series 4-1 and are 2023/2024 DEL Champions! 

Liiga Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #4, Friday, April 26th, 5.30 p.m. CET, Pelicans vs Tappara  3-4 OT (2-0, 0-0, 1-3, 0-1)
 
Tappara lead Series 3-1 and it's just 1 win away from back-to-back-to-back Titles
 
Game #5 is scheduled for Sunday, April 28th, 4 p.m. CET, Tappara vs Pelicans

Extraliga Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #6, Friday, April 26th, 5 p.m. CET, HC Ocelàři Třinec vs HC Dynamo Pardubice  4-1 (2-0, 1-0, 1-1)
 
Series is tied 3-3 and will be decided on the last game on Sunday
 
Game #6 is scheduled for Sunday, April 28th, 7 p.m. CET, HC Dynamo Pardubice vs HC Ocelàři Třinec

IOC, FIFA & co. are sooooo predictable  

They made this criteria exactly to avoid dilemma of putting an Arab team into group of Israel @phelps was the 1st one to predict it 

action so far...
 
women's -48kg
Gold:  (RUS) Kristina Dudina
Silver:  Blandine Pont
Bronze:  Catarina Costa &  Tamar Malca
 
women's -52kg
Gold:  Distria Krasniqi
Silver:  Odette Giuffrida
Bronze:  Ariane Toro Soler &  Reka Pupp
 
women's -57kg
Gold:  Daria Bilodid
Silver:  Kaja Kajzer
Bronze:  Timna Nelson Levy &  Eteri Liparteliani
 
women's -63kg
Gold:  Renata Zachova
Silver:  Joanne Van Lieshout
Bronze:  Savita Russo &  Andreja Leski
 
women's -70kg
Gold:  Barbara Matic
Silver:  Elisavet Teltsidou
Bronze:  Lara Cvjetko &  Ai Tsunoda Roustant
 
men's -60kg
Gold:  Francisco Garrigos
Silver:  Balabay Aghayev
Bronze:  Salih Yildiz &  Cedric Revol
 
men's -66kg
Gold:  Vazha Margvelashvili
Silver: Muhammed Demirel 
Bronze:  Bence Pongracz &  Elios Manzi
 
men's -73kg
Gold:  Hidayat Heydarov
Silver:  (RUS) Danil Lavrentev
Bronze:  Lasha Shavdatuashvili &  Joan-Benjamin Gaba
 
men's -81kg
Gold:  Tato Grigalashvili
Silver:  Frank De Wit
Bronze:  Vedat Albayrak &  Shamil Borchashvili

Chinese Nationals, Day #8
 
men's 100m Fly

1.Wang Changhao, 51.20
2.Sun Jiajun, 51.54

women's 200m IM

1.Yu Yiting, 2.09.73
2.Zheng Huiyu, 2.11.87

women's 800m Freestyle

1.Li Bingjie, 8.25.43
2.Gao Weizhong, 8.27.97

women's 50m Freestyle semis

Wu Qingfeng, 24.27
Zhang Yufei, 24.31
Cheng Yujie, 24.56
Yang Junxuan, 24.75

Mixed Medley Relay remarkable times

Xu Jiayu, 52.69 (1st leg, men's back)
Qin Haiyang, 59.25 (2nd leg, 3rd fastest among the men in the breaststroke leg)
Pan Zhanle, 46.72 (4th leg, men's free)
Zhang Yufei, 56.55 (3rd leg, women's fly)
 

Adela Piskorska - 100 back - 59.92 - OQT at Polish Championships today
 
she already had OQT in 200 back

Told you it was not over :D

NLA Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #5, Thursday, April 25th, 8 p.m. CET, ZSC Lions Zürich vs Lausanne HC  3-0 (0-0, 2-0, 1-0)
 
ZSC Lions Zürich lead Series 3-2
 
Game #6 is scheduled for Tomorrow, Saturday, April 27th, 8 p.m. CET, Lausanne HC vs ZSC Lions Zürich

SHL Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #3: Thursday, April 25th, 7.30 p.m. CET, Rögle vs Skellefteå  2-3 (1-1, 0-0, 1-2)
 
Skellefteå lead Series 2-1
 
Game #4 is scheduled for Saturday, April 27th, 3.15 p.m. CET, Rögle vs Skellefteå

Olympic quota for Italy in the 49er for only 1 point!
We'll be in Paris with a full team

Chinese Nationals, Day #7

men's 50m Freestyle

1.Pan Zhanle, 22.06
2.Yu Hexin, 22.38

women's 200m Backstroke

1.Peng Xuwei, 2.07.57
2.Liu Yaxin, 2.08.41

men's 200m IM

1.Wang Shun, 1.55.35
2.Zhang Zhanshuo, 1.58.97

men's 100m Fly semis

Sun Jiajun, 51.52
Chen Jun'er, 51.72
Wang Changhao, 51.78
Xu Fang, 51.83

women's 200m IM semis

Yu Yiting, 2.09.58
Zheng Huiyu, 2.11.63

This is probably the worst U23 team I ever seen for both Japan and Korea. 
Japan managed to beat Qatar only because of a dumb mistake by Qatar GK which made his team to play with 10 men for 80-90 minutes 
 
and now Korea is struggling ! interestingly Korea never failed to qualify in Olympic football U23 era.  that's an unbelievable achievement 

Iran athletes of the year
 
Male: Amin Mirzazadeh (Wrestling)
Female: Nahid Kiani (Taekwondo)
 
and if you wonder why now ? we have a different calendar

Lukas Märtens 400m Freestyle 3:40,33 at the German National Championships in Berlin. 

A certain team crowdfunded their tour for World Women's T20 World Cup Qualifiers. While ICC covers some, those like jerseys kits physios etc aren't.
That crowdfunded team made of locals beat one of the favourites  today.
 
 
I'm talking about none other than the debutants at ICC event  Vanuatu.

I understand your feelings, pal! 

1) Canoeing Slalom M C2
2) Canoeing Sprint M K4-1000m
3) M 50km Race Walk
4) Mixed Trap
5) Canoeing Sprint M K2-1000m
 
oh wait...

Cycling - Men's road race 
Swimming - Women's 200m breaststroke
Waterpolo - Women's tournament
Rowing - Men's Eight
Hockey - Women's tournament
Athletics - 4x400 mixed relay
Track cycling - Men's and Women's keirin 
Judo - Women's -63kg
Beach volleyball - Men's tournament
Handball - Women's tournament
 
Today I arranged two weeks off from work during the Olympics. Couldn't be happier 

Imagine Slovakia qualify in Sailing and failing in Canoeing Sprint ... this world is really upside down lately

Tipos Extraliga Final
 
HK Nitra
 
Champions of Slovakia 2023/24
 

 
Game 4:
 
HK Nitra (8) - HK Spišská Nová Ves (3)  2-1 After Overtime  (0:0, 0:0, 1:1, Overtime: 1:0)
 
Series Final Standing 4-0
 
Full Highlights
 
 
Pyro show Celebrations in the city
 
 
 
The Overtime winning goal
 

it would be nice (and a great story), but I fear it's not gonna happen