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If Canada, Malta and Germany enter, which isn’t outside the realms of possibility at all, we will equal the record of 41 nations 

surprise surprise here u go with Egyptian Entry 

surprise surprise here u go with Egyptian Entry 

surprise surprise here u go with Egyptian Entry 

Egyptian Queen in Parma 

Kontaveit won the derby 6-4 6-4 and will play Barbora Krejcikova in the final tomorrow.
 
Meanwhile Mayar Sherif wins her first WTA title beating Maria Sakkari in the Parma final 7-5 6-3.

Hilarious result in Parma. One must wonder if Sakkari would ever win second WTA title. Good for Mayar though, first ever WTA singles title for Egypt

Finally a gold medal thanks to Ghasempour  who beat the giant Cox in the final. we are now 1-4 against team USA. and we will have another final vs USA tomorrow.
 
 
unlike Greco where lots of counties can win medals, looks like the gap is increasing in freestyle. without Russia (which is still #1) USA and Iran brought 17 wrestlers (out of 19) to the semifinal. and it seems only Japan can still compete (only in lighters weights) I was expecting more from India too but looks like they are not having a good tournament this year. even some powerhouses like TUR, AZE and GEO are not having a good tournament.
 
you might see lots of different counties in the medal table but almost all of them are Russian mercenaries
 
 

oh well, apparently this is not suppose to be our tournament. our freestyle received the first shock during the draw . one of our best gold medal chances got ISR in the first round the team title is already gone. that was a big gift for USA
 
this one is hard to swallow. even more than all those Greco-Roman losses

Ons really deserved a much better end to a historic season, but as an Arab I'm really proud of what this girl has done throughout the season,  WOW that was a miraculous season for her,  who could believe that a girl from North Africa active all of this , may the 3rd final will be the one 

Congrats to all polish members here,  really good day for Poland with a volleyball WCH final and 1st title ever in USOpen by the special one Iga Swiatek 

Ons really deserved a much better end to a historic season, but as an Arab I'm really proud of what this girl has done throughout the season,  WOW that was a miraculous season for her,  who could believe that a girl from North Africa active all of this , may the 3rd final will be the one 

And it could be all-Russian final  

Yes.

Top 25 qualifies for the final (and  only top 50 advances to tomorrow). no clearing of the scores, all 4 days are added.

It's on Olympic Channel 

Almost no errors in riding so far. I guess no one will miss this discipline if it seems completely pointless. 

4-0 to England…. is football coming home?

WOW ! Great race by Jakub Ingebrigtsen and what a pity for Guatemala it was so so close for a medal 

What relief to see him win the Philippines first world championship medal. Especially after all the troubles he had with the athletics federation 

Amusan  going home $200,000 richer  (assuming it works that way…)
 
Edit: Nevermind, she only gets a meager $100,000 

In case anyone was wondering what happened after the finish of the women’s 5000m.
 

Three good changes often beat four fast guys.

not the biggest surprise ever, both Iran and China are struggling recently. Iran is simply not as good as before and China had issues with COVID from the start of the competition. they almost lost to Bahrain!
 
since 2007 and the rise of Iranian basketball we medaled every time at the Asian Cup except two times in 2011 and now 2022 and both times we lost to Jordan in QF they are just our nemesis, in 2011 they beat our best ever team and now this. Jordan had hard time against low level Indonesia and almost lost to TPE in pre-QF match (you should watch it if you already didn't they only survived by a buzzer beater from the half court)
 
but the same Jordan changed gear and played superb when they faced Iran
 
 

At 1st sight I thought the woman under Novak is Jelena Djokovic his wife