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Both handball and hockey ending before the final weekend is just sad!

If I can only go for a week, I guess I would go for the first one to get some triathlon, rugby and mountain bike action while track cycling would be the main thing in the 2nd half.

21 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Speaking of surfing, when they say Saturday, which time zone is Saturday? Probably France (which would make Tahiti's time Sunday) or else the surfing event will begin during the same time as the opening ceremony.

Huh? Tahiti is behind France. It's saturday evening/night in France but saturday morning on Tahiti.

3 minutes ago, kungshamra71 said:

 

SIIIIIIIIIM!!!!! 
 

Portugal  again in the World Cup!

 

Good that CR7 will be able to put an end to his amazing career in the national team at the greatest stage of the world! 

On the graves of thousands of migrant workers?

on the way to joining the boycott of the deadly Championships.

5 minutes ago, hckošice said:

- penalties live

That laser light! Ugh!

Light's out in Poland. Great!

Have watched 3 of the main movies (Dune, West Side Story and King Richard) and really enjoyed all 3.

I have Nightmare Alley and Flee on my watchlist and may also go for The Power of the Dog and CODA.

Would certainly love discussing the rights of Tibetans and people from Kashmir, but maybe the doping thread isn't quite the place? 

On 3/22/2022 at 7:16 PM, AliciasBlade said:

As for India, wasn’t their CWG bad in 2010? 

In no way saying that India should host, but in 2036 that's 26 years ago. How long does it take before they'll be allowed to forget those Games?

I really don't mind the polls, but I really have a hard time voting for a lot of them. Sometimes I feel I have a decent opinion on some of the votes but no idea on others but I have to vote in all the polls. Therefore I don't end up voting all the time, because I don't want to "ruin" the poll. Making it possible to pass some of the votes would make it easier.

16 minutes ago, Belle said:

I will kill myself if Mondo take 6.20

The first 2 attempts have been pretty anticlimactic

Graversgaard wins her heat! The magic of the hurdles! 

Huge shot put final! 

2 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Crazy judging, relying on the machine rather than something that was obvious to the naked eye.

The machine clearly showed her moving before Perez, but moving before the gun is apparently legal as long as you don't leave the position. According to the Danish commentators, she was only DQ'ed because her hand actually touched the line.

I'm half Swedish but that was without doubt the right decision in the end. 

BS rule that she could get out of that movement!

2 hours ago, Dolby said:

Mr. President, what should be our strategy to prevent Nuclear War? 

 

Arrange a zoom call with TikTokers

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/11/tik-tok-ukraine-white-house/

I'm no fan of TikTok, but it is a huge platform from where a lot of people get their information. Working with influencers seems like a very logical step, also to prevent misinformation.

According to Danish news, Gabriel "Iffe" Lundberg is set to join Phoenix Suns and thereby become Denmark's first NBA player!

He played for CSKA Moscow but officially cancelled his contract yesterday.

Table tennis and badminton are pretty clear to me (believe me, I really want to pick J-O, but Ma Long is ahead). Tough pick in tennis, but I ended up going with Serena though Graf was damn close.

2 hours ago, dcro said:

So it seems we avoided a nuclear disaster by few hundred meters, if not just few tens of meters. Brilliant move to grenade the largest nuclear plant in Europe. Most of the waste would have ended up in Russia anyways.

 

But not really surprising. They also "accidentally" blew up a dam back in 1941, wiping out 100k people in the process.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieper_Hydroelectric_Station

Quite a few experts say that it wasn't really close to any kind of disaster. Those plants are made to withstand quite a lot!

9 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

That's fucking insane. You want to ban people from sport (and from their living) based on their political view. 

No. I want it to be a way out of the ban that has been imposed by more and more federations and recommended by the IOC.

Most sanctions sadly hurts the people just as much or even more than the leaders starting the wars. I'm pretty sure that a ban in sports will be tough on the Russian leaders as well considering how Putin and co. have used sports for politics, but it will certainly be tough on athletes and fans in Russia. Giving them a way out doesn't seem like such a bad idea to me (then we should certainly also be ready to support them if it give them trouble in their own country).
It's a gray area, no doubt, but I'm sure there could be a way of letting some athletes get a chance.

This should (and will) start a discussion on when to actually ban nations. Could have been the US and supporting nations (including my own) when invading Iraq, questioning on Israel, India-Pakistan and others. I don't know

17 minutes ago, justony said:

My opinion is sports should not be conflicted with politics. It is fair they cancelled all competitions, especially due to safety reasons. But it is definitely not right to punish athletes, who do not have nothing with political actions of their "leader". It is plain stupid and unfair.

There's really no way to disconnect those two, sadly. Russia have been using sports for political purpose quite a lot.

Personally I wouldn't mind Russian athletes participating as long as they unconditionally go against the invasion and show up without anything russian. Meanwhile people like Karjakin and Viatjeslav Barkov should be kept far away from international events.

But also, I do think the IOC has a decent point. The invasion keeps Ukrainian athletes away as their country is under attack. Then let's keep the attacking nations away as well.

1 hour ago, NMQ said:

"Recommends" is an open word

 

https://twitter.com/iocmedia/status/1498297977366102024?s=20&t=U5Ah83l--4QACcxpYcjeSg

 

 

 

 

Considering that the Olympics are pretty far away, they can't really do more.

2 minutes ago, hckošice said:

I wonder how many bills can be in such Russian ATM...there quite a lot of people staying in the queue

 

 

I'm seeing claims about people sleeping in line waiting for more cash for the ATMs.

Meanwhile it's starting to sound like Belarus is going to send in troops as well!

7 minutes ago, hckošice said:

some last hour updates

 

forces took back the control in the city of Kharkiv

 

UKR president announced his country filled a lawsuit to the Haag international court for war crimes.

 

is the newest country to close its airspace for all Russian flights...still waiting for Slovakia to join the club here

 

 

 

SVK still doing everything possible and impossible to return a smile to the faces of Ukrainian refugees entering our teritory. Our leaders repeated every ukrainian citizen fleeing the war will be allowed to enter the country without any problem even without functional passport

 

 and  joining in closing the airspace.

Got to say, massive respect to how neighbouring countries are taking the task of welcoming refugees so far. Hearing some great stories from both Romania, Poland and Slovakia!