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I believe I can fly? Controversial ...

yup

It's really about considering how much the goalie moves. He didn't really in the moment of the shot.

It's not really a new one that a shot straight to the face is a red.

Rather interesting that the jumping quota have been confirmed. Is it just the Western European countries that are faster at confirming their participation?

Danish Olympic comitee confirming place in jumping, but no mention of eventing Edit: They're saying that they're expecting one but are yet to get the confirmation...

With Danish troops as well... Thank you very much, Trump!

[hide] Preliminary Round January 9th - January 15th, 2020 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 4 Montenegro January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Belarus 5 Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Montenegro 2 Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 9 Belarus January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Serbia 4 Croatia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Montenegro 4 Belarus Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic 2 Austria January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 North Macedonia 1 Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Austria 3 Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic 2 North Macedonia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Ukraine 3 Czech Republic January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Austria 2 North Macedonia Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 10 Latvia January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Germany 10 Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Latvia 3 Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 2 Germany January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Netherlands 8 Spain January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Latvia 11 Germany Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 France 7 Portugal January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Norway 8 Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Portugal 3 Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 France 1 Norway January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Bosnia and Herz. 7 France January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Portugal 6 Norway Group E Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Denmark 4 Iceland January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Hungary 1 Russia January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Iceland 3 Russia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Denmark 3 Hungary January 15th 2020, h. 18:15 Russia 5 Denmark January 15th 2020, h. 20:30 Iceland 4 Hungary Group F Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden 3 Switzerland January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Slovenia 3 Poland January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Switzerland 1 Poland January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden 2 Slovenia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Poland 6 Sweden January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Switzerland 2 Slovenia [/hide]

If rumours are true (and it seems highly likely) Bjarne Riis will tomorrow announce that he and Virtu Cycling are new co-owners of NTT Pro Cycling Team. Danish rider Michael Carbel should also be joining the team. Time for another "Africa's Team" comment, @heywoodu?

It's dangerous to state that a single happening is due to climate change, yes. Therefore it would be rather problematic to say that we can be 100 % certain that this bushfire seaso is as extreme is due to the climate change. But this is NOT the normal change that is happening. Usually it would take the world about 5000 years to get 5 degrees warmer (celcius). Since the industrialisation (that would be about 170 years) it's already up by just above a degree and raising by about 0,2 degrees per decade. That would mean that we reach 5 degrees in about 200 years at the current pace. And even by the tiny risk that the "eco-maniacs" are wrong... What's to lose?

@Johne has a nice tracker: https://bluecattechnical.shinyapps.io/RoadtoTokyo/ And the official rankings: https://www.worldathletics.org/world-rankings/100m/men

Well. I usually have somebody doing good in team sports (though it's only the NFL and football (not giving you that one ) that I really watch a lot on "club" basis (maybe the local handball or basketball team from time to time). I've supported the Red Wings for a long time, but have only watched 2 NHL matches all my life. But the Pats and Barcelona have been the ones I could always trust to deliver. AIK Stockholm, Liverpool and Lyon from time to time and finally the local football team, AGF, is competing for a podium. But well, I'm not loud very often except on stadium

Well. Things will be silent here in the appartment for the rest of the playoffs with Pats (my team) and Saints (my roomie's team) out.

Bombay Bicycle Club with the first decent release of the year (Okay, Youtube got it just before New Year, but the official release was jan 1st). Good to see them back.

Or make an "OFF TOPIC - Trump-free politics thread"

The annual "Oh yeah, I've forgot this was part of the start of the year"-moment just struck me Good to see Swedish participation, but I don't think this will be the year that I follow.

I still prefer the pursuit, but this is pretty much the only stage where I don't feel that the mass start is bad.

He is still threatening with war crimes. Somebody else doing it does not make it right. The Germans bombing London and other british cities didn't make the bombing of Dresden (and other cities) less of a crime. It is legal to defend yourself. That could be by hitting military installations that are able to hit you. NOT by attacking the people! And "The USA wants no more threats!"... Yeah... Let's just threaten you to not threaten us And once again. He is only writing this on twitter to show how he is the big, strong leader, and showing off with you being prepared to do war crimes, hitting the people (that you apparently very much respect) is not the right thing to brag about! It would be actions worthy of a trip straight to Hague (and don't get me wrong, Soleimani and many others should have been sent there a long time ago)! Iran knows very well what the US is capable of and knows very well that he is ready to use force. Bragging about it on Twitter doesn't change that the slightest bit! I honestly don't think I've been this disgusted by Trump before (and that says a lot).

I think Dunadan means when calculating the points from a multi-member jury giving the 1st place more in the "internal" voting.

Meanwhile Ebba Andersson won't be at the start line due to a cold

But then why the b***** F*** does he feel the need to tell everybody on Twitter that he is ready to commit war crimes? And just after he has told that he respects the Iranian people and their heritage... That he is apparently ready to attack? There are plenty of ways to reach Iran. Twitter is simply NOT one of the right ones. Just makes me think of Crocodile Dundee

BT Gold (voted by the athletes): The Men's National Handball team Sports Name of the Year: Mads Pedersen Coach of the Year: Casper Jørgensen (track cycling national team) Olympic Hope: Tobias Bjerg And the new member of Danish Sports Hall of Fame: Mikkel Kessler Should be the most interesting.

Oh well

Did 6,5k (may be a few 100m shorter as my phone isn't the most precise on that point) in just about 33 minutes. Much better than the 5k that I did the 30th, but the 10k is still a bit away (even though today's pace was faster than what I would do for a 10k). But a very satisfying test before the real training starts monday.