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The canadian apocalypse championships are still on with Warner trying his best to keep on with the mood.

Good news for the first part About the second one, I guess you're not a fan of supply economics ? I don't really see how having threads with no general interest is such a bad idea. At worst, they will be short lived and forgotten, at best, they will allow more users to engage on more subjects for a longer period of time. They might even trigger new users to post on these subjects. If anything, more threads means more different pages to be indexed, and thus more chances to be find out via a random google search.. tbh, every popular board I know let users post their own thread (under some guidance ofc)

I hate to be that guy. But we really need some more active mods that actually ban people from posting. The shitshow and constant OT by a couple of the users on the athletics world championship thread have been very toxic and has probably turn down more than a few people. On a side note, and generally speaking, I feel people should be encouraged to post their own thread about side subjects (for instance, the new women 50KM walking event could/should have had its own thread).. At the end of the day, the general - insert sport - discussion thread might be conter productive.

Because there are more incentives to dope, the higher level you go (money, fame...). Match fixing is a different beast entirrely, the reward is the same regardless of the level of the match, but the risk to be caught is lower, the lower you go through the ranks. @Agger I won't disagree that the peloton is a lot cleaner that 10 or 15 years ago, but I'd argue it has more to do with the introduction of the blood passport and the various cases brought by the justice, that the anti doping system per se.

Considering that more continental and continental pro cyclists are getting caught than world tour ones, it could only means two things: - that doping is more prevalent at lower professionnal ranks than at top level one, which seems ver, very unlkely. - that the antidoping system is not working and will catch almost only doping athletes that don't have the means (financiaral or otherwise) to get away with it.

Kabbadi not a safe heaven anymore, the world is near total collapse. But I guess the most interesting stat is the one regarding which teams get caught in cycling. #notworking

Yes, I know. and we could also see the 'spring games' happening at some point (an idea from the 60's IIRC). But that's not my point. I think at some point there might be a case for FIS (and IBU) to walk away from the Olympics and have its own games whithout the skating and sliding sports (which are the the ones that commend most of the infrastructure costs and thus the shitty locations and the bad press).

I may be overthiniing here, but with the NHLers gone, one of the biggest adding value of the winter olympics is gone as well. Keeping that in mind and with the many criticizes that plague the Winter Olympics (constant overbudget, bad press, less than stelar locations, etc.)I could see a future where FIS (and IBU) see some kind of winter skiing games - to be held every two years - as a better propostion than the Winter Olympics as they stand. Not yet, but maybe one day at some point.

L'ambiance athlétique du moment m'a poussé à chercher des vidéos spéciales athlé sur le site de l'INA. Et bordel, y'a de ces pépites. Drucker qui interview Carl Lewis http://www.ina.fr/video/I08140730/carl-lewis-a-propos-de-sa-carriere-de-chanteur-et-des-jo-de-seoul-video.html Une pub Royal Canin sur un athlète marocain http://www.ina.fr/video/VDD05006323/said-aouita-video.html Patrick Montel jeune, mais déjà vieux http://www.ina.fr/video/CAB88001270/handball-l-equipe-de-france-philippe-medard-video.html Et une pensée pour ces meetings morts (Rouen, Nice, Créteil...)

During the olympics: Handball / Athletics / Basketball / Seven / Track cycling Outside: Rugby / Football / Handball / Athletics / Volleyball (NT only) / League

https://twitter.com/dsj_itv/status/894992727397601281

Don't want to spoil your party, but he was not crying. I don't like the guy neither, but give him a break.

That moment going through wikipedia and realize they really did add a mixed curling event

Well, there is a solution that is fair to everyone but her, and there is a solution that is fair only to her.

I voted for Germany, then remembered there were only three nordic combined events. Should be a close competition for the number one spot between 5 countries.

Probably the first time I feel bad bad for a Brit athlete. Strange feeling that is.

Mondays fluid Transgender.

Life ban as a participant, and as a coach, and as a director, and as a journalist,etc.

Seriously ?

That's the Rumsas excuse ! She stole it ! Still a good one though. Personnaly, I think I'll go with Hamilton "Vanishing Twin" © . That was pure gold.

And while I'm at it, I can't enough recommend for anyone here to have a look at the new Icarus documentary (that is available on Netflix... and elsewhere). Fasinating and terrifying stuff.

Oh, oh, that one could be fun : Djokovic serving a silent ban ? (french) That is not comming from a random blog btw, but from the major sports network in Québec.The journalist states that she heard from multiples sources that the reason why Djokovic ended its season is because he is serving the infamous so called 'silent ban'.

Sarra Errani has failed a drug test for a stimulant (because that here that we should talk about it)

You allready know what's going to happen. It wiil be the Sharapova's script. Excuses, a lot of them,, some fake outragism, a bit of crying here and there, etc. You don't have to be so naive...

Really ? I'd like a link on that. Here (french), she basically confirmed she worked with him, but stopped once she learnt of his dodgy backgroung (that she never have heard of prior to that obv.)