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After already getting several 2nd place finishes in the IBU Cup, the level directly beneath the World Cup!

Yeah, not much doubt about that one I mean, it wasn't exactly exciting to watch in terms of being tense, but yeah, that's to his credit. Magnificent performance.

Also, Q School will start in a few days, and Corey Cadby is back. Oh boy.

I am awfully surprised Italian commentary exists for darts In a good way!

And today doesn't exactly help: Russia announced a cease-fire from their side (so they can blame Ukraine of breaking it) during their Christmas days this week, yet today they're already firing As always: you can trust Russian authorities blindly, because you know they'll do exactly the opposite of whatever they promised and announced.

Rare Swedish and Ukrainian podium places in today's Nations Cup races. Slovak podium as well @hckošice https://www.fil-luge.org/en/news/nations-cup-victories-for-sandra-robatscher-langenhan-and-rieder-kainzwaldner-in-sigulda-lat

Supersprint qualifying in Brezno is underway, and it all looks equally depressing as the winter sports competitions in Germany, Croatia and so on these days

With exceptions for, among others, long-term students and people who work there. Basically, the people who can't are tourists or people looking for some vacation home, and investors who do nothing but drive up the prices infinitely.

Oh and here is one of those interviews, where all her part is in English https://www.destentor.nl/veluwe/topsporter-bruna-moura-verloor-vier-jaar-aan-salaris-na-dramatisch-ongeluk-collega-uit-nunspeet-schiet-nu-te-hulp~a6136261/ There's another one coming this week, but she's going to try and do that one in Dutch

For those interested, a colleague and friend of our Olympic Totallympian has started a crowd funding action to help her get to the Olympics in 2026, which resulted in an interview with one of the larger newspapers, a fairly large semi-regional TV/online news channel, and a few other things The story and a link with a bit more background can be found in this post:

Well alrighty, no Morocco at the event, I'd assume. Barely a month later and their 4th place has already gone to their heads

Absolutely Although still it's a bit weird to have this format. Diggins was by far the best today, for example, but it would have been much nicer if she had actually finished in her new position in the GC. Now you've got three separate rankings/fights in one single race: - The result of the pursuit, based only on the day before - The indivivual times for today - The general classification, based on point two

Yeah, pursuits like this really shouldn't be in a stage race. If you want pursuits in a stage race, make them be like they were in stage two, where the classification after that stage was the result of the stage. So, starting in order of the classification, not the previous stage. Also the way the last stage used to be and really should be.

Eurosport Player for a few more days, and sometimes Viaplay when I can't watch on TV or computer But both are just to watch stuff, other than that...nothing.

Yeah, he must have some personal grudge or whatever. Basically everyone in darts always talks about Smith like one of the nicest players around, he never really says anything bad about anyone, even after winning his very first world title he started rushing off to family, but quickly turned around to first shake his opponent's hand, and then went to his family. Barely ever any weird antics or unsportsmanlike stuff, almost always gracious in defeat as well. No, people who say Smith is another idiot just can't be taken serious...

What a beauty of a final and what a fantastic champion, absolutely deserved it and it could barely go to any nicer guy in the world of darts

Well, slowly that's starting. You can just sense the "in 5 minutes I can be world champion" nerves getting to him.

Smith is starting to look rather convincing

Truly bizarre 3rd leg in the second set just now: 180 Van Gerwen 180 Smith 177 Van Gerwen 180 Smith Van Gerwen misses the 9-dart finish on double 12 Smith finishes 141 for a 9-dart finish

Geiger 51st today, so the number 5 of the standings is out.

Rally, rallycross and all other kinds of rally and race-related stuff legend Ken Block has passed away due to a snowmobile accident, aged 55.

Yeah this was insane Van den Bergh was not playing that bad, to be honest. Sure, not his best level, but playing close to a 100 average most of the match simply isn't bad. But yeah, Van Gerwen today...damn, nothing to do against that.

Michael Smith puts an end to the dream of Gabriel Clemens with a fantastic display: 6-2.

Oh don't get me started on Rayssa Leal('s reactions), I can quite easily get someone here all fired up by showing some videos of her reactions I do find urban sports fun to watch sometimes, but yeah, I still find it quite difficult to take them as serious as the big and more classic things, to be entirely honest.

They might have had a chance to be in if you had voted, who knows And don't forget there's just a handful of spots available, when we are here usually looking at dozens of sports. There's absolutely going to be dozens and dozens of names not making it, with some people thinking they should have made it