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Why are the pilots constantly and nearly entirely ignored (in both live graphics and even commentary) in the blind tandem cycling? Unlike the guides in running or skiing, the pilots do actually also have a physical part in the result.. In running and skiing they are obviously crucial as well, but they don't actually deliver some of the physical energy in the performance.

Alpecin-Fenix seemingly riding for Philipsen today. Are they aware he's not in the race anymore, one wonders?

My most useful 'tip' is to open the schedule for day X the day before day X. Then you have the full schedule, but without the results. Just make sure you only open results and such by right clicking and selecting 'Open on new tab' (not with Ctrl + click, that doesn't work) and don't refresh the page

Another annoying thing is that it shows the results of finished medal events on the schedule (the medalists, that is). Sucks badly, you have to train yourself to avoid spoilers and hold your hand over the results while scrolling

Of course, but it's sort of nonsense to first go all-in on 'we have to get out' and now that that happened under his successor, it's all-in on 'BUT if this or that, we have to go in!'. I know it's of course just Trump doing his usual U-turns to play his games, so it'd be perfectly normal for him, but still.

It's annoying, because there's so much scrolling especially in Paralympics when they show every single match of 435 classes of judo and table tennis and boccia and whatnot

Anyone knows why the 'Hide' button on the schedule doesn't work?

Because it's always worth going out there to see the conditions. Norris' mistake was unfortunate, but doesn't necessarily mean racing wouldn't be possible. If there wasn't as much spray (and, mostly aquaplaning), it would have been possible. Now it wasn't, which you find out by driving around.

Yeah, it was just impossible to make a 'right' decision Sunday. No single decision would have made a large group of people happy: what they did now was unfair to some, cancelling it altogether would have been unfair to others, actually going racing was obviously not at all a realistic possibility (maybe for people who only watch to see heavy crashes, but not so much for fans)...every option was wrong, sadly. The only real bad thing in terms of 'decisions' was Hamilton's dumbass statement: "I hope the fans will get their money back." Yeah, that's easy for him to say, scoring super cheap points over the backs of those who'd actually have to pay it (organizers) and who already have financial problems for years.

Peace maker Trump: "We should invade Afghanistan with everything we have, or bomb it to hell." Trump first: "We need to withdraw." Withdrawing doesn't go great under a non-Trump president...Trump: "We need to invade." How do people still fall for this probably permanently drunk moron?

They're actually working on it https://inside.cev.eu/articles/cev/snow-volleyball-working-group-starts-devising-ambitious-plans-for-next-winter-season/

Same story emerging about Romania, which is accused of hosting 150 non-existing tournaments. It's in Belgian media though, so, you know, pinch of salt

Yeah, no, giving an incredibly prominent terrorist group which now holds all the power a bunch of names of people they can directly target. What could go wrong.

Shouldn't education be a little sooner on that list? Your order seems definitely valid, but other than that, one would imagine a well-educated group of people would - in the long run - be better able to sustain itself than a group of people where a large majority lacks even basic education. Of course in the short term, food, water and shelter are top priorities.

How does it work with having athletes in the same classification, some of whom have two arms (but one with a deformity on the hand I think), whereas others have no arms? Isn't that way too different to be somewhat fair? Then again, I know you have to combine wildly different impairments to avoid having 800 events with one or two athletes each, but it's sometimes a little hard to really judge how fair an event can be within the boundaries of one class.

Sure, taking a summer vacation to Afghanistan is not asking for trouble at all... https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/569307-dozens-of-california-students-parents-stranded

@Agger How is the Danish pronunciation of the Belgian/Dutch Eurosport commentator who tried to fool viewers today by thinking they had Danish commentary? https://streamable.com/wpfz4d

Watching the track cycling now, and out of curiousity: why do C1, C2 and C3 all exist, even though they compete as one? What's the point, other than to differentiate between disabilities, if nothing is actually done with said differences? It seems like a whole lot of classification work for basically nothing... Unlike in para-skiing for example, where the clock runs faster/slower depending on the classification.

Yep, poor beloved Gaddafi.

Yes, keep emphasizing it again and again, because that makes it more believeable

Like @Dunadan said, they were actually even shown (and posted here I believe), tons of Facebook live streams. It was obscure and it was playing with the rules, but it was definitely not breaking the rules.

Situation about the Belgian men's team: https://www.hln.be/sport/grootschalige-fraude-3x3-lions-organiseerden-fictieve-wedstrijden-om-op-olympische-spelen-te-geraken-boic-wacht-af~a808e67d Basically it says there's been a major fraud, in which Belgium entered 27 tournaments in the FIBA systems where their players gained enough points to get into the OQT and eventually qualify for Tokyo. Mongolia-style, basically, but as far as I know the tournaments in Mongolia were at least actually played, whereas here it says the Belgian tournaments were entirely made up and not a ball was actually touched...

Anderson hadn't played on the main tour since halfway last year. Early this year he decided to give his Tour card back, because he wanted to spend more time at home in Australia after the birth of his second son...

Kyle Anderson, 33 years old Apparently something to do with kidney failure..

What the hell, 33 years old https://www.pdc.tv/news/2021/08/24/australian-star-kyle-anderson-passes-away