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The Dutch sprinters have been better than they are now, so if there's one moment for them to be beaten, it's the Paris Olympics. Probably their last big thing in this team. Couple of years ago I'd have given them 90-95% or so, now I'd give it at best 75, which is far from a lock

But there is just no way they are anywhere near a 'lock' for gold, with the rise back to the top of the Australians, the Brits who always have something extra at the Olympics and Hoogland who is going down rather than up.

Of course Even if there's 100 events where one athlete/team has like a 95% chance to win (which is very high and generally reserved for at best a handful of events), it is still highly unlikely for all of those 100 to actually win

The main reason I'm hoping for her not to win Nothing against her personally, but I do like to see champions not avoid every possible competition...

I highly doubt she is as much of a 'lock' (if locks really exist of course) as for example the Australian 4x100m women It probably all depends on how we define a 'lock'...say, 95% chance at least? In that case I'd absolutely not put McLaughlin there

Dutch former figure skater Joan Haanappel has died in Belgium, where she had lived for years, aged 83. Competed in the Olympics in 1956 and 1960 with a 13th and 5th place, and won three bronze European medals. Together with Olympic champion Sjoukje Dijkstra she is seen as the best the Netherlands has ever had to offer in the sport. https://www.ad.nl/schaatsen/voormalig-olympisch-kunstschaatsster-joan-haanappel-83-overleden~a43871b8/ She had also been a commentator for decades since 1975, mostly for NOS and Eurosport, and even hosted a major German sports show in the 80's.

Aren't those the years Ajax got far in Europe? I definitely watched those matches, but damn.... There's a super young Matthijs de Ligt in the top right....and I am pretty sure the bottom left is Nouri, I do believe his heart attack and still ongoing coma happened after 2015. Maybe going for David Neres in the middle and one of the other two being Frenkie de Jong, but those are honestly just guesses and could be wrong by multiple years

It probably depends on the sports as well. Just looking from my own perspective: sports like athletics, biathlon, cross-country skiing and such have the same exposure, because the events can be and are generally held together. Also, when it's about fastest times and such, it's good competition anyway. But then when watching women's tennis, where the balls are often hit a meter over the net, or women's football, where even at the World Cup the level is often almost insultingly low....that shows that there is still a very long way to go in some sports before we get to a point where it gets somewhere close to as much interest. It is on the rise, and that's a good thing, so for now I'll hope it all keeps going up. Who knows, maybe one day it will even be good enough in Nordic combined for the women to be on the Olympic program there (which, in my opinion rightfully, isn't yet the case for 2026). Anyhow, we should probably either move this to another thread of get back to athletics

4,5 years in prison, and what seems like actual prison time instead of 'prison but you can pay it off', for rapist Dani Alves Although it might be shorter due to already having been in prison for a year, and maybe even more time goes off because of paying the money (that he got from Neymar's dad, like there weren't enough reasons to dislike Neymar), but hopefully of course it will still remain multiple years of prison time.

Those channels are mostly commercial though, so will show what they believe earns them money. Especially in a sport like football, there's just not going to be as much interest in say the women's Champions League final, as there'd be in a regular men's Champions League group game. Anyhow, this is in the end about athletics, a sport where men/women generally don't compete in separate events, so this whole thing isn't much of an issue there

"Used by local populations", are they talking about families of raccoons and bears or something?

This does sort of depend on the sports, competitions and so on. When competing for national teams, I'd say men and women should have the same prize money and such, but in commercial competitions (think club football, road cycling and the likes) it simply makes sense to distribute pay according to what it brings in. One can easily pay a star football player millions of euros, since shirt sales alone will easily make up for that, but good luck making up a 3 million salary for a top female player by merchandise and such..

Not sure I necessarily agree with entirely stopping 'agenda 2020' and 'gender equality' and such (only if it takes away things rather than adds things), but the main issue here seems to be deciding things without consulting the actual athletes, which should be a massive no-go.

Right now it isn't about 'the most accurate takeoff' though. The approach and takeoff are merely parts of the equation, but still things one needs to master in order to be a complete long jumper.

Spanovic

Jesus, exactly this. Part of long and triple jump is making sure your approach to the jump is correct....if you wish to take risks, you're free to do so, and it might pay off fantastically, but it might...you know, not.

To be fair, is being a national team coach really a full-time job outside of the periods where national teams don't play?

Lovely, can't wait for all that Apple trash to stay far away from here

That would only weaken the Olympic tournament though...fun as it might be (assuming the number of participating nations stays the same)

Almost!

Hopefully it's being busy with good things instead of worrying things

Truly fantastic race by Ghiotto

Gelinas-Beaulieu is kind of the king of the side events here, taking medals in the team sprint, team pursuit and mass start Would have loved to see him take the gold today, but silver was awesome.

Obviously, it's the 50 freestyle, anyone at this level has a chance to do this in Paris

Haha, Bukhov of all people takes it away from McEvoy Awesome!