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Whoever organizes it can use whichever name they want, more or less. Just like the MLB has, ridiculously enough, a (basically) national championship final that's actually called and marketed as 'World Series'. Which basically everyone outside of the US agrees with is just nonsense, but also...why care? I am definitely in favour of having a few North American stops every now and then (not every season, since it's just too small for that), and in cross-country skiing perhaps even every season assuming the hype about Minneapolis lives up to the expectations. As for Asia....yeah, that's going to be difficult. It'd be good to go there sometimes, but biathlon is just entirely empty there (the horror Pyeongchang world championships are still in mind), maybe cross-country skiing would attract at least something if they go there once every few years.

Yeah I always forget that For context: on the main Dutch forum, the thread about the PDC world championships, which started halfway in November, ended up with a little over 31.000 posts....and that's taking into account darts is now on a pay-channel which requires watching it on a website or on an app, instead of a regular TV channel like it was for many, many years. When it was still on the regular TV channel, it'd get to 50-60 thousand posts in 6 weeks or so

Yeah, Littler had been playing a lot last year as well (way more than he will this year, presumably), with several matches in for example the MODUS Super Series ending in wins with averages of 110+. If memory serves me right, he destroyed Lakeside champion Andy Baetens with a 118 point average. Sure, that was a relatively short match, but those numbers are rare, to say the least. I honestly doubt there's any major North Americans in the next few years, unfortunately, it's just often the same names and they never really break through. Same for most Asians, much as I'd like to see that change.

Women's stage 6 is underway, conditions are such a mess with lots of snow and/or rain falling

Huh, you have kids I've wondered before how many parents we have on Totallympics, the only one I'm sure about is @konig because he announced that last (?) year

13:17.53 for Jordan Stolz in the US championships just now. Which, for those who aren't really into speed skating and times and such, is absolutely and utterly bizarre given the fact he is also able to skate a very low 34 second 500m. That range is astonishing beyond words.

Hey, nice, a random video with a sort of satirical title. The funnier (or sadder) thing is that there actually are people who don't see this for what it is, nothing, but who actually are so Facebook-brainwashed that they genuinely believe this is some sort of 'proof' of some 'massive conspiracy' or something

Considering it's the Youth Olympics, so presumably the largest youth sports event in the world, I'd definitely assume reasonable coverage of most, if not all sports...? Because if not, why would any athlete really care if they can't show themselves anyway?

The testimonies however were not "all these people who are named, abused people". One definitely has be to somewhat cautious, but in today's social media age, of course everyone who is mentioned at all will be condemned online..

Right now, three times, as often as Grenchen (which held two of the previous three, whereas the first two in Apeldoorn are quite a while ago) Infrastructure is always excellent there, so there isn't really much of a problem with a relatively niche sport going to a well-known quality location more often, I think. Don't want those tournaments where like 15% of the stands are filled, which we'd sometimes see in sports like track cycling. I also wouldn't mind it being whereever else by the way, as long as the atmosphere is great, I truly couldn't care less exactly which city it is in Apeldoorn is close enough to often pass by there on my slightly longer cycling trips (one of my main 50+ kilometer laps), but I don't think I'll be going there this year. Funnily enough, Omnisport is right next to one of the parks where clients of my employer live, we were there in December and while walking through the park one sees Omnisport towering over it.

The previous world championships barely just finished, which I guess is also a big reason why this just doesn't have that big 'feel' to it. FIFA World Cup, Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics also would be a lot less special when it's once every two years

To be entirely clear: the 'Epstein list' is not necessarily a list of people who went to Epstein's island to abuse people, it's a list of people with all kinds of ties to Epstein. The only thing it really confirms is that rich, influential people often spend time with other rich, influential people, which is in itself not a weird thing (of course the dealings of the likes of Prince Andrew, Clinton, Trump and certain business people are much more shady there, considering the ways and amount of times they're mentioned, but that doesn't go for every single person who is named as having a connection with Epstein). Of course Epstein was not literally doing nothing except for running an abuse island, he was also a businessman and apparently had quite some investments in physics-related stuff. In that regard, it's not weird to think he has once met one of the most well-known physicists of our time.

Nr 4 Gus Schumacher

Hey, the news from years ago called

Littler is by far the oldest 16 year old I've ever seen in sports outside of athletics Be that as it may though, the way he is playing is absolutely phenomenal. Whether he's 16 or 46, the level of play he has shown from his very first match to yesterday's semi is something else entirely. Especially in his own legs he is just nearly unbeatable....he hit an average of 123 points per turn in his own legs against Van Barneveld and even the ever so negative Van Barneveld had to admit that there's just nothing you can do against that. If your opponent plays like that, you need to hit multiple nine-dart finishes just to be able to take one or two of his sets (and then hold on for dear life in your own sets). Then again, Humphries was sensationally good as well yesterday, after a bit of a rough start in the tournament he seems to have hit his stride. Of course it always remains to be seen what the pressure of a final does to both, but Humphries has been in major finals before and Littler has clearly shown he doesn't give two shits about the pressure so far, so....at least potentially it could be a sensational final tonight

I am genuinely curious how on earth they got a biathlon spot. For the Olympics that is near impossible for 'exotic' nations, which is why most aspiring biathletes from countries like that might very much prefer biathlon, but are forced to go for a spot in cross-country skiing. Where, oddly enough, Chile doesn't have any girl apparently (they do have a small and young team, but latest I've heard is that they are basically all too busy with school to really be able to train well).

Big Hamas terrorist had a bad day yesterday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Saleh_al-Arouri

Happy New Year everyone Hope everyone still has all their fingers and such after the fireworks

Australian former pro cyclist Melissa Hoskins-Dennis has died after being hit by a car, aged 32. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Hoskins Said car was presumably driven by her husband, (since the end of this season ex-)cyclist Rohan Dennis, who has been arrested and charged and will have to appear in court in March...

It's an iPhone, who would like that nonsense

Easiest quiz ever https://fasterskier.com/2023/12/do-you-know-your-suits-beginner-to-expert/ I had one mistake, but am not blaming myself for not knowing that obscure one

Which story? There have been tons and tons and tons of stories of students being threatened by other students, due to not being pro-Palestine (enough) or something like that, that's been the main kind of actually visible reaction here. Other than that, not much going on.

First time? I think you missed the gazillion others.

Wow, that's long ago since I heard that name

Happy holidays to you as well