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Biathlon.

We'd be done faster if we make a list of countries where football isn't number one

Yes.

Well in that case speed skating would be the best choice.

Definitely. To be fair, I don't think any sport that has a bit of a global following should be counted as any nation's national sport.

Well yeah, in Belgium it's cycling all the way (again apart from, obviously, football). In terms of how much is shown on TV, how much news there is being posted (online and offline) about it and how many people watch and know of the main contenders, cycling is simply the clear number two behind football. A good hypothetical measure for me would be to ask every person to name as many athletes of every sport they can. I'm very sure only football and cycling would end up with several dozens mostly. Possibly speed skating, sure, but it's just not as popular as cycling.

I think hockey is played relatively much as a hobby (obviously nowhere near football), but it's not exactly a popular thing to watch or something. I mean, it's shown on TV (world championships, Pro League, Olympics), but it's not like it's got huge viewing numbers and there's definitely not as much attention for it as for cycling.

Someone standing there made a video right when it happened (so just to be clear: even though you don't see much details, this is a deadly crash and one can assume not everyone wants to see that). According to a rider who was right behind him, Lambrecht most likely lost control and then crashed.

Celine van Gerner has announced her immediate retirement. After some injuries she was on the way back, but she started doubting about there being more in life and decided she wants to focus on her studies and the 'normal' part of life from now on.

Ah, you're a Frenchman, considering you say you're from where triathlon originated? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triathlon#History The Netherlands doesn't really have a national sport. Some candidates and why they may or may not be a national sport: - Football; like almost anywhere in the world it's by far the most popular sport in terms of viewing numbers, fans, and so on - however, one can hardly call the world's most global sport any country's 'national sport' - Korfball; obviously the Netherlands has always dominated this to kabaddi-like levels for India, but in reality not many people actually care; the national competition's final is usually live on TV (paid channel nowadays), but that's about it, you won't really see the world championships on TV for example, perhaps a very short bit of highlights of the final. - Speed skating; by far our most succesful Olympic sport and generally pretty popular (though nowhere near as close as football); usually divided between two sides, one with people who like it and one with people who say it's just for old men; it's on TV pretty often in the winter, but nowhere near as close as the amount of time it had 15 years ago, World Cups are generally not shown live (they are on the public broadcaster's website, not on TV); quite a lot of people own a pair of skates and you'll see a lot of people on the lakes in the rare case they're all frozen, so it might have a chance for being the national sport - Kaatsen/'Frisian handball'; weird sport practiced in a weird province of the country of which I have no idea how it works and how popular it is over there in reality, rest of the country doesn't give two craps; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_handball

And this week they reached the quarterfinals at the world championships in Durban (South Africa) and got close to kind of a sensational win against Taiwan Round of 16 Belgium - Hungary 27-6 Taiwan - Japan 42-22 Germany - Poland 22-9 Netherlands - Ireland 34-7 Suriname - England 22-18 China - Slovakia 31-9 Portugal - Catalonia 15-11 Czech Republic - Australië 27-15 Quarterfinals China - Portugal 25-21 Taiwan - Suriname 20-18 Belgium - Czech Republic 27-10 Netherlands - Germany 25-9 Semifinals (Thursday) Taiwan - Belgium Netherlands - China Which means today we had a repeat of last year's ECh final, where Germany surprisingly managed to reach the final.

If you want to make your little protest, at least do it in grammatically decent English

Doesn't count when it's a public bathroom and garbage dump

Never denied that

Right, the Hispanics in his eyes invaded Texas...for which there is a point to say, if you're a native American

In the worst years Ferrari (sure, Schumacher specifically) was just nearly unbeatable...back in those days I used to watch the start and then go to my room and ask my dad to call me if anything happened (I was not often called back)

Spain against Spain, cool.

Nope, I disliked Red Bull as much when they dominated that much Just like I disliked Ferrari in the Schumacher-era.

And then? People walk the streets for a bit, with their slogans and chants and signs, and then that dies down and a year later the whole thing repeats.

RIP random women's dignity

So in Thailand there was a 200m rollerskiing race and one of the women's participants just (really) barely managed to get under four minutes.. https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=34387 I can in all honesty say I can rollerski 200m within four minutes, even if I fall, and having had not more than an hour of practice..

Ok wait, in terms of results and start lists it's excellent and everything is super easy to find. In terms of live results nowadays it sucks since the free Java applet isn't available anymore

Thanks, it was not a joke. I find this website rather inconvenient and apparently hard to find, unlike Omega's easy website.

Everything he says is almost literally always the same, PR machine 2.0, and I usually prefer athletes who seem like they're more concerned about their sport than their appearances and getting as much attention as they can. Plus even after his easiest, most dominant wins, he comes across as if he's just had the fight of his life, just to make it look like he didn't have a car that's 10 times faster.