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Italy!
 
What a final!

Because four freestyle relays is really, really way more than enough
 
 

Expected, but still unbelievable. Oh well, backwards courts making their country going backwards, what else is new.
 
Next step is making sexual education illegal, because they obviously don't want people to be somewhat safe, and since the obvious goal is more misery all around, that'd be a logical next step.
 
It's interesting how they do whatever they can before someone is born, but once a child goes to school, authorities are happy to let them serve as shooting targets.

Expected, but still unbelievable. Oh well, backwards courts making their country going backwards, what else is new.
 
Next step is making sexual education illegal, because they obviously don't want people to be somewhat safe, and since the obvious goal is more misery all around, that'd be a logical next step.
 
It's interesting how they do whatever they can before someone is born, but once a child goes to school, authorities are happy to let them serve as shooting targets.

Because four freestyle relays is really, really way more than enough
 
 

6 medals for  so far which is already one more than 2017, 2019 and 2020(1) combined.

Yeah, hold a special out-of-year Olympics, like Equestrian in Stockholm 1956!

TISC vibes in the PowerShell course I'm following this week  Wonderland  
 
 

Apostolos Christou with a CR of 52.09 (previously 52.26) in the men's 100 backstroke semifinals 
Obviously broke his own NR as well (previously 52.77) 
 
Really hoping he can win a medal here, although last year at the Euros he only won bronze with 52.97 after swimming 52.77 in the semifinals (which would've been enough for gold in the final...)

Stage 2/5 in Krakow, POL
 
Women´s Extreme Kayak (2/5)
 
1. Martina WEGMAN    @heywoodu 
2. Noemie FOX 
3. Viktoriia US   
 
Full Final Results HERE
Full Semifinal Results HERE
Full Quarterfinal Results HERE
Full Heats Results HERE
Full Trial Run Results HERE

That would be such insane bullshit.

Stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse - Albert Bettiol  VERY delighted with his second place.    Broken radio….young  Andreas Leknessund had already won.  

Interesting reaction from the girl in the Ferrari team, cheering on the crash...

That Corvette was whiped out by the #83 with François Perrodo behind the wheel. That is the AF Corse LMP2....basically teammates of the AF Corse leaders in GTE Pro. Hmm.

Had a great experience in Hengelo today at the FBK games!
 
Highlights for me were both the 400m hurdles and for some reason the javelin.

So finally let's share some thoughts on my Munich experience.
 
First of all, horse shows in Germany are huge. Pferd International in Munich specifically is much bigger than it ever looked on stream. There were so many stands with both merchandise and food, and the showground was quite large in itself. The crowds were huge every day, but especially on Thursday during the Bavarian holiday. There are horses all over the place, and there are no paved pathways (everything is covered in mud or grass, which turned out to be a bit of an issue on the rainy Sunday).
 
Pferd International hosts dressage, jumping, vaulting, para-dressage, show program and working equitation. As I also had some other plans in Munich, I mostly ended up following the dressage like I planned. After all, it is traditionally the highest quality event in Munich (5* competition, as compared to jumping which is only 2*). I caught a bit of jumping, show program and working equitation as well. Vaulting and para-dressage were held indoors on the other side of the showgrounds and I didn't have the time for even a sneak peek.
 
Some thoughts on the dressage competitions:
Isabell Werth is a super star in Germany. You could really see people arriving to the dressage arena just before her test and leaving soon thereafter. She appreciated the crowd. Also on Sunday a literal thunderstorm started during her test but she just laughed it off (as did the crowd). Dorothee Schneider is amazing. She was competing in more-or-less every class with a whole myriad of horses, and yet she was very appreciative of the crowd after each round. What a lovely lady. Tinne Vilhelson-Silfven arguably earns the title for the most elegant rider. Stunning. Prize giving ceremonies are much more fun in person than on the streams. I guess the same probably goes for the medal ceremonies. The crowds really get into it. And finally, as spectators are allowed to freely move more or less anywhere (except the stables of course), I really had an opportunity to bypass all these familiar faces at close quarters. It was really interesting to pass directly by the likes dressage rider Anush Agarwalla (who was all smiles despite having a really frustrating week in Munich) and the well-known judge Hans-Christian Matthiesen, for example. You could even get as close to the warmup ring as you'd like, and then get even closer to the athletes whilst they are walking from the warmup ring to the competition arena.  
Here are some photos:
 
Canada's Ryan Torkkeli and Sternenwanderer on their way to the World Championships selection
 

 
 
Isabell Werth and Emilio as seen from a mound near the arena
 


 

Greetings from Pferd International in Munich! Very tired from the night drive, but I finally get to fulfill my dream of attending a big German horse show in person.
 
Will be sharing more pictures next week hopefully.
 

Exactly, so what  
 
If the internet were to believed, half the country would lynch you if you dare eat something Italians like but in a bit different way, because don't you freaking dare eat things the way you like it  

Mountainbike is absolutely huge in Brazil...
 
 

Those damn Western countries, that's why Greece and Romania and Japan and India and China and Brazil and Indonesia and Bulgaria and Turkey and the Phillippines are in the top-20  

After a virtual waiting line of over 100.000 people, my dad and I just booked our tickets for Bruce Springsteen in Landgraaf (NED) next year  
 
Fifth real show I'm going to, fourth time it's The Boss  

Oh absolutely, it seems to be organized terribly  
 
But a large part of the blame does remain with people who have no ticket, but still jump over fences and whatnot to get in. Those people, who pretend to support team X even though they know their actions will get team X in trouble, are the root cause for problems  

It's always weird to see France having so much troubles with events like this, whereas the Tour de France usually is organized so well it makes the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España look like local amateur races  
 
Do they put all their semi-good organizers in ASO and the rest is just someone's random uncle who needed something to do?  

That is hilarious  

anyway the match looks is going to start now, so end of conedy, time to switch channels and watch something interesting