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Today’s women’s GS in Soelden is cancelled 😒

https://www.facebook.com/reel/501052681920453?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V reposting it just for fun of it :-)

If you have Netflix, check out if you have new Polish series HIGH WATER available in your country. Probably the best Polish series for years, I guess. Strongly recommend it. The previous one as good as that was HBO series Wataha (The Pack). This one you should watch as well.

Worth reading, I guess https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/sports/olympics/paris-olympics-seine-security.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Updated after Event #175 (Poll #40).

Updated after Event #175 (Poll #40).

Results ATHLETICS - Men's 20km Race Walk 1. Jefferson Perez ECU 2. Robert Korzeniowski POL 3. Maurizio Damilano ITA (T) ATHLETICS - Women's Discus Throw 1. Sandra Perkovic CRO 2. Halina Konopacka POL 3. Maritza Marten CUB SWIMMING - Women's 200m Breaststroke 1. Rebecca Soni USA 2. Agnes Kovacs HUN (T) 3. Penelope Heyns RSA (T) GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC - Men's Pommel Horse 1. Max Whitlock GBR 2. Krisztian Berki HUN 3. Vitaly Scherbo BLR TAEKWONDO - Women's Middleweight (-67kg) 1. Hwang Kyung-seon KOR 2. Matea Jelic CRO 3. Luo Wei CHN (T) 3. Oh Hye-ri KOR* (T) Thanks for voting!

Wow, that’s a lot indeed. And i thought this week is less packed with sports events to follow than usual… ;-)

@dcro your vote is missing, too! ;-)

Both Italy and USA are out of the final. Looks like we don't know much about volleyball here... ;-)

Voting in this one ends on Sunday. @phelps, where are you? ;-)

What were the best Summer Olympics in your opinion? In the comments, you can write WHY you choose the certain ones. Which one were the most spectaculiar? Which one you cherished the most???

@thiago_simoes I wonder what are your thoughts on pommel horse here…

Poll #40. These are olympic champions in certain events. Imagine that all these champions are on the top of their game at the very same moment in time. Who would have won gold? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(men)#20_kilometres_race_walk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(women)#Discus_throw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_swimming_(women)#200_metres_breaststroke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_gymnastics_(men)#Pommel_horse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_taekwondo#Middleweight_(67_kg)

Updated after Event #170 (Poll #39).

Updated after Event #170 (Poll #39).

Results ATHLETICS - Men's 5000m 1. Hicham El Guerrouj MAR (T) 2. Paavo Nurmi FIN (T) 3. Mo Farah GBR (T) SWIMMING - Men's 200m Backstroke 1. Aaron Peirsol USA 2. Ryan Lochte USA 3. Martin Lopez-Zubero ESP (T) ARCHERY - Women's Individual 1. An San KOR 2. Kim Soo-nyung KOR 3. Ki Bo-bae KOR SAILING - Men's One-Person Dinghy (Laser) 1. Robert Scheidt BRA 2. Ben Ainslie GBR 3. Paul Goodison GBR* SHOOTING - Women's Pistol 1. Maria Grozdeva BUL 2. Anna Korakaki GRE 3. Nino Salukvadze GEO Thanks for voting, everyone!

Firstly she said that she doesn't know what to say then she got a huge ovation from the crowd, people shouting Thank You in Polish (there were many many Polish fans in the stands, Ostrava is very close to Polish border), then she started to cry, said that it's probably the hardest moment of the tournament to say anything now, she said she cried in the last game and she knows it wasn't very professional but she cried with happiness - because all her dreams actually came true, regardless she wins or loses. So she wanted to thank the crowd because they make dreams come true together with her. She mentioned that the atmosphere at this tournament was special and the crowd made her not to give up and fight till the end. Thanks to organizers, congrats to Barbora, thanks to sponsors and her team, and her father who came there which was special and he did well. And she said that tomorrow is World Mental Health Day and she will donate all the prize money from this tournament to a non-profit organization in Poland and she hopes it will change sth. If she had won, the prize money would be bigger but... That's probably it. Anyway, that was a really decent game of tennis, I really liked it. 3 hours long but very interesting all the time.

I agree 100%.

slow motion

Oh, that was scary.

Voting in this one ends on Thursday if anyone’s interested.

Men's 5000m in athletics seems to be particularly interesting here. So many great names.

Updated after Event #165 (Poll #38).

Updated after Event #165 (Poll #38).