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Spain.

I was hoping for Tsitsipas to win but yes, Nadal - Djokovic will be much more exciting than the forgettable US Open.

It's the outcome that matters, isn't it?

https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyklistika_na_Letných_olympijských_hrách_2016 Jolien D'Hooreová, Anna van der Breggenová, does this even make sense? Also, seems like Chinese names are spelled in a totally different way in Slovak. Shi Jinglin becomes Š' Ťing-lin.

Horrible Long Jump format.

Congrats to @OlympicIRL for the win as well as him and @mrv86 organising it, was pretty fun. My original first choice would have been Belgium but I never bothered to ask for it because I thought surely somebody took it already. South Korea and Mali were my initial choices I requested which were taken and ended up with Khadja Nin instead. Thanks to everyone who liked the Burundian entry, I think I wouldn't have made it as far with my other choices. Although to be honest it was annoying losing to North Macedonia. Alternate choices:

I'm surprised you say that. If you knew about my favourite songs/pieces ever, you'd attest me a weird taste in music. My taste totally depends on rhythm and how catchy the instruments/basslines and vocals are. That's why I find something to my likings from any genre but my main three would be European dance/trance/techno from the late 90s/early 2000s, power metal and a mix of ambience and (modern) classic. I figured I had more chances making the KO stages with the latter style but I could have had fun with other entries.

Or just accept that mainstream doesn't mean they're automatic winners?

First Crucible maximum break in 8 years by John Higgins.

Kyren Wilson gets a walkover because of that. Very unfair to Scott Donaldson, they should have allowed him to be a lucky loser and match up against Wilson.

Doesn't it describe that melancholic, sad feeling when you're missing something?

When talking about Japanese food, you can't forget about ramen. I've come across this video about one of Japan's most famous ramen restaurants, Ichiran. This restaurant also offers an interesting dining experience that includes customising your ramen per oder sheet and lots of privacy.

Thanks to you I'm going for pizza today, but to your dismay it's with anchovies and olives.

Well, Belgium would be the obvious choice.

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Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Though you have to say they always manage to have white and green themes in beautiful synergy.

Everybody I know offline.

Call it arrogant but in my opinion people should have at least heard of all independent nations there are on Earth but take it from someone who, as a kid, studied all countries' flags.

Patroness of Castelfidardo and Osimo, treasure seekers, butchers, against epidemics and storms, for stability in faith, money and lottery, the diocese of Belluno-Feltre. https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienC/Corona_Stephana.html And no Catholic here.

A delta for an A. That's a new one to me.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, nonetheless.

I'm going to use the time (of likely 5 weeks) to finally satisfy my nerdy needs by reading lots of things. I also got some books in 2006 and I get to read them 14 years later. On my list are: - Hamlet's soliloquy, in fact The Tragedy of Hamlet itself - more about literature and theatre - a book about keeping reptiles in terraria (this is from 2006, when it still said there were about 7,000 species in the squamata order (ilzards, snakes) and today we know more than 10,300 of them. Also about the order crocodilia. - plants and trees - sewers - heraldry - geology, minerals etc. is interesting too - cooking - whatever else I can find, I've got architecture, space, historic people and much more but I don't particularly care about subjects like politics or economy Let's see I can do all of that, I might also end up listening to music and bang my head to it.

The tournament includes one of the most beautiful names I've seen among athletes. Lancelot Proton de la Chapelle, Belgium

Be prepared for people bitching about GB being boring should they win many golds in track cycling this year again.