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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.

Personally, I would have gone with Mixed K1-200m. You know, the first athlete has to jump into the water and the other gender takes over after 100m. Would be interesting.

Well, they’re unique...

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.

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

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

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

That’s Lancelot “The Cannibal” Proton de la Chapelle, actually.  

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

In the newest viral joke here, one Indonesian Child Protection Agency commissioner warned girls to be careful when swimming in public pools because they could be pregnant from stray sperm in the pools
 
 
And of course it is quickly parodied:
 
 

And Russia gifted Germany the qualification in men's foil.
So:
qualified - Japan will surely use their host quotas to have a team here.
 

I had a couple of them a while back. I'll take you to the world of my crazy dreams...
 
- I was behind the wheel in a race somewhere, had a speed of ~400km/h, crashed,  died and then woke up...
- Denmark vs. another team in a football match, with Denmark leading 3:0 after some minutes. The match was then stopped because of Danish superiority...
- Simone Hauswald coming to the shooting range with a five-barrelled weapon, hitting all the targets in "one" shot...
- after the first day of the Summer Olympics (no specific one), China was leading the medal table with 20 golds, ahead of "Milky Way" with 4 golds...
- a new swimming event was added, the 6x18m Butterfly Relay...
 
The first one made perfect sence to me. I dreamt of this at the time when I was scared of taking driving lessons.

I had a couple of them a while back. I'll take you to the world of my crazy dreams...
 
- I was behind the wheel in a race somewhere, had a speed of ~400km/h, crashed,  died and then woke up...
- Denmark vs. another team in a football match, with Denmark leading 3:0 after some minutes. The match was then stopped because of Danish superiority...
- Simone Hauswald coming to the shooting range with a five-barrelled weapon, hitting all the targets in "one" shot...
- after the first day of the Summer Olympics (no specific one), China was leading the medal table with 20 golds, ahead of "Milky Way" with 4 golds...
- a new swimming event was added, the 6x18m Butterfly Relay...
 
The first one made perfect sence to me. I dreamt of this at the time when I was scared of taking driving lessons.

Beware. IOC may be listening!

Filippo Mondelli, one of the crew members of the Italian Quadruple Sculls -among the main pre-competition favourites in Tokyo, has to give up "professional" Rowing because of bone cancer (aggressive osteosarcoma)...
 
this is a really bad loss for our sport, but, more than anything, it's going to be a long and tough battle for him...good luck Filippo!

This is a total tragedy Kobe Bryant is apparently dead

Wow, the first ever 0 for Herrmann in biathlon - yes, including sprints - comes in an individual  

Event 63/81
 
BOBSLEIGH

Men´s Monobob:
 
1. Alexander Czudaj    2:24.80
1. Andrei Robert Nica    2:24.80
3. Quentin Sanzo    2:25.18
 
Full Final Result HERE

Event 67/81
 
SKELETON

Men´s Singles:
 
1. Luka David Nydegger    2:17.00
2. Elvis Veinbergs    2:18.42
3. Livio Summermatter    2:19.53
 
Full Final Result HERE

Event 39/81
 
LUGE

Women´s Doubles:
 
1. GERMANY    1:51.443
Jessica Degenhardt
Vanessa Schneider
2. CANADA    1:52.709
Caitlin Nash
Natalie Corless
3. LATVIA    1:53.043
Viktorija Ziedina
Selina Elizabete Zvilna
 
Full Final Result HERE

Event 37/81
 
LUGE

Men´s Doubles:
 
1. GERMANY    1:49.649 
Moritz Jaeger
Valentin Steudte
2. LATVIA    1:49.951
Kaspars Rinks
Ardis Liepins
3. RUSSIA    1:50.325
Mikhail Karnaukhov
Iurii Chirva
 
Full Final Result HERE

Event 36/81
 
LUGE

Women´s Singles:
 
1. Merle Malou Fraebel    1:49.687 
2. Jessica Doreen Degenhardt    1:49.895
3. Diana Loginova    1:49.966
 
Full Final Result HERE

The Brits presented their new Olympic-year track bike. So, you know. RIP everyone else.
 

Sunday January 5th, 2020 -
Knockout Round Last Day RESULTS (GMT +1)
 
 
Relegation Round Match 3
3rd and last Game of the Best-of-3 Match Series, the Nations will be ranked 9th-10th, the series losing team (10th ranked nation) will be relegated to the Men´s Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2021   (2) Germany 6 - 0 Kazakhstan (1)
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 4-0, 1-0
January 5th 2020, h. 11:00, Ostravar Arena, Ostrava   Series Final Standing: Germany - Kazakhstan : 2-1     The following Nation has been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2021 Kazakhstan  

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Here it is. It was quite a challenge but I managed to find some obscure and interesting titles, shaping up to be an unusual list. As it usually goes for me. Really glad about certain discoveries.
 
Quite a few new entries too: Bulgaria, Finland, Japan, Pakistan and Uganda!
 
 
 
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