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I'm not athletic and I haven't really run a lot in my life but I had that opportunity to run 800m on a track today. I did it for a test, didn't give up running and for the first time in my life I completed an 800m race (never did as a kid). I now hold a PB of 5:08 minutes. 

800m is about as far as I got when pushing it to the limit before starting my life of more exercise, so that's a job very well done  

I'm not athletic and I haven't really run a lot in my life but I had that opportunity to run 800m on a track today. I did it for a test, didn't give up running and for the first time in my life I completed an 800m race (never did as a kid). I now hold a PB of 5:08 minutes. 

This competition is a shame for athletics  

called Dynamic New Athletics

You could also skip the entire games.

why do you think he was interested especially on Franquet ?

GOOOOOLD

what do you think
 

and finally Italy lost to russia in the women's team sabre semis...
 
this, combined with Hungary surprisingly making the big final, is one of the worse possible outcome for us in today's event in terms of OQR...
 
in the meantime, awful start also by the guys in the men's team foil semis against Germany...and here we really need the big points, after the disappointing 5th place in the 1st world cup event included in the OQ period...

Woohoo

We ran together all the way, GPS was wrong
 
Well, we ran until around 19.5 when cramp started to kick in for me and it was a matter of walking/running/walking/running towards the finish for if I'm not mistaken a 2:04.38 finish.

England won 2nd penalties in a major event in a row !  wow...hell must have frozen over

why ? yeah they cheat sometimes, and to be honest most of the time when they host. but they are nice and hard working people in general. actually sometimes I even support them when they don't host.
 
but I have to say my favorite East Asian country is Japan.

For the Italian Team I have a lot of names, really.  Sadly our archery team have competitions before the OC, so i remove Galiazzo. Probabily I missed a lot of possible athletes
 
Gregorio Paltrinieri (Swimming) - He is the Olympic and world long course and short course champion and three-times European long course champion in the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2012, 2014 and 2016 European Aquatics Championships, and two-times European long course champion in the 800 m freestyle event. Paltrinieri is the current 1500 m freestyle (short course) world record holder.
 
Tania Cagnotto (Diving) - She is the first Italian female diver to win a medal in a World Championship.[1] A five-time Olympian, she won medals in both individual and synchronized springboard diving in her final appearance at the Olympics in 2016. She is also a 20-time champion at the European level
 
Giovanni Pellelio (Shooting) - He won the silver medal in Men's trap at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also earned a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and a silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2016 Rio Olympics. He also won the 2008 ISSF World Cup Final.
 
Vanessa Ferrari (Gymnastics) - She was the 2006 World All-Around Champion and competed for Italy at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.
 
Francesco Molinari (Golf) - He won the 2018 Open Championship, his first and only major victory, and the first major won by an Italian professional golfer. The Open Championship win capped a successful season in which he won the 2018 BMW PGA Championship, his sixth win on the European Tour, and the Quicken Loans National, his first PGA Tour win. At the end of the season, Molinari won 5 out of 5 points as Europe won the 2018 Ryder Cup.
 
Fabio Basile (Judo) - He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won the gold medal in the men's 66 kg on 7 August 2016 - the 200th Olympic gold medal for Italy
 
Clemente Russo (Boxe) - Gold at the 2007 and 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight and double-medallist at Olympics.
 

For the Irish choice, I would have a few candidates to consider....
 
Natalya Coyle - Modern Pentathlon:
Tokyo 2020 would be her 3rd Olympic Games. She finished in the top 10 on the previous 2 occasions and has been a wonderful servant not only for Irish Modern Pentathlon, but for Irish sport in general. She always has a positive outlook and is always supportive of her team mates across all sports throughout the year.
 
O'Donovan brothers - Rowing:
While it would be hard to choose one over the other to fly the flag, perhaps they could have a joint effort in the Opening Ceremony. The O'Donovans have been a breath of fresh air since breaking onto the scene at the last Olympics and they are loved by the Irish public. They have inspired a new generation of Irish rowers and raised the profile of the sport in the country. Gold medallists at the 2018 World Championships as well as silver at the Olympics in 2016 means they would be totally deserving in every aspect to fly the tricolour.
 
Thomas Barr - Athletics:
4th place at the Rio Olympic Games in the men's 400m Hurdles. A true gent and one of the nice guys of athletics. He makes time for everyone and gives so much back to the sport. He always produces his best when it matters and I would love to see him honoured like this, especially after narrowly missing that Olympic podium in Rio.
 
Ciara Mageean - Athletics:
Another athlete who is one of the most down-to-earth, nice people you could meet, always giving back to the sport. No one loves her country more than Ciara and she exudes this in every interview I have seen her give. She has had more than her fair share of ups and downs over the course of her career and it would be a thoroughly deserving choice if she was given the honour.
 
Rhys McClenaghan - Artistic Gymnastics:
European Champion 2018. Rhys has put Ireland on the map in gymnastics. Never before have we had a world-class gymnast who will be capable of going all the way in the men's pommel in Tokyo. Never one to shy away from competition or the spotlight, would be a really nice touch to see him walk into the stadium, leading the Irish team.
 
Rory McIlroy - Golf:
More the X-Factor choice than anything else. He would generate a lot of attention and maybe help raise the public interest in the Games. Also, he received a lot of criticism for right or for wrong after the last Olympic campaign where he pulled out before the Games and later said he would not be watching much of the Olympics. I guess you can say he has matured a lot but I think this would be a very controversial choice nonetheless. However, it would be inspiring for some of the young athletes in particular to be marching behind on the same team as one of the big sporting icons.
 
Judy Reynolds - Dressage:
Judy has raised the profile of Irish dressage which has been almost non-existant or on the margins for most of our history. Along with Vancouver K, she has put Ireland on the map in dressage, finishing in 4th place at the World Cup Finals in 2017 and would be deserving of the honour of flying the Irish flag in Tokyo.
 
Kellie Harrington - Boxing:
2018 World champion in women's lightweight division. For so many years she has been in the shadow of Ireland's great heroine, Katie Taylor. She is coming into her own at last and as a heroine of the working class Dublin community and demonstrating the potential of sport to change lives, it would be a worthy choice to have Kellie as the flagbearer.
 
 
 
My choice. I am really torn, I would love Natalya to be given the honour as she has been a magnificent servant of Irish sport over the years, not always getting the recognition she deserves, competing in a minor sport such as Modern Pentathlon. However, my pick goes to the young and charismatic gymnast, Rhys McClenaghan. He is our first-ever world-class gymnast and a huge inspiration for the next generation of up and coming Irish gymnasts. And I can imagine the pride in his face when walking into the stadium and I think it would be a really nice moment for someone so young, yet sure of his abilities.
 

 

some fans doesnt know how to behave,disgrace

Ding Ning does seem to have some problems this season.

Well, it's been brewing for a long time. This time our very own Rūta Meilutytė has announced her retirement.
 
It's been years of battling depression due to the pressure of the Lithuanian public as well as years of not being able to swim as fast as when she was 15.

You don't appreciate simplicity.

Belarus trolling everyone.

Final Results:
 
Group A
Canada - Germany  8-1  (2-0, 2-1, 4-0)
02:01 Thomas Chabot (Marchessault, Strome)  1-0
16:43 Mark Stone (Severson, Nurse)  2-0
26:02 Mark Stone (Strome, Marchessault)  3-0
38:01 Yasin Ehliz (Eisenschmid, Seidenberg)  3-1
38:48 Mark Stone (Dubois, Marchessault)  4-1
43:01 Anthony Mantha  5-1
44:55 Anthony Mantha (Turris)  6-1
45:28 Sam Reinhart (Strome)  7-1
53:10 Anthony Cirelli (Joseph)  8-1
 
Group B
Italy - Norway  1-7  (0-1, 0-0, 1-6)
15:23 Alexander Reichenberg (Lesund, Martinsen)  0-1
41:47 Mathias Trettenes (Olimb, Valkvae Olsen)  0-2
42:03 Angelo Miceli (Helfer, S. Kostner)  1-2
43:55 Michael Haga (Valkvae Olsen, Bonsaksen)  1-3
47:45 Tobias Lindstrom (Martinsen)  1-4
49:06 Sondre Olden (Holos, Olimb)  1-5
51:39 Martin Roymark  1-6
59:08 Stefan Espeland (Bull, Haga)  1-7
 

Unbelievable that we lost against this team..they showed really only 2 good minutes at the whole tournament and scored that 2 goals in the last 2 mins...I just can not believe how German hockey is lucky here...

Wednesday May 15th, 2019 -
Round-Robin Day 5 Results (GMT +2)
  
Preliminary Round
 
Group A
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)   Great Britain 3 - 6 United States
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-3, 1-2
May 14th 2019, h. 16:15, Steel Arena, Košice   Germany 3 - 2 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-2, 2-0
May 14th 2019, h. 20:15, Steel Arena, Košice   Group A Provisional Standing After Day 6   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Germany 4 4(0) 0(0) 12 5 +7 12 United States 4 3(1) 1(0) 17 10 +7 8 Finland 3 2(0) 1(1) 9 6 +3 7 Canada 3 2(0) 1(0) 15 8 +7 6 Denmark 3 2(1) 1(0) 15 6 +9 5 Slovakia 4 1(0) 3(0) 13 14 -1 3 France 3 0(0) 3(1) 6 16 -10 1 Great Britain 4 0(0) 4(0) 4 26 -22 0  
 
Group B
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)  
Switzerland 4 - 1 Norway
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 2-1
May 14th 2019, h. 16:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava  
Russia 10 - 0 Italy
Period-by-Period: 4-0, 4-0, 2-0
May 14th 2019, h. 20:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava   Group B Provisional Standing After Day 6   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Russia 4 4(0) 0(0) 23 2 +21 12 Switzerland 4 4(0) 0(0) 20 2 +18 12 Sweden 3 2(0) 1(0) 19 6 +13 6 Czech Republic 3 2(0) 1(0) 12 7 +5 6 Latvia 3 2(0) 1(0) 9 5 +4 6 Austria 3 0(0) 3(0) 2 14 -12 0 Norway 4 0(0) 4(0) 6 25 -19 0 Italy 4 0(0) 4(0) 0 30 -30 0

Final Results (Night Session):
 
Group A
Slovakia - Germany  2-3  (0-0, 2-1, 0-2)
23:54 Marc Michaelis (Eisenschmid)  0-1
28:30 Andrej Sekera (Cernak, Tatar)  1-1
29:55 Libor Hudacek (Panik, Tatar)  2-1
58:08 Markus Eisenschmid (Seidenberg, Kahun)  2-2
59:33 Leon Draisaitl (Tiffels, Kahun)  2-3
 
Group B
Russia - Italy  8-0  (4-0, 4-0, 2-0)
00:31 Nikita Zaitsev (Gusev, Kucherov)  1-0
08:30 Dinar Khafizullin (Gusev, Kucherov)  2-0
13:15 Yevgeni Kuznetsov (Barabanov)  3-0
16:14 Alexandr Ovechkin (Kuznetsov)  4-0
20:18 Yevgeni Kuznetsov (Ovechkin, Orlov)  5-0
26:03 Ilya Kovalchuk (Kuznetsov)  6-0
33:41 Yevgeni Dadonov (Kucherov, Gusev)  7-0
36:25 Mikhail Grigorenko (Barabanov)  8-0
44:52 Nikita Kucherov (Khafizullin, Zaitsev)  9-0
45:27 Yevgeni Dadonov (Kovalchuk)  10-0