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Trifecta of multi-sport games taking place at the moment. Virtus Global Games (for athletes with intellectual impairment), Youth Parapan American Games, and Para SEA Games. Streaming for all three events is available on YouTube, or other dedicated sites accessed via the official websites. Discover the Games should have a story on the Virtus Global Games this evening, or tomorrow morning for those interested.

Huge story developing in golf. No idea what impact this will have on Olympic qualifications.

It’s like chess. You gotta enter the “rapid” or “blitz” competition if that’s more your style.

Probably the first European Championship where PornHub could legitimately be the host broadcaster

I remember reading that there would be a “dedicated platform” for streaming the Games. Maybe EOC.tv or Olympics.com will come into play? I just hope it’s accessible for users outside the continent. We’re always the ones most excited for this event anyways!

I respect and believe in the right to self-determination. I generally disapprove of the heavy hand my government has played in neighboring nations. However, I personally believe you can build a much healthier nation around other values. I would just advise caution around using race, religion, or ethnicity as the foundation or measurement for one’s nationality. Of course, pluralist republics aren’t immune from their own troubles.

Maybe nationalism based around ethnic identity is unhealthy?

Here’s the story of the race I mentioned above. Sometimes the stories I chase become something else entirely.

They actually got two today. One in swimming, and a significant upset on the track. Pol Moya out kicked Tokyo 2020 finalist Charles Grethen in the 1500m final.

Honestly, overall the quality of athletes competing across all sports seems pretty good from the lists I’ve seen.

still the only country without a gold medal after Day 2. Trap in-person was pretty was cool, even for someone who doesn’t particularly like guns. still pretty dominant in the shotgun department.

Shooting events have more helpful graphics than Tokyo 2020

There’s been some lively press conferences this edition

Gotta say, I’m very pleased with MTVSport’s streaming coverage of the Games. The results system leaves a lot to desired, but at least I can watch most of the events on replay after getting back from the venues.

In case y’all want a link to my stories

I’m not sure the two are correlated, but there does seem to be an interesting trend

I’m pretty bummed about the quality of the athletics program for this edition. Quite a few events dropped (likely not enough entries), and some top talent missing. Women’s high jump should be one of the best events this week, instead it’s not even being contested

I’ve always been fascinated by the European micro-states, and my interest is peaked the minute any multi-sport competition arises. These tend to have a pretty good following on Totallympics, but I don’t tend to see much excitement for them elsewhere.

The schedule makes it seem like there will be a double award of bronze medals in singles squash. If so, are both guaranteed at least a bronze medal.

I’m really sad I couldn’t get my hands on a ticket to the opening ceremony. I think the local organizers did a pretty good job with this.

Okay, this ceremony is already much better than the last few for the GSSE. I can definitely tell where the budget for this event went

Basketball 3x3 has been dropped from the sports program over issues securing a venue according to ITG.

For those interested, I put together a list of the Olympians competing in Malta (along with their results). Athletics Pol Moya - 800m [2020]: 37th {R1}, 800m [2016]: 37th {R1} Charles Grethen - 1500m [2020]: 12th {Final}, 800m [2016]: 38th {R1} Bob Bertemes - Shot Put [2020]: 21st {Qualification} Luke Bezzina - 100m [2016]: Did Not Advance {Prelims} Danijel Furtula - Discus [2020]: 24th {Qualification}, Discus [2016]: No Mark {Qualification}, Discus [2012]: 38th {Qualification} Women Charline Mathias - 800m [2016]: 58th {R1} Carla Scicluna - 100m [2020]: 54th {QF} Charlotte Wingfield - 100m [2016]: 57th {QF} Charlotte Afriat - 100m [2020]: Did Not Advance {Prelims} Judo Men Raphael Schwendinger -90kg [2020]: 17th {Round of 32} Cédric Bessi -73kg [2020]: 9th {Round of 16} Paolo Persoglia -90kg [2020]: 17th {Round of 32} Sailing Men Milivoj Dukić - Laser [2020]: 17th, Laser [2016]: 29th, Laser [2012]: 30th Women Marilena Makri - Laser Radial [2020]: 33rd Shooting Men Andreas Makri - Trap [2020]: 28th William Chetcuti - Double Trap [2016]: 17th, Double Trap [2012]: 9th, Double Trap [2008]: 8th, Double Trap [2004]: 9th Gian Marco Berti - Trap [2020]: 18th, Mixed Team Trap [2020]: 2nd Women Eleanor Bezzina - 10m Air Pistol [2020]: 26th, 10m Air Pistol [2016]: 22nd, 25m Pistol [2020]: 41st, 25m Pistol [2016]: 36th Alessandra Perilli - Trap [2020]: 3rd, Trap [2016]: 16th, Trap [2012]: 4th, Mixed Team Trap [2020]: 2nd Swimming Men Nikolas Antoniou - 50m Freestyle [2020]: 45th, 100m Freestyle [2020]: 40th Anton McKee - 100m Breaststroke [2016]: 35th, 200m Breaststroke [2020]: 24th, 200m Breaststroke [2016]: 18th, 1500m Freestyle [2012]: 25th, 400m Individual Medley: 31st Théo Druenne - 1500m Freestyle [2020]: 28th Women Kalia Antoniou - 50m Freestyle [2020]: 27th, 100m Freestyle [2020]: 29th Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir - 100m Freestyle [2020]: 34th, 200m Freestyle [2020]: 22nd Sasha Gatt - 400m Freestyle [2020]: 22nd, 1500m Freestyle [2020]: 33rd Claudia Verdino - 100m Breaststroke [2020]: DSQ Arianna Valloni - 800m Freestyle [2020]: 29th, 1500m Freestyle [2020]: 32nd Table Tennis Women Xiaoxin Yang - Singles: Eliminated {Round 3}

I tried to get a ticket (because there’s apparently no reserved seating for media), but it seems I was too late. Will you be attending in any sports over the next few days? I’ve found it hard to gauge local interest in the event.