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Guess who’s back, back again...It’s TWU with our update of Day 8: https://anchor.fm/twu/episodes/Today-In-Minsk--Day-8-e4fokm

According to the website, both Australia and New Zealand have been invited to compete in Archery and have confirmed participation, maybe it’s wrong though

With the games just around the corner (9 days to go), I thought it would be a cool little project to look at the unique war cries/dances of the oceanic peoples. Only teams/countries who perform these rituals before rugby or other sports will be counted on the list. So far are the ones I could find, but there may be more performed during the games. Cook Islands: The Cook Islands preform a different version of the Hakka than New Zealand (supposedly). The language used is Cook Islands Māori I believe, and there are some distinct differences in the two (technically three because New Zealand performs to different hakas) hakas. Fiji: Fiji performed an old Fijian war dance known as the Cibi until 2012. However they now perform a more aggressive Fijian war dance known as the Bole to counter the haka. Fiji has also begun to sing a Fijian hymn instead of the Bole at international matches. New Zealand: New Zealand performs ever famous haka. They actually perform two different hakas, the historic Ka Mate (first example) and the Kapa O Pango (second example). New Caledonia: I also found evidence of New Caledonia performing a work dance before games, but I couldn’t find much more information. Samoa: The hosts of this year’s games perform a dance called the Siva Tau. Tonga: Tonga performs a similar dance to Samoa since they share similar histories, Tonga’s dance is the Sipi Tau.

Yeah the homes where I live are much newer, and we have indoor centers where people can stay for the day.

The Totallympics Weekly Update is in desperate need of at least one more writer. You do not have to speak unless you want to, and your English doesn’t have to be perfect. Please contact me if interested. You will mostly help us out with our 2019 Summer Universaide and 2019 Pacific Games coverage. Thank You.

That’s pretty much a slightly above average summer temperature where I live.

Acrobatic and Aerobic events were all present in Baku too. UEG wants to show off some the other disciplines.

Not a great month for Iran: I couldn’t find any articles saying what happened, maybe @MHSN can help me out here?

Bam! I just conjured up TWU’s review of day 7. You know you want to watch, so do it here: https://anchor.fm/twu/episodes/Today-In-Minsk--Day-7-e4faq5

Ok, well I probably won’t use that one then because Elvis’ version means a lot me. (I think that’s the song I’d use at my marriage should I be lucky enough one day)

So I’m looking up instrumental versions of the suggested songs because they’re better fitted for my uses, and I looked “O’sole Mio” and to me it sounds like Elvis Presley’s “Now or Never”. Are these the same song, but in different languages?

Ask and you shall receive @Werloc

Thank You all for your recommendations. I’ll chose one or a few to feature on the daily podcast.

They have been live-streaming their torch relay on Facebook and its awesome to see how they’ve gotten the school kids community involved. There appears to a lot of interest on the big island at least.

Malone has a decent chance at a medal too, while Henry could always create a surprise.

@Gianlu33 @Sindo @Henry_Leon @phelps For what may become the daily podcast for these games. What are some big historically, culturally, and popular Italian songs?

I’m going to absolutely hate myself next week for asking this, but would you guys like daily coverage of this or no? I can’t make any guarantees yet, but I’m testing the water (and a new format maybe)

Yes they have broadcast agree with the FISU through 2021

So like the other major games this summer, the Olympic Channel will broadcast the games along side the equally good FISU TV.

But to be fair, De Grasse is little bit bigger of a professional athlete than 4 years ago. He should still be going, but I can see the reasons he wouldn’t.

Alright first night of debates and the sparks are flying! I’ve really enjoyed seeing the extreme left shift of my preferred party. So far Julien Castro has made the biggest impact tonight in my opinion. Warren has done well to defend her positions too. Bill DeBasio has made a good start too. And John Delaney has made me want to get him out of the party. I’m not a huge fan NBC’s coverage though.

Sorry it’s late, but here is our recap of Day 6: https://anchor.fm/twu/episodes/Today-In-Minsk--Day-6-e4f3a8

So Trump has reignited the national anthem debate again. Megan Rapinoe joked, quite seriously, about how Trump would never invite the women’s national team to the White House even if they won. When asked if she would attend, should they get the “honor” Rapinoe replied “f*** no I wouldn’t go”. Trump then took to Twitter where he began to call her out along with his disgusting supporters for “disrespecting the nation” by refusing to participate in the anthem and kneeling on occasion. I completely support Rapinoe here. I myself haven’t said the American Pledge of Allegiance in 3-4 years and haven’t sung the anthem since Rio 2016. Trump has now invited the girls to the White Hose “win or lose” according to him. I would imagine like the majority of American sports team, they will refuse to go.

An artist made this fake logo online and people love it: It could never be used though, because you’re not allowed to modify the rings per the IOC guidelines...

I like this system: 3 Americas (USA, Canada, Brazil/Argentina) Oceania (New Zealand) Host (obviously) 3 Asia 3 Europe 1 Last Chance tournament/or best non-qualified team based on world ranking. Im so tired of everything being Euro-centric.