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She is really amazing since last year´s EYOF

Productive week for Richard Tury. 2nd last week in the WC in Prague and yesterday NASS Festival win in Bristol #InParis2024WeSeriouslyBelieveThisTime

mini-Team for the worlds composed of 7 Swimmers, 4 M and 3 W left Vienna International Airport very early this morning. Names will not say you a lot I guess, so no need to introduce them specially, the most known are obviously our 2 universality places Tokyo Olympians Richard Nagy (second from Right) and Breaststroke specialist Andrea Podmaníková (4th from left) M: Richard Nagy (400 IM, 200 Fly) Matej Duša (50 FS, 100 FS) Tibor Tišťan (50 Fly, 100 Fly) František Jablčník (200 FS, 200 IM) W: Tamara Potocká (50 Fly, 200 IM) Andrea Podmaníková (50 BR, 100 BR) Teresa Ivan (50 FS, 100 FS) Team Relays: Mixed 4x100 FS (Duša, Tišťan, Potocká, Ivan) Mixed 4x100 Medley (Potocká, Podmaniková, Tišťan, Duša) Overal. No surprise, there zero expectations as usual, last time we had 3 Top 20 results, so something similar would be fine, extending it with more Top 20 results would be great, a Semifinal would be miraculuous, anything better would be just ... yeah, will not happen Anyway, Good luck lads, and return home all and alive

Mini-team Slovensko composed of 13 athletes is already in Espoo since yesterday morning. M 200m: Jakub Nemec (40th best SB out of the 47 entries) 400m Hurdles: Denis Bartek (30th best SB out of the 30 entries) Shot Put: Karel Šula (15th best SB out of the 15 entries) W 100m: Agáta Cellerová (24th best SB out of the 32 entries) 200m: Lenka Kovačovicová (30th best SB out of the 30 entries) 100m Hurdles: Viktória Forster (2nd best SB out of the 40 entries) 400m Hurdles: Andrea Švecová (41st best SB out of the 41 entries) Long Jump: Monika Lehenová (23rd best SB out of the 35 entries) Shot Put: Natália Váleková (16th best SB out of the 20 entries) 20km Race Walk: Alžbeta Ragasová (12th best SB out of the 23 entries), Karin Devaldová (22nd best SB out of the 23 entries) 4x100m Team Relay: (Forster, Lehenová, Kovačovicová, Alternates for the last leg: Viktória Strýčková, Martina Segečová) 13 Nations entering Not a lot of expectations overall, since majority of the team having the worst SB of all participants in their events, but, there still 1 name we are all looking forward. The former youth National Team Biathlete, nowadays fully on athletics focusing newest rocket Viki Forster. dad, mom, She did qualify in all her events 100 dash, 200 and 100 Hurdles + obvioulsy the relay. However even if she still run all mentioned events and still did not pick entirely her focus on one single choice, for this championship she decided to try only the 100 Hurdles in which she already destroyed the Seniors National record lately. Former Buenos Aires Youth olympian and 6th from the Nairobi Junior Worlds in the 100m is definitely our newest rising star. At the European Games for god knows which reason was not picked for the 100 Hurdles, which was in my eyes still a criminal act mistake, she wrote the history books with her 1st leg of the 4x100 realy where she knocked the fastest time overall. + this season is repeatedly beating the hurdles NRs including the senior one.

Damn it In other hand finally a win at TdF after 5 years droughts and symbolic win for Bilbao in a edition whch started in Basque Country

Neilands Can be only the 3rd TdF win ever after the 2 Piotr Ugriumov wins (fun fact: both came 2 days in a row the 18th and 19th stages in 1994 )

you almost got me for a second, Cher Monsieur

who and which event is that SVK predicted 1st place ?

Martina Sablikova won today (9th of July 2023) Women´s L´etape du Tour de France Always wanted to write something in the speed skating thread. So here I am

that ungrateful animal flew away. very likely back home to He was here for 9 days, so I went to buy him 2 kilos of a special mixture of food for pigeons, and that ingrate flew away that evening

You really have to feel for Jorgensen but what a last climb from Woods

Exactly 1 year from now, our NOC will have it´s traditional pre-Games classical delegation nomination assembly The qualifiers are ongoing in several sports and more or less we can already imagine realistically the composition of our Paris 2024 Team S let see how it looks and how much wrong I will be Archery: Still not qualified, but it is one of those sports I really believe we will at the end grab that one spot. More likely among women than men. The highest chance to reach that holy grail shoul be for Baránková, so let see and pray - 1 Artistic Swimming: I guess not many chances here. At the beginning I thought we can qualify a duet, but now realistically I am affraid we will miss participation in this sport for the second consecutive time, our pair is regularly ranking 3-4 places behind the last European quota - 0 Athletics: A year before the games I already know that it will be Zero through Standard, but hopefully a bunch via Ranking. Volko (100 & 200), Viki Forster (W 100 Hurdles, maybe the 100 dash as well...), Gajanová (W 800) are the least worrying names to qualify. Then we have some which should qualify at the end as well, like Lomnický (Hammer), Kaňuchová (Hammer), Balúch (400 H) and I assume our Mixed-relay-Race Walking crap will qualify as well. and then there some names that are questionable, but not to be underestimated like the after injury returning slovak comet Emma Zapletalová in the 400H - Between 9 and 11, probably 10 Badminton: Slovakia competed 3 times in this sport always in the W singles and achieved in Tokyo its first won match, this time we should qualify again among women, the Košice born Katarína Vargová is purposefully constantly regularly participating in obscure tournaments in or to obtain enough points for Paris. I always said our Badminton federation is the smartest institution in our sport universe - 1 Basketball: Nothing changed since previous predictions, just the Women team is already out. M team was already out since the invention of the sport. Our M will qualify only if IOC expend the tournament to a 206 nations tourney - 0 Beach Volleyball: not enough sand... - 0 Boxing: Andrej "Bandi" Csemez is our sole realistic chance to qualify, he missed the EG because of illness he caught after returning from the preparation camp in Cuba... but I still do believe he will qualify next year. the rest no chance, is one of those countries, you know, even if we kill the opponent on the ring, the referees will call the opponent lying in coma at the hospital as winner - 0 Breaking: Pogo maybe, Breaking no - 0 Canoeing - Slalom: Copy/Paste since the late 90´s. Full team or fucking riots - 6 Canoeing - Sprint: I expected since the beginning the easy qualification of our famous K4, now I am not so sure, I mean, not sure at all, I am afraid we will experience a huge disaster in this. In case the catastroph scenario will seriously occur next month, we will probably qualify only 2 or 3 individuals - Hopefully it will be 7, afraid it will be only 2 Cycling - BMX: who the fuck invent those sports, seriously ? - 0 Cycling - Mountain Bike: Sagan apparently has a plan to retire from the sport in Paris in the MTB... Well, not very likely, we are not even near the qualifying position right now, so I do not see it realistic - Zero Cycling - Road: Nothing changed since last prediction. Still No idea, Maybe Peter Sagan will really have one final dance in Paris road race if he will not qualify in the MTB, but probably no. if we qualify one guy we will probably send Štoček or another younger prospect like Svrček - 1 Cycling - Track: Pavlendová is trying, but I guess at the end as always, in vain - 0 Diving: If Neymar will accept our citizenship... - 0 Equestrian: Bugan´s and his "For President" only chance to qualify is I guess if a lot of countries will decline quotas to steal probably the most unexpected and unbelievable quota in sports world entire history - 0 Fencing: more likely to meet a dinosaur than to see a slovak fencer at the Olympics in this century - 0 Field Hockey: Playing hockey on grass ! I swear, some people and their ideas ... - 0 Football: Both teams out for the surprise of nobody - 0 Golf: Our very own Boy from Durban, ehm, sorry, Bratislava Rory S. is actually out of the qualifying places, but I do believe he will manage to qualify anyway, if not, well, whatever - 1 Gymnastics - Artistic: Same as last year. Barbora Mokošová again our only hope to qualify, Hopefully she will manage to reach it, anyway it is far from being a sure thing - 1 Gymnastics - Rhythmic: Same as last year. Not in this millenium - 0 Gymnastics - Trampoline: Same as last year. Actually we have no registered competitors in this - 0 Handball: Both teams already out - 0 Judo: Márius Fizeľ in the +100kg is very well in the battle to qualify Slovakia back to the Olympic Tatami after 12 years, At least the European quota is really in the play. So hopefully there will be also some luck for Slovakia for once - 1 Modern Pentathlon: We do not punch horses here, so probably no - 0 Rowing: You will laugh, but we do have a 17 year prodigy kid who came last year out of nowhere, so who knows, declined quota here and there and he can go - 0 Rugby Sevens: Already out, well, never was really in ... neither to be honest - 0 Sailing: copy/paste from last one ! we have no sea - 0 Shooting: Our sole 3 qualified athletes so far: Patrik Jány (in both M Rifle events) Zuzan Rehák-Štefečeková 3 time olympic medalist and Tokyo reigning champion (Trap) and the young Vanesa Hocková (Skeet). Hopefully a couple of athletes will soon join them, 2 are leading the world ranking, our IOC member Danka Barteková (Skeet) & Juraj Tužinský (Air Pistol) should qualify at the end easily, some have chances as well, EG Silver medalist young Kamila Novotná (W Rifle), Špotáková (Trap) E. Varga or Drobný (M Trap) - 8 Skateboarding: Richard Tury is within the qualifying positions in M Street, I do really hope and wish him to fullfil his Olympic dream after missing Tokyo so nearly - 1 Sport Climbing: The young Martina Buršíková is seriously one huge talent and many projecting her as the biggest Slovak sport talent (outside the religious Hockey obviously) in last decades, The girl this year won everything she attended in the Juniors level, from next year she is expected to start competing among seniors, so Paris probably not yet, but LA28 ! better watch out, wi ar komin ! - 0 Surfing: Out by default, We do not have registered federation - 0 Swimming: 2 Tourists via universality quotas will try to not drown in Paris for sure, Podmaníková in the W Breakstroke and probably Halas in the Freestyle sprints - 2 Table Tennis: Last time we had 3, now I am pretty confident we can qualify even 4. Pištej and Wang Yang among M, Balážová and Kukuľková among W. Barbie B. and Pištej will compete in Mixed Doubles as well for sure, Slim chance for the W Team as well, but as history taught us, we usually lose those quotas at the end - 4 Taekwondo: Chances are somewhere below zero - 0 Tennis: We never missed the Olympics in this, I am sure thanks many future mandatory reallocations we will form even a doubles pair, maybe also among women, would be nice to return in the W field after missing Tokyo (Molčan, Gomboš, Schmiedlová and Hrunčáková-nee-Kužmová I guess are the most likely) - 4 Triathlon: W: RIvan Kuriačková is in qualifying position, but, there some promising youngsters behind like Vráblová or Michaličková, maybe even Romana Gajdošová who can menace her eventual quota, among M: It is less optimistic, Richard Varga is our sole chance, but lately completely out of form - 1 Volleyball: Both teams out, but be aware, W are progressing step by step - 0 Water Polo: Like last 2 Olympic cycles, Both teams still among the best 16 in Europe but still Too weak to qualify among the best in the world or at the Olympics - 0 Weightlifting: I guess none... as usual - 0 Wrestling: Not wanting to jinx it, but I firmly believe we will be in Paris 2024 in this sport. Salkazanov, Tsakulov, Makoev are among favorites for the quotas, Zsuzsanna Molnar with an outside chance among women as well, all in Freestyle, Zero chance in Greco-Roman though - 3 Total Sports: 15-16 Optimistic Total Athletes: 50 or even god forbid 51 Realistic Total Athletes: as last prediction: anything between 40-50 is basically realistic, In my predictions I counted 47 or 48 which would be kinda OK-ish Pessimistic Total Athletes: under 40

I just heard Moscon is riding this Tour

I said you. Eurosport guys knows their stuff ! We reunited some times ago, but nobody outside wimbledon´s journalists know that

So far the most entertaining moments of this year Wimbledon

Favorite sport: MMA, Favorite athlete: C. McGregor.. Ok, enough is enough you has just been erased from my loved athletes list Milan

history has taught us that if a couple does everything together and is together all the time, that is never a good idea. A Slovak proverb says: don´t shit where you work... which is I guess the same meaning as the english old saying "Don´t shit where you eat". Anyway, I obviously wish them only the best and sweet and eternel love

you sure it´s not Slovenia no. joking ofc. I noticed the info already yesterday, our NOC and some medias informed about. Stunning result for us for sure, difficult to understand how it is even possible I admit, but still very nice surprise.

[hide] Group Stage July 20th - August 3rd, 2023 32 Nations, The 1st and 2nd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16. Group A Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 20th 2023, h. 19:00 New Zealand 1 3 Norway July 21st 2023, h. 17:00 Philippines 0 4 Switzerland July 25th 2023, h. 17:30 New Zealand 2 0 Philippines July 25th 2023, h. 20:00 Switzerland 1 1 Norway July 30th 2023, h. 19:00 Switzerland 2 2 New Zealand July 30th 2023, h. 19:00 Norway 5 0 Philippines Group B Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 20th 2023, h. 20:00 Australia 2 1 Ireland July 21st 2023, h. 12:30 Nigeria 0 2 Canada July 26th 2023, h. 20:00 Canada 1 0 Ireland July 27th 2023, h.20:00 Australia 3 0 Nigeria July 31st 2023, h. 20:00 Canada 1 1 Australia July 31st 2023, h. 20:00 Ireland 1 0 Nigeria Group C Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2023, h. 19:30 Spain 3 0 Costa Rica July 22nd 2023, h. 19:00 Zambia 1 2 Japan July 26th 2023, h. 17:00 Japan 2 0 Costa Rica July 26th 2023, h. 19:30 Spain 3 0 Zambia July 31st 2023, h. 19:00 Japan 1 2 Spain July 31st 2023, h. 19:00 Costa Rica 1 1 Zambia Group D Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 19:30 England 6 0 Haiti July 22nd 2023, h. 20:00 Denmark 5 1 China July 28th 2023, h. 18:30 England 1 1 Denmark July 28th 2023, h. 20:30 China 2 0 Haiti August 1st 2023, h. 20:30 China 0 1 England August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Haiti 0 4 Denmark Group E Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 13:00 United States 7 0 Vietnam July 23rd 2023, h. 19:30 Netherlands 2 1 Portugal July 27th 2023, h. 13:00 United States 1 0 Netherlands July 27th 2023, h. 19:30 Portugal 1 0 Vietnam August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Portugal 1 2 United States August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Vietnam 0 3 Netherlands Group F Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2023, h. 20:00 France 4 0 Jamaica July 24th 2023, h. 20:30 Brazil 3 0 Panama July 29th 2023, h. 20:00 France 1 1 Brazil July 29th 2023, h. 20:30 Panama 0 0 Jamaica August 2nd 2023, h. 20:00 Panama 0 2 France August 2nd 2023, h. 20:00 Jamaica 0 3 Brazil Group G Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2023, h. 17:00 Sweden 2 0 South Africa July 24th 2023, h. 18:00 Italy 1 1 Argentina July 28th 2023, h. 12:00 Argentina 1 0 South Africa July 29th 2023, h. 19:30 Sweden 1 1 Italy August 2nd 2023, h. 19:00 Argentina 0 1 Sweden August 2nd 2023, h. 19:00 South Africa 0 2 Italy Group H Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 24th 2023, h. 18:30 Germany 4 0 Morocco July 25th 2023, h. 12:00 Colombia 2 0 South Korea July 30th 2023, h. 14:00 South Korea 1 0 Morocco July 30th 2023, h. 19:30 Germany 3 0 Colombia August 3rd 2023, h. 20:00 South Korea 0 2 Germany August 3rd 2023, h. 18:00 Morocco 0 2 Colombia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation United States France Brazil [/hide]

[hide] Women's Tournament Group Stage July 16th - July 28th, 2023 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 09:00 United States 7 China July 16th 2023, h. 10:30 France 3 Australia July 18th 2023, h. 19:00 Australia 4 United States July 18th 2023, h. 20:30 China 1 France July 20th 2023, h. 16:00 China 4 Australia July 20th 2023, h. 17:30 France 5 United States Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 12:00 Netherlands 1 Spain July 16th 2023, h. 13:30 Israel 1 Kazakhstan July 18th 2023, h. 09:00 Kazakhstan 7 Netherlands July 18th 2023, h. 10:30 Spain 14 Israel July 20th 2023, h. 19:00 Spain 11 Kazakhstan July 20th 2023, h. 20:30 Israel 8 Netherlands Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 16:00 Italy 16 Argentina July 16th 2023, h. 17:30 Greece 17 South Africa July 18th 2023, h. 12:00 South Africa 17 Italy July 18th 2023, h. 13:30 Argentina 13 Greece July 20th 2023, h. 09:00 Argentina 2 South Africa July 20th 2023, h. 10:30 Greece 1 Italy Group D Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 19:00 Hungary 5 Canada July 16th 2023, h. 20:30 New Zealand 2 Japan July 18th 2023, h. 16:00 Japan 6 Hungary July 18th 2023, h. 17:30 Canada 1 New Zealand July 20th 2023, h. 12:00 Canada 1 Japan July 20th 2023, h. 13:30 New Zealand 10 Hungary Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation United States Spain Hungary Men's Tournament Group Stage July 17th - July 29th, 2023 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 9:00 Kazakhstan 2 United States July 17th 2023, h. 10:30 Australia 3 Greece July 19th 2023, h. 19:00 Greece 5 Kazakhstan July 19th 2023, h. 20:30 United States 1 Australia July 21st 2023, h. 16:00 United States 3 Greece July 21st 2023, h. 17:30 Australia 5 Kazakhstan Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 12:00 Canada 1 China July 17th 2023, h. 13:30 France 3 Italy July 19th 2023, h. 9:00 Italy 4 Canada July 19th 2023, h. 10:30 China 1 France July 21st 2023, h. 19:00 China 5 Italy July 21st 2023, h. 20:30 France 2 Canada Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 16:00 Argentina 7 Croatia July 17th 2023, h. 17:30 Hungary 5 Japan July 19th 2023, h. 12:00 Japan 1 Argentina July 19th 2023, h. 13:30 Croatia 1 Hungary July 21st 2023, h. 09:00 Croatia 5 Japan July 21st 2023, h. 10:30 Hungary 6 Argentina Group D Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 19:00 Montenegro 7 South Africa July 17th 2023, h. 20:30 Serbia 1 Spain July 19th 2023, h. 16:00 Spain 1 Montenegro July 19th 2023, h. 17:30 South Africa 6 Serbia July 21st 2023, h. 12:00 South Africa 7 Spain July 21st 2023, h. 13:30 Serbia 2 Montenegro Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Italy Spain Hungary [/hide]

MS 1st Round Alex Molčan - Mikael Ymer WS 1st Round Anna Karolína Schmiedlová - Viktorija Golubic Viktória Hrunčáková - Elise Mertens

SLOVAKIA AT THE EUROPEAN GAMES 2023 Daily Recap 1 - 4 - 3 DAY 11 Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 Canoeing Slalom Shooting Pictures: SOŠV/ANDREJ & SAMUEL GALICA

Deň 11 NEDEĽA 02.07.2023 VÝSLEDKOVÝ SERVIS Športová Streľba 09.00 Trap Družstvá M - Kvalifikácia 2. Erik Varga/Marián Kovačócy/Adrián Drobný 218 Postup do Finále Vodný Slalom 09.04 C1 M - Semifinále 12. Matej Beňuš 100.77 18. Marko Mirgorodský 103.88 20. Alexander Slafkovský 104.89 10.10 C1 Ž - Semifinále 5. Zuzana Paňková 112.45 Postup do Finále 11. Soňa Stanovská 115.86 17. Emanuela Luknárová 117.67 12.10 C1 Ž - Finále 5. Zuzana Paňková 115.41 15.15 Kajak-Kros Ž - Štvrťfinále Štvrťfinále 2: 1. Eliška Mintálová Postup do Semifinále Štvrťfinále 4: 3. Zuzana Paňková 15.47 Kajak-Kros Ž - Semifinále Semifinále 1: 3. Eliška Mintálová Športová Streľba 16.15 Trap Družstvá M - Finále 2. Erik Varga/Marián Kovačócy/Adrián Drobný vs Anton Glasnovic/Francesco Ravalico/Giovanni Cernogoraz (CRO) 3:7 STRIEBORNÁ MEDAILA