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btw that insane amount of snow everywhere around the Olympic village reminds me of Sochi. that spirit of a winter games

3rd penultimate Qualifying Round Groups set
 
 
Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 3 (6-9 February 2020)
Group G In Jesenice, Slovenia.: (Host)+ +   +
Group H In Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.: (Host) + + +
Group J In Nottingham, Great Britain.: (Host) + + +
 

That was meant to go to the hockey hall of fame :O
 
xD

@intoronto @NearPup
 
 

yes but mostly crappy naturalized players. in volleyball you can have one "naturalized player" officially. they are mostly unknown players but they are playing good as a team.
 
Qatar brought Australia to the tie break at the Asian Champs in Tehran, so it was expected to be not easy for Australia, still a 3-0 defeat is a big surprise.
 
I think Australia will be out if Korea beat Qatar tomorrow.

Yes, and yes.

yes, obviously I googled after posting it. He looks to be a great player, good for the poles

oh, man! Wilfredo "Willy" Leon is simply the best male Volleyball player in the world (Cuban born, then switched to Poland)...

Then it's just one step from Totallympics Weekly Update in Polish

I’ve been able to figure out most of answers with translate so far.

BREAKING NEWS
 
Ukraine is out, Czech Republic is in!
 
This also means no Poland (unless Ukraine declines their individual spot). Qatar and Jordan are safe.
 
https://inside.fei.org/system/files/Tokyo 2020 - Qualification System - JUMPING - 7January2020.pdf

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it today

Merry Christmas!
 

Exactly 95 years ago was played the first ever international Ice Hockey game on Slovak soil, The European Championships in the lake of Štrbské Pleso
 
It was supposed to be played in Prague, However, the weather came into play.

Even during the Christmas holidays in the capital of the Czechoslovak Republic it was freezing strong enough, but immediately after the New Year there was a significant warming. The ice on the Slavia Prague rink melted and so the European Championships was supposed to be moved to the Jordán pond in the Czech city of Tábor according to plan B. The Sovakian city in the High Tatras Štrbské Pleso was supposed to be the last option.

On the Jordan Pond, however, some holes appeared, and therefore the Minister of Industry Ladislav Novak at the Congress of the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG), nowadays IIHF, on 6 January 1925 announced that the European Championship venue will be in the High Tatras and matches will take place on the natural ice of Strbske Pleso.
 
Czechoslovakia (Team composed only by Czech players) won the title ahead of Austria and Switzerland
 

 

 
 

Threatening cultural sites ? I remember only two organizations did that before. Taliban and ISIS. this puts USA in the same category as them. actually there are more similarities.
 
only two months ago, IR was in its weakest point after the protests. this is a rough estimate but I can say their support was something like 10-15% at the time. but just after that terror and now the new tweet I can say things have changed completely. now it's something like 80-85% of course a foreign enemy always unified the people. specially someone with IQ of a monkey and a big mouth.
 
this terror has rejuvenated and prolonged IR for another 20 years . for people like me (who believe in slow changes) that was a punch to the face. that was 100 steps backward. threatening the cultural sites, even the thought of this will pull Iranians of all political spectra behind the IR. they lost an important general but gained a lot instead. the turnout for Soleimani's funeral was beyond imagination. for most people he died a hero. he died making Iranian borders "safe" against terrorist groups like ISIS , Taleban, Alahwaz, Rigi group etc.
 
to me personally, I can never convince myself to mourn for someone like him, yes he was a war veteran in 8 years bloody war against Saddam (and guess who sold weapons, specifically chemical weapon to him) and I always respect all of them but then he was a member of IRGC (aka Sepah) and while himself wasn't involved directly, but his organization is responsible for so many bad things here. but I can say most people do not share the same view as me.
 
ps: IR means Islamic Republic, the current regime

again Junior World Champions.
 
Congrats !
 
what a hell of a match this was

Stage 15 in Zagreb (CRO)
 
Men´s Slalom:
 
1. Clement Noel    1:57.14
2. Ramon Zenhaeusern    1:57.21
3. Alex Vinatzer    1:57.43
 
Full Final Result HERE

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  

Did 6,5k (may be a few 100m shorter as my phone isn't the most precise on that point) in just about 33 minutes. Much better than the 5k that I did the 30th, but the 10k is still a bit away (even though today's pace was faster than what I would do for a 10k).
But a very satisfying test before the real training starts monday.

@brunamoura utterly destroyed the competition in the 10k at the New Year's Run in the tiny next town over  
https://uitslagen.nl/uitslag?id=2020010450888
 
I ran the 5k and stayed a little above 26 minutes, which I'm happy with considering I had never run a significant distance on anything but asphalt before (and at least 3,5km of this lap was on pretty damp and sandy forest paths).

we have czech language option on the forum ?!? so one step closer to Slovakian now

In SVK and CZE it´s U20 Ice Hockey World Champs even if none of them is not in anymore

The Italian Goaltending star will play in our Extraliga. Andreas Bernard just signed for the rest of the season to MAC Budapest @phelps

Welcome to the Forum
glad to have ukraine again in the contest after years of absence
 
your Intro
Character
 and as the First Newcomer , you unblocked the white Joker
you have the Right now for an extension of time if the calendar looks narrow for you