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In case anyone is confused by the situation, Draughts is a WADA signatory (I believe), and that’s why the Russian flag had to be removed and name tag changed.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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Not that many people might be interested, but the Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships have concluded.

:TUR and :AZE won their first-ever medals! Historic gold medals for both nations. :UKR won a silver medal, their best result in the history of the world championships.

:BRA won a medal after 11 years. Finally!

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just saw the opening night of the new Cricket tournament, The Hundred...

 

it was quite a nice show (the girls can play very good and entertaining cricket, I must say)...I like the new 100-ball format and the new on-screen graphics concept...

 

I think it might be a good think to catch some new spectators also in the non traditional Countries...

 

now we only need an international board that actually wants to try to develop the Game outside the usual places...:whistle:

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SkiMo World Cup begins tomorrow. From what I can gather, there should be some livestreaming at this link: https://tv.ismf-ski.org

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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On 12/16/2021 at 3:53 AM, Olympian1010 said:

SkiMo World Cup begins tomorrow. From what I can gather, there should be some livestreaming at this link: https://tv.ismf-ski.org

The first competitions have been held at the :ITA Adamello, Pontedilegno-Tonale Ski Resort :cheer:

 

Men's Sprint

Gold: :SUI Arno Lietha

Silver: :NOR Hans-Inge Klette

Bronze: :FRA Thibault Anselmet

 

Women's Sprint

Gold: :FRA Emily Harrop

Silver: :FRA Lena Bonnel

Bronze: :ITA Giulia Murada

 

Men's Vertical Race (Non-Olympic event in 2026)

Gold: :SUI Rèmi Bonnet

Silver: :SUI Werner Marti

Bronze: :ITA Michele Boscacci

 

Women's Vertical Race (Non-Olympic event in 2026)

Gold: :FRA Axelle Gachet Mollaret

Silver: :SWE Tove Alexandersson

Bronze: :AUT Sarah Dreier

 

the "classic" Individual Races will be held on Sunday...

 

 

tbh, not a good couple of days for Italy, at least in the senior events...

in particular, the discipline's superstar Robert Antonioli was only 4th in the Sprint Race and 9th in the Vertical Race...:nopompom:

hopefully, we'll be better on Sunday...

to save the day, the U-23 & U-20 races, where Italy got a lot of medals (also a couple of Golds)...

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14th Annual British Wife-Carrying Championships held today. Congratulations to winner Alex Bone, who wins first prize - a barrel of ale, which I hope he won’t be sharing with the missus.

 

Has qualified for the Big One - the World Championships held annually in the historic home of wife-carrying, :FIN.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10705125/Swept-feet-Couples-annual-wife-carrying-race-150-barrel-ale-prize.html

 

 

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Speedway Grand Prix starts tomorrow in Croatia.  It’ll be a bit of a sad occasion - long-time international feed commentator Nigel Pearson died suddenly just a couple of week ago.  Think TV coverage is now Eurosport Europe-wide, maybe some exceptions. Calendar is pretty much back to normal for the first time post COVID - except for a cancelled trip to :RUS, don’t know if they’ve scheduled a make-up race.

 

https://www.fimspeedway.com/sgp/calendar/

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Speedway Grand Prix starts tomorrow in Croatia.  It’ll be a bit of a sad occasion - long-time international feed commentator Nigel Pearson died suddenly just a couple of week ago.  Think TV coverage is now Eurosport Europe-wide, maybe some exceptions. Calendar is pretty much back to normal for the first time post COVID - except for a cancelled trip to :RUS, don’t know if they’ve scheduled a make-up race.

 

https://www.fimspeedway.com/sgp/calendar/

 

 

 

 

right now, there's no make-up race for Togliatti yet...

 

but I see that there's a very long break from the end of June to August...:mumble:

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In the topic of Obscure sports, the beautiful city of Košice will host from tomorrow 4th June 2022 the European Mini-Football Championship in the former TISC venue and Košice Ice Hockey saint temple the Steel Arena :d

 

24 Nations will play

 

:SVK in Group A with :ITA :POL and :BEL

 

https://www.emfeuro.eu/group-matches-en

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