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From what I understood, Asics at least did release its own super spikes. Several of the top Polish w400 specialists are with them and they got their carbon-plated...

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But the U20s have only been competing under current specifications since 2006...

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European U20 Champs, Tallinn, day 4
m800
1 Krzysztof Różnicki 1:47.44
2 Kacper Lewalski 1:48.50
w4x1
3 POL (Puzio, Romaszko,...

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RIP Ed!

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In the European Athletics stream from the U20 Euros, they decided not to show medal ceremonies at all, and are instead showing replays of field event...

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Not every country is as strict as the US or the EU members (in most cases at least) in granting citizenship. Some will give it to a prospective Olympic...

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Her family planning just isn't any of IOC's business and it's unverifiable as well. Supposing (theoretically) she has fewer children than she now says...

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I suppose more people feel that way, but they are still immensely popular worldwide, with huge viewership figures....

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How would they do the opening and closing ceremonies, if the Olympics are spread across multiple countries?

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European U20 Champs, Tallinn, day 3
mHJ
2 Mateusz Kołodziejski 2.23 =PB
w100H (+0.4)
2 Weronika Barcz 13.42 PB
3 Marika...

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On one hand, spreading the Olympics around would make sense economically and logistically. But at the same time, wouldn't we lose that special Olympic...

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What do you mean? If it's the fact there are 4 US women listed, that's also the case in many/ most other events. And it's always been this way....

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I don't really have much sympathy for her. Switching to a country you have no real connection to just because you were not good enough to make the team...

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European U20 Champs, Tallinn, day 2
mHT (6k)
1 Dawid Piłat 79.59 NU20R
w400
1 Kornelia Lesiewicz 52.46

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We don't know whether these athletes even had any competing offers and if so, what the terms offered were compared to Nike's....

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Of course they will always be positive about British athletes' chances in this kind of context. They're never going to say 'stick a fork in her'....

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There would be nothing wrong at all with doing it, but in your previous post you said they SHOULD provide it. I don't see it as an obligation on their...

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USAT&F can't even be considered the employer for US team members. And even if they were, how many employers provide childcare for their employees...

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Why not just get rid of grandmaster/ master titles altogether? They don't exist in other sports (other than bridge, I guess) and they're not any worse...

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The 21.34 was legit as far as the timing was concerned and pretty much in line with the legit wind-legal 10.61 and 10.62 she ran that year....