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Paweł Fajdek is on the lists, but he's not going to be there after missing his flight from Frankfurt...

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The meet was originally scheduled for early September, but apparently they felt the August date was better. The top athletes should still be in top shape...

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As it happens, it was the US that pushed for the inclusion of marihuana on the banned list in international sports

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In 1974, Irena Szewińska was 1/1/1

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I'm not talking about the Medvedevs and Rublevs of this world. How about the Polina Millers, i.e. the athletes who are international-class good, but have...

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And the ban also excluded Black South Africans from competing internationally. Sports was actually the one area excluded from the Apartheid policies,...

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Świątek wins her 4th consecutive tournament, taking her winning streak to 21 matches (or 23, if you include the Billie Jean King Cup), the longest any...

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Cuba is a very minor player in global economy. OTOH, it will be very hard for the global economy to function normally without Russian oil and gas, at...

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That's a good analogy. Another (even closer) one I can think of is this: should all Russians who are working abroad be fired just because of their nationality?...

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It is not an official WA term. They use 'world record' and 'world indoor record'. The word 'absolute' is just commonly used by the media to make things...

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My concern is that it may be countereffective. Instead of turning the Russians against Putin, it likely just makes them think the whole world hates them...

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Of the major European countries, only West Germany boycotted (a few smaller ones did, too, but can't remember which ones exactly). France, Italy and Spain...