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5 votes
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Ben Simmons and the Philadelphia 76ers have passed the point of no return
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Valtteri Bottas won a rain-affected Turkish F1 GP ahead of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez – Verstappen now leads title race by six points
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Valtteri Bottas claims F1 pole for 2021 Turkish Grand Prix – fastest driver Lewis Hamilton takes ten-place grid penalty for Mercedes engine change
5 votes -
In an open letter, five Nordic sports ministers have urged the International Handball Federation to review their uniform rules for female athletes
11 votes -
Hakuho: Sumo wrestling's greatest champion retires
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Lewis Hamilton wins 100th GP, becoming first F1 driver to hit century mark
8 votes -
Valtteri Bottas is leaving Mercedes after five years – but just how well did he stack up against his team mate
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Valtteri Bottas will join Alfa Romeo next season on a multi-year deal from Mercedes
@Formula 1: BREAKING: Valtteri Bottas will join Alfa Romeo next season on a multi-year deal from Mercedes#F1 pic.twitter.com/y8JKlNDKb6
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Kimi Räikkönen to miss Dutch F1 GP after testing positive for Covid-19 – will be replaced by reserve driver Robert Kubica for the rest of the weekend
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Kimi Räikkönen to retire from Formula 1 at the end of 2021 – Alfa Romeo have yet to confirm their plans for 2021, with both seats open
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Icelandic Football Association's entire executive committee has resigned after it was accused of covering up a sex scandal involving an international player
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Manchester United confirm Cristiano Ronaldo agreement
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Denmark captain Simon Kjær and the medical team that saved Christian Eriksen's life are the recipients of this year's UEFA President's Award
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Sweden's Anna Nordqvist holds on to claim third major title at AIG Women's British Open – ends a personal victory drought that stretches back 1,435 days
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Jan and Kevin Magnussen gathered for a weekend activity that few fathers and sons have tried – they raced as teammates at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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What happens to Valtteri Bottas if Mercedes picks George Russell for 2022 F1 drive?
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Martin Ødegaard has re-joined Arsenal on a permanent basis from Real Madrid – let's remind ourselves of what he brought tactically last season
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Brett Favre urges no tackle football for children under 14
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Doc Gooden's career was over. Then he did the impossible
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Lionel Messi not staying at FC Barcelona
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Marcus Ericsson pulls stunner to win a wild IndyCar Music City GP debut in Nashville – with airborne cars, massive traffic jams and controversial penalties
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Valtteri Bottas has taken full responsibility for the early chaos at the Hungarian Grand Prix, which ended his and several other drivers' races
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Armand Duplantis fails to break world record but strolls to pole-vault gold – Swede had three attempts at 6.19m after securing gold medal
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Norway's Karsten Warholm ran a stunning men's 400m hurdles race to obliterate his previous world record and take gold at Tokyo 2020
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Matti Mattsson wins Finland's first medal of Tokyo Olympics – bronze medal is country's first in swimming in twenty-five years
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The 13-year-old skater who just won silver in Tokyo first found fame when Tony Hawk spotted her on Instagram
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Norway has its first Olympic triathlon medal thanks to an epic display of strength and stamina from 27-year-old, Kristian Blummenfelt
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When an NBA player's shoe falls off, chaos reigns
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Italy's technical scientific committee have said Christian Eriksen would need to have his defibrillator removed before returning to competitive action for Inter Milan
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Weed shouldn’t be banned for elite athletes, some experts say
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Norway have been fined 1,500 euros for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms at the European Beach Handball Championships
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Women's gymnastics is blasting into the future, but its scoring code is stuck in the past
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Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday after fifteen seasons
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Black players on England football team bombarded with racist abuse on social media
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Andy Hunter: ‘Denmark's Euro 2020 run is built on class and coaching, not just team spirit’
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Sha’Carri Richardson, a track sensation, tests positive for marijuana
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California high school stripped of basketball title after tortillas were thrown at opposing Latino players
6 votes -
Jadon Sancho close to move to Manchester United
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New Zealand weightlifter will be the first openly trans competitor at the Olympics
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Carl Nassib of Las Vegas Raiders announces he is gay
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UEFA have confirmed that the Euro 2020 match between Denmark and Finland will be restarted following Christian Eriksen's collapse
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You ain’t never been no little girl, Taylor Townsend
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Marcus Ericsson raced to his first IndyCar victory Saturday in the action-packed opener of the doubleheader at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park
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Running failed Ahmaud Arbery and is failing Black America
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Tim Sparv: ‘Finland has waited so long for this: at Euro 2020, it's our turn at last’
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Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open, takes break from tennis, one day after tennis’ Grand Slams threatened disqualification or suspension if she continued to skip press conferences
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Speed climbing
The IFSC is an international governing body for competitive climbing, recognised by the Olympic Committee. Sport climbing is now an Olympic sport. There are three disciplines: lead, boulder, and...
The IFSC is an international governing body for competitive climbing, recognised by the Olympic Committee. Sport climbing is now an Olympic sport. There are three disciplines: lead, boulder, and speed. In the Olympics the climbers will do all three disciplines.
In speed climbing there are two 15 meter tall walls with hand and footholds attached. The two walls are the same as each other. The layout is fixed -- the same layout is used for each competition. Two climbers race each other up the wall, and the winners go on to race each other up the wall.
Here's Wired with a useful introduction to speed climbing: Why it's almost impossible to climb 15 meters in 5 seconds I like this video because it gives a good "elevator pitch" introduction to the 3 disciplines, and then gives a good detailed intro to speed climbing. They talk about beta and some of the beta-breaks that have decreased the time taken to get up the wall.
Here's Albert Ok with a quite personal video about his training for speed climbing. I won't say more because I don't want to spoil it, but it's a nice description of training. 5 Lessons I learned speed climbing for 150+ hours
Here's Magnus Midtbø and Pete Whittaker having fun in a gym, challenging each other to a speed climbing dual. (The whole video is a fun watch - they both seem like nice, chill, people and they have good on screen chemistry with each other). I challenge Pete to a speed climbing dual
The most recent speed world cup was in Chamonix 2019. The next one (for speed and boulder) will be 28th - 30th May in Salt Lake City. The IFSC tend to live stream the events.
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Phil Mickelson becomes oldest Major winner as he wins enthralling PGA Championship
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Simone Biles makes history with Yurchenko double pike vault at US Classic
9 votes