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Hello all of my soccer stars (I’m workshopping some names to call you guys). Since one of my most popular quizzes on Sporcle is the 2020 USWNT Roster Quiz, I decided to make one for 2021. And I will probably do the same for 2022, and maybe earlier years if there is interest.
So, without further blabbering, I give you the link to my soccer quizzes:
Of which, the newest is the 2021 Roster Quiz. How well can you remember 2 years ago, because the answer may surprise you (it surprised me how much I forgot).
“ Honestly, I feel like some overestimated Valentina's strategy decisions. Like, yes, the decisions made in Tokyo were good decisions that made sense even prior to hindsight (ex: despite Gera being good on beam, even good beam scores were lower than mediocre vault scores. So for a higher team total, Lilia had to be on the main team). But the thing is, she didn't have to be a strategic mastermind for Russia to win gold. She just had to be a better strategist than Tom. “
WADA confirms it cleared Chinese swimmers to compete at Tokyo Games citing contaminated samples
The world’s top anti-doping regulator says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because it agreed with Chinese authorities and ruled that their samples had been contaminated.
The World Anti-Doping Agency said Saturday that the swimmers tested positive for the heart medication trimetazidine in the months leading up to the start of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but that Chinese authorities told the agency the positives were the result of contamination.
“Ultimately, we concluded that there was no concrete basis to challenge the asserted contamination,” WADA’s senior director of science and medicine Olivier Rabin said in a news release.
The 30-member Chinese swim team won six medals in Tokyo, including three golds. Many of the athletes still compete for China and are expected to swim at the Paris Olympics this summer.
Reports about the doping positives came out Saturday in the Daily Telegraph in Sydney and The New York Times.
WADA responded to what it called “some misleading and potentially defamatory media coverage this week” and explained the process it undertook upon learning about the positive tests.
Chris Mitrevski has produced the standout performance on the final day of the Australian track and field championships, winning the long jump with a leap that would have secured a medal at every Olympics since 1992.
The 27-year-old Victorian soared out to 8.32m to move past the likes of 1984 Olympic silver medallist Gary Honey and 1998 Commonwealth champ Peter Burge into sixth spot on the…
I love the Olympics and the great comeback stories that always come out of the games. #OneJumpataTime by #NathanChen tells his story of falling in love with figure skating at the Salt Lake City Games and his quest to #OlympicGold #Bookreview #goldmedal
In this exhilarating memoir, three-time World Champion and Olympic gold-medalist Nathan Chen tells the story of his remarkable journey to success, reflecting on his life as a Chinese American figure skater and the joys and challenges he has experienced–including the tremendous sacrifices he and his family made, and the physical and emotional pain he endured.
When three-year-old Nathan Chen tried…