Hilary Evans
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Welsh sports obsessive. Occasional historian and/or statistician Also ferret fan
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Mitch Goldich
about 1 month ago
A quick Olympics thread! 🥇🧵 1️⃣ Thanks to everyone who checked out my OKC 2028 story yesterday. This was a long time in the making and it was fun to see it out in the world.
add a skeleton here at some point
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How to get your sled up the mountain in 1924
18 days ago
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gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
French report on 4 man bob at the 1st Winter Olympics
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Sports de neige et de glace : organe portant les bulletins officiels de la Fédération française de sports d'hiver...
Sports de neige et de glace : organe portant les bulletins officiels de la Fédération française de sports d'hiver... -- 1924-02-14 -- fascicules
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58505780/f4.item
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Oldest Olympians
19 days ago
Oldest Olympians is saddened to learn that Paddy Kenny, born August 17, 1934, who represented Ireland in the bantamweight boxing tournament at the 1960 Rome Games, died February 1 at the age of 90.
funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/kenny...
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Oldest Olympians
20 days ago
Happy 100th birthday to Ninel Krutova, the oldest living Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union! Krutova represented her country in three editions of the Games, 1952-1960, winning bronze on the platform at the last edition.
www.sovsport.ru/sportstory/a...
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Бронза Рима жива! Первому призёру Игр в прыжках в воду из СССР исполнилось 100 лет
Старейшая обладательница олимпийской медали празднует юбилей.
https://www.sovsport.ru/sportstory/articles/bronza-rima-zhiva-pervomu-prizyoru-igr-v-pryzhkah-v-vodu-iz-sssr-ispolnilos-100-let
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After a small dusting of snow it seems that trials for the Mid Wales luge team are happening in fields across the village. If only the IOC would allow strategic sprinkling of frozen sheep muck on the Olympic track I think we'd be unbeatable.
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Polishing up on my obscure facts for the Olympics. The Olympic team member with the best finish at Le Mans was Pierre Levegh. He was a member of the French ice hockey team in 1924 and then 31 years later his fatal crash also caused the death of 81 spectators at Le Mans
20 days ago
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My updated ferret photos are now ready for the 2026 Winter Olympics. If you know you know...
27 days ago
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Fire up the time machine...
28 days ago
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Oldest Olympians
about 1 month ago
Happy 100th birthday to Maud von Rosen, the oldest living Olympic medalist in equestrian and survivor of the 1972 Munich Games! Rosen represented Sweden in the dressage tournament at those Olympics, where she was eighth individually but won bronze with the team.
www.instagram.com/p/DQUlyjzjrYy/
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So, eight years ago, I predicted Lando Norris would be a superstar in F1. Do I not feel a smug git now?
about 2 months ago
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The Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee is the now the fastest European born marathon runner of this year
about 2 months ago
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Legendary Slade comeback slot at the "Monsters of Rock" festival 1981 where they replaced Ozzy Osborne at very short notice
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMeg...
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Slade live at Donington August 22, 1981
YouTube video by André Verhage rock and roll musician
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMegm04hefs&list=RDvMegm04hefs&start_radio=1
2 months ago
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USA TODAY
2 months ago
A former Olympic snowboarder has been indicted on murder and money laundering charges in connection to alleged drug trafficking into the United States. Ryan James Wedding, 44, is wanted by the FBI in connection to a "transnational criminal enterprise."
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Former Olympic snowboarder indicted, facing murder, drug charges
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel on Nov. 19 announced Ryan Wedding has been indicted on murder and money laundering charges.
https://bit.ly/4pjIFkG
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Canadian History Ehx
2 months ago
On this day in 2003, Ray Lewis died. Born in Hamilton in 1910, he was the first Canadian-born Black Olympic medalist. He won a bronze at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles in the 4x400m relay. He won a silver at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.
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The Kyiv Independent
2 months ago
⚡️Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later. Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.
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Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later
Natalia Khodymchuk, the widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv overnight on Nov. 14–15 after suffering severe injuries in a mass Russian attack on t...
https://kyivindependent.com/natalia-khodymchuk-widow-of-chornobyls-first-casualty-dies-following-kyiv-attack/
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgC9...
Just trying to send you the best bands from my native country of Wales
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Feeder - Just The Way I'm Feeling - Official Video - 4K Remaster
YouTube video by Feeder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgC9P-XECrw
2 months ago
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Manic Street Preachers - Faster
YouTube video by ManicStPreachersVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl2Jv4dzFqg
2 months ago
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Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees (Official Video)
YouTube video by Stereophonics Official
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-S1o5OmMMo&list=RDd-S1o5OmMMo&start_radio=1
2 months ago
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@regys2024silva.bsky.social
In Great Britain we are proud of our insultants towards Trump
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitgib...
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shitgibbon - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitgibbon
3 months ago
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Games People Play - Dick Gaughan
YouTube video by Robert Hulshof-Schmidt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9gCpYgRDTc
3 months ago
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Doc Revan
3 months ago
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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I suppose you might have guessed that I am a big Slade fan
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Wheels Ain't Coming Down (Alive! At Reading) (Live)
YouTube video by Slade - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCNnGRPeElY
3 months ago
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GamesBids.com
3 months ago
#BREAKING
: Record voter turnout propels Munich towards rare referendum win for Germany's Olympic bid
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BREAKING: Record voter turnout propels Munich towards rare referendum win for Germany’s Olympic bid (early results)
Hamburg has planned a referendum May 31 and Rhine-Ruhr residents could head to the ballot boxes on April 19. No vote is required in Berlin. The DOSB will finalize bid choices at its General Assembly in fall 2026.
https://gamesbids.com/eng/summer-olympic-bids/breaking-record-voter-turnout-propels-munich-towards-rare-referendum-win-for-germanys-olympic-bid-early-results/
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#Cycling
Grazie Viviani
3 months ago
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#Olympics
A quick word to say that that a deal has been made with the IOC and
Olympedia.org
will be live again and with results from the 2024 Olympics and Winter Youth Olympics added as well as two years of historical reasarch
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https://Olympedia.org
3 months ago
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@heartheboatsing.bsky.social
Is there a date and place for his death?
www.drc1884.de/wir-trauern-...
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Wir trauern um Günter „Peter“ Twiesselmann – DRC Hannover
https://www.drc1884.de/wir-trauern-um-guenter-peter-twiesselmann/
3 months ago
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
3 months ago
BREAKING: King Charles and Pope Leo will pray together in the Sistine Chapel next week First time a British monarch and pontiff have done so publicly since Reformation King also to be given own special chair bearing his coat of arms in a papal basilica
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
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King and Pope to make history with prayers together at Vatican
Charles and Leo will be the first British monarch and pontiff since Henry VIII was excommunicated to join together for a holy service
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/king-pope-pray-first-time-reformation-8s5qkcllk
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Sorry. I have an unhealthy obsession to preach to Americans about good music they somehow had missed
3 months ago
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One hit wonder in the US but not their 1st #1 in the UK
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Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno *Remastered Audio*
YouTube video by TheRightEarOfNash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwy8tzGZrYk
3 months ago
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Gulliver gets 3 year ban. USA upgraded in World Championship
4 months ago
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Steve Magness
4 months ago
The beauty of track and field is there's no faking it, no hiding behind teammates on rough days. You're exposed, vulnerable. It's you, alone, out on that track. This sport will humble you, even those who are among the top in the world.
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#Women'sRugbyWorldCup
Canada leading New Zealand as we approach half-time in the semi-final
4 months ago
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The Thistle Archive
4 months ago
Pictured on this night 1921 is the Partick Thistle team which became 'champions of Britain' when, as Scottish Cup holders, they defeated Tottenham Hotspur, the FA Cup holders, by 3 goals to 1! Read all about it... 👀 👉
thethistlearchive.net/match-1921-0...
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James Dart
4 months ago
Amy Hunt, world 200m silver medallist: ‘You can be an academic badass and a track goddess. I’m showing that you can do everything, and anything, you set your mind to. You can be the best at everything’
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‘You can be an academic badass and a track goddess’ – GB sprinter Amy Hunt revels in shock 200m silver
Hunt powered from sixth to second with the kind of fearless attitude that helped her come back from a quadriceps rupture
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/19/gb-sprinter-amy-hunt-revels-shock-200m-silver-world-athletics-championships
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Bobsleigh - Simon Wulff of Germany banned until September 2026
4 months ago
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Russian sliders confirmed to not be allowed at the Olympics unless they win an appeal to CAS
4 months ago
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If it wasn't Canada who beat us I'd be really pissed off about tonight's result
5 months ago
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Oldest Olympians
5 months ago
Today Oldest Olympians is blogging about Lionel Guterres and Otto Ammermann.
olympstats.com/2025/09/08/l...
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The other place is reporting the 100th birthday celebrations of Freddy Ehrström
5 months ago
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Oldest Olympians
5 months ago
Happy 103rd birthday to William de Rham, the oldest living Swiss Olympian, Olympic equestrian, and survivor of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. De Rahm represented his country in the jumping event, placing joint-19th individually and ninth with the Swiss team.
horsesport.com/magazine/pro...
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Patriotic duty of all British and Irish people to pass this on to the rest of the world
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Spike Milligan’s famous “what time is it, Eccles?” Goon Show sketch #funny #comedy #britishhumour
YouTube video by Skadooosch
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K4x4OyKVmkU
5 months ago
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He might have gone a bit loony lately but this still majestic
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XTC - Senses Working Overtime (Official Video)
YouTube video by Rune Hede
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcemZpOmpI
5 months ago
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Oldest Olympians
5 months ago
Happy 91st birthday to K'oba Ts'akadze, the oldest survivor of the 1972 Sapporo Olympics! Ts'akadze represented the Soviet Union in the large hill in 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1972, as well as the normal hill in 1972.
www.facebook.com/615714771335...
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საქართველოს სპორტის სამინისტრო
სპორტის მინისტრმა ლეგენდარულ ქართველ ტრამპლინიდან მხტომელს, კობა წაქაძეს, 91 წლის იუბილე მიულოცა საქართველოს სპორტის მინისტრმა შალვა გოგოლაძემ ლეგენდარულ ქართველ თხილამურებით ტრამპლინიდან მხტომელს -....
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Philippe Auclair
6 months ago
Momentous news. CAS had so far been recognised as the entity which had the final word in all sports-related litigations. Unfairly so, according to the Court of Justice of the European Union, which "affirms the right for clubs and players [...] to obtain effective judicial review of arbitral awards".
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Oldest Olympians
6 months ago
Our Olympian of the day is Polish track and field athlete Alfons Niklas, born January 20, 1929. Niklas represented his country in the hammer throw at the 1956 Melbourne Games, where he placed 10th.
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Najstarszy bydgoski olimpijczyk. Alfons Niklas ma 95 lat. Z kolegami obszedł na piechotę Polskę dookoła - Bydgoszcz Informuje
Alfons Niklas miał 18 lat, kiedy razem z kolegami z Chełmna, wśród których był m.in. Stanisław Lejkowski tegoroczny laureat Bydgoskich Autografów, obszedł Polskę dokoła. Startował na igrzyskach olimpi...
https://bydgoszczinformuje.pl/najstarszy-bydgoski-olimpijczyk-alfons-niklas-ma-95-lat-z-kolegami-obszedl-na-piechote-polske-dookola/
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@andrewnixon.bsky.social
Hearing conflicting info on how men's Olympic qualifying is going to work. Continental qualifier via T20 world ranking or mini tournaments?
6 months ago
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add a skeleton here at some point
6 months ago
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So if Mr Brightside stays in the UK top 100 this week it goes to 9 years in the charts
6 months ago
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sportsmax.tv/other-sports...
Could it be that Jamaican triplets will compete at next years's Winter Olympics?
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Rivers Triplets Settle into Intense Training in Argentina as Olympic Dream Gains Momentum - Sportsmax
SportsMax, the undisputed Home of Champions is the Home of premier sporting content, locally, regionally and internationally.
https://sportsmax.tv/other-sports/winter-sports/rivers-triplets-settle-into-intense-training-in-argentina-as-olympic-dream-gains-momentum
6 months ago
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