The heat in Australia and Russia without the right to four Olympics. Events you may have missed
13 of 3 matches of the Australian Open ended in victory at three o’clock due to abnormal heat. She is the inhabitants of the continent with the coverage of the deficit. In Melbourne, which hosts the Grand Slam tournament, the temperature rises to 40 degrees. This afternoon (the difference with Moscow is +8 hours) it was cooler – about 34 degrees. A random indicator – the heat index, which approaches the temperature and the occasion – has reached a critical situation. Matches continued only on courts equipped with a retractable roof and air conditioning.
The AO heat stress scale was introduced in 2019. Tennis players have been using it for many years in difficult conditions. The last straw was the meeting with Simona Halep in 2018, who ended up in the hospital immediately after the final match ended with her participation. Due to severe dehydration, the athlete spent almost a day under the supervision of doctors.
At the start of the 2023 Australian Open, tournament director Craig Tiley had to answer questions about a possible move from Melbourne, not only to another city, but even to another country. This has been talked about for several years now. Difficult climatic conditions are only one of the reasons. Among other arguments is a large one from a group of diseases from the Chinese interest in Shanghai. The current contract with Melbourne is expected until 2046, but the Chinese are ready to discuss financial compensation. True, there is an important nuance – the girls (yet) do not play in China because of the WTA’s position on the story with Shuai Peng.
As for the latest results in the current tournament, Andrei Rublev scored a significant win over Dominic Thiem, while Aslan Karatsev, who pleasantly surprised everyone who in 2021, turned out to be Grigor Dimitrov and remained outside the top 90. The girls are in danger Veronika Kudermetova – the game with her participation has moved due to the heat and is still ongoing. Ekaterina Alexandrova won a little before her match. But the Tokyo champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova became the Olympic champion.
Due to the situation on the territory of Ukraine, all Russian athletes compete in Australia with a neutral status. And today a ban on national symbols was also introduced for fans. Tennis Australia issued an appeal: “Flags of Russia and Belarus are now banned. meet so as not to interfere. Yesterday the place was used when the flags were set up in the stands. The ban is in effect.”
49 European countries koumi got on the list of those exactly according to the available winter Olympic games in 2026 and 2030. and Summer Games 2028 and 2038 Russia and Belarus are not on this list. The countries did not participate in the tender for the acquisition of TV rights, which was announced at the end of February 2022.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that all media rights to broadcast events in Europe have been transferred to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Warner Bros. Discovery. Financial details were not disclosed, but IOC President Thomas Bach was pleased: “We are pleased that we have reached a meeting with the world’s main media companies. The IOC redistributes 90% of its income, this important agreement also ensures the financial stability of the sports movement and supports the interests of athletes.”
650+ assists to rebound – another statistical indicator that Alexander Ovechkin obeyed. In the NHL regular season match between Washington and the Islanders (4:3), the Russian was appointed assistant to Garnet Hathaway, who scored the first goal for the capital club. Ovechkin now has 1460 (810 + 650) points and 1320 matches per match.
Only Sergey Fedorov, who has already reached 696 assists, and Evgeni Malkin, who continues to play, reached 650 passes from the Russians. Right now he has 728 assists.
By the way, in the Washington match, other Russians scored one assist each – Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov. The latter also scored an accurate shot in overtime.
November 20, 2021 Russian figure skater Alena Kostornaya last time you entered the competitive ice as a single skater. It was at the Grand Prix event in French Grenoble. Alena became the second, losing only to the future Beijing 2022 Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova. In addition to this award, Kostornaya single-handedly won Euro 2020 gold, final gold and two victories at the 2019 Grand Prix Cathedral, silver and two bronze medals at the Russian Championships.
Now the search for her coach has been revealed (Alena left Eteri Tutberidze and returned to her, looked into the Evgeni Plushenko Academy and worked with Elena Buyanova at CSKA) and noticed herself as a figure skater in pair skating. The main candidate for partners is Georgy Kunitsa, with animals Kostornaya rides on the show, despite the throughput due to injuries.