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Uhuh-Topia - Arcadian Imperial Palace

From a balcony at the 12th floor, Emperor James the Second looked down at an angry mass of humans. James grinned, even though several of the people were carrying banners calling for government action against Casari, or even to nuke the city of Tyrellia, for transmitting two football matches everyone would rather forget all over the world. Personally James didn't give a damn about the sport, it was just a game just like all others, but he was smart enough not to mention that in public. He wouldn't be the first Emperor to be beheaded by an angry mob if he did.

He grinned because at a time like this, the people wouldn't mind a tax increase at all, as long as they were being told it would be going to the military, and in a few weeks time, they would all have forgotten about the Ylompics, and the tax increase.

James walked back inside and switched on the ultra-absurdly-large widescreen TV to catch the latest news on the Ylompics. Apparently swimmer Ireen Arcadia had finished last in the finals of the four hundred meters freestyle, so today would be another day for the Ropa-Topian Alliance without any medals. The Ropa-Topian athletes deserved better of course, but with the current situation in the streets, it was probably for the best. Too many medals might just make people forget they were angry at Casari, and sadly happy people didn't stay happy long if they were asked to pay more taxes.

The semi-finals of the 4x100 meter freestyle for men was about to start when James realized he didn't actually enjoy watching half-naked men in a swimming pool. He started changing channels until he reached one that was showing a rerun of the women's beach volleyball match of Spruitland against Algal States. That's what all Ylompic sports should be like, James thought.

Several repeats later, James decided to check how the men had done. They hadn't really done very well, finishing in a 7th place, but at least they had qualified themselves for the final tomorrow. And apparently, the heats and semi-finals of the 50m freestyle were already over too, Lars Sepers being the only one to qualify for the finals.

James was disappointed to hear the women's 4x100m semi-finals were cancelled and the athletes would move immediately to the finals, and he had to watch at least one more rerun of the volleyball match before the women's 50 meters freestyle would be on.

While he watched how only one of the three Ropa-Topian swimmers qualified herself for the finals, he pondered about reinstating the law that made being nude compulsory, but then the image of his mother on the last day that the law had been in effect returned to his mind. Maybe there should be age restrictions, James thought, but then they will probably whine about age discrimination.

James couldn't be bothered to watch judo. If it was up to him, it wouldn't be even a sport in Uhuh-Topia. Wait a minute, I am the emperor. It is up to me. He walked to his desk to get a piece of paper and write down a new law that would outlaw judo, but forgot about it when a reporter on TV announced both Ropa-Topian table tennis players would be playing each other today. That's got to be interesting to watch.

After six sets, Corneel Marsman defeated Koos Walker, and although he didn't look very happy that he had had to play against a fellow Ropa-Topian athlete, it had been a good match. A good match that was over now, and James reached for the remote again. Time for beach volleyball.

Source: www.sport-news.com.ut

Olympic mascot's offspring delays Ylompics news

ISLE OF UHM - The still unexplained offspring of feather-bellied Uhuh Ro-To, the official mascot for the Ropa-Topian participation in the Winter Olympics in Aeropag, escaped from a science lab several days ago. The feather-bellied frog was apparently attracted by the Internet routers of the Ropa-Topian Internet Exchange which just happens to be located in the same building, and the feather-bellied frog apparently had an appetite for fiber-optic wires. This unfortunately caused the Uhuh-Topian Sport News website to be unavailable for several days, but as you can read this now, Sport News is back to bring you the latest (and for now some old) news from Tyrellia.

Day 4 - Gold for Ariddia

TYRELLIA - Noémi Levi from Ariddia won a gold medal on day 4 of the Ylompics in the finals of 200m freestyle swimming. She did this with a time of 1:56.55. The other Ariddian swimmer, Carol Gale, was 0.85 slower, which was good for a fourth place, followed by our Ireen Arcadia with a time of 1:57.93. Jessica Rubik finished seventh, with a time of 1:57.99.
Later that day, another swimming event. In the 100m freestyle, Arcadia failed to qualify (54.20 seconds), but Rubik and Phoebe Buitendam (who didn't qualify for the finals on the 200 meters) went through to the semifinals and qualified for the finals the next day.

Day 5 - Table tennis wins overshadowed by another defeat in football

TYRELLIA - Day 5 of the Ylompics started rather quiet, with both swimmers in the finals 100m freestyle for women staying out of the top 3. Phoebe Buitendam got a fifth place, with 53.85 seconds only 0.04 seconds behind bronze medal winner Vikhaga from Anastasiania. Jessica Rubik became eighth with a time of 54.29 seconds.
The men also got to swim today, with Pieter Veerman qualifying for the finals of 100m freestyle on day 6. Jack Cuypers came as far as the semifinals, while silver medal winner on the 200m Lars Sepers didn't qualify for those either.
Table tennis players Koos Walker and Corneel Marsman both defeated their opponents, respectively Benjamin Kennedy from Ceorana and Manousákes Anatolákes from Bedistan, both in 5 sets, but this happy moment didn't last long. The victory of the table tennis players was overshadowed by the loss of the men's football team against Becquerelia with 0-2.

Day 6 - Bronze for Veerman; Klungelaer cancels press-conferences

TYRELLIA - Swimmer Pieter Veerman won bronze in the 100m freestyle finals on the 6th day of the Ylompics in Tyrellia. Most likely afraid that this might spark another discussion about whether swimming should be Ropa-Topia's national sport instead of football, Minister Klungelaer canceled all press-conferences he might have during the Ylompics. It is rumored that he was seen on the airport in Tyrellia, trying to get a flight back home to Uhuh-Ropa.

Mixed results in Curling and Ice Hockey
Olympic mascot gives birth to frog

Aeropag/Isle of Uhm - After a win of the women's ice hockey team against Liverpool England with 3-2, the men's team repeated that result against Dorian and Sonya, but this time in favour of the opponent.
In the qualification rounds for curling, the women's team lost with 6-5 from Spaam, while the men's team won from New Montreal States with 7-5.

In other Olympic news, Ro-To the cloned feather-bellied Uhuh, and the Ropa-Topian Olympic mascot, gave birth to a feather-bellied frog. The scientists who were responsible for cloning the long-extinct subspecies of Uhuh think that this may have happened because they used frog DNA to fill in the missing pieces in the fossilized feather-bellied Uhuh DNA.

Good start ice hockey women
Short track could have been better; San Adriano's only athlete disqualified

Aeropag - The First Winter Olympics had a good start for the women's ice hockey team with a 3-2 win from Liverpool England.

More eventful, and with more mixed results were the qualifications for the men's 1000m short track. Philip Timmer was the only one to qualify for the quarter- and semi-finals. Not a very good start, but not as bad as San Adriano. Their only athlete, Thomas Peruzzi, was disqualified after jostling Fabius of Spruitland.

"I made a mistake," Peruzzi said. "It happened very quickly, and I couldn't go back and correct it."

Humiliating defeat!
Klungelaer: "I'd rather forget today ever happened."

Tyrellia - The women's football team's first match at the Ylompics resulted in a humiliating defeat of 1-3 against Chicanada. At least Ariddia's team managed to show the world that Uhuhland does know how to play football, as they won from Rejistania with 2-0.

"Football is supposed to be our national sport," a disappointed Minister of Sports from Uhuh-Ropa, Ferdinand Klungelaer, and current chairman of the Ropa-Topian Sports Alliance said at a press conference after the match. "If it wasn't for Lars [editor: Sepers], I'd rather forget today ever happened."

When a reporter asked Minister Klungelaer if swimming should perhaps become our new national sport, the press conference was ended when a furious Klungelaer just walked out of the room.

Better news from the swimming front: Ireen Arcadia and Jessica Rubik qualified themselves for the finals. Phoebe Buitendam did not qualify though, but even so, Uhuhland will be represented well at the finals, as both swimmers -Carol Gale and Noémi Levi- from Ariddia qualified as well. Sanadrianese Sabrina Vannucci failed to qualify.

First medal for Ropa-Topian Sports Alliance
Sepers nearly repeats yesterday's record; not enough for gold

Tyrellia - Two days into the Ylompics, the Ropa-Topian team receives its first medal. In the finals of the men's 200m freestyle swimming, Lars Sepers nearly repeated yesterday's time of 1:44.15, a new national record. While it was enough to be the fastest qualifier overall (nearly a full second faster than Ariddia's Alan Heath; who failed to qualify for the finals), today's 1:44.16 was only enough for a second place, earning Sepers a still well-earned silver medal. Dorsey Anijs of Spruitland took the gold medal with a time of 1:44.09.

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