Fortunately for Joshua, he has the winning back the titles to focus on, and he's fighting the same guy, who be managed to put on the canvas (which he was the first fighter to do). If he was just left with the defeat and particularly how it ended, he would really struggle to come back from it.
I'm sure there's a really good reason why the Isle of Man TT races can continue. As of today 256 dead since it started?
Motorcycle racing on road courses in general is horrifyingly dangerous. Might have mentioned it before, but a couple years back I listened to a series of lectures by a chase doctor (basically, a racer/trauma surgeon who followed the races on his bike to provide emergency assistance, who since sadly died in a motorcycle crash) on the injuries inherent in the sport, and it was hard not to conclude that it was simply a pursuit that humans were not designed for. No matter your skill level, crashes will happen, and crashes are simply far less survivable when you have a centuries-old rock wall as company rather than a gravel trap.
Fantastic. Don't get to watch them live these days, so I shall look forward to some highlights. Mugello is easily my favourite track. IOM TT. It seems illogical, but I think you just have to let people try the ultimate experience. There's at no point in my life where I would ever consider I'm good enough to race on tracks, let alone roads, even though I've [cough] been excessively quick in my time. But there's got to be somewhere and something in this world which allows a person to take the ultimate risk. And racing a motorcycle on the road pretty much is it.
As a youngster a hell of a lot of my age group had bikes. No helmets.....and still managed 140 plus on the few good roads that would let you do those kind of speeds. Risk was a way of life then. I know the bikes can go faster now. Trust me in those days that was fast enough on the A roads. Not motor ways.....
I know it happened. I have older brothers. When I lived in the Kent Weald, the local chimney sweep, who was also an occasional poacher, had a BSA C15 with dodgy lights. He used to bomb along the countryside at night with no lights on because he said there was little point, and because his dynamo couldn't keep the 6 volt battery topped up. So he used to switch the lights on when when he was coming to a proper corner. One night, he bombed up to a corner, switched the lights on, and they immediately died. He ended up over the hedge with the bike in the roadside ditch. I lived in Kent during the late 90's. The chimney sweep was still engaging in typical behaviour from the 50-60's.
Konta storms into french semifinals beating Sloane Stephens 6.1 6.4. She has upped her game...Stephens couldn’t live with her
Something has changed with her. Coach? Diet? Mindset? No longer is she so fallible. Don´t know who is left. A Russian in her half of the draw, and Halep, I think, is one on the other side. So in the Men´s Djoko has to cope with the young "uns". Hope he can lift the trophy on Sunday.
Federer continues to astonish me. 37 years old and he's still at the top of the sport. I suspect Nadal will have too much for him but considering this is his first French Open in several years he's been fantastic.
Take away the French GSs that Nadal, Djoko and Federer have won and it reads Federer 19, Djokovic 14, Nadal 6!! I hope Federer goes into the match believing he can beat Nadal for once on the clay of Roland Garros.
Joanna Konta is the veteran lady left in the French Open Ladies Singles event when compared to the others - Barty is 23 while the others are teenagers. Welcome to the new order which includes Osaka. It has been nice and enjoyable watching Serena Williams demolish opponents down the years but now it is time for her to make way.
Konta lost 7-5 7-6 in the French semis. Such a shame as this was so winnable....she got to serve to win the first set and broke her opponent in the second. She may have been affected by not being able to use her serve so effectively because of the wind, but such a missed opportunity. However, promising with Wimbledon on the horizon.
Vondrousova is yet another of these immensely talented players that the Czech Republic seems to produce on a regular basis. I suspect nerves may have played a part in Konta´s loss, feeling she had something to prove, whereas her younger oppenent, nothing.
She’d have been the first woman in history to win in one set if she’s taken that opportunity to serve for the match in the first set... Thanks Fran
I got to the top of the stairs and thought, 'Did I say match?', then forgot all about it of course by the time I came back down.
I really don't get how Konta represents GB. She was born in Australia, raised in Australia and her parents are from Hungary. She moved to the UK when she was 14, so spent 4 years of her childhood/teenage years in the UK. Just seems a strange one
