Arifiyyah

Benaventura Corporation Headquarters, Porto Violeta—13:00 PM International Atomic Time, 27th October 1421
Erasmo Benaventura sat on his chair in the room at the top of the building, sipping a cup of coffee. He was the CEO of the Benaventura Corporation, a large enterprise that significantly aided in a few Esferic projects, such as building the Benaventura Arena for field hockey and renewing five or six existing venues, and successfully bid to be one of the official sponsor. 
The TV displayed the ongoing basketball game between Giovanniland and Orandia. "Heh, with our athletes winning, I'll be able to profit even more!", he thought to himself. "Maybe we could sponsor some of those gold medal receivers for their future appearances," and as he continued this thought, the doorbell rang. It was the time for an important meeting.
Sergio Orfeo-Rossi, CEO of Lavandula Technology Inc. (an important enterprise from the nearby city of Annavilla), and Tertullia Pappelliano, CEO of Porto Violeto Casinos (the largest gambling enterprise in the city), had just arrived to talk with Erasmo. They were close friends controlling large businesses of different sectors, and saw this Esferiad as a way to increase their influence.
"Welcome! So, how are your companies going?", greeted Erasmo. He turned off the TV while the Giovannilandian basketball team scored a three-pointer. 
"Very good! Lavandula Technology Inc. has provided some of the technology being used for the Esferiad... for a small fee, of course," Sergio answered ironically.
"Same here, we at Porto Violeto Casinos are hoping that the influx of tourists from around the world can earn us an increase in visitors... and in profit," replied Tertullia.
"Great to know, my friends," said Erasmo. He added, "so here we are to discuss how to best use the profits we reap from these ongoing games and our next steps forward."
"Indeed we are," the two others said.
"After the games," Erasmo told the other two, "it seems we have a golden opportunity in promoting some of the less-known sports in Giovanniland. Field hockey, for example, hence the arena our company built for the games. Lacrosse and golf are two other good options."
"For me, any sport works as long as enough people are interested in betting on athletes," commented Tertullia. "Our casinos in northern Giovanniland are already booming with many people betting on their favorite athletes," she added. Sergio agreed, and proposed to also provide the technology needed for these further plans.
"A very good plan, and I could help you in building some of these new casinos across the country," Erasmo offered. "Ugh, if this country just had less of those damned taxes, I—err, we, of course,—would be able to profit in an even greater way," he said.
"That's where one of my other plans comes in," Sergio remarked. "I don't think this old lady we call Prime Minister will try a re-election. I was talking with my old friend Lauro de Abreo-Florino. and he's trying to build a grand coalition of all other parties against this government led by the Soquale-Verde and Komunista parties. One of his goal is to reduce those taxes imposed on enterprises like ours," he announced.
"And you think Lauro will get enough votes?", Tertullia doubted. "The two other parties combined only got 37% of the votes in the last election, while this coalition of tree-huggers and socialists still managed to earn over 60%..."
Sergio answered: "Worry not, as we have a plan to turn the tables in regards to that. The prospect of raising our economy even more should hopefully sway some of the voters, and with Amore Gile Abrente's old age I don't think she's running for another term."
"Wonderful," Tertullia exclaimed. "The election is still a year ahead, but when the polls happen in 1423, I hope our plans succeed. For capitalism and glory!", she said.
"I take it we're finished with this meeting," Erasmo announced. "I'll see you two soon again, my friends, but for now, may our corporations profit even more from the Esferiad."
"Indeed," Sergio and Tertullia concurred in unison.
The two soon left the building and went back to their own corporations' headquarters. Erasmo turned back on the TV, and was delighted to see that the Giovannilandian basketball team won the match against Orandia—a close match indeed. He switched to another channel, and it was displaying the High Jump event. He watched as the athletes brought more medals to the nation, but deep down, all he could think about was profit. 
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Governor's Lavender Palace, Quorivo—9:30 AM International Atomic Time, 28th October 1421
King Giovanni VI was resting at a luxurious bedroom reserved for him in Quorivo for the duration of the Esferic Games, after arriving for the Opening Ceremony. Soon, an aide rushed into his room.
"Your Majesty, here is an important letter from Kassakira Petrovikan, the Mpitarika of Blue Bubble," the aide said as she handed the King the letter.
"Thank you," he replied. As he read the letter, he thought: "Hmm, an invite to meet at the Duchy Estate tomorrow? Sounds a nice opportunity to strengthen our friendship with our Blue Bubble neighbors. The Mpitarika will appreciate my presence."
A few minutes passed and he finished thinking, as the aide stood near the door. "Giulia, please let the Governor of Lidoborio, Ferenno Kyetseno, know about this invite. I want him to go together with me; after all, his province's capital city is co-hosting the Games with Kharventhin." She quickly obeyed.
Ferenno of course accepted. Later that night, he and the King were preparing to depart the Governor's Lavender Palace and travel to Kharventhin. A small security guard was to go along them, and the King of course made this known to the Mpitarika.

Dear leader name,
Whilst you are here to attend the games, as a viewer or as a participant, I understand you may be looking to also conduct official business with other leaders.
Due to this, I am inviting you and other leaders to a formal meeting event where there is place to speak privately and publicly with each other at the Duchy Estate tomorrow at 13:00 local time.
Please reply with a confirmation of your attendance and any other individuals who will be attending with you.
Yours sincerely,

Kassakira Petrovikan
Mpitarika of Blue Bubble

Giovannilandian Esferiad Report - 3rd Day
3 Gold - 2 Silver - 1 Bronze
Sports Report Newsroom, Giovannistadt—8:00 AM International Atomic Time, 28th October 1421
Hello again, Giovannilandians! I am Carlos Nakamura-Edristyn, the host of the Giovannilandian Esferiad Report. Today I'll talk about the results in the 3rd day of Esferic events and Giovannilandian highlights, as well as present the upcoming events for the next day. Firstly, we'll talk about yesterday's events in Kharventhin!
In the 200 m Backstroke Swim, four Giovannilandian athletes participated: Jessica Girvyan-Altada, Lavanda Shenliang, Cicero Neuryanth-Vidal, and Clovis Ivanovich Santos. The only to qualify past the initial heats was Jessica, ranking 8th overall, while Cicero was unfortunately disqualified from the race for... reasons. Her performance improved in the semifinals, earning 2nd place of her group and advancing into the finals. In the end, she was able to bring home another gold! Jessica shared the podium with 2nd place Hecatia Lukanova from Hertfordshire and Jammbo (H&J) and 3rd place Ethel Merman from Saint Mark.
As for the first stage of the Judo events, Tamara Antenor-Verdi failed to qualify past the group stage but Alberto de Montemórien and Raymundo Liangzhou were more successful. Alberto was defeated in the quarterfinals and will go in the repechage bracket, while Raymundo defeated Faith Peytone from Nieubasria and will meet Funny Ṽalentain from H&J in the semifinals. Then, matchday 3 of Water Polo saw Fhaengshia win against Giovanniland, while in Beach Volleyball, our athletes Alexandre Elysthin-Zhao and Elisabeth Sanchez earned their first win, namely against Christmas Hanley and Haven Cannon from United Adaikes.
In the city of Quoriv, six events happened yesterday, notably the start of the track and field events which are all hosted in the Grand Esferic Stadium. Giovannilandian athletes Cyro Wilsim de Sousa, Humerto Cartagual Takeda, Teles Arnold-Bwaryk, and Roberto Erwaide all participated in the 100 m Run, with all of them qualifying for the semifinals but only Cyro advancing to the finals. In fact, Cyro had notably achieved first place in both the heats and semifinals, but he was unlucky in the finals as he sadly placed last. Meanwhile, in the Equestrian Eventing Individuals, athletes Clementine Reyes Armand and Ivone Lavro-Hamada had a very good performance but barely missed the podium, placing 4th and 5th. As for Tennis Singles, both Carlos Farias Errbe and Saulo Uryth-Afraberg failed to win in the round of 16 and were therefore eliminated.
Now, for some happier news about the Quoriv events! Our Baseball team won 4-2 against the authoritarian Dalimbari, and is now placed 2nd in the group behind Cambria, while in Basketball, a close match against Orandia resulted in a 79-78 win in overtime. Finally, the High Jump event featured Giovannilandian athletes Francine Sauron-Lavro, Wanda Ghunnesbert, and Conrado Trieste da Silva. Conrado and Francine achieved a safe qualifying, tying for first, while Wanda failed one jump but nevertheless also advanced into the final. The tables then turned for Giovannilandian athletes, as Wanda improved her performance in comparison to the qualifiers and earned Giovanniland its third gold medal! Conrado, who also achieved a nearly perfect performance, got the silver medal because he failed in higher heights, whereas Francine could not advance past 1.93 meters and finished 7th.
Following this quick review, it's now time to talk about upcoming events! Firstly, here's the list of events happening in Kharventhin, broadcasted on channels 206 to 210:
Matchday 4 of Beach Volleyball featuring Alexandre Elysthin-Zhao and Elisabeth Sanchez;
200 m Breastroke Swim featuring Giovanna Voclaria, Zilda Paschoal-Harveyn, Horacio Andolia Zarya, and Susanna Shang;
Judo Finals featuring Alberto de Montemórien (repechage bracket) and Raymundo Liangzhou (main bracket);
10 m Platform Dive featuring Amanda Portevinne de Sá, Lourencio Nakamura, and Teresa Blacksmith;
Matchday 4 of Water Polo (team event);
Furthermore, the Rowing Single Sculls will also be happening, but without Giovannilandian participation. In Quoriv, the following events will happen tomorrow and be broadcasted on channels 201 to 205:
Matchday 4 of Baseball (team event);
Matchday 4 of Basketball (team event);
Equestrian Eventing Team featuring Clementine Reyes Armand and Ivone Lavro-Hamada;
Pole Vault featuring Neuryn Myint, Arabella Glenpersyth, and Edna Neves-Bwaryk;
400 m Run featuring Beatrice de Abreu-Floryn, Xerxes Zarya, Fabio Oryantal-Silva, and Girvyan Gogmos Vieira;
And that's all we will have during the fourth day of Esferic events! Anyone can watch live events on the channels 201 to 210, and for members of our monthly subscription, we also have recordings in our website sportsreport.com.gl/esferiad/ii/events if you aren't able to check them live. See you tomorrow for the next report!

SUMMER ESFERIAD DAY 3
Hello everyone, I report from Kharventhin, Blue Bubble. Another less exciting day for us, after still no medal collection. However, we congratulate the athletes who have been in action today.
Lee Kuan Cheng, Albert Soffian and Alicia Rozak have competed in the 200m backstroke. 2 of them failed to get past the heat stage while Kuan Cheng finished the competition in the semi -finals, finished 6th and failed to advance to the final.
As for Bryan Charasandran, he finished the high jump competition in 16th place. Congratulations to the 20 -year -old athlete.

High Jump final result
 
And for the equestrian, Mizan Zainal Abidin, finished the competition in 9th place. "I apologize to all Arifians, I can do better, but I feel sick since yesterday. Although the sports minister himself gave me the green light to quit from this event, but I still want to compete in it for Arifiyyah".
Equestrian Individual Eventing final result

Mizan during the match
 
3 athletes on the running track, and 2 of them finished the 100m run in the semi -finals 2.
Not forgetting also the national Basketball team, taking advantage of a day without competition with full -time training to surprise everyone. Luckily for us, the national team is now ranked 6th out of 7 after Tupmonia recorded a defeat to Nieubasria.
 
And this is the latest medal tally standings
Blue Bubble looks serious in this Esferiad after successfully collecting 5 gold 7 silver and 6 bronze! Followed by Hertfordshire and Jammbo with 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. while Arifiyyah has yet to have any medals. We hope a miracle happens to our athletes the next day, to be able to at least get one medal to our home.
That's all the reports for today,see you next time.
 
Reported by: Mahmoud Hammadi

SUMMER ESFERIAD DAY 3
Hello everyone, I report from Kharventhin, Blue Bubble. Another less exciting day for us, after still no medal collection. However, we congratulate the athletes who have been in action today.
Lee Kuan Cheng, Albert Soffian and Alicia Rozak have competed in the 200m backstroke. 2 of them failed to get past the heat stage while Kuan Cheng finished the competition in the semi -finals, finished 6th and failed to advance to the final.
As for Bryan Charasandran, he finished the high jump competition in 16th place. Congratulations to the 20 -year -old athlete.

High Jump final result
 
And for the equestrian, Mizan Zainal Abidin, finished the competition in 9th place. "I apologize to all Arifians, I can do better, but I feel sick since yesterday. Although the sports minister himself gave me the green light to quit from this event, but I still want to compete in it for Arifiyyah".
Equestrian Individual Eventing final result

Mizan during the match
 
3 athletes on the running track, and 2 of them finished the 100m run in the semi -finals 2.
Not forgetting also the national Basketball team, taking advantage of a day without competition with full -time training to surprise everyone. Luckily for us, the national team is now ranked 6th out of 7 after Tupmonia recorded a defeat to Nieubasria.
 
And this is the latest medal tally standings
Blue Bubble looks serious in this Esferiad after successfully collecting 5 gold 7 silver and 6 bronze! Followed by Hertfordshire and Jammbo with 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. while Arifiyyah has yet to have any medals. We hope a miracle happens to our athletes the next day, to be able to at least get one medal to our home.
That's all the reports for today,see you next time.
 
Reported by: Mahmoud Hammadi

SUMMER ESFERIAD DAY 3
Hello everyone, I report from Kharventhin, Blue Bubble. Another less exciting day for us, after still no medal collection. However, we congratulate the athletes who have been in action today.
Lee Kuan Cheng, Albert Soffian and Alicia Rozak have competed in the 200m backstroke. 2 of them failed to get past the heat stage while Kuan Cheng finished the competition in the semi -finals, finished 6th and failed to advance to the final.
As for Bryan Charasandran, he finished the high jump competition in 16th place. Congratulations to the 20 -year -old athlete.

High Jump final result
 
And for the equestrian, Mizan Zainal Abidin, finished the competition in 9th place. "I apologize to all Arifians, I can do better, but I feel sick since yesterday. Although the sports minister himself gave me the green light to quit from this event, but I still want to compete in it for Arifiyyah".
Equestrian Individual Eventing final result

Mizan during the match
 
3 athletes on the running track, and 2 of them finished the 100m run in the semi -finals 2.
Not forgetting also the national Basketball team, taking advantage of a day without competition with full -time training to surprise everyone. Luckily for us, the national team is now ranked 6th out of 7 after Tupmonia recorded a defeat to Nieubasria.
 
And this is the latest medal tally standings
Blue Bubble looks serious in this Esferiad after successfully collecting 5 gold 7 silver and 6 bronze! Followed by Hertfordshire and Jammbo with 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. while Arifiyyah has yet to have any medals. We hope a miracle happens to our athletes the next day, to be able to at least get one medal to our home.
That's all the reports for today,see you next time.
 
Reported by: Mahmoud Hammadi

DAY THREE–HEADLINES
- The Orandian basketball team loses 79-78 to Giovanniland. The game was so close, it went into overtime.
- The Orandian water polo team loses 8-5 vs. Nieubasria.
- A win was in the cards today for Evelyn Asplund and Jane Offerdahl, now third in their group after beating Teryalon.
- Kai Haagen and Jonathan Stuart place fourth in the multihull event, narrowly missing out on a medal with a score of 34.
- Backstroker Quentin Sylvestre finishes with a time of 2:12.76, not enough to pass the qualifier.
- Fellow backstroker Maiken Morstad finishes dead last in her heat, with a time of 2:18.62. Let's hope this is not a trend among swimmers destined for the relay, given Axelle Reverdin's performance earlier in the games.
- Arnold Nordrum, surprisingly, beats them both out, with a time of 2:11.29. However, it is still not enough to qualify him for the semifinals.
- In the 100-meter run, Jean-Christophe Genest speeds past the qualifier with a time of 11.29 seconds, placing second overall. His rival, Ilie Andreescu, is right behind him with a time of 11.65 seconds.
- Nina Millet breaks her personal record with a time of 12.29 seconds, but she just barely misses the cutoff to qualify for semifinals.
- Genest and Andreescu finish the semifinal with times of 11.14 and 11.24 respectively, but neither makes it into the final.
- Berix Tomoiaga ties for ninth in the high jump qualifiers, but makes it to the finals, winning Orandia's first medal–a bronze!

COMMENTARY
"I'm Lex Lascar, reporting live from the Esferiad! I'm sure we all saw Mr. Tomoiaga's history-making high jump earlier today. History-making as in, he's earned Orandia its very first Esferiad medal! We've brought him here to the studio. Berix, how does it feel to have gotten Orandia's first medal?"
Berix: "Wow. Just... wow. Everything since I made the jump has been a blur. People were cheering. Coach, my coach, and Germaine and a few others were carrying me around on their shoulders. It still doesn't feel real yet. I have to hold onto it, like this, so I know it's there." [He clutches the medal, holding it close to his chest.]
"I can imagine! It's got to be a big shift. Has your family sent you congratulations yet?"
Berix: "Oh, yes. My mother, my father, even my sisters. Congratulations, congratulations. I hear it everywhere I go."
"We've got time for one last question. Do you have any words of advice for aspiring high jumpers, or Orandian athletes in general?"
Berix: "Hm... get sleep. That's the first thing. Set a time every day to practice, that's the second. Finally, well, don't go into it with a flat back. Be ready to curve around the bar. That's what gets you extra height."
"Thank you so much for those thoughtful answers, Berix. But it seems our time is up. Thank you, Orandia, for joining us live here and now."
 
LOOKING AHEAD–DAY FOUR
- Match day four arrives for the Orandian basketball and water polo teams.
- Match day four as well for beach volleyball team Evelyn Asplund and Jane Offerdahl.
- Amanda Orvik gets her second chance at glory in the 10-meter platform dive. You can do it, Amanda!
- Tove Rud, Nathan Clérisseau, and Auden Skogen perform in the 200-meter breaststroke.
- The single-scull rowing event, featuring Monica Lovdahl, Simon Samuelson, and Richard Ancel, will take place.
- Nathan Messier and Catalina Rotaru race in the 400-meter run.
- Finally, the pole vault event takes place, featuring Margareta Olinescu and Martin Thévenet.

SUMMER ESFERIAD DAY 3
Hello everyone, I report from Kharventhin, Blue Bubble. Another less exciting day for us, after still no medal collection. However, we congratulate the athletes who have been in action today.
Lee Kuan Cheng, Albert Soffian and Alicia Rozak have competed in the 200m backstroke. 2 of them failed to get past the heat stage while Kuan Cheng finished the competition in the semi -finals, finished 6th and failed to advance to the final.
As for Bryan Charasandran, he finished the high jump competition in 16th place. Congratulations to the 20 -year -old athlete.

High Jump final result
 
And for the equestrian, Mizan Zainal Abidin, finished the competition in 9th place. "I apologize to all Arifians, I can do better, but I feel sick since yesterday. Although the sports minister himself gave me the green light to quit from this event, but I still want to compete in it for Arifiyyah".
Equestrian Individual Eventing final result

Mizan during the match
 
3 athletes on the running track, and 2 of them finished the 100m run in the semi -finals 2.
Not forgetting also the national Basketball team, taking advantage of a day without competition with full -time training to surprise everyone. Luckily for us, the national team is now ranked 6th out of 7 after Tupmonia recorded a defeat to Nieubasria.
 
And this is the latest medal tally standings
Blue Bubble looks serious in this Esferiad after successfully collecting 5 gold 7 silver and 6 bronze! Followed by Hertfordshire and Jammbo with 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. while Arifiyyah has yet to have any medals. We hope a miracle happens to our athletes the next day, to be able to at least get one medal to our home.
That's all the reports for today,see you next time.
 
Reported by: Mahmoud Hammadi

200 m Backstroke Heats Heat 1 1 Friedrich Obertssohn (SDS) 2:08.94 2 Lee Kuan Cheng (ARF) 2:09.33 3 Marta Diaz (LXA) 2:09.35 4 Teresa Benini (DAL) 2:09.36 5 Valéria Opeyemi (BLB) 2:11.17 6 Clovis Ivanovich Santos (GIO) 2:11.47 7 Quentin Sylvestre (ORA) 2:12.76 8 Paul Racer (SMK) 2:12.90 9 Craig Burnell (TCM) 2:13.84 10 Soley Steenie (DIL) 2:14.08 Heat 2 1 Osebertus Haward (NIU) 2:07.07 2 Yelena Mitrovic (LXA) 2:08.79 3 Derek Sokolov (HEJ) 2:09.19 4 Connie Rodriguez (SDS) 2:09.22 5 Albert Soffian (ARF) 2:10.84 6 Lavanda Shenliang (GIO) 2:11.07 7 Jack Wallace (TCM) 2:12.04 8 Til Akhmad (DIL) 2:12.11 9 Rickard Magro (DAL) 2:13.02 10 Evard Marquist (SMK) 2:15.11 Heat 3 1 Michael Phillip (LXA) 2:09.25 2 Jessica Girvyan-Altada (GIO) 2:09.30 3 Ryuga Krievinš (HEJ) 2:10.55 4 Tayyip Munir (DIL) 2:10.78 5 Ubdiehl Kaentolluo (FHA) 2:12.90 6 Aimee Carlin (TCM) 2:12.91 7 Emma Beckerbrand (SDS) 2:13.12 8 Maverick Traves (UAD) 2:14.62 9 Rhiannon Vaughn (NIU) 2:15.19 10 Maiken Morstad (ORA) 2:18.62 Heat 4 1 Ethel Merman (SMK) 2:08.50 2 Marcus Alejandro (LXA) 2:09.38 3 Hecatia Lukanova (HEJ) 2:09.70 4 Wekesa Silva (BLB) 2:10.51 5 Anita Kinsley (UAD) 2:12.27 6 Sverre Guldberg (FJA) 2:12.47 7 Stoyanka Mijalkovski (TLN) 2:12.68 8 Luiz Sonje (DIL) 2:13.50 9 Hunter Deschamps (DAL) 2:15.20 — Cicero Neuryanth-Vidal (GIO) DSQ Heat 5 1 Luke Waterman (SMK) 2:10.94 2 Arnold Nordrum (ORA) 2:11.29 3 Isolndu Ghomrie (FHA) 2:11.91 4 Okoro Babatunde (BLB) 2:12.39 5 Benjamin Lloyd (TCM) 2:12.64 6 Shavonne Simon (UAD) 2:13.15 7 Adam Smithson (SDS) 2:13.25 8 Maltilda Voigts (DAL) 2:14.96 9 Alicia Rozak (ARF) 2:19.16 — Danika Rabinowicz (TLN) DNF Overall ranking in heats 1 Osebertus Haward (NIU) 2:07.07 - Q 2 Ethel Merman (SMK) 2:08.50 - Q 3 Yelena Mitrovic (LXA) 2:08.79 - Q 4 Friedrich Obertssohn (SDS) 2:08.94 - Q 5 Derek Sokolov (HEJ) 2:09.19 - Q 6 Connie Rodriguez (SDS) 2:09.22 - Q 7 Michael Phillip (LXA) 2:09.25 - Q 8 Jessica Girvyan-Altada (GIO) 2:09.30 - Q 9 Lee Kuan Cheng (ARF) 2:09.33 - Q 10 Marta Diaz (LXA) 2:09.35 - Q 11 Teresa Benini (DAL) 2:09.36 - Q 12 Marcus Alejandro (LXA) 2:09.38 - Q 13 Hecatia Lukanova (HEJ) 2:09.70 - Q 14 Wekesa Silva (BLB) 2:10.51 - Q 15 Ryuga Krievinš (HEJ) 2:10.55 - Q 16 Tayyip Munir (DIL) 2:10.78 - Q 17 Albert Soffian (ARF) 2:10.84 18 Luke Waterman (SMK) 2:10.94 19 Lavanda Shenliang (GIO) 2:11.07 20 Valéria Opeyemi (BLB) 2:11.17 21 Arnold Nordrum (ORA) 2:11.29 22 Clovis Ivanovich Santos (GIO) 2:11.47 23 Isolndu Ghomrie (FHA) 2:11.91 24 Jack Wallace (TCM) 2:12.04 25 Til Akhmad (DIL) 2:12.11 26 Anita Kinsley (UAD) 2:12.27 27 Okoro Babatunde (BLB) 2:12.39 28 Sverre Guldberg (FJA) 2:12.47 29 Benjamin Lloyd (TCM) 2:12.64 30 Stoyanka Mijalkovski (TLN) 2:12.68 31 Quentin Sylvestre (ORA) 2:12.76 32 Paul Racer (SMK) 2:12.90 Ubdiehl Kaentolluo (FHA) 2:12.90 34 Aimee Carlin (TCM) 2:12.91 35 Rickard Magro (DAL) 2:13.02 36 Emma Beckerbrand (SDS) 2:13.12 37 Shavonne Simon (UAD) 2:13.15 38 Adam Smithson (SDS) 2:13.25 39 Luiz Sonje (DIL) 2:13.50 40 Craig Burnell (TCM) 2:13.84 41 Soley Steenie (DIL) 2:14.08 42 Maverick Traves (UAD) 2:14.62 43 Maltilda Voigts (DAL) 2:14.96 44 Evard Marquist (SMK) 2:15.11 45 Rhiannon Vaughn (NIU) 2:15.19 46 Hunter Deschamps (DAL) 2:15.20 47 Maiken Morstad (ORA) 2:18.62 48 Alicia Rozak (ARF) 2:19.16 — Cicero Neuryanth-Vidal (GIO) DSQ Danika Rabinowicz (TLN) DNF Semifinals Semifinal 1 1 Marta Diaz (LXA) 2:08.25 - Q 2 Friedrich Obertssohn (SDS) 2:08.66 - Q 3 Wekesa Silva (BLB) 2:08.88 - Q 4 Ryuga Krievinš (HEJ) 2:08.90 - Q 5 Osebertus Haward (NIU) 2:09.35 6 Michael Phillip (LXA) 2:09.88 7 Derek Sokolov (HEJ) 2:10.09 8 Tayyip Munir (DIL) 2:11.37 Semifinal 2 1 Ethel Merman (SMK) 2:06.66 - Q 2 Jessica Girvyan-Altada (GIO) 2:07.35 - Q 3 Connie Rodriguez (SDS) 2:07.44 - Q 4 Hecatia Lukanova (HEJ) 2:07.60 - Q 5 Marcus Alejandro (LXA) 2:09.30 6 Lee Kuan Cheng (ARF) 2:09.38 7 Yelena Mitrovic (LXA) 2:10.11 8 Teresa Benini (DAL) 2:11.84 Final 1 Jessica Girvyan-Altada (GIO) 2:06.01 - Gold 2 Hecatia Lukanova (HEJ) 2:06.23 - Silver 3 Ethel Merman (SMK) 2:07.10 - Bronze 4 Marta Diaz (LXA) 2:07.50 5 Ryuga Krievinš (HEJ) 2:07.84 6 Connie Rodriguez (SDS) 2:08.20 7 Wekesa Silva (BLB) 2:08.23 8 Friedrich Obertssohn (SDS) 2:08.29 100 m Run Heats Heat 1 1 Cyro Wilsim de Sousa (GIO) 11.20 2 Jean-Christophe Genest (ORA) 11.29 3 Florence Carter (LXA) 11.65 4 Grigoris Houten (DAL) 11.81 5 Humerto Cartagual Takeda (GIO) 11.88 6 Endeavour Medvid (HEJ) 13.02 7 Modesto Elrond (DIL) 13.15 8 Gilnaef Eshiwne (FHA) 13.18 Heat 2 1 Lemres Romanov (HEJ) 11.34 2 Lafele Lamarre (NIU) 11.43 3 Lyla Vogel (DAL) 11.60 4 Nethaneel Gemili (TCM) 11.61 5 Ilie Andreescu (ORA) 11.65 6 Chris Davies (LXA) 11.94 7 Nikolina Parsifal (DIL) 12.86 8 Chorien Laerets (FHA) 13.56 Heat 3 1 Magnus Midtun (FJA) 11.60 2 Nina Millet (ORA) 12.29 3 Kielho Cedroeh (FHA) 12.82 4 Chijindu Dasalu (TCM) 13.07 5 Nile Hadjiev (HEJ) 13.19 6 Milo Audley (UAD) 13.41 7 Justin Blake (LXA) 13.64 8 Miroslav Wilenken (TLN) 13.78 Heat 4 1 Maus Mortagne (NIU) 11.71 2 Ron Swanson (FNT) 12.07 3 Paula Pryce (LXA) 12.11 4 Roberto Erwaide (GIO) 12.22 5 Osip Harriett (DIL) 12.54 6 Charity Read (UAD) 12.73 7 Nur Zahirah (ARF) 13.39 8 Ranuof Mirhten (FHA) 14.28 Heat 5 1 Pervina Yanolan (BLB) 11.48 2 Agner Falco (DAL) 11.49 3 Anuar Zain (ARF) 11.97 4 Rhonda Swanson (FNT) 12.83 5 Warren Oquendo (UAD) 12.84 6 Branislav Doleschall (TLN) 13.65 7 Asha Henry (TCM) 13.73 Heat 6 1 Teles Arnold-Bwaryk (GIO) 11.71 2 Abascantus Demaesschalck (NIU) 11.79 3 Therese Lynton (UAD) 12.06 4 Børge Holm (FJA) 12.06 5 Wee Ka Siong (ARF) 12.28 6 Shelayna Sharp (TCM) 12.43 7 Rumiana Sevcenko (TLN) 12.56 Overall ranking in heats 1 Cyro Wilsim de Sousa (GIO) 11.20 - Q 2 Jean-Christophe Genest (ORA) 11.29 - Q 3 Lemres Romanov (HEJ) 11.34 - Q 4 Lafele Lamarre (NIU) 11.43 - Q 5 Pervina Yanolan (BLB) 11.48 - Q 6 Agner Falco (DAL) 11.49 - Q 7 Magnus Midtun (FJA) 11.60 - Q 8 Lyla Vogel (DAL) 11.60 - Q 9 Nethaneel Gemili (TCM) 11.61 - Q 10 Florence Carter (LXA) 11.65 - Q 11 Ilie Andreescu (ORA) 11.65 - Q 12 Maus Mortagne (NIU) 11.71 - Q 13 Teles Arnold-Bwaryk (GIO) 11.71 - Q 14 Abascantus Demaesschalck (NIU) 11.79 - Q 15 Grigoris Houten (DAL) 11.81 - Q 16 Humerto Cartagual Takeda (GIO) 11.88 - Q 17 Chris Davies (LXA) 11.94 - Q 18 Anuar Zain (ARF) 11.97 - Q 19 Therese Lynton (UAD) 12.06 - Q 20 Børge Holm (FJA) 12.06 - Q 21 Ron Swanson (FNT) 12.07 - Q 22 Paula Pryce (LXA) 12.11 - Q 23 Roberto Erwaide (GIO) 12.22 - Q 24 Wee Ka Siong (ARF) 12.28 - Q 25 Nina Millet (ORA) 12.29 26 Shelayna Sharp (TCM) 12.43 27 Osip Harriett (DIL) 12.54 28 Rumiana Sevcenko (TLN) 12.56 29 Charity Read (UAD) 12.73 30 Kielho Cedroeh (FHA) 12.82 31 Rhonda Swanson (FNT) 12.83 32 Warren Oquendo (UAD) 12.84 33 Nikolina Parsifal (DIL) 12.86 34 Endeavour Medvid (HEJ) 13.02 35 Chijindu Dasalu (TCM) 13.07 36 Modesto Elrond (DIL) 13.15 37 Gilnaef Eshiwne (FHA) 13.18 38 Nile Hadjiev (HEJ) 13.19 39 Nur Zahirah (ARF) 13.39 40 Milo Audley (UAD) 13.41 41 Chorien Laerets (FHA) 13.56 42 Justin Blake (LXA) 13.64 43 Branislav Doleschall (TLN) 13.65 44 Asha Henry (TCM) 13.73 45 Miroslav Wilenken (TLN) 13.78 46 Ranuof Mirhten (FHA) 14.28 Semifinals (top times regardless of heat advance) Semifinal 1 1 Cyro Wilsim de Sousa (GIO) 11.00 - Q 2 Lemres Romanov (HEJ) 11.03 - Q 3 Pervina Yanolan (BLB) 11.03 - Q 4 Florence Carter (LXA) 11.06 - Q 5 Magnus Midtun (FJA) 11.26 6 Ron Swanson (FNT) 11.48 7 Paula Pryce (LXA) 11.48 — Lyla Vogel (DAL) DNF Semifinal 2 1 Chris Davies (LXA) 11.01 - Q 2 Nethaneel Gemili (TCM) 11.04 - Q 3 Therese Lynton (UAD) 11.20 4 Agner Falco (DAL) 11.21 5 Ilie Andreescu (ORA) 11.24 6 Anuar Zain (ARF) 11.25 7 Børge Holm (FJA) 11.27 8 Wee Ka Siong (ARF) 11.43 Semifinal 3 1 Abascantus Demaesschalck (NIU) 11.06 - Q 2 Lafele Lamarre (NIU) 11.09 - Q 3 Humerto Cartagual Takeda (GIO) 11.10 4 Roberto Erwaide (GIO) 11.11 5 Jean-Christophe Genest (ORA) 11.14 6 Teles Arnold-Bwaryk (GIO) 11.17 7 Maus Mortagne (NIU) 11.18 8 Grigoris Houten (DAL) 11.24 Final 1 Pervina Yanolan (BLB) 10.78 - Gold - New Esferic record! 2 Lafele Lamarre (NIU) 10.93 - Silver 3 Florence Carter (LXA) 11.01 - Bronze 4 Chris Davies (LXA) 11.01 - Bronze 5 Lemres Romanov (HEJ) 11.03 6 Abascantus Demaesschalck (NIU) 11.04 7 Nethaneel Gemili (TCM) 11.05 8 Cyro Wilsim de Sousa (GIO) 11.14 High Jump Qualifying 1 Peko Pekyneva (HEJ) o o o o o 1.96 - Q Conrado Trieste da Silva (GIO) o o o o o 1.96 - Q Inge Citti (NIU) o o o o o 1.96 - Q Francine Sauron-Lavro (GIO) o o o o o 1.96 - Q 5 Maxime Kenju (BLB) o o o xo o 1.96 - Q Kyrre Sjo (FJA) xo o o o o 1.96 - Q 7 Greg Baker (TCM) o o xxo xxo o 1.96 - Q 8 Wanda Ghunnesbert (GIO) o o o o xo 1.96 - Q 9 Berix Tomoiaga (ORA) o o o xo xo 1.96 - Q Dani Levante (LXA) o o o xo xo 1.96 - Q 11 Berto Ewart (UAD) o xo xo xo xxx 1.93 - Q 12 Austin McMop (LXA) o o o xxx 1.89 - Q coin flip Pelhie Laerets (FHA) o o o xxx 1.89 14 James Rodriguez (LXA) o o xo xxx 1.89 15 Katriona Snell (UAD) o xo xxo xxx 1.89 16 Trevor Æbbe (NIU) o o xxx 1.85 Mia Kovachevik (DAL) o o xxx 1.85 Bryan Charasandran (ARF) o o xxx 1.85 David Weir (TCM) o o xxx 1.85 20 Ilina Slavkov (DAL) o xo xxx 1.85 21 Ivo Rudzitis (HEJ) o xxo xxx 1.85 Silvio Subparjumper (DIL) o xxo xxx 1.85 23 Iktaehl Iohaeli (FHA) o xxx 1.80 Shara Sawyers (TCM) o xxx 1.80 Germaine Rodin (ORA) o xxx 1.80 Final 1 Wanda Ghunnesbert (GIO) o o xo o xxo o xxx 2.01 - Gold 2 Conrado Trieste da Silva (GIO) o o o xo o xxo xxx 2.01 - Silver 3 Berix Tomoiaga (ORA) o o o o xxo xxx 1.99 - Bronze 4 Maxime Kenju (BLB) o o o o xxx 1.96 5 Greg Baker (TCM) xo xxo o o xxx 1.96 6 Inge Citti (NIU) o o o xxx 1.93 7 Francine Sauron-Lavro (GIO) o xxo o xxx 1.93 8 Peko Pekyneva (HEJ) o xo xo xxx 1.93 9 Kyrre Sjo (FJA) o o xxo xxx 1.93 10 Austin McMop (LXA) o o xxx 1.89 11 Dani Levante (LXA) o xxx 1.85 12 Berto Ewart (UAD) xxo xxx 1.85 Equestrian Individual Eventing Dressage Cross Country Jumping 1 Jumping 2 Total Ivo Adalhard (NIU) 44.2 14.7 0 0 58.9 - Gold Thema Tsuno (BLB) 47.5 20.3 0 0 67.8 - Silver Marcarius Halohin (SMK) 43.6 15.2 8 3 69.8 - Bronze Clementine Reyes Armand (GIO) 41.3 24 5 0 70.3 Ivone Lavro-Hamada (GIO) 43.5 25.5 3 1 73 Donnchad Porras (NIU) 51.7 18.2 4 0 73.9 Kazemaru Ivanenko (HEJ) 43.7 28.8 6 3 81.5 Audun Åse (FJA) 50.3 34.6 3 4 91.9 Mizan Zainal Aibidin (ARF) 60.9 25.4 3 7 96.3 Laura Anderson (LXA) 61.8 21.2 5 10 98 Owain Hughes (TCM) 52.5 22.8 17 Tracey Cowden (UAD) 57.4 32.2 5 Henning Skovgard (DAL) 50.6 42.4 9 Eira Eknes (FJA) 54.1 42.7 3 Michael Ramsey (LXA) 45.2 55.3 2 David Fried (DAL) 74.6 65.5 Angela Deye (SMK) 36.3 EL Armando Slobodyan (HEJ) 42.9 EL Regulo Bishop (UAD) 60.5 EL Tamara Davies (TCM) 46.5 EL Multihull Sailing Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Total Aline Stormo-Nguyen/Mikke Stormo-Nguyen (FJA) 1 8 2 5 4 2 1 23 - Gold Gilen de Mey/Avery Williamson (NIU) 3 6 3 9 3 1 6 31 - Silver Tooru Lukanov/Eiki Sproģe (HEJ) 5 3 4 3 5 5 7 32 - Bronze Kai Haagen/Jonathan Stuart (ORA) 11 2 1 4 6 7 3 34 Kylian Acerbi/Kyle James (LXA) 6 4 5 1 8 8 2 34 Kazuo Miya/Chika Gawa (BLB) 4 1 6 6 11 6 4 38 Chauncey Alonzo/Jonty Perez (UAD) 7 10 8 2 2 4 9 42 Nicola Scott/Alain Dobson (TCM) 2 5 9 7 11 3 5 42 Oalsna Hoeppeln/Joilstuim Mourtnad (FHA) 8 9 7 10 1 9 10 54 Giada Sokol/Cosme Herrara (DAL) 9 7 10 8 7 10 8 59 Trap Shooting Qualifying 1 Susan Riffen (SMK) 23 25 22 70 - Q 2 Masami Iwai (BLB) 23 23 23 69 - Q Rococo Radulov (HEJ) 25 22 22 69 - Q 4 Chikere Tsukuda (BLB) 22 23 23 68 - Q Yasmin Viig (FJA) 23 23 22 68 - Q Marcarius Halohin (SMK) 22 23 23 68 - Q 7 Tim Lung (TCM) 22 22 23 67 8 Bodkin Oar (NIU) 23 21 22 66 Elena Hill (TCM) 25 22 19 66 Thanh Ogawa (BLB) 22 21 23 66 Gordon Gelens (TUP) 23 21 22 66 12 Ragna Dinapoli (DAL) 23 23 19 65 13 Riley Brooks (LXA) 22 20 22 64 14 Patchouli Knalide (HEJ) 21 21 20 62 15 Tracie Statham (UAD) 18 22 21 61 Ylvo Sandberg-Lindhjem (FJA) 19 20 22 61 17 William Rahlfort (SMK) 20 18 22 60 Edward Kneale (TCM) 17 22 21 60 19 Morris Lovel (UAD) 22 16 20 58 Hana Lee (LXA) 20 21 17 58 Gabriele Acconci (DAL) 20 20 18 58 22 Rosanne Wiley (UAD) 17 22 18 57 Vivi Ness (DAL) 18 21 18 57 24 Saga Stillo (TUP) 22 15 19 56 25 Gavin Rivers (TUP) 16 15 22 53 Final 1 Rococo Radulov (HEJ) 69 25 94 - Gold 2 Susan Riffen (SMK) 70 22 92 - Silver 3 Chikere Tsukuda (BLB) 68 22 90 (shoot-off: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1) - Bronze 4 Masami Iwai (BLB) 69 21 90 (shoot-off: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0) 5 Marcarius Halohin (SMK) 68 22 90 (shoot-off: 1 1 1 1 1 0) 6 Yasmin Viig (FJA) 68 22 90 (shoot-off: 1 1 0) Judo Stage 1 Group Stage Group A Faith Peytone (NIU) def. Ashley Smythe-Davies (TCM) Chie Guchi (BLB) def. Tamara Antenor-Verdi (GIO) Ginnie Hierro (UAD) def. by Geraldine Favian (SMK) Tamara Antenor-Verdi (GIO) def. Ginnie Hierro (UAD) Ashley Smythe-Davies (TCM) def. by Chie Guchi (BLB) Lana Guidi (DAL) def. Faith Peytone (NIU) Chie Guchi (BLB) def. Lana Guidi (DAL) Ginnie Hierro (UAD) def. by Ashley Smythe-Davies (TCM) Geraldine Favian (SMK) def. Tamara Antenor-Verdi (GIO) Ashley Smythe-Davies (TCM) def. Geraldine Favian (SMK) Lana Guidi (DAL) def. Ginnie Hierro (UAD) Faith Peytone (NIU) def. by Chie Guchi (BLB) Ginnie Hierro (UAD) def. by Faith Peytone (NIU) Geraldine Favian (SMK) def. by Lana Guidi (DAL) Tamara Antenor-Verdi (GIO) def. Ashley Smythe-Davies (TCM) Lana Guidi (DAL) def. by Tamara Antenor-Verdi (GIO) Faith Peytone (NIU) def. Geraldine Favian (SMK) Chie Guchi (BLB) def. by Ginnie Hierro (UAD) Geraldine Favian (SMK) def. Chie Guchi (BLB) Tamara Antenor-Verdi (GIO) def. by Faith Peytone (NIU) Ashley Smythe-Davies (TCM) def. Lana Guidi (DAL) Group A Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Chie Guchi 6 4 0 2 4 2 +2 12 - Q 2 Faith Peytone 6 4 0 2 4 2 +2 12 - Q 3 Tamara Antenor-Verdi 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 9 4 Ashley Smythe-Davies 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 9 5 Lana Guidi 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 9 6 Geraldine Favian 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 9 7 Ginnie Hierro 6 1 0 5 1 5 −4 3 Group B Alberto de Montemórien (GIO) def. Lucy Eveline (SMK) Natalie Oates (TCM) def. Maria Florentin (LXA) Bernard Girikananov (HEJ) def. by Mukh Takeda (BLB) Maria Florentin (LXA) def. by Bernard Girikananov (HEJ) Lucy Eveline (SMK) def. by Natalie Oates (TCM) Baugulf Mata (NIU) def. by Alberto de Montemórien (GIO) Natalie Oates (TCM) def. by Baugulf Mata (NIU) Bernard Girikananov (HEJ) def. Lucy Eveline (SMK) Mukh Takeda (BLB) def. Maria Florentin (LXA) Lucy Eveline (SMK) def. by Mukh Takeda (BLB) Baugulf Mata (NIU) def. Bernard Girikananov (HEJ) Alberto de Montemórien (GIO) def. Natalie Oates (TCM) Bernard Girikananov (HEJ) def. by Alberto de Montemórien (GIO) Mukh Takeda (BLB) def. Baugulf Mata (NIU) Maria Florentin (LXA) def. Lucy Eveline (SMK) Baugulf Mata (NIU) def. Maria Florentin (LXA) Alberto de Montemórien (GIO) def. by Mukh Takeda (BLB) Natalie Oates (TCM) def. by Bernard Girikananov (HEJ) Mukh Takeda (BLB) def. Natalie Oates (TCM) Maria Florentin (LXA) def. Alberto de Montemórien (GIO) Lucy Eveline (SMK) def. by Baugulf Mata (NIU) Group B Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Mukh Takeda 6 6 0 0 6 0 +6 18 - Q 2 Alberto de Montemórien 6 4 0 2 4 2 +2 12 - Q 3 Baugulf Mata 6 4 0 2 4 2 +2 12 - Q 4 Bernard Girikananov 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 9 5 Natalie Oates 6 2 0 4 2 4 −2 6 6 Maria Florentin 6 2 0 4 2 4 −2 6 7 Lucy Eveline 6 0 0 6 0 6 −6 0 Group C Benjamin Conway (TCM) def. Gustav Wellington (SMK) Mio Maeka (BLB) def. by Funny Ṽalentain (HEJ) Raymundo Liangzhou (GIO) def. Helle Skarbø (FJA) Funny Ṽalentain (HEJ) def. Raymundo Liangzhou (GIO) Gustav Wellington (SMK) def. by Mio Maeka (BLB) Jordan Lee (LXA) def. by Benjamin Conway (TCM) Mio Maeka (BLB) def. Jordan Lee (LXA) Raymundo Liangzhou (GIO) def. Gustav Wellington (SMK) Helle Skarbø (FJA) def. by Funny Ṽalentain (HEJ) Gustav Wellington (SMK) def. Helle Skarbø (FJA) Jordan Lee (LXA) def. by Raymundo Liangzhou (GIO) Benjamin Conway (TCM) def. by Mio Maeka (BLB) Raymundo Liangzhou (GIO) def. Benjamin Conway (TCM) Helle Skarbø (FJA) def. by Jordan Lee (LXA) Funny Ṽalentain (HEJ) def. Gustav Wellington (SMK) Jordan Lee (LXA) def. Funny Ṽalentain (HEJ) Benjamin Conway (TCM) def. Helle Skarbø (FJA) Mio Maeka (BLB) def. by Raymundo Liangzhou (GIO) Helle Skarbø (FJA) def. by Mio Maeka (BLB) Funny Ṽalentain (HEJ) def. Benjamin Conway (TCM) Gustav Wellington (SMK) def. by Jordan Lee (LXA) Group C Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Funny Ṽalentain 6 5 0 1 5 1 +4 15 - Q 2 Raymundo Liangzhou 6 5 0 1 5 1 +4 15 - Q 3 Mio Maeka 6 4 0 2 4 2 +2 12 - Q 4 Benjamin Conway 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 9 5 Jordan Lee 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 9 6 Gustav Wellington 6 1 0 5 1 5 −4 3 7 Helle Skarbø 6 0 0 6 0 6 −6 0 Quarterfinal Match 1 Baugulf Mata (NIU) def. Chie Guchi (BLB) Match 2 Mukh Takeda (BLB) def. Alberto de Montemórien (GIO) Match 3 Faith Peytone (NIU) def. by Raymundo Liangzhou (GIO) Match 4 Mio Maeka (BLB) def. by Funny Ṽalentain (HEJ) Mata and Takeda, and Liangzhou and Ṽalentain will face each other in semifinals. The others will go into the repechage bracket. Tennis Singles Stage 2 Round of 16 Match 1 Bethanie Akerman (DAL) 4 4 Winthrop Kimberlye (NIU) 6 6 - W Match 2 Hedwig Blackcross (SMK) 4 2 Roger Frederic (LXA) 6 6 - W Match 3 Feli Petruk (HEJ) 7 7 - W Carlos Farias Errbe (GIO) 5 6 Match 4 Adi Krisna (BLB) 4 7 3 Lacey John (UAD) 6 6 6 - W Match 5 Emma Williams (LXA) 7 6 - W Valke Nalstad (FJA) 6 4 Match 6 Willahelm Adelais (NIU) 3 6 1 Mina Medne (HEJ) 6 4 6 - W Match 7 Saulo Uryth-Afraberg (GIO) 5 4 Rafael Nodial (LXA) 7 6 - W Match 8 Michel Alesio (DAL) 7 3 6 - W Mark Bourne (SMK) 6 6 1 Quarterfinal Match 1 Roger Frederic (LXA) 4 6 4 Winthrop Kimberlye (NIU) 6 4 6 - W Match 2 Lacey John (UAD) 7 6 - W Feli Petruk (HEJ) 5 1 Match 3 Emma Williams (LXA) 1 6 6 - W Mina Medne (HEJ) 6 4 0 Match 4 Michel Alesio (DAL) 3 6 2 Rafael Nodial (LXA) 6 4 6 - W Semifinal Match 1 Lacey John (UAD) 4 3 Winthrop Kimberlye (NIU) 6 6 - W Match 2 Emma Williams (LXA) 4 3 Rafael Nodial (LXA) 6 6 - W Finals Bronze Medal Match Emma Williams (LXA) 6 3 6 4 3 Lacey John (UAD) 4 6 3 6 6 - Bronze Gold Medal Match Winthrop Kimberlye (NIU) 6 6 4 0 4 - Silver Rafael Nodial (LXA) 4 3 6 6 6 - Gold Water Polo MD3 Group A Fujai (FJA) 5–8 Blue Bubble (BLB) Hertfordshire & Jammbo (HEJ) 11–4 United Adaikes (UAD) Nieubasria (NIU) 8–5 Orandia (ORA) Group A Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Nieubasria 2 2 0 0 21 13 +8 6 2 Hertfordshire & Jammbo 3 2 0 1 28 23 +5 6 3 Dalimbar 2 1 1 0 17 13 +4 4 4 United Adaikes 3 1 1 1 28 28 0 4 5 Blue Bubble 2 1 0 1 12 13 −1 3 6 Fujai 3 1 0 2 24 33 −9 3 7 Orandia 3 0 0 3 21 28 −7 0 Group B Larxia (LXA) 10–6 Teralyon (TLN) Fhaengshia (FHA) 9–8 Giovanniland (GIO) Dilber (DIL) 5–8 Cambria (TCM) Group B Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Cambria 3 3 0 0 26 16 +10 9 2 Larxia 3 2 0 1 27 19 +8 6 3 Dilber 2 1 0 1 16 15 +1 3 4 Giovanniland 3 1 0 2 22 25 −3 3 5 Teralyon 2 1 0 1 14 17 −3 3 6 Fhaengshia 3 1 0 2 21 29 −8 3 7 Santos-Dominius 2 0 0 2 12 17 −5 0 Baseball MD2 Group A Tupmonia (TUP) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 Dilber (DIL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 4 Cambria (TCM) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Nieubasria (NIU) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Giovanniland (GIO) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 Dalimbar (DAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Group A Pld W L RF RA RD Pts 1 Cambria 3 3 0 15 12 +3 9 2 Giovanniland 3 2 1 16 11 +5 6 3 Dilber 3 2 1 14 15 −1 6 4 Nieubasria 3 1 2 13 12 +1 3 5 Dalimbar 3 1 2 11 13 −2 3 6 Tupmonia 3 0 3 8 14 −6 0 Group B Fujai (FJA) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Blue Bubble (BLB) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 X 6 Larxia (LXA) 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 10 Fuentana (FNT) 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 United Adaikes (UAD) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 Hertfordshire & Jammbo (HEJ) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Group B Pld W L RF RA RD Pts 1 Larxia 3 2 1 20 14 +6 6 2 United Adaikes 3 2 1 13 9 +4 6 3 Fuentana 3 2 1 22 19 +3 6 4 Blue Bubble 3 1 2 15 18 −3 3 5 Fujai 3 1 2 10 14 −4 3 6 Hertfordshire & Jammbo 3 1 2 9 15 −6 3 Basketball MD3 Group A Dilber (DIL) 66–76 Cambria (TCM) Dalimbar (DAL) 62–79 Fujai (FJA) Giovanniland (GIO) 79–78 Orandia (ORA) Group A Pld W L PF PA PD Pts 1 Cambria 2 2 0 157 132 +25 6 2 Dilber 3 2 1 230 212 +18 6 3 Larxia 2 1 1 141 132 +9 3 4 Orandia 3 1 2 232 227 +5 3 5 Giovanniland 2 1 1 154 155 −1 3 6 Fujai 3 1 2 201 212 −11 3 7 Dalimbar 3 1 2 198 243 −45 3 Group B Fhaengshia (FHA) 59–96 Hertfordshire & Jammbo (HEJ) Tupmonia (TUP) 78–94 Nieubasria (NIU) Fuentana (FNT) 79–81 United Adaikes (UAD) Group B Pld W L PF PA PD Pts 1 Nieubasria 3 3 0 259 235 +24 9 2 Hertfordshire & Jammbo 2 2 0 181 126 +55 6 3 United Adaikes 3 2 1 221 228 −7 6 4 Fuentana 2 1 1 153 148 +5 3 5 Fhaengshia 3 1 2 220 254 −34 3 6 Arifiyyah 2 0 2 143 162 −19 0 7 Tupmonia 3 0 3 214 238 −24 0 Beach Volleyball MD3 Group A Nieubasria (NIU) 17 21 7 Olukayode Pinho/Imaculada Ventura (BLB) 21 15 15 Evelyn Asplund/Jane Offerdahl (ORA) 21 21 Dusana Burian/Tanya Janovcik (TLN) 13 14 Group A Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Nieubasria 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 2 Olukayode Pinho/Imaculada Ventura 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 3 Evelyn Asplund/Jane Offerdahl 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 4 Dusana Burian/Tanya Janovcik 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 5 Davide Garcia/Max Velasco 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 Group B Frisk Dachev/Robert Spïdwagen (HEJ) 21 21 Kerry Bulon/Sylvia Marband (TUP) 17 19 Alexandre Elysthin-Zhao/Elisabeth Sanchez (GIO) 21 21 Christmas Hanley/Haven Cannon (UAD) 11 13 Group B Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Frisk Dachev/Robert Spïdwagen 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 2 Tor Uthus/Ådne Dyrnes 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 3 Alexandre Elysthin-Zhao/Elisabeth Sanchez 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 4 Kerry Bulon/Sylvia Marband 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 5 Christmas Hanley/Haven Cannon 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Medal finals today: 7 Medals awarded today: 22 Medals awarded to date: 59 Records broken/tied: 1 Sorted by Gold Trigram Gold Silver Bronze Total BLB 5 7 6 18 HEJ 4 1 2 7 GIO 3 2 1 6 NIU 2 3 2 7 LXA 2 3 5 SMK 1 2 4 7 TCM 1 2 3 SDS 1 1 2 FJA 1 1 TLN 1 1 UAD 1 1 ORA 1 1 DAL 0 ARF 0 DIL 0 FHA 0 FNT 0 NAG 0 TUP 0 Sorted by Total Trigram Gold Silver Bronze Total BLB 5 7 6 18 HEJ 4 1 2 7 NIU 2 3 2 7 SMK 1 2 4 7 GIO 3 2 1 6 LXA 2 3 5 TCM 1 2 3 SDS 1 1 2 FJA 1 1 TLN 1 1 UAD 1 1 ORA 1 1 DAL 0 ARF 0 DIL 0 FHA 0 FNT 0 NAG 0 TUP 0  

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Hei Hei! Today we've got what was a doozy even for me! I'm sure most of you are watching and listening to the Esferic Games right now, but if you're not, then maybe get out from under your rock and smell the sportsballs or something? I'm told that's what the kids are saying these days, but the glare from my child as I write this does not bode well. Anywho, on to today's topic:
Hva i allverden is going on with taekwondo!?
If you were paying attention to the taekwondo events the last few days, you probably encountered the word "repechage". At least three of my friends have asked me about it in the last two days, and I probably tuned out even more. So what is repechage? Well, according to UiK Ordboken, it is:
repechage (plural repechages)
 (sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round. That helps a little bit! So repechage takes some of the losers in a tournament and lets them compete after they get kicked out, kind of like a consolation bracket? Well, no, not exactly. You see, repechage is specifically designed to combat the "what if" of two very good competitors meeting early in the tournament, which would normally knock one of the best out of any running. Repechage specifically takes those who lost to the ultimate winners and allows them to compete for positions lower down, usually 3rd place.
In Esferic taekwondo, a repechage bracket is used for this purpose—after the semifinal, the competitors who lost to the two athletes in the final—the ultimate gold and silver medalists—get put into two brackets, one for each half of the original tournament. The competitors then compete for two bronze medals—one for each bracket. Our lovely designer, Ask, put together this illustration of the Esferic taekwondo tournament for you, with those going to repechage marked with a red dot:
[click here to view a larger version!]

So what we've got is Karabo Botha and Naho Sotirova making it to the final. Those who lost to Botha were, in order, Jerry Miko, Elisabet Bernat, and Vekar Grikis. They all went into one repechage bracket. Those who lost to Sotirova were Tinlar Ranbo, Amandita Gautchyn-Fernandes, and Takondwa Cardoso, who all went into the other. The first two who lost play a match against each other, then the winner of that match goes on to compete against the third person to lose, who made it to the semifinal. The two people from each repechage bracket who win that final match are each awarded a bronze medal. Surprising, I know, but this is one of the very few sports that awards more than the standard three gold, silver, bronze.
Now, any questions? If there are please return to the top and read everything again! Once you've gotten a good grasp on it, there are a few other sports that will include repechage coming up, like cycling, judo, rowing, and others, so there'll be plenty of opportunity to test your chops. Until next time, ha det bra!

Anarytha, Farlinevero Province, Giovanniland—18:00 PM International Atomic Time, 26th October 1421
"This was a tiring day of school," thought 12-year-old Tomás, as he left the Anarytha Middle School and started to search for his mother Barbara that would take him home.
At that time of the day, his father Lorenzo would still be working in Uprinopolis, the capital of Farlinevero Province, which was 30 kilometers to the southwest of their home town Anarytha. It wasn't an easy life for his family, and Anarytha was a poor city of around 10,000 inhabitants near the border with the sparsely populated Sud-Garavanda Province.
After some time, he managed to find his mother, waiting for him in an old-looking car. "So, how was school?" asked Barbara.
"It wasn't bad, as always I struggle in the math class, but having sports class at the end of the day was nice", her son replied.
"I do think," the mother thought, "that you could be a nice athlete in the future if you continue being dedicated as you are." She added, "just like those we're seeing in the Esferiad."
"That would be so cool..." he replied, as he and his mother passed through the streets of Anarytha and got closer to their home in a poor suburb.
His thought went deep into this idea of becoming a future Esferiad athlete, and time flied. Soon they had arrived. "Dad isn't here yet," Tomás said as they arrived.
"Indeed, he's probably driving from Uprinopolis to here," his mother answered. "Let's turn on the TV," she offered—their TV was one of the few modern things at home, and of course it wasn't of good quality and had few available channels, but the ones broadcasting Esferiad events were available.
He grabbed the remote control and turned on. The screen was displaying the 1500 m Freestyle Swim athletes as the first semifinal started. "Now, Giovannilandian athlete Zulmira Frambersa will prepare to swim!", said narrator Alice Qwarnyi-Terra from Quoriv.
"and Zulmira has started! She's now third, but the top 3 are all close! Go, Zulmira, go!", the narrator continued. The competition proceeded, while mother and son watched. "Zulmira has now taken the second place with just three minutes to go! Will she be able to take the first one as well?", said the narrator.
Barbara thought, "it's better for her to not spend all the energy so she has some for the final". It seems the mother was right, as Zulmira slowed down but still maintained some advantage ahead of third place. "And Zulmira is second! Fourteen minutes and 42.55 seconds, she is now qualified for the final!", the narrator Alice said with joy.
Tomás wanted to see the other semifinal in which Andriana Viryanth would be seen, but his mother suggested him to take a quick shower so as to get that done and not miss the final. "Okay then," he reluctantly replied.
Twenty minutes later he was back from the shower, while Andriana had already qualified for the final as well. In Quoriv, hundreds of kilometers to the north, both Zulmira and Andriana were preparing for their possible medals.
"And now, the final is about to start! Will Giovanniland earn a medal?", the narrator asked to themselves, "that's what we'll see now!" A quick pause, and the final match started. "Zulmira gets ahead of everyone else by performing a nice jump into the pool—but oh no, what's that? Andriana has just fallen in an odd way and is now in last place! Oh no..."
Five minutes later. "And Zulmira has lost first place, but it's not the end yet! Andriana seems to have recovered and is now in fifth place!", Alice told to the spectators all around Giovanniland. Another five minutes passed, and Zulmira was still in second, but Andriana was now in fourth.
The competition was down to the final meters, with Tomás and Barbara nervously looking at the screen. "Hey, a silver medal isn't that bad!", she thought. But deep down, everyone wanted Giovanniland to get its first gold medal. Soon, Alice the narrator said: "Andriana has just taken third place, we've got two Giovannilandians in the top 3 now!"
"We approach the end of the competition, Zulmira is neck and neck with the first place while Andriana has taken third!" A few seconds later... "and Zulmira has taken first place again!!!... three, two, one, SHE'S THE WINNER!" One second later, Kaetana Makado from Blue Bubble had also arrived and so did Andriana, completing the podium. "Two medals in one event, Giovanniland now has three medals! Woohoo!" the narrator said.
Tomás and Barbara cheered, and watched the medal ceremony of that event with happiness. It was soon dinner time, and Tomás wanted to watch more of the Esferiad, but his mother called him. His father Lorenzo arrived, and he was told the news, all the family celebrating despite their tough routine—among all hard things life has to offer, it was nice to have some comfort.
Soon, three hours had passed since Tomás' classes and the clock reached 21:00 PM. "Bed time, my dear Tomás," his mother said. He obeyed her, going to his bedroom and grabbing his pajamas to sleep. Laying in bed, his thoughts were still in the nice event of the Esferiad that they had watched earlier, reinforcing his future idea of becoming an athlete. "Only time will tell," he thought as he quickly went asleep.

HEADLINES/First granddaughter of Santos-Dominius poised to become next President
The granddaughter and only grandchild of Santos-Dominius' incumbent President Paul Goldberg is expected to become the presidential nominee for her grandfather's party. Carnet (pronounced "Car-neigh") Goldberg, at 20 years of age, will become the youngest President in the Federal Republic's history if elected. However, considerable fury has already erupted in the National Senate over this particularly controversial method of selection.
The centre-right Democratic Congress Party(DCB), which President Goldberg leads, had been torn over the matter of choosing a successor. Among the top candidates were Senator Diane Hutchison, the foreign affairs minister, and Vice President Donald Verbloem. Both Hutchison and Verbloem firmly declined requests for comment after news of Carnet's selection broke, but insiders close to the two have reported that they are doubtful of the First Granddaughter's governing and political capabilities. Having grown up in the Fribernese Fortress and afforded every luxury by his grandfather and her personal attendants, Carnet has acquired an unsaid reputation as an elegant, graceful but also distant and collected heiress. Her notorious catchphrase "Don't bore me", as well as her infamous tendency to yawn and fall asleep when during times of boredom, have made her a figure with a colourful reputation among the presidential staff.
Although Hutchison and Verbloem remained muted, opposition politicians have openly criticised President Goldberg's decision to bypass his colleagues and give Carnet the DCB leadership position. Sen. Art Bernstein(CoR-WS), Leader of the Opposition, called the decision "a blatant power grab in full daylight", adding that "the Santo-Dominian people will punish the DCB electorally for this shameless display of nepotism". The centre-left Coalition of Roses(CoR), the main opposition party led by Sen. Bernstein, are expected to mount a fierce challenge against the DCB in the next presidential election and could win with President Goldberg's relative electoral strength now out of the picture. Despite former COR presidential nominee Sen. Jeremy Maxson's decision not to run again, the populist Sen. Bernstein - who was Maxson's running mate last time - is expected to head up the leftist presidential ticket this time, posing an extreme threat to the centre-right's decades-old grip on power.
Even though the DCB and President Goldberg face a ruthless onslaught of criticism from Sen. Bernstein regarding their choice of nominee, some analysts have had a more positive outlook on the matter, commenting that the relatively young Caitlin Goldberg could use her age to pander to the increasingly important 18-24 years old youth demographic, which has historically shunned the DCB and given its votes to the CoR. Santo-Dominian teenagers and university graduates have picked up on Carnet's ascendancy and have made her viral, with many young social media users starting hashtag trends like "#YesWeCarn" or "#CarnetCarn'tRule", a symbol of her divisiveness. The women demographic is also at play, with some female DCB politicians suggesting that Carnet's gender can help revitalise the DCB, which is often mockingly called "the party of old men".
Notably, however, Carnet Goldberg is faring better than her increasingly senile grandfather. Her personal popularity ratings stand at 36%, a fair bit higher than Paul Goldberg's dismal 28%. President Goldberg has suffered from a gradual but steady decline in public approval, with his advanced age cited as a major factor of his unpopularity. Moreover, crises from earlier in his presidency remain ingrained in Santo-Dominians' minds - the flySD scandal, the SDWorks controversy and the Louisann General Strike were all mentioned by poll respondents as major downsides of the lengthly Goldberg presidency. It is unknown if Carnet will be able to rid herself of any association to these unpleasant events once she embarks on the trying campaign trail, or if she will be branded by Sen. Bernstein as yet another dangerous Goldberg.
Anyhow, Carnet Goldberg faces a difficult task. Deeply affected by her grandfather's popularity, the DCB is on its last legs and struggling to regain momentum. The all-important donation stream has slowed due to Paul Goldberg's reduced appearances, and even traditional Goldberg allies like Sen. Hutchison and Vice President Verbloem are unwilling to publicly back or express support for her. Reviving the political fortunes of a centre-right ruling party in an overwhelmingly left-wing welfare state is a tall order, and it remains to be seen if Carnet will be able to overcome all odds and protect the DCB's fragile hold on power.

HEADLINES/FlySD CEO resigns after Govt investigation finds airline to have mistreated staff and passengers
Today, the Chief Executive Officer of Santos-Dominius' national flag carrier FlySD(often stylised as flySD) resigned following the publication of a government investigation into the airline's practices. Penelope Kalington, one of the Federal Republic's richest millionaires, resigned from the position after the investigation by the Ministry of Commerce found that flySD had mistreated paying passengers and also overworked staff members. FlySD was buried under mounting heaps of trouble in the past few months, with a major strike initiated by employees partially shutting down the airline's services for weeks. The beleaguered flag carrier also came under fire from the public thanks to a string of passengers voicing their complaints regarding FlySD's poor passenger treatment. Overbooking, poor staff behaviour, unclean plane cabins and seats, and frequent flight delays were cited as examples of this bad service.
The government investigation into the accusations against FlySD was led by Senator Francois A. Bains(DCB-FR), the Minister of Commerce. Lasting for a few months, Sen. Bains questioned a wide range of people involved, including passengers who submitted complaints to the Ministry of Commerce, workers involved in the strike, FlySD administrative staff, as well as the airline's top executives - including Kalington herself. The final report was published on the Ministry of Commerce's official website yesterday evening, and quickly blew up. Details and image excerpts of the report were widely circulated and disseminated on popular social media networks by concerned netizens. The report ultimately concluded that FlySD had indeed mistreated paying passengers, overworked staff members and deliberately kept salaries low and close to the minimum wage.
Speaking to reporters in the National Senate Building in Friberne, Sen. Bains stated that the Ministry of Commerce did not recommend having the Government take legal action against FlySD. However, he crucially remarked that the investigation concluded that Kalington was directly implicated in the airline's mismanagement and poor business practices. The investigation also found that Kalington was heavily involved in the management of the airline's affairs and its day-to-day operations, and therefore actively allowed and supported the extremely poor treatment of staff members. Kalington was also found responsible for FlySD's cuts in the flight cabin maintenance budget, reportedly because she wanted FlySD to expend less, which would directly financially benefit her as she owned a controlling share in the company.
The report continued revealing Kalington's misdeeds as CEO of FlySD. According to Sen. Bains, Kalington was also partially responsible for encouraging overbooking in order to help FlySD earn as much money as possible from bookings. These damning findings quickly made headlines, with SDCSN dedicating extensive segments on live TV to dissecting the contents of the report and speculating on the future of FlySD. The extremely wealthy Kalington family, composed of Penelope's family members, became mysteriously unreachable and unavailable as the companies they owned scrambled to distance themselves from FlySD. The troubled airline also saw its stocks dip on the Friberne Stock Exchange(FESE) as investors looked on worriedly, and big names like Dominion Bank cut their losses by reducing their investments. It was at this point that Penelope Kalington announced her resignation as CEO and her full departure from the company. Her replacement as CEO will be her mother, Caroline Kalington - who will arrive at FlySD from telecommunications giant Meteor Telecom, where she served as Executive Vice President.
Although the damage has mostly been contained and the FESE stabilised, major harm has been done to the reputation of FlySD - and unfortunately Santos-Dominius as a whole by extension. The Kalingtons are bending - even near breaking point - under intense public outcry, and Sen. Bains has indicated that the Government will consider intervening in the situation to fully stabilise FlySD and assist it on getting back on the right track. The National Senate is expected to meet on the upcoming Tuesday to discuss the report's contents, the Kalingtons' troubles, the future of FlySD and the possibility of government intervention. President Paul Goldberg(DCB-FE) has so far declined to comment on the incident, but is expected to hold a press conference at the Fribernese Fortress and present a unified government response after the National Senate meeting.

Hi Guys!! I am from Blue Bubble (We call it Glenpavia!) and my name is Ana. I just want to tell you guys a little bit about my country's history around Independence Day as IDK if anyone else understands it?? IDK if anyone is taught this, but its like really important to me so here we go:

On the 15th August 1091, Glenpavia was finally liberated from Giovannilandian rule. This was done over the previous 3 years after the eastern side of the island revolted and separated from the empire. To understand how this happened, You need to know a little bit of the history of Glenpavia. 
 
At the same time as the height of the Lavandulan’s empire, there was a minor invasion to the south west of the island. These people were travellers by nature, crossing land and ocean to see what is out there. Over the following centuries, the Glendora people who stayed on the island lived and interacted with Lavandulans, becoming a small but growing clan of Glendulans. The clan took land that the empire did not want to the south-west and soon grew into a nation which did not fight with the empire but had friendly relations. The modern day Glenpavia language is a mix of the native language of the clan and of Lavandulan. Following the breakdown of the empire, the people of Glendula divided into the north and the south with a civil war which was still being fought through a Cold War at the time of the Giovanniland conquest. The northern clan allowed conquest quickly in the belief the empire would help the side win, but the south resisted for 4 more years before admitting defeat in 731.
 
During the time in the empire, Glendula culture was suppressed, and many families were forced to take on Giovannilandian names to protect themselves from prosecution. From 911, those of Glendula heritage began protesting the oppression, and began a movement of expression. Although minor efforts of Empress Theresa allowed restrictions to easen, the Glendulan people were angry. It was during the rule of her son, Bruno, where the ambition to become one nation became ahead again. Records document a record movement of Glendulans to what is now the nation of Glenpavia during this time, as historical documents show a large underground rebellion network. The Glenpavian Group (AKA the rebelion name of the Glendulans) first rebelled in 1090, but did not succeed. In 1091, the rebellion resurfaced and kept up the revolt until Emperor Pietro signed over the land of Glenpavia to Tsiory Amin, one of the main leaders of the rebellion and chosen first Mpitarika of Glenpavia.
 
This moment in history is often documented with a lot of celebration, but also terror for those of Giovannilandian nationality in the new nation. After the declaration of freedom, there was a month of mass movement of those who had been in the region but was not of Glendula heritage, as those who stayed faced discrimination.

Since these turbulent times, the mark of independence has become a majority positive thing for Glenpavia, with communities coming together to mourn the lives lost and celebrate their continued freedom. We have adopted the Glenpavia name to describe our people and our culture as a result of our relations, and we are very passionate about our history.
Independence Day starts 2 days before, with a day of mourning. There is often a minute of silence, and memorials across the nation are decorated. The schools and workplaces are often not in for the day of mourning, and do not go back until the day after Independence Day. Adults have Independence Day as a day of national rest as well. The middle day is the day of change, where we take time to change something in our lives, normally a redecoration of our homes. Some opt for a change of looks, some may go for a change in social life. There are often posts on social media of major changes people may make on this day. 
 
The actual day of Independence is a day of celebration, with major parties in town centres. There is free food, dancing, drinking, and everyone gets dressed up. Towards the nighttime, some places have fireworks too. The Mpitarika has a big speech which everyone watches. This year, Kassakira Petrovikan spoke about the topic of showing off our national pride and culture, and it spoke a lot to me. That’s why I am writing this blog. And totally not because this was also a history assignment. 
 
If you have any questions, I will try and answer them <3 I hope my common is okay!!
 
Posted by Ankizivavy at 00:13 UTC, 28/10/1421

SULTAN ARIFIYYAH ARRIVED IN GIOVANNILAND A few hours ago, His Majesty Sultan Arif Nazhim Shah, King of Arifiyyah and Queen Isabella Nur Hudson arrived safely at Violet International Airport on a royal private plane. He was greeted by his own brother, HRH Muhammad Nazhim, crown prince of Arifiyyah and also the captain of the national football team,and with minister of youth and sports. 

His Majesty Sultan Arif with his brother and the minister walking into the airport
The duties of the head of state was handed over to Tan Sri Rais Zuhdi, the prime minister using the title of Emir,till 7 november. 
We also interviewed him after his majesty meet our national athletes
 
Reporter:Welcome to Giovanniland, Your Majesty. This is a surprise to us.
Sultan Arif:Thank you. Yes, my wife and I intend to surprise our athletes here. Actually we wanted to go on a regular plane ride with the Arifians, but my personal assistant told me to take a private plane as well. 
Reporter: I think I already know why your majesty is here. But just want to ask, why did your majesty come here?
Sultan Arif: Well,of course i come here to watch the Esferiad events. In here Kuoriv and also in Blue Bubble. This is the first time our country has participated in this prestigious competition. That's why i come here,and feel so excited about it.
reporter: We all know that you are also a national badminton champion, why didn't you join this Esferiad?
Sultan Arif:Yes, but maybe next year. This year, I didn't served as Sultan for one year yet, so I want to focus on the country things. Next year, I am sure I will try to be active in the badminton again.
reporter: What's the sport that Your Majesty would like to watch the most.
Sultan Arif:All of them. While there are already a few events that have come to an end, I congratulate them on the effort given. But the most wanted to watch are football, badminton and the cycling track. This is one of the sports that I believe Arifiyyah can compete with.
reporter: Lastly, we want to ask for words of encouragement from Your Majesty to our athletes.
Sultan Arif: I want to say fight to the end, be proud of our country. For athletes that have finished competing, you guys have done the best.
Reporter:Thank you Your Majesty for spending time with us,we hope you are always in good health and enjoying this year's Esferiad.
Sultan Arif:Anytime!
 
reported by: Ahmad Al-Babu

"Hello, everyone! From Kharventin, Blue Bubble, we at Santo-Dominian Cable-Satellite Network Channel 3 bring you live coverage of the II Summer Esferiad! Our coverage of the II Summer Esferiad is brought to you by our generous sponsor, WHAT Telecom! It's the telecommunications giant with a recurring appearance in every old man and woman's night terrors, because literally nobody knows what 5G is! I, the morally dubious clown that is Approctoflecticus Blubberman, will be your appropriately unpleasant host for the entire duration of the II Summer Esferiad!"
"And we now go straight to covering the results of Days 1 and 2 of the Esferiad. Due to unforeseen budget cuts, we have been forced to only cover the results of the events that our Santo-Dominian athletes competed in. So, with that in mind, let's talk about the results!"
"Starting with Day 1! In Artistic Swimming, Team SD tied with Nieubasria for joint gold. An excellent performance! In 200m Freestyle Swim heats, Santo-Dominian athletes Patrice Owens, Hikari Kimomamoto, Ruby Redbridge and Dylan Haize-Ashknight all qualified for the semifinals. Then, in those semifinals, Owens, Redbridge and Haize-Ashknight qualified, while Kimomamoto was sadly eliminated. Then, in the finals, Redbridge won the bronze medal for our country, while Haize-Ashknight and Owens came in 5th and 6th place respectively. Congratulations to Ruby, and fantastic effort to Patrice and Dylan!"
"Day 1 was Match Day 1 for Water Polo. On that day, Team Santos-Dominius unfortunately lost 5-9 to Esferiad co-host Team Giovanniland. This puts our team at the bottom of Water Polo's Group B. A disappointing performance. Now onto Day 2: in 3m Springboard Dive, Santo-Dominian athletes Giovanni Dupont qualified in the heats, while peers Giuseppe Gravetti and Giorgio Escalini were eliminated. Dupont then qualified in the semifinals, but got 9th place in the finals. We didn't win, but good effort to Giovanni, Giuseppe and Giorgio. The 3Gs, let's call them!"
"Next up was 1500m Freestyle Swim. In the heats, Aliana Evans, Miguel Felipez and Rachel Menenda qualified, while Marc Spisse was eliminated. Then, in the semifinals, Evans, Felipez and Menenda were all sadly eliminated. Good effort to Aliana, Miguel and Rachel though! In windsurfing, our athletes Nicola Fantino, Selene Leroux and 'Alluring Queen of the Waves' Melissa Berlioz all got through the fleet racing stage. Then, in the finals, Fantino, Leroux and Berlioz got 10th, 9th and 6th place respectively. Blue Bubble dominated the top 3 for this event, but good effort to Nicola, Selene and Melissa!"
"Day 2 was Match Day 2 for Water Polo. On that day, Team Santos-Dominius lost 7-8 to Team Teralyon. This puts our team at 2nd last on in Water Polo's Group B. Good effort to the team though, it was close! And that's it - that's all the events Santos-Dominius participated in. Now let's look at the medal table after Day 2!"
"In the medal table, Santos-Dominius is at 8th place out of all 19 participating nations! We have 1 gold earned by Team SD in Artistic Swimming, no silver medals, and 1 bronze earned by Ruby Redbridge in 200m Freestyle Swim. That gives us a total of 2 medals! Blue Bubble sits firmly at the pinnacle of the table with 4 golds, 6 silvers and 5 bronzes for a staggering total of 15 medals! Tied for a distant second are Hertfordia at 3 golds, no silvers and 1 bronze as well as Saint Mark at 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes for a total of 4 each. Great job to Blue Bubble, and good effort to Hertfordia and Saint Mark!"
"And that wraps up today's coverage! Unfortunately our exclusive interview with Mr Damian Delarue-Brouillard, chairman of the Santo-Dominian National Esferiad Committee(SDNEC), has been pushed back to a later date. This is the channel for live and direct coverage of the II Summer Esferiad! I'm Approctoflecticus Blubberman, and it's been really nice to see our country's best athletes try their best in our very first Esferiad. Stay tuned to SDCSN Channel 3 for coverage of its events, and see you whenever stuff happens!"

October 26th, 1421
Mario: Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to the Larxian Esferiad Show, I am Mario Ruiz and we bring to you updates from Quoriv and Kharventhin, where the Esferiads are being hosted. As all of you are aware, Larxia had a pretty good 1st Day, but the fortunes of our athletes didn't favour them on the Day 2 of the Esferiads. Well we can't change what happened, but we will continue to support our athletes through thick and thin, and athletes, if you're watching this, all of us here in Larxia are very proud of how you are performing and representing Larxia on the international stage. Now I will pass the time to Natasha, who will get you the news from Quoriv. Over to you Nat.
Natasha: Thank you Mario. The second day of the Esferiads were a complete opposite to what happened on the first day. Our Equestrian Dressage team managed to secure qualification, but came in 6th in the final round, losing a medal in the process. The Tennis Singles event was one of the best things to happen to Larxia on Day 2 as all of the athletes from Larxia comfortably qualified for the next round. Larxia fell to a close defeat at the hands of the Andolian neighbours, H&J, losing a mere 6-5 loss. The Basketball team on the other hand was handily defeated by the Cambrians, 81-66. Even after this result, Larxia sits 3rd in the group out of 7 teams. That is all for Larxia in Quoriv. Back to you Mario.
Mario: Thanks a lot for the happenings in Quoriv Nat. Now we will move onto my colleague in Kharventhin. Over to you Jamie.
Jamie: Thanks dude. Now to the news in Kharventhin. The 3 m Springboard event was one to forget for the athletes, as only Jake Kidd managed to make it to the Semi-finals, where he ended up missing qualification, so Larxia had no representation in the 3 m Springboard finals. The 1500 m Freestyle Swim also saw no representation of Larxia in the finals, as every swimmer of the Larxian contingent failed to secure qualification, with Marcus Alejandro being the best performer for the nation. Well, onwards and upwards for the swimmers, as they will be looking to improve on their performance in this event. Larxian shooters Drake Maxwell and Hana Lee also failed to qualify in the 10 m Air Rifle event. We wish them the best for their future events and they will be training hard as well. The Larxian Water Polo team had a good day in the office as they handily defeated co-hosts Giovanniland 11-5. And the Beach volleyball duo of Garcia and Velasco fell to another defeat in their group drawings. Needless to say, they will have to step up and give it their all if they wish to qualify to the later stages of Esferiads. That is basically it for news in Kharventhin. Back to you Mario to close this off.
Mario: Thank you Jamie. As things stand, right now Larxia has won a gold medal and a bronze medal, putting us at the 7th position in the Medal tally. The athletes will be working very hard for the remaining days, and we suggest that the people turn up to support our athletes. It would definitely mean a lot to them and probably help them perform even better. That is it for today. Be sure to tune in tomorrow, same place same time. Till then Adiós, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye.

"Wow, Amelia! Your fans sure do care for you!" said Prince Marcarius as he looked at the room full of bouquets.
"Yes, sir," answered Amelia with a small frown. "At least even more of them did donate to the hospital."
"They just want to cheer you up, dear," said Amelia's mother as she smoothed the sheet covering her daughter's legs.
"Yeah, Mia. Be happy you're so loved," said Conrad Sessions as he smiled and moved a cactus to make room for a spot for him to sit on the windowsill. "You gave everyone quite a jolt when you fell so gracefully from the board."
"One of the most graceful falls I've ever seen," joked Matthew Archer.
Her teammates tried to cover their concern and show their relief by their gentle ribbing.
"The quick response of the emergency team and the excellent work of the doctors here saved your life you know, Mia. Next time listen to your own body and the advice of your trainer." Her father frowned and held her hand.
"Dad, I know. It was foolish of me to push myself that far, but I just thought it was gas ... not my stupid appendix!"
"I'll leave you to your family and friends, Amelia," said the prince as he opened the door. "Praise God that you are out of danger. Saint Mark is awed by your strength and courage."
"Thank you, sir," smiled Amelia.
After the door closed, Amelia turned to her father. "The doctors said I can still compete, dad, and that's what I'm going to do."
Her father's face turned red and her mother stood.
Conrad and Matthew looked at each other and excused themselves from the coming family "discussion." "Rest up, Mia! Glad you're better!" They called as they hurried out the door.
 

James and Jak sit there. Silence floats around the newsroom.
Kasper joins the screen, still in Quoriv. He frowns. "What is happening?"
Jak speaks up, "We are thinking about today"
Kasper rolls his eyes, "I'll do your job then. Welcome to the look at day 2 of the Summer Esferiad." He winks as he gives a thumbs up.

Once the title sequence finishes, it goes to a full-screen view of Kasper.
"Let's get started. We are now 100% top of the leaderboard. That's hot stuff- We have been smashing it.  We got 3 more gold, 4 more silver, and 3 more bronze today - total domination.  Although I feel like we scored on the diving because of the Saint Mark's super diver Amelia Springstein had a medial emergency - as the only Blue Bubble athlete who likes to be on TV, I wish her a speedy recovery on behalf of the whole team.
Softly moving on, I am going to start with the Equestrian Dressage. Ishikawa, Fitiavana, you clawed back from yesterday amazingly. The stakes were going to be higher, and you... you just killed it, even with Saint Mark out there with the new world record. Beautiful.
The windsurfing, just like the 10m Air Pistol was a wipe out, those three played to their strengths there. Gawa and Miya will be doing the Multihull tomorrow, and I really believe in them. The 10m Air Rifle was also very strong - Gold and Bronze. I am sure Itou is proud of Shinoda for keeping it Gold for us.
We also managed to get Silver in the 3m Springboard Dive, I think if Springstein would had been able to play in form, Patel would be looking at a Bronze there. Finally, the Taekwondo. I know Sensei Hivahiny will be proud of the Silver and Bronze we managed to get - After all, we were guaranteed at least one medal there. I am surprised at how well we are doing, and I think others are too. But, I think our hard work is a great thing, and a great statement for Blue Bubble internationally currently.
Looking towards at tomorrow's events, we have the tennis singles, which from today's scores look promising for Krisna after her two wins today. The 200m Backstroke will be a tough challenge, as will be the 100m Run, and High Jump. Equestrian Eventing Individual may be a strong play from Tsuno, but there is always the team event too. Trap Shooting has slightly weaker athletes tomorrow, so hopefully they will be midrange in the group. Judo Stage 1 will also start, and with 3 athletes, I believe we could be at play for a medal there. Very exciting stuff, I hope to see it play out, but for now, I'm going to get a drink. I really need it. Good Night Glenpavia!"
The channel shows this graphic to the side of him as he speaks, then goes back to highlights of the games.

His Phone Buzzes as he goes off air, and he opens it. Kassakira.

It was going to be a long day tomorrow.

DAY TWO–HEADLINES
- The Orandian basketball team wins 89-59 vs. Dilber.
- The Orandian water polo team loses 6-9 vs. Hertfordshire and Jammbo.
- The Orandian beach volleyball pair, Evelyn Asplund and Jane Offerdahl, place fourth out of fifth in their group.
- Windsurfers Jarle Overbay and Therese Hoyland fail to pass the qualifiers, with scores of 91 and 92 respectively. (A lower score is better in windsurfing.) Therese's remarkably good first race, scoring a meager 2 points, was not enough to net her an equally impressive overall score.
- Star diver Amanda Orvik places first in her 3-m springboard diving qualifying heat with an astounding score of 293.85.
- Fellow diver Oliver Hougen qualifies as well with a score of 276.15. In a shocking turn of events, Hougen places just above Orvik in the semifinals, by a difference of about three points, but neither of them qualify for the finals.
- In the 1500-meter freestyle, the ever-popular Ingrid Mundahl loses her last chance to make a splash, failing to pass the qualifiers with a time of 15:18.93. Livia Bengescu, unexpectedly, beats her with a time of 15:16.93, but also does not qualify.
- Fellow swimmer Viggo Knutsen, however, qualifies with a time of 14:45.10. Viggo comes in sixth in the semifinal, with a time of 14:58.93.
 
COMMENTARY
"Lex coming at you live once again from the Esferiad! Today, I thought we'd gather up some comments from the athletes themselves on their performances today. First up is the captain of the Orandian basketball team, Dimitry Gheorghiu. What inspired this turnaround?"
Dimitry: "After the first loss, it's safe to say it sobered us up. We knew it was time to get serious. We were being serious before, of course, this is Esferiad, but I think this put fire in our bellies. And we gave it our best, and I'm proud to say it paid off."
"All right! Next is the talk of the town, Amanda Orvik! Can you tell me what went on in your head when you were making those amazing dives?"
Amanda: "The first dive was kinda harrowing. It happened so fast, I was purely going on instinct. [Laughs] I think that's what really impressed the judges, that's what made it so good. I kind of got it in my head that I could do anything, you know? I took a bit of a risk in that second dive, I was a bit more conscious, and I think that's what got me. Yeah, that got me. It's a good lesson, though. I'll carry it into the 10-meter dive, for sure."
"We couldn't get ahold of Ingrid Mundahl for an interview, unfortunately, so last but not least, here's Viggo Knutsen, semifinalist in the 1500-meter freestyle. How're you feeling, Viggo?"
Viggo: "A strange calm. When you're in there, it's just you and the water and the ends of the lanes. No cheering, no noise when you're submerged. But fifteen minutes is a long time to stay in there. I was still tired going into the second race, my time was not as good. But you don't get to decide when you swim and when you rest here. You have to bring it all right then."
"There you have it, folks, exclusive interviews with Orandia's top athletes. Tune in next time to hear from two bitter rivals in the 100-meter dash, and the return of Kai Haagen and Jonathan Stuart in the multihull event!"
 
LOOKING AHEAD–DAY THREE
- Match day three looms for the Orandian basketball and water polo teams.
- Match day three is also on the horizon for Evelyn Asplund and Jane Offerdahl, the beach volleyball pair.
- Kai Haagen and Jonathan Stuart return as a pair for multihull sailing.
- Amanda Orvik will have to wait for her second shot at a medal. Instead, backstrokers Maiken Morstad, Quentin Sylvestre, and Arnold Nordrum take the stage.
- Track and field events begin! Berix Tomoiaga and Germaine Rodin compete in the high jump.
- In the 100-meter dash, rivals Ilie Andreescu and Jean-Christophe Genest go head-to-head. Also in the event is Nina Millet.
 
 
 

SULTAN ARIFIYYAH ARRIVED IN GIOVANNILAND A few hours ago, His Majesty Sultan Arif Nazhim Shah, King of Arifiyyah and Queen Isabella Nur Hudson arrived safely at Violet International Airport on a royal private plane. He was greeted by his own brother, HRH Muhammad Nazhim, crown prince of Arifiyyah and also the captain of the national football team,and with minister of youth and sports. 

His Majesty Sultan Arif with his brother and the minister walking into the airport
The duties of the head of state was handed over to Tan Sri Rais Zuhdi, the prime minister using the title of Emir,till 7 november. 
We also interviewed him after his majesty meet our national athletes
 
Reporter:Welcome to Giovanniland, Your Majesty. This is a surprise to us.
Sultan Arif:Thank you. Yes, my wife and I intend to surprise our athletes here. Actually we wanted to go on a regular plane ride with the Arifians, but my personal assistant told me to take a private plane as well. 
Reporter: I think I already know why your majesty is here. But just want to ask, why did your majesty come here?
Sultan Arif: Well,of course i come here to watch the Esferiad events. In here Kuoriv and also in Blue Bubble. This is the first time our country has participated in this prestigious competition. That's why i come here,and feel so excited about it.
reporter: We all know that you are also a national badminton champion, why didn't you join this Esferiad?
Sultan Arif:Yes, but maybe next year. This year, I didn't served as Sultan for one year yet, so I want to focus on the country things. Next year, I am sure I will try to be active in the badminton again.
reporter: What's the sport that Your Majesty would like to watch the most.
Sultan Arif:All of them. While there are already a few events that have come to an end, I congratulate them on the effort given. But the most wanted to watch are football, badminton and the cycling track. This is one of the sports that I believe Arifiyyah can compete with.
reporter: Lastly, we want to ask for words of encouragement from Your Majesty to our athletes.
Sultan Arif: I want to say fight to the end, be proud of our country. For athletes that have finished competing, you guys have done the best.
Reporter:Thank you Your Majesty for spending time with us,we hope you are always in good health and enjoying this year's Esferiad.
Sultan Arif:Anytime!
 
reported by: Ahmad Al-Babu

SULTAN ARIFIYYAH ARRIVED IN GIOVANNILAND A few hours ago, His Majesty Sultan Arif Nazhim Shah, King of Arifiyyah and Queen Isabella Nur Hudson arrived safely at Violet International Airport on a royal private plane. He was greeted by his own brother, HRH Muhammad Nazhim, crown prince of Arifiyyah and also the captain of the national football team,and with minister of youth and sports. 

His Majesty Sultan Arif with his brother and the minister walking into the airport
The duties of the head of state was handed over to Tan Sri Rais Zuhdi, the prime minister using the title of Emir,till 7 november. 
We also interviewed him after his majesty meet our national athletes
 
Reporter:Welcome to Giovanniland, Your Majesty. This is a surprise to us.
Sultan Arif:Thank you. Yes, my wife and I intend to surprise our athletes here. Actually we wanted to go on a regular plane ride with the Arifians, but my personal assistant told me to take a private plane as well. 
Reporter: I think I already know why your majesty is here. But just want to ask, why did your majesty come here?
Sultan Arif: Well,of course i come here to watch the Esferiad events. In here Kuoriv and also in Blue Bubble. This is the first time our country has participated in this prestigious competition. That's why i come here,and feel so excited about it.
reporter: We all know that you are also a national badminton champion, why didn't you join this Esferiad?
Sultan Arif:Yes, but maybe next year. This year, I didn't served as Sultan for one year yet, so I want to focus on the country things. Next year, I am sure I will try to be active in the badminton again.
reporter: What's the sport that Your Majesty would like to watch the most.
Sultan Arif:All of them. While there are already a few events that have come to an end, I congratulate them on the effort given. But the most wanted to watch are football, badminton and the cycling track. This is one of the sports that I believe Arifiyyah can compete with.
reporter: Lastly, we want to ask for words of encouragement from Your Majesty to our athletes.
Sultan Arif: I want to say fight to the end, be proud of our country. For athletes that have finished competing, you guys have done the best.
Reporter:Thank you Your Majesty for spending time with us,we hope you are always in good health and enjoying this year's Esferiad.
Sultan Arif:Anytime!
 
reported by: Ahmad Al-Babu