Sports with the most posts

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

We need umlauts or something.

[Ray de Galles]

Speedway doesn't want to be lumped in with motor sports.

[Kevin S]

No, I appreciate that and always list it separately.

[Kevin S]

I was wondering how they would do the Nordic and Alpine events though, and I see now that they run them as separate championships. Alpine is this week and next week in Sweden, while the Nordic starts on the 20th in Austria.

And I did double check that I got the right country with the right championships, as back-to-front as it seems to me!

[Kevin S]

And then there's Freestyle, where the championships have already started:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIS_Fr...pionships_2019

[ursus arctos]

There aren't many places that could host both Alpine and Nordic championships in reasonable proximity. For one thing, a ski jump is required (due to Nordic Combined), but even without that requirement, facilities tend to be focused on one or the other.

Snowboard and Freestyle also have their own World Championships (currently underway in Utah).

Biathlon is a separate federation entirely.

[Kevin S]

Ski Cross is a very YouTube-friendly sport I think. Here are the finals from yesterday.

[Ray de Galles]

No, I appreciate that and always list it separately.

Ah, sorry. Didn't see speedway on the scan down the list!

[Satchmo Distel]

Cricket should always win, really. There is rarely a day in the year where an international is not in progress. No other sport has that continuity AFAIK. How much of the cycling thread is a drugs discussion?

[Kevin S]

Very little tbh. There's a separate thread for PEDs in sport called They're All On Drugs. We did talk a bit about the Froome controversy latl year but otherwise the dopers just get a brief mention here and there.

{It's a survey, not a competition! We're all winners here ;-) }

[Kevin S]

I can't say I've ever heard of Charlotte Bankes of Hemel Hempstead but she's won silver in the women's snowboard cross.

[Southport Zeb]

She competed at the last two Olympics, finishing 7th last year. However it is only this season that she has started representing Britain - she appeared under the French flag at both Olympics. She was born in Hemel Hempstead but moved to the Alps with her family aged four.

[Kevin S]

Hey, Rogin!

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Dominik must be favourite for the downhill now too. Unless the Super G has had him on the Dom Perignon.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Well I'll tell you something, I know you've got to be a bit of a nutter in the first place to want to become a downhill racer, but in a blizzard like that? That was some spectacle.

[ursus arctos]

If that had been a standard World Cup race, they would have tried again tomorrow

[ursus arctos]

I've never been a big fan of Lindsay Vonn, but it is great to see her end her storied career with a medal at the Worlds, particularly after her crash in the Super G.

Štuhec is one for the big occasion. Nine World Cup wins in all disciplines over nine seasons; two World Championship golds. As always, Slovene golds are celebrated in Casa Ursus.

[Kevin S]

Thread ranking for 2019 so far:

Sports thread	Posts in 2019
Cricket World Cup	1708
Rugby Union thread	1359
MLB baseball	905
The Ashes Cricket	857
County Cricket	706
Cycling thread	543
Tour de France Cycling	535
Tennis thread	368
Wimbledon Tennis	362
International Cricket (previous thread)	328
Sumo thread	264
England in West Indies Cricket	258
F1 and Motorsport thread	243
NHL Ice Hockey thread	239
French Open Tennis	197
GAA thread	185
Snooker 2018-19	182
England v Ireland Cricket	170
US Open Tennis	158
Ice Hockey World Championship	140
Rugby League thread	138
Vuelta a España & Tour of Britain Cycling	137
Giro d'Italia Cycling	129
NBA (old thread)	120
Golf Masters	110
Australian Open Tennis	110
NFL (2019 playoffs)	100
England in NZ Cricket	93
Horse Racing rhread	88
Boxing thread	87
NBA (current thread)	77
Cheltenham Horse Racing	76
Athletics thread	72
The Hundred Cricket	61
International Cricket (current thread)	49
NFL 2019 regular season	48
Speedway thread	48
The Open Golf	47
College Football 2019	40
Snooker World Cup	38
USPGA Open Golf	33
AFL	30
Surfing	29
Field hockey thread	25
Basketball world cup	24
Snooker (current thread)	22
Rogin's 2019 golf predictions	12
College Football 2018	12
Netball World Cup	12
NCAA Basketball Tournament 2019	10
Ascot Horse Racing	10
Women's NBA	8
Epsom Horse Racing	7
Handball	5
Darts BDO	3
Gymnastics	2
Carpet bowls	2

[Kevin S]

Edit - let's do that again with each sport's change in position compared to last year.

Sport	2019 total	change
Cricket	4536	-
Cycling	1524	-
Rugby Union	1359	up 2
Tennis	1207	down 1
Baseball	905	down 1
Ice Hockey	379	up 2
Sumo	264	up 10
F1 and Motorsport	243	down 1
Snooker	242	up 2
Basketball	239	up 6
American Football	200	down 1
Golf	190	-
GAA	185	down 4
Horse Racing	181	up 4
Rugby League	138	down 2
Boxing	87	up 4
Athletics	72	down 11
Speedway	48	down 4
AFL	30	new entry
Surfing	29	new entry
Field Hockey	25	down 6
Netball	12	new entry
Handball	5	down 4
Darts	3	down 3
Gymnastics	2	new entry
Carpet Bowls	2	down 4

[Kevin S]

I'll probably need to do that again in the new year as snooker and basketball should overtake F1 and maybe Sumo.

It wasn't that many years ago that cricket had a similar number to the likes of cycling, tennis, rugby union and baseball.

Disappearing from view:
UFC
Badminton
Table tennis
Swimming

Absent for a while:
Squash
Winter Sports

However there'll be the four-yearly boost for some of these in Tokyo 2020.

[Antepli Ejderha]

Statto is back. Thanks for those, seeing as rugby was also a world cup thread it's quite low.

[Kevin S]

Yeah, looking back, Rugby Union broke the 2000 barrier in 2015 at the last World Cup. One factor was that it was hosted in England of course but another is not having Toro in the scrum any more.

[Ray de Galles]

Yeah, the early kick offs for matches in Japan will have suppressed some of the traffic on the thread.I probably posted less when I was out there too.

Barracho was still around and posting on rugby threads as well as Toro in 2015.

[Hot Pepsi]

I thought the answer to this would be Aussie rules. There are four posts on both ends.

[Simon G]

I really should be adding more darts posts - but feel I'd probably be talking to myself.

With what's happening on the amateur side though, there's quite a lot to talk about. The fact the BDO may be no more in 6 months time really is something...