Speed Skating ISU World Championships 2023

4——From China's perspective, none of the first three chances to compete for the gold medal turned out as hoped, which is somewhat disheartening. The next opportunity to contend for a gold medal will have to wait through many more competition days. I just hope the first gold medal comes soon. I really don't want a repeat of the situation in Pyeongchang. Judging from the current situation, things are somewhat bleak.

In Italy yesterday, the same thing happened with Vinatzer in alpine skiing. Unfortunately, the Olympics are a time when "Sunday fans" are show up and such people can be terrible when someone lose. In 2021, during the Tokyo Games, Paola Egonu also experienced enormous hate from such people.

Our beloved sport is popular, but at what cost? 

Constantini broke up with Mosaner after winning gold at the 2022 Olympics. She played with another partner(s) in mixed doubles World Champ., and the results were poor. They got back together in 2025 at the World Championships and immediately won gold, so there was no indication that anything was wrong. Otherwise, they wouldn't have won anything there. But overall, I think a super duo could have tried: Constantini and Retornaz, with the goal of gold at the 2026 Olympics. I just don't know if there was any hope on either side for such an experiment? If they were unbeaten with Amos for so long time, why would they change that? These are adults people – professionals, I think. They don't have to love each other off the ice. Btw, no one forced them to get married or sent them to bed together, came on   Retornaz is much older and a more experienced athlete than Constantini, so would it work? Or maybe she actually prefers someone like him, since Mosaner isn't a good fit for her at around his age? We'll never know. I only know that Italian curling is a full of scandals, dramas etc., and even the home Olympics haven't forced these people to temporarily suspend their fire. Two years ago, we were making progress with both the women's and men's teams, but then the previous coach was fired- for no reason at all, and the current results are much worse than they were then. Personally, I find this community for strange.