Swimming WA World Cup 2024 (Shanghai)

Look who visited Slovakia today.   Not sure you´ll recognize him without the "1976 Fencing Olympic Champion" subtitle though...      

Stage 14 in Madonna di Campiglio (ITA)   Men´s Slalom:   1. Albert Popov    1:45.22 2. Loic Meillard    1:45.66 3. Samuel Kolega    1:45.68   Full Final Results HERE

Wednesday January 8th, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +1)   13:00  Spain  4 - 1  South Korea 16:30  Poland  4 - 2  China 20:00  Denmark  6 - 0  Australia   Provisional Standing After Day 2:   1.    6 ------------------ 2.   6 3.   6 4.   0 -.   0 ------------------ 6.   0

Thursday January 9th, 2025   Knockout Round Day 1 Schedule   Quarterfinals Eastern European Time (GMT +2)   Sweden vs Switzerland Period-by-Period: January 9th 2025 h. 10:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa I United States vs Slovakia Period-by-Period: January 9th 2025 h. 13:30, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa I Czechia vs Finland Period-by-Period: January 9th 2025 h. 17:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa I Canada vs Japan Period-by-Period: January 9th 2025 h. 20:30, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Х А Й Д Е       Finally all the hard work for Albert pays off and he has his first WC victory at age 27     And he won in one of the most legendary slaloms in Madonna.    Also maybe a symbolic moment, because until now, the only WC victory for Bulgaria was Petar Popangelov's 1980 slalom win on .... January 8th.   And we are January 8th , 45 years later.