So less than 12 hours to go to for the controversial final to start rigged in favour of
Funny how WBC held every 4 years has almost the same teams in same groups, controversial decisions in semis aside ensures such unjust final.
Thanks to tournament rules, Team USA, having played Sunday and getting the day off Monday, has a pitching advantage. Every USA pitcher is technically eligible to pitch. Venezuela, meanwhile, will be limited by back-to-back rules.
It doesn't quite seem fair to have a setup like this. Hopefully no baseball after 2028. Olympics doesn't need such unfair sports.
Alpine Skiing:
Joana Haehlen
Clara Direz
Ilka Stuhec
Anna Bucik Jogan
Christina Ager
Simon Maurberger
Nils Hintermann
Adrien Theaux
Romed Baumann/
Henrik von Appen
They may have to put Russia in the Calgary group to avoid any political issue in Czechia.
A group with Canada, Russia and the United States would be deadly. I'd feel sorry for the 4th team
Well, I'm sad and happy at the same time. I'm happy because I expected it and we're not taking a spot away from a country that deserved it more.
But, we used to be one of the leading basketball countries, we were world champions and Olympic runners-up. Now we can't even qualify for a world tournament anymore, always losing to teams like Puerto Rico, a declining Serbia, an ascending Germany, and now being left out by the hardworking Czech Republic and Mali...
The worst part is that there won't be any improvement. Nobody cares about losers, nobody cares about women's basketball here. The national league is terrible, there are no young players, the national federation doesn't care...