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  On 8/1/2024 at 2:13 PM, heywoodu said:

By the way, is there any movement going on to try and make judo more attractive again? In so many sports everything has to be shiny and flashy, but in judo the explosive throwing and action of 10+ years ago has made way for today's....well, waiting and fighting each other's hands for the right grip. It has turned from something cool in such a mega low action viewing sport.

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I’ve stopped watching Judo, it’s mostly so boring. 

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It’s always been thus. In the past matches could be decided by a single penalty,.

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I’ve never seen this kind of behavior on the Judo mat. You accept the decision by the referee, whether you agree with it or not. You most certainly are not in the referee’s face, and touch him. 

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  On 5/25/2024 at 8:49 AM, copravolley said:

These words may as well be in the form of a joke, sarcasm, etc.? Hard to say. I would rather say something like: this is Italy - a slightly different mentality but in a positive sense. Secondly, looking at her Instagram, it doesn't look like she was unhappy with her stay there. Polling results are also good: a medal in the Grand Slam, a team medal at the World Championships, 7th place at the World Championships.

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Who knows? I’m just the messenger. 

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I’m just quoting someone who has direct personal experience of how the Italian Judo Federation is run and imagined that to be interesting. Whether she’s right or wrong, I don’t know. I have no opinions whatsoever on the way either Italy or the Italian Judo Federation are run, because I have no personal experience of either and these matters have zero influence on my life. There’s enough shit going on in my own country.

 

 

 

 

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  On 5/24/2024 at 6:53 PM, phelps said:

well, maybe she was just adapting to her new team...

 

but you can be sure that Italy is always the best arranged team when travelling around the world, we do even have our cooks and we bring our essential kinds of food with us...

 

no team puts their athletes in better condition to perform than ours

 

obviously, we do everything "the Italian style", which means no anticipated/long term programs...we always adapt to the situation and find the best solution that fits that given day's condition

 

living in Italy for so long, now she should know how it works at our latitude... 

 

and surely it's way, way different than in the Netherlands (or any other Central/North European Country) 

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I’m sure you know better than her, but I took the trouble to find the newspaper in the letterbox.

 

‘Polling …. Likes structure, clarity. This is lacking in Italy.” She then gives the example of not knowing when she’s going to leave for a tournament that will take place within two weeks (I earlier concluded she meant Worlds, but that’s not explicit). ‘Motherhood made her more flexible. ‘I could not have handled that uncertainty and slow organization 8 years ago.” Mocking: In Italy I know precisely where I am at, and that is that I don’t know where I am at”. 

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I’m oldfashioned, I read it in a newspaper

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In a newspaper interview Polling mentioned how unorganized the Italian Federation is. For instance, it was not long before the Worlds, but she had no information about the travel arrangements.

 

She’s suffering from ADHD, so needs certainty and structure. But strangely enough the total lack of structure works for her. I assume because if you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. 

 

 

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  On 5/23/2024 at 5:17 AM, Noorderling29 said:

Smart. She did not mention that in the interview I read.

 

You should not count her out; she’s not a clear medal favorite, but if she has her day and with  a little bit of luck with the draw and how the tournament develops, she could go far. 
 

in the early part of her career she really was a whirlwind, ending fights within seconds. But somehow she never managed to win a big medal. 
 

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It certainly paid off, with Polling winning twice, including the decider, against us. Just saw an interview, where she said that when the draw made clear these two teams would meet, she had a premonition that she would have to fight twice. 

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Smart. She did not mention that in the interview I read.

 

You should not count her out; she’s not a clear medal favorite, but if she has her day and with  a little bit of luck with the draw and how the tournament develops, she could go far. 
 

in the early part of her career she really was a whirlwind, ending fights within seconds. But somehow she never managed to win a big medal. 
 

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Polling is of course no longer at the top of her game. Also, she was very successful at Europeans, but somehow never at Worlds. On her day she can go far in Paris, but there is a reason she’s now starting for Italy: she hasn’t been the Dutch number one for years.

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  On 5/21/2024 at 6:45 PM, phelps said:

women's -63kg

 

Gold:  Joanne Van Lieshout

Silver:  Angelika Szymanska

Bronze:  Clarisse Agbegnenou &  Laura Fazliu

 

Full Draw

https://www.ijf.org/competition/2787/draw?id_weight=11

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The Canadian was unlucky too lose her bronze medal match. The Dutch commentators could not understand why she did not get the score and why her opponent did not get any shidos.

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Van Lieshout the first Dutch female World Championship since 2009 (when Marhinde Verkerk won in Rotterdam).

 

 

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Was a surprised to see the Dutch flag after Ceric’s name.