website statistics
Jump to content
  • Register/Login on Totallympics!

    Sign up to Totallympics to get full access to our website.

     

    Registration is free and allows you to participate in our community. You will then be able to reply to threads and access all pages.

     

    If you encounter any issues in the registration process, please send us a message in the Contact Us page.

     

    We are excited to see you on Totallympics, the home of Olympic Sports!

     

Karate WKF Premier League 2019


Recommended Posts

up...

 

K1PL Stage #2 Final Results

 

men's Team Kata
Gold Medal match: :TUR Turkey b. :KUW Kuwait
Bronze Medal match #1: :ESP Spain b. :AZE Azerbaijan
Bronze Medal match #2:  :IRI Iran b. :IRI Iran


women's Team Kata
Gold Medal match: :ITA Italy b. :IRI Iran
Bronze Medal match #1: :AUS Australia b. :RUS Russia
Bronze Medal match #2:  :RUS Russia b. :ALG Algeria

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/1437-karate-wkf-premier-league-2019/page/11/#findComment-193414
Share on other sites

women's Individual Kata
Gold Medal match: :ESP Sandra Sanchez Jaime b. :JPN Kiyou Shimizu
Bronze Medal match #1: :JPN Emiri Iwamoto b. :JPN Hikaru Ono
Bronze Medal match #2: :ITA Viviana Bottaro b. :JPN Natsuki Shimizu


men's Individual Kata
Gold Medal match: :JPN Ryo Kiyuna b. :ESP Damian Hugo Quintero Capdevila
Bronze Medal match #1: :JPN Issei Shimbaba b. :JPN Yuhei Horiba
Bronze Medal match #2: :ITA Mattia Busato b. :JPN Arata Kinjo


women's Individual Kumite, -50kg
Gold Medal match: :TUR Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu b. :UKR Kateryna Kryva
Bronze Medal match #1: :FRA Sophia Bouderbane b. :PHI Junna Tsukii
Bronze Medal match #2: :EGY Reem Ahmed Salama b. :GER Shara Hubrich


women's Individual Kumite, -55kg
Gold Medal match: :TPE Wen Tzu-Yun b. :UKR Anzhelika Terliuga
Bronze Medal match #1: :BRA Valeria Kumizaki b. :IRI Taravat Khaksar
Bronze Medal match #2: :IRI Fatemeh Chalaki vs :EGY Salma Elshafi


women's Individual Kumite, -61kg
Gold Medal match: :FRA Gwendoline Philippe b. :EGY Giana Lofty
Bronze Medal match #1: :IRI Rozita Alipour b. :TUR Merve Coban
Bronze Medal match #2: :CAN Haya Jumaa b. :CHI Carolina Videla Toro


women's Individual Kumite, -68kg
Gold Medal match: :EGY Feryal Abdelaziz b. :AZE Irina Zaretska
Bronze Medal match #1: :MNE Marina Rakovic b. :AUT Alisa Buchinger
Bronze Medal match #2: :FRA Alizee Agier b. :CHN Tang Lingling


women's Individual Kumite, +68kg
Gold Medal match: :FRA Anne Laure Florentin b. :ITA Clio Ferracuti

Bronze Medal match #1: :EGY Shaaban Okila Menna b. :EGY Aisha Mohamed
Bronze Medal match #2: :ENG Amelia Harvey b. :EGY Shymaa Aboualyazed


men's Individual kumite, -60kg
Gold Medal match: :KAZ Darkhan Assadilov b. :JPN Minami Yunosuke
Bronze Medal match #1: :KAZ Kaisar Albyspay b. :ITA Angelo Crescenzo
Bronze Medal match #2: :TUR Eray Samdan b. :IRI Majid Hassannia


men's Individual Kumite, -67kg
Gold Medal match: :FRA Steven Dacosta b. :KAZ Didar Amirali
Bronze Medal match #1: :IRI Amir Mirzaei b. :AUT Stefan Pokorny
Bronze Medal match #2: :IRI Hamoon Derafshipour b. :KSA Fahad Alkhathami


men's Individual Kumite, -75kg
Gold Medal match: :IRI Bahman Askari b. :ITA Luigi Busà
Bronze Medal match #1: :AZE Rafael Aghayev b. :FRA Logan Dacosta
Bronze Medal match #2: :USA Thomas Scott b. :IRI Alì Asiabari


men's Individual Kumite, -84kg
Gold Medal match: :TUR Ugur Aktas b. :IRI Alì Fadakar
Bronze Medal match #1: :FRA Faruk Abdesselem b. :JPN Makoto Koike
Bronze Medal match #2: :IRI Zabiollah Poorshab b. :AZE Torgut Hasanov


men's Individual Kumite, +84kg
Gold Medal match: :JPN Hideyoshi Kagawa b. :FRA Mehdi Filali
Bronze Medal match #1: :IRI Sajad Ganjzadeh b. :RUS Alexander Pshenitsyn
Bronze Medal match #2: :ALG Hocine Daikhi b. :GER Jonathan Horne

Edited by phelps
Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/1437-karate-wkf-premier-league-2019/page/11/#findComment-193416
Share on other sites

K1PL Stage #2, Final Medal Table (Team Kata events NOT included)

 

:FRA FRA,  3 / 1 / 3
:JPN JPN,  2 / 2 / 2
:TUR TUR,  2 / 0 / 1
:IRI IRI,  1 / 1 / 6
:EGY EGY,  1 / 1 / 2
:KAZ KAZ,  1 / 1 / 1
:ESP ESP,  1 / 1 / 0
:TPE TPE,  1 / 0 / 0
:ITA ITA,  0 / 2 / 2
:UKR UKR,  0 / 2 / 0
:AZE AZE,  0 / 1 / 1
:ALG ALG,  0 / 0 / 1
:BRA BRA,  0 / 0 / 1
:CAN CAN,  0 / 0 / 1
:ENG ENG,  0 / 0 / 1
:MNE MNE,  0 / 0 / 1
:USA USA,  0 / 0 / 1

 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/1437-karate-wkf-premier-league-2019/page/11/#findComment-193417
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

Countdown to #Karate1Rabat

Five burning questions heading into anticipated Karate 1-Premier League event

 

 

From karatekas on top form dominating the competition to new names taking the spotlight, from unexpected surprises to heart-breaking moments, the 2019 Karate 1-Premier League has offered plenty of intrigue and excitement so far.

The third stop of the season is taking place in less than one week in Rabat (Morocco); as the spectacular event approaches, a slew of questions appears on the horizon of the Karate world. 

 

1. Will Rabat see another episode of the Shimizu-Sanchez duel? 

 

All three Karate’s major international events this year have had a similar outcome in Female Kata: Kiyou Shimizu of Japan and Sandra Sanchez of Spain fighting for gold.

The two biggest names of the category have engaged in a thrilling battle for the domination of the competition with the Spanish Kata queen taking two golds and the Japanese two-time World champion winning one event.

Sanchez prevailed in the Karate 1-Premier League Dubai and the Karate 1-Series A Salzburg while Shimizu succeeded in Karate 1-Premier League Paris. 

 

The Karate 1-Premier League Rabat will be another showdown of the two competitors who have met in the final of six of the last ten major international events.

Other top karatekas such as recently-proclaimed European Championships runner-up Viviana Bottaro of Italy, new Pan American champion Maria Dimitrova of the Dominican Republic and promising Dilara Eltemur of Turkey among others will try to surprise the top favourites. 

 

2. Will Serap Ozcelik win a third consecutive gold? 

 

Turkey’s Serap Ozcelik is - together with France’s Gwendoline Philippe and Steven Dacosta, and Japan’s Ryo Kiyuna - one of the competitors who managed to take a clean sheet of victories in this season of Karate 1-Premier League.

The Turkish star who is also the current Grand Winners of Female Kumite -50kg will arrive in Rabat as the top favourite to take gold.   

While Ozcelik failed to retain the continental title less than a month ago, the Turkish Karate Star hopes to go back to winning ways in Rabat.

 

Silver medallists Miho Miyahara of Japan and Ukraine’s Kateryna Kriva, and new continental champion Sophia Bouderbane of France will be among the competitors trying to take the crown in the category. 

 

3. Will Grand Winners take a stand in Rabat? 

 

After the first two events, the defending Grand Winners have captured the attention of fans with impressive victories.

 

Serap Ozcelik of Turkey, Gwendoline Philippe and Steven Dacosta of France and Ryo Kiyuna of Japan are all Grand Winners taking two golds this year, while Sandra Sanchez of Spain, Ayumi Uekusa of Japan and Ugur Aktas of Turkey have managed to claim one triumph. 

 

The eyes will be set on Alizee Agier of France, Eray Samdan of Turkey, Rafael Aghayev of Azerbaijan and Jonathan Horne of Germany, all of them Grand Winners who are yet to take the top of the podium in Premier League.

 

Also, the event in Rabat will see how Grand Winner Sara Cardin of Italy makes her Karate 1-Premier League debut this year after recovering from an injury. 

 

4. Who will be the new names taking the competition by storm? 

 

As the quest to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 intensifies, Karate’s first-class series of international events is putting the focus on some promising competitors who are using the Karate 1-Premier League as a launching pad to capture all the attention of the sport. 

 

While not exactly a “new kid on the block”, Japan’s Ken Nishimura is one of the competitors elbowing his way up in the competitive Karate world.

With one gold this year (In Paris) to complete the four medals he got last season, the 23-year-old karateka is surprising with his effective fighting system. 

 

With the European Games going to Belarus later this year, all the eyes of the Karate world in the country are set on Anton Isakau.

The 23-year-old karateka has won his first title in international events this year when he prevailed in Paris.

Isakau went to win silver at the European Championships last month and is presenting his candidacy to rule Male Kumite -84kg. 

 

France’s Mehdi Filali at only 19-years-old, Kazakhstan’s Didar Amirali (23-years-old), and 22-year-old Clio Ferracuti of Italy are among the young karatekas who had made it to the finals at the Karate 1-Premier League events this year. 

 

5. Will the campaign to request Karate’s inclusion in Paris 2024 continue in Rabat? 

 

The answer is yes.

 

The Karate world gave a demonstration of unity at the EKF European Championships in Guadalajara (Spain) last month as a special ceremony took place there with all 500 karatekas taking a stand to defend Karate’s wishes to be included in the programme of Paris 2024.

 

Some of the best athletes in the world also showed their support to the WKF campaign by taking the #TsukiForKarate2024 challenge. 

 

With hundreds of Karate fans from all over the world still sending the pictures and videos to request the inclusion of the sport in the programme of Paris 2024, the Karate 1-Premier League Rabat is expected to continue the movement with several actions to be held throughout the weekend.

 

The Karate world will go on with the fight. 

 

The Karate 1-Premier League Rabat will take place from April 19 to 21.

 

The final day of action will be streamed LIVE on karateworld.tv

Edited by phelps
Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/1437-karate-wkf-premier-league-2019/page/11/#findComment-203796
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Dunadan said:

Unfortunately I don't think this part of their preview is correct...Cardin is not in the  Italian team.

 

 

I know, but it was a full "copy & paste" from wkf website...there's no personal touch (apart for the formatting) in the article...:dunno:

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/1437-karate-wkf-premier-league-2019/page/11/#findComment-203842
Share on other sites

first results of the day and guess what? :JPN Kyou Shimizu and :ESP Sandra Sanchez Jaime will fight for the Gold Medal in the women's individual Kata...:coffee:

 

and :ITA Angelo Crescenzo lost once again against :KAZ Darkhan Assadilov in the semifinal match of the men's -60kg (kumite)...like Busà against the Iranians, it really looks that Crescenzo just can't fight against the Kazakh guys..he's always on the losing side...:facepalm::wall:

p.s. by the way, Assadilov earned his spot in the Gold Medal match by beating one after another :JPN Naoto Sago (world silver medallist 2018), :BRA Douglas Brose (world champion 2016) and :ITA Angelo Crescenzo (world champion 2018)...max respect for this man...he's good, really good...:hatoff:

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/1437-karate-wkf-premier-league-2019/page/11/#findComment-204065
Share on other sites

K1PL Stage #3 (Rabat, MAR)

 

women's Individual Kata
Gold Medal match: :JPN Kyou Shimizu vs :ESP Sandra Sanchez Jaime
Bronze Medal match #1: :HKG Grace Lau Mo Sheung vs :TUR Dilara Eltemur
Bronze Medal match #2: :ITA Viviana Bottaro vs :JPN Hikaru Ono


women's Individual Kumite, -50kg
Gold Medal match: :EGY Radwa Sayed vs :TUR Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu
Bronze Medal match #1: :BLR Mariya Koulinkovitch vs :PHI Junna Tsukii
Bronze Medal match #2: :AUT Bettina Plank vs :TPE Ku Tsui-Ping


women's Individual Kumite, -55kg
Gold Medal match: :TPE Wen Tzu-Yun vs :UKR Anzhelika Terliuga
Bronze Medal match #1: :TUR Tuba Yakan vs :INA Istri Agung Sanistyarani Cok
Bronze Medal match #2: :IRI Travat Khaksar vs :JPN Sara Yamada


men's Individual Kumite, -60kg
Gold Medal match: :TUR Eray Samdan vs :KAZ Darkhan Assadilov
Bronze Medal match #1: :UZB Sadriddin Saymatov vs :JPN Yunosuke Minami
Bronze Medal match #2: :ITA Angelo Crescenzo vs :JPN Naoto Sago


men's Individual Kumite, -67kg
Gold Medal match: :TUR Burak Uygur vs :EGY Alì Elsawy
Bronze Medal match #1: :JPN Hiroto Shinoara vs :EGY Hesham Abdelgawad Abdalla
Bronze Medal match #2: :JPN Soichiro Nakano vs :JPN Masamichi Funahashi


men's Individual Kumite, -75kg
Gold Medal match: :UKR Stanislav Horuna vs :IRI Alì Asiabari
Bronze Medal match #1: :FRA Logan Dacosta vs :AZE Rafael Aghayev
Bronze Medal match #2: :JPN Ken Nishimura vs :JPN Ryota Nakamura


men's Team Kata (6 teams from 4 Countries at the start, basically all already in the medal matches before the beginning of the competition)
Gold Medal match: :RUS Russia vs :TUR Turkey
Bronze Medal match #1: :ALG Algeria vs :MAR Morocco
Bronze Medal match #2: :ALG Algeria (2) vs :MAR Morocco (2)

 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/1437-karate-wkf-premier-league-2019/page/11/#findComment-204151
Share on other sites

not a very good day for Italy...but I expected some kind of flop after the European Champs...

hopefully this day "off" is not gonna hurt too much Busà's ranking (meanwhile Bottaro and Crescenzo still did a decent job and in the worse case they'd end up 5th)...

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/1437-karate-wkf-premier-league-2019/page/11/#findComment-204152
Share on other sites

K1PL Stage #3 (Rabat, MAR)

 

women's Individual Kumite, -61kg
Gold Medal match: :EGY Giana Lofty vs :CHN Yin Xiaoyan
Bronze Medal match #1: :FRA Laura Sivert vs :JPN Mayumi Someya
Bronze Medal match #2: :FRA Gwendoline Philippe vs :FRA Leila Heurtault


women's Individual Kumite, -68kg
Gold Medal match: :SUI Elena Quirici vs :UKR Halyna Melnyk
Bronze Medal match #1: :JPN Kayo Someya vs :CAN Melissa Bratic
Bronze Medal match #2: :GER Johanna Kneer vs :GRE Vasiliki Panetsidou


women's Individual Kumite, +68kg
Gold Medal match: :MEX Guadalupe Quintal Catzin vs :TUR Meltem Hocaoglu
Bronze Medal match #1: :JPN Ayaka Saito vs :IRI Hamideh Abbasli
Bronze Medal match #2: :ESP Maria Torres Garcia vs :ALG Imene Atif

 

men's Individual Kata
Gold Medal match: :JPN Ryo Kiyuna vs :ESP Damian Hugo Quintero Capdevila
Bronze Medal match #1: :JPN Issei Shimbaba vs :TUR Enes Ozdemir
Bronze Medal match #2: :ITA Mattia Busato vs :JPN Kazumasa Moto


men's Individual Kumite, -84kg
Gold Medal match: :UKR Valerii Chobotar vs :JPN Ryutaro Araga
Bronze Medal match #1: :KAZ Igor Chikhmarev vs :MKD Berat Jakupi
Bronze Medal match #2: :TUR Ugur Aktas vs :IRI Zabiollah Poorshab


men's Individual Kumite, +84kg
Gold Medal match: :IRI Sajad Ganjzadeh vs :TUR Alparslan Yamanoglu
Bronze Medal match #1: :IRI Saleh Abazari vs :EGY Tarek Mahmoud Taha
Bronze Medal match #2: :GER Jonathan Horne vs :POR Filipe Reis

 

women's Team Kata (5 teams from 4 Countries at the start, which means that 1 of them has the Bronze Medal already in the bag before the competition started)
Gold Medal match: :ITA Italy vs :RUS Russia
Bronze Medal #1: :MAR Morocco
Bronze Medal match #2: :RUS Russia (2) vs :SVK Slovakia

 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/1437-karate-wkf-premier-league-2019/page/11/#findComment-204293
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Posts around Totallympics

    • TEAM CUBA      Pitchers: Frank Alvarez (Vegueros de Pinar del Rio, CNS, ) Emmanuel Chapman (Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB, )* Josimar Cousin (Rioleros de Aguascalientes, LMB, ) Naykel Cruz (Baltimore Orioles, MLB, )* Daviel Hurtado (New York Mets, MLB, )* Denny Larrondo (Unattached, ) Yoan Lopez (Algodoneros Union Laguna, LMB, ) Raidel Martinez (Yomiuri Giants, NPB, ) Randy Martinez (Vegueros de Pinar del Rio, CNS, ) Livan Moinelo (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, NPB, ) Darien Nunez (Algodoneros Union Laguna, LMB, ) Julio Robaina (Tigres de Quintana Roo, LMB, ) Osiel Rodriguez (Unattached, ) Yariel Rodriguez (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, )* Luis Romero (El Aguila de Veracruz, LMB, ) Pedro Santos (Gigantes de Carolina, LBPRC, )   Catchers: Omar Hernandez (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Andrys Perez (Cocodrilos de Matanzas, CNS, )   Infielders: Erisbel Arruebarrena Yiddi Cappe (Miami Marlins, MLB, )* Yoan Moncada (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, ) Malcom Nunez (Unattached, ) Alexei Ramirez (Vegueros de Pinar del Rio, CNS, ) Alexander Vargas (Cincinnati Reds, MLB, )* Yoel Yanqui (Avispas de Santiago de Cuba, CNS, )   Outfielders: Alfredo Despaigne (Alazanas de Granma, CNS, ) Yoelkis Guibert (Avispas de Santiago de Cuba, CNS, ) Ariel Martinez (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, NPB, ) Leonel Moas Jr. (Toros de Camaguey, CNS, ) Roel Santos (Olmecas de Tabasco, LMB, )   *minor league player
    • TEAM PANAMA      Pitchers: Dario Agrazal (Leones de Yucatan, LMB, ) Logan Allen (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Alberto Baldonado (Yomiuri Giants, NPB, ) Jaime Barria (Algodoneros de Union Laguna, LMB, ) Miguel Cienfuegos (San Diego Padres, MLB, )* Paolo Espino (Criollos de Caguas, LBPRC, ) Jorge Garcia (Bravos de Margarita, LVBP, ) Miguel Gomez (Bravos de Leon, LMB, ) James Gonzalez (Athletics, MLB, )* Javy Guerra (Atlanta Braves, MLB, ) Kenny Hernandez (Tigres de Quintana Roo, LMB, ) Ariel Jurado (Samsung Lions, KBO, ) Humberto Mejia (Chunichi Dragons, NPB, ) Abdiel Mendoza (Seattle Mariners, MLB, )* Andy Otero (El Aguila de Veracruz, LMB, ) Erian Rodriguez (Chicago Cubs, MLB, )*   Catchers: Miguel Amaya (Chicago Cubs, MLB, ) Leonardo Bernal (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Christian Bethancourt (Chicago Cubs, MLB, )* Ivan Herrera (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, )   Infielders: Jonathan Arauz (Saraperos de Saltillo, LMB, ) Jose Caballero (New York Yankees, MLB, ) Johan Camargo (Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos, LMB, ) Leo Jimenez (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, ) Edmundo Sosa (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Ruben Tejada (Caliente de Durango, LMB, )   Outfielders: Enrique Bradfield Jr. (Baltimore Orioles, MLB, ) Allen Cordoba (Diablos Rojos del Mexico, LMB, ) Jose Ramos (New York Mets, MLB, )* Jhonny Santos (Unattached, )   *minor league player
    • That sucks for viewers... Screaming Chad is the worst
    • TEAM ISRAEL      Pitchers: Charlie Beilenson (Seattle Mariners, MLB, ) Josh Blum (New York Mets, MLB, )* Matt Bowman (Minnesota Twins, MLB, )* Harrison Cohen (New York Yankees, MLB, ) Daniel Federman (Unattached, ) Jordan Geber (New York Mets, MLB, )* Tommy Kahnle (Unattached, ) Rob Kaminsky (Staten Island FerryHawks, ALPB, ) Dean Kremer (Baltimore Orioles, MLB, ) Max Lazar (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Carlos Lequerica (Detroit Tigers, MLB, )* Josh Mallitz (San Diego Padres, MLB, )* Eli Morgan (Kansas City Royals, MLB, )* Ryan Prager (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, )* Ben Simon (New York Mets, MLB, )* Robert Stock (New York Mets, MLB, )* Zack Weiss (Unattached, )   Catchers: C.J. Stubbs (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, )* Garrett Stubbs (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, )   Infielders: Cole Carrigg (Colorado Rockies, MLB, ) Jake Gelof (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, )* Spencer Horwitz (Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB, ) Noah Mendlinger (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, )* Matt Mervis (Washington Nationals, MLB, )* Benjamin Rosengard (Idaho Falls Chukars, Pioneer League, )   Outfielders: Harrison Bader (San Francisco Giants, MLB, ) Troy Johnston (Colorado Rockies, MLB, ) Zach Levenson (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, )* Assaf Lowengart (Unattached, ) RJ Schreck (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, )   *minor league player
    • TEAM COLOMBIA      Pitchers: Elkin Alcala (Charros de Jalisco, LMB, ) Adrian Almeida (Rieleros de Aguascalientes, LMB, ) Austin Bergner (Texas Rangers, MLB, )* Danis Correa (Caneros de Los Mochis, LMP, ) Nabil Crismatt (Texas Rangers, MLB, )* Pedro Garcia (Bravos de Leon, LMB, ) Rio Gomez (Unattached, ) Yapson Gomez (Tiburones de La Guaira, LVBP, ) Tayron Guerrero (Boston Red Sox, MLB, ) David Lorduy (Cincinnati Reds, MLB, )* Emerson Martinez (Tiburones de La Guaira, LVBP, ) Luis Patino (Diablos Rojos del Mexico, LMB, )* Jose Quintana (Unattached, ) Jhon Romero (Tigres de Aragua, LVBP, ) Reiver Sanmartin (San Francisco Giants, MLB, )* Julio Teheran (Unattached, ) Guillo Zuniga (Seattle Mariners, MLB, )   Catchers: Jorge Alfaro (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Elias Diaz (Unattached, ) Carlos Martinez (Saraperos de Saltillo, LMB, )   Infielders: Michael Arroyo (Seattle Mariners, MLB, ) Jordan Diaz (Gigantes del Cibao, LIDOM, ) Dayan Frias (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Reynaldo Rodriguez (Caliente de Durango, LMB, ) Donovan Solano (Unattached, ) Gio Urshela (Unattached, )   Outfielders: Brayan Buelvas (Athletics, MLB, )* Gustavo Campero (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, )* Jesus Marriaga (Saraperos de Saltillo, LMB, ) Harold Ramirez (Tecos de los Dos Laredos, LMB, )   *minor league player
    • Men's Futsal AFC Asian Cup 2026   Final   Indonesia  5-5  Iran   Iran won 5-4 after shootout       won their 14th title
    • Futsal EURO 2026   Final    Portugal  3 - 5  Spain      won their 8th title    Croatia won bronze medal at penalties (6-5) 
    • February 2026 International break   07.02.2026   EUROPEAN NATIONS LEAGUE   Division B   Tournament in Oslo   -   5-2   1. NOR 5 2. AUT 3 3. HUN 1   -------------------------------------------------   Division C   Tournament in Edinburgh   -   2-4  -   5-4   1. UKR 7 2. SLO 6 3. GBR 5 4. POL 0    -------------------------------------------------   Division D   Tournament in Brasov   -   6-1   1. ROU 6 2. ESP 3 3. LTU 0
    • I think the reason is that it's generally preferable to have a fast shooter in the 1st leg, and especially in the prone shooting, where Hofer is quite slow.   Now, I'm not saying I agree with the choice, because I don't. I think it's going to neutralize Giacomel's skiing skills in the 1st lap at least.   I guess the idea is to try and set a very fast pace in the 1st leg, which is usually quite tactical, but I'm afraid that's going to force Giacomel to risk too much because he will feel he has to make some time somehow.   Regardless, Italy must be on the podium tomorrow. I think that would be crucial for the following races as well. I think France is the clear favorite, but the other teams are not stronger than Italy on paper.
×
×
  • Create New...