the now have quite a long tradition of very young sensations in the women's foil
unfortunately, Fencing is one of those sports that doesn't guarantee you a wealthy future, even if you're a star player, so many of the Americans have quite a short career when it comes to the senior ranks and not often they win as much as one might think after watching them in the junior competitions as they normally stop practicing as a pro after the end of their college career
50k to go in the Womens' Paris-Roubaix & all of a sudden we have a group of 4 big names off the front......
.....and immediately they back off & let other dangerous contenders back in.
Well, decided (without much advance planning) to attend my first Olympics - and to do my first trip to Europe. Only going for a few days, and got five tickets - women's ice hockey finals (A), short track women's 1500m QF/SF/F and men's 5000m relay finals (A), Aerials mixed team (A), women's ski half pipe finals (B) and women's curling finals (A).
Somewhat regretting my women's curling finals ticket because getting from Livigno Saturday night to Cortina Sunday morning looks to be a massive pain in the butt, but I think I found an itinerary that minimizes the suck. Unfortunately I don't think there is a practical way for me to do my Milan -> Livigno -> Cortina -> Venice itinerary without having a rental car from when I leave Milan.
Flying SEA -> JFK -> MXP on the way there and VCE -> FCO -> FRA -> SEA on the way back (with an overnight layover in FCO, figured it wasn't any more expensive to get a hotel room there than anywhere close to Cortina).
I am sorry. I know what you're going through. I lost my father in autumn 2023 and his condition deteriorated since spring.
He had days when he was not conscient of what was happening to him, followed by normal days of perfection lucidity, when he would talk with you for hours.
So basically different problems but still suffering and our struggle to cope seeing him suffer.
You gotta be tough and hoping things will better, if they can and that he doesn't suffer much.
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