2 things...
first, for what concerns the cooperation between inline skating and speedskating federations...sorry to disppoint some of you, but there's a great cooperation between them
the point is that many "summer" skaters just don't want to try the ice because they have too much to give up for that
you name places like Collalbo or Baselga, but for the "summer skating" guys from centeral and southern regions it's not an option, it's not that they make it for a living with those disciplines, they have to focus on their studies and build a post-competitive sport career and they just can't place themselves into a hole in the mountains when they maybe are studying in some prestigious universities in the big cities
as I already posted more than once, the idea of covering one of those tracks in the mountains was something idiotic, a political concession impossible to be sustained
the one and only chance to build a true legacy and an efficient, attractive national training center was to build a permanent indoor oval in Milan, beside the Forum
that would have given all the "summer skaters" a true opportunity to try the ice experience and at the same time find the most useful, attractive, prestigious places to continue their studies and try and manage them together with their sports career
any other place wouldn't stand a chance
second...don't give Salvini any credit he doesn't deserve...actually, I think he doesn't even know that in Cortina there's a sliding sports track
it's not thanks to him that the Cortina track's building finally went underway
c'mon, guys! relax! sciallatevi un po'!
you're making me sick...it's just the season start and this is a sport where only the world championship (and Olympic, in the specific years) medals count
don't get mad for a couple of races held thousend miles away from home after the team had already passed their first climax (the internal selection)...there are still 2 full seasons before the Olympics
Super Round Results
21/11
b. 2-0
b. 9-1
22/11
b. 8-2
b. 9-6
nothing is decided yet, all teams still have a thoretical chance to make the Gold Medal match
Tomorrow, the last day of the Super Round sees facing the at Noon local time (4 a.m. CET) and facing at 7 p.m. local time (11 a.m. CET)
the medal games are scheduled for Sunday, BMM at Noon local, GMM at 7 p.m. local
very poor performance by the US bullpen both Yesterday and Today
not very impressed by this US team for the entire tournament, also in the Mexican first group (Panama deserved to qualify more than them, but they were lucky with the draw and won the decisive direct matchup)
Venezuela confirmed themselves as a very strong team at bat, but with too many troubles on the mound
Today against Japan they had to make a pitching change already in the 1st inning and basically they had to go for a bullpen game, but it didn't come out like the Dodgers'
Japan always on top of their game, even when the pitching staff doesn't perform at best...frankly, they look more and more unbeatable when no MLB superstar is involved (like in this case), but also when it comes down to the top of the pops it's not that they look worse (see 2023 WBC)
there's a serious risk that their domination becomes even too easy, the gap between them and the rest of the world is widening year after year
Taiwan might look like a surprise, but after the 2023 fail, I was sure they were going to rebound and establish themselves among the top teams in the WBSC tournaments, as they are very good in each and every aspect of the game (batting, pitching...maybe a bit less on defense, but you can't have it all)
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