It was only a matter of time: today Jilek secured his first victory in the World Cup.  

Snow League Secret Garden    Women Gold-  Eileen Gu Silver-  Keixin Zhang Bronze-  Fanghui Li   Men Gold-  Brendan MacKay Silver-  Luke Harrold Bronze-  Gus Kenworthy   Full Results

Snow League Secret Garden    Women Gold-  Patti Zhou  Silver-  Mitsuki Ono Bronze-  Rise Kudo   Patti Zhou is only 14!  (this kind of makes me feel old… and I’m not even that old)   Men Gold-  Ayumu Hirano Silver-  Yuto Totsuka Bronze-  Ryusei Yamada   Full Results

Big Air WC Beijing    Women Gold-  Mia Brookes (176.50) Silver-  Hanna Karrer (146.75) Bronze-  Momo Suzuki (145.75)   Men Gold-  Su Yiming (181.00) Silver-  Kira Kimura (178.25) Bronze-  Rene Rinnekangas (176.25)   Full Results

And the Americans take 3 gold medals in the GP Finals, with Japan taking the fourth.  The Japanese ladies just took a couple of stumbles, allowing Alysa Liu to snag gold for the ladies.  Japan ends up on top for the season overall.     Check out Post 2 for complete medal tables from the season...see you all in Milano!

Italian hopes for LA 2028 done and dusted...   Local prosecutor in  Trapani requested a 10-year sentence against Antonino Pizzolato (and 3 friends of him) because of a supposed rape against a  tourist, down in Sicily   (and it looks he'll be almost certainly convicted, there's no sign he can be named not guilty by the evidence)   https://www.oasport.it/2025/12/nino-pizzolato-chiesti-dieci-anni-di-reclusione-le-motivazioni-della-procura-di-trapani/   I know he's quite an idiot, but I never thought he was so disgustingly an asshole 

it's Christmas time! miracles happen!     2 Italian girls in the semifinals of a women's sabre world cup tournament    and since they're going to face each other, one is guaranteed to make the gold medal assault 

men's Foil ( Fukuoka)   Gold:  Ryan Choi Chun Yin Silver:  () Kirill Borodachev Bronze:  Giulio Lombardi &  Alexander Massialas   Full Rankings & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/08BC4919254145BAABBFC4F7529C274E

women's Foil ( Busan)   Gold:  Martina Batini Silver:  Yuka Ueno Bronze:  Martina Favaretto &  Lauren Scruggs   Full Rankings & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2026/125

great fencing weekend, with all the 6 weapons on stage    nice!    but also a nightmare for the fans...how can you follow all of them?