Olympian1010 7,552 Posted August 4, 2023 #171 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Gianlu33 said: Italy wasted a big chances, and end with a "wooden medal" *Canadian Griff88, AsensioWillemsen, Topicmaster1010 and 3 others 6 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano 484 Posted August 4, 2023 #172 Share Posted August 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: *Canadian * Polish Olympian1010 and Josh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 791 Posted August 4, 2023 #173 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Matteo92 said: I can't believe it, Italian athletes have done nothing but fail at everything for the past few weeks Agreed, their performance at the fencing world championships has been beyond pathetic. phelps and Josh 2 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 791 Posted August 4, 2023 #174 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Italian fans have very high expectations. I think it is impressive that they made the semifinal in 2 out of 3 team events. Not sure how much more they expected, didn't know that Italy was seeded much higher. Also you have to ask how italian fans would react if their team would have underperformed as much as China did. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,047 Posted August 4, 2023 #175 Share Posted August 4, 2023 23 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: Agreed, their performance at the fencing world championships has been beyond pathetic. c'mon! they were great, but still far from being perfect (we did underperformed badly in 3 out of 6 team events -way more important than the individual's this year), with the whole sabre department at risk of not qualifying (and even in Tokyo -one of the lower points in the recent years- we had a rich full set of teams) 23 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: Italian fans have very high expectations. I think it is impressive that they made the semifinal in 2 out of 3 team events. Not sure how much more they expected, didn't know that Italy was seeded much higher. Also you have to ask how italian fans would react if their team would have underperformed as much as China did. we did expect to earn the Olympic Quota place at least in the men's division (we won the European Champs just a few weeks ago, not mentioning our great "tradition" in this event in the last 30 years or so, which doesn't count right now, but helps to build expectation) and better results in the individual events (where we won Olympic medals just 2 years ago with both men and women and a few world cup tournaments with some regularity thanks to Nespoli) and having missed that quota place by just an inch is definitely more disappointing, more frustrating than not being competitive at all through the whole week in such case, most likely nobody would have said a single word about this event, just swallowed the bad medicine Matteo92, Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo and Gianlu33 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,775 Posted August 4, 2023 #176 Share Posted August 4, 2023 4 hours ago, Matteo92 said: I can't believe it, Italian athletes have done nothing but fail at everything for the past few weeks I think that you know now how it did feel when Polish athletes wasted most of chances to qualify to Paris via European Games, mostly in boxing :/ Matteo92, Adriano and Josh 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 6,657 Posted August 5, 2023 #177 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) Shoot-off between De Laat and Gopichand Swami in the women's compound QFs. Really great match, only two 9s for each throughout the entire contest. Edited August 5, 2023 by Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 6,657 Posted August 5, 2023 #178 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) . Edited August 5, 2023 by Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 975 Posted August 5, 2023 #179 Share Posted August 5, 2023 The 17 year old World Youth Champion Aditi Gopichand is into semis faces gold medal favourite Jyothi Surekha Vennam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 6,657 Posted August 5, 2023 #180 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: The 17 year old World Youth Champion Aditi Gopichand is into semis faces gold medal favourite Jyothi Surekha Vennam. Perfect 10s for both in the first end! Edited August 5, 2023 by Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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