Curling WCF European Championship 2024

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6 minutes ago, Swewi said:

Both Edin and Retornaz at 6-3 just like rank 2 and 3. Just very small margins on h2h and DSC

Maybe small but this is our worst performance at the European Championships since the post-Covid period and that's a fact. Germany and Norway surprised with their form here. However, only in Italy are things like this possible, such as changing the head coach of the team with less than two years to go before the home games...

Edited November 21, 2024 by copravolley

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The Swiss are making lots of mistakes unlike their usual perfect performances.  Italia have a chance for a final 

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Only the girls' gold can sweeten Retronaz's defeat for me.

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13 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

The Swiss are making lots of mistakes unlike their usual perfect performances.  Italia have a chance for a final 

And as i say that, Constantini mishaps the final stone in this end and gives Switzerland 4 points 

Edited November 21, 2024 by Federer91

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9 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

And as i say that, Constantini mishaps the final stone in this end and gives Switzerland 4 points 

She had health problems yesterday. Nevertheless, after the gold in mixed doubles with Mosaner in 2022, I counted a bit more on her development. I still think that the biggest chance for us in 2026 will be the mixed team, rather than our teams.

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3 minutes ago, copravolley said:

She had health problems yesterday. Nevertheless, after the gold in mixed doubles with Mosaner in 2022, I counted a bit more on her development. I still think that the biggest chance for us in 2026 will be the mixed team, rather than our teams.

Constantinis team have made huge improvements since 2022 even if they are not best yet. And Constantini never was world leading in mixed doubles before Beijing olympic either so it is not like she really have lost anything since 2022 either, except not being able to repeat that success.

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3 minutes ago, copravolley said:

She had health problems yesterday. Nevertheless, after the gold in mixed doubles with Mosaner in 2022, I counted a bit more on her development. Since then, she hasn`t played in a mixed doubles with this competitor, and there is always something missing in the women's team.

Well that explains why she is wearing more clothes with every passing day.

 

Nevertheless that team is still one of the best in the world and is a vast improvement on what Italy was doing 10-20 years ago. 

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2 minutes ago, Swewi said:

Constantinis team have made huge improvements since 2022 even if they are not best yet. And Constantini never was world leading in mixed doubles before Beijing olympic either so it is not like she really have lost anything since 2022 either, except not being able to repeat that success.

The problem is that this mixed team has never played together since then. There was talk of personal obstacles. I don't know how it`s now.

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1 minute ago, Federer91 said:

Well that explains why she is wearing more clothes with every passing day.

 

Nevertheless that team is still one of the best in the world and is a vast improvement on what Italy was doing 10-20 years ago. 

Appetite grows with eating. Especially since it's not like we develop in every winter sport... For example, 20 years ago we were a powerhouse in cross-country skiing and now we have only 1 Pellegrino (34 age) and a few talented youngsters. And let's remember that our performance in Turin was objectively weak for us: only 11 medals in total. Now, when I hear that we will to win 2O+, some discipline must definitely add medals and also compensate for the losses in cross-country skiing, for example.

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1 minute ago, copravolley said:

Appetite grows with eating. Especially since it's not like we develop in every winter sport... For example, 20 years ago we were a powerhouse in cross-country skiing and now we have only 1 Pellegrino (34 age) and a few talented youngsters. And let's remember that our performance in Turin was objectively weak for us: only 11 medals in total. Now, when I hear that we will to win 2O+, some discipline must definitely add medals and also compensate for the losses in cross-country skiing, for example.

Well that is a totally different question  I too have wondered what happened to Italian cross-country and how there is no one coming for so many years. But it shouldn't take away from the sports where progress has been made.