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[avlar 569]

34 minutes ago, copravolley said:

Ukraine had its golden time in summer sports around 1996-2000, but winter sports have always been rather weak there. Except for biathlon or some star in other sport, of course. I remember hockey was once quite strong in your country and you played at the Olympics, but of course, without any chance of winning medals – that's the level of Belarus and Kazakhstan. Alpine skiing has always been havent`t good in Ukraine. Why? Are there no conditions for this sport?

Winter sports requires more expensive venues since our climate does not provide enough ice and snow anymore. 
Our economy could not support such venues at the late 90-s and we lost a lot at that time.

 

I remeber me watching Euro 2000 semifinal Italu - Netherlands. I did not see extra-time and penalty shot-out due to the regular electricity cut-off.  Cut-off was scheduled. We did not have hot-water supply - the centralized supply system was ruined and had been never repaired again. And I am talking not about a small village but about a city with 500 000  inhabitants. Thus, there were (and are) no arenas for speed-skating, luge, ski jumping, curling. Luge training in Lviv happened at the steep streets. Curling - at the market center without proper ice.

 

It took us 15-20 years to rebuild the country and bring new IT and technology solutions (I would say we were at the same level with the Europe in some spheres by the moment the war had started).

But a whole generation lost interests in some sports since they were not inspired by the local heroes.
Biathlon was very popular due to those first succesess and still stays.
 

Aerials were successfull enough and it was a strong school of this sports in Mykolaiv. We had a hill there with water landing. So it was possible to have trainings.

 

 

 

[copravolley 634]

1 hour ago, avlar said:

Winter sports requires more expensive venues since our climate does not provide enough ice and snow anymore. 
Our economy could not support such venues at the late 90-s and we lost a lot at that time.

 

I remeber me watching Euro 2000 semifinal Italu - Netherlands. I did not see extra-time and penalty shot-out due to the regular electricity cut-off.  Cut-off was scheduled. We did not have hot-water supply - the centralized supply system was ruined and had been never repaired again. And I am talking not about a small village but about a city with 500 000  inhabitants. Thus, there were (and are) no arenas for speed-skating, luge, ski jumping, curling. Luge training in Lviv happened at the steep streets. Curling - at the market center without proper ice.

 

It took us 15-20 years to rebuild the country and bring new IT and technology solutions (I would say we were at the same level with the Europe in some spheres by the moment the war had started).

But a whole generation lost interests in some sports since they were not inspired by the local heroes.
Biathlon was very popular due to those first succesess and still stays.
 

Aerials were successfull enough and it was a strong school of this sports in Mykolaiv. We had a hill there with water landing. So it was possible to have trainings.

 

 

 

I read that during the Soviet era, it was decided that the track would be in Sigulda, which is why Latvia now benefits from it, but of course they had to maintain it after regaining independence. In Italy people can't manage such facilities, which is why the tracks in Cortina and Cesana were closed many years ago after the 2006 Olympics. Now I'm concerned about what will happen to the new track in Cortina after 2026. It's crucial to obtain the right to host the World Cup there but there are many interested countries. Germany, for example, hosts three World Cups in a single season + Sigulda, Sankt Moritz, USA, Asia, Austria etc.

Edited July 14, 2025 by copravolley

[Illya 590]

25 minutes ago, copravolley said:

I read that during the Soviet era, it was decided that the track would be in Sigulda, which is why Latvia now benefits from it, but of course they had to maintain it after regaining independence. In Italy people can't manage such facilities, which is why the tracks in Cortina and Cesana were closed many years ago after the 2006 Olympics. Now I'm concerned about what will happen to the new track in Cortina after 2026. It's crucial to obtain the right to host the World Cup there but there are many interested countries. Germany, for example, hosts three World Cups in a single season + Sigulda, Sankt Moritz, USA, Asia, Austria etc.

Actually, we not mad at it, because Sigulda is a home venue for all our skeletonists and lugers, so we are very grateful to have support from our Latvian friends

[avlar 569]

On 7/14/2025 at 11:58 PM, copravolley said:

I read that during the Soviet era, it was decided that the track would be in Sigulda, which is why Latvia now benefits from it, but of course they had to maintain it after regaining independence. In Italy people can't manage such facilities, which is why the tracks in Cortina and Cesana were closed many years ago after the 2006 Olympics. Now I'm concerned about what will happen to the new track in Cortina after 2026. It's crucial to obtain the right to host the World Cup there but there are many interested countries. Germany, for example, hosts three World Cups in a single season + Sigulda, Sankt Moritz, USA, Asia, Austria etc.

I suppose Italy will have some heritage programm after the Olympics to keep all the venues.
But it looks like public attention is shifted to the summer sports in Italy, am I correct?

[copravolley 634]

2 hours ago, avlar said:

I suppose Italy will have some heritage programm after the Olympics to keep all the venues.
But it looks like public attention is shifted to the summer sports in Italy, am I correct?

After 2006 we failed and almost none of the facilities are in use now. In summer, of course, there's more talk about summer sports and in winter, about winter sports, with the exception of football and more recently, tennis, which are always in the media. In winter the most attention is on alpine skiing, especially about Soffia Goggia and Federica Brignone (thanks to their huge successes). Other sports are largely absent from the media, except for major events like the Olympics.

[OlympicIRL 6,299]

Rhys McClenaghan underwent shoulder surgery this week and will miss the world championships in Jakarta later this season  

[AmericanHero40 243]

How come the first championships after an olympic year don't have the team competition? i know it's usually the year where the top gymnasts don't come, but why not have the competition at all?

[hckošice 16,571]

Unusual ? rare ? unique ?

 

hard to find the accurate word, but Slovakia won its first ever medal from the WJC today as Lucia Piliarová won silver on Uneven Bars

 

Well done Lucy !

 

 

[MatiReimundo 471]

2025 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Manila

 

Results (November 20-24, 2025)

 

Boy's Team:

1. China  (W Chengcheng - Y Lanbin - Z Ao)

2. Japan  (Kakutani - Ojima - Yasui)

3. United States  (Leykin - Reive - Roman)

4. France

5. Great Britain  

6. Italy

7. Belgium

8. Netherlands  

 

Boy's Individual All-Around:

1. Arsenii Dukhno  (Russia)

2. Nao Ojima

3. Yang Lanbin

4. Danila Leykin

5. Simone Speranza

6. Sol Scott

7. Nael Sakouhi

8. Eldrew Yulo  

 

Boy's Floor:

1. Yang Lanbin

2. Simone Speranza

3. Eldrew Yulo

4. Arsenii Dukhno  (Russia)

 

Boy's Pommel Horse:

1. Zheng Ao

2. Leeroy Traore-Malatre

3. Nao Ojima  

4. Arsenii Dukhno  (Russia)

 

Boy's Rings:

1. Dante Reive

2. Simone Speranza

3. Wang Chengcheng

4. Nael Sakhoui

 

Boy's Vault:

1. Arsenii Dukhno  (Russia)

2. Sol Scott

3. Evan McPhilips

4. Eldrew Yulo  

 

Boy's Parallel Bars:

1. Camilo Vera

1. Nao Ojima

3. Yang Lanbin

3. Danila Leykin  

 

Boy's Horizontal Bar:

1. Camilo Vera

2. Danila Leykin

3. Eldrew Yulo

4. Eijun Yasui  

 

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Girl's Team:

1. France  (Chassat - Colas - Prat)

2. Japan  (Minamino - Nishiyama - Ogawa)

3. United States  (Bullock - Crain - Moreau)

4. China

5. Romania

6. Italy

7. Great Britain

8. Ukraine  

 

Girl's Individual All-Around:

1. Yume Minamino

2. Elena Colas

3. Misa Nishiyama

4. Lavi Crain

5. Caroline Moreau

6. Milana Kaiumova  (Russia)

7. Maïana Prat

8. Jiang Shuting  

 

Girl's Vault:

1. Lavi Crain

2. Misa Nishiyama

3. Alexia Blanaru

4. Mia Proietti  

 

Girl's Uneven Bars:

1. Milana Kaiumova  (Russia)

2. Lucia Piliarova

3. Caroline Moreau

4. Elena Colas  

 

Girl's Balance Beam:

1. Xiang Yina

2. Yume Minamino

3. Caroline Moreau

4. Misa Nishiyama  

 

Girl's Floor:

 

1. Misa Nishiyama

2. Elena Colas

3. Maïana Prat

4. Risora Ogawa  

 

Full Results