Speed Skating ISU Single Distances World Championships 2025

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  On 3/14/2025 at 8:28 AM, vovanA said:

nice breakthrough for Semirunniy, a bronze in 5K

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I regret that Italy didn`t bring anyone from Russia/Blr after 2022. The war has been going on for 3 years, and there would certainly be a lot of people willing to compete in biathlon, cross-country skiing, speed skating, etc. Many Russians train in Italy in various winter sports, so it wouldn't be that difficult, but our federations are incompetent, all the more so because, Marchetto and Cramer worked in Russia for many years, so they certainly have many contacts and connections there to make such transfers.

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  22 hours ago, copravolley said:

I regret that Italy didn`t bring anyone from Russia/Blr after 2022. The war has been going on for 3 years, and there would certainly be a lot of people willing to compete in biathlon, cross-country skiing, speed skating, etc. Many Russians train in Italy in various winter sports, so it wouldn't be that difficult, but our federations are incompetent, all the more so because, Marchetto and Cramer worked in Russia for many years, so they certainly have many contacts and connections there to make such transfers.

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yeah, and it would be enough time to transfer. pity noone tried to bring athletes there

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  21 hours ago, vovanA said:

yeah, and it would be enough time to transfer. pity noone tried to bring athletes there

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Like Kiripichnikova to France in Paris 2024.

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  22 hours ago, copravolley said:

I regret that Italy didn`t bring anyone from Russia/Blr after 2022. The war has been going on for 3 years, and there would certainly be a lot of people willing to compete in biathlon, cross-country skiing, speed skating, etc. Many Russians train in Italy in various winter sports, so it wouldn't be that difficult, but our federations are incompetent, all the more so because, Marchetto and Cramer worked in Russia for many years, so they certainly have many contacts and connections there to make such transfers.

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oh, c'mon! we don't need to be like Qatar or Bahrein...we don't need to go shopping in places where there's no sign of a true connection between those people and our Country

 

one thing is trying to take advantage of all the athletes with Italian heritage grown up in other Nations, but just "buying" Russians or Africans here and there to win a couple of medals here and there, no thanks! 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 8:28 AM, vovanA said:

nice breakthrough for Semirunniy, a bronze in 5K

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Probably the least known Russian athlete who acquired Polish citizenship tbh

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  16 hours ago, phelps said:

oh, c'mon! we don't need to be like Qatar or Bahrein...we don't need to go shopping in places where there's no sign of a true connection between those people and our Country

 

one thing is trying to take advantage of all the athletes with Italian heritage grown up in other Nations, but just "buying" Russians or Africans here and there to win a couple of medals here and there, no thanks! 

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Antropova? I'm not saying to take many people, but only where there is a need, e.g. a cross-country skiing, men's biathlon, maybe speed skating. In summer sports, our federatione sometimes reach for such options, but unfortunately in the winter sports are far behind.

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Antropova has moved to Italy as a kid (she's way more Italian than some people claiming to be Italian despite not even knowing the language decently) , nothing related to hiring random Russians as if national teams were club.

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 De Boo takes down  Stolz in the men’s 500m 

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De Boo beat Stolz in the 500m

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  12 hours ago, Faramir said:

Antropova has moved to Italy as a kid (she's way more Italian than some people claiming to be Italian despite not even knowing the language decently) , nothing related to hiring random Russians as if national teams were club.

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Juantorena, Taismary Aguero, Wlifriede Leon, Leal, Melissa Vargas (all volleyball), Andy Diaz etc. Why should refugees from Russia can be discriminated against from those from Cuba?

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