Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2017

[heywoodu 15,147]

Just now, phelps said:

 

live from Italian TV:

http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raiSport/dirette/ContentItem-49340f1d-5246-4cf7-931f-75d65af039e7.html

 

p.s. probably you need a VPN...

 

Can't use a VPN right now unfortunately, maybe in time for the women's finish

 

Meanwhile I found this live blog which is also very useful 

https://www.oasport.it/2017/07/live-nuoto-di-fondo-mondiali-2017-in-diretta-e-il-giorno-delle-25km-simone-ruffini-e-matteo-furlan-per-confermare-il-podio-di-due-anni-fa-martina-grimaldi-e-arianna-bridi-ci-proveranno/

[phelps 7,678]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

 

Can't use a VPN right now unfortunately, maybe in time for the women's finish

 

Meanwhile I found this live blog which is also very useful 

https://www.oasport.it/2017/07/live-nuoto-di-fondo-mondiali-2017-in-diretta-e-il-giorno-delle-25km-simone-ruffini-e-matteo-furlan-per-confermare-il-podio-di-due-anni-fa-martina-grimaldi-e-arianna-bridi-ci-proveranno/

 

yeah, that's the main Italian sports website...they follow carefully almost everything...

 

p.s. it looks that we're going to have another French Gold medal (but I still keep my fingers crossed for Ruffini to make a strong finish and upset Reynaud...and Furlan + Drattsev are not out of contention yet)...

great finish of this race...

[heywoodu 15,147]

Just now, phelps said:

 

yeah, that's the main Italian sports website...they follow carefully almost everything...

 

p.s. it looks that we're going to have another French Gold medal (but I still keep my fingers crossed for Ruffini to make a strong finish and upset Reynaud...and Furlan + Drattsev are not out of contention yet)...

great finish of this race...

And Bridi is in the lead group in the women's race with 2-3km to go (with Cunha and Van Rouwendaal, which is quite amazing considering Van Rouwendaal is barely recovered from mononucleosis). 

[Gianlu33 4,574]

Silver and 4th place! France on fire in open water, againa gold

[phelps 7,678]

c'mon!!! what a mistake by Furlan! he has just thrown the Gold medal away...he started his forcing too late and came just short...

Ruffini instead suddenly just lost his energy and at the end he's only 4th (and should have been disqualified for the move on Drattsev in the last 20 meters, too)...

 

p.s. now the usual rai TV...they're not going to follow the rest of the women's race because of a senseless news program...

hopefully they are back at least for the last few meters of the girls...

[Dunadan 1,103]

Ruffini 

[heywoodu 15,147]

7 minutes ago, phelps said:

c'mon!!! what a mistake by Furlan! he has just thrown the Gold medal away...he started his forcing too late and came just short...

Ruffini instead suddenly just lost his energy and at the end he's only 4th (and should have been disqualified for the move on Drattsev in the last 20 meters, too)...

 

 

Reading about a red flag, so that DSQ might be on it's way....swimming 5 hours for a DSQ, damn.

 

 

 

By the way:

 

Was this Ruffini's last career race? 

Edited July 21, 2017 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 15,147]

Dutch federation says Schouten doesn't finish 8th but 9th. "DSQ seemed to be on it's way but didn't happen"

 

 

[Gianlu33 4,574]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

 

 

Was this Ruffini's last career race? 

He is one of the stupid that think that Ruffini is a bad swimmer, it was sarcastic... 

Edited July 21, 2017 by Gianlu33

[heywoodu 15,147]

Just now, Gianlu33 said:

He is one of the stupid that think that Ruffini in a bad swimmer, it was sarcastic... 

Oh