For me the Czech is still too young to be afraid of in 1 year. On the other hand, Eitrem will be very dangerous in 5 km and Roest was always 1 step ahead of Ghiotto in the last 2-3 rounds. If Ghiotto is counting on a double, he has to make progress in 5 km.
Despite everything I thought German women's hockey was much better: bigger country, more players and greater traditions. Btw., do they naturalize people for the women's team in Hungary, like in China?
#7 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish will face #8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes in the NCAA National Championship Game on Monday, January 20th in Atlanta
ND defeated #6 Penn State in the first semifinal match, meanwhile OSU edged out #5 Texas in the second semifinal
had the NCAA kept the rules in charge until the last year (only 4 teams going to the playoffs, instead of 12), now we would have a completely different outcome, as none of the top 4 seeded teams could go beyond the quarterfinal stage...
I guess the old fogeys of the NCAA sports committee should make themselves a few questions about that
Eitrem is young and improving, but he's still behind Ghiotto in terms of PB
when he'll have a better one, we can start worrying, not now
Tomorrow, Ghiotto is sure to ride the 10k even if he drops out of the top 8 after the 1500m, as he's the no.1 in the world in the longer distance, where his true opponent in 13 months will be Jilek, not the Norwegian (who's more comfortable with shorter distances) nor the Dutch guys
unless VdP comes back for real...in that case, a different scenario (not good for us) might open
p.s. as @Gianlu33 wrote, Ghiotto and the coaches know that he doesn't stand a chance in the overall ranking, so they decided to try and re-write the history books at the Calgary WC stage, using this weekend as a warm-up test
They invested enormous amount of money in hockey few years ago, it is starting to pay off. I would not be surprised to see one impressive raise of hungarian hockey in the next years
Los Angeles 1984
Carl Lewis, if we talk of Track & Field
Rowdy Gaines (Freestyle), Rick Carey (Backstroke), Steve Lundquist (Breastroke) and Michael Gross (Butterfly), if we talk of Swimming
Only in my opinion Eitrem in this form is beyond Ghiotto's reach for 5 km. This is already Roest's level from the last 2 years. To beat them both Ghiotto would have to have the race of his life. In addition 2 more Dutchmen are getting dangerously close. It`s crucial that Eitrem doesn`t get close to Ghiotto in the 10 km, because he is young and can still make a lot of progress.
Do you have any links to interviews with Marchetto, Anesi etc? What are Ghiotto's goals for this and next season? Do they think it`s possible to win 2 gold medals in 5 and 10 km next year?
Final Standing
Nation
P
W(OTW)
L(OTL)
GF
GA
+/-
Pt.
Hungary
5
5(0)
0(0)
13
2
+11
15
Italy
5
4(0)
1(0)
12
9
+3
12
Germany
5
2(0)
3(0)
12
12
0
6
Norway
5
2(1)
3(0)
12
15
-3
5
France
5
1(0)
4(1)
10
16
-6
4
Austria
5
1(1)
4(1)
9
14
-5
3
The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2026
Hungary
The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2026
France
Germany
Italy
Norway
The following Nation has been relegated to the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group B World Championship 2026
Austria