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Who remember this?
 

It's not called sprint without a reason

What about running 10 km in a dense forest and cross swampy areas while climbing 500 meter?

Ahmed el Gendy became the 1st Egyptian ever to win men's junior WCH title and the 2nd Egyptian ever to win youth and junior Wch double in the same year after Aya Medany in 2006 , really happy for him and waiting for the treple in YOG this year 

A recap of the final day of the WCH and some thoughts about the whole championship:
 
Men's singles: Kento Momota defeated  Shi Yuqi (21-11, 21-13)
Women's singles: Carolina Marín defeated P. V. Sindhu (21-19, 21-10)
Men's Doubles: LI Junhui and Liu Yuchen defeated Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda (21-12, 21-19)
Women's Doubles: Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara defeated Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota (19-21, 21-19, 22-20)
Mixed Doubles: Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong defeated Wang Yilü and Huang Dongping (21-17, 21-19)
 
Most of the favourites in the finals won, with the exception of the women's doubles. All of the winners, except women's singles, won their first gold medals at a WCH. Kento Momota became the first Japanese to win men's singles. In women's doubles, Japan broke China's dominance. China had won women's doubles every time since they first participated in 1983, except 1995 (South Korea won) and now 2018. Another historical achievement is Carolina Marín's victory in women's singles. Marín became the first European player in any category to win 3 gold medals at the World championships! 
 
The final medal table:
 

 
China again won the medal table, like they have done since 2001. Japan won a record of 6 medals at a WCH. It's clear that Japan wants to make it shower with medals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2 years in badminton. To some more negative facts, my country, Denmark, disappointed at this world championship by not winning any medals. This has only happened twice before. Though, there is one country where Nanjing was their Waterloo, and that is South Korea. South Korea has won a least one medal since they entered for the first time in 1983, but this edition became the end of that statistic. I guess it is time for South Korea to self-reflect on how to comeback to the top of international badminton again. 
 
On an end note, I will reflect a bit on the next edition. The WCH is coming back to Europe again. For the second time Switzerland is hosting the WCH (Lausanne 1995), and for the first time Basel is the host. Some of the questions for the next edition could be; Will more European nations compete for a place on the podium? Will China continue their dominance away from home soil? Will Japan continue their uprising in international badminton? Will India finally win a gold medal? Will Carolina Marín write a new chapter to her legendary status? Is South Korea no longer invited to the party of top nations in badminton? If not, who will then take their place in the spotlight?
 
We will know much more in about a year after the finals have been played at 2019 BWF World championship in Basel. 
Zài jiàn Nanjing, and gruetzi Basel!
 
 
 

Hey everyone. I will post results, clips and maybe give some personal thoughts throughout the championship. 
 
Official site: 
https://www.woc2018.lv/

Yeah, great to see that our players are finally beginning to find their top shape on clay, this is good news now right just before the clay season´s start...oh, wait

Another Slovak makes it a great week for Slovakian tennis. Another Martin, with the first name Andrej, won the challenger tournament in Liberec .
  

A recap of the final day of the WCH and some thoughts about the whole championship:
 
Men's singles: Kento Momota defeated  Shi Yuqi (21-11, 21-13)
Women's singles: Carolina Marín defeated P. V. Sindhu (21-19, 21-10)
Men's Doubles: LI Junhui and Liu Yuchen defeated Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda (21-12, 21-19)
Women's Doubles: Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara defeated Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota (19-21, 21-19, 22-20)
Mixed Doubles: Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong defeated Wang Yilü and Huang Dongping (21-17, 21-19)
 
Most of the favourites in the finals won, with the exception of the women's doubles. All of the winners, except women's singles, won their first gold medals at a WCH. Kento Momota became the first Japanese to win men's singles. In women's doubles, Japan broke China's dominance. China had won women's doubles every time since they first participated in 1983, except 1995 (South Korea won) and now 2018. Another historical achievement is Carolina Marín's victory in women's singles. Marín became the first European player in any category to win 3 gold medals at the World championships! 
 
The final medal table:
 

 
China again won the medal table, like they have done since 2001. Japan won a record of 6 medals at a WCH. It's clear that Japan wants to make it shower with medals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2 years in badminton. To some more negative facts, my country, Denmark, disappointed at this world championship by not winning any medals. This has only happened twice before. Though, there is one country where Nanjing was their Waterloo, and that is South Korea. South Korea has won a least one medal since they entered for the first time in 1983, but this edition became the end of that statistic. I guess it is time for South Korea to self-reflect on how to comeback to the top of international badminton again. 
 
On an end note, I will reflect a bit on the next edition. The WCH is coming back to Europe again. For the second time Switzerland is hosting the WCH (Lausanne 1995), and for the first time Basel is the host. Some of the questions for the next edition could be; Will more European nations compete for a place on the podium? Will China continue their dominance away from home soil? Will Japan continue their uprising in international badminton? Will India finally win a gold medal? Will Carolina Marín write a new chapter to her legendary status? Is South Korea no longer invited to the party of top nations in badminton? If not, who will then take their place in the spotlight?
 
We will know much more in about a year after the finals have been played at 2019 BWF World championship in Basel. 
Zài jiàn Nanjing, and gruetzi Basel!
 
 
 

Final day, Medalists Wrestling Freestyle:
 
-57 kg
Gold: Arsen Harutyunyan
Silver: Andrii Dzhelep
Bronze: Aliabbas Rzazade and Teimuraz Vanishvili
 
-61 kg
Gold: Vazgen Tevanyan
Silver: Intigam Valizada
Bronze:  Ihor Nykyforuk and Ramaz Turmanidze
 
-65 kg
Gold: Aznaur Tavaev
Silver: Nicolai Grahmez
Bronze: Mikita Strakh and Gegham Galstyan
 
-70 kg
Gold: Chermen Valiev
Silver: Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev
Bronze: Stepan Lylyk and Arman Andreasyan
 
-74 kg
Gold: Akhmed Shokumov
Silver: Dzhemal Rushen Ali
Bronze: Piotr Caraseni and Ismail Abdullaev
 
-79 kg
Gold: Ramazan Ishak Sari
Silver: Andrian Grosul
Bronze: Adlan Bataiev and Orkhan Abasov
 
-86 kg
Gold: Arif Ozen
Silver: Patrik Szurovszki
Bronze:Uri Kalashnikov and Demur Megeneishvili
 
-92 kg
Gold: Azamat Zakuev
Silver: Askhab Hamzatov
Bronze: Erhan Yaylaci and Ertugrul Agca
 
-97 kg
Gold: Zuriko Urtashvili
Silver: Feyzullah Akturk
Bronze: Yaraslau Slavikouski and Alen Khubulov
 
-125 kg
Gold:  Hovhannes Maghakyan
Silver: Yurii Idzinskyi
Bronze:  Rahid Hamidli and Oktay Gungor

Say what you want, but I'm quite sure there weren't any time failures in Asaba.

Medal for Mimosa Jallow, one of the best names.

A recap of the final day of the WCH and some thoughts about the whole championship:
 
Men's singles: Kento Momota defeated  Shi Yuqi (21-11, 21-13)
Women's singles: Carolina Marín defeated P. V. Sindhu (21-19, 21-10)
Men's Doubles: LI Junhui and Liu Yuchen defeated Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda (21-12, 21-19)
Women's Doubles: Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara defeated Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota (19-21, 21-19, 22-20)
Mixed Doubles: Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong defeated Wang Yilü and Huang Dongping (21-17, 21-19)
 
Most of the favourites in the finals won, with the exception of the women's doubles. All of the winners, except women's singles, won their first gold medals at a WCH. Kento Momota became the first Japanese to win men's singles. In women's doubles, Japan broke China's dominance. China had won women's doubles every time since they first participated in 1983, except 1995 (South Korea won) and now 2018. Another historical achievement is Carolina Marín's victory in women's singles. Marín became the first European player in any category to win 3 gold medals at the World championships! 
 
The final medal table:
 

 
China again won the medal table, like they have done since 2001. Japan won a record of 6 medals at a WCH. It's clear that Japan wants to make it shower with medals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2 years in badminton. To some more negative facts, my country, Denmark, disappointed at this world championship by not winning any medals. This has only happened twice before. Though, there is one country where Nanjing was their Waterloo, and that is South Korea. South Korea has won a least one medal since they entered for the first time in 1983, but this edition became the end of that statistic. I guess it is time for South Korea to self-reflect on how to comeback to the top of international badminton again. 
 
On an end note, I will reflect a bit on the next edition. The WCH is coming back to Europe again. For the second time Switzerland is hosting the WCH (Lausanne 1995), and for the first time Basel is the host. Some of the questions for the next edition could be; Will more European nations compete for a place on the podium? Will China continue their dominance away from home soil? Will Japan continue their uprising in international badminton? Will India finally win a gold medal? Will Carolina Marín write a new chapter to her legendary status? Is South Korea no longer invited to the party of top nations in badminton? If not, who will then take their place in the spotlight?
 
We will know much more in about a year after the finals have been played at 2019 BWF World championship in Basel. 
Zài jiàn Nanjing, and gruetzi Basel!
 
 
 

Results from day 4:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1I3hPZeQIUDwqyPgqJ-UwJsdzP8pb8Gta
Women's javelin
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14MmWNWCzyhoBRiqsIzL-erSefrzDvNSR

Gold medal for Carolina Marín . Three times World Champion! 

WCH finals:
Men's singles:  vs  
Men's doubles:  vs  
Women's doubles:  vs 
Mixed doubles:  vs  
 
I see a pattern...
Women's singles: Let me guess, China or Japan? Nope  vs  
 
Can  Carolina Marín make a hattrick and win her 3rd WCH title? Or can  P. V. Sindhu, who has not lost a set at the WCH, win India's first gold at a WCH.
No matter how the result is going to be, I just hope it's going to be a well-played match between the two. 
Btw good luck to @Cobi and @Dolby. 

I will post the results in a minute or so. 
 
edit: or 30 minutes

WR for Adam Peaty! 57.00!  

WCH finals:
Men's singles:  vs  
Men's doubles:  vs  
Women's doubles:  vs 
Mixed doubles:  vs  
 
I see a pattern...
Women's singles: Let me guess, China or Japan? Nope  vs  
 
Can  Carolina Marín make a hattrick and win her 3rd WCH title? Or can  P. V. Sindhu, who has not lost a set at the WCH, win India's first gold at a WCH.
No matter how the result is going to be, I just hope it's going to be a well-played match between the two. 
Btw good luck to @Cobi and @Dolby. 

Great win for Jena and Katja!

The first fleets getting back
 

 

 

 

 

Carolina wins! He Bingjiao played really well the 1st set, but the 2nd and, especially, the 3rd were dominated by Marín. It has been the toughest match this week for her, but she has shown a great physical shape. I hope tomorrow she can make history again.  

Romania is leading the medal table after the first day of the finals. Romania has also already tied their record for how many medals Romania has won at a ECH since its re-establishment in 2007. 
 
 

Flags from outside the International sailing center
 

 
The crowd between races

 
Some foiling action just in front of the main spectator area