hoversaBR

Happy to see good names for Brazil, this sport used to be our main strength, it was sad to finish Paris 2024 without any medals.

Although I am a Christian, my family doesn't usually celebrate Christmas according to tradition (although it's my birthday, so I do celebrate something that day ). However, even for me, it's impossible not to hear this song playing somewhere around this time of year: I'm going to change the second song because it reminded me of one I know:

My point is, there are cases like Lucas Braathen or even a more extreme one like Yoandy Leal, but in none of these cases did we offer anything to these athletes, nor did we seek them out in the market when they were up-and-coming young talents, and even if they were motivated by perhaps selfish reasons, so to speak, they always tried and still try to create connections with the Brazilian fans. However, what I see in many countries is as if the national sport is nothing more than a mere club...

Well, many people here tend to be rigid on this topic; it's even difficult to convince anyone that athletes like Lucas Pinheiro (who was born in Norway but has a Brazilian mother) and Tati Weston-Webb (who was born in Brazil but moved to the USA early in life) are actually Brazilian. I've seen many comments belittling their achievements, ranging from saying they aren't really Brazilian to comments that, given their countries of origin, they wouldn't amount to anything and wanted the easy way out (which, for these two athletes, obviously wouldn't be true).

I can only imagine the honor some countries feel when they win with athletes who were bought. I don't know, maybe that feeling is different here in Brazil.

Norway world champion By far the best team. Anyway, with the exception of the two finalists, I didn't really like the level of the tournament. I know that many teams are going through generational changes, but... Bronze Medal 33-31 (ET) Final 23-20 Results: Norway Germany France

SF 29-23 35-25 Bronze Medal Match - Final - Well, I think the final is 99.9% likely to go to Norway. But I imagine Germany is already quite satisfied with this silver medal.

Well, just like in the Summer Games, it looks like we're going to hate the Japaneses in this Winter edition too. How many athletes per country are allowed in this sport?

To be honest, it's going to be much worse for your women than it was for Great Britain.

QF 30-23 26-31 28-23 32-23 SF - -

QF - - - -

Brazil are champions. It was expected, but Portugal was a worthy opponent in this final. Interestingly, our coach has been with this team for 10 years and has only suffered ONE defeat.

I liked the group. I give it 7/10 because I wanted Italy, not Haiti.

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Maybe not, Jordan and Austria are winnable.