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Well, I'm not that confident. One medal would already be incredible for me. Speaking of our three chances: Braathen is very consistent and has an absurd ability to recover, but his first runs are almost always not that good, and even if he puts on a show in the second, a podium finish isn't always possible. Patrick has to rely on luck. And Nicole has a sensational team; the work they've done with her and her wife is wonderful... But she didn't have a good result in Cortina, so we'll see.

Podium for Nicole. She had a very bad start to the season, but she's getting better and better.

Well, maybe if the USA acts against a European country, the world will finally understand how rotten that country is, since what they do in America and the Middle East is always an action to liberate oppressed peoples and bring back democracy.

The United States is a cancer on the world. The biggest terrorist country, doing whatever it wants and getting away with it.

Happy New Year. I wish you many blessings and a successful year for us all.

Well, from what I've seen of Verona's games, I shouldn't bench Lavia or Porro yet. Many games Sani has to come on to shield Keita from receiving the ball. It could happen like it did with Poland, with Leon being substituted several times per game whenever the coach thinks they're vulnerable, but in that case Semeniuk or Sliwka don't hinder the attack, so it wouldn't necessarily change the game plan.

I think if I had to choose between Porro and Romano, I would still choose Porro. He's an okay player, but... Well, Italy isn't going after Keita for no reason.

Yeah, Micheletto will probably win, but I think Giannelli deserved it more.

Merry Christmas to all! I hope you enjoy this day very much.

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.

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