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  1. Brignone returns to the World Cup tomorrow in Kronplatz, but I doubt it will be a Vonn-style comeback... I'm more worried about whether she'll be in the second run On the other hand, if she were really weak, she would probably give up this season? https://www.instagram.com/p/DTsPi0yCNBG/
  2. If Italy missing out on a sixth place in man`s, it`s will be a tragedy for us, as they'll have to cut one of the two: Dapra (a reserve for the relay) or Mocellini (only in the classic sprint). I recently read that in 2006, we had as many as 10 people in the men's races at the Turin Olympics. What a tragedy. The qualification system is stupid and doesn't reward the host team at all. We also screwed up last year in the Nations Cup by losing to the USA. Now, we'd have 7 spots now.
  3. Switzerland lost their second place in the men's SC to Italy in the last qualifying race, which also means Italy, not Switzerland, will be able to field two teams in the mixed doubles. Italy will have a 3+3 QO in both the men's and women's races, which, however, is also a regression from 2022: back then, it was 4+4. Fortunately, Filippo Ferrari has been in excellent form in last weeks, and thanks to him, we have this third quota in the men's SC. I hope you don't hold that against us
  4. Il caso positivo è che Fontana gareggia di nuovo nella staffetta mista Oggi le cose non sono andate bene, ma in vista delle Olimpiadi, è un cambiamento fondamentale che le dà la possibilità di vincere una medaglia. Tuttavia, pensavo che avrebbe cambiato idea e sarebbe stata tentata di vincere un'altra medaglia. Per quanto riguarda Valcepina, è un peccato come persona: ha subito lo stesso infortunio nel dicembre 2023 e ha faticato a tornare allo sport dopo due anni. Ora temo che questa sia al 99% la fine della sua carriera atletica. Tuttavia, da un punto di vista sportivo, la sua assenza potrebbe solo leggermente compromettere le nostre possibilità nella staffetta femminile, ma non è necessariamente così. Valcepina era il 3/4 elemento con Betti, ma corre solo i 500 metri e la staffetta è un po' più lunga. Non so se anche Sighel/Ioratti non saranno migliori in questo formato (siamo arrivati 2 in Coppa del Mondo in Dordrecht con Arianna Sighel e Ioratti, ma senza Valcepina e anche Fontana). Il resto non vale davvero la pena di commentarlo. Spero solo che a febbraio sarà il nostro peak di forma e che Sighel abbia già esaurito la sua quota di cadute per il resto della stagione.
  5. If he didn`t play in the NHL, then is probably not to good in our actually situation. Maybe instead of taking 7-8 weak players from Canada/USA, they should have looked for 2-3 really good players who would make a difference and combine them with players from Italian clubs? A really good goalie would also be useful, because Clara in the NT doesn't really convince me. As it is, we have 7-8 average players from North America who contribute almost nothing to a team that's weak and isn't making any progress. I wonder how much money Jalonen had to get into something like that?
  6. Our pair: Conti/Macii, have a big chance at Olympic medal, seeing by these European Championship results. Realistically, only the Japanese pair might be out of reach. And personally, I'd like medals for Japan and Italy, instead of for countries, who give passports to Russian to win some medal...
  7. 5 of 6 today medalist are born in Russia... Only Minevra Hase is German and was born in Berlin. This sport is slowly remember freestyle wrestling during the European Championships.
  8. Hmm, but where were these people 2 or 3 years ago? They probably don't even know what is a Division 1A at the Hockey World Championships?
  9. Is Finoro a significant reinforcement? The rest of the squad is very weak and lost heavily to Great Britain at the last World Championship Div. 1 A. I'm worried about our disaster in Milan in this squad and form In Turin 2006 it wasn't that bad, but we simply had a stronger team.
  10. La Romania ha vinto solo per un gol contro la Turchia: non è una squadra forte. Le partite contro Grecia e Croazia saranno un test, ma difficilmente che saremo favoriti. Sembra che queste nuove regole siano più adatte alla Grecia che a noi.
  11. Io che i tornei amichevoli non sono affidabile al 100%, ma se qualcuno vince più volte contro Ungheria, Spagna o Srb, deve avere del grande potenziale, e partite come quella contro la Slovacchia non dovrebbero accadere. Forse questo è dovuto alla giovane età della squadra?
  12. Oggi è una bella partita contro la Romania. Ora, la Georgia e due partite chiave: Grecia e Croazia. Servirà almeno una vittoria per accedere alle semifinali. Nella peggiore delle ipotesi, ci sarà una partita per il quinto o sesto posto, che è il minimo per noi. Malato era una grande giocatrice, ma questo è successo più di 20 anni fa. Immagino che la maggior parte dei migliore centrobe del mondo abbia oggi quel fisico, se non meglio. Nello sport femminile, l'unica vera forza dell'Italia è la pallavolo, quindi, secondo me, non possiamo lasciarci sfuggire secondo sport in termini di possibilità di vincere medaglie olimpiche a squadre, come pallanuoto. Per me serve un buon piano, oltre al reclutamento e al lavoro con i giocatori che già abbiamo: potenziamento fisico, ecc. Silippo ha ottenuto buoni risultati fino al 2023 (bronzo agli Europei e ai Mondiali), ma ora qualcosa si è rotto e questa squadra è in continuo rinnovamento, a eccezione di Bianconi. Un po' di stabilità e duro lavoro servono, e le medaglie si possono vincere, come dimostrano Grecia e Olanda, nazioni che non hanno numeri di giocatori significativamente più attivi dell'Italia. Ad oggi, anche in questo stato, la pallanuoto donne è molto più vicina alla medaglie alle Olimpiadi rispetto al calcio o al basket, che faticano non poco anche a qualificarsi qui. Naturalmente, questo è dovuto principalmente al fatto che la pallanuoto donne è uno sport molto più di nicchia rispetto agli altri due, ma comunque.
  13. But it seems to us that Norway wasn't as strong in Lillehammer 1994 as it was later? And not just in women's events. Generally, until 2000, Norway was much weaker in women's biathlon and women`s cross-country skiing. I remember in the 1990s, Italy's biggest rivals, Belmondo and di Centa, were Russia, when Norway somewhere further back and only in the classic style. Bente Martinsen- Skari, this is their first really strong girl in cross country, just about 2000, just like Liv Grete Skielbreid- Pioree in women`s biathlon at similar times. Do you think, that is there any hope that thanks to the popularity of Haaland and football in general in Norway in recent years, winter sports such as biathlon or cross-country skiing will lose a little bit, becouse that?
  14. There were two Skielbreid sisters, except Ann was much weaker. Then there was Gro Marit Istad: a good shooter but weak in cross-country skiing. Italy once had Natalie Santer, then Ponza. It wasn't once the case that biathlon was mainly a sport practiced in the former USSR and their friendly countries: e.g. DDR?
  15. Berger- Eckoff- Olsbu- Tandrevold? Many years ago was Skjelbreid-Poiree.
  16. Sandro Sukno da Recco? Lui è croato, quindi ci sarebbe un referimento con Rudic da molti anni fa. Inoltre, Sukno conosce bene il campionato italiano, avendo allenato il Recco per molti anni. Cosa ne pensi? In Italia c'era una centroboa tanti anni fa: Giusy Malato, con un'ottima condizione fisica. Da quel tempo non abbiamo più avuto una centroboa con una simile condizione fisica. Tania di Mario, invece, era piuttosto piccola e bassa, ma aveva un grande talento: ora sembrava che Bettini e Giustini potessero avere una possibilità di eguagliarla. Tuttavia, debole preparazione e scarsa condizione fisica, la colpa è probabilmente anche della staff tecnico? Su questo si può lavorare, ma di mancanza di talento e proporio di no. Tuttavia, queste ragazze dovrebbero almeno essere forte fisicamente per potersi difendere bene, cosa che non si vedeva da molti anni.
  17. Now I looked at the results and I was very happy that Italy was 2nd, but when I saw Lisa's last split on skis, I was a bit worried
  18. 2nd place for Italy is great, but I'm worried about Lisa's weak run on skies in the last stage, and without a fast run there will be no individual medals in Cortina In normal form, Vittozzi shouldn't lose more than 10 seconds to the Norwegian on the last split from the shooting range to the finish line. Perhaps Lisa has had some hard training - she missed the stage in Oberhot and that's why her form in the run on skies is a bit weaker?
  19. First of all in: Big Air, Slopestyle etc. are disciplines where judges decide the results 100% and this is bad. The average person, when they turn it on during the Olympics, has no idea why someone is 1st or 3rd, but when he turn on alpine snowboarding, he see who finished 1st and who 2nd.
  20. On the other hand, why bother with snowboardcross, which only has 1 or 2 World Cup appearances in a single season before OG, due to a lack of sufficient route? For me, it's also a dead sport, just like Nordic combined has been for some time now, with many World Cup races being canceled. For today, I would prefer team competitions in alpine snowboarding to snowboardcross, if only because in this first there are regular World Cup competitions every 1-2 weeks, and not 1-2 for the entire season.
  21. What is wrong with Neprayva and how does her situation different from Korostelev?
  22. For now, the USA men's team is in quite a crisis after the goodbye of stars such as Miller, Ligety, etc.
  23. I'm think, that Vonn's return will keep that Shiffrin hasn`t leaving on the next some years, as they don't particularly like each other. Another think is that even with all her some big talent, like Vonn's: her victorious return show more about the actually level- very low for me of women's competition right now. In the same situation in the men's competition, Hirscher, who is 5 years younger, than Vonn (I consider him to be on a similar level of talent as Vonn), couldn't even go the top 10 after his became in lat season.
  24. Alpine snowboard - 7 competitions this season for now, snowboardcross - 1, but the IOC wants to remove the first one from the Olympic program, not the second... Besides, snowboardcross has team competitions in the Olympic program, not alpine... Where's the logic in that?
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