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Durante Tokyo sono state adottate alcune misure di sicurezza aggiuntive ed era impossibile guardare le trasmissioni di altri paesi via VPN Express.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bids_for_the_1992_Winter_Olympics In the fight for the 1992 Winter Games. Sofia even took 2nd place but clearly lost to Albertville. There must have been a specific and concret plan to organize such an event, since they applied twice and received a large number of votes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bids_for_the_1994_Winter_Olympics The election was made in 1988, so it was still during the times of the Bulgarian People's Republic. I have no idea what the winter sports infrastructure was like in the 1980s but if Sarajevo could do it in 1984, why not Sofia? Only the legacy from those games in 1984. for Sarajevo - today's Bosnia, are zero, and the facilities are devastated or no longer exist. In the case of Sofia, it would probably be similar if she had won those Olympics - especially remembering the poverty and corruption of the 1990s in Bulgaria. By the way. I wonder why the USA doesn't want to organise winter OG in Anchorage- Alaska, like in 1994, but is still focusing on Salt Lake City? Costs too high?

I once read information that Sofia wanted to organize the Winter Olympics but I don't remember what year it was. Do you remember? Was this a realistic proposal and would it be possible to organize the winter games in Bulgaria?

Individualmente non ha molte possibilità di vincere una medaglia, ma nella staffetta mista per vincere una medaglia è necessario un Stano decente (supponendo che Palimsano sia in grande forma, questo dimostrano le interviste).

https://www.oasport.it/2024/07/atletica-dubbi-e-ottimismo-per-litalia-della-marcia-e-stano-si-chiama-fuori-dai-favoriti/

The Italian record is 3.27.51 from 2022. Ceccon, Miressi and Martinenghi can sail at a similar level as then. The problem is that back then we had a decent Burdisso in the dolphin with a time of 50.63 in the flying shift and now he didn't even qualify for the Olympic team. I have no idea how much Razzetti is able to break from his personal best in the flying change but Carini, who will compete in the 200 meters individually, remains an option. To dream of a medal the Italian in butterfly must swim within 51.00 in the flying start, i.e. approximately 51.50 from a regular start - this is not a great time, because QQT World Aquatics is not much worse: 51.67 but someone has to swim within these limits. I`m very sorry that we were not able to train a solid swimmer in butterfly at the 1/2 IO level for 2 years.

Interesting if confirmed. The only question is: will another outstanding coach change anything in the game of the Italian national team? It`s crucial to return to the Elite before the 2026 Olympics. https://www.sportnews.bz/artikel/eishockey/internationale-ligen/nationalteams/tage-der-wahrheit-coacht-der-weltmeister-trainer-italien

That's right, he wrote it on his Instagram yesterday. You can see that he is very happy about it

You are right that the current generation of England has already won much more than the generations of Beckham, Gerrard, Terry or Rooney etc.

Yesterday of course, but the final in 2021 was lost by England at their own request. They had everything perfectly: good form, their own pitches and a goal scored very quickly. In addition, Mancini's Italy was no longer the same Italy as a dozen or so years earlier, although they were certainly in better shape than the one under Spaletti. If England weren't able to win the title then, it's hard to expect they will be able to do so in the coming years. Two, on paper England and France definitely have the best squads. Of course, some players are overestimated due to the fact that they play in the Premier League, but they are certainly very good players. Perhaps the fatigue of a very difficult league played a big role?

I will consider 9 gold medals for Italy out of 44 overall as a failure. 10 gold medals is the minimum, and I hope for more: 12-13. In Beijing 2022 in winter we had a terrible ratio of gold medals to overall medals (2 out of 17), so now I think that we have already exhausted our bad luck limit in this respect.

I take any result better than in Tokyo in the number of medals: 40+, but I count on 2-3 more gold medals: approximately 12/13. A healthy medal balance is approximately 1/3 of gold medals from the total pool of medals. In Tokyo our balance was 1/4 (10 for 40), which we owe to the second week and LA, because after the first week it was going to be a disaster in terms of the number of gold medals.

True killer instinct :P

So the 2026 World Cup. Is it going to be bad?

Why?

Objectively speaking, only Spain and Germany were in top form here and it was a premature finale. France and England - the strongest on paper, literally crawled to the next rounds - England could have been eliminated in the 1/8 finals by Slovakia. Only individualities kept them going. I will not say anything about Italy, because we had no form, no individuality and even no the will to fight and looking at the summer mercato, most of the leading clubs are looking for foreigners again It's sad to see this fall of Calcio

Exactly, although after 2010 looking at the Uefa Ranking, the Premier League was more often in 1st place. Certainly mainly thanks to money, because in Spain only Real Madrid and, to a certain point, Barcelona had very high budgets.

I remember that when I started watching national football in the 1990s, no one took Spain seriously. You could say that it was a meme team with a motto that stuck with them: "We play like never before. We lose like always." The metamorphosis they have undergone since the beginning of the 21st century is incredible.

England don`t have a winning mentality in football and I`m writing this from the perspective of 30 years, not just today's match. In turn, Spain, since the beginning of the 21st century, has undergone a real metamorphosis from an eternally unfulfilled team into real killers who win every final they enter (both national and club: Real, Barcelona, Sevilla, Atletico, etc.). I don't remember in the 21st century when Spain/a club from Spain lost a grand final: World Championship, European Championship, Champions League, Uefa/Europe League, etc. (they lost the Confederations Cup in 2013 to Brazil and the Olympic Games in 2021 + 2-3? clubs Super Cups but these are smaller tournaments).

It`s worth mentioning that the three best players from this age group are already playing in the senior team: Bovolenta, Luca Porro and Laurenzano. There is no one like that in the French senior squad. This shows that our men's youth system works great: the best juniors join the senior team, and the rest are still able to win medals in youth categories. This is what we lack a bit in the female sectors.

In Italy, sports such as judo, wrestling, fencing, swimming, etc. they only arouse interest during the Olympic Games, when they bring medals. Then they disappear from the front pages of newspapers. It takes a very strong and media personality to break through - the last popular and recognizable Italian swimmer was Federica Pellegrini. In addition, a lot is written about Jacobs and Tambieri + recently about tennis due to Sinner. Thanks to Sinner, other players also began to be noticed, e.g. Jasmine Paolini - today she was in the center of attention of the sports media in Italy all day long.

But I guess Iga Swiatek is popular?

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