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But he won OG gold and he defeated Karelin. This man has already made history of sports.

It depends on which path Cuba would take: for example, the path of Brazil or Venezuela/Haiti. It could go either way. It depends on who comes to power there and how powerful they are. Paradoxically, before Castro's revolution, Cuba was one of the richest country in the region: yes, the USA had a lot of influence there, but the country was not poor or bankrupt.

In the first years after reunification, Germany was very strong until the late 1990s (you can see the medal table of Summer OG 1992) but only later did they weaken, but I don't know why. On paper, Germany should be better than the UK and France, not to mention Italy (I'm referring to economic factors, GDP, and population). It seems to me that Germany has recently been investing more heavily in winter sports, where it is the largest powerhouse alongside Norway and the USA.

But there would be no desertions or escapes from the country.

I wonder where Cuba would be today if communism had fallen in the early 1990s? Sportingly speaking. Would they be somewhere in the top 10 of the OG medal table, or also would they have a some problems?

I remember that in 2000, it was a man from the USA who defeated Karelin in Sydney, ending his long- winning streak for many years. Do you remember the name of this American? It was a huge topic of discussion in the sports world at the time, not just in wrestling.

The absence of Russia certainly changes hierarchies - I`m thinking here of the time after the collapse of the USSR: the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century. Also Cuba used to be a powerhouse in this sport, but now it is much weaker.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_World_Boxing_Championships Look at the medal standings: Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are completely dominant and I'd like to ask why this is happening? Are they really that strong, or do they have good contacts with the jury, etc.? Because before 2020, these two countries never dominated so clearly: yes, they were strong, but not to this extent. Secondly, they don't dominate in professional boxing either, so it's a strange situation... From my perspective, we are dealing with one of two things here: - or Uzb/Kaz have revolutionized Olympic boxing over the last 3-4 years and that`s a reason of their dominance, - or we are dealing with the judges looking favorably upon these two nations. I'm not competent enough in boxing to judge which option is closer to the truth. However, something has definitely happened in this sport since 2021, and it's something strange for me.

Jaismine already fought in Paris 2024 in this category, but lost in the first round to Nesthy Petecio, so someone has been betting on her for two years. She had an unlucky draw then, as Petecio is a strong competitor, but the Indian seems to be in better shape now, as she confidently defeated Szeremeta from Poland, the silver medalist from Paris, in the final. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_57_kg

For me it's good that Germany won. They deserved for this title after many years of hard work. For Turkey, it's a bit too early – let them keep working like this, and in a few years they'll surely win something. For Turkey, silver is a great achievement – before the European Championship at bookies quotas, they were ranked on par with Italy and Latvia: positions 7-9.

Good final. Turkey it`s a huge surprise for me.

Ukraine- Belgium 0-3. For me it`s a surprise. Now, Italy will play against Belgium in tuesday.

Olympic class for women: 51 kg, 54 kg, 57 kg, 60 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 75 kg.

Lenzi won the first round 4-1, but then something went wrong, plus those two warnings threw him off balance. I understand he's physically inferior to his opponents, but here, for example, several Polish women can win medals even though they're much shorter than their opponents. Overall, I feel like our amateur boxing isn't developing: for several years, there was only one Abbes and a few average boxers who had no idea how to fight or pull off any surprises. Now Abbes is gone, and our men's team is essentially nonexistent. The women's boxing is a bit better, but for the past four or five years, there hasn't been anyone on Irma Testa's level. Occasionally, someone wins a medal, like Charaabi here, but there's still no consistency in their results (even here, Charaabi won a quarter-final against the favorite from Turkey and couldn't even reach the final, even with a good bracket). I simply don't see any idea here to join the top team in a larger group than 1-2 people, as in the previous cycle. I also have the impression that the judges don't like style our fights: some fights are even close, but we usually lose 0-5 or 1-4, e.g. yesterday Charaabi against an opponent from the USA. The general conclusion is that without the return of Abbes and Testa, we can't expect any medals in 2028. Someone like Lenzi might make the quarter-finals at best, but later he'll be faced with someone taller and stronger than him, like here, and he will be without any chance.

Iapichino could have won bronze here. Gold and silver are probably out of her reach (she needed 7 meters for silver – a difficult at the main event of the season).

Italia Campione d`Europa nel Beach Soccer Peccato che non sia uno sport olimpico: spettacolare ed emozionante. Per me è più interessante del futsal.

But this second warning for Italian? For mi it was a strange.

Yes, Uruguay and Paraguay are always mentioned alongside each other; even in football, they've often been eliminated at similar stages. But what you can say about Chile?

Slovakia needs a breakthrough, like Vlhova once did in alpine skiing. A major individual who can win a few medals and generate media attention. Unfortunately, you're a small country and have to rely on a bit of luck. For example, Poland might have weaker metod of training, etc., but its big and large population will always train someone for a medal, etc. Anyway, Italy is the same thing, but we always lose to France at every Olympics anyway.

Slovakia will win the medal in 400 hurdles, so you can be more relax

She is a foreign origin?

In absolute GDP, of course, Brazil is the leader in South America, and a long time ago Venezuela was very rich, thanks to oil and gas: but then Chavez came over, and besides, things were bad there long before Chavez (If it were good at the end of the 20th century, he wouldn't have come to power with populist slogans).

Or Slovenia :P

3.43 in Italy: CET.