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We wasted many years counting on only one Vinatzer, who is not suited for slaloms with his style of riding. He should focus on giants and maybe super-Gs? The rest of our team is non-existent. We need to get rid of this whole gang, with coaches at the front and start all over again. It should have been done in 2019 when we got the games in Cortina.

And 0 Italians in 2 runs...

Italy must wait for its Sinner in slalom...

Gross and Kastlunger actually 26 and 27... We are in danger of missing at one 1 rider in the 2nd run...

The Italian men's and women's slalom staff should simply be fired. It's getting worse and worse every year, except that now it's too late. In 1 year we have the Olympics and it will be the embarrassment of the century. If Juventus Turin were in the relegation zone the decision would probably be quick, right?

The guy is almost 25 years old and for several years he has not been able to finish 2 slaloms in a row. I am tired of reading about his potential. With his riding style he is not suitable for slaloms. He has made progress in the giant slalom and regularly finishes there, but not enough to stand on the podium. The problem is that Italy - an Alpine country with the Olympics in Cortina in 2026 - has no one else. When was the last time an Italian stood on the podium in a technical competition apart from Vinatzer's 3rd place in 2020? No one. We are at a lower level than Great Britain or Croatia.

Great Britain, Bulgaria and Croatia are already better than us, so maybe we should get coaches from those countries, since we ourselves have not been able to train 1 athlete to the top group in slalom for several years.

I don't understand how you can fall so low with the home games in a 1 year. What's worse the same is in women. No progress is visible. What good is it that Vinatzer has good moments if he doesn't finish more than half of his runs? I don't expect another Tomba, Rocca or Moelgg but for God's sake let there be at least a solid group of 4-5 skiers who will probably qualify for the 2nd run and fight for the podium from time to time. In my opinion, it was long overdue to change the team in technical competitions: since 2022, there has been no progress in slalom, and in the women's giant slalom, the experienced Brignone and sometimes Bassino are still saving our asses.

They will miss the times of Hussein if things continue like this. Hussein didn`t change this law...

At the end of the 90s there was also a good period: qualification for the 1997 World Cup and the 1998 European Championship (held in Italy). Given the weak Italian league, the best solution is to send as many players as possible to Germany, Austria, France, etc. Then there is a chance that handball in Italy will not die after a few years. For now, the key is to play regularly at major events and that this qualification for the World Cup next year is not a one-off.

Her mother has represented Italy in veteran competitions for many years. She was last in the Polish national team in 1991, from what I've read. Then she went to Italy, she has a husband here, a job: a club and the Italian federation for a few years ago. Her daughter was born in Italy and went to school here. The situation is similar with Jasmine Paolini. I don't know what kind of connections her doughter has with Poland but her first option was definitely Italy. Maybe in the future she'll look at Poland if the Italian squad is unavailable to her. I don't even know if she has a Polish passport. You'd have to ask her.

Her mother has lived in Italy for over 30 years and competes for us in veteran competitions. Additionally, she worked in the Italian federation in the epee training staff from 2006 to 2014.

But Fiamingo and Santuccio will return this season? What hurts the most is that Federico Vismara ended his career at the age of 27. Marco Fichera did the same after Tokyo 2021. Such fencers will be missed. As for women's sabre the Italian coach from Bologna led the Ukrainians to gold at the Olympic Games in Paris. Sure, they have Kharlan and we don't but the rest of the team is pretty average. Maybe the coaching staff for the girls should change, because something has clearly not been right in recent years.

1st and 2nd place in women's epee + 2nd and 3rd place in men's epee. Importantly, for men they are very young guys. Unfortunately, Federico Vismara ended his career at the age of 27, just like Marco Fichera did a few years ago at a similar age. This is a bit of a problem, because these were fencers at the ideal age for this competition: 27-28. It's a shame to lose such people, but it's important that there are young people behind them.

Unfortunately, sabre and especially women's sabre is our worst competition. The crisis is big and there is no chance of overcoming it.

In my opinion, Trump is a very difficult opponent: he has hard electorate, not voters and if he does something wrong, his electorate forgives him. Secondly, he is an experienced man with a TV past who is doing great in the campaign. He is old but his health is good and it`s hard to beat someone like that. In 2020, Biden won mainly because of Covid and Trump's terrible decisions (Biden also won not by that much then). In my opinion, if the Republicans had put up a polite and well-mannered politician like Mitt Romney, Harris would have had a much easier time winning against him. If Trump were weak, he wouldn`t be allowed to run again after his defeat in 2020.

I think that Biden missed a good moment in the war in Ukraine 2 years ago (autumn 2022). At that time, it was necessary to press Russia harder and force it to reach a truce that would be beneficial for Ukraine. Unfortunately, since then the situation on the front and the social mood in Ukraine have got worse significantly. The tactic of keeping Ukraine on a drip has led the West to nothing. On the other hand, increasingly pro-Rus politicians are starting to come to power in other countries: Trump, Slovakia, Austria, and AFD is growing in Germany. Now, Trump's attitude will be crucial, what to do with this conflict. Unfortunately, Biden's entire presidency was conservative and weak. Harris' campaign was no different. This led to Trump's return and a much stronger one than he was four years ago. There is a lack of clear leaders in the West. Basically every important country is in chaos: USA, UK, Ger, Fra (only Macron has stayed in power of these leading countries recently but also his position is weaker than before). In my opinion he also isn`t able to take over leadership in Europe in the face of the crisis in the USA.

I think it's already slowly happening. These things happen on their own, not because someone decides to.

The think about you writing about is rarer but that doesn't mean that you can belittle, for example, Obama, who won twice in a row. What was he supposed to do at that time? Deliberately lose in 2012 so he could run in 2016? He couldn't have run more than twice. In Trump's case, it's more the downfall of the USA itself: first of all, the lack of credible and capable leaders at a younger age. After all, what happened in 2020 in elections was a parody: two old guys (one with dementia, the other clown with numerous court judgments). Then you wonder why Putin and the leader from China aren't afraid of the USA, since they have such incompetent people as opponents. It hurts me a lot because in the 90s I admired the USA and Clinton was a role model od modern leader in Europe and now? Looking at their elections and their leaders I just smile bitterly.

Bill Clinton and Tony Blair were more liberals than socialists. It was simply that life was good then, the economy was booming and there was relative peace. Besides, Russia and China were weak.

Unfortunately, democracy is not an ideal system, especially since it is somewhat helpless in the fight against authoritarian regimes such as China or Russia. Democracy was ideal in the 1990s, when there was relative peace and prosperity in Europe and the USa.

Your former Madam President, why did she leave? Does your President have no real power? Unfortunately, the silent majority also contributes to the fact that clowns rule.

It's similar in your country with this Fico - a man convicted many times, involved in various scandals + having a terrible appearance. A few years ago after the death of a journalist he left and came back again. Unfortunately we live in nasty times. In the 90s of the XX century it looked different.

In the 21st century alone, Obama and Bush achieved the same thing, i.e. 2 terms (or even better, 2 in a row). Before that, in the 90s, it was Bill Clinton and before that Reagan. Trump simply happened to hit upon specific times + a complete lack of any alternative on the Democratic side. Let's not kid ourselves: in 2020, Trump lost only because of Covid. Biden was already a wreck by then and he looked like Brezhnev at the end of his life.

It's good that Argentina is starting to get back on track economically. Every year, all of our alpine skiing teams train in August in Argentina in Ushuaia: "Fine del Mundo", as it advertises itself.