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Until recently I thought that propaganda on TV no longer plays such a role as it did in the times of the USSR due to start of the Internet but as you can see it still works

It would be funny if "one team" advanced to the final :P I wonder how they would explain the miss of broadcast?

12 years? Wow. I say that I lost touch with this sport :P When I followed it, the final was always Brazil vs. Spain and Italy won bronze

Too bad. I would like a new champion but Brazil will probably win in the final against Argentina :P For Ukraine, it would be a historical title. All the more respect for them, because Ukraine probably doesn`t naturalize any Brazilians, like Italy did a dozen or so years ago - thanks to them we won many medals at the World and European Championships.

I just hope you are safe now. There have been very few people from Russia on various international sports forums etc. recently. Maybe because there aren`t many Russians competing? btw., Did Russian TV broadcast the Paris Olympics and e.g. any current sports events e.g. Champions League, tennis?

Until about 15 years ago, France probably didn't even have a national futsal team? Or if they did, they certainly didn't play in big events. On the other hand: Italy, Russia and Ukraine have always been strong in this sport, although Italy almost always lost to Spain in key matches.

In these days it's rare for a Russian to support for the Ukrainians, am I right?

What can you expect from a simple woman from Magadan? As long as she was just running around and not talking, it was okay, but since she became an head of the federation in Rus and started talking this nonsense, it turned out that she was empty-headed. On top of that, she's fat as a pig. Disgusting person inside and out.

On the one hand, if Brazil and Argentina were to lose, it would be a sensational tournament but on the other hand it's sad that even in futsal France is already better than us

Russia out for another season in competitions under the aegis of FIS. https://www.fondoitalia.it/2024/09/27/notizie/argomenti/sci-di-fondo/articolo/sci-nordico-nessun-cambiamento-dalla-fis-atleti-russi-e-bielorussi-restano-esclusi-anche-nel-2024.html

Bolshunov always seemed strange to me. He has a terrible character - many times after defeats he threw ski poles, broke them, etc. In the world of skiing this rarely happens.

Slovakia has many interesting juniors in several sports. The problem probably begins in the later phase of the career. There is certainly potential for more medals there than in the last few editions of the Summer Games.

Another medal for Slovakia

In the case of Claudia Cretti in 2017 it ended with a disability - she started at the Paralympics in Paris.

I thought Sramkova was much younger...

You mean the rally when Rylov and Bolshunov were there, for example?

I don't think it's about the Crimea issue. It goes back to 2014, and then Russia started normally. At that time, the problem was organized doping. Another 3-4 years of a total ban for Russia and the sport there will completely collapse. Most of the current stars will either end their careers or go to other countries to compete (for now this think isn`t on a mass scale but I think that soon there will be a movement. For now, there is still waiting).

The Italian finally got up and finished the race. Today, the first junior gold for Italy since Ulissi in 2006-2007. Mark Lorenzo Finn won. In recent years, we have had gold medals in the men's U23 category: Battistella in 2019 and Baroncini in 2021. So far, however, these competitors havn`t met expectations. In my opinion, if we don`t have at least 1 Italian group at the WT level, it will be difficult to reach the results beginning of the 21st century. In 2005, when the Pro Tour (now World Tour) was created, Italy had 4 groups in this series: Lampre, Liquigas, Domina Vacanze and Fassa Bortolo. And yet we had very strong groups before: Mapei, Saeco, Mercatone Uno etc. Now we don`t have one

Afghanistan has some kind of government in exile? That's a bit different than China-Taiwan, which this second occupies some territory on an island.

I remember the old days - when we were still a power in this sport, we usually lost to Spain in the European Championship final or the World Cup semi-final :P However, the World Cup final was usually Brazil-Spain.

Is this Afghan flag still valid or it`s a mistake?

Silver for Slovakia in women junior race for time trial.

Little time?

I don't know if he was in good shape today.