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Not in modern times (believe it has happened back in the 19th century). The Social Democrats were rather close in the mid-30s, but generally it's been the Social Democrats as the largest getting challenged by either Venstre (the old, liberal party) or the Conservatives (though their latest peak was in the 80s).
Keep in mind that most Danish governments have been minority governments. The latest government (well, it's still the government until the new one is formed) was the first one since the early 90s and only the 5th since the Second World War.

Not really. Every single party just have an identification letter. Doesn't really mean that much except for identification on different lists and the order on the ballots. Only M and V really have anything to do with the name of the party.
 
But yeah. It has become rather fragmentated. Doesn't help making the new government
 

the problem with  is that we're really short of outside hitters right now, especially because most OHs in the Italian league are foreigners, even among the bench players  
 
and those 2/3 who could help -like Pietrini or Piva- are on Velasco's black list because of behavioural issues
 
so, having one between Egonu and Antropova being a reserve player it's a big waste of talent, which makes it quite obvious to try and see if they can co-exist on the court at the same time
 
I truly hope the experiment works well, because we can't win another world title or the Olympics with Nervini and/or Giovannini in the starting 6

by the way, earlier Today Simone Piroddu won the bronze medal in the men's freestyle -61kg class, so we don't come home completely empty handed also this year 

MMA (UFC at least) is a bit more serious...there are no fights between influencers and former stars of the game, at least for now...we'll see what happens when Netflix would eventually take control of the action 

Kurt Angle, the brightest example 

freestyle wrestling in the USA leads to a possible "pro" wrestling career (and somehow also a MMA career, nowadays), that's why there are so many kids practicing in high schools and colleges
 
without that pathway, there's no chance they would be as good as they are
 
as a side effect, they have a great depth in their system and it's easy to find good, competitive athletes year after year (because the structure of a sport organized within the school system always allows to build new athletes on a regular basis, without having to wait for the Messiah to appear once every while in a gym)

Russia was never a super power in women's wrestling, they are just another decent team.
 
why ? that's simple. most of top Russian freestyle wrestlers are from Dagestan. probably 7-8 from the current team in Albania. and I assume in that region women are not encouraged to take this sport. if you remove Dagestan from Russia, their men's freestyle team will do more or less the same.
 
I'm not familiar with the Russian culture in general but I assume even nation-wide (and not only Dagestan) this is considered the men's sport. 
 
of course in the World Championship those 3 teams you mentioned can go toe to toe with Russia or even do better. from this Russian team I only see Sadulaev to win the gold at worlds. (+ Sidakov if he returns and maybe Uguev depending on Japan's squad )
 
still the depth of Russian freestyle is unmatched. they can send their #5 guy and be still competitive for a top 6 finish, can't say the same about any other team.

in the first night of freestyle finals, Russia won 4 out of 5 golds. they have 2 in the final tomorrow, I think they can reach their pre-tournament goal of winning 6 golds.
 
but interestingly all 20 medalists of tonight were either from Ex-Soviet countries or Russian mercenaries representing somewhere else
 
I think it's fair to say men's freestyle wrestling is dead and buried in Europe unfortunately. (I mean the old Europe excluding Ex-Soviets) hopefully the new UWW policy pushes some of these countries to restart their own program instead of just buying mercenaries but that will take time.

Turienzo is developing! She's still away from the level of Nolot, Moroz and Kampman but I expect a good performance at the WCh. Her peak years are still to come (not even 20 yet).

2026 Sailing Grand Slam, Semaine Olympique Française ( Hyères)
 
ILCA 6
Gold:  Charlotte Rose
Silver:  Eve McMahon
Bronze:  Maria Erdi

ILCA 7
Gold:  Matt Wearn
Silver:  Michael Beckett
Bronze:  Elliot Hanson

49er
Gold:  Wen Zaiding & Liu Tian
Silver:  Robert Dickson & Sean Waddilove
Bronze:  Erwan Fischer & Clèment Pèquin

49er FX
Gold:  Sofia Giunchiglia & Giulia Schio
Silver:  Laura Harding & Annie Wilmot
Bronze:  Manon Peyre & Amèlie Riou

Mixed 470
Gold:  Jordi Xammar Hernandez & Marta Cardona Alcantara
Silver:  Martin Wrigley & Bettine Harris
Bronze:  Matisse Pacaud & Lucie De Gennes

women's iQFoil
Gold:  Marta Maggetti
Silver:  Tamar Steinberg
Bronze:  Yan Zheng

men's iQFoil
Gold:  Grae Morris
Silver:  Federico Alan Pilloni
Bronze:  Bi Kun

women's Formula Kite
Gold:  Lauriane Nolot
Silver:  Catalina Turienzo
Bronze:  Lysa Caval

men's Formula Kite
Gold:  Maximilian Maeder
Silver:  Riccardo Pianosi
Bronze:  Huang Qibin

Mixed Nacra 17
Gold:  Gianluigi Ugolini & Maria Giubilei
Silver:  Mateo Majdalani & Eugenia Bosco
Bronze:  Tim Mourniac & Aloise Retornaz
 
 
Full Results & Rankings
https://sof.regatta.ffvoile.fr/races/race-resultsall/text/sof-2026-french-olympic-week-en

""The most important thing, in my opinion, is mental preparation" - Maria Vynnyk said this on Thursday after winning the first major gold medal; maybe this is where the secret lies. As you said, Ukrainian girls have always been strong, but not dominant at continental level; my conjecture is that the Russian invasion has made them mentally stronger, giving them that extra edge needed to tilt the balance in the final stages of a competition.

great week for the  crews! 
 
3 wins, 5 medals, a few good placings and Tita / Banti coming back just as good as they were in the Nacra 17, ending up in 4th place only because of a technical fail on their boat (which led them to abandon a race and to a DNS in the following one, when they were comfortably leading the overall standings )
 
sailing is slowly becoming one of our strongest Olympic sports 

È una lotteria settimanale, ho visto la legge di bilancio giusto ora per non scrivere cazzate.
Il 65% della raccolta va al CONI per la promozione sportiva (non teoricamente per l’attività sportiva d’élite), il rimanente viene ripartito tra il montepremi, lo Stato e le regioni a statuto speciale

Ps, a settembre dovrebbe partire una nuova lotteria chiamata “Win for Italia Team”, un superenalotto che destinerà i proventi alla programmazione sportiva. La ludopatia degli italiani è sempre un ottimo modo per fare cassa, poi ci si pulisce la coscienza con con uno spottino per sensibilizzare sulla Rai.

Il problema principale dell'Italia non sono i fondi, che non sono molti meno rispetto ad altri paesi: al limite potrebbero essere meglio ripartiti, tenendo sempre a mente una divisione equa fra lo sport di base, fondamentale, e gli elite.
E', come spiega perfettamente Phelps, la mancanza di cultura sportiva a 360°, nonostante la quale il nostro sport ha raggiunto, con costanza invidiabile, risultati eccelsi in quasi tutte le discipline. Certo, il sistema si può migliorare, ma non è una questione di soldi. Io un paio di idee ce le avrei.
Bisognerebbe stringere un pò le maglie sulle varie SSD e ASD, che oggi sono per il 90% palestre col solo scopo di lucro e nessun valore sociale. Ovvero, vuoi aprire una palestra con vantaggi fiscali? Bene, devi avere almeno un paio di discipline olimpiche, con un numero minimo di praticanti. Di fatto costringeresti le sale fitness a proporre corsi di judo, o di lotta, o di quello che volete. Aumentando così la base. 

Io credo che la strada sia quella della promozione sportiva, come forse ho raccontato più volte sono stato un atleta di taekwondo, ho iniziato grazie ad un corso (totalmente gratuito, 3 anni senza dare un singolo euro alla Bentis). La società aveva un protocollo con la scuola che frequentavo, facevano corsi serali all'interno della scuola così da aumentare la base anche di uno sport così di nicchia. Da quel percorso, sono usciti atleti come Roberto Botta o la mia compagna di classe Chiara D'Arco, finita ai mondiali juniores prima di lasciare l'attività agonistica.
Le eccellenze ci sono, bisogna copiare modelli vincenti...
Ora la Bentis ha 6 sedi in provincia di Salerno e sforna atleti capaci di vincere medaglie italiane e internazionali, ed avvia alla attività sportiva senza chiedere un centesimo.

interesting to know he is still alive, when was the last time he didn't bomb out?
 
his ego is much heavier than those weights which makes him very unlikeable. result-wise he is a legend though

First win over Canada in the U18 worlds history. was about time
 
 

Thankfully, there isn't anyone capable of doing something like that right now. Pellegrini tried to convince people that he's not like Fico anymore, but it was all a big lie. Just a few days after the elections, he joined his old mafia cronies and populist friends to form a government.
 
Not the Baltic states.

It happened to a friend of mine in 2008, I remember it vividly.
 
Yes, travelling in Eastern Europe was safer during communism, as police kept a tight grip on society
 

This happened until 2010s, travellers were hijacked by criminals impersonating Bulgarian policemen; felt like Wild West 
 
Tbh, if heywoody travelled through Romania, I'd pull the same stunt nowadays 

Pensavo che Irma Testa si fosse ritirata, mi ero perso il suo ritorno alle gare onestamente. Bene così. Leggo che verrà convocata per la tappa cinese

Sirine Charaabi ha lottato in Finlandia qualche settimana fa, probabilmente c'è la solita rotazione delle atlete. 

be', per 3 giorni è stato un disastro
specialmente Scutto (ormai in crisi mistica) e i 2 giovani Accogli e Valeriani hanno fatto schifo
da loro mi aspettavo molto, dopo le buone prestazioni nel world tour (e continuo a pensare che siano i 2 su cui puntare in quelle categorie, spingendo Lombardo nei -81kg, dove Esposito e gli altri non sono comunque da medaglia olimpica)
poi mi chiedo l'utilità di far tornare in gara la Toniolo proprio agli europei senza nemmeno un vero test agonistico dopo un anno di assenza e non capirò mai la gestione di Giulia Carnà
ma andiamo avanti così...