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Italy has many new slots via ranking.

Nonostante le dichiarazioni del Presidente dell'UITS, che parlava di "speranze ormai affievolite", come ampiamente previsto e prevedibile, Barbara Gambaro ha ottenuto il pass per R3PW, ARW e AR mixed team!

It's official!!!! OLYMPIC QUOTA for  Barbara Gambaro in R3PW!!! She will take part also in ARW and AR mixed team with Sollazzo or Bonazzi!!!

Fantastic fencing from Daria, she made Errigo think a lot, and at this point it's already amazing job. This is highest place by Ukrainian femail foil specialists, and she really improved her fencing in USA  

Risultato storico nei 100 metri di Turku, sede della tappa finlandese del Continental Tour Gold di atletica.
 
Dopo il 9.99 in batteria, Marcell Jacobs vince la finale con il tempo di 9.92, secondo Chituru Ali, che chiude in 9.96, entrambi conquistano i pass individuali per Parigi 2024
 
 
 
 
Aspettiamo la chiusura del ranking il 23 Giugno
 

men's Individual Foil
 
Gold:  Tommaso Marini
Silver:  Alessio Foconi
Bronze:  Maxime Pauty &  Alexander Choupenitch
 
Semifinals
Foconi b. Pauty 15-7
Marini b. Choupenitch 15-11
 
Final
Marini b. Foconi 15-4
 
Full Ranking & Results
https://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/4571-2023/results/

Summary of Men’s individual Quota Places
 
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Here you go, official confirmation from World Archery 
 

I can't believe that 💪💪💪 Adam Li has done it 😲😲😲.... And apart from individual, he could also participate in the mixed pair event with Marie Horáčková 💪💪💪

oh, I forgot him...
 
well, at this point I can only say "I don't know if the place is nominative or for the NOC" 
 
update...I just cheked that out, the places won at the world champs are for the NOC, so Timbretti Gugiu might replace Sargent Larsen if needed, but the last word is obviously up to our coaching staff

Remember when i said that Belgium was always 1st in the FIFA ranking during years  without winning any trophy except this semifinal of WC .... incompetent fifa = machine collector of money 

Absolutely !
 
Our undiscovered jewell

Now let's see Austria defeating France

I know this feeling, my friend
 
I live near Hungarian border and we have here a big community of Slovak people, I have a lot of Slovak friends so this night we will celebrate together

Lobotka man of the match!

haha, not my favorite brand though, but some pint of beers will end sacrified tonight for sure
 
 
and maybe I will re-read some of my childhood Tintin comic book later

Unbelievable ! I swear, this was just unbelievable.
 
We probably run out of our luck for decades today, but still mega proud of our guys, how they fought and battled for our hard tested country.
 
 
Also how is possible that a team from 5th pot beat one of the top FIFA ranking nations is still beyond me though

You must drink some "Zlaty Bazant" today 

Congratulations @hckošice Amazing result, complete team effort. Excellent support from the slovak fans in Frankfrut. 
Who would have thought after 1st round of matches it would be  &  on top.
 

wins 1-0!!!

How does it look like in todays match? :-)

Probably both. The declined, but she could be reject by IOC. Sabalenka supports the Lukashenko's regime.

To add to this weird diplomatic conversation, that is happening, i think we have a pretty good vibe with Romania in present days. Definitely bonded much more in the last 15 years in our quest to be equally screwed by "EU Proper".
 
I think we have only 2 bridges between us, but the traffic is like for 5. Every weekend i see dozens of Romanian cars, when i drive to the countryside house.
 
If i had to rank the relationships between the neighbours (both people ones and political ones).
 
Excellent:
Greece
Romania
 
Pretty decent:
Serbia
 
Moderate to low issues:
Turkey 
 
Abysmal hating:
Macedonia..
 
The Black sea is pretty chill too. 
 
 
 

There were close relations in the Medieval times when both countries (well Romania was split in 3 voivodeships) fought Turkye to preserve their independence. As Bulgaria fell under Ottoman rule at the end of the 14th century, Romanians finally earned their independence from Turks in 1878 while fighting them on Bulgarian soil. However after interviening in the Balkan Wars (1913) against Bulgaria and in favor of the other Balkan countries, Romania was given southern Dobrogea, which fueled Bulgarian strong feelings against Romania until 1940 when that territory was given back to Bulgaria. Apart from some rivalry that exist as between neighbours, at present day it seems the relations tend to get closer as both countries have same political objectives like successful integration in EU.

Nad Tatrou sa blýska !