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given what happened Today, I expect Chamizo and Salkazanov (and maybe also Kuramagomedov) all in the same half of the bracket in the final tournament, with a highway for Demirtas to the final (and the quota place)
 
#manipulateddraw
 

speaking of Chamizo, that was one of his best matches at 74kg. he didn't wrestle a good match like this for a while. I mean he was down 6-0 ( to me that was 4pts but they gave 4+2) I was 100% sure the match is over but he wrestled his heart out and if the officiating was normal he could be leading by 3-4 pts before the last action (where he again got robbed) 
 
Chamizo in morning session was terrible but from what I saw in the evening I think he will win the quota eventually. he is quite a popular wrestler (because of his unique style) and I'm sure most (if not all) of wrestling fans want to see him in Paris.
 
but this is a very competitive weight, lots of solid wrestlers are left. Salkazanov, Demirtas, Kirov also had a good tournament today. whoever GEO sends, Kuramagomedov, Shapiev, that Russian guy of Romania was good too
and there will be some good Asian wrestlers left too. at least 2 or 3.
 
beside that, Albania and Tajikistan are purchasing some good Russian wrestlers (Veliev and Rassadin) I think they are still doing the paperwork but that can be finished anytime, Uzbekistan also hired a very high level Russian in Zhamalov. 

no more surprises, the rest of the afternoon went as expected. looking back at my predictions, I was mostly wrong in Greco, only got 5 out of 12 correctly but that was expected,
 
in freestyle it could be 10 out of 12. but that Chamizo match happened, so 9 of 12. I only missed one in 65kg and 97kg. Baitsaev was in terrible shape and I think my 65kg prediction wasn't that bad.
 
it's not a good news that only 4 countries won all the quotas ! (and Europe was supposed to be more competitive) two teams are already completed.  Russia and  Azerbaijan. they both won all 6 MFS quotas. beside that only USA and Japan in women's freestyle have a full team now. (no full team in Greco yet)
Belarus also had a great day, winning 4 quotas they could even win the 65kg too, but 86kg was too weak to be considered.  beside that only Georgia has 3 and the rest of Europe have 2 or less.
 
Turkey lost badly today but I think they will be prepared for the last event at home

that's robbery of the year  someone got richer tonight

that's disgusting! 
 
comparable to Roy Jones Jr. in Seoul 1988 in boxing
 
frankly, it's time for wrestling to be thrown out of the Olympics, just like boxing 
 
 

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203° quota olimpica (il CONI conta il nuoto a caso..) per l'Italia, grazie al tempo limite superato ieri da Giorgi nella 20km marcia femminile 

Amazing
It was a awful tournament for us, expecially for Joel, but at last we are on the podium

hard to tell, none of them impressed me today, interestingly both of them relied on counter attacks to score points, so I expect a low scoring tactical match which will be in Chamizo's favor because he is smarter.  I think Bayramov's strategy will determine the winner, let's see if he falls in Chamizo's trap or not.
 
I think it's 51/49 for Chamizo

Bronze Medal Match
 6 - 7

I wouldn't pick this weight either. Li Dayin always lose critical events for many times and this time as usual. And he has 3 main rivals in this weight, ie the other 3 top4 in this world cup. So even if one or two of them underperform in OG, he may still lose the game. But 73kg Shi Zhiyong clearly just has one major rival, the young man. So if he underperform in OG, the 2-time OG defending champion would easily grasp the chance.

Just because someone spends a lot of money badly does not mean that you have to reduce your funds and hope for a miracle. PSG also invests money poorly, but Man City is playing great with a lot of money. You definitely need to invest more in sports if you want to stay at the top of the class. medal

The federation has probably bet everything on judo, which shows good results and prospects. Italian sport is underfunded and that's why sometimes you have to make difficult choices. I once saw Coni's calculations that less money is invested in Italian sport than in the 1990s. Without money, there will be no good coaches and modern training methods, unfortunately. Junior successes are important but they do not matter if it doesn`t translate into good results in seniors.

well, the girls had some interesting results in the past years (Aurora Russo is the 2023 junior european and world champion)
 
and Piroddu also had great results in the youth classes
 
I don't really know why they just can't translate that once they enter the senior ranks? 
 
imho, we need to invest on top class coaches (and their "unconventional" methods, which might be hard to cope with here in our society) rather than going for athletes' shopping in Russia or in Cuba (especially nowadays)

Round-Robin Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Slovakia 5 4(0) 1(0) 25 6 +19 12 Latvia 5 3(0) 2(1) 16 15 +1 10 Italy 5 3(0) 2(0) 13 8 +5 9 Great Britain 5 2(0) 3(1) 8 14 -6 7 Slovenia 5 2(1) 3(0) 10 16 -6 5 Poland 5 1(1) 4(0) 6 19 -13 2 The following Nation has qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Group A World Championship 2025
 
Slovakia  
The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Group B World Championship 2025
 
Great Britain Italy Latvia Slovenia  
The following Nation has been relegated to the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group A World Championship 2025
 
Poland  

2024 Podebrady Racewalking Gold Tour
 
Women’s 20km Racewalk
 
 Magaly BONILLA 1:28:26
 Eleonora GIORGI 1:28:47
 

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Sailing World Cup, Trofeo Princesa Sofia ( Palma De Mallorca)
 
ILCA 6
Gold:  Maria Erdi
Silver:  Zoe Thomson
Bronze:  Matilda Nicholls

ILCA 7
Gold:  Michael Beckett
Silver:  Philipp Buhl
Bronze:  Jean Baptiste Bernaz

49er
Gold:  Diego Botin Le Chever & Florian Trittel Paul
Silver:  Hernan Umpierre Odini & Fernando Diz Becerra
Bronze:  Lukasz Przybytek & Jacek Piasecki

49er FX
Gold:  Jana Germani & Giorgia Bertuzzi
Silver:  Helene Næss & Marie Rønningen
Bronze:  Misaki Tanaka & Sera Nagamatsu

Mixed 470
Gold:  Camille Lecointre & Jeremy Mion
Silver:  Nora Brugman Cabot & Jordi Xammar Hernandez
Bronze:  Anastasiya Winkel & Malte Winkel

women's iQFoil
Gold:  Mina Mobekk
Silver:  Maya Gysler
Bronze:  Lela Sorin

men's iQFoil
Gold:  Pawel Tarnowski
Silver:  Nicolas Goyard
Bronze:  Yun Pouliquen

women's Formula Kite
Gold:  Breiana Whitehead
Silver:  Daniela Moroz
Bronze:  Leonie Meyer

men's Formula Kite
Gold:  Maximilian Maeder
Silver:  Riccardo Pianosi
Bronze:  Denis Taradin

Mixed Nacra 17
Gold:  Caterina Banti & Ruggero Tita
Silver:  Maria Giubilei & Gianluigi Ugolini
Bronze:  Anna Burnet & John Gimson
 
 
Full Results & Rankings
https://www.trofeoprincesasofia.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall

he's getting old...
 
and he's never been comfortable in the -74kg class, he was at his best in the -65kg, but he couldn't keep that weight anymore after Rio and movin'up was inevitable

We have 53 NOC qualified.
Tokyo we had 61 Nocs.
 
 
We miss Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Kosovo, Italy, Latvia, North Macedonia, Peru, Senegal, Korea, Switzerland,
 
Belarus, ROC
 
We add new compared to Tokyo: Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Dominicana, Guinea, Honduras, New Zealand, Samoa, South Africa, Venezuela, Norway, 
 
AIN
 
For me it is a realistic chance to add Croatia, Austria, Denmark, Italy.

so far, it's open also without vpn...let's see if it keeps going also when wrestling begins

https://tv.bnt.bg/bnt3 (with Bulgarian VPN, of course)

Italian women's wrestling at the bottom. If Chamizo doesn`t win the quota tomorrow, there is a serious threat that we will not qualify anyone for Paris And the examples of Germany and France show that you can fight even without the naturalization of people from the former USSR.

Italian women's wrestling at the bottom. If Chamizo doesn`t win the quota tomorrow, there is a serious threat that we will not qualify anyone for Paris And the examples of Germany and France show that you can fight even without the naturalization of people from the former USSR.