phelps

is it snooker?

surely the covid infection was where the avalanche started... I really hope it's only a question of that, of not feeling herself competitive at the top level anymore and nothing more than that. Wish her a super-happy life outside competitive racing.

if they still use the serpentine system, the groups will end up like these (no Russia included): A B C

If the Japanese money still counts the most, they will never drop the serpentine system... if I'm not wrong, the Japanese teams would both get the easiest draw and will host the sponsor-favourite Italy as among the women as among the men. men's draw with serpentine should be something like this (Russia are not included): A B C

I think Tiril's problems go way beyond her covid struggle...she has a long history of mental health issues. I'm pretty sure they also have something to do with her career's end. but we will never know...if there's something the Norwegian federation has done well, that's protecing their athletes' privacy when it comes to their health (no matter what's the real problem).

speaking of final examination at the end of a school cycle, here in Italy we have basically 3 degrees of school: elementary school, 5 years; then, middle school, 3 years and finally the high school, 5 years (with a notable exception, the master institute -a professional pathway for elementary school teachers- being only 4 years). elementary school and middle school are just for everybody, there's no specialization...and we have a final examination at the end of both cycles. elementary exam is not that complicated, basically you only have to make a small thesis on a discipline of your choice (among those included into the studying program, of course). or, at least, it was like that when I was a student, many, many years ago. then there's an oral exam with multi-disciplinary questions on the whole program of the 5th and final year. at the end of the middle school there was a first quite complicated exam, with 3 written tasks (free composition, foreign language, maths) and then a multi-disciplinary oral exam, like at the end of the elementary school, but way more difficult. the high school, instead, is divided in many kinds of institute: -the "generalist" scientific highschool, where you have to study almost every discipline (from Italian to a foreign language, from maths to physics, from history to philosophy, from Latin to arts, from chemistry to biology) and finally you get a non binding diploma, which generally is prodromic to the University; -the "semi-generalist" classic highschool (where you normally study almost every discipline, but with lot more focus on the humanistic studies), once again giving you a diploma which generally opens the door to the humanistic studies at the University: -the socalled "ragioneria", which is basically a professional highschool focusing on commercial studies (with more pathways within the same general school category); -the linguistic highschool (easy to understand what's all about); -the already named master institute; -various kinds of professional schools (from mechanics to all the other manufacturing activities); -the surveyors' school (no need for any explaination, I guess) all this kind of highschools end with the socalled "maturità", the big final examination that takes sleep away from students for the entire last year. when I had to take my scientific highschool diploma (30 years ago ), the final examination consisted of 2 written tests (Italian language, a max 6-hour long free composition which you have to pick from a set of 3 titles of 3 different arguments chosen by the School Ministry -the same for the entire Country, all kind of schools- and then a second task different from school to school -in scientific highschool normally it's always a maths test, 3 different problems for which you have max 4 hours time) and the big oral test based on 2 different disciplines among those included in the program of the last 3 years, 1 chosen by the exam committee (but they were forced always to choose the discipline where you had the best entry evaluation, so you could manipulate a bit that choice and speculate on it), 1 at your choice, with the further rule that 1 argument had to be among the humanistic disciplines and the other among the scientific disciplines. luckily, the foreign language was considered part of the humanistic disciplines, so I choose biology among the scientific disciplines and the committee didn't have any choice but to pick English language as my 2nd argument (I had really poor evaluations in the other humanistic disciplines). the final evaluation was expressed with fraction of 60 votes, so 36 was the bare minimum to be licensed and finish the highschool (otherwise you have to repeat the whole final year). I got a miserable 43/60 because I entered the final examination by miracle (half the teachers wanted me not being qualified to enter the exams, a couple of them had to fight really hard for me). I paid the prize to those 2 people with a very good final exam, especially the oral part...but the damage was already done and I couldn't really get more than that. actually, my classlmates (and not only them) were really surprised to see me with such a high evaluation, they all thought I'd get a lucky 36 and nothing more. misbelievers!!! nowadays the evaluation system (and the final examination itself) are slightly different, I think now they have 3 written tasks and a multi-disciplinary oral part, with more arguments to prepare, but a different depth of knowledge (we were required to know our 2 disciplines at the same level of a University exam, knowing every line of the whole specific book -500/600 pages if not more).

my respect to that guy who chose Italian language

Cuba will face the winner of one of the quarterfinals played by the groups C and D, not JPN. p.s. the Miami Cuban crowd is made of anti-Castro expats...they will never support the National team. if they play USA, DOM, PUR, VEN or MEX, the stadium will be completely against them.

@MHSN finally, Turkish media were right.

now it's official. Frank Chamizo Marquez tested positive for cannabis at the last world championships. therefore he's been stripped of the bronze medal he won on the mat and received a 3-month ban (already completed). what an idiot!!!

provided she can stay healthy and somehow competitive, Wierer won't retire until after the home Olympics, surely she won't do it this Summer after the amazing end of the season she's having right now.

by the way, our great win vs has sorted out some good news for the baseball fans here in Italy... our TV (Sky Italia) has decided to show all 4 quarterfinals live and not only the game of our guys as it was previously announced. we can really say that last Sunday it was a miracle win, in more than one meaning...

that would be even beyond my imagination...but it would be exciting...

which would be a smart idea...if only the main tiebreaker wasn't the "runs allowed/outs" ratio... also the win with big margin vs ...unfortunately, you risk to pay the prize for the 8 runs allowed more than what's the reward for the 18 runs scored. with the current rules, a 1-0 win is worth a lot more than a 18-8, I fear. by the way, pool C might turn into another "pool of chaos" like pool A, if the next games go according to my pervert plan

Karate 1 Serie A Stage #2 ( Konya) - Tournament Champions women's Individual Kata: Mirisa Ohuchi women's Team Kata: Turkiye men's Individual Kata: Ryonosuke Kikuchi men's Team Kata: Kuwait women's Individual Kumite -50kg: Gabriella Izaguirre -55kg: Bella Samasheva -61kg: Gulbahar Gozutok -68kg: Laura Alikul +68kg: Shima Alesaadi men's Individual Kumite -60kg: Carmine Luciano -67kg: Enes Fatih Kurt -75kg: Eren Akkurt -84kg: Alireza Akbari +84kg: Sanad Sufyani Full Results & Rankings https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=results&vernr=687&active_menu=calendar

not a big issue...the next game in the same stadium is in 6 hours

can't stop watching... laughing, for sure...but also feeling so proud of him (and of the whole team)...

p.s. for those who think that the US born Italians don't take their Italian heritage with pride and wearing the shirt of our National team doesn't mean that much to them...

I guess it will be exactly as it was this time: in Spring or Autumn 2025 there will be 2 groups of 5 (with modified page system schedule ), the top 2 advancing to the WBC 2026. all teams will have their chance.

Men's Individual Epee ( Budapest) Gold: Gabriele Cimini Silver: Yonatan Cohen Bronze: Valerio Cuomo & Gaetan Billa Semifinals Cimini b. Cuomo 15-14 Cohen b. Billa 15-12 Final Cimini b. Cohen 15-13 Full Ranking & Results https://engarde-service.com/index.php?lang=en&Organisme=hunfencing&Event=2023_03_10_12_epee_gp&Compe=sme-in

Women's Individual Epee ( Budapest) Gold: Renata Knapik-Miazga Silver: Anna Kun Bronze: Nelli Differt & Marie-Florence Candassamy Semifinals Kun b. Candassamy 15-14 Knapik-Miazga b. Differt 14-13 Final Knapik-Miazga b. Differt 11-10 Full Ranking & Results https://engarde-service.com/index.php?lang=en&Organisme=hunfencing&Event=2023_03_10_12_epee_gp&Compe=swe-in

Men's Team 10m Air Rifle Gold: Serbia Silver: Austria Bronze: Sweden & Germany Final Ranking and Results https://results.sius.com/ShootEvent.aspx?Championship=584bd709-6c3f-4dbd-865c-6cb8704f6c90&ShootEvent=ARTEAMM

Women's Team 10m Air Rifle Gold: Norway Silver: Serbia Bronze: Poland & Germany Final Ranking and Results https://results.sius.com/ShootEvent.aspx?Championship=584bd709-6c3f-4dbd-865c-6cb8704f6c90&ShootEvent=ARTEAMW

Men's Team 10m Air Pistol Gold: Turkiye Silver: Germany Bronze: Ukraine & Serbia Final Ranking and Results https://results.sius.com/ShootEvent.aspx?Championship=584bd709-6c3f-4dbd-865c-6cb8704f6c90&ShootEvent=APTEAMM

Women's Team 10m Air Pistol Gold: Poland Silver: Serbia Bronze: Hungary Final Ranking and Results https://results.sius.com/ShootEvent.aspx?Championship=584bd709-6c3f-4dbd-865c-6cb8704f6c90&ShootEvent=APTEAMW