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well, at least there's always Totallympics!

in the past few weeks, rumors about Clarisse Agbegnenou switching to have got stronger and stronger. the reason behind this is, as often happens, about economical aspects. Agbegnenou, in fact, has a personal technical sponsor (Mizuno), meanwhile the French National team is of course under contract with Adidas. now the French Federation wanted Agbegnenou wear Adidas judogi in her comeback appearance after her maternity leave after Tokyo 2020, but the double Olympic champion refused to do it, saying that she hasn't trained enough with that judogi to wear it also in competition. but the French Federation left her without any coach on mat side in Tel Aviv (and she lost 2 of the 4 bouts for the first time since 2017) and threatened to leave her out of the team for the next World Championships and above all, out of the Olympic team. therefore, the great Clarisse, despite her will, has to think about a plan B, which leads to switching to the African Nation her family is from. personally, I think everything will be fixed quite soon and nothing strange is gonna happen, but if it happens...

2023 Fencing European Junior (Under 20) Championships women's Team Foil Gold: Italy Silver: Israel Bronze: Poland Semifinals Italy b. Poland 45-34 Israel b. Great Britain 45-28 Bronze Medal Match Poland b. Great Britain 28-27 Gold Medal Match Italy b. Israel 45-38 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/357 women's Team Sabre Gold: Hungary Silver: Italy Bronze: Turkiye Semifinals Italy b. France 45-39 Hungary b. Turkiye 45-33 Bronze Medal Match Turkiye b. France 45-41 Gold Medal Match Hungary b. Italy 45-39 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/359 men's Team Epee Gold: Hungary Silver: Italy Bronze: France Semifinals Hungary b. Israel 45-31 Italy b. France 40-24 Bronze Medal Match France b. Israel 45-41 Gold Medal Match Hungary b. Italy 45-32 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/356?tab=results

always been against that shit! wanna have shorter games? just get rid of commercial intervals between innings and don't allow any further warmup throw on pitching changes (they already have thrown 100 in the bullpen, there's no need for 7/8 more before actually starting the action)... p.s. if they think they can get the tiktok generation back to the good, old National pastime with 2.5-hr games instead of 3.5, they have really lost their minds (like the IOC with the gender equality and the youth&urban obsession)

rather think she's one of those well overpaid Britons (Gymnastics and Diving have been inspirational, I guess). no way that 91 pts run was better than Sadowski Synnott's 1st

no idea, but I think that it was just a tournament not on his schedule. probably he doesn't want to cut weight too many times and he's back in training for the next targeted event (which I guess it will be the European Championship). people like him don't need too many of these tournaments to get in good shape nor to keep themselves high in the world ranking.

1st men's apparatus (won by ) is Floor, not HB

well, it's an updated impression...nowadays, it's true that we have 6/7 Countries above the rest of the field, but Fencing has become one of the most balanced and well spread sports in the world, with a lot of Nations from every Continent (except for Oceania, but still) capable of winning a medal at any level. in the world cup thread we've done some kind of analysis about how many athletes from different Countries have made it to the podium at least once...and it's impressive, especially if compared with many of the most mediatically exposed disciplines (not to mention Winter sports). p.s. the vs 2-man show was staged in the cadet division just a couple of days ago...

Ranking Series Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament ( Alexandria) Men's Freestyle Champions -57kg: Suleyman Atli -61kg: Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu -65kg: Vazgen Tevanyan -70kg: Ernazar Akmataliev -74kg: Iakub Shikhdzhamalov -79kg: Avtandil Kentchadze -86kg: Vasyl Mykhailov -92kg: Kollin Raymond Moore -97kg: Batyrbek Tcakulov @hckošice -125kg: Taha Akgul Women's Wrestling Champions (Part #2) -50kg: Feng Ziqi -53kg: Lucia Yamileth Yepez Guzman -55kg: Jacarra Gwenisha Winchester -59kg: Yuliia Tkach -65kg: Tetiana Sova Rizhko -72kg: Dalma Caneva

yeah, I think it will appear this week.

yes, with Russia out (and France & Italy in the top 4 overall) Poland are the strongest contenders for the European spot. You have to avoid early round eliminations when the OQP starts, but I think right now you're a better team than Hungary, Germany, Czech Republic (your main rivals).

Women's Team Foil ( Cairo) Gold: Italy Silver: United States Bronze: Japan Semifinals USA b. France 45-33 Italy b. Japan 45-34 Bronze Medal Match Japan b. France 31-30 Gold Medal Match Italy b. USA 45-43 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/52893543EED440B78F9D8084A4B4B047

Men's Team Foil ( Cairo) Gold: Japan Silver: Italy Bronze: France Semifinals Japan b. Poland 45-33 Italy b. France 45-35 Bronze Medal Match France b. Poland 45-37 Gold Medal Match Japan b. Italy 45-43 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/761?tab=results

@Monzanator @rybak @Adriano @rafalgorka Poland's on fire!

2023 Fencing European Junior (Under 20) Championships women's Individual Epee Gold: Gloria Klughardt Silver: Nicole Feygin Bronze: Kinga Zgryzniak & Alexandra Kravets Semifinals Klughardt b. Kravets 15-11 Feygin b. Zgryzniak 14-13 Final Klughardt b. Feygin 15-14 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/349 men's Individual Foil Gold: Adam Jakubowski Silver: Marcus Broberg Bronze: Niklas Diestelkamp & Albert Bagdany Semifinals Jakubowski b. Bagdany 15-12 Broberg b. Diestelkamp 15-5 Final Jakubowski b. Broberg 15-13 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/352 men's Individual Sabre Gold: Marco Mastrullo Silver: Darii Lukashenko Bronze: Casian Cidu & Tolga Aslan Semifinals Mastrullo b. Aslan 15-10 Lukashenko b. Cidu 15-8 Final Mastrullo b. Lukashenko 15-14 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/354

first win for vs in 8 years. it doesn't matter for qualification purpose, but still...

all the documents are below the Team & Media Information menu the live scoring page will be online before the start of the competition, I guess (I hope, rather)...

and I got him in my Fantasy Hockey team!!!

2023 Fencing European Junior (Under 20) Championships women's Individual Foil Gold: Giulia Amore Silver: Kristina Petrova Bronze: Ariadna Tucker & Carolina Stutchbury Semifinals Amore b. Tucker 15-13 Petrova b. Stutchbury 15-4 Final Amore b. Petrova 15-13 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/351?tab=results women's Individual Sabre Gold: Mathilde Mouroux Silver: Nisanur Erbil Bronze: Amalia Stan & Kira Keszei Semifinals Mouroux b. Keszei 15-14 Erbil b. Stan 15-8 Final Mouroux b. Erbil 15-14 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/353?tab=results men's Individual Epee Gold: Yonatan Cohen Silver: Markus Salm Bronze: Marco Paganelli & Soma Somody Semifinals Cohen b. Paganelli 15-12 Salm b. Somody 15-12 Final Cohen b. Salm 15-11 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/350?tab=results

not a bad day at the office for Italy in particular, first ever win in a senior world cup tournament for Martina Favaretto...and what a win! she did it in style, destroying every oppenent she's faced (except for Cipressa in the 2nd round, that was damn close). today she was just in a class of her own

Men's Team Epee ( Heidenheim) Gold: France Silver: Italy Bronze: Japan Semifinals France b. Japan 36-35 Italy b. Switzerland 45-28 Bronze Medal Match Japan b. Switzerland 45-29 Gold Medal Match France b. Italy 45-38 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/454

Men's Individual Foil ( Cairo) Gold: Alexander Massialas Silver: Tommaso Marini Bronze: Davide Filippi & Enzo Lefort Semifinals Marini b. Filippi 15-8 Massialas b. Lefort 15-7 Final Massialas b. Marini 15-14 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/138?tab=results

Women's Individual Foil ( Cairo) Gold: Martina Favaretto Silver: Martina Batini Bronze: Lee Kiefer & Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk Semifinals Batini b. Kiefer 15-13 Favaretto b. Walczyk-Klimaszyk 15-8 Final Favaretto b. Batini 15-7 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/129

just looking at the final results... all 21 starters from the 5 top Countries () ended up in the top 23 positions of the final ranking... and the top 8 jumpers are from only 3 Countries: the only 2 "intruders" are Marusiak (17th) and Deschwanden (19th)... not exactly a sign of depth at the top of this game, I guess...

and in California, Odermatt is back to the top of the rankings so far... it's a very close 1st run, with 12 skiers within 1.00 secs.