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Derek Carr released by the Las Vegas Raiders. they should have done it quite some time ago, by the way. now I hope they can find someone not so delusional as the good old Derek.

a Rho, per essere precisi, c'è l'attuale Fiera di Milano, una delle più nuove, più grandi, più operative d'Europa. usare un padiglione lì, sarebbe perfetto per una struttura provvisoria, come e meglio del Lingotto di Torino...ci sarebbe più spazio, sarebbe più funzionale e i tempi di posa sarebbero rapidi e indolori (non ci vorrebbero più di 3 mesi per allestire il tutto, "scenografia olimpica" inclusa).

meanwhile in the men's GS quali, tomorrow, legendary Hubertus von Hoenlohe is back!

but in this case the hype is justified by the "he's going to win ALL the events in a championship" factor...

you! bunch of

Jacobs "only" 6.64 in the heats, final comin'up in a couple of minutes. good results for 2 more Italians...Claudio Stecchi finally cleared 5.82m (new indoor NR, second only to Duplantis in the event) after 2 years out of the competitions because of many injuries, meanwhile Leonardo Fabbri got 21.53m in the men's shot put in Belgrade, beating all the big guys from the former Jugoslavija. and Omanyala beat Jacobs (first loss in a 60m race in 3 years) 6.54 for the Kenian and 6.57 for the 100m Olympic champion (same time of last week in Lodz for him).

yeah, but at least with this method it's not unfair. imho, in Snowboard they should have 2 runs in the knockout stage, meanwhile in alpine skiing they could well get rid of this race...

well, this time it wasn't an issue, as the clockings on the red and blue course were counted only between themselves. there was no comparison between what happened on the other course, even if one was clearly faster than the other.

tbh, today's team event was held on a perfectly fair course for the first time ever (snowboard included). the only problem came out late in the semis and finals, when a couple of gates of the red course were slightly more ruined and therefore the last 3 gates looked slower than the blue course, but it was more a feeling than actual issue. tonight's quali of the individual parallel slalom were held on a different track and we were back to the usual disparity between red and blue, but the rules just made it a non problem, since the entire qualification was structured on completely separate timings between the 2 tracks. therefore no injustice was done, as only clockings on the same course were compared between each other. tomorrow we'll be back on the fair track (used basically only for the parallel competitions).

100m (and 4*100m Relay) Olympic Champion, Marcell Jacobs, back in action Tomorrow night in Lievin. this is the meet's schedule: https://etusuora.com/en/athletics/world-athletics-indoor-tour/lievin#:~:text=The 2023 event takes place,near Lens in Northern France.

IBA, what a great sports federation!

they won't even make the playoffs...

Alpine Skiing, women's DH...despite the most recent winners might look superior because of the most races available and the better media coverage, there's only one GOAT in the women's speed disciplines (which at her time was only the DH)... her name is Anne-Marie Moeser Proll. she's my pick. Luge, men's Singles...in the luge history there are 3 men that signed 3 different era (even if somehow they also had the chance to slide against each other): Georg Hackl, Armin Zoeggeler and Felix Loch. it's a very difficult choice...but in the end, my pick is Georg Hackl. Luge, women's Singles...despite the most dominant performance should be considered Gerda Weissensteiner's effort in Lillehammer, also here we have a clear GOAT that can't be denied the pick: Natalie Geisenberger. Curling...just going with the most successful serial winners: Canada among the men, Sweden among the women.

hope this time it's the good one (I don't know why my vote wasn't recorded earlier? ).

let's go Raiders! oh, wait...the Raiders aren't going to play the Superbowl?! well, in this case...then...my pick are the Eagles (but I hope KC is gonna do it). more than anything, I hope it's gonna be a great match with a really close score until the last second.

Overall World Cup Women's Final Standings 1. Suzanne Schulting, 1062 Pts 2. Courtney Sarault, 776 Pts 3. Hanne Desmet, 744 Pts Men's Final Standings 1. Park Ji Won, 1068 Pts 2. Hong Kyung Hwan, 674 Pts 3. Steven Dubois, 668 Pts Discipline World Cup Winners Women's 500m: Xandra Velzeboer Women's 1000m: Suzanne Schulting Women's 1500m: Kim Gilli Men's 500m: Denis Nikisha Men's 1000m: Park Ji Won Men's 1500m: Park Ji Won Relay World Cup Women's Relay 1. Canada 2. Netherlands 3. South Korea Men's Relay 1. Canada 2. South Korea 3. China Mixed Relay 1. South Korea 2. Netherlands 3. Belgium

Dordrecht women's 500m Gold: Xandra Velzeboer Silver: Kim Boutin Bronze: Rikki Doak women's 1000m (2) Gold: Courtney Sarault Silver: Kim Gilli Bronze: Suzanne Schulting women's 3000m Relay Gold: Canada Silver: Hungary Bronze: China men's 500m Gold: Lin Xiaojun Silver: Lim Yong Jin Bronze: Lukasz Kuczynski men's 1000m (2) Gold: Park Ji Won Silver: Pascal Dion Bronze: Luca Spechenhauser men's 5000m Relay Gold: South Korea Silver: China Bronze: Japan

so, Turin Foil GP is back after 3 years...but it's like it's never been away. in fact, both 2020 Champions came back and confirmed themselves as the Queen and King of this tournament. Italy got a silver and a bronze in both the men and women's events, but the supposed no.1 (and 2) of the team failed to make the medal round, which is not a very good news. also to be said, youngster Filippo Macchi is for real...after Paris, just another excellent performance (even if he lost once again an already won match against an American guy -it was Massialas in Paris, it's Meinhardt in Turin...you just can't waste a 12-6/13-7 or so lead so often, even when you're young and inexperienced at the top level). however, he reminds me the young Cassarà sometimes...lefthanded, tall, powerful, he likes a very offensive style of fencing... we'll see if we've really found a new jewel...

Men's Individual Foil ( Turin) Gold: Gerek Meinhardt Silver: Filippo Macchi Bronze: Alexander Choupenitch & Daniele Garozzo Semifinals Meinhardt b. Garozzo 15-14 Macchi b. Choupenitch 15-11 Final Meinhardt b. Macchi 15-14 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/134

Women's Individual Foil ( Turin) Gold: Ysaora Thibus Silver: Erica Cipressa Bronze: Alina Poloziuk & Camilla Mancini Semifinals Thibus b. Poloziuk 15-6 Cipressa b. Mancini 15-9 Final Thibus b. Cipressa 15-9 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/458

Men's Team Sabre ( Warsaw) Gold: South Korea Silver: Hungary Bronze: United States Semifinals Hungary b. Italy 45-41 South Korea b. USA 45-38 Bronze Medal Match USA b. Italy 45-38 Gold Medal Match South Korea b. Hungary 45-37 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/569

Women's Team Epee ( Barcelona) Gold: South Korea Silver: Italy Bronze: China Semifinals Italy b. China 29-20 South Korea b. Estonia 45-44 Bronze Medal Match South Korea b. Estonia 45-38 Gold Medal Match South Korea b. Italy 34-27 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2023/822

women's Team Epee Gold Medal match should be here (15.45 start time, if they stay on schedule) men's Team Sabre Bronze and Gold medal matches instead are here:

and just another early loss for Alice Volpi and Tommaso Marini in the home women and men's GP event in Turin the men's team sabre guys lost to Hungary in the semifinal match and now they're also losing badly to the in the bronze medal match. only the women's team Epee girls have reached at least the gold medal match (in a few minutes vs ). not the greatest day for our sport...even for Fencing...

Women's Team Sabre ( Tashkent) Gold: Bulgaria Silver: Azerbaijan Bronze: South Korea Semifinals Bulgaria b. South Korea 45-39 Azerbaijan b. Hungary 45-37 Bronze Medal Match South Korea b. Hungary 45-41 Gold Medal Match Bulgaria b. Azerbaijan 45-40 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/C461C40B4AE847769B2DF0749A858935