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well, there's not much diffence, except for the money involved... and actually, I first thought about fencing...that's why I'm afraid it won't work as well as we might think I'm not negative, I know what the current global situation is...and most small sports federations have enormous problems to get enough money to run their routine activity, so I'm concerned about something that's gonna increase the costs for WA rather than saving/better spend their money

yes, all the best crews were there basically this was the general proble before the Olympics (even if they have a global qualification regatta yet to come, if I remember well...but most of the Olympic participants are already there, so, not their task) the main difference between this championship and the Olympics will be the weather/wind...in Marseille the situation is quite different from Lanzarote (which is at the Islas Canarias), so, the outcome might be different, too (btw, I don't think that will miss out on a medal, at least among the women...they're too good)

maybe they have to review the Olympic Qualification process, but they also have to guarantee all the athletes that can't make it to the Olympics a truly satisfactory activity looking at the usual starting field, I don't think that nobody cares about the G1/G2 tournaments...actually, most likely they're the reason why Taekwondo has so many participants in all the weight classes at the most important competitions like the World Champs without that stuff through the whole year, many Countries that can't aim for a spot among the "greats" going to the Games most likely wouldn't even develop a high level Taekwondo program should they create a yearly World Tour (like Tennis, for instance), it should have many tournaments in any case and it should be on multiple levels of play and probably it would cost WT (and the organizers) too much

49er & 49er FX 2024 World Championships ( Lanzarote) Women's 49er FX Gold: Odile Van Aanholt & Annette Duetz Silver: Vilma Bobeck & Rebecca Netzler Bronze: Jana Germani & Giorgia Bertuzzi Full Results and Ranking https://49er.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/49erfx__overall_results__10.pdf

49er & 49er FX 2024 World Championships ( Lanzarote) Men's 49er Gold: Erwan Fischer & Clèment Pequin Silver: Bart Lambriex & Floris Van De Werken Bronze: Diego Botin & Florian Trittel Paul Full Results and Ranking https://49er.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/49er_Overall-Results.pdf

men's Individual Epee Grand Prix ( Budapest) Gold: Yannick Borel Silver: Gergely Siklosi Bronze: Mate Tamas Koch & Kweon Young Jun Semifinals Borel b. Kweon 15-7 Siklosi b. Koch 15-14 Final Borel b. Siklosi 15-11 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/112?tab=results

women's Individual Epee Grand Prix ( Budapest) Gold: Anna Kun Silver: Eszter Muhari Bronze: Marie-Florence Candassamy & Nathalie Moellhausen Semifinals Kun b. Candassamy 15-11 Muhari b. Moellhausen 15-12 Final Kun b. Muhari 15-11 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/449?tab=results

NLA Playoffs 1st Pre-Playoffs Round Recap HC Lugano (7) b. HC Ambrì-Piotta (8) 1-0 (4-4; 3-1) EHC Biel-Bienne (9) b. Genève-Servette HC (10) 1-0 (3-2; 2-2) 2nd Pre-Playoffs Round Pairings EHC Biel-Bienne (9) vs HC Ambrì-Piotta (8) Pre-Playoffs Format: - Home & Away Series, No Goal Difference (if both teams win 1 match each or if both games are tied, then the 2nd and decisive match goes to OT, until the winning goal is scored) - the winner of the 2nd Pre-Playoffs series advances to the actual playoffs (Quarterfinals)

Elite Hockey League Playoffs Quarterfinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series) Storhamar (1) vs Lørenskog (8) Stavanger Oilers (2) vs Lillehammer (7) Vålerenga (3) vs Stjernen (6) Sparta (4) vs Frisk Asker (5)

Elite Hockey League Regular Season Final Standings 1.Storhamar Elite, 117 Pts 2.Stavanger Oilers, 100 Pts 3.Vålerenga Elite, 99 Pts Full Ranking https://www.hockey.no/live/Standings?date=10.03.2024 Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Peter Quenneville (Storhamar Elite), 72 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Peter Quenneville (Storhamar Elite), 33 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Marcus Rønebæk Stensrud (Storhamar Elite), 1.62 GAA (20 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Marcus Rønebæk Stensrud (Storhamar Elite), 92.0% (20 games played)

Metal Ligaen Playoffs Quarterfinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series) Aalborg Pirates (1) vs Rødovre Mighty Bulls (8) Herning IK (2) vs Herlev IC Eagles (7) SønderjyskE (3) vs Rungsted Seier Capitals (6) Esbjerg Energy (4) vs Odense Bulldogs (5)

Metal Ligaen Regular Season Final Standings Rank Team GP W W (OT) L (OT) GF : GA Points 1 Aalborg Pirates 48 31 1 7 181 : 119 102 2 Herning IK 48 23 9 5 187 : 129 92 3 SønderjyskE 48 26 5 4 181 : 125 92 4 Esbjerg Energy 48 23 3 3 176 : 152 78 5 Odense Bulldogs 48 22 3 6 158 : 149 78 6 Rungsted Seier Capitals 48 20 2 4 155 : 151 68 7 Herlev IC Eagles 48 15 6 3 123 : 174 60 8 Rødovre Mighty Bulls 48 9 6 1 115 : 206 40 9 Fredrikshavn IK 48 9 3 5 128 : 199 38 Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Jesper Thörnberg (Herning IK) and Mathias From (Herning IK), 62 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Mathias From (Herning IK), 28 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Mattias Pettersson (SønderjyskE), 1.51 GAA (10 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Mattias Pettersson (SønderjyskE), 93.30% (10 games played)

DEL League Stats Köln Set New Audience European Record Die Kölner Haie welcomed an average of 16,993 spectators to the home games in the PENNY DEL 16,993! That's how many spectators attended the Kölner Haie's home games in the main round of the 2023/2024 PENNY DEL season. A new record. Not just for the KEC, but also for European ice hockey. The Haie only set the previous record, which meant a new German record, in the last 2022/2023 season. At that time, an average of 14,286 spectators (including playoffs) flocked to the KEC. In the current season, the Haie were able to clearly break their own record with over 2,700 more fans per game and thus 16,993 spectators per home game. A total of over 423,000 spectators have already attended the Haie's home games this season. The LANXESS Arena was sold out a total of six times this season; this had never happened before in almost 25 years of KEC in the Deutzer Arena. With these audience numbers, the Haie are the European ice hockey club crowd for the first time in 22 years. With an average of 16,993 spectators, the KEC replaces the Swiss top club SC Bern and is the crowd again in Europe for the first time since 2002. The Swiss, who held the attendance record for 22 years in a row, welcomed an average of 15,490 spectators per home game this season. With the strong attendance figures, the Haie also broke a European record. Not only did the Haie replace SCB as the spectator crowd, with 16,993 spectators per home game they also improved the Bernese European record of 16,399 visitors from the 2016/2017 season. If you compare the Sharks' spectator numbers with those of the North American NHL, the ice hockey league with the largest number of spectators in the world, it is noticeable that the KEC leaves some teams behind here too. More specifically, six NHL teams (Columbus, Buffalo, Anaheim, San Jose, Winnipeg and Arizona) have fewer visitors per game than the Sharks this season. PENNY DEL climbs to number 1 in Europe in terms of audience popularity An average of 7,160 fans come to the main round - more than ever before. This puts the league well above the previous record of 6,647 from the 2015/16 season - and at the same time has taken over the top position of all ice hockey leagues in Europe: it is the highest average attendance in the main round of all European leagues. The PENNY DEL has pushed the previous leader, the Swiss National League (average audience: 7,131), out of first place and is only behind the National Hockey League (NHL) among the ice hockey leagues worldwide. A total of almost 2.6 million spectators have come to the arenas of the 14 clubs this year.

DEL Playoffs 1st Round Pairings (Best-of-3 Series) Adler Mannheim (7) vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers (10) Kölner Haie (8) vs ERC Ingolstadt (9)

DEL Regular Season Final Standings 1.Pinguins Bremerhaven, 107 Pts 2.Eisbären Berlin, 102 Pts 3.Straubing Tigers, 94 Pts Full Ranking https://www.penny-del.org/tabelle Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Jan Urbas (Pinguins Bremerhaven), 51 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Justin Schütz (Kölner Haie), 27 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Hannibal Weitzmann (Grizzlys Wolfsburg), 2.00 GAA (11 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Hannibal Weitzmann (Grizzlys Wolfsburg), 93.79% (11 games played)

ops...I didn't go back to the previous page

tbh, watching the replay more than once I never had the feeling that there was a touch on the helmet, it looked like the kick landed at least 10cm (if not more) from the head, right on the shoulder but it's still possible that I didn't see well the pictures (I was looking on a small cell phone screen)

vs is the women's Gold Medal match meanwhile the men's Final act is vs for , 2 painful quarterfinal's losses (especially the men, Nicolai & Cottafava, who played a brilliant pool phase)

Wayne Pinnock takes the world lead in the men's Long Jump with a 8.40 mark (indoor)

the head shot they gave to win rd #1 wasn't even close to hitting the target, it landed on the shoulder I was just referring to that, as it happened exactly in the moment I was writing that post... however, it was the only controversial shot and finally the Bulgarian managed to lose it badly (for her soul) by herself (actually, she was just unlucky on the last hit)

sorry, my mistake I thought there were 3 spots per weight, but of course I was wrong however, after beating Aydin, I'd be very, very upset if Matonti doesn't make it vs Bodèn

if she misses the Olympic Quota, she has to be "gonfiata come una zampogna" she's just 1 win away and she has to face opponents that are not even close to Aydin, who she defeated in the quarterfinals and in case she loses to /, then the 3rd place match vs the loser of the other semi should be a joke or so (in the lower bracket only is a good fighter, even if they're trying to earn a shot in all possible ways )

it's all live on the Olympic Channel

I don't agree at all in the Olympic Boxing, at least 30% of times (and I'm keeping myself strict) the winner of a bout is the wrong one. and it's not because most people don't know what the judges are looking at when their scores are shaped. and often, even when the score is correct/at least acceptable, among the 5 judges there's at least 1 that has watched another movie, whithout having those people thrown off the panel for the rest of their life

Miho Takagi and Zhongyan Ning are the 2024 Sprint World Champions Takagi beat the duo Femke Kok (2nd) and Jutta Leerdam (3rd), meanwhile Zhongyan outskated Jenning De Boo and Laurent Dubreuil thanks to his superiority over the 1000m stints