phelps

remembering very well how it went in L.A. 38 years ago, in Boxing I can tell you that the would still get all of their gold medals, as the judges were the perfect forecomers of those who did what they did in Seoul 4 years later however, at the 1982 world champs in Munich (the last held before the 1984 Games), won 5 of the 12 gold medals, with and getting 3 each and winning 1 gold medal. among the boycotting Nations, won 4 (but no gold), 2 and 1 (a silver medal)...and that's it.

yes, in Milan the Egyptians are triple than Moroccans (60k vs 20k) and are also very big communities (just a fraction below 50k each), then with 30k, followed by (about 20k each) and (15k) (10k). the 3rd most crowded African community is from (7k). in the Metropolitan area of Milan there are just a bit less than 500k people coming from abroad (about 15% of the whole resident population). stats are recorded at the end of 2021.

p.s. Milan since yesterday is now officially located in the Casablanca province...

just like the Mediaworld (Mediamarkt) company, which in 2006 had a promotional campaign based on "buy a brand new HD TV screen (before the start of the World Cup)...and if Italy wins the World Cup, we give you back the entire price" needless to recall how it went... and needless to remember also how it went after 2006...

hope he's not gonna need a gastrectomy after that...

Yesterday's Recap women's -49kg Gold: Jiang Huihua Silver: Chanu Saikhom Mirabai Bronze: Hou Zhihui Full Results https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=562 men's -55kg Gold: Theerapong Silachai Silver: Son Dinh Ngo Bronze: Kim Yong Ho Full Results https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=562

yes, on the official IWF website there's a link to the Live Scoreboard and to the Final Results (now it looks that they're updating them in real time once a weight class is over). p.s. check the Olympic Channel website, Brazil might be one of those Nations where the free live streaming is available

Knockout Stage Quarterfinals, 1st Leg, Part 2 Wednesday 07.12.2022 - Schedule* 17:30 Mountfield HK (CZE) - EV Zug (SUI) *All times CET Watch live Check here for details of live TV broadcasts: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/fans/where-to-watch All games are also live on the CHL website for free, subject to geo-blocking restrictions in certain countries due to TV rights.

Knockout Stage Quarterfinals, 1st Leg, Part 1 Tuesday 06.12.2022 - Highlights Rögle BK Ångelholm (SWE) - Tappara Tampere (FIN) Luleå Hockey (SWE) - Jukurit Mikkeli (FIN) Skellefteå AIK (SWE) - Frölunda Indians (SWE)

Knockout Stage Quarterfinals, 1st Leg, Part 1 Tuesday 06.12.2022 - Results 18:05 Rögle BK Ångelholm (SWE) - Tappara Tampere (FIN) 3-2 (2-0, 1-0, 0-2) 19:05 Luleå Hockey (SWE) - Jukurit Mikkeli (FIN) 5-1 (1-0, 1-0, 3-1) 19:05 Skellefteå AIK (SWE) - Frölunda Indians (SWE) 1-0 (1-0, 0-0, 0-0)

hope they will never put that farce back... time to try something new, like Kickboxing (Full Contact and Point Fighting only, if not Full Contact only...Light Contact and Low Kick are senseless and should stay away from the global stage)...

by the way, the women's -49kg Group B just finished. Y. Hernandez Vieyra is currently the best of the pack with 82kg (snatch) + 102kg (C&J), for a total of 184kg

I fear that only the people living in the Countries that have access to the paid service mentioned in my previous post can watch the secondary groups

Live and Ondemand (all groups but only A groups with commentary in English -the same of the Olympic Channel by Seb Ostrowicz and Max Aita) here (paid streaming, 15.99 US $): https://www.weightliftinghouse.com/events/ meanwhile, rest of Live and Ondemand for free on the Olympic Channel (A groups only)

in the absolute disinterest of the entire world (is there any TV network/streaming service showing this thing? even the competition's results are impossible to find out ), yesterday the tournament started with the 1st Group A competition... and for my own personal major disgust, the doping cheaters from Thailand are back in force, as they dominated the women's -45kg weight class... Today 2 "finals" are scheduled, the men's -55kg (01.00 a.m. CET of tomorrow) and the women's -49kg (10.30 p.m. CET). Yesterday's Recap women's -45kg Gold: Thanyathon Sukcharoen, 82kg Snatch + 100kg C&J, 182kg Total Silver: Siriwimon Pramongkhol, 78kg Snatch + 102kg C&J, 180kg Total Bronze: Manuela Berrìo Zuluaga, 77kg Snatch + 93kg C&J, 170kg Total

Knockout Stage Quarterfinals, 1st Leg, Part 1 Tuesday 06.12.2022 - Schedule* 18:05 Rögle BK Ångelholm (SWE) - Tappara Tampere (FIN) 19:05 Luleå Hockey (SWE) - Jukurit Mikkeli (FIN) 19:05 Skellefteå AIK (SWE) - Frölunda Indians (SWE) *All times CET Watch live Check here for details of live TV broadcasts: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/fans/where-to-watch All games are also live on the CHL website for free, subject to geo-blocking restrictions in certain countries due to TV rights.

Verlander's deal is absolutely insane... 43+ million US $ for 2 years, option for a 3rd season at min. 35 million US $ and full no trade clause for someone of his age and recent background (Tommy John surgery just 2 years ago), it's really "all in", more than "all in" by the Mets.

in Curling, maybe...

actually Colombia has some background (and a current champion) in Waterski/Wakeboarding and often is host of world cup stages in that sport

and I thought I had an Egyptian friend on this forum...

an Italian newspaper wrote that she's a former Miss Croatia but I'm not sure they are accurate (actually, I'd be surprised if they are)...

4 years ago scored 4 goals in the 1st half vs 8 years ago scored 5 goals in the first half vs in the (in)famous Mineirazo semifinal basically, it happened more often than many people think

yeah, I know that...sadly... that's why I wrote that Frank's is one of the medals I'd like the most to happen for personal taste, it wasn't a "reasonable" prediction of the most expected medals for Italy...it's more like a dream that I hope it may come true, even if I know it's just a dream...

part 4, up to Today... Vancouver 2010, wonderful Games, great atmosphere, exciting competitions. but very few Italian success. however, the first memory unfortunately is avery sad one, the death of the Georgian luger Kumaritashvili during the training sessions of the men's singles. apart from that, my personal highlights were Giuliano Razzoli saving the face for us, Pittin's first ever Italian medal in Nordic Combined, the first individual medal won by Arianna Fontana in Short Track Speedskating, Sven Kramer missing out "in style" on an already secured gold medal in the men's 10k in Speedskating and the amazing gold medal match in the men's Ice Hockey torunement between and London 2012, finally, the Summer Olympics back to a favourable time zone. the beginning of a new era, with a truly comprehensive coverage of basically any event...a true orgasm for all those fans always abused by the linear tv channels broadcasts not showing anything of most disciplines. fun fact, the first official day of competitions was also my birthday...and what could have been a better present than a clean sweep in women's Foil and the amazing, unexpected gold medal in the men's team Archery? then, Niccolò Campriani and Jessica Rossi in Shooting, Carlo Molfetta in Taekwondo, the very first Open Water Swimming events, some of the best Athletics competitions ever...and unfortnantely also the Boxing scandals, back to the Seoul & Barcelona times. finally, even if at the time it wasn't an argument, have to re-think also to some of those wonderful competitions in Athletics and Weightlifting, which have been later discovered to be a cheat fest. and this is something that really makes my memories of those Olympic Games so bitter. Sochi 2014, doping, doping, doping and again doping. and the shameful 0 gold medals won by Italy. all this, makes those Games something to forget as soon as possible, as I can't enjoy anymore even those few things that at the time were somehow exciting. Rio 2016, for me, the end of an era. the last Olympics I could watch together with my mum (not that she was interested in any sport, but she's always been trolling around to keep my enthusiasm within acceptable measure) the Games themselves were great, with so many exciting events. From Swimming (Paltrinieri's Gold over the men's 1500m Free, the last ride of Michael Phelps, Katinka at her best, the Open Water races in front of the Copacabana Beach) to Beach Volleyball (the stadium on the beach, but also the silver medal won by Nicolai/Lupo), from Judo (Fabio Basile and his surprising gold medal in the men's -66kg) to Cycling (Viviani winning an amazing Omnium event in a direct matchup vs Cavendish on the track above all), from Shooting (the celebration of Niccolò Campriani as the best Rifle specialist ever, the almost clean sweep of the Shotgun events) to wrestling (Frank Chamizo putting Italy back on the map of this sport, but also the Russian Tank, Abdulrashid Sadulaev and the unbelievable protest of the Mongolian coach and his famous striptease on the mat). Everything was amazing, but that veil of sadness connected to my personal situation still hits the deepest part of my heart when I recall those Games' memories. Pyeongchang 2018, as I wrote before, the first Games of a new personal era. no more enthusiasm as before, and moreover a "difficult" timezone, snowsports events penalized by the weather and the venues. it's been difficult to follow those Games. among the few highlights, the 3 great ladies of our Winter sports: Arianna Fontana (Short Track Speedskating), Sofia Goggia (Alpine skiing), Michela Moioli (Snowboardcross). lowest point...maybe the Biathlon's epic fail. Tokyo 2020 (in 2021), well, it's difficult to recall memories for an event that happened just a short time ago. I can say that I still remember well any second of those Games. and the first thing that comes to my mind, unfortunately, it's just the true sadness (and disappointment) watching all those empty seats in those big, wonderful venues (well some weren't that wonderful, but still). for those reasons, it's difficult to find just a few highs and lows among all the competitions, even if I obviously enjoyed some moments more than others. If I only have to choose a couple, however, I'd say that the most heartbeating was the men's Team Pursuit Gold medal (Track Cycling), while the most surprising, obviously, was Marcell Jacobs winning the men's 100m dash in Athletics. Beijing 2022, I still have to make it something for the memories. I haven't processed it fully, yet. and once again, all the empty stands took all the poetry away. among the competitions and the athletes, my highlights were once again Arianna Fontana (Short Track Speedskating) and Sofia Goggia (Alpine Skiing), because of what she did, but also for the regret of what could have been if she didn't injure herself just before the Games. mention of honor also to Francesca Lollobrigida and Davide Ghiotto (Speedskating) and the amazing Curling pair Stefania Constantini & Amos Mosaner, who won (and how they did it!) the most improbable of the Gold medals Italy has ever won at the Olympics. Not to be forgotten, the first Olympic appearance (and medal) of Queen Jutta (Leerdam) in Speedskating

no, the Swiss idiot in charge of FIFA...