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nowadays I'm so disillusioned and disappointed...that I'm following only Padel and Breakdance...

settimana in chiaroscuro per l'Italia... se è vero che Sofia Raffaeli ha vinto (con molta più fatica del previsto) il titolo mondiale all-round di Ginnastica Ritmica e conquistato il pass individuale per Parigi 2024, bisogna notare d'altro canto come sia Milena Baldassarri nell'individuale e, soprattutto, le pompatissime Farfalle abbiano miseramente fallito su tutti i fronti, niente medaglie "che contano" (le gare olimpiche) nè qualificazione olimpica (l'obiettivo minimo, molto "minimo"). Vedremo se sapranno rifarsi al prossimo giro e, soprattutto, se si riscatteranno a Parigi. nell'Equitazione, altro disastro azzurro al mondiale di concorso completo, con la squadra che sprofonda e non ottiene una più che possibile qualificazione e gli individualisti che galleggiano dal 30. posto in poi. L'unica buona notizia è la qualificazione di ben 5 squadre europee, fatto che dovrebbe rendere più agevole il cammino dei nostri nelle prossime occasioni. nel Tiro a Segno (armi da fuoco), tanto per cambiare, un flop dietro l'altro, oltretutto con scelte assolutamente incomprensibili come quella di relegare il nostro miglior carabinista, Danilo Dennis Sollazzo, alle sole gare juniores, di fatto demansionandolo e demotivandolo pesantemente (tant'è che non è andato a medaglia nemmeno tra i ragazzini). In tutto l'europeo si salva solo Maria Varricchio, sorprendente quarta nella Pistola 25m donne, risultato per lei eccellente, ma che non basta a qualificarla per Parigi 2024 (in palio c'erano solo 2 carte olimpiche). Non del tutto negativa la gara di Massimo Spinella nella Pistola Automatica maschile, ottavo alla fine della competizione, ma pur sempre lontano da una improbabile carta olimpica. Tutti gli altri, da fustigare selvaggiamente senza pietà (tecnici compresi). Non faccio commenti sui mondiali di Lotta, altrimenti potrei davvero offendere qualcuno. Prendo soltanto nota che l'Italia non esiste più in questo sport, dove schieriamo solo pochi naturalizzati discreti e nulla più (ormai anche Chamizo non vince più e si avvia al declino), i "nativi" sono solo un branco di incapaci. al di là delle gare valide per la qualificazione olimpica, da segnalare anche il bronzo europeo (ma in una gara open, con velisti da tutto il mondo) di Giacomo Ferrari e Bianca Caruso nella nuova classe olimpica di Vela, il 470 misto...risultato questo di buon auspicio per quando si farà sul serio. da ultimo, questa settimana è la volta dei mondiali di Canottaggio, che quest'anno solo solo un punto di passaggio in vista della rassegna del 2023 (decisiva per le sorti olimpiche), ma comunque non da sottovalutare. Per i nostri colori, le uniche barche olimpiche competitive dovrebbero essere i 2 doppi pesi leggeri e il quattro di coppia senior, visto che i tecnici continuano a insistere con la fissazione dell'Otto, depauperando così il Due senza e il Quattro senza. E purtroppo non si vedono neppure particolari miglioramenti al femminile, atavico punto dolente del canottaggio azzurro. Sperando vivamente di essere smentito dai fatti.

vs postponed to tomorrow (rain)

2022 Mixed 470 European Championships ( Cesme) Sweden secure Gold after Match Race with Spain Gold: Anton Dahlberg & Lovisa Karlsson Silver: Jordi Xammar Hernandez & Nora Brugman Cabot Bronze: Giacomo Ferrari & Bianca Caruso Full Ranking: https://2022europeans.470.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall

just had 15 pens removed (to McEwen)... their total score now is 80.90. now they are back in contention even for gold tomorrow.

Olympic quota places almost decided after Cross-Country... if nothing really weird happens (or if there are no issues with the horse inspection), are way ahead of the rest of the field. maybe could still steal the 7th place if SUI has troubles with the horses (they have only 3 riders left, can't afford a medical stop) or JPN have a total meltdown in show jumping (but they have 14 point-margin over SWE...that's a lot). vs for gold, vs for bronze. Individually, Michael Jung has a good lead (5 pts) over the chasers. the fight for silver and bronze is going to be quite exciting, with 10 people in just 4 points span. Italy have been once again a total disaster, a bunch of losers (and I'd really like to know who decided to keep Bordone in the team despite being at high risk after the recent injury)...

that's an average value for a close game under FIBA rules... Germany vs Spain's last minute was surely longer than 6 actual mins (I normally don't take notice of that)...

I don't know if the Swedish TV (SVT) have a personalized direction, but I turned my tv on 3 minutes ago and they already showed Monica Spencer at the water complex and Kitajima at the Slide... hope that the international feed doesn't have a typical italian football-only director...

Well, he doesn't have any result since Tokyo (where he was surely tested and he was negative), so I guess this isn't so important for him.

If I think we had them in the bag...

This time it wasn't even close... Salkazanov dominated the semifinal against Chamizo from start to finish... Frank couldn't even score a single point...I think it's the first time in his career...

no idea, we only know that the ban period goes from late June 2022 to late December 2023

sorry, but you're wrong once again...he wasn't caught doped...he only missed 3 (or more) tests because most likely he's basically retired from high level swimming... it's quite different...

well, first the switch to Italy didn't pay out well for anybody (himself, but also our team, we expected him to boost our chances in more than one event and he just was good enough for the relay's prelims)... now this...even if I also think that it's because he basically stopped swimming at the highest level after Tokyo...we've never seen him in Italy after that competition...

it looks they want to make it a new World Baseball Classic, then (I mean, with teams based mainly on marketing interest of the NHL)... this might lead to make Italy a powerhouse, having a team filled with all the NHL players with Italian heritage (who normally can't play with us because they've never been in our Country)...

that's a bad situation... I didn't know... wow! I hope it could be fixed as soon as possible...

let's keep politics and the war aside for a while... the long term solution is as simple as a 12-year ban for all the Russians because of the shameful doping issues they had in the 2008-2014 span and they were never really punished for... Belarus also had some heavy doping issues in that period (remember the full canoeing and weightlifting teams not allowed to enter the Rio Olympics?), so an 8-year ban for them will work, too... and we're perfectly done until at least 2030 for BLR and 2034 for RUS... then, and only then, we could start to reconsider their position...

don't laugh now...wait to see the Italian roster, first! (at least, I hope we have to laugh on that, because I fear we'll have to cry if there are more than 2 Italian born Italians on that team)...

I saw that Sunday afternoon the big match between Kosice and Slovan is live on RTVS :Sport will you attend in person or just watch it on tv?

busy week in the European Hockey... after the first CHL stint, now it's time for the beginning of almost all the main European domestic leagues... Finnish Liiga is underway since Tuesday, yesterday the Swiss NLA started. Tonight it was time for the Czech Extraliga and the German DEL to open their campaign, meanwhile tomorrow it's time for the Slovak Extraliga and the Austrian ICE League (with 3 Italian teams). Saturday the Swedish SHL will begin, too. All this, waiting for the NHL to start their show. I'm ready for the full immersion... p.s. @hckošice I saw that the AMC channels replaced the KHL (gone for obvious reasons) with the Swiss NLA I'm almost in tears (of joy, of course)...

and here we go...another idiot... Santo Condorelli 18-month ban for whereabouts failures... https://swimswam.com/tokyo-medalist-santo-condorelli-given-18-month-fina-ban-for-whereabouts-failures/

I want better picture quality! = 50/60 fps and a better working app for android TV, but that's another issue...

by the way, just got my padel local club subscription...

3x3 is just fun to play, its popularity as a sport to watch doesn't really exist... basketball is another thing, people around the world want to watch Steph, Giannis, Luka, KD...some of them (and I don't understand how they can stand him) even LeFlop...ops, I mean LeBron...

no, in all the ISSF events (shotgun, rifle, pistol) only 1 quota per competition can be earned by a single Country