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which makes it absolutely not suitable for any rowing Olympic/World Regatta I'm sorry, but you just can't completely change one of the oldest and most traditional sports of the Olympic program because you can't find a proper venue. since we're not talking of a small town/low budget Olympics, if they just don't want to go on with Lakle Perris because of the possible drought issues, they have enough time to study a good plan to remove the current bridge that shortened the original basin in Long Beach and rebuild it half a mile further (or in the same place just after the Games, asking locals to support the Games and be kind for a couple of years of heavy traffic problems) the sport of Rowing deserves a 2000m regatta course, no matters how

I wrote it yesterday...I already knew they were going to flop big time

I'm just asking myself who's Gaudiano's sponsor? I mean, every time he rides for the NT he messes everything up... ps calling De Luca (clearly our best rider by far) was such a shitty idea? I just can't believe how bad is managed the selection process of our team for the main events of the season...even in eventing (and I'm still trying to understand why we totally gave up the dressage team, especially after having the strong Russian woman -Miloserdova?- naturalized a few years ago)

why travelling so far? they have a couple of suitable lakes close to the big town, one is Lake Casitas (used for the 1984 Olympics), the other (sorry, I don't remember the exact name right now without searching for it) was the place named for the 2028 Olympics in the candidature file they have just to stop whining and build a small athletes' village there and have the regatta in a proper location

because they want to use the iconic Long Beach Marina and not the place that was chosen when they presented their bid if IOC and World rowing were serious institutions, they would have recalled the arrogant LA organizers to stay with the original plan same for the Slalom Canoeing Center in Oklahoma City rather than in the LA area

you already tried this game with swimming (and you were shown how you were wrong)... retry, you'll be luckier

meanwhile our Olympic Champion Vito Dell'Aquila is way, way far from recovering his mojo and a decent shape...he lost badly in the rd of 16 against the eventual champion from which is not a disaster in itself, rather than how he lost our girls, instead, proved once again inconsistent, to say the least after a good win against the odds in rd #1, they couldn't confirm themselves in the following match...as usual... small consolation, the future looks bright, as we won 5 medals (2 golds) at the Cadets Worlds, which is quite unusual for us

Regular Season Day 1, Part 1 Thursday 31.08.2023 - Provisional Standings 1 Växjö Lakers 3 Pts (5-1, +4) 2 HC Innsbruck 3 Pts (5-2, +3) 3 ERC Ingolstadt 3 Pts (5-3, +2) 4 Färjestad Karlstad 3 Pts (4-2, +2 5 Adler Mannheim 3 Pts (4-2, +2) 6 Ilves Tampere 3 Pts (3-1, +2) 7 EHC Biel-Bienne 3 Pts (3-1, +2) 8 Tappara Tampere 2 Pts (2-1, +1) 9 Aalborg Pirates 1 Pt (1-2, -1) 10 Belfast Giants 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 11 Lukko Rauma 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 12 Oceláři Třinec 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 13 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 14 Red Bull Munich 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 15 Red Bull Salzburg 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 16 Skellefteå AIK 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 17 Vítkovice Ridera 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 18 Rouen Dragons 0 Pts (3-5, -2) 19 HC Bolzano 0 Pts (2-4, -2) 20 Stavanger Oilers 0 Pts (2-4, -2) 21 HC Košice 0 Pts (1-3, -2) 22 Dynamo Pardubice 0 Pts (1-3, -2) 23 Genève-Servette 0 Pts (2-5, -3) 24 Lahti Pelicans 0 Pts (1-5, -4)

Regular Season Day 1, Part 1 Thursday 31.08.2023 - Results 17:30 Dynamo Pardubice (CZE) - Ilves Tampere (FIN) 1-3 (0-1, 0-1, 1-1) 17:30 Pelicans Lahti (FIN) - Växjö Lakers (SWE) 1-5 (0-1, 1-2, 0-2) 18:00 Stavanger Oilers (NOR) - Färjestad BK Karlstad (SWE) 2-4 (1-1, 0-1, 1-2) 19:00 Aalborg Pirates (DEN) - Tappara Tampere (FIN) 1-2 OT (0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-1) 19:30 Adler Mannheim (GER) - HC Bolzano/Bozen (ITA/AUT) 4-2 (0-1, 2-1, 2-0) 19:45 EHC Biel-Bienne (SUI) - HC Košice (SVK) 3-1 (1-1, 1-0, 1-0) 20:00 Rouen Dragons (FRA) - ERC Ingolstadt (GER) 3-5 (1-2, 1-0, 1-3) 20:20 HC Innsbruck (AUT) - Genève-Servette HC (SUI) 5-2 (0-2, 3-0, 2-0)

it's clear that right now we own them mentally I don't know how this team could comeback from -16 late in the 3rd quarter and beat for the 3rd time in a row when it really matters Fontecchio (and partially Datome) just pulled out a miracle (despite that clown on the bench)

going for some predictions... will be 4th and out in the Olympic race

I think we're approaching the lowest point ever by our glorious sport of Rowing between injuries, retirements, unsuccessful transitions to the senior level (when not just lack of talent), people giving priority to their studies in the US colleges and questionable decisions by our coaches, we will be lucky if we can qualify to the Olympics 3 men's boats (2X, 4X, LW2X) and 1 women's boat (the Tokyo Gold Medallists Rodini & Cesarini in the LW2X) the W 4X might also have a slim chance, but they would need to pull out a miracle meanwhile I don't see how any other remaining boats can even get close to a qualifying result dreaming of medals, 3 - no gold (M 2X, M 4X, M LW2X) would be a huge success

ITALY Women Single Sculls: Clara Guerra Pairs: Alice Codato / Aisha Rocek* Double Sculls: Stefania Buttignon / Silvia Crosio (they're both LW ) Fours: - (NOT participating) Quadruple Sculls: Valentina Iseppi / Alessandra Montesano / Laura Meriano / Stefania Gobbi Eights: Giorgia Pelacchi / Linda De Filippis / Alice Gnatta / Aisha Rocek / Alice Codato / Silvia Terrazzi / Elisa Mondelli / Veronica Bumbaca LW Double Sculls: Valentina Rodini / Federica Cesarini * Doublin'up in Pairs and Eights Men Single Sculls: Davide Mumolo Pairs: Davide Comini / Giovanni Codato Double Sculls: Luca Rambaldi / Matteo Sartori Fours: Paolo Covini / Alessandro Bonamoneta / Davide Verità / Alfonso Scalzone Quadruple Sculls: Nicolò Carucci / Andrea Panizza / Luca Chiumento / Giacomo Gentili Eights: Matteo Dalla Valle / Emanuele Gaetani Liseo / Salvatore Monfrecola / Giovanni Abagnale / Gennaro Di Mauro / Simone Venier / Vincenzo Abbagnale / Leonardo Pietra Caprina LW Double Sculls: Stefano Oppo / Gabriel Soares

if it's like the last 2 Olympics, it's gonna be 7 boats (in both genders) 5 from the world champs and 2 from the OQ regatta in Lucerne next year

For those who like games and prediction contests, there's always the official CHL Predictor Game Have fun! https://chl-predictor.com/index.html

It's finally time! Dust off those jerseys, get your scarves, and put on your lucky sweater because hockey is back! The Champions Hockey League returns for the 2023/24 season with eight games on opening day.

Embiid has taken the French passport a couple of years ago if he plays the Olympic tournament (and it's a big "if"), it's gonna be with the French team

this week for me: Basketball World Cup (M), Volley Europeans (mainly F, the M only when it comes down to the gold medal match...if ITA play), Equestrian (Show Jumping) Europeans, some Taekwondo, a couple of Athletics meets... but, above all, the Hockey season is here!!! and who cares about the rest

here we go! Summer's not over yet, but the great Hockey season is just to start once again! Tomorrow, in fact, the first among the main European Domestic Leagues will open the 2023/2024 campaign as usually in the past few years, the honor goes to the Betera Extraliga, which will start in just less than 24 hours, with 3 matches scheduled for Tomorrow between the 7 and 7.30 p.m. local time (6/6.30 p.m. CET) After , on Friday, September 1st it's time for the Metalligaen (3 matches) and the KHL, with the traditional opening game that this year will be contested by CSKA Moscow and AK Bars Kazan (7 p.m. local time, 6 p.m. CET) then, in the following couple of weeks, also the other European Domestic Leagues will open their campaign, according to this calendar: Ligue Magnus, 9/9 (Rd #1, 5 matches) Liiga, 12/9 (Lukko Rauma vs HPK Hämeenlinna, 6.30 p.m. local time, 5.30 p.m. CET) NLA, 13/9 (Fribourg-Gotteròn vs HC Lausanne, 7.45 p.m. CET) Tipsport Extraliga, 14/9 (HC Škoda Plzeň vs HC Ocelàři Třinec, 5.30 p.m. CET) DEL, 14/9 (Red Bull Munich vs DEG Düsseldorf, 7.30 p.m. CET) SHL, 14/9 (Full Rd #1, 7 matches) (), ICE Hockey League, 15/9 (Full Rd #1, 6 matches) Extraliga, 15/9 (Full Rd #1, 6 matches) Eliteserien, 15/9 (2 matches)

Ice Hockey Domestic Leagues 2023 - 2024

short version in rowing we've always had a good tradition, a lot of clubs in many places all around the country, a decent talent pool and a lot of very good coaches in canoeing, the talent pool is basically a small bunch of enthusiasts, we don't have many good coaches and also a lot less clubs than rowing just to start practicing the sport the womens have always been a problem in both those sports because we are a truly sexist country that always put obstacles to the girls trying to practice certain sports (rowing and canopeing among them), therefore we've never been really competitive in that sector

no way! the Kenian had his feet in the 2nd lane already, Sibilio had all the right to go through on the inside actually, it's Kenya that should have been DQed because of his last guy trying to stop Sibilio with his left arm great job by both our 4*400m relays on the other hand, quite delusional efforts by Stecchi (M PV) and Battocletti (W 5000m) not that they were expected to do anything special, but at least going close to their PB was the minimum result...and they just didn't

c'mon! if your team doesn't get at least into the top 4 at the end of the tournament, you should send them home by swimming (with some sharks pursuing them)

what a shitty day for Italian canoeing once again!