phelps

no. #1 seed lost to in the round of 16 in the team world cup in Heidenheim! it won't change much, but that's what you get when your best player is totally out of shape (and it's quite some time...it starts to be worrying) and your no.2 player (who's won a bronze medal the day before) is not even on the squad right now we're set for the quarterfinals: vs vs biggest surprise of the day, knocked out in the round of 32 vs (key match, with both teams currently tied at the 4th place in the OQR) vs (another surprising team, they knocked out in the round of 16) *if lose, need to earn a lot of points to close down the distance between them and keep the pace to steal the Asian OQP in the last event, as are going to drop our of the top 4 of the OQR)

Stage #5 ( Val Martello) Mixed Relay Gold: Italy (Alba De Silvestro & Michele Boscacci) Silver: Austria (Johanna Hiemer & Paul Verbnjak) Bronze: France (Axelle Gachet Mollaret & Xavier Gachet) Full Ranking and Results https://www.dataskimo.org/pdf/WC-ValMartello-MR.pdf

men's ILCA 7 Gold: Valtteri Uusitalo Silver: Jonatan Vadnai Bronze: Finn Lynch Full Results and Rankings https://eurilca.eu/documents/303/results/ilca7.html

women's ILCA 6 Gold: Maria Erdi Silver: Viktorija Andrulyte Bronze: Louise Cervera Full Results and Rankings https://eurilca.eu/documents/303/results/ilca6w.html

men's Individual Epee ( Heidenheim) Gold: Masaru Yamada Silver: Enrico Piatti Bronze: Paul Allegre & Federico Vismara Semifinals Piatti b. Vismara 15-11 Yamada b. Allegre 15-9 Final Yamada b. Piatti 15-9 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/98

Irene Camber, women's Foil Olympic Champion in 1952, dies at the age of 98 https://www.malangpost.net/italian-fencing-legend-irene-camber-passes-away-at-98/

well, indoor 4*400m relays are so slow (and the risk of injury in running indoor track events in general is higher compared to regular outdoor meets) that's actually useless to send teams for any purpose that's not the hunt for a medal individual events might be a bit different, as good points in the WR are always up for grabs and it might worth the effort (and the risk)

Paris 2024 is actually the last competition ever in Modern Pentathlon what comes next is just another sport (? ), they should call it Multiverse Pentathlon

well, here in Italy (right now, you know...) also women's Alpine Skiing has way better TV ratings than men's Swimming also had the same attitude for years thanks to Federica Pellegrini (only Massimiliano Rosolino somehow had and still has a comparable degree of popularity...even Paltrinieri doesn't stand a chance to draw the same attention those 2 had in their prime)

Stage #5 ( Val Martello) Men's Individual Race Gold: Xavier Gachet Silver: William Bon Mardion Bronze: Matteo Eydallin Full Ranking and Results https://www.dataskimo.org/pdf/WC-ValMartello-IND.pdf

Stage #5 ( Val Martello) Women's Individual Race Gold: Axelle Gachet Mollaret Silver: Alba De Silvestro Bronze: Johanna Hiemer Full Ranking and Results https://www.dataskimo.org/pdf/WC-ValMartello-IND.pdf

Stage #4 ( Villars) Mixed Relay Gold: Spain (Oriol Cardona Coll & Marta Garcia Farres) Silver: Switzerland (Marianne Fatton & Jon Kistler) Bronze: Italy (Giulia Murada & Nicolò Ernesto Canclini) Full Ranking and Results https://www.dataskimo.org/pdf/WC-villars-MR.pdf

Stage #4 ( Villars) Men's Individual Race Gold: Rèmi Bonnet Silver: Thibault Anselmet Bronze: Matteo Eydallin Full Ranking and Results https://www.dataskimo.org/pdf/WC-villars-IND.pdf

sorry for the very late update, but some of you already know why I'm not so committed to the forum lately... Stage #4 ( Villars) Women's Individual Race Gold: Emily Harrop Silver: Alba De Silvestro Bronze: Axelle Gachet Mollaret Full Ranking and Results https://www.dataskimo.org/pdf/WC-villars-IND.pdf

UIPM JOINT COMMITTEES PROPOSE THREE LA28 FENCING PROPOSALS FOR TESTING Single-elimination format set to make Olympic debut in 2028 Volunteering National Federations will test formats from March-May President Schormann salutes ‘innovation and creativity’ of UIPM community The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has moved a step closer to finalising the Modern Pentathlon format for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. At the end of their annual joint meeting (February 16-18), UIPM’s Athletes Committee, Coaches Committee and Technical Committee decided to propose three options for the Fencing discipline to the UIPM Executive Board (EB). The Committees based their proposals on the recommendations of the Fencing Working Group appointed in November 2023. All three proposals contain a single-elimination format, meaning pentathletes will compete for the first time in the knockout structure used in many other Olympic sports – preliminary rounds, quarter-finals and semi-finals culminating in a final bout between the last two surviving fencers. The various formats will be tested by several volunteering National Federations in March, April and May. Testing results will be analysed by the EB with a view to presenting any relevant motions to UIPM 2024 Congress. The Fencing format finally selected for LA28 – if approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) – will replace the current two-venue model of a full-scale Ranking Round followed by a Bonus Round with a ladder-style elimination format. UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann said: “After three days of invigorating discussion I am pleased that our three main UIPM committees have come together to agree on an exciting proposal for Fencing at LA28, which we know will be a game-changer for Modern Pentathlon in the Olympic Games." “Once again, we have been challenged to redefine our sport to make sure it remains a compelling part of the world’s greatest sporting event. And our community has responded with innovation and creativity, always keeping in mind the need to adjust to the needs of the IOC and the host city, in this case Los Angeles." “A single-elimination format in Fencing will be another important landmark in the evolution of Modern Pentathlon. UIPM was asked by the IOC President, Dr Thomas Bach, to reduce the cost and complexity of our sport while making it more accessible and more appealing, and this goes beyond the introduction of Obstacle as a new discipline – it applies to the overall competition format. I now look forward to our discussions within the UIPM Executive Board.”

Italy Women Zaynab Dosso (60m) Ayomide Folorunso (400m) Eloisa Coiro (800m) Giulia Aprile (1500m) Ludovica Cavalli (3000m) Veronica Besana (60m HS) Giada Carmassi (60m HS) Roberta Bruni (Pole Vault) Larissa Iapichino (Long Jump) Sveva Gerevini (Pentathlon) Men Chituru Ali (60m) Samuele Ceccarelli (60m) Francesco Pernici (800m) Catalin Tecuceanu (800m) Pietro Arese (3000m) Federico Riva (3000m) Lorenzo Simonelli (60m HS) Mattia Furlani (Long Jump) Emmanuel Ihemeje (Triple Jump) Leonardo Fabbri (Shot Put) Zane Weir (Shot Put)

no raccoons in Cortina, maybe deer and foxes... p.s. deer...only if they don't end up like that:

Knockout Stage Final Tuesday 20.02.2024 - Match Highlights Genève-Servette HC (SUI) - Skellefteå AIK (SWE)

GENÈVE-SERVETTE WIN 2024 FINAL TO LIFT EUROPEAN TROPHY IN SWITZERLAND! GENÈVE WIN FIRST CHL TITLE FOR SWITZERLAND SAMI VATANEN: 21:26 TOI FOR GENÈVE, WINS LGT MVP AWARD FILIP SANDBERG: 4 SHOTS, 3 BLOCKED SHOTS FOR SKELLEFTEÅ Less than a year after winning their first domestic title in their 118-year history, Genève-Servette are now European Club Champions following a nail-biting 3-2 home-ice victory over Swedish club Skellefteå AIK. They become the first Swiss club to win the modern iteration of the Champions Hockey League. In anticipation of the historic moment, the sold-out crowd of 7,135 at Patinoire des Vernets was loud before the game started and had plenty to cheer about in the first period when the home team scored all of its goals. The home team opened the scoring five and a half minutes in when Eliot Berthon beat Linus Söderström on a backhand deke after Arnaud Jacquemet found him with a pass from the point. Although the net came off its moorings before the puck crossed the goal line, the goal was allowed to stand because it was the right skate of the goalie that kicked the post out of place. Skellefteå tied it off the rush six minutes later when Pär Lindholm fed Martins Dzierkals, and the Latvian beat Jussi Olkinuora high to the short side from the left wing. But late in the opening frame, Genève scored twice on the same powerplay to take a two-goal lead. First it was Sakari Manninen one-timing a cross-ice pass from fellow countryman Teemu Hartikainen before the goalie could slide across to make it 2-1. Skellefteå challenged the play for offside on the zone entry, but the goal was upheld. Then 59 seconds later, veteran Daniel Winnik put a very nice deflection on Tim Berni’s knee-high shot from the point to make it 3-1. There wasn’t a lot of offence in the second period, in which Skellefteå held a 13-8 edge in shots and received the period’s only two powerplays. The visitors from northern Sweden put on probably their best pressure of the first 40 minutes in the late going after a Genève bench-minor for too many players on the ice. That Skellefteå pressure carried over into the third period and they eventually drew closer. With just under 11 minutes to play, they scored their second of the game off the rush. Anton Heikkinen took a drop pass from Oscar Lindberg in the neutral zone, carried the puck to the high slot and scored on a high wrister. Against the run of play with under eight minutes left, Manninen had a chance to regain Genève’s two-goal cushion on a partial breakaway but made a curious behind-the-back pass that failed to reach its intended recipient. With 3:12 to play, Triple Gold Club member Valtteri Filppula was called for tripping but Genève got a golden shorthanded chance to put the game away when goalie Söderström lost his stick pursuing the puck in the corner. With 2:01 to play, Skellefteå called their timeout and pulled Söderström for a 6-on-4 advantage, but although they were able to generate a couple of shots on Olkinuora, the equalizing goal never came. Genève made a couple of long-distance bids at the empty net which failed to connect, but managed to kill the remaining seconds and preserve the European Trophy. Post-game Interviews

Knockout Stage Final Tuesday 20.02.2024 - Result 19:30 Genève-Servette HC (SUI) - Skellefteå AIK (SWE) 3-2 (3-1, 0-0, 0-1) Goal Scorers: 1-0, 05:30, Eliot Berthon (Arnaud Jacquemet, Josh Jooris) 1-1, 11:35, Martins Dzierkals (Pär Lindholm, Zeb Forsfjäll) 2-1, 17:37, Sakari Manninen, PP (Teemu Hartikainen, Valtteri Filpula) 3-1, 18:36, Daniel Winnik, PP (Tim Berni, Vincent Praplan) 3-2, 48:09, Anton Heikkinen (Oscar Lindberg, Oskar Nilsson)

because their gender equality doesn't reflect the true disparity existing between men and women, who are NOT equal for a (good) reason in particular, the "gender equality" might be a good thing if we think of equal rights, equal access to the sport, even if they want the Olympic sports to have both men and women's competitions but all the mixed gender events and, above all, the fact that men and women must have the same quota places and the same number of events in any single sport is absolutely fool if there are 10 million male pro athletes and 100 competitive Nations in a sport and 10k pro athletes and 7/8 competitive Nations among the women in the same sport, why should they have the same treatment? things must be balanced and compared to the actual presence of competitive athletes (and I'm talking of long term history and perspective, not of a temporary conjuncture)

I don't really like (in Italian perspective) Takayama replacing Hamada in the women's -78kg...she might be a lot more dangerous to Bellandi than Hamada (who basically never won against our star)

I do really love that woman! these are the only lines on this question that make sense I just can't stand anymore those *choose your favourite definition* that try and ruin all the sports without knowing anything about them stop IOC, stop Bach, stop "agenda 2020", stop "gender equality", stop the TV networks...stop all those idiots and all this bullshit!!!

so, also this world cup stage is over... next stage is scheduled at the beginning of May in Baku and will feature all the weapons and disciplines in the meantime, a lot of Olympic Qualification Tournaments will be held between next week and the end of April, starting with the European Championships for weapons at 10m distance (Air Pistol and Rifle) from February 24th through March 3rd in Gyor