phelps

good luck to her, but the truth is that those seedings are not reflecting the actual situation...especially in these Olympic weights... p.s. tbh, I secretly hope our Paulina Armeria Vecchi can qualify from that half of the draw, but I fear the task is going to prove too hard for her (she comes from Mexico, she's a newcomer in our team and she has a nice story behind her, so I'd be really glad if she makes it)...

well, I'm known to miss on every prediction...so, it's way better for your guy not being mentioned by me...

I hope not but I fear yes...

my picks... - 57 Kg Women + 67 Kg Women - 68 Kg Men's + 80 Kg Men's

and Ibrahimovic himself is also a former taekwondo player, when he was still a youngster living in Malmoe... then, he went for a different career, but he always says that he could have become a full time TKD player if he didn't succeed with football...

it looks that someone from the organizing staff collapsed... looking at how he/she was dressed, surely, he/she was not an athlete nor a ref...

Short Track X-CO, Full Results Men: https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20210508_xco/albs_xcc_me_results.pdf Women: https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20210508_xco/albs_xcc_we_results_y.pdf

China and Great Britain in both competitions (China winning all the gold medals), together with Mexico among the men and Canada among the women.

shameful, nightmerish outing by Simone Alessio in round 1 against the unknown Dodevski from MKD... he was very lucky and won just by 1 point (10-9), but he did absolutely nothing...tbh, he didn't even deserve to win this match... surely, in the next round he's going to be eliminated if he repeats a performance like this one...

@Adriano Aaron Cook just beat Karol Robak... no Olympics for him, this time...

Wilson's irresponsible behaviour that started it all...

dream draw for Simone Alessio...he avoided all the most dangerous fighters on his side of the draw: Cook, Robak, Ferreira and Ordemann are all in the top half... if he doesn't qualify under this circumstance, it really means that he doesn't deserve a place in Tokyo...

I'm a fan of tough play and of the old NHL of the Seventies and Eighties, but this time the NYR are absolutely right... Wilson is a dirty, dangerous player to have on the ice according to the modern criteria of how the game is played... and the NHL are definitely on the wrong side with all their actions...first, not suspending Wilson and then fining the NYR because they publicly stated the concept and made a fully legitimate protest for the lack of disciplinary actions against Wilson... by the way, it's a shame that Hockey hits the headlines only because of things like that instead of the wonderful show they put on night after night...

DEL, Finals, Game #2 Eisbären Berlin didn't surrender after game 1's home loss, and since the beginning of game 2 they showed the fighting spirit and determination they lacked a bit in the first chapter of the DEL finals. Wolfsburg tried to resist and stop the charge by the men from the Capital, but before the end of the first period they had to surrender the opening goal of the game, scored by Frank Hordler. In the second period, instead of the home team's reaction, there was a furious start by Berlin, which led quite quickly to 2 more goals (Ryan McKiernan and Sebastian Streu). The game at this point was basically over, despite the effort by Wolfsburg to cut the distance down to 2 just before the 2nd interval. The hosts then controlled the game quite easily in the final period, before ending in style with the empty netter by Lukas Reichel that froze the final score at 4-1 for the Eisbären. This means that the series is tied at 1 apiece and that tomorrow we will have the final showdown to determine the 2021 DEL champions. Game #3 is scheduled for Tomorrow, Friday, May 7th at 7.15 p.m. local time (CET) in Berlin. Grizzlys Wolfsburg - Eisbären Berlin 1-4 (series score: 1-1) Game #2 stats: https://www.penny-del.org/event/grizzlys-wolfsburg-eisbaeren-berlin/7459 Highlights: https://www.magentasport.de/event/grizzlys-wolfsburg-eisbaeren-berlin/690466/289915

NLA, Finals, Game #2 Just another close battle, once again with the goaltenders as the main protagonists. The first period was not the best of the series, almost nothing happened. Then, in the second stint, Zug took control of the action and almost scored a shorthanded goal before finally finding the back of Geneve's net at 12:06 with a shot from the blue line deflected in front of Manzato by Dario Simion on power play. At that point, Servette at least did show some pride and had a strong reaction that led to the tying goal by Noah Rod, also on power play, with less than 2 mins to be played in the 2nd period. The 3rd period started with Zug scoring the game winning goal after only 3 mins...and it was a clean copy of the first goal: on power play, hard slap from the blue line by Raphael Diaz and devilish deflection by Dario Simion in front of the cage...once again, there was no chance for Manzato. The final charge by the home team didn't result in anything really dangerous and Zug therefore could start celebrating the second consecutive win in the final series, which means that they are just one game shy of the 2021 league title. Game #3 is scheduled for Tomorrow, Friday, May 7th at 8 p.m. local time (CET) in Zug. HC Genève-Servette - EV Zug 1-2 (series score: 0-2) Game #2 stats: https://www.sihf.ch/de/game-center/game/#/20211105000360 Highlights: http://tv.sihf.ch/SmartPublish/index?clubId=BFA56684-1A6D-407D-866F-1E6E1F766281

USA

oh, yes, I should have known that (really getting too old and mentally tired)... by the way, it doesn't change the fact that Canada not entering an Eight boat is shocking for me (men or women is the same)...

he already did it 4 years ago against Botta... but this time we have different material, we have a world champion...I don't think he can be beaten by any of the guys participating to this tournament (provided he's in good shape and judging is fair)...

really? only those 5 girls entering this weight class? if that's true, a draw avoiding FRA and NED before the final would be almost a guaranteed spot for Italy (or any other fighter)...

Canada not entering the women's Eight is shocking...

she was on the Russian quadruple sculls at the 2019 world champs (the finished 9th, the first below the line, beaten by Italy with more than 2 sec margin in the B final of that event)... her improvement in the single sculls this year, however, is frankly more than suspect...

he wrote it...the -97kg guy... well, this weight looks unbalanced too... Conyedo, Thiele and Bataev are the only 3 decent wrestlers in the top half, while in the bottom half we have Andriitsev, Baran, Saritov, Ceban...even the young promising Swiss, Scherrer... let's say that Italy, Germany and Bulgaria have been the lucky side this time...hopefully we can qualify 1 more wrestler with such a draw... meanwhile in Greco-Roman, Kakhelashvili was not that lucky...at least, he avoided the always dangerous Hrabovik, but Lokiayev, Baldauf and Szoke are not the easiest route to Tokyo... Caneva in the women's -68kg might have a chance, too, but she won't have an easy task against BLR/KAZ and eventually Manolova in the decisive bout (however, once again the lower half of the draw looks stronger than the top half)...

I don't think so... the favourite in Tokyo is Kyle Dake, then Sidakov and Chamizo... Salkazanov had the day of his life at the Europeans, but he's not on the same level of those 3 yet...

Italy is in big trouble... we have a covid outbreak in our team, and it's just among the guys who were preparing for the Qualification Regatta (who are currently working apart from those who are already qualified to the games)... the coaches say that 5 guys got infected, but now they are already negative and could start their training again, but of course this took a lot of time off to their preparation... I fear that we won't have much success in Lucerne (we still have 5 boats to qualify, with women's Fours and men's Eight being the 2 we invested more on)...

Italy men's K1 Giovanni De Gennaro (also selected for the Olympic Games) Jakob Weger Christian De Dionigi women's K1 Stephanie Horn (also selected for the Olympic Games) women's C1 Marta Bertoncelli (also selected for the Olympic Games) Elena Borghi Elena Micozzi men's C1* Raffaello Ivaldi* Roberto Colazingari Flavio Micozzi *Italy has yet to earn the olympic spot in this event. In case they get it, Raffaello Ivaldi is already selected to fly to Tokyo 2020, even if the quota place is won by another specialist.