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to me, it's as simple as it looks... diversity can be accomplished in individual sports with at least 32+ competitors/groups/teams in each discipline. if there are less than 32 spots per discipline, only the best must be included in the Olympic tournaments. the Olympics must be the most important and most qualified tournament in each Olympic sport...if you're not good enough, you can always try and get your minute of celebrity at continental (and maybe world) championships. I don't see why the Olympic tournaments must be destroyed and lose all of their interest/competitivness by allowing teams/athletes not good enough to play the same game as the best in the world.

surprisingly, no China in the mixed team air pistol GMM...

Mixed Team Junior 50m 3-Position Rifle Gold: China 1 Silver: Norway 2 Bronze: United States 1

Men's Junior Individual 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Gold: Wang Shiwen Silver: Sameer Bronze: Liu Yangpan

Road to the Final: Full Playoffs Bracket

Knockout Stage, Round of 16 1st Leg: Tuesday & Wednesday, November 15th & 16th 2nd Leg: Tuesday & Wednesday, November 22nd & 23rd Mountfield vs Färjestad BK Karlstad EV Zug vs Red Bull Munich Rögle BK Ängelholm vs Red Bull Salzburg Tappara Tampere vs HC Davos Fribourg-Gotteròn vs Jukurit Mikkeli Luleå Hockey vs Grizzlys Wolfsburg Skellefteå AIK vs ZSC Lions Zürich Straubing Tigers vs Frölunda Indians

Women's Individual 50m Prone Rifle Gold: Jolyn Beer Silver: Sarina Hitz Bronze: Mary Carolynn Tucker

Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle Gold: China 1 (Huang Yuting & Yang Haoran) Silver: South Korea 1 (Kim Sang Do & Gwon Da Yeong) Bronze: South Korea 2 (Park Ha Jun & Cho Eun Young) and China 2 (Zhang Yu & Shen Lihao)

more updates... KBO KT Wiz Suwon won the only game played against KIA Tigers Gwangju in the 1st round of playoffs by a score of 6-2 and therefore, thanks also to the ghost win rule, take the series 2-0 and advance to the 2nd playoffs round. Now they're facing the 3rd ranked from the RS, the Seoul Kiwoom Heroes in a "pure" best-of-5 series. Game # 1 was played yesterday on the Heroes's field and was won by the home team 8-4. Game #2 is scheduled for Today (6.30 p.m. local time, 11.30 a.m. CET), always in Seoul. Games #3 & #4 (this one, if necessary) will be played in Suwon, the eventual decider (if necessary) will be played back in Seoul. the winner of this series advance to the 3rd playoffs round against LG Twins Seoul to determine the second team playing the 2022 Korean Series (against the SSG Landers Incheon, RS winners). NPB in Japan, the Climax Series (League Championship series) already came to an end las Saturday. in the Central League Final series, the reigning Japan Series champions, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows won all the games played against the Hanshin Tigers (7-1, 5-3 and 6-3) and took the series by a score of 4-0 (thanks to damn ghost win rule). Munetaka Murakami didn't hit any HR, though. in the Pacific League final series, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks avoided being swept by the ORIX Buffaloes from Osaka thanks to the win in game #4 supported by their best pitcher, but still last year's losing side of the Japan Series took the series by a score of 4-1 (5-0, 4-3, 0-3, 3-2 plus the infamous ghost win). so, in the final showdown we have a repeat of last year's Japan Series between the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and the ORIX Buffaloes Osaka. the Japan Series are played as a "pure" best-of-7 series, the Yakult Swallows have the home field advantage thanks to a better RS record. game #1 is scheduled for next Saturday, October 22nd, in Tokyo @ 6.30 p.m. local time (11.30 a.m. CET). game #2 will be on the following day (same place, same game time); games #3 through #5 (this one, if necessary) will be played in Osaka (always at the same game time) from Tuesday, October 25th through Thursday, October 27th; finally, if needed, games #6 & #7 will be back to Tokyo (always at 6.30 p.m. local time, but take care of the DST change between Sat & Sun in the rest of the world) on Saturday, October 29th and Sunday, October 30th.

Women's Junior Team 50m 3-Position Rifle Gold: China Silver: Switzerland Bronze: Germany

that's a farce! but from an institution like fivb what else to expect?

si chiude un'altra settimana di sport... e in Casa Italia le notizie più rilevanti del weekend sono ovviamente il bronzo mondiale delle ragazze del Volley e, soprattutto, i trionfi in serie ai mondiali di ciclismo su pista. anche se per questi ultimi c'è da rimarcare che solo un oro e un argento dei quartetti dell'inseguimento vengono da discipline olimpiche, per le quali onestamente mi aspettavo di più (fa male soprattutto la medaglia buttata negli ultimi 5 giri nella Madison maschile oggi pomeriggio). per quanto riguarda i mondiali di tiro a segno, per ora siamo fermi all'unico lampo di Sollazzo nella carabina ad aria compressa maschile, mentre le altre gare nelle armi ad aria compressa le abbiamo miseramente fallite. quel che è peggio, però, è che gli juniores sono completamente desaparecidos, del tutto inadeguati a questi livelli di competizione (e pensare che i migliori teenagers non sono neanche in gara, in quanto già schierati dalle nazionali assolute, inclusa la mostruosa Cina). in corso anche gli europei di Boxe femminile, dove le nostre rappresentanti appaiono un po' al di sotto delle aspettative, ma, soprattutto, stanno subendo un autentico massacro da parte delle solite giurie impresentabili. per questo non vado oltre e la chiudo qui. settimana prossima, finalmente, un po' di relax, con la sola prosecuzione dei mondiali di tiro a segno e degli europei di boxe femminile...così posso dedicarmi con più attenzione ai miei amati sport USA e Hockey...

Men's Junior Team 50m 3-Position Rifle Gold: United States Silver: Ukraine Bronze: India

I don't think so...he still competed for Russia at last year's Worlds. unless the Russians give him permission to race for Israel, Paris 2024 is way less than 3 years away from his last appearance with the native Country.

give Mattia Predomo a couple of years to build up on his muscles...

Italy just destroyed Scotland 28-4 I wonder how many people in Italy do even know that Rugby is also played with these rules and format...

Women's Junior Individual 50m 3-Position Rifle Gold: Pang Yuqian Silver: Alexandra Rosenlew Bronze: Armina Sadeghian

Women's Team 10m Air Pistol Gold: China Silver: India Bronze: Iran

Men's Team 10m Air Pistol Gold: China Silver: Iran Bronze: South Korea

Women's Team 10m Air Rifle Gold: China Silver: United States Bronze: India

this is why I hate the MLB and I hate Mr. Roberts

this is "the game"

I couldn't agree more... only difference, my memory goes back also to L.A. 1984 and I must admit that despite the Eastern World's boycott, I have a special place in my heart for those Games (as it is for Sarajevo 1984, when it comes to the Winter Games) just because it was the first time I had the chance to discover so many sports I couldn't watch before (I was a 8-year young kid at the time...and I barely knew 5 or 6 sports).

Men's Team 10m Air Rifle Gold: India Silver: China Bronze: Serbia

Junior Mixed Team 25m Standard Pistol Gold: China 1 Silver: India 1 Bronze: India 2