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unfortuantely, for now I have to go... take care of the thread!

Jessica was really lucky because Magrina lost her mind after that long review and started missing one target after another...

Rossi and Hall in the final... so, it's between 2x Italy, GBR and Spain for the 2 quota places (remember, Italy can only win 1 at best)...

luckily, no...not that bad... but the score isn't encouraging at all...

as expected, Grassia and Rossi are blowing it away...

it's because in qualification they have the double shot (which should be abandoned as quick as possible, with the double shot it's too easy for those shooters), in the medal stages they only have a single shot (referred to Trap, Skeet is just another beast)... pressure and mental issues also do play their part in the decisive stages, of course...

Slovak National TV is broadcasting live the game between Slovakia and Italy! @hckošice unfortunately, it doesn't look good for SVK after 3 quarters of play...

Men's Trap the top 8 are qualified for stage #2 (semifinal round)... 1 Jiri LIPTAK 123 2 Rickard LEVIN-ANDERSSON 122 3 Andreas MAKRI 121 (+2) 4 Nathan HALES 121 (+1) 5 Armelim Filipe RODRIGUES 120 (+6) 6 Matthew John COWARD-HOLLEY 120 (+5) 7 Clement BOURGUE 120 (+0) 8 Anton GLASNOVIC 119 (+3) _______________________________________ 9 Teemu Antero RUUTANA 119 (+2) 10 Francesco REVALICO 119 (+1) 11 Erik VARGA 119 (+1) Full Ranking: https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=7b6d5fa7-8f85-4592-912e-65b74a47962b&FileName=Shotgun/TRM/3_QUAL/Q100000IA2608220830.1.TRM.0.001.pdf after the shootoffs, this is the starting lineup for Stage #2 Ranking Match #2 (going first) Rickard LEVIN-ANDERSSON Nathan HALES Matthew John COWARD-HOLLEY Anton GLASNOVIC Ranking Match #1 (going last) Jiri LIPTAK Andreas MAKRI Armelim Filipe RODRIGUES Clement BOURGUE

Women's Trap Final Stages Live here right now:

no, there's no 6-man final... the top 8 are qualified for stage #2 (semifinal round)... 1 Silvana STANCO 119 2 Giulia GRASSIA 118 (+6) 3 Maria Ines COELHO DE BARROS 118 (+5) 4 Lucy Charlotte HALL 117 (+3) 5 Carole CORMENIER 117 (+2) 6 Jessica ROSSI 117 (+1) 7 Fatima GALVEZ 116 (+1) 8 Mar MOLNE MAGRINA 116 (+0) so, after the shootoffs, this is the starting lineup for Stage #2 Ranking Match #2 (going first) Giulia GRASSIA Lucy Charlotte HALL Jessica ROSSI Mar MOLNE MAGRINA Ranking Match #1 (going last) Silvana STANCO Maria Ines COELHO DE BARROS Carole CORMENIER Fatima GALVEZ

Men's Standings after Day #1 (75 targets out of 125) 1 Jiri LIPTAK 74 2 Andreas MAKRI 73 3 Erik VARGA 73 4 Richard LEVIN-ANDERSSON 73 5 Nathan HALES 73 6 Matthew John COWARD-HOLLEY 73 ______________________ 7 Alvaro GORMAZ 72 8 Steve EIDEKORN 72 9 Sebastian GUERRERO 72 10 Clement BOURGUE 72 11 Francesco REVALICO 72 Full Ranking: https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=7b6d5fa7-8f85-4592-912e-65b74a47962b&FileName=Shotgun/TRM/3_QUAL/Q100010IA2608220830.1.TRM.0.001.pdf

well, I watched the entire second half + OT and PSO and I don't think Slovan have been lucky... actually, they've been resilient and they've been mentally strong no to go mad at a ref that whistled any controversial action always against them and allowed the Bosnians to instigate them all the time... that man, Bilbija if I were on the field, I'd give him a Scott Stevens (you know how he used to play his defensive hockey)/Vinnie Jones treatment in the first 5 mins of the game

the men are still shooting their 3rd round, but the Italians are already out of contention... once again, our trap guys prove to be the weak side of our (shotgun) shooting... nothing looks to be changed from Tokyo's disaster...

Women's Standings after Day #1 (75 targets out of 125) 1 Giulia GRASSIA 73 2 Maria Ines COELHO DE BARROS 73 3 Jessica ROSSI 72 4 Lucy Charlotte HALL 71 ____________________________________ 5 Silvana STANCO 70 6 Kirsty HEGARTY 70 7 Fatima GALVEZ 70 8 Carole CORMENIER 70 9 Mar MOLNE MAGRINA 70 ____________________________________ 10 Jasmina MACEK 69 11 Alessandra PERILLI 69 12 Olena OKHOTSKA 69 Full Ranking: https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=7b6d5fa7-8f85-4592-912e-65b74a47962b&FileName=Shotgun/TRW/3_QUAL/Q000010IA2608220830.1.TRW.0.001.pdf

yes, max 2 men and 2 women's quota (1 per event per NOC)

to be precise, it's 1 quota in each individual event per NOC in a single championship... so, any Nation (not only Italy) will have to win their 2 quota places in every individual event in 2 different tournaments... the rule it's been enforced to avoid some Countries to win both quota places in a single event in a competition with very few participants (like most Continental Champs -not Europe, of course- for instance)... p.s. and don't forget that to win a quota place, a shooter must qualify at least for the semifinal round (top 8)...no quota places will be awarded to those who are eliminated in the qualification round (even if all the 8 qualified shooters have already got their quota)...

yes, this is a State law, thought to protect the youngsters, but completely wrong in the outcome, because now some "ambitious" parents could save their kids from the anti-doping tests until they're 18 and in the meantime leave them in the hands of coaches with no ethic limits that could build their athletic ability with any sort of prohibited means, creating some "monsters" capable of dominating the youth scene and maybe already take some advantage in the senior ranks at a very young age... and with today's chances of genetic manipulation, when the damage is done, you'll always have an advantage also in the future, when you're back among the usual testing methods... by the way, they're making a mess of it right now, but this law was enforced 2 years ago...who knows how many people have already taken advantage of that?

Athletics, men's Marathon...well, this is not so easy...but despite names like Zatopek, Kipchoge and the Italians, I think the best of them all is still Abebe Bikila, who's therefore my pick. Athletics, women's Marathon...the strongest marathon runner ever beyond any reasonable suspect, Naoko Takahashi. Rowing, men's Quadruple Sculls... Italy (2000), by far the strongest boat ever to compete in this discipline. Rowing, women's Quadruple Sculls... China (2020)...Germany here pay the prize of the GDR age in my consideration. Taekwondo, men's heavyweights... Carlo Molfetta...pretty partisan vote, but no other champion in this class is tickling my mind enough to earn my pick.

Group Stage Day 1, Part 1 Thursday 01.09.2022 - Schedule* Group C 19:30 Slovan Bratislava (SVK) - Tappara Tampere (FIN) 20:00 Rapperswil-Jona (SUI) - Red Bull Munich (GER) Group D 18:05 GKS Katowice (HUN) - Rögle BK Ångelholm (SWE) 19:00 Fehèrvàr AV19 (HUN) - ZSC Lions Zürich (SUI) Group E 20:00 Fribourg-Gotteròn (SUI) - Ilves Tampere (FIN) 20:20 Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) - Stavanger Oilers (NOR) Group G 19:05 Frölunda Indians (SWE) - Mountfield HK (CZE) 20:15 Grenoble (FRA) - Eisbären Berlin (GER) *All times CET Watch live Check here for details of live TV broadcasts: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/fans/where-to-watch All games are also live on the CHL website for free, subject to geo-blocking restrictions in certain countries due to TV rights.

in 10 days the new season is going to start! the competition format is the same of the last few years, with a group stage (8 groups, the top 2 teams in each groups advancing to the following round) and a knockout stage (2 legs, home & away matches from the round of 16 through to the semifinals; big final over a single match). the 8 Groups of the preliminary stage of the 2022/2023 season have been drawn as follows: Group A Luleå HF Jukurit Mikkeli Sparta Prague Aalborg Pirates Group B EV Zug Grizzlys Wolfsburg TPS Turku Olimpija Ljubljana Group C Tappara Tampere Red Bull Munich Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Slovan Bratislava Group D Rögle BK Ångelholm ZSC Lions Zürich Fehèrvàr AV19 GKS Katowice Group E Red Bull Salzburg Fribourg-Gottéron Ilves Tampere Stavanger Oilers Group F Färjestad BK Karlstad Villach SV Straubing Tigers Comarch Cracovia Group G Eisbären Berlin Mountfield HK Frölunda Indians Grenoble Group H Ocelàři Třinec Skellefteå AIK HC Davos Belfast Giants The full calendar of the group stage can be found here: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/schedule#select_schedule=0 Meanwhile here's a recap of where to watch all the CHL games: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/fans/where-to-watch

no Dutch guys, not in the medal matches at least... the Sterkenburg brothers are no juniors anymore, I think...

don't forget the badminton worlds, starting in a few hours... and then Shotgun Shooting Europeans and Eurobasketball in a few days... sports never stop! p.s. the Hockey Champions League starts in 10 days!!!

I agree...I'm also not a fan of the Continental champs held a few weeks before (or, even worse, after) the Olympics...

so, see you in 2 years in Rome (June 7th-12th, 2024)...

wait a bit...Spain were definitely damaged by the French girls in the first changeover...they could be allowed a re-run...