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Knockout Stage, Quarterfinals 1st Leg, Part 1 Tuesday 02.12.2025 - Results Luleå (SWE) - Ilves Tampere (FIN) 3-2 (2-0, 0-0, 1-2) Brynäs IF (SWE) - KalPa Kuopio (FIN) 5-1 (1-1, 3-0, 1-0) ERC Ingolstadt (GER) - Frölunda Gothemburg (SWE) 1-3 (1-0, 0-2, 0-1)

the pools of the preliminary stage of the 2026/2027 World Cup have been determined by WBSC the Pool A will be played in Prague between June 16th through 20th, 2026 and will feature the pool B will be played in Lima from July 14th through July 18th, 2026 and will feature the Pool C will be staged in Oklahoma City from September 12th through 16th, 2026 featuring the Top 2 in each pool and 2 wild card teams (1 necesarily being if they don't qualify on the field) will advance to the World Cup Finals (Talobilla Park in Redcliffe, Brisbane, April 5th through April 11th, 2027)

day 1 according to plan for the team 1 gold (the men's 4*50m free relay) and a couple of silver medals (Simona Quadarella over the women's 400m free -beating the old NR held by Federica Pellegrini- in a race where Isabel Gose improved the ER, previously held by Mireia Belmonte and the wpmen's 4*50m free, where we were on pace for the WR for 3 legs and then Cocconcelli blew everything out with an awful dive, losing a 3m advantage over Van Roon, who went on to easily win the race for their team in the end) in the other events, the usual Thomas Ceccon didn't even bother to enter the 200m back (likely an easy gold), a good Simone Cerasuolo in the men's 100m breast (but the race for gold is closed by the unbeatable Caspar Corbeau), a great Silvia Di Pietro, who set a new NR in the 1st leg of the women's relay and earned herself a good place in the final of the women's 50m fly and a few disappointing performances by the other guys (expected, but still)

Knockout Stage, Quarterfinals 1st Leg, Part 1 Tuesday 02.12.2025 - Schedule* 18:00 Luleå (SWE) - Ilves Tampere (FIN) 19:00 Brynäs IF (SWE) - KalPa Kuopio (FIN) 19:30 ERC Ingolstadt (GER) - Frölunda Gothemburg (SWE) *All times CET Watch live Check here for details of live TV broadcasts: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/fans/where-to-watch

I think the North American press should stop whining and slandering the Olympic Arena and the Italian Olympics in general I see also a lot of clickbaiting posts on social media, posting old photos and reporting words such as of Elliotte Friedman in the above article, but it's all fake news the arena is basically ready, there are only some external finishing and the parking lots to be completed the rink size will be 60x26m (exactly like the O2 arena in Prague, where they played the world champs in 2024 -and many other times) and guess what? all European/International rinks are 60m (197 feet) long but maybe the Canadian coaches are afraid to make another bad tournament like they did in Turin in 2006 (when they actually had to play on traditional European-size rinks and Chris Pronger couldn't catch even the small Italian players on that ice )

Oberhofer ha qualche problemino al collo, ma ha solo saltato un paio di prove cronometrate, poi ha gareggiato regolarmente D-Fisch ha saltato la gara di oggi a scopo precauzionale, ma è roba di poco conto, tornerà quanto prima (detto da Puppo e Ambesi durante la telecronaca del biathlon) la lista infortunati però si arricchisce con Nikolaj Memola, la gravità del cui infortunio verrà valutata nei prossimi giorni

Basket clamorosa e importantissima vittoria degli azzurri in Lituania, un 82-81 soffertissimo che però rimette in carreggiata una situazione che rischiava di diventare tragica già dopo le prime 2 giornate delle qualificazioni mondiali 2027 ora sperare di rendere innocua la sconfitta dell'esordio contro l'Islanda non è più un miraggio, anche se non sarà mai una passeggiata per il nostro team finchè non matureranno le nuove generazioni che tanti successi hanno mietuto nei tornei giovanili globali negli ultimi 2 anni

no, it won't happen but she will start in some of the Europa Cup slalom races from next week (surely all those held in Italy, where we have double the number of allowed skiers)

battute a parte, oggi le soddisfazioni maggiori arrivano da Short Track e Biathlon, tanto per cambiare nel primo, bene Sighel, bronzo nei 1000m e vincitore della coppetta di specialità, benino la staffetta maschile, di bronzo dopo aver assaporato la vittoria, sfumata negli ultimi 2 giri confortante anche il 4. posto di Confortola nei 1500m donne, molto meno le prestazioni di Valcepina, Fontana, Betti e Ioriatti tra 1500m e 500m nel secondo, ottimo secondo posto della staffetta mista azzurra, battuta solo dalla solita Francia, e solo per colpa di alcuni problemi di schiena che hanno condizionato il tiro in piedi di Wierer, altrimenti oggi ci scappava il colpo gobbo ne Fondo, non spreco più neanche una riga per le donne, mentre gli uomini hanno dato un flebile segnale di vita con Carollo, Graz e Barp piazzati tra l'ottavo e l'undicesimo posto in una gara che però non ha alcuna rilevanza olimpica nel Bob, clamoroso terzo posto di Patrick Baumgartner (& crew) nel "4" dietro i soliti 2 equipaggi tedeschi nello Slittino, non gareggia a Cortina un acciaccato D-Fisch nel singolo maschile, male gli altri azzurri sulla pista olimpica, che oggi è parsa più favorevole agli austriaci che ai crucchi per quanto riguarda Snowboard, Freestyle e le altre discipline, vedi post di ieri l'unica buona notizia è il cauto ottimismo dei medici sul recupero di Flora Tabanelli in vista dei Giochi per finire, nello Sci Alpino, ennesimo disastro delle slalomiste azzurre a fronte dell'ennesimo podio di Lara Colturi, sventolante bandiera albanese, però

riassunto della giornata odierna e ho detto tutto

Judo giornata in chiaroscuro ad Abu Dhabi, con il primo bronzo in un torneo Grand Slam di Erika Simonetti nei +78kg donne, ma anche l'amara sconfitta di Alice Bellandi nella finale dei suoi -78kg per colpa di una leggerezza a terra (il suo tallone d'Achille) contro l'ennesima tedesca di buon livello di questa categoria di peso, ovvero Anna Monta Olek si può quasi dire che se non ci fossero le tedesche, Alice sarebbe imbattibile...e invece ce ne sono ben 3 che di volta in volta le si parano davanti e la mettono sempre in grande difficoltà Karate grandioso oro di Matteo Avanzini nei pesi massimi maschili, medaglia che rinnova una lunga tradizione della nostra squadra in questa categoria di peso come previsto, il medagliere azzurro è arricchito anche dalle medaglie del Kata (argento di Alessio Ghinami tra gli uomini e bronzo di Terryana D'Onofrio tra le donne), mentre falliscono nettamente l'obiettivo gli altri 2 azzurri impegnati oggi nelle finali per il bronzo (Silvia Semeraro nei -68kg donne e Michele Martina nei -84kg uomini) 1-1-1 è un bilancio a mio giudizio deludente rispetto alle possibilità degli italiani, ma basta comunque a piazzare la nostra rappresentativa al secondo posto del medagliere, in quanto solo i padroni di casa dell'Egitto riescono a portare a casa più ori (3) il resto del medagliere è clamorosamente equilibrato, con 28 nazioni sul podio in sole 12 competizioni (10 Paesi con almeno un oro) e nessuna con più di 3 medaglie in assoluto ma il CIO continua a preferire obbrobri con 4 praticanti nelle solite aree privilegiate del mondo

final Track records at the new Oval in Milan for this weekend men's 1500m: Taiga Sasaki, 1.47.40 women's 1500m: Meike Veen, 1.57.66 it looks that it's a reasonably fast track, especially considering that it was the first competition ever by February, I hope it will be even faster, in order to see a few new Olympic Records (most of them were set in Beijing 2022)

so, as expected, no gold in the men's Kata and only 3 total medals luckily, the great Matteo Avanzini saved our ass, winning the most prestigious gold of them all and renovating the great tradition has in the men's heavyweights after a few years of drought being one of the only 4 Nations (tbh, it should be 3, as only got it because they're the only serious player in Oceania) with people qualified to this World Champ final stage in every class should make us proud, but only one medal out of 10 kumite categories is definitely not acceptable, it must be named "disappointing" more in general, it's confirmed the great variety of competitive Nations in this sport and how difficult is it to take a medal home, with only the Host Country being capable of winning more than one gold medal and a good total of 28 Countries winning at least one medal out of "only" 12 competitions.

Final Medal Table 3 / 0 / 0 1 / 1 / 1 1 / 1 / 1 1 / 1 / 1 1 / 1 / 1 1 / 0 / 1 1 / 0 / 1 1 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 0 / 1 / 2 0 / 1 / 1 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 0 / 2 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 () 0 / 0 / 1 () 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1

Final Day Recap, Part #3 men's Kumite, -60kg Gold Medal Match: Eray Samdan b. Islam Selmani 4-0 Bronze Medal Match #1: Christos-Stefanos Xenos b. Tsotne Sordia 9-3 Bronze Medal Match #2: Hiromu Hashimoto b. Mekhriddin Turakhonov 5-4 Gold: Eray Samdan Silver: Islam Selmani Bronze: Christos-Stefanos Xenos & Hiromu Hashimoto men's Kumite, -67kg Gold Medal Match: Afeef Ghaith b. Said Oubaya 6-0 Bronze Medal Match #1: Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov b. Georgios Baliotis 9-4 Bronze Medal Match #2: Didar Amirali b. Tomas Freire Fuentes 0-0** Gold: Afeef Ghaith Silver: Said Oubaya Bronze: Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov & Tomas Freire Fuentes men's Kumite, -75kg Gold Medal Match: Mamduh Abdelaziz Abdalla b. Andrii Zaplitnyi 6-0 Bronze Medal Match #1: () Ernest Sharafutdinov b. Enzo Berthon 11-6 Bronze Medal Match #2: Suren Harutyunyan b. Thomas Scott 2-0 Gold: Mamduh Abdelaziz Abdalla Silver: Andrii Zaplitnyi Bronze: () Ernest Sharafutdinov & Thomas Scott men's Kumite, -84kg Gold Medal Match: Youssef Badawy b. Hasan Arslan 6-0 Bronze Medal Match #1: Mohammad Aljafari b. Rayen Ghazouani 10-0 Bronze Medal Match #2: Ivan Kvesic b. Michele Martina 8-0 Gold: Youssef Badawy Silver: Hasan Arslan Bronze: Mohammad Aljafari & Ivan Kvesic men's Kumite, +84kg Gold Medal Match: Matteo Avanzini b. Saleh Abazari 2-2* Bronze Medal Match #1: Sanad Sufyani b. Rodrigo Rojas 9-1 Bronze Medal Match #2: () Ivan Kudzinau b. Asiman Gurbanli 8-2 Gold: Matteo Avanzini Silver: Saleh Abazari Bronze: Sanad Sufyani & () Ivan Kudzinau * = Senshu ** = Hantei

Final Day Recap, Part #2 women's Kumite, -50kg Gold Medal Match: Gulshan Alimardanova b. Shahmalarani Chandran 6-1 Bronze Medal Match #1: Yorgelis Salazar Camacho b. Tsang Yee Ting 6-6* Bronze Medal Match #2: Sara Bahmanyar b. Lili Alvarado 3-0 Gold: Gulshan Alimardanova Silver: Shahmalarani Chandran Bronze: Yorgelis Salazar Camacho & Lili Alvarado women's Kumite, -55kg Gold Medal Match: Ahlam Youssef b. Nina Kvasnicova 9-3 Bronze Medal Match #1: Anzhelika Terliuga b. Valentina Toro Meneses 6-4 Bronze Medal Match #2: Louiza Abouriche b. Hana Furumoto-Deshaies 4-1 Gold: Ahlam Youssef Silver: Nina Kvasnicova Bronze: Anzhelika Terliuga & Louiza Abouriche women's Kumite, -61kg Gold Medal Match: Atousa Golshadnejad b. Gong Li 4-2 Bronze Medal Match #1: Assel Kanay b. Oleksandra Sholohova 3-2 Bronze Medal Match #2: Wafa Mahjoub b. () Maryia Azarava 7-6 Gold: Atousa Golshadnejad Silver: Gong Li Bronze: Assel Kanay & Wafa Mahjoub women's Kumite, -68kg Gold Medal Match: Thalya Sombe b. Janessa Michelle Fonseca Romero 3-1 Bronze Medal Match #1: Anastasiia Velozo b. Elena Quirici 13-7 Bronze Medal Match #2: Iryna Zaretska b. Silvia Semeraro 9-1 Gold: Thalya Sombe Silver: Janessa Michelle Fonseca Romero Bronze: Anastasiia Velozo & Iryna Zaretska women's Kumite, +68kg Gold Medal Match: Johanna Kneer b. Sofya Berultseva 8-0 Bronze Medal Match #1: Rochelle Walters b. Ingrid Creemers 9-6 Bronze Medal Match #2: Kyriaki Kydonaki b. Guadalupe Quintal Catzin 8-6 Gold: Johanna Kneer Silver: Sofya Berultseva Bronze: Rochelle Walters & Kyriaki Kydonaki * = Senshu ** = Hantei

Final Day Recap, Part #1 women's Kata Gold Medal Match: Grace Lau Mo Sheung b. Maho Ono 46.1-43.3 Bronze Medal Match #1: Terryana D'Onofrio b. Sakura Kokumai 42.4-42.1 Bronze Medal Match #2: Aya Hesham vs Georgia-Archontia Xenou 42.6-41.8 Gold: Grace Lau Mo Sheung Silver: Maho Ono Bronze: Terryana D'Onofrio & Aya Hesham men's Kata Gold Medal Match: Kakeru Nishiyama b. Alessio Ghinami 46.40-44.20 Bronze Medal Match #1: Ariel Torres Gutierrez b. Roman Hrcka 44.00-42.00 Bronze Medal Match #2: Enes Ozdemir b. Mostafa Elghobashy 44.30-43.20 Gold: Kakeru Nishiyama Silver: Alessio Ghinami Bronze: Ariel Torres Gutierrez & Enes Ozdemir

more track records at the new Oval in Milan men's 500m: Lee Byeong-Hun, 35.49 women's 500m: Serena Pergher, 38.16

the first official track records of the new Olympic Oval in Milan: women's 1000m: Meike Veen, 1.16.61 men's 1000m: Kayo Vos, 1.10.87 women's 3000m: Kristina Shumekova, 4.13.08 men's 3000m: Riccardo Lorello, 3.44.86 the Kazah girl is a junior, the other 3 record setters are neo-seniors

naaa, you can't win the men's heavyweight gold gotta be happy with silver

aggiornamento... Karate non era partito granchè bene il mondiale per gli azzurri, ma alla fine sembra che abbiamo raddrizzato un po' la situazione abbiamo infatti conquistato 2 posti nelle finali per l'oro (Alessio Ghinami nel Kata maschile e Matteo Avanzini nei pesi massimi del Kumite maschile) e 3 in quelle per il bronzo (Silvia Semeraro e Michele Martina nelle rispettive categorie del Kumite, Terryana D'Onofrio nel Kata femminile) dovessimo portare a casa l'oro di Avanzini (Ghinami difficilmente potrà lottare alla pari con il giapponese nella finale del Kata maschile, lo prendo per un argento quasi scontato, essendo una disciplina "giudicata") e i 3 bronzi, potremmo classificare questo mondiale come positivo

finally, our 3 Kumite guys made it through to the medal rounds, the 2 veterans (Semeraro, women's -68kg and Martina, men's -84kg) will fight for bronze and our new leader Matteo Avanzini will fight for Gold in the men's Heavyweights and also the Kata medal matches will feature the specialists, D'Onofrio in the bronze medal match in the women's division and Ghinami in the gold medal match in the men's division it didn't start well at all, but it looks that in the end it won't be a total disaster (provided Tomorrow we get the Kumite gold and all the 3 bronze medals -silver in the men's Kata it's basically written in the stone) ps @hckošice it looks that should lobby very hard for Karate's comeback to the Olympics

Day #3 Recap, Part #4 men's Kumite, -84kg, Quarterfinals Mohammad Aljafari b. (RUS) Eduard Gasparian 5-3 Youssef Badawy b. Rayen Ghazouani 3-0 Hasan Arslan b. Michele Martina 3-1 Ivan Kvesic b. Mehdi Sriti 5-2 men's Kumite, -84kg, Semifinals Youssef Badawy b. Mohammad Aljafari 4-4* Hasan Arslan b. Ivan Kvesic 2-2* Gold Medal Match: Youssef Badawy vs Hasan Arslan Bronze Medal Match #1: Mohammad Aljafari vs Rayen Ghazouani Bronze Medal Match #2: Ivan Kvesic vs Michele Martina men's Kumite, +84kg, Quarterfinals Saleh Abazari b. Sanad Sufyani 3-0 Rodrigo Rojas b. Anes Bostandzic 1-0 Matteo Avanzini b. (BLR) Ivan Kudzinau 4-0 Asiman Gurbanli b. Eduard Sagilyan 10-1 men's Kumite, +84kg, Semifinals Saleh Abazari b. Rodrigo Rojas 7-0 Matteo Avanzini b. Asiman Gurbanli 3-3* Gold Medal Match: Matteo Avanzini vs Saleh Abazari Bronze Medal Match #1: Rodrigo Rojas vs Sanad Sufyani Bronze Medal Match #2: Asiman Gurbanli vs (BLR) Ivan Kudzinau * = Senshu ** = Hantei

Day #3 Recap, Part #3 women's Kumite, +68kg, Quarterfinals Rochelle Walters b. Shaaban Okila Menna 5-2 Sofya Berultseva b. Ingrid Creemers 0-0** Kyriaki Kydonaki b. Dariia Bulay 4-3 Johanna Kneer b. Guadalupe Quintal Catzin 4-3 women's Kumite, +68kg, Semifinals Sofya Berultseva b. Rochelle Walters 5-3 Johanna Kneer vs Kyriaki Kydonaki 4-0 Gold Medal Match: Sofya Berultseva vs Johanna Kneer Bronze Medal Match #1: Rochelle Walters vs Ingrid Creemers Bronze Medal Match #2: Kyriaki Kydonaki vs Guadalupe Quintal Catzin @mrv86 men's Kumite, -60kg, Quarterfinals Eray Samdan b. Tsotne Sordia 3-2 Christos-Stefanos Xenos b. (RUS) Akhmed Akhmedov 1-0 Mekhriddin Turakhonov b. Alì Meskini 3-1 Islam Selmani b. Hiromu Hashimoto 6-3 men's Kumite, -60kg, Semifinals Eray Samdan b. Christos-Stefanos Xenos 1-1* Islam Selmani b. Mekhriddin Turakhonov 9-1 Gold Medal Match: Eray Samdan vs Islam Selmani Bronze Medal Match #1: Christos-Stefanos Xenos vs Tsotne Sordia Bronze Medal Match #2: Mekhriddin Turakhonov vs Hiromu Hashimoto men's Kumite, -67kg, Quarterfinals Afeef Ghaith b. Georgios Baliotis 5-3 Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov b. (RUS) Iurik Ogannisian 3-1 Tomas Freire Fuentes b. Ayoub Anis Helassa 3-2 Said Oubaya b. Didar Amirali 5-5* men's Kumite, -67kg, Semifinals Afeef Ghaith b. Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov 6-0 Said Oubaya b. Tomas Freire Fuentes 7-3 Gold Medal Match: Afeef Ghaith vs Said Oubaya Bronze Medal Match #1: Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov vs Georgios Baliotis Bronze Medal Match #2: Tomas Freire Fuentes vs Didar Amirali men's Kumite, -75kg, Quarterfinals Andrii Zaplitnyi b. Enzo Berthon 4-1 (RUS) Ernest Sharafutdinov b. Nurkanat Azhikanov 11-3 Suren Harutyunyan b. Hamza Sam 6-1 Mamduh Abdelaziz Abdalla b. Thomas Scott 6-4 men's Kumite, -75kg, Semifinals Andrii Zaplitnyi vs (RUS) Ernest Sharafutdinov 6-3 Mamduh Abdelaziz Abdalla b. Suren Harutyunyan 4-2 Gold Medal Match: Andrii Zaplitnyi vs Mamduh Abdelaziz Abdalla Bronze Medal Match #1: (RUS) Ernest Sharafutdinov vs Enzo Berthon Bronze Medal Match #2: Suren Harutyunyan vs Thomas Scott * = Senshu ** = Hantei

Day #3 Recap, Part #2 women's Kumite, -50kg, Quarterfinals Gulshan Alimardanova b. Yorgelis Salazar Camacho 1-0 Tsang Yee Ting b. Tiphaine Bonnarde 3-1 Sara Bahmanyar b. Reem Ahmed Salama 2-2* Shahmalarani Chandran b. Lili Alvarado 5-3 women's Kumite, -50kg, Semifinals Gulshan Alimardanova b. Tsang Yee Ting 2-2* Shahmalarani Chandran b. Sara Bahmanyar 4-1 Gold Medal Match: Gulshan Alimardanova vs Shahmalarani Chandran Bronze Medal Match #1: Tsang Yee Ting vs Yorgelis Salazar Camacho Bronze Medal Match #2: Sara Bahmanyar vs Lili Alvarado women's Kumite, -55kg, Quarterfinals Ahlam Youssef b. Anzhelika Terliuga 8-4 Valentina Toro Meneses b. Fateme Saadati 1-0 Louiza Abouriche b. Madina Sadigova 8-3 Nina Kvasnicova b. Hana Furumoto-Deshaies 4-1 women's Kumite, -55kg, Semifinals Ahlam Youssef b. Valentina Toro Meneses 8-4 Nina Kvasnicova b. Louiza Abouriche 5-0 Gold Medal Match: Ahlam Youssef vs Nina Kvasnicova @hckošice Bronze Medal Match #1: Valentina Toro Meneses vs Anzhelika Terliuga Bronze Medal Match #2: Louiza Abouriche vs Hana Furumoto-Deshaies women's Kumite, -61kg, Quarterfinals Gong Li b. Assel Kanay 1-1* Oleksandra Sholohova b. Sevinch Otaboyeva 4-2 Atousa Golshadnejad b. (BLR) Maryia Azarava 5-0 Wafa Mahjoub b. Sarara Shimada 6-2 women's Kumite, -61kg, Semifinals Gong Li b. Oleksandra Sholohova 5-0 Atousa Golshadnejad b. Wafa Mahjoub 4-1 Gold Medal Match: Gong Li vs Atousa Golshadnejad Bronze Medal Match #1: Oleksandra Sholohova vs Assel Kanay Bronze Medal Match #2: Wafa Mahjoub vs (BLR) Maryia Azarava women's Kumite, -68kg, Quarterfinals Janessa Michelle Fonseca Romero b. Anastasiia Velozo 2-1 Elena Quirici b. Daiyana Darenskaya 1-1* Thalya Sombe b. Silvia Semeraro 2-1 Iryna Zaretska b. Hadir Hendy 0-0** women's Kumite, -68kg, Semifinals Janessa Michelle Fonseca Romero vs Elena Quirici 3-2 Thalya Sombe vs Iryna Zaretska 4-4* Gold Medal Match: Janessa Michelle Fonseca Romero vs Thalya Sombe Bronze Medal Match #1: Elena Quirici vs Anastasiia Velozo Bronze Medal Match #2: Iryna Zaretska vs Silvia Semeraro * = Senshu ** = Hantei