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https://www.sportdata.org/kickboxing/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=626&ver_info_action=catauslist#a_eventheadend

thanks... tbh, I don't remember the details, but at the time I had a couple of bouts not exactly going according to my personal scorecard... yeah, Jalolov didn't do much in the final and I guess he won more because of his status than for what he actually did on the ring...I only wanted to say that he was the pre-competition favourite and not taking him as the winner before the final wasn't a mainstream choice... by the way...yeah, as often happened in the aiba events even in the past, the finals didn't have any shameful verdict (especially compared to the women's worlds), but the earlier rounds...

@bestmen must have taken a special exemption to the Islamic principles and now he's completely drunk after a wild party following Helassa's win earlier today...

Day #3 Medallists Individual Kumite women's Juniors, -48kg Gold: Yasmin Nasr Elgewily Silver: Elizaveta Grigoleva Bronze: Aleksandra Grujic & Margot Soulier women's Juniors, -53kg Gold: Assma Charif Silver: Ivana Kamenova Bronze: Erika Batakujevic & Polina Gurenko women's Juniors, -59kg Gold: Ivana Perovic Silver: Nora Benedicte Handelsby Bronze: Oksana Bazeliuk & Emma Marie Elisabeth women's Juniors, +59kg Gold: Marina Vukovic Silver: Valeriia Golubeva Bronze: Nour Ehab Aboshowyka & Niamh Junner men's Juniors, -55kg Gold: Ayoub Anis Helassa Silver: Abdel Alì Jina Bronze: Afef Ghaith & Sultan Huseynov men's Juniors, -61kg Gold: Ahmed Aiman Lofty Silver: Huseyn Mammadli Bronze: Abdallah Hammad & Jacob Smart men's Juniors, -68kg Gold: Bojan Boskovic Silver: Daniil Gretskii Bronze: Daniele De Vivo & Hasan Masarweh men's Juniors, -76kg Gold: Mehdi Sriti Silver: Diego Guerra Bronze: Mahmoud Gaber Mansour & Huseyn Huseynzade men's Juniors, +76kg Gold: Hazem Ahmed Mohamed Silver: Benjamin Nunez Bronze: Antonio Angel Alvarez Aviles & Dawid Sobkowiak

great score...I surely couldn't do near as good...but do you really think that all weight classes had the "right" verdict? p.s. not predicting the Gold Medal for Jalolov (even before the start of the championship, not only before the final bout) imho was really a brave choice...

tomorrow's Start List https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=AL&raceid=100025

Grand Slam (Abu Dhabi, UAE) Day #2 Recap Second day of action in Abu Dhabi and once again we had great balance between the participating Nations, with the 4 Gold Medals awarded today going to 4 different Countries (different also from those winning yesterday's Golds)... so, now we have 9 Nations at the top of the medal table with "only" 1 Gold Medal each... Today's Gold Medal winners are: Bilal Ciloglu (men's -73kg), Lee Moon-Jin (men's -81kg), Tina Trstenjak (women's -63kg) and Kim Polling (women's -70kg) Full Results, here: http://www.ippon.org/gs_uae2019.php

2019 Korean Series, game #3 a big 3rd inning (a double, a triple, a 2-run shot and a couple of mistakes by the Heroes) was enough for the Doosan Bears to put also the 3rd game of the Korean Series in the bag (5-0 the final score)... today, the Kiwoom Heroes' presence was totally unfelt...just a few hits collected by the home team here and there, but nothing that could put the Bears under some pressure... very disappointing match, especially if compared with the first 2 of this same series... now the Doosan Bears lead the series 3-0 and are just 1 win away from the title... the possible clincher, game #4, is scheduled for tomorrow @ 2 p.m. local time, 7 a.m. CET... game #3 boxscore https://mykbostats.com/games/7442-Doosan-vs-Kiwoom-20191025 game #3 highlights https://sports.news.naver.com/kbaseball/vod/index.nhn?category=kbo&tab=game&listType=game&date=20191025&gameId=77771025OBWO02019&teamCode=&playerId=&keyword=&id=601528&page=1 game #3 full replay https://sports.news.naver.com/kbaseball/vod/index.nhn?category=kbo&tab=&listType=game&date=20191025&gameId=77771025OBWO02019&teamCode=&playerId=&keyword=&id=601529&page=3

in the meantime, literally in a few seconds the 3rd game of the 2019 Korean Series is set to start... right now, the Seoul Doosan Bears lead the series (best-of-7) 2-0 against the Seoul Kiwoom Heroes after 2 thrilling walk-off wins in the first 2 home games... for those who are interested, today's game can be watched live on this website (where later tonight also highlights and full game replay will be available)... https://sports.news.naver.com/tv/index.nhn?uCategory=kbaseball&category=kbo&gameId=77771025OBWO02019

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks confirm themselves on the throne of NPB The Hawks won also game #4 of the 2019 Japan Series (4-3 the final score, with the damage done in the 4th inning, when 3 runs entered for the hosts and once again nothing could then do the Giants, despite another late effort...the Moinelo -setup man- and Mori -closer- combo shut the last Yomiuri's hopes down for the 4th time in a row) and swept the series 4-0... Hawks' Cuban star Yurisbel Gracial was awarded the Japan Series MVP (a well deserved MVP award, I must admit)... It's the 3rd title in a row for the team from Fukuoka, the 5th in the last 6 years, the 7th in the new Century and the 10th overall since the NPB established in 1950... game #4 boxscore http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2019/games/s2019102301841.html

by the way, going back to the question, in the past few days I gave a look at the 1964 Olympic sites for Rowing and Canoeing (which were different)... and they are gazillion times more attractive than this sh*t of 2020, especially Lake Sagami (the canoeing site in 1964), which looks a lovely place... imho, they should have used that venue for Rowing, Sprint Canoeing, Open Water Swimming and Triathlon also in 2020... https://www.google.it/search?q=Lake+Sagami+pictures&tbm=isch&source=hp&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-rLuXibflAhWhy6YKHdeAChIQ7Al6BAgHECQ&biw=1920&bih=1199

Karate has objective criteria to determine how points are scored... p.s. and Citius = faster is one of them...

I already wrote many very long pamphletes against all the "judged sports" at the Olympics... but in some cases, like Artistic Swimming, Rhythmic Gymnastics, those freestyle freaks and above all breakdance, to me they are just NOT sports at all...they are just entertaining shows which have nothing to do with real competition (which to me it's almost only man vs man or man vs time)... Olympic Motto is "Altius, Citius, Fortius"...and those activities don't match any of these criteria to elect their "champions", therefore they shouldn't even be recognized as true sports by the IOC... that's my point of view about this question (to make it short...don't want to get anybody "bored to death" )... obviously, I don't expect everybody to agree with me, but at the same time, it would take a miracle to make me change my mind on that...

Turkey and Jordan dominating the field among the cadets in the Kumite events... and behind them, very widely spread range of medallists, coming from all over the world, confirming once again the universality and great participation of the sport of Karate... but better have at the Olympics "things" like breakdancing, BMX freestyle, 3x3 basketball and so on...

Day #2 Medallists Individual Kumite women's Cadet, -47kg Gold: Muserref Ozdemir Silver: Fatma Sorour Bronze: Asegul Yerdaulet & Leen Mansour women's Cadet, -54kg Gold: Basmala Hassan Silver: Adela Vlasakova Bronze: Sawsane Benchbab & Iona Lobato Sanchez women's Cadet, +54kg Gold: Aya Ouhra Silver: Konstantina Chrysopoulou Bronze: Laura Lisic & Sudenur Aksoy men's Cadet, -52kg Gold: Saeed Al Najjar Silver: Muhammed Oezdemir Bronze: Bojan Kostov & Amine Hellal men's Cadet, -57kg Gold: Dominik Dziuda Silver: Enes Fatih Kurt Bronze: Ivan Carrasco & Nemanja Mikulic men's Cadet, -63kg Gold: Omer Faruk Yurur Silver: Arturs Stepanovs Bronze: Aidos Mukhat & Ahmed Rayane Tlili men's Cadet, -70kg Gold: Mohammad Aljafari Silver: Hossam Ghonem Bronze: Vasco Melo & Viktor Schevchenko men's Cadet, +70kg Gold: Ethan Small Silver: Ibrahim Shamoun Bronze: Kadir Furkan Genc & Konstantin Kokovurov

@hckosice Slovakia has 1 young girl fighting for the Gold Medal! Adela Vlasakova is in the girls cadets -54kg final (against Basmala Hassan)... now I have a doubt... I don't know if Slovakia has a finalist because the live streaming has been cancelled or if the streaming has been cancelled because Slovakia has a finalist?

Grand Slam (Abu Dhabi, UAE) Day #1 Recap First day of action in Abu Dhabi with many important names at the start and some surprising results... 5 weight classes were on the mat today and 5 different Nations won the available Gold Medals, with Italy topping the provisional Medal Table thanks to Manuel Lombardo's success in the men's -66kg class and to the Silver Medal won by Odette Giuffrida in the women's -52kg class, where we had a very tough final between the Italian and the eventual winner Majlinda Kelmendi, who needed 8 minutes and 40 seconds to find the way to beat her opponent (after getting 2 shido in the regulation time and being highly at risk of taking also the 3rd sanction more than once)... the remaining Gold Medals went to Gusman Kyrgyzbayev (men's -60kg), Daria Bilodid (women's -48kg) and Kim Jin A (women's -57kg) Full Results, here: http://www.ippon.org/gs_uae2019.php

Day #1 Medallists Individual Kata women's Cadets Gold: Sonia Inzoli Silver: Damla Su Turemen Bronze: Azahara Perez Alvez & Isra Celo women's Juniors Gold: Ayse Yilmaz Silver: Damayanti Marzella Sekar Bronze: Sakura Alforte & Funda Celo women's U-21 Gold: Marta Garcia Lozano Silver: Carola Casale Bronze: Aya En-Nesyry & Helvetia Taly men's Cadets Gold: Furkan Kaynar Silver: Mohamed Hussein Hussein Bronze: Rauan Amantaiuly & Fernando Zambrano men's Juniors Gold: Alessandro Ghinami Silver: Enes Ozdemir Bronze: Karim Waleed Ghaly & Oscar Garcia Cuadrado men's U-21 Gold: Rey Chinen Silver: Kutluhan Duran Bronze: Konstantin Sutiagin & San Hong Ooi

Shame on them! If they couldn't provide an excellent media coverage of the tournament because of the environmental conditions, they should have moved it to another place or date or, if necessary, even cancel this year's championship! and then they still cry because they've been thrown out of the Olympics!

Live streaming of World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships cancelled The World Karate Federation announced today that the live streaming of the World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships being held in Santiago (Chile) has been cancelled due to the unusual circumstances in the country. Karate’s international governing body decided to cancel the live streaming of the event due to the special conditions affecting the country in the past days. The Chilean government declared a state of emergency in Santiago early Saturday after riots broke around the capital. The protests began on Monday and spread over different areas of the city and other regions of the country. Due to the difficulties in securing the connections and logistics that are required to produce the trade-mark high-quality live streaming of WKF events, the World Karate Federation decided to abandon its plans to broadcast the event live on its YouTube channel. The WKF regrets the inconveniences caused by this decision and encourage fans to follow the event on WKF social media channels. The WKF will provide timely information on the championships on its Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages.

World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships competition calendar modified Due to the special circumstances in Chile, the World Karate Federation has announced that the competition calendar of the upcoming World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships has been amended. The modification aims at adapting the event to the unusual situation in the country as well as guaranteeing the well-being of competitors and staff members, and ensuring the normal progress of the competition. Following the decision taken by the WKF Executive Committee today, each competition day will be centred on only one category, with finals and medal ceremonies being held on the same day. Therefore, the competition will be organised as follows: - Wednesday: Individual Kata - Thursday: Cadet Kumite - Friday: Junior Kumite - Saturday: U21 Male Kumite - Sunday: U21 Female Kumite and Team Kata HERE is the modified competition calendar: https://wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/juniorofficial_programe-2019-xi-wkf-junior-cadet-u21-championships-october-23-27-santiago-chile-chile-001.pdf Additionally, the World Karate Federation confirmed today that due to the special circumstances in the country, the opening ceremony of the event is also being cancelled.

Karate World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships to be held as planned despite unrest The World Karate Federation has announced that the 2019 World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships in Santiago (Chile) will be celebrated as scheduled despite the situation of social unrest in the country. Karate’s international governing body will be hosting the most important underage competition of the sport as planned after receiving confirmation from the Chilean authorities that conditions for the normal progress of the tournament were assured. The 2019 World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships are scheduled to take place in Santiago from Wednesday, October 23 to Sunday, October 27. The Chilean National Karate federation, in constant communication with top sports authorities in the country, received official confirmation from their government that participants and staff members’ safety ahead of the event was guaranteed. “The wellbeing of all the members of the Karate family taking part at the World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships in Santiago is our main concern. Since the Chilean government has made clear that the event could be held as expected, we will continue with the anticipated celebration of underage sport that is our World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships,” said WKF President Antonio Espinós. The Chilean government declared a state of emergency in parts of Santiago early Saturday after riots broke around the capital. The protests began on Monday over an increase in metro fares but morphed into extended protests.

normally I'm not following 3x3 basketball...but reading about this farce almost made me interested... c'mon, men! are they serious? really? what the hell of a qualification system is this??? is this a joke or what? I just can't believe the IOC allowed FIBA to put on this thing...I knew they like complicated and unfair qualification procedures in order to manipulate them at their will, but this is something beyond imagination... and we're still wasting our time with these fuc*in' cheaters???

here I am...as a Dodger hardcore fan, I just can't cheer for a team that just threw us out of the playoffs (and in that fashion)... so, despite not cheering for the Astros, I'm not cheering for the Nats, too... just focusing more on the Asian finals (especially the Japan Series)...and enjoying them a lot, as I'm not involved at all...

Korean series, game #2 AKA Kiwoom Heroes's disaster... despite an awful outing by the Bears' starting pitcher Lee Young-Ha (who gave up 5 runs in 5 innings), the Heroes couldn't take advantage of that and blew a 5-2 lead after 7 innings, with the supposed best part of their bullpen giving up 1 run in the 8th and the decisive 3 runs in the 9th... final score: Kiwoom Heroes, 5; Doosan Bears, 6 with this win, now the Bears also lead the series 2-0, before switching to the Gocheok Skydome (home of the Heroes) in the upcoming weekend... game #3 is scheduled for Friday @ 6.30 p.m. local time (11.30 a.m. CET)... game #2 Boxscore: https://mykbostats.com/games/7441-Kiwoom-vs-Doosan-20191023 game #2 Highlights: https://sports.news.naver.com/kbaseball/vod/index.nhn?category=kbo&id=600720&gameId=77771023WOOB02019&listType=game&date=20191023 game #2 Full Replay: https://sports.news.naver.com/kbaseball/vod/index.nhn?category=kbo&id=600724&gameId=77771023WOOB02019&listType=game&date=20191023