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Liiga Playoffs 1st Round Results (Best-of-3 Series) KalPa Kuopio (7) b. Sport Vaasa (10) 2-0 (4-1; 4-2) TPS Turku (9) b. Lukko Rauma (8) 2-1 (2-3 OT; 2-1; 5-3)

SHL Playoffs Quarterfinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series) Färjestad BK (1) vs Rögle BK (9) Frölunda HC (4) vs Leksands IF (5) Skellefteå AIK (3) vs Linköping HC (6) Växjö Lakers HC (2) vs Luleå HF (7)

SHL Playoffs 1st Round Results (Best-of-3 Series) Luleå HF (7) b. Örebro HK (10) 2-1 (1-2; 3-0; 1-0 OT) Rögle BK (9) b. Timrå IK (8) 2-0 (4-1; 3-2)

() ICE Hockey League Playoffs Semifinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series) EC KAC Klagenfurt (1) vs HC Pustertal Wölfe (8) EC Red Bull Salzburg (3) vs HC Bolzano/Bozen Südtirol Alperia (4)

by the way, I hope the IOC takes its time if "that" happens...if 2026 Games are successful, a Milan/Rome 2032 combo might become reality (and in any case, I see this kind of government we have right now trying to get the Summer Games sooner rather than later...the power of dirty affairs is just unstoppable to them )

the mistake is going to Brisbane...another Sydney run would have no problem

I wonder if a Country could switch 1 or 2 quota places from the women to the men's division: namely, at least 1 of those 2 women's sprint/keirin places being recycled to 1 or 2 men's sprint/keirin riders?

Italy is the place in Europe with most Putin's fans that hope to see him destroy EU and invade our Country to rule it like it's Russia but except for a few fanatics, I think that most people doesn't even know what's really happening out East our media are full of propaganda in favor of both sides (depending on the political orientation), but in all cases there's the feeling that's not a thing really close to us should something truly happen, we would show the world that we're totally imprepared for anything serious (we can't even manage those few illegal immigrants coming here on the ferry boats from North Africa...how could we cope with a true war? )

tbh, Keirin was unpredictable when it was in its prime when UCI started to change the rules and made it just another performance event where tactics and "madness" count for only a very small percentage, it became quite predictable...nowadays it's only about the most powerful sprinter with the quickest recovery skills

men's Individual Foil Grand Prix ( Washington D.C.) Gold: Nick Itkin Silver: Enzo Lefort Bronze: Filippo Macchi & Kyosuke Matsuyama Semifinals Itkin b. Macchi 15-6 Lefort b. Matsuyama 15-8 Final Itkin b. Lefort 15-12 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/140?tab=results

women's Individual Foil Grand Prix ( Washington D.C.) Gold: Lee Kiefer Silver: Arianna Errigo Bronze: Lauren Scruggs & Anne Sauer Semifinals Kiefer b. Sauer 15-6 Errigo b. Scruggs 15-5 Final Kiefer b. Errigo 15-4 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/121?tab=results

men's semis: Macchi vs Itkin & Lefort vs Matsuyama both women and men's Final session set to start @ 6 p.m. local time (11 p.m. CET) all Live for free on Youtube, as usual p.s. I won't post the results until tomorrow, so enjoy the action and have a good night (especially if you're in Europe, as it might finish very late)

women's Foil GP in Washington semis: Lee Kiefer vs Anne Sauer & Lauren Scruggs vs Arianna Errigo (who defeated Martina Favaretto by a score of 15-10 in an all-Italian quarterfinal match ) men's Foil GP in Washington quarterfinals: Guillaume Bianchi vs Filippo Macchi Nick Itkin vs Stef De Greef Enzo Lefort vs Andrew Chen Kyosuke Matsuyama vs Kazuki Iimura

winning the biggest number of medals, but not a single gold p.s. once again... only 12 competitions led to: 22 different Countries on the podium 9 Countries with at least 1 gold medal 4 Continents represented among the medallists (all of them with more than 1 Nation, Americas featuring both North and South, Asia featuring Middle East/Gulf Nations, Central Asia and Far East) but for the IOC that's not youth and urban enough, there's not enough of worldwide spreading and gender equality...better choose Breakdance, Freestyle Cycling and shit like that to be added to the Olympic Program

Karate 1 Premier League ( Antalya) Medallists Recap Women's Individual Kata Gold: Grace Lau Mo Sheung Silver: Saeko Azuma Bronze #1: Dilara Bozan Bronze #2: Maho Ono Men's Individual Kata Gold: Kakeru Nishiyama Silver: Ariel Torres Gutierrez Bronze #1: Alessio Ghinami Bronze #2: Sakichi Abe Women's Individual Kumite, -50kg Gold: Moldir Zhangbyrbay Silver: Yorgelis Salazar Bronze #1: Cylia Ouikene Bronze #2: Ema Sgardelli Women's Individual Kumite, -55kg Gold: Bella Samasheva Silver: Viola Lallo Bronze #1: Ahlam Youssef Bronze #2: Valentina Toro Meneses Women's Individual Kumite, -61kg Gold: Fatima-Zahra Chajai Silver: Maryam Ajaray Bronze #1: Assel Kanay Bronze #2: Reem Khamis Women's Individual Kumite, -68kg Gold: Elena Quirici Silver: Wiktoria Grejner Bronze #1: Pamela Bodei Bronze #2: Silvia Semeraro Women's Individual Kumite, +68kg Gold: Johanna Kneer Silver: Maria Torres Garcia Bronze #1: Chehinez Jemi Bronze #2: Sofya Berultseva Men's Individual Kumite, -60kg Gold: Abdullah Shaaban Silver: Eray Samdan Bronze #1: Danilo Greco Bronze #2: Abdallah Hammad Men's Individual Kumite, -67kg Gold: Said Oubaya Silver: Luca Maresca Bronze #1: Yugo Kozaki Bronze #2: Omer Abdurrahim Ozer Men's Individual Kumite, -75kg Gold: Abdalla Abdelaziz Silver: Omer Faruk Yurur Bronze #1: Nurkanat Azhikanov Bronze #2: Abdalla Hesham Abdelgawad Men's Individual Kumite, -84kg Gold: Youssef Badawy Silver: Mohammad Aljafari Bronze #1: Ivan Kvesic Bronze #2: Turgut Hasanov Men's Individual Kumite, +84kg Gold: Andjelo Kvesic Silver: Taha Tarek Mahmoud Bronze #1: Matteo Avanzini Bronze #2: Anes Bostandzic Final Medal Table 2 / 1 / 2 2 / 0 / 3 2 / 0 / 0 1 / 1 / 3 1 / 1 / 1 1 / 0 / 1 1 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 0 / 2 / 5 0 / 2 / 2 0 / 1 / 1 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1

men and among the women...I have to watch them first...my choice isn't always exactly "technical" when it comes to female athletes

yes

Tommaso Marini just lost to Iimura in the round of 16 of the men's Foil GP

Women's Team Sabre Final OQR 412 Q by Ranking 328 Q by Ranking 306 Q by Ranking 296 Q by Ranking ________________________________________________ 262 Q by Continental Spot (Pan-America) 250 Q by Continental Spot (Europe) 217 Q by Continental Spot (Asia) 215 202 194 176 164 160 159 144 Q by Continental Spot (Africa) 140

Women’s Team Sabre ( Sint-Niklaas) Gold: France Silver: Hungary Bronze: Ukraine Semifinals France b. Ukraine 45-39 Hungary b. South Korea 45-42 Bronze Medal Match Ukraine b. South Korea 45-38 Gold Medal Match France b. Hungary 45-32 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/756

first time 2 Italian teams make this far... actually, this is the first time any Italian team other than Bolzano/Bozen makes the semis p.s. semifinal pairings have not been officialized yet, as KAC has the right to choose their opponents after winning the RS

() ICE Hockey League Playoffs Quarterfinals Results (Best-of-7 Series) EC KAC Klagenfurt (1) b. BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg (10) 4-2 (0-2; 1-0; 7-0; 3-1; 1-6; 5-1) HC Pustertal Wölfe (8) b. Hydro Fehervar AV19 (2) 4-3 (2-3 OT; 2-3; 4-3 OT; 2-1; 3-5; 4-2; 4-1) EC Red Bull Salzburg (3) b. Steinbach Black Wings Linz (6) 4-1 (4-0; 2-3; 5-1; 3-2; 5-1) HC Bolzano/Bozen Südtirol Alperia (4) b. EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV Villach (5) 4-1 (5-2; 4-2; 6-1; 1-6; 2-1)

that's one of the reasons why I love Karate hundreds of Nations from all Continents competing at the highest level and most of them capable of having medal chances in the most important tournaments in the World but Tommy the King, AKA Fencing Olympic Champion in 1976 just thinks that's not enough...it's not urban and cool...gotta have to replace it with breakdance

in this case, it's not his first dance in the medal round and also his brother (competing for ) has a few medals already in his curriculum vitae

and finally the total resurrection of Lisa Vittozzi seems to be almost completed she looked lost for the sport just a couple of years ago, missing targets from left and right (and being destroyed by media and fans, myself included )... but Today, after the 2nd win in a row and the new collapse by Tandrevold, she's just a walk in the park away from winning her first Overall World Cup (after winning 1 individual gold -and being part of last year's miracle of our relay- and many more medals at the world champs in the last 2 seasons) well done, Lisa!