phelps

no, because Russia already have 2 quota places won in the men's 10m Air Rifle (Shamakov and Kamenskiy)... by the way, Maslennikov has won a mixed event quota, too...so, he'll be in Tokyo in any case...we'll see who the Russian coaches are going to select for the actual Olympic competition...

men's 10m Air Rifle, Shooters qualified to the Final Peter Sidi (Olympic Quota) Sergey Kamenskiy Henrik Larsen Omer Akgun (Olympic Quota) Oleh Tsarkov Istvan Peni Sergey Richter Vladimir Maslennikov since all the remaining finalists already have their Olympic Quota Place secured, Hungary (Peter Sidi) and Turkey (Omer Akgun) won today's 2 available Olympic berths even before the European Final starts...

sure, but it would have been a nice story...2 sibling from Bolivia qualifying for the Olympics... however, now it's a done deal...they are in for Japan and...good luck to them...

according to the linked media release, the final selection for the Japanese Olympic squad was held on february, 9th and the qualified fighters are: Sergio Suzuki Moron (men's -58kg) Ricardo Saburo Suzuki Moron (men's -68kg) Miyu Yamada (women's -49kg) Mayu Hamada (women's -57kg, 2015 World Champion) to be noticed...the 2 men are siblings with strong Bolivian heritage (Ricardo Saburo is even still listed as Bolivian by Taekwondodata)... pity that they choose to represent Japan... they could have been by far the best chance for Bolivia to qualify in an individual discipline...

Zublasing done and dusted...Ziviani saved our hopes for 0.1 points, but I fear she has no chance against all those contenders (and today it's no superstition, unfortunately)... still asking myself why Sofia Ceccarello was limited to the junior competition???

Women's 10m Air Rifle, Shooters qualified to the Final Jenny Stene* Anastasiia Galashina* Laura-Georgeta Coman Jeanette Hegg Duestad Eszter Denes* Andrea Arsovic* Aneta Stankiewicz* Martina Ziviani* * = in the hunt for the 2 available Olympic Quota Places

since the beginning of this season...

Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol Gold Medal match: Russia (Vitalina Batsarashkina & Artem Chernousov) vs Serbia (Zorana Arunovic & Damir Mikec) Bronze Medal match: Switzerland (Heidi Diethelm Gerber & Jason Solari) vs Hungary (Veronika Major & Miklos Tatrai) medal matches start @ 4 p.m. CET

Women's Juniors Team Sabre Final Results Gold: United States Silver: Mexico Bronze: Brazil Semifinals: Mexico b. Brazil 45-23 USA b. Colombia 45-26 Bronze Medal Match: Brazil b. Colombia 45-44 Gold Medal Match: USA b. Mexico 45-39  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/6FDE1DB701AD45F0BD372A417BFF25A4

Women's Juniors Team Epee Final Results Gold: United States Silver: Canada Bronze: Brazil Semifinals: Canada b. Chile 45-35 USA b. Brazil 45-34 Bronze Medal Match: Brazil b. Chile 45-39 Gold Medal Match: USA b. Canada 45-23  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/D6FEF937D6F44B1B86336190A8E61B84

Men's Juniors Team Foil Final Results Gold: United States Silver: Canada Bronze: Mexico Semifinals: Canada b. Chile 45-43 USA b. Mexico 45-43 Bronze Medal Match: Mexico b. Chile 45-39 Gold Medal Match: USA b. Canada 45-39  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/9C40F686B7D4443ABFF2DC1E36EA3353

Women's Juniors Team Foil Final Results Gold: Chile Silver: United States Bronze: Mexico Semifinals: Chile b. Brazil 45-31 USA b. Mexico 45-42 Bronze Medal Match: Mexico b. Brazil 45-43 Gold Medal Match: Chile b. USA 43-42  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/BC171B1C00D042AC9BDACAC36D552C70

Men's Juniors Team Sabre Final Results Gold: Canada Silver: United States Bronze: Brazil Semifinals: Canada b. Brazil 45-35 USA b. Chile 45-13 Bronze Medal Match: Brazil b. Chile 45-23 Gold Medal Match: Canada b. USA 45-43  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/279DC5F61D32422B81F9C84E6CB93B98

Men's Juniors Team Epee Final Results Gold: Canada Silver: United States Bronze: Mexico Semifinals: Canada b. Brazil 45-35 USA b. Mexico 45-26 Bronze Medal Match: Mexico b. Brazil 45-38 Gold Medal Match: Canada b. USA 45-35  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/48CDC24D7DB04B00BD69F8E546AFEF24

finally, we have them, too...

Women's Juniors Individual Epee Final Results Gold: Veronika Bieleszova Silver: Lili Buki Bronze: Eszter Muhari & Gaia Traditi Semifinals: Bieleszova b. Traditi 15-11 Buki b. Muhari 15-13 Gold Medal Match: Bieleszova b. Buki 15-14  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/3534C275D72846E8ACC1EC041546D18E

Men's Juniors Individual Foil Final Results Gold: Kirill Borodachev Silver: Anton Borodachev Bronze: Maciej Bem & Marek Totusek Semifinals: A. Borodachev b. Totusek 15-9 K. Borodachev b. Bem 15-4 Gold Medal Match: K. Borodachev b. A. Borodachev 15-13  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/B68414891B344D539EB274BBB414CEE1

unfortunately there's no chance to rewatch the events (they are live on the Olympic Channel...the last session of finals is today @ 5 p.m. CET)... you can only watch the post-session show with highlights and commentaries, here: https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/video/detail/post-show-day-8-olympic-boxing-qualification-2020-dakar/ p.s. during yesterday's broadcast also the English language commentators were stunned and talked of "definitely wrong decision" for the 2 box-off fights we also showed full disrespect of...

I really appreciate the fact that they're not givin'up and trying to ensure a fair competition to all the teams fighting for Olympic spots...

that track was a disaster...it was a wrong project, with the walls exposed to the sun in all the mid-day hours (with all that means)... moreover, the question of the high mantainance costs was a political fight between local administration and our NOC...both of them wanted the other to take care of 100% of costs, but our NOC is under financial control of our national government, therefore they can't give money enough to the national federations to take care of any venue, they only have money enough to manage the athletes' activity... so, in the end it was the local administration in Cesana that decided to close down the track, with much damage to the Italian sport... hopefully, the new 25-year agreement between the Italian Government, local administration and track owners should prevent a new disaster of that kind...

the FIL streaming is fantastic, but it can only be watched through a computer with a browser... I do really need it to be on a platform with an app I can watch lying on the couch on my tv screen... then I fear you'll be disappointed when they make it Olympic in 2026... because this it's gonna happen... sure, that's obvious... and it wouldn't be difficult...counting only the already existing tracks, we can have a North-american tour with 1 race in CAN (Calgary and Whistler alternating themselves in even and odd years) and USA (the same with Lake Placid and Park City) and then the traditional European season with Lillehammer, Sigulda, Igls, St.Moritz, Koenigssee, La Plagne (they only need some refurbishing and some money to reinstate it as a world cup track also for Luge), Sochi and they could also have a trip to Far east with Pyeongchang and Nagano (even if it could prove expensive to get this one back in place)... and of course Cortina is coming back... so, it's not that there are no tracks available to have a full season with only 1 race in Germany... and if we have to make an exception to this rule, I'd rather like to have the double race in CAN and/or the USA than in GER...at least for some time (maybe after some pause of German inflation, we could also get back twice a year if needed, but no more than that)...

my 2 cents about what the new president/board should do... a) officially establish the principle that no more than 1 event between world cup stages and world championships can be held in 1 Country each season... b) close down Winterberg and at least 1 more track between Oberhof and/or Altenberg in Germany for international activity (if they only keep Koenigssee as the "National Track for international events" I'm more than happy)... c) establish only English as the language of Luge... d) keep up with their excellent streaming service (and why not? even improve the picture quality), but move it from the internal player of their website to an "open" platform/app like Youtube or Dailymotion or similar one, available on most (if not all) connected device like smart tv and/or android tv/android boxes/apple tv... e) enforce the attention to the Natural Track Luge by making it Olympic in all the 4 events and organizing the same Live Timing and Live/Ondemand streaming service already in place for the Artificial Track Luge... f) pushing for more "diversity", trying everything they can to enlarge the number of competitive Countries in both the ATL and NTL (I know...this is the most difficult task, but they really have to try and find the way to improve this aspect of the sport)...

yes! yessss!!! finally, a Pistol specialist gets an Olympic Quota for Italy... I'm really spent...it was really an exhausting competition for me...

Men's 10m Air Pistol Gold: Artem Chernousov Silver: Paolo Monna Bronze: Ismail Keles Olympic Quota: Italy, Slovakia

and here we go...another shameful decision has been taken... Dieudonne Seyi Ntsengue qualify in the men's -75kg class...