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Final Medal Table RUS, 4 / 3 / 2 FRA, 2 / 3 / 3 ITA, 2 / 2 / 6 GER, 1 / 1 / 2 POL, 1 / 0 / 1 ISR, 1 / 0 / 0 UKR, 1 / 0 / 0 HUN, 0 / 2 / 2 DEN, 0 / 1 / 0 CZE, 0 / 0 / 1 GEO, 0 / 0 / 1

so, Poland win the last Gold of the Championships and make it 7 Nations winning at least 1 gold (11 winning at least 1 medal, no matter the colour)... I'm not sure, but I don't remember so many successful Countries in the previous editions... on the other hand, Italy won the most medals (10), but only 2 gold and, more than anything, we only collected placings from 3rd to 5th in the team events, which is awful and in a couple of cases also dangerously scary for what concerns the Olympic qualification... and the world champs are just around the corner (the only good thing is that also last year we didn't win many medals at the Europeans, but we did definitely a lot better at the worlds)...

and when it happens, someone should spend the rest of his/her days in jail (if not in a "gulag")...

4 women and 4 men's classes in Sambo will start their medal session at 5 p.m. local (4 p.m. CET)... same time for the Judo final session (with 2 men and 3 women's classes up for grabs)...

and also in the men's sabre we couldn't make the gold medal match... 6 weapons (or, better, 6 team events) and not a single gold medal match for Italy...what a shame! they should all come back to Italy by being kicked in their asses from Dusseldorf to Rome!

and then she lost it like a baby after only 4 seconds into the overtime...

OMG!!!!! what a comeback by Clerici!!! she was down by 7 hits with less than a minute to play and she did tie the match!

and we're going to lose against Russia once again... when the going gets tough, the Italian epee specialists (yesterday the men, today the women) always disappear...

Women's Team Epee Final Results Gold: Poland Silver: Russia Bronze: Italy Semifinals: Poland b. France 45-37 Russia b. Italy 36-35 Bronze Medal Match: Italy b. France 45-38 Gold Medal Match: Poland b. Russia 26-25  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/competition/4577-2018/results/

Men's Team Sabre Final Results Gold: Germany Silver: Hungary Bronze: Italy Semifinals: Germany b. Italy 45-42 Hungary b. Romania 45-40 Bronze Medal Match: Italy b. Romania 45-35 Gold Medal Match: Germany b. Hungary 45-43  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/competition/4582-2018/results/

total disaster for Italy in Judo... the only one still in contention is the only one who should not be even taken into consideration for an Olympic spot (Matteo Medves in the men's -66kg)... very, very disappointing tournament for our 2 top players fighting today (Manuel Lombardo and Odette Giuffrida, who's still in the tournament, but can't end up better than 5th -as she's gonna lose for sure the bronze medal contest, if she does qualify for that, since she would have to face either Kelmendi or Bouchard)...

on the EJU's website you can also watch some judo (mat 1 and mat 3, mat 2 is only exclusive to the Minsk International service)... and on the ISSF website some of the shooting finals will also be available... so, there's still something to watch even without the ISB coverage...

the mixed team events suck big time in any case...it's not only the format, it's the idea which is "pure horror"...

here I'm suffering a big shower...sat tv pictures very unstable right now... by the way, Russia dominated the final and win the first Gold of the cjampionship...

good...

not working at the moment, as if they didn't upload the start list yet... EDIT: found the right link...

in the Netherlands it's the NOS who holds the media rights... maybe they have some streams on their website...

our male representative in Sambo lost his semifinal match against a man from Belarus... he's gonna fight for bronze later in the afternoon...

satellite @ 7 East (with an STB capable of managing BISS keys)... or the Olympic Channel (with VPN of a country with no tv coverage)

Serbia and Russia in the Gold Medal match right now (live on channel 3 of the international service)...

meanwhile I have the 4 satellite HD feeds live on my TV... very comfortable...and not missing anything (I also have my PC live on the judo prelims not shown by IBS, thanks to Youtube)...

yes, they are integrating the official Minsk feed (which only holds exclusive rights and shows Mat #2, where the medal finals will be contested later in the day)... curious coverage...

well, Archery, Judo (and this quite serious, as it's also the European Champs giving up OQR points) and Sambo are well underway...and you say that there's not much going on?

really, I didn't even know that we have some good fighters in that discipline...

yeah, but I read that the Host City contract will be signed by Are and the Swedish Olympic Committee (for the economical guarantee)... and Stockholm will loan their venues (there's already a contract for that)... still, I do really think that the Swedish bid is really poor, technically, financially and in terms of the proposed venues... once in our lifetime, so far we've done a way better job than them and our bid is a lot better and more fascinating than theirs (and trust me, I'm the least biased man in the world when it comes down to speak about Italy and what's wrong with our Country)...