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New Zealand just destroyed Sri Lanka... official score is " NZL win by 10 wickets"... the explaination for those not exactly familiar with that kind of scoring system is simple...Sri Lanka batted first and scored only 136 points before all of their batters were eliminated (in only 29 overs out of the possible 50), then came the Kiwis and scored 137 points in just 16 overs, with no batsmen eliminated...therefore there was no need to go further and the match ended well in advance of the "limits" it could have reached if needed...

Men's C1 Gold: Benjamin Savsek (98.59) Silver: Martin Thomas (99.38) Bronze: Sideris Tasiadis (100.77)

Cricket World Cup, Sri Lanka vs New Zealand (thanks to a Satellite feed @ 7° East) later, Slalom Canoeing, European Champs (recorded from French TV) tonight, Football, Champions League final and after that, maybe some MLB Baseball

a few notes on the 1st Street ranking... Women - 67 total starters - BRA, USA and JPN all in the Top 11 (AUS and NED only not among the 3 powerhouses) - The cut of the Top 20 (max 3 per NOC) is at position #26 - Top 20 geographical distribution: BRA, JPN and USA = 3 Skateboarders AUS and NED = 2 Skateboarders BEL, CHN, COL, PHI, RUS, ESP and THA = 1 Skateboarder Men - 138 total starters - The top 13 are all eligible, as no NOC is beyond the max quota at that point - The cut of the Top 20 (max 3 per NOC) is at position #28 - Top 20 geographical distribution: BRA, CAN and USA = 3 Skateboarders AUS, FRA, JPN and POR = 2 Skateboarders PER, PUR and SVK = 1 Skateboarder

Skateboarding Olympic Qualifying Begins Season #1 Dates & Locations The World Skate/SLS 2019 Tour has kicked off in London, marking the first-ever qualifying event for street skateboarding towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. With new and familiar faces atop the London podiums, skateboarding qualifying is off to an amazing start. World Skate is excited to announce the full schedule of both Street and Park Skateboarding events for the first season of Olympic qualifying. STREET World Skate/SLS Pro Tour Stop 1 - London (GBR) - Pro Tour - 20/26 May 2019 Dew Tour - Long Beach (USA) - 5 Star - 10/16 June 2019 World Skate/SLS Pro Tour Stop 2 - Los Angeles (USA) - Pro Tour - 23/28 July 2019 International Skateboarding Open (ISO) - Qingfeng (CHN) - 5 Star - 3/8 September 2019 World Skate/SLS World Championships - Mexico City (MEX) - World Championships - 17/22 September 2019 PARK Dew Tour - Long Beach (USA) - 5 Star - 10/16 June 2019 International Skateboarding Open (ISO) - Nanjing (CHN) - 5 Star - 14/19 July 2019 World Skate World Championships by STU - Sao Paulo (BRA) - World Championships - 10/15 September 2019 Olympic WS Ranking after London Check below the updated Ranking after World Skate/SLS Pro Tour 2019 - Stage #1 OWSR Street Women - Released May 28th 2019 - Updated May 30th 2019 http://www.worldskate.org/images/discipline/skateboarding/WSR_Street_Women_01_1_28_05_2019.pdf OWSR Street Men - Released May 28th 2019 - Updated May 30th 2019 http://www.worldskate.org/images/discipline/skateboarding/WSR_Street_Man_01_1_28_05_2019.pdf

2020 Continental Championships Event Criteria just published The Continental Championships Criteria have just been released. The document outlines World Skate’s expectations for potential event hosts by sharing our vision, competition concepts, and detailed requirements for an organizer looking to produce Skateboarding events part of the Season #2 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualification campaign. HERE is the .pdf file http://www.worldskate.org/events/bid.html?download=3453:bidding-skateboarding-continental-championships

Yes, but it's quite a long time that Tatiana is representing Brazil in the WSL...so, I didn't count her among those looking for a new passport just to make it for the Tokyo Olympics... more than anything, I expected some Spanish-speaking Central and South Americans trying to go for Spain, but at the moment it doesn't look the case (and I think Italian shopping is also over)...

even if I read about many surfers switching Nationality, right now, I don't see any true big name trying to go for a different Nation than their usual... among the WSL men and women, the only one who could do it (Nikki Van Dijk could easily start for the Netherlands), has not done it... and I don't see any Brazilian trying to go for Portugal, too... among the lower levels of competition, the only thing I know is that Italy has enrolled 3 girls with clear Italian heritage but born and raised abroad (veteran Claire Bevilacqua from AUS; Giada Legati who's half Italian, half French and lives in Bali; Emily Gussoni from CRC)...

actually, Fioravanti had the same result as Bourez in Bali...so also the gap between them remained the same... unfortunately for Italy, then Fioravanti injured himself yesterday in Western Australia @ the Margaret River Pro and left our Country basically without representation at the top level (even if one of our 3 "bought" female surfers could make a miracle at next year's ISA World Champs and still put the Italian Flag among the Tokyo participants, although I think it's gonna be really improbable)... I don't know how severe this injury is in surfing terms and if it leaves Fioravanti's qualification chances still on the table at the same ISA Worlds from next year...

Women's Individual Sabre Final Results Gold: Anna Bashta Silver: Lucia Lucarini Bronze: Evgenia Podpaskova & Palina Kaspiarovich Semifinals: Bashta b. Kaspiarovich 15-10 Lucarini b. Podpaskova 15-13 Gold Medal Match: Bashta b. Lucarini 15-12  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/C2E650AD49784CBC9B5AA12E0A12D007

yeah, but in the women's event there were very low expectations...it's the men's epee that was really disappointing, as Di Veroli is arguably the most talented young epee fencer in the world since many years and Vismara also already achieved podium places in the senior world cup... however, this is a really low key event...nobody really makes any fine tuning for this...

Men's Individual Foil Final Results Gold: Kirill Borodachev Silver: Davide Filippi Bronze: Wallerand Roger & Guillaume Bianchi Semifinals: Borodachev b. Bianchi 15-7 Filippi b. Roger 15-13 Gold Medal Match: Borodachev b. Filippi 15-5  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/0E16E3660A3B423E975C2F2EFE57B2AD

Women's Individual Foil Final Results Gold: Solene Butruille Silver: Julia Walczyk Bronze: Victoria Yusova & Elena Tangherlini Semifinals: Butruille b. Tangherlini 15-13 Walczyk b. Yusova 15-12 Gold Medal Match: Butruille b. Walczyk 15-12  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/BAF3ABF13FF94B71B959D363BA363184

Men's Individual Epee Final Results Gold: Paul Allegre Silver: Wojciech Kolanczyk Bronze: Davide Di Veroli & Federico Vismara Semifinals: Allegre b. Vismara 15-10 Kolanczyk b. Di Veroli 15-10 Gold Medal Match: Allegre b. Kolanczyk 15-9  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/016D8854CCD444EC8FC1D7CBCF12F09F

Women's Junior Race (Sprint Distance) Gold: Beatrice Mallozzi Silver: Nora Gmür Bronze: Magdalena Früh Full Ranking: https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_weert_etu_triathlon_european_championships/336881

Women's Race (Olympic Distance) Gold: Beth Potter Silver: Sandra Dodet Bronze: Claire Michel Full Ranking: https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_weert_etu_triathlon_european_championships/336878

Triathlon ETU European Championships 2019 Weert (NED) - 31 May 2019 - 2 June 2019 Official Website

tbh, here in Italy this sport always has live tv coverage on our public sport channel (also this EChs on Sunday)... and I'm pretty sure the Italian TV is not the only one following this champs... moreover, I guess everybody around the world can still watch the entire event in streaming (or at least the finals, for sure)...

are you not going to watch the Stanley Cup finals?

it looks delicious!

and here we go..."6" number #1 & #2 back-to-back for Chris...

great start for West Indies bowling (or awful start for Pakistan batting, it depends on your own point of view)... and now Chris Gayle already looking ready to destroy Pakistan's bowlers... it's only game #2 of the entire tournament, but it's already a good candidate to become the quickest match of the whole 2019 CWC...

it looks quite a god morning for Italy (racing in Luzern with the full A-team)... as usual, only the senior Singles and the men's Eight don't look so effective...

2019 World Cup, Stage #6 (Munich, GER) Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol Gold: India 1 (Manu Bhaker & Saurabh Chaudhary) Silver: Ukraine 1 (Olena Kostevych & Oleh Omelchuk) Bronze: China 2 (Wang Qian & Wang Meng Yi)

this is still simple...you can also read it as 311/8 to 207/10 (the comparison is still done by the most number of runs scored -the losing side not having written the "/10" part only because it's tacit that they are stopped once all of their batsmen are eliminated)... it's when the winning side is the team batting second that things can be even nastier...in that case the final score is recorded as "the team X wins by N wickets" (without even looking at the number of runs scored by both teams), which could prove a bit complicated to explain to those who don't follow this sport closely enough...