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and tomorrow, rain is expected in Bologna and Parma, therefore there would be some schedule changes... for sure, ITaly vs Netherlands will be played at noon CET... still TBD the start times in Parma (where both ISR vs RSA and ESP vs CZE are scheduled)...

I just love brawls... sure, hockey brawls are a lot better, but also in baseball are quite interesting...

game over... Spain b. Italy 4-3 and there's a big brawl...benches cleared after the last out...

no, Israel just need to win against South Africa tomorrow...

and Italy are only 2 outs away from another loss (tonight vs Spain)...

Final Medal Table UZB, 3 / 1 / 1 RUS, 3 / 0 / 1 KAZ, 1 / 1 / 4 CUB, 1 / 1 / 1 ENG, 0 / 1 / 2 IND, 0 / 1 / 1 ECU, 0 / 1 / 0 PHI, 0 / 1 / 0 USA, 0 / 1 / 0 ARM, 0 / 0 / 1 AUS, 0 / 0 / 1 BRA, 0 / 0 / 1 BUL, 0 / 0 / 1 FRA, 0 / 0 / 1 MGL, 0 / 0 / 1

Medallists Recap -52kg Gold: Shakhobidin Zoirov Silver: Amit Bronze: Billal Bennama & Saken Bibossinov -57kg Gold: Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov Silver: Lazaro Jorge Alvarez Estrada Bronze: Peter McGrail & Tsendbaatar Erdenebat -63kg Gold: Andy Cruz Gomez Silver: Keyshawn Davis Bronze: Manish Kaushik & Hovhannes Bachkov -69kg Gold: Andrei Zamkovoi Silver: Pat McCormack Bronze: Ablaikhan Zhussupov & Bobo-Usmon Baturov -75kg Gold: Gleb Bakshi Silver: Eumir Marcial Bronze: Hebert Conceicao Sousa & Tursynbay Kulakhmet -81kg Gold: Bekzad Nurdauletov Silver: Dilshodbek Ruzmetov Bronze: Julio La Cruz & Benjamin Whittaker -91kg Gold: Muslim Gadzhimagomedov Silver: Julio Cesar Castillo Torres Bronze: Radoslav Pantaleev & Vassily Levit +91kg Gold: Bakhodir Jalolov Silver: Kamshybek Kunkabayev Bronze: Justis Huni & Maksim Babanin

by the way, normally in the gold medal matches you don't see many robberies like in the early rounds... but it looks that today wasn't the case... more than one gold went to the "wrong" fighter...perfect end for this farce of a championship... EDIT: sorry, it was the light heavyweights...I meant Nurdauletov beating Ruzmetov (not that this changes anything in the whole question)...

just watch the super heavyweight final...this time it's UZB to shout "cheeeeeaaaaateeerrrrsssss"...

Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Day #8 Medallists (and Olympic Quota places) -70kg Gold: David Baev Silver: Nurkhoza Kaipanov Bronze: Magomedmurad Gadzhiev vs Yones Emami -74kg Gold: Zaurbek Sidakov Silver: Frank Chamizo Marquez Bronze: Zelimkhan Khadjiev vs Jordan Ernest Burroughs Olympic Quota for: / / / / / -92kg Gold: J'den Michael Tbory Cox Silver: Ali Reza Karimi Bronze: Alikhan Zhabrailov vs Irakli Mtsituri -125kg Gold: Geno Petriashvili Silver: Taha Akgul Bronze: Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi vs Khasanboy Rakhimov Olympic Quota for: / / / / /

Men's Individual 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Gold: Riccardo Mazzetti Silver: Christian Reitz Bronze: Nikita Sukhanov Olympic Quota: Italy, Azerbaijan

Women's Individual 25m Pistol Gold: Monika Karsch Silver: Veronika Major Bronze: Mathilde Lamolle Olympic Quota: France, France

Men's Team 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Gold: France Silver: Germany Bronze: Ukraine Men's Individual 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, Shooters qualified to the Final Clement Bessaguet* Christian Reitz* Pavlo Korostylov* Nikita Sukhanov* Riccardo Mazzetti Ruslan Lunev * NOT eligible for an Olympic Quota place, which means that the Olympic Passes have already been awarded to Italy and Azerbaijan before the start of the final (later Today)...

Men's Individual 50m 3-Position Rifle Gold: Petr Nymbursky Silver: Filip Nepejchal Bronze: Jon-Hermann Hegg Olympic Quota: Czech Republic, Italy

this was lucky...91 for Geis, 93 for Podhrasky and Miliwek, 88 for Gowin in the last series were not easily predictable scores... however, very good day for our male shooters...and just another shameful outing by Petra...what the hell happened to that woman? p.s. playing Sofia Ceccarello in the junior events, despite her medals, proved a big, big mistake by our coaches...

today it's also the Super-Final's day for the Vitality Blast T-20, the top European league in this format... Worcestershire (147/9) has just beaten Nottinghamshire (146/5, full 20 overs) in the first semifinal, meanwhile Derbyshire and Essex are set to start their semifinal match in an hour or so... the Grand Final is scheduled for tonight, 7.45 p.m. BST (8.45 p.m. CET)...

don't forget Paquillo Fernandez and his practice of oral sex on his pregnant wife...

well, even if it's endogenous EPO, there are still limit values that can't be broken... if her values are beyond the established limit, she gets DSQ, otherwise she gets cleared from any accusation... of course, she's going to hire a bunch of lawyers that will make it a lot more complicated than it actually is to try and get her out of troubles even if she's guilty...but that's another story...

It doesn't matter that much, because the question is always between endogenous and esogenous kind of EPO (and other injectable medicines that can be produced also by the human body, in different types and measure)... and normally you get DSQ only when they're sure they've found esogenous EPO, which isn't allowed in any form and in any dosage...

Women's Individual 50m 3-Position Rifle Gold: Nina Christen Silver: Maria Martynova Bronze: Jenny Stene Olympic Quota: Belarus, Denmark

Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Day #9 Finals -61kg Gold Medal match: Magomedrasul Idrisov vs Beka Lomtadze Bronze Medal match #1: Behnam Ehsanpoor vs Abbos Rakhmonov / Andrei Bekreneu / Tuvshintulga Tumenbileg Bronze Medal match #2: Rahul Balasheb Aware vs Mihai Esanu / Tyler Lee Graff -79kg Gold Medal match: Kyle Douglas Dake vs Jabarayil Hasanov Bronze Medal match #1: Rashid Kurbanov vs Gadzhi Nabiev / Oibek Nasirov Bronze Medal match #2: Taimuraz Salkazanov vs Galymzhan Usserbayev / Dmytrii Tkachenko -86kg Gold Medal match: Hassan Yazdani vs Deepak Punia Bronze Medal match #1: Myles Nazem Amine vs Artur Naifonov / Istvan Vereb / Jaime Yusept Espinal Bronze Medal match #2: Stefan Reichmuth vs Carlos Arturo Izquierdo Mendez / Bakhodur Kodirov / Adilet Davlumbayev Olympic Quota so far: / / / -97kg Gold Medal match: Abdulrashid Sadulaev vs Sharif Sharifov Bronze Medal match #1: Alisher Yergali vs Magomedgadji Nurov / Nicolai Ceban Bronze Medal match #2: Kyle Frederick Snyder vs Elizbar Odikadze / Valerii Andriitsev / Seo Min Won Olympic Quota so far: / / /

Women's Team 50m 3-Position Rifle Gold: Norway Silver: Russia Bronze: Germany Women's Individual 50m 3-Position Rifle, Shooters qualified to the Final Nina Christen* Sanja Vukasinovic* Jenny Stene* Jeanette Hegg Duestad* Polina Korosheva* Maria Martynova Andrea Arsovic Stine Nielsen * NOT eligible for an Olympic Quota place

Men's Freestyle Wrestling, -97kg Semifinals Alisher Yergali vs Abdulrashid Sadulaev Kyle Frederick Snyder vs Sharif Sharifov Olympic Quota for these 4 Nations...

if it's not on the ESC website, I don't know...

still, if Marta & Viki had won the match, we wouldn't be here thinking about the rules...