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women's Team Kata Bronze Medal Match #1: Portugal b. England 25.58-24.38 Bronze Medal Match #2: Russia b. Slovakia 24.82-23.74 men's Team Kata Bronze Medal Match #1: Russia b. Azerbaijan 24.86-24.60 Bronze Medal Match #2: Italy b. Serbia 25.80-24.82

KHL Conference Finals Western Conference: earlier today, CSKA Moscow confirmed their superiority over SKA St.Petersburg by winning 3-1 also the second game of the series, which now they lead 2-0... the guests once again never seemed capable of putting any kind of pressure over CSKA...and when Kirill Kaprizov gave them the lead in the first period, it was clear that also this game and the whole series are clearly heading in the Russian capital's direction... all the other goals of today's game looked just "cosmetic", as they never influenced the momentum nor the outcome of the match... game #3 is scheduled for next Monday in St.Petersburg (7.30 p.m. local, 6.30 p.m. CET)...well'see if the home crowd can push SKA beyond their current (very visible) limits and give them a boost for the rest of the series... Game #2 highlights Eastern Conference: yesterday also the Eastern Final started in Balshikha... and Avangard Omsk took advantage of the "home" ice and of a stupid penalty taken by Ufa's Artyom Sergeyev early in the OT to win the first game of the series by a score of 4-3 (Sergei Shumakov scoring the game winner @ 64.03 in power play)... but it's not been easy for the home team, that had to comeback from a 2-3 deficit in the 3rd period and had to fight the entire game against a very determined and inspired opposing team... now they lead 1-0 in the series and tomorrow they have the chance to play also the second game at "home" in Balashikha (5 p.m. local, 4 p.m. CET)... Game #1 highlights

Grand Prix (Tbilisi, GEO) Day #2 Recap The Netherlands had the best performance in the second day of the Georgian Grand Prix, winning 2 out of the 4 events contested today... their Gold medallists are: Frank De Wit (men's -81kg) and Sanne Vermeer (women's -63kg)... the remaining 2 events in today's program went to France (Guillaume Chaine, men's -73kg) and Portugal (Barbara Timo, women's -70kg)... therefore, thank to these results, now France and the Netherlands share the lead of the medal table with 2 Gold Medals each, followed by the hosts from Georgia, Israel, Italy, Kosovo and Portugal with 1 full success each... Full Results and Rankings here: https://live.ijf.org/gp_geo2019/results

women's Team Kumite Gold Medal Match: Ukraine b. Turkey 2-1

men's Individual Kumite, -67kg Gold Medal Match: Steven Dacosta b. Mario Hodzic 10-1

women's Individual Kumite, -50kg Gold Medal Match: Sophia Bouderbane b. Bettina Plank 5-0

men's Individual Kumite, -60kg Gold Medal Match: Evgeny Plakhutin b. Angelo Crescenzo 2-1

Individual Kata Medallists Recap... women's Individual Kata Gold: Sandra Sanchez Jaime Silver: Viviana Bottaro Bronze: Dilara Eltemur & Alexandra Feracci men's Individual Kata Gold: Damian Hugo Quintero Capdevila Silver: Alì Sofuoglu Bronze: Roman Heydarov & Mattia Busato

it happened earlier this afternoon... women's Individual Kumite, -50kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Jelena Milivojcevic vs Nurane Aliyeva 1-0 Bronze Medal Match #2: Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu b. Shara Hubrich 5-0 men's Individual Kumite, -67kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Yves Martial Tadissi b. Stefan Jokic 11-3 Bronze Medal Match #2: Stefan Pokorny b. Jordan Thomas 0-0, by Hantei (Judges' decision) men's Individual Kumite, -60kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Eray Samdan b. David Tkebuchava 2-0 Bronze Medal Match #2: Emil Pavlov b. Bogdan Marian Florin Gogolosi 3-2 women's Team Kumite Bronze Medal Match #1: Germany vs Spain 2-1 Bronze Medal Match #2: Italy b. Croatia 2-0

so, at the end of the first session of the finals we have Turkey on top of the medal table with twice Gold, followed by 5 other Nations with 1 Gold medal each... most entertaining final, surely the women's -55kg... meanwhile the most "titled" match of modern karate (the men's -75kg final between Busà and Aghayev), as expected, was a great tactical struggle, with both athletes respecting and fearing each other too much to put on a spectacular show...in the end, it was Busà to take advantage of the only chance of the bout and winning the 5th European Gold medal of his amazing career...

This morning's Gold Medal matches... men's Individual Kumite, +84kg Gold Medal Match: Jonathan Horne b. Slobodan Bitevic 4-1 men's Individual Kumite, -84kg Gold Medal Match: Ugur Aktas b. Anton Isakau 6-0 women's Individual Kumite, +68kg Gold Medal Match: Laura Palacio Gonzalez b. Eleni Chatziliadou 2-1 women's Individual Kumite, -68kg Gold Medal Match: Alizèe Agier b. Elena Quirici 2-1 women's Individual Kumite, -61kg Gold Medal Match: Merve Coban b. Tjasa Ristic 4-0 women's Individual Kumite, -55kg Gold Medal Match: Jennifer Warling b. Tuba Yakan 5-4 men's Individual Kumite, -75kg Gold Medal Match: Luigi Busà b. Rafael Aghayev 1-0

men's Individual Kumite, -75kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Joe Kellaway b. Erman Eltemur 4-4, by Senshu (1st Point scored) Bronze Medal Match #2: Stanislav Horuna b. Jusuf Suljic 9-1

women's Individual Kumite, -55kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Amy Connell b. Jelena Maksimovic 4-3 Bronze Medal Match #2: Ivet Goranova b. Anzhelika Terliuga 2-0

women's Individual Kumite, -61kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Anita Serogina b. Gwendoline Philippe 3-1 Bronze Medal Match #2: Ingrida Suchankova b. Bettina Alstadsaether 7-3 @hckosice hey, man! medal for Slovakia!

try this (probably with vpn, too)...

this morning's action so far... men's Individual Kumite, +84kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Andjelo Kvesic b. Gogita Arkania 3-2 Bronze Medal Match #2: Asiman Gurbanli b. Ryzvan Talibov 7-5 men's Individual Kumite, -84kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Ivan Kvesic b. Farouk Abdesselem by DSQ, 4th C2 Sanction Bronze Medal Match #2: Nikola Malovic b. Adrian Federico Lopez Salas 1-1, by Senshu (1st Point scored) women's Individual Kumite, +68kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Meltem Hocaoglu b. Anastasiya Stepashko 0-0, by Hantei (Judges' decision) Bronze Medal Match #2: Titta Keinanen b. Fortesa Orana 2-1 women's Individual Kumite, -68kg Bronze Medal Match #1: Silvia Semeraro b. Alisa Buchinger 1-0 Bronze Medal Match #2: Katrine Pedersen b. Sherilyn Wold 1-1, by Senshu (1st point scored)

it also works from abroad with a good vpn, of course...

Grand Prix (Tbilisi, GEO) Day #1 Recap 5 events scheduled for today...and 5 different Nations did climb the top of the podium... to be noticed that Japan didn't enter the tournament... those teams are: the host Nation, Georgia (Lukhumi Chkhvimiani, men's -60kg); Israel (Tal Flicker, men's -66kg); France (Melanie Clement, women's -48kg..she beat the reigning world champion Daria Bilodid in the final); Italy (Odette Giuffrida, women's -52kg) and Kosovo (Nora Gjakova, women's -57kg)... Full Results and Rankings here: https://live.ijf.org/gp_geo2019/results

it was quite interesting to watch today's games, which were played with the new rules... I'm not a fan of those, but I have to admit that they are going to bring quite a new flavour to the game...and in the longer period, they will change a lot of things in the tactical aspects of the sport and in the physical training, as it's clear that you need to be less powerful but a lot quicker and resistent in swimming...and have a quicker recovery phase (as there are less timeouts and the interval between periods is shorter)... the negative point, probably this would lead to a more aggressive use of doping practice also in this sport, as the swimming skills will definitely be more demanding...

because there's nothing really "new" in today's world... after something like that, someone else instead didn't have so many problems... do you remember this?

women's Team Kumite Gold Medal Match: Ukraine vs Turkey Bronze Medal Match #1: Spain vs Germany Bronze Medal Match #2: Italy vs Croatia

CSKA Moscow won game #1 of the KHL Western Conference Finals... after Dinar Khafizullin opened the scoring for the guests from St.Petersburg, Alexander Popov quickly restored the tie, still in the first period... It was then Mikhail Grigorenko at 7.55 of the 2nd period to score the game winner... after that, it was mainly a defensive struggle by CSKA and some not so effective pressure by SKA, so the score didn't change anymore and CSKA Moscow took the 2-1 win home, which means that now they lead the best-of-7 series 1-0... game #1 highlights game #2 is scheduled for tomorrow at 5 p.m. local time, once again in Moscow (3 p.m. CET) meanwhile today at 7.30 p.m. local time (5.30 p.m. CET) in Balashikha, Avangard Omsk host Salavat Yulaev Ufa in game #1 of the Eastern Conference finals... for those who want to watch the game online (paid official streaming, not for free): https://video.khl.ru/events/877389?locale=en those who have a satellite dish pointed at 7 and/or 10 degrees East, instead, will be able to find a service feed for the Russian TV for free (no encryption, crystal clear HD) later today, normally starting 30 mins before the first puck drop of the hockey game...

men's Team Kumite Gold Medal Match: Serbia vs Turkey Bronze Medal Match #1: Spain vs Portugal Bronze Medal Match #2: Ukraine vs Croatia

women's Team Kata Gold Medal Match: Spain vs Italy Bronze Medal Match #1: Portugal vs England Bronze Medal Match #2: Slovakia vs Russia men's Team Kata Gold Medal Match: Spain vs Turkey Bronze Medal Match #1: Italy vs Serbia Bronze Medal Match #2: Russia vs Azerbaijan

basically, he's saying that if they let him do whatever he wants (giving 14/15 gold medals away to Russia and ask for money to other Nations to get the minor medals), he's gonna pay - with other people's money - AIBA's enormous debt... I'm still asking myself if he's just an idiot or if he's really so arrogant to really believe in what he's doing... p.s. however, after reading that the chairman of the IOC enquiry over Boxing is UWW's president himself, mr. Nenad Lalovic, I have no doubt that AIBA will stay in charge of any boxing operation now and in the next future, especially if under Russian control (ask our friend @MHSN for any reference about UWW and their people's regular administration of both the sport and the business questions)...