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and I raise...I'm not urban...and I'm not even "modern"...and I'm more than proud!

well, the Rowing venue just is what it is...an artificial channel within the docks... there's no chance it can change a lot in 12 months (the only thing they're gonna do is put some decorations on the walls and a basic roof over the main stand -worldrowing has stated that's absolutely mandatory...they won't accept a stand with people completely exposed to the elements)...

also on Eurosport1 on Tv...start at 00.30 CET... p.s. and on Sunday there's also the Mixed Relay...

no, he's a Lead only specialist...he's gonna be outside the top 80 in the Speed qualifiers, which means he won't even be in the top 20 of the Combined ranking... our real Combined specialist is Filip Schenk (4th at the YOG last year), but frankly I don't understand why our technical committee in practice didn't even give him a chance through the whole season... if they don't get him ready for next year's qualification tournament, we're going to have no climbers in Tokyo...people like Ghisolfi, Bombardi, Piccolruaz or even Rogora are not good enough over the 3 disciplines (all the boys) or (Rogora) not yet ready for this level of competition (and who knows if she's ever gonna be a top player?)...

women's Freestyle Wrestling, day #4 medallists -50kg Gold: Yui Susaki Silver: Daria Khvostova Bronze: Mariia Vynnyk & Maria Leorda -55kg Gold: Patrycja Gil Silver: Ekaterina Verbina Bronze: Saki Igarashi & Sezen Behchetova Belberova -59kg Gold: Sae Nanjo Silver: Anastasia Nichita Bronze: Morena De Vita & Kateryna Zelenykh -68kg Gold: Naruha Matsuyuki Silver: Meerim Zhumanazarova Bronze: Khanum Velieva & Ewelina Weronika Ciunek -76kg Gold: Milaimys de la Caridad Marin Potrille Silver: Chang Hui Tsz Bronze: Yasuha Matsuyuki & Bernadett Nagy women's Wrestling, day #5 finals -53kg: Haruna Okuno vs Anudari Nandintsetseg -57kg: Akie Hanai vs Alina Akobiia -62kg: Wu Yaru vs Yuzuka Inagaki -65kg: Macey Ellen Kilty vs Miwa Morikawa -72kg: Evgeniia Zakharchenko vs Yuka Kagami

women's Wrestling, day #4 semifinals -53kg: Mariia Tiumerekova vs Haruna Okuno / Anudari Nandintsetseg vs Meiduolaji -57kg: Bharti Baghel vs Akie Hanai / Magdalena Urszula Glodek vs Alina Akobiia -62kg: Wu Yaru vs Mariia Lachugina / Yuzuka Inagaki vs Irina Ringaci -65kg: Macey Ellen Kilty vs Hanna Sadchanka / Miwa Morikawa vs Zhang Yue -72kg: Cheng Shuiyan vs Evgeniia Zakharchenko / Alyvia Nicole Fiske vs Yuka Kagami

and among the men, it's Adam Ondra who makes up for the disappointing outcome of the Boulder competition and takes his revenge over his main rivals... kind of a wasted chance for Alex Megos, who looked the most convincing in the field through his climb, but finally made a capital mistake when he was close to overtake Ondra... 2nd medal (this time it's a bronze one) in 2 events for Jakob Schubert...meanwhile it's only a painful 4th place for the local hero and Boulder world champion Tomoa Narasaki...all of them fallen more or less on the same point of the wall (once again, very difficult route prepared by the course setter, with nobody getting even close to the Top)... for Italy, another disappointing placing for Stefano Ghisolfi (definitely not having his best season)...4 years ago he was 7th, today "only" 6th...

Men's Lead Final Result Gold: Adam Ondra Silver: Alexander Megos Bronze: Jakob Schubert 4th, Tomoa Narasaki 5th, Sean McColl 6th, Stefano Ghisolfi 7th, Kai Harada 8th, Hannes Puman Full Competition Final Ranking https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=8253&cat=1

and history has been made! Janja Garnbret is the first ever climber to win both Boulder and Lead title in the same year and in the same venue/week (Adam Ondra in 2014 won both titles in the male division, but Boulder and Lead were contested in 2 separate sites and in 2 different periods of the year)... today she dominated the competition, even if the route was so difficult that even she couldn't make it to the Top... disappointing 4th place in the end for the young Korean sensation Seo, winner of all the Lead events not won by Janja this year...

Women's Lead Final Result Gold: Janja Garnbret Silver: Mia Krampl Bronze: Ai Mori 4th, Seo Chae Hyun 5th, Akiyo Noguchi 6th, Jessica Pilz 7th, Vita Lukan 8th, Julia Chanourdie Full Competition Final Ranking https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=8253&cat=2

the women in about 15 mins... the men at 1.25 p.m. CET... p.s. all live on Eurosport1 (and on Youtube in streaming) EDIT: my fault...it's Eusp2

sure... Karate had 27 Nations (3 different from Africa and all Continents but Oceania) on the medal table of the last World Champs (and 11 of them with at least 1 Gold)... Taekwondo instead had 25 Nations on the final medal table (9 of them with at least 1 Gold)...with no African nor Oceanian among them...

you forgot Montenegro and Kuwait... however, if we look at the specific needs considering the list of virtual qualified athletes, we have 2 candidates for the women's Kata spot, MNE & MKD...meanwhile KUW is basically sure to get 1 of the 2 men's Kata spot, with the second going to BOT (currently 49th in the OQR and really at risk of going out)... the last spot (women's +61kg) has only Marina Rakovic (MNE) in the top 50 among the eligible Countries...which means that we already have a problem (MNE can't fill 2 spots, but there are no other Countries available in those 3 categories)... some sh*tty move incoming, I fear...

no, but they were held in Tokyo...so, they still have something in common... and at that time IAAF was still led by the master of manipulation, Primo Nebiolo himself ...

if they use the list of those Countries + the rule of the top 50 of the ranking, I really doubt they can fill all the 10 spots in the classes where they need to...

Men's Lead Climbers qualified to the Final 8th, Hannes Puman 7th, Stefano Ghisolfi 6th, Jakob Schubert 5th, Kai Harada 4th, Adam Ondra 3rd, Sean McColl 2nd, Tomoa Narasaki 1st, Alexander Megos Full Semifinals Results https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=8253&cat=1&route=2

Women's Lead Climbers qualified to the Final 8th, Julia Chanourdie 7th, Jessica Pilz 6th, Akiyo Noguchi 5th, Seo Chae Hyun 4th, Mia Krampl 3rd, Ai Mori 2nd, Vita Lukan 1st, Janja Garnbret Full Semifinals Results https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=8253&cat=2&route=2

but now because of this rule, will they also review the 50km race walking results of the 1991 world champs in Tokyo, where Potashov and Perlov (both from Soviet Union, at the last international appearance with that name) finished together in 1st place keeping their hands?

that's the only serious explaination...but still, c'mon! do you really need that to even to train for hours in volleyball (I mean, it's not like running or swimming for hours...it's just a series of quick explosive moves with a lot of intervals between them)...

probably it's a question of money (they don't want to pay all year long the right guy the right amount of money)...

the wkf official quali document (the only one reliable to me) says that no African/Asian/Oceanian regional games count for the continental spots...only Pan-Am Games and European Games... by the way, I think that WKF/Tripartite Commission places in Karate will be awarded not to the typical small Nations, but they will take into consideration all the Countries that don't have any qualified athlete and are in the top position of their respective rankings... I mean, I'm pretty sure that they will give the women's Kata place to Maria Dimitrova (who's just 1 place below the line of qualifiers), rather than a senseless 48th ranked from an exotic Nation (and the same for the other available wild cards)... with only 10 athletes per class, it doesn't make sense to have a couple of categories with a partially non competitive field...

it looks like they're listening to you... in the Lead semis at the world chmps, they have a live updating graphics during the climbs... unfortunately, this time they used the same format of the world cup events, with both men and women's semis running together...last year in Innsbruck the schedule was definitely better (with men and women's Lead semis and finals in 2 different days)...

well, they are one of the top 10 Nations in Cricket, we must add...

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