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Men's Freestyle Wrestling tomorrow's Gold Medal matches: -61kg Sean Christian Fausz vs Magomedrasul Idrisov already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Nikolai Okhlopkov & Iman Sadeghi -74kg Maxim Vasilioglo vs Avtandil Kentchadze already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Timur Bizhoev & Andranik Gabrielyan -86kg Kamran Ghasempour vs Artur Naifonov already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Murad Suleymanov & Gankhuyag Ganbaatar -92kg Aslambek Sotiev vs Shamil Zubairov already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Hossein Shahbaz & Bohdan Hrytsay -125kg Said Gamidov vs Youssif Ibrahim Hemida already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Kamil Tomasz Kosciolek & Rolandi Andriadze

Today's Medallists (Men's Freestyle Wrestling) -57kg Gold: Toshihiro Hasegawa Silver: Kumar Ravi Bronze: Taras Markovych & Zou Wanhao -65kg Gold: Rei Higuchi Silver: Alì Rahimzade Bronze: Islam Dudaev & Maxim Sacultan -70kg Gold: Taimuraz Salkazanov Silver: David Baev Bronze: Jintaro Motoyama & Enes Uslu -79kg Gold: Nika Kentchadze Silver: Gadzhi Nabiev Bronze: Omaraskhab Nazhmudinov & Dovletmyrat Orazgylyjov -97kg Gold: Givi Matcharashvili Silver: Kollin Raymond Moore Bronze: Alì Shabani & Igor Ovsiannikov

yes, it's confirmed (according to Italian press, namely OA website)... those are the groups...

updated world ranking has been released... so, we have the following OQTs... 1) Brazil - Egypt - Bulgaria - Puerto Rico 2) USA - Belgium - Netherlands - South Korea 3) Italy - Serbia - Australia - Cameroon 4) Poland - France - Slovenia - Tunisia 5) Russia - Iran - Cuba - Mexico 6) Canada - Argentina - Finland - China

however, right now in the men's competition it's 10-5 for Italy over the Netherlands after 8 ends...

the finals' session is scheduled to start @ 5 p.m. CET (6 p.m. local time)... 70kg class should be the 3rd to be contested, but I'd keep an eye on the whole session, because they could even change the order of the weight classes at the last minute... by the way, on the official site you can find the link to all of the bouts you want to watch... https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/senior-u23-world-championships-0?tab=results&weight-category=52539bc1-e5b0-11e8-af5f-080027548b1b

2019 Women's European Championships (which will be a pre-qualifying event for the Olympic Qualification Tournament) will be held from June 30th through July 6th in Ostrava, Frydek Mistek and Rybnik...

Men's Freestyle Wrestling tomorrow's Gold Medal matches: -57kg Toshihiro Hasegawa vs Kumar Ravi already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Jahongirmirza Turobov & Zou Wanhao -65kg Rei Higuchi vs Alì Rahimzade already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Morteza Ghiasi & Roman Asharin -70kg Taimuraz Salkazanov vs David Baev already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Oleksii Boruta & Enes Uslu -79kg Nika Kentchadze vs Gadzhi Nabiev already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Yajuro Yamasaki & Isa Shapiev -97kg Givi Matcharashvili vs Kollin Raymond Moore already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Alì Shabani & Magamed Zakariiev

Today's Medallists (Women's Wrestling) -53kg Gold: Momoka Kadoya Silver: Milana Dadasheva Bronze: Khrystyna Bereza & Andreea Beatrice Ana -57kg Gold: Alexandria Rebekkah Town Silver: Akie Hanai Bronze: Alexandra Andreeva & Tserenchimed Sukhee -62kg Gold: Yukako Kawai Silver: Ilona Prokopevniuk Bronze: Gantuya Enkhbat & Luisa Helga Gerda Niemesch -65kg Gold: Ayana Gempei Silver: Elis Manolova Bronze: Iryna Koliadenko & Mariia Kuzetsova -72kg Gold: Buse Tosun Silver: Alexandra Nicoleta Anghel Bronze: Zhamila Bakbergenova & Wang Xiaoqian

better Open European Union Championships... Open European Champs would mean that Nations outside the Geographical borders of Europe would be allowed to participate, which isn't the case...

not exactly, since all the participating Countries (some of them being invited even if they're not politically fully part of the EU) can win medals... you have to win also against MDA or any other "guest" Nation to earn your medals...

well, for freestyle and snowboard you don't need to build anything (only the temporary stands and the Tv rooms are needed)...you just have to "model" the snow on the track (which is normally the same for HP, SS and BA + another slope for Moguls and Aerials...and they're already there, otherwise you only have to throw some trees down to build it), there are no sticky concrete/iron structures, so it's obvious that those are cheap venues compared to jumping hills, sliding track (which is by far the most expensive structure for winter sports, also because of very haigh cost of maintenance during the whole year) and skating/hockey arenas... p.s. all the official reports are in English, from the first to the last chapter...

if you give a read at the Official Reports of the previous OG, you can find a lot of financial infos on the Games and on the Venues in particular... for instance, just to make it simpler, you can read the last 15 pages of the Vancouver Report vol.2...that would give you an idea of the costs of those venues... https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8

it's the European Union Championships... so, it's just a half-tournament without the real owners of EUBC (the Russians and their "friends")...

Women's Wrestling tomorrow's Gold Medal matches: -53kg Momoka Kadoya vs Milana Dadasheva already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Andreea Beatrice Ana & Khrystyna Bereza -57kg Akie Hanai vs Alexandria Rebekkah Town already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Zhang Qi & Tserenchimed Sukhee -62kg Yukako Kawai vs Ilona Prokopevniuk already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Kriszta Tunde Incze & Luisa Gerda Helga Niemesch -65kg Ayana Gempei vs Elis Manolova already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Moa Lena Maria Nygren & Iryna Koliadenko -72kg Buse Tosun vs Alexandra Nicoleta Anghel already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Wang Xiaoqian & Zhamila Bakbergenova

Today's Medallists (Women's Wrestling) -50kg Gold: Miho Igarashi Silver: Nadezhda Sokolova Bronze: Namuuntsetseg Tsogt Ochir & Stefania Claudia Priceputu -55kg Gold: Saki Igarashi Silver: Ouyang Junling Bronze: Marina Sedneva & Elena Heike Brugger -59kg Gold: Grace Jacob Bullen Silver: Rong Ningning Bronze: Yuzuru Kumano & Olena Kremzer -68kg Gold: Yudari Sanchez Rodriguez Silver: Miwa Morikawa Bronze: Alexandria Junis Glaude & Khanum Velieva -76kg Gold: Paliha Paliha Silver: Aysegul Ozbege Bronze: Gulmaral Yerkebayeva & Korinahe Jacquia Bullock

yeah...but we still have to wait and see if by next year this government is still in charge... and trust me...from now to the next July (and after, if we really get the chance to host the Games) you'll hear everything and the opposite of that from our politicians... any question is good to feed their propaganda... however, the Olympic news never make the headlines...those are all focused on the fight vs the EU because of the balance law and on our internal political fights (today's one is on the law for the reconstruction's funding of the Genua bridge collapsed a few months ago)... and the sports news are always only about football and F1/Valentino Rossi...

yeah, but you know...judge #1 is from USA...and it's notorious that Trump is angry with Germany because of all those scandals related to the Germand automobile brands... and then we have COL, THA and TPE, who are all very much servants to the USA because of their own political interests... so, basically they are all a bunch of cheaterrrrrsssss!!!!!

world ranking has not been updated yet, but now we know that the 6 women's Inter-Continental Olympic Qualification tournaments will be played on August, 2nd-4th next year... bidding to host those tournaments are open until Dec. 14th (h.17 CET)... sorry, but the only source I could find is in Italian... https://www.oasport.it/2018/11/volley-tornei-qualificazione-olimpiadi-2020-definite-le-date-si-gioca-ad-agosto-italia-a-caccia-del-pass/

world ranking has not been updated yet, but now we know that the 6 men's Inter-Continental Olympic Qualification tournaments will be played on August, 9th-11th next year... bidding to host those tournaments are open until Dec. 14th (h.17 CET)... sorry, but the only source I could find is in Italian... https://www.oasport.it/2018/11/volley-tornei-qualificazione-olimpiadi-2020-definite-le-date-si-gioca-ad-agosto-italia-a-caccia-del-pass/

I'm pretty sure there's and there will be no need for plan B... but if that's gonna happen, my 2 cents are on 2 consecutive Games in Beijing (even if I don't exclude at all a trip in Astana as a payback for the 2022 Games' robbery)...

they look tasty... I hope she did appreciate the effort, at least...

as I wrote before, that was not the "pesto alla Siciliana", which is this one: https://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Pesto-alla-siciliana.html

naaa... this is the kind of "pesto" @wumo26 was referring to: https://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Pesto-di-pomodori-secchi.html meanwhile this is the typical kind of "pesto" you're mentioning (with tomato sauce added to the classic basil leaves): https://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Pesto-alla-trapanese.html

Women's Wrestling tomorrow's Gold Medal matches: -50kg Miho Igarashi vs Nadezhda Sokolova already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Stefania Claudia Priceputu & Namuuntsetseg Tsogt Ochir -55kg Saki Igarashi vs Ouyang Junling already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Elena Heike Brugger & Marina Sedneva -59kg Rong Ningning vs Grace Jacob Bullen Bronze Medal match #1: Alejandra Romero Bonilla vs Olena Kremzer Bronze Medal match #2: Yuzuru Kumano vs TBD -68kg Miwa Morikawa vs Yudari Sanchez Rodriguez already qualified to the Bronze Medal matches #1 & #2 (semifinals' losers): Tang Chuying & Khishigmaa Munkhbat -76kg Aysegul Ozbege vs Paliha Paliha Bronze Medal match #1: Korinahe Jacquia Bullock vs Gracelynn Doogan Bronze Medal match #2: Gulmaral Yerkebayeva vs TBD