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Men's Individual Foil (St.Petersburg, RUS) Final Results: Gold: Maxime Pauty (FRA) Silver: Alessio Foconi (ITA) Bronze: Lee Kwang Hyun (KOR) / Alexey Cheremisinov (RUS) Semifinals: Pauty b. Lee 15-9 Foconi b. Cheremisinov 15-9 Gold Medal Match: Pauty b. Foconi 15-7 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/147/results/rank

Women's Individual Epee (Dubai, UAE) Final Results: Gold: Sun Yiwen (CHN) Silver: Laurence Epee (FRA) Bronze: Choi In Jeong (KOR) & Violetta Kolobova (RUS) Semifinals: Sun b. Choi 15-11 Epee b. Kolobova 15-11 Gold Medal Match: Sun b. Epee 15-9 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/451/results/rank

my mistake...I was confusing him with someone else... he's actually a Turkish born guy...

I have to check that out...I was almost sure he's one of those they took from Caucasus... I'll do some research on that...

yeah, maybe I was a bit harsh on Conyedo after watching his bout against Baitsaev... moreover, as I wrote, yesterday he was heavily strapped on one knee and looked like he was limping even before the start of the bout... meanwhile this morning he looked like another man against Odikadze... we'll see in the next future if he's more like yesterday's of today's (obviously I hope he's better than what I saw yesterday)... Chamizo is a continuous surprise...I didn't expect him to beat Tsabolov that way... by the way, Tsabolov is the only Russian that hasn't got at least to the semifinals...today we have 5 of them in the 5 gold medal matches...and 4 out of 5 in the semis of tomorrow's weights...

great job by Frank Chamizo, who literally destroyed both the Georgian guy and the Russian Tsabolov in the quarterfinals of the -74kg class, showing that he's perfectly fit also for this weight, the 3rd different one since 2015 (and not counting the -55kg in 2010, when he was still a kid wrestling for his native Cuba)... now it's time to face the reigning European Champion in this class, Soner Demirtas from Turkey (actually, a Russian born guy), in the semis... on the other hand, unlucky outcome for Shamiil Kudiiamagomedov, the other brand new face of the Italian team...after defeating quite easily Makoev (formerly RUS, now SVK), he wrestled very well against the "true" Russian Naifonov, but in the end he lost by just 1 single point (7-6, a very interesting bout)... I hope that Naifonov can at least make the final, so to give Shamil the chance to try and get a Bronze in this first experience with our team...

Today's Afternoon program (semis from 4.15 p.m. CET, finals from 5 p.m. CET) Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Finals 57kg Gold: RUS vs AZE Bronze: SRB vs ESP & ARM vs BLR 65kg Gold: AZE vs RUS Bronze: TUR vs SLO & GEO vs POL 70kg Gold: RUS vs POL Bronze: UKR vs GEO & BLR vs AZE 79kg Gold: GER vs RUS Bronze: MDA vs HUN & TUR vs AZE 97kg Gold: BLR vs RUS Bronze: MKD vs AZE & GEO vs UKR Semifinals 61kg AZE vs GEO RUS vs TUR 74kg FRA vs BLR ITA vs TUR 86kg AZE vs GEO TUR vs RUS 92kg AZE vs TUR GEO vs RUS 125kg POL vs GEO TUR vs RUS

naaa... AK Bars only have veterans who don't want to play for the NT anymore, young guys not ready for this stage yet and, above, their key players are not Russian (Azevedo from USA and Klinkhammer, who's Canadian if I remember correctly )... there were not players from Kazan also at the Olympics...and here they also have a few NHLers (6 atm), so it's quite obvious that there's no place for AK Bars people in this team... p.s. by the way, great start for me in the prediction contest...4 correct results out of 4 games...I only missed a few goals from Russia and Sweden (I always hope not to see too many blowouts)...

it looks I overestimated France once again...but at least I got the North-American derby winners (and score) right... so, not a bad start for me, after all...

Today's Results Women's Wrestling, Finals 53kg Gold: Stalvira Orshush (RUS) Silver: Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (BLR) Bronze: Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) & Katarzyna Krawczyk (POL) 57kg Gold: Bilyana Zhivkova Dudova (BUL) Silver: Irina Ologonova (RUS) Bronze: Emese Barka (HUN) & Alyona Kolesnik (AZE) 62kg Gold: Taybe Mustafa Huseyn (BUL) Silver: Inna Trazhukova (RUS) Bronze: Ilona Prokopevniok (UKR) & Veranika Ivanova (BLR) 65kg Gold: Petra Maarit Olli (FIN) Silver: Elis Manolova (AZE) Bronze: Krystsina Fedarashka (BLR) & Henna Katarina Johansson (SWE) 72kg Gold: Anna Jenny Eva Maria Fransson (SWE) Silver: Anastasiya Zimiankova (BLR) Bronze: Cynthia Vanessa Vescan (FRA) & Alexandra Nicoleta Anghel (ROU) Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Semifinals 57kg RUS b. ESP AZE b. BLR 65kg AZE b. SLO RUS b. POL 70kg RUS b. GEO POL b. AZE 79kg GER b. HUN RUS b. AZE 97kg BLR b. AZE RUS b. UKR

yeah, I already read about that yeasterday... and I can only confirm my previous thought...I don't know who's right, who's wrong, who's 50-50... I only know that nobody is trustable anymore in the world of sport when it comes to doping matters and/or money questions... and this is very, very sad...

Conyedo is not as good as we thought...so, in this case I don't see the point in using guys like him instead of a young "native" wrestler like Iannattoni (who won the bronze medal in the junior Europeans last year in the same weight class...at least he would have made a useful experience towards the future competitions)... our Cuban-born wrestler was literally destroyed by Baitsaev in less than 3 minutes... OK, it looks that he was injured at one knee (he was even limping from the start of the bout), but it was clear that the Russian was just in another class...quicker, stronger and with better technique... hopefully, Kudiiamagomedov should be a lot more competitive...

Today's Afternoon program (semis from 4.15 p.m. CET, finals from 5 p.m. CET) Women's Wrestling, Finals 53kg Gold: RUS vs BLR Bronze: GRE vs TUR & POL vs HUN 57kg Gold: BUL vs RUS Bronze: HUN vs GER & AZE vs BLR 62kg Gold: RUS vs BUL Bronze: GER vs UKR & BLR vs POL 65kg Gold: FIN vs AZE Bronze: BUL vs BLR & SWE vs HUN 72kg Gold: SWE vs BLR Bronze: TUR vs FRA & RUS vs ROU Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Semifinals 57kg ESP vs RUS BLR vs AZE 65kg SLO vs AZE RUS vs POL 70kg RUS vs GEO AZE vs POL 79kg HUN vs GER AZE vs RUS 97kg AZE vs BLR RUS vs UKR

If it's true, it's a very sad story... if it's not, that's even worse... whatever is the truth, it's not a good day for athletics...

Last February's warnings apparently haven't been taken seriously enough by AIBA, so IOC President, Thomas Bach, yesterday came back on this question... https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/ioc-says-boxing-still-risks-being-removed-from-2020-olympics/2018/05/03/6ec899aa-4f00-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.620b15a3bc7a however, I'd like to see some facts, not just words...KICK THIS FARCE OUT OF THE GAMES!!!

Today's Results Finals 50kg Gold: Mariya Stadnik (AZE) Silver: Emilia Alina Vuc (ROU) Bronze: Evin Demirhan (TUR) & Milana Dadasheva (RUS) 55kg Gold: Iryna Kurachkina (BLR) Silver: Roksana Marta Zasina (POL) Bronze: Mariia Gurova (RUS) & Bediha Gun (TUR) 59kg Gold: Elif Jale Yesilirmak (TUR) Silver: Mimi Nikolova Hristova (BUL) Bronze: Tetiana Omelchenko (AZE) & Svetlana Lipatova (RUS) 68kg Gold: Anastasia Bratchikova (RUS) Silver: Koumba Selene Fanta Larroque (FRA) Bronze: Buse Tosun (TUR) & Martina Kuenz (AUT) 76kg Gold: Yasemin Adar (TUR) Silver: Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) Bronze: Sabira Aliyeva (AZE) & Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) Semifinals 53kg BLR b. GRE RUS b. POL 57kg BUL b. HUN RUS b. AZE 62kg RUS b. GER BUL b. BLR 65kg FIN b. BUL AZE b. SWE 72kg SWE b. TUR BLR b. RUS

Women's Wrestling, Today's Afternoon program (semis from 4.15 p.m. CET, finals from 5 p.m. CET) Finals 50kg Gold: ROU vs AZE Bronze: ESP vs TUR & RUS vs BLR 55kg Gold: POL vs BLR Bronze: RUS vs BUL & UKR vs TUR 59kg Gold: TUR vs BUL Bronze: AZE vs BLR & SWE vs RUS 68kg Gold: FRA vs RUS Bronze: POL vs TUR & LTU vs AUT 76kg Gold: TUR vs RUS Bronze: UKR vs AZE & EST vs BLR Semifinals 53kg GRE vs BLR RUS vs POL 57kg HUN vs BUL RUS vs AZE 62kg RUS vs GER BUL vs BLR 65kg BUL vs FIN AZE vs SWE 72kg SWE vs TUR RUS vs BLR

[hide] Preliminary Round May 4th - May 15th, 2018 16 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 4th 2018, h. 16:15 Russia 4 France May 4th 2018, h. 20:15 Sweden 3 Belarus May 5th 2018, h. 12:15 Switzerland 3 Austria May 5th 2018, h. 16:15 France 2 Belarus May 5th 2018, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 2 Slovakia May 6th 2018, h. 12:15 Austria 8 Russia May 6th 2018, h. 16:15 Sweden 1 Czech Republic May 6th 2018, h. 20:15 Slovakia 1 Switzerland May 7th 2018, h. 16:15 Belarus 3 Russia May 7th 2018, h. 20:15 Sweden 5 France May 8th 2018, h. 16:15 Austria 2 Slovakia May 8th 2018, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 2 Switzerland May 9th 2018, h. 16:15 Switzerland 2 Belarus May 9th 2018, h. 20:15 Sweden 8 Austria May 10th 2018, h. 16:15 Slovakia 2 France May 10th 2018, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 1 Russia May 11th 2018, h. 16:15 France 2 Austria May 11th 2018, h. 20:15 Belarus 3 Czech Republic May 12th 2018, h. 12:15 Slovakia 5 Sweden May 12th 2018, h. 16:15 Austria 1 Belarus May 12th 2018, h. 20:15 Russia 2 Switzerland May 13th 2018, h. 16:15 France 3 Czech Republic May 13th 2018, h. 20:15 Switzerland 3 Sweden May 14th 2018, h. 16:15 Russia 3 Slovakia May 14th 2018, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 6 Austria May 15th 2018, h. 12:15 Switzerland 3 France May 15th 2018, h. 16:15 Belarus 1 Slovakia May 15th 2018, h. 20:15 Russia 2 Sweden Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 4th 2018, h. 16:15 United States 1 Canada May 4th 2018, h. 20:15 Germany 1 Denmark May 5th 2018, h. 12:15 Norway 1 Latvia May 5th 2018, h. 16:15 Finland 6 South Korea May 5th 2018, h. 20:15 Denmark 3 United States May 6th 2018, h. 12:15 South Korea 9 Canada May 6th 2018, h. 16:15 Germany 2 Norway May 6th 2018, h. 20:15 Latvia 4 Finland May 7th 2018, h. 16:15 United States 1 Germany May 7th 2018, h. 20:15 Canada 6 Denmark May 8th 2018, h. 16:15 South Korea 4 Latvia May 8th 2018, h. 20:15 Finland 3 Norway May 9th 2018, h. 16:15 Germany 5 South Korea May 9th 2018, h. 20:15 Finland 2 Denmark May 10th 2018, h. 16:15 United States 3 Latvia May 10th 2018, h. 20:15 Norway 6 Canada May 11th 2018, h. 16:15 Denmark 1 Norway May 11th 2018, h. 20:15 United States 7 South Korea May 12th 2018, h. 12:15 Latvia 2 Germany May 12th 2018, h. 16:15 Denmark 4 South Korea May 12th 2018, h. 20:15 Canada 2 Finland May 13th 2018, h. 16:15 Norway 3 United States May 13th 2018, h. 20:15 Germany 4 Finland May 14th 2018, h. 16:15 South Korea 3 Norway May 14th 2018, h. 20:15 Canada 5 Latvia May 15th 2018, h. 12:15 Finland 1 United States May 15th 2018, h. 16:15 Canada 1 Germany May 15th 2018, h. 20:15 Latvia 1 Denmark [/hide]

Great and unexpected result by the young (20 years just yesterday) Jacopo Sandron...finally, some sign of life by an Italian born wrestler... I hope he's not a one-day wonder, but he can repeat himself more and more times in the future...

Today's Results Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Finals 60kg Gold: Sergey Emelin (RUS) Silver: Murad Mammadov (AZE) Bronze: Dato Chkhartishvili (GEO) & Jacopo Sandron (ITA) 67kg Gold: Artem Surkov (RUS) Silver: Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO) Bronze: Karen Aslanyan (ARM) & Enes Basar (TUR) 72kg Gold: Adam Kurak (RUS) Silver: Rasul Chunayev (AZE) Bronze: Iuri Lomadze (GEO) & Balint Korpasi (HUN) 82kg Gold: Maksym Manukyan (ARM) Silver: Viktar Sasunouski (BLR) Bronze: Daniel Tihomirov Aleksandrov (BUL) & Rafig Huseynov (AZE) 97kg Gold: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) Silver: Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) Bronze: Matti Elias Kuosmanen (FIN) & Balazs Kiss (HUN) Women's Wrestling Semifinals 50kg ROU b. TUR AZE b. BLR 55kg POL b. TUR BLR b. BUL 59kg TUR b. RUS BUL b. BLR 68kg FRA b. TUR RUS b. AUT 76kg TUR b. BLR RUS b. AZE

Today's Afternoon program (semis from 4.15 p.m. CET, finals from 5 p.m. CET) Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Finals 60kg Gold: RUS vs AZE Bronze: GEO vs GER & ITA vs BLR 67kg Gold: RUS vs GEO Bronze: POL vs ARM & DEN vs TUR 72kg Gold: RUS vs AZE Bronze: GEO vs MDA & POL vs HUN 82kg Gold: ARM vs BLR Bronze: HUN vs BUL & GER vs AZE 97kg Gold: ARM vs SRB Bronze: FIN vs GRE & HUN vs GER Women's Wrestling Semifinals 50kg ROU vs TUR AZE vs BLR 55kg TUR vs POL BUL vs BLR 59kg TUR vs RUS BLR vs BUL 68kg FRA vs TUR AUT vs RUS 76kg TUR vs BLR AZE vs RUS

Today's Results Finals 55kg Gold: Eldaniz Azizli (AZE) Silver: Helary Maegisalu (EST) Bronze: Nugzari Tsurtsumia (GEO) & Ekrem Ozturk (TUR) 63kg Gold: Mihai Rau Mihut (ROU) Silver: Stig-Andre Berge (NOR) Bronze: Dionor Islamov (MDA) & Zaur Kabaloev (RUS) 77kg Gold: Roman Vlasov (RUS) Silver: Viktor Nemes (SRB) Bronze: Elvin Mursaliyev (AZE) & Tamas Lorincz (HUN) 87kg Gold: Roberti Kobliashvili (GEO) Silver: Bekkhan Ozdoev (RUS) Bronze: Kristoffer Zakarias Berg (SWE) & Denys Maksymilian Kudla (GER) 130kg Gold: Riza Kayaalp (TUR) Silver: Vitalii Shchur (RUS) Bronze: Alin Alexuc Ciurariu (ROU) & Iakobi Kajaia (GEO) Semifinals 60kg AZE b. ITA RUS b. GEO 67kg RUS b. POL GEO b. DEN 72kg RUS b. POL AZE b. GEO 82kg ARM b. HUN BLR b. AZE 97kg ARM b. FIN SRB b. GER

e anche @Gianlu33 rigenerato dal bel risultato di Sandron agli Europei, torno un attimo sulla questione per riportare (fonte: sito OA) che sono state ufficialmente avviate le pratiche per la completa naturalizzazione di Conyedo e Kudiiamagomedov... e pare che non sia così improbabile che si riesca ad averli disponibili già per la seconda parte dell'anno prossimo, quando con i Mondiali del 2019 inizierà il processo di qualificazione a Tokyo 2020... sarebbe un bel colpo...

some interesting rosters, I see... a lot of big names (I didn't expect people like Kane nor McDavid, to be honest) and also some surprising choices... I'm particularly skeptical about the Czech team... and if I'm not wrong, I also see quite a different team from Pyeongchang by my Slovakian friends...

because it's a senseless farce...and I hope that after Tokyo (long life to Japan) would be dismissed as quickly as it was hired...