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no, I can't read the scoreboard, too...but I saw the match fdrom the beginning (and I get some help from the live activity blog, too)...

meanwhile I have some very good news for our friend @hckosice... Dominika Tatarova is in the pool final (vs Florentin)...there's no safe route to the medal round yet, but she still has a (relatively) good chance...

yeah, it was a wonderful technique... and no...they were going to hantei (both previous points were given at the same time), where imho Marino should have won (he's been the more active of the 2 along the entire bout)...

and also Ferracuti is out in the women's +68kg...too strong the Frenchwomaan Florentin... this afternoon is turning into a real disaster for Italy...

so, in the men's +84kg we have the following semifinals: Ganjzadeh vs Pshenytsin and Horne vs Seck Sakho...

and the idiot (Marino) lost by taking a waza-ari with only 1 second to go... how can someone lose a match in this way???

and Ferracuti wins her bout against Rodrigues (BRA) with more troubles than expected...now she's ready to go against Florentin (FRA) in a classic ITA vs FRA battle...

what a scare for Ganjzadeh (IRI) against Irr (USA)...he was 4-2 down with only 28 seconds to go...then he finally found an ippon that turned things around and he also added a final yuko to close the bout... in the meantime, local hero Babacar Seck Sakho is the first pool winner and therefore he's through to the semifinals...

I know she's originally from Bulgaria (I didn't know how long's she been living there, though)...

he doesn't know the troubles he's going to find on his new job...I hope he's gonna get a good, very good salary to absorb all the liver's pain he's gonna get with those Kings...

pool 1 final is between the expected Horne (GER) and Andjelo Kvesic (CRO) meanwhile pool 2 final is between Babacar Seck Sakho (ESP) and the surprising Yousef Mohammad (KUW)...

and Nishevci won... so, another guy with strong reputation like the Algerian has gone...pool 3 is a question between ITA and the winner of RUS vs KOS (and I didn't really expect Marino to go this far...even if I must admit he's got the easiest draw among all the Italians)... in pool 4 Yamanoglu (TUR) is now waiting for Ganjzadeh or Brian Irr (USA...wow! a USA vs Iran match is awaiting us also in karate, after all the battles we saw at the Wrestling Worlds)...

you can stop worrying...Marino won with a comfortable 2-0 against the Israeli guy...now he's waiting the winner of Pshenitsyn (RUS) vs Nishevci (KOS) / Daikhi (ALG)...and the Kosovian is leading 4-3 with only a few seconds left...

and Simone Marino (ITA) is through to the round of 16 after beating MNE and INA...now he's going to face ISR to make the pool semifinal...

but expected (see my preview)... p.s. Dominican Rep. = Maria Dimitrova...not exactly your typical Spanish speaking Caribbean Contry name...

meanwhile in the men's Kumite the first big upsets are coming...the replacement from Turkey Alparslan Yamanoglu threw the Japanese Hideyoshi Kagawa out in rd of 32!

Today's action so far... Men's Individual Kata Gold Medal Match: Damian Hugo Quintero Capdevila vs Ryo Kiyuna Bronze Medal Match #1: Antonio Diaz vs Alì Sofuoglu Bronze Medal Match #2: Ilja Smorguner vs Mattia Busato Women's Individual Kata Gold Medal Match: Sandra Sanchez Jaime vs Kiyou Shimizu Bronze Medal Match #1: Grace Lau Mo Sheung vs Maria Dimitrova Bronze Medal Match #2: Viviana Bottaro vs Alexandra Feracci

naaaa...if we talk of Tokyo 2020 Kata events we can say that it's gonna be Japan's double Gold and Spain's double Silver, unless an epic earthquake (metaphorical one, of course..better say that when speaking of JPN ) happens... I don't think there are many events with this high degree of predictability...

I agree...Kata is very predictable (with very few exceptions, mostly among the girls, who aren't always so reliable despite the established values)... p.s. and it's also soooo boring (even more than Artistic Swimming)...

wow! Grace Lau Mo Sheung of Hong Kong won pool 2 by sweeping (5-0) the Egyptian Sayed in the final... not the biggest surprise in the world, but still...I didn't expect that...

and this is gone (easier than expected, actually)... a good 5-0 for Viviana... now the pool final against Veronika Miskova (CZE), before the super-clash against the supposed unstoppable Shimizu... and KW TV has gone off air...basically, they are useless...just to make them some compliments... edit: now they're back (on a different mat)... meh...

and now one of the most important moments of the day for Italy...the most difficult match of the pool for Viviana Bottaro against Sakura Kokumai (USA), most likely the pool decider (even if it's the pool final yet)...

yeah, check out the draw links... live results (live blog activity) is only about the bouts running in that specific moment...

there's always 1 class underway at a time... this morning it was men's kata the opening class...now women's kata is underway... men's kumite will start at 2.30 p.m. CET with the first weight class (men's +84kg)... full timetable is here: https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/dtm_timetables/188.html

yeah, I agree...IJF and FIE (when they are on YT) have definitely the best services... I must admit that I'm really disappointed with this KW TV offer...I expected a lot more than this "nothing"...