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It already happened a few times in the late Eighties and early Nineties... but then the idea was abandoned due to economical issues (most Nations couldn't afford a trip in the Southern Hemisphere)... this is a quick reminder of those times... 1985/1986 2 men's Downhill races in Las Leñas (August 16th & 18th, 1985...both won by Karl Alpiger) 1986/1987 2 men's Downhill races in Las Leñas (August 15th & 16th, 1986...the first one won by Peter Mueller and the second one won by Pirimin Zurbriggen) 1989/1990 1 men's Giant Slalom + 1 men's Slalom in Thredbo (August 11th & 12th, 1989...the GS won by Lars-Borje Eriksson and the SL won by Armin Bittner) 1 women's Downhill + 1 women's Super-G races in Las Leñas (August 8th & 9th, 1989...the DH won by Michaela Gerg and the SG won by Anita Wachter) 1990/1991 1 men's Giant Slalom + 1 men's Slalom in Mount Hutt (August 8th & 9th, 1990...the GS won by Fredrik Nyberg and the SL won by Peter Roth)

the only unnamed plan B (which is well in IOC's mind) is Beijing going back-to-back... () it would be the beginning of the end for the Winter Games, but still, that's the only real option to save the 2026 edition, should things go from bad to worse for the 3 official candidates...

2018 Artistic Skating World Championships (Mouilleron-Le-Captif, FRA) Medallists Recap (so far) Junior Competitions Women's Junior Compulsory Figures Gold: Desirè Cocchi Silver: Elettra Signorini Bronze: Sabrina Mur Men's Junior Compulsory Figures Gold: Brayan Carreno Silver: Davide Arminchiardi Bronze: Facundo Fina Women's Junior Free Skate - Overall Competition (Short + Long Program) Gold: Rebecca Tarlazzi Silver: Daria Alexandra Matei Bronze: Bruna De Castro Wurts Men's Junior Free Skate - Overall Competition (Short + Long Program) Gold: Pau Garcia Domec Silver: Alessandro Liberatore Bronze: Edgar Waterbor Women's Junior Solo Dance - Overall Competition Gold: Natalia Baldizzone Morales Silver: Chiara Giron Bronze: Maria Beatriz Lopes Sousa Men's Junior Solo Dance - Overall Competition Gold: Brayan Carreno Silver: Mattia Qualizza Bronze: Giovanni Piccolantonio Men's Junior Inline Skating - Overall Competition Gold: Colin Motley Silver: Xan Rols Bronze: Abhijith Amal Raj Women's Junior Inline Skating - Overall Competition Gold: Chiara Censori Silver: Anna Semysinova Bronze: Veronika Kimont Senior Competitions Women's Compulsory Figures Gold: Giada Cavataio Silver: Anabella Mendoz Bronze: Giselle Soler Men's Compulsory Figures Gold: Aaron Wunder Silver: Luis De Mattia Bronze: Tim Jendricke Men's Inline Skating - Overall Competition Gold: Chen Yi-Fan Silver: Antonio Panfili Bronze: Chien Hung-Ho Women's Inline Skating - Overall Competition Gold: Natalie Motley Silver: Anastasia Nosova Bronze: Serena Giraud Sincro Groups - Overall Competition Gold: Millennium (Team) Silver: Roller Dreams (Team) Bronze: Sicro Roller Calderara (Team) Sincro Small Groups - Overall Competition Gold: Roma Roller (Team) Silver: Division (Team) Bronze: CP L'Aldea (Team) p.s. in the next few days I'm going to complete the list of medallists... this is not the final one yet...

I wouldn't call it a Boycott...it's just lack of interest mixed with some typical arrogance and sense of superiority towards the "minor" events... they also take the senior world champs just as a needed passage towards the real Olympic Games (the only thing that matters for most of them)...

and this is a quite surprising Gold for us after watching how the preliminaries went...

nothing for today...they will start their "robbery show" from tomorrow...

just another farce underway... why don't save their money and just give the medals away to their "protected"?

I agree... p.s. actually, I would get rid of this combined event that doesn't have anything to do with the Sport Climbing (it's just a new format invented to get into the Olympic program, but no athlete likes it and thinks it's a good format)... Sport Climbing has always been, is and probably always will be only about the 3 single disciplines (Lead, Boulder and Speed...in order of importance and prestige)...

by the way, medal for Italy in taekwondo...Gabriele Caulo won his quarterfinal match against a Saudi opponent in the men's -63kg class and he's assured himself a place in the semifinals and therefore at least the bronze medal...

OK, thanks...I just forgot that they started to use this special fuc*in' tie-breaker for the combined event... that makes sense for ranking purposes...still, it's a sh*t of a tie-breaker...

no, wait... what???? they said Lettner won Gold ahead of Lukan and Lammer won Bronze ahead of Meul... what the hell of rules are they using????? as I wrote before, this event under a pure sport point of view is an absolute FARCE!!!!!

I think Meul, since the final placing in the Lead section should count (but this is not a world cup event, so I'm not sure...we have to wait for confirmation)...

and Lammer misses out with an unexpected mistake... Lukan wins Gold, Lettner Silver and Lammer is out of the medals, since Meul should be the Bronze medallist...

and Lukan was 6 seconds slower than Lettner, but still she's in front in the overall ranking (tied on points, but she has a segment win)... now Lammer needs to be at least 4th in the lead section to win the Gold medal...

but slower than the German...and I fear it will cost her a lot...

7 seconds too slow... for now... and it's time for Lukan to show her stuff...she desperately needs to go in provisional 1st place

way too easy...but still, the Japanese girls made a big mistake and compromised her final result... meanwhile Lettner is going well, but she looks a bit too slow...

I fear you're not right... normally it's not up to the athlete deciding which event he has to go...especially in certain Countries...

in any case, the world ranking is pretty much decided for 2018...the top 11 oin the current ranking are already mathematically safe in the Premier 12 of 2019...the only position that could change is the 12th and last...and only if Colombia win the sub-23 world cup and the Dominican Republic end up in 11th or 12th place, which is one of the most improbable combination people could even imagine...

yeah...and the same is for Milak... I don't really know why 2 guys with already an established senior record should still sweep youth medals here and there... but that's how the officials from their respective Countries decided and we can only respect their choice...

sure...their top athletes already think about the real Olympic medals at this age (especially in sports like swimming and gymnastics, where you normally can excel at a very young age)... so, why wasting their energy and time for such a meaningless (for what concerns the real sport stuff) festival like this? I mean...for those who are participating it's surely a great life experience, but the actual sport competition is almost senseless...I don't want to say it's a farce, but we're really close to that...

don't underestimate the Japanese girl... however, I also think Lukan is the main favourite (with Lettner having also an outside chance, the lead section should be an affair between those 2...but still...climbing is always a "risky" sport)...

fencing today's events semifinals... women's Sabre: vs + vs men's Foil: vs + vs p.s. remember that today's events are streamed live on the Olympic Channel (just the day when ITA are not in the top 4 )...

nice collection... gotta watch it with a bit more time available...

your "definitely last" girlfriend should read this post...especially after you posted a photo of the Argentinian girls... p.s. in any case, I agree at 101%...