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wow! what a match and what an an ippon by Huseynov over Mudranov...the home fans are on their feet...and rightly so... and now the women's version of the fight AZE vs the Olympic Champion...Gurbanli vs Pareto...

day 1 already over for Italy...both Carlino (men's -60kg) and Milani (women's -48kg) lost in the first round (against not so strong opponents, which makes it even more disappointing)... I think our participation would eventually be "cosmetic"... we have too few athletes at the start after very doubtful selections...and not so competitive... I hope Murakami's time as the head coach of our team would be over by the end of this championship...he's definitely not giving anything good to our team...

Super Six Day #2 Results Czech Republic b. Russia 5-4 Italy b. Great Britain 6-0 Czech Republic b. Greece 6-5 Italy b. Netherlands 4-3

Super Six Day #2 Results Italy b. Belgium 7-4 Spain b. Czech Republic 12-7 Netherlands b. Germany 13-1

Day #3 (Women's Wrestling) Finals -50kg Gold: vs Bronze: vs / / & vs / -55kg Gold: vs Bronze: vs / & vs / -59kg Gold: vs Bronze: vs / / & vs / -68kg Gold: vs Bronze: vs / & vs / -76kg Gold: vs Bronze: vs & vs /

Day #2 (Greco-Roman) Medallists -60kg Gold: Kerem Kamal Silver: Vijay Vijay Bronze: Kazuki Yabe & Alì Reza Nejati -67kg Gold: Malkhas Amoyan Silver: Makhmut Bakhshilloev Bronze: Yousef Hosseinvand & Parviz Nasibov -72kg Gold: Amin Kavianinejad Silver: Nikoloz Tchikaidze Bronze: Erkan Ergen & Magomed Yarbilov -82kg Gold: Aleksandr Andreevitch Komarov Silver: Andrew Douglas Berreyesa Bronze: Istvan Takacs & Muhutdin Saricicek -97kg Gold: Arvi Martin Savolainen Silver: Markus Ragginger Bronze: Artur Sargsian & Balint Vaczi p.s. @MHSN please, tell me if the Iranian names have to be changed (always because of that thing of the wrong interpretation on their passports)...

actually this is the most important competition outside the Pro Tour (WSL), which is reserved to a small number of surfers coming almost only from the 4/5 powerhouses of the sport (26 are the "regulars")... p.s. Igarashi is a WSL Tour member...so, Muniz's success can be described as "very prestigious"... p.p.s. next year, this same competition will be the key event to earn an Olympic spot (apart from those reserved to the WSL tour specialists)...

I guess most of the Italian guys next time round should have their training in Lourdes rather than Japan... what a nightmerish draw we had...

because in Italy another tv network bought the tv rights... unfortunately that tv network has a very poor picture quality and, above all, there's no guarantee that they will broadcast the entire championship, especially the saturday and sunday sessions are at a really high risk of being ignored (or scheduled as a tape delay in the middle of the night)...

1) sure...but I don't know if it will be available in Italy, since Sportitalia bought the TV rights* and will broadcast the event (tomorrow they are scheduled to go live also in the morning -at about 10/10.30 a.m. if I remember well- for the late preliminary rounds)... we have to wait until tomorrow to know if we can only rely on the "Criscitiello band" (I already imagine what and when they will show something on saturday and sunday ) or we're lucky enough to be able to watch also the IJF streams... 2) the draw should be held later today... you'll find them here (when they'll be available): https://live.ijf.org/wc_sen2018/overview *p.s. if I think that last year we had the judo worlds on fox sports HD and this year they are on Sportitalia...

no live scoring, but at least we have the live streaming for the finals... http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/world-taekwondo-grand-prix/grand-prix-2018/taoyuan/live/ by the way, all Italians went out early as usual... Milani lost to Obame 16-3 in round #1, Rizzelli also was beaten by Polina Khan (RUS) in the first match...and the same Russian eliminated Rotolo in the second round of the competition (after Rotolo won against a Spanish girl in round #1)...

@MHSN and @Dolby I just checked the UWW website...and I think that in the results page there's a mistake, not just 2 people with the same name... in the official entry list, in fact, the Indian guy in the -55kg is actually listed as Vijay Vijay, but the -60kg Indian wrestler is listed as Sachin Rana... https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/three-reigning-greco-roman-junior-world-champions-registered-trnava2018 therefore I guess it was just a misunderstanting/mistake by the guys running the UWW site...

why not Botswana, too?

surprising loss by Italy... but it's obvious that this tournament is not considered very important by our team, especially after the very successful World Champs and the long domestic season...

Super Six Day #1 Results Czech Republic b. Italy 3-2 Great Britain b. Greece 7-3 Netherlands b. Russia 13-1

Super Six Day #1 Results Italy b. Germany 11-1 Spain b. Belgium 13-1 Netherlands b. Czech Republic 7-6

no, he's not the same guy...Vijay is one of the most common names in India (as far as I know), therefore I guess it's just a question of 2 people having the same name...

naaa...I don't think so... South Tyrol is always full of foreign tourists...and they are always very happy about local infrastructures and how they perfectly work (as I always said, that's not Italy...luckily)... if we think about Italy as the "Divina Commedia", South Tyrol is definitely Paradise, Trentino is Purgatory and all the rest of the Country is Hell (some places are more hellish than others, of course)... I always pray God that preserves ST as it is right now...by far, the most beautiful place in our Country...

I don't have any sort of problem with their website...I can see the proper page...

the problem is always the same...local people don't want even hear about the Olympic Games in their Region... it's a no brainer in any case...there's no chance that the Games out there would even be proposed...

no, in South Tyrol it would never happen... and I also think that the area is protected by law, therefore they could not build an indoor track even if they wanted...

sure... but frankly I also had 2 points in favor of the Mexican at the end...round 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 for him and "only" 1, 4 and 10 through 12 for GGG... imho, it was a lot more scandalous the tie in the previous match than this win by Canelo... but I'm not a judge, just a fan (a neutral one)...

that's the only Italy Winter Olympic bid I'd really support...a South Tyrol bid only... Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding in Groden, Val Badia and Madonna di Campiglio, Freestyle somewhere in the beautiful villages around Bozen, Cross-Country, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined in Toblach, Biathlon in Antholz, Speedskating in Collalbo/Ritten, Curling in Meran, Figure Skating, Hockey and Ceremonies in Bozen (only exception, the Sliding Sports Track in Cortina, which isn't that far from South Tyrol, anyway)... that would be the perfect "old style" & "fully mountaneer" Olympics... the state-of-the-art Winter Olympics... basically, my dream come true... but it will never happen, I fear...

it would work this way only if the 2006 venues were still there...but the Ski Jumping Hills in Pragelato and also the Cesana Sliding Sports Track have been totally dismissed...basically they should be rebuilt from 0, therefore there wouldn't be any cost cutting nor any efficient management of the venues... not to mention that the 2006 Olympic Village now is just an abandoned block occupied by homeless, criminals, drug dealers and such kind of people... OMG!!!! there's an earthquake!!! ah, no...it's just the FC Inter that scored the go-ahead-goal in the Soccer Champions League Game against Tottenham FC... ah, my neighbours...

no, the shameful "3-headed monster" has gone... a more reasonable (but still improbable, senseless and I hope "hopeless") 2-headed monster with Milan and Cortina will now be proposed by the 2 regions involved (and if we can keep our National government out of this, it's only good for the bid itself and for the Sport in general)... with no 5-star people in it, at least there's a remote chance they can do something...they are the cancer killing anything and anybody in this fu**in' Country...