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naaa... this would be the perfect one...

yeah, I heard him too... at least there's someone who's still using his brain (even if he's guilty of all this chaos for his part)... mr. Trump and ms. Haley, instead... well...let's forget them and let's talk about sport, which is definitely better...

@hckosice I'm surprised you didn't write anything about Majo Gaborik's great night on Tuesday... in the game between his (an "my" ) Kings against Minnesota, in fact, he scored twice to reach 2 milestones at the same time, 400 NHL career goals and 800 NHL career points (in 996 NHL career games, so approaching also another big milestone, the mythological number of 1000 games played in the best league in the World)... https://www.nhl.com/news/minnesota-wild-los-angeles-kings-game-recap/c-293730364 p.s. and I also like to underline the 500 NHL career assists by the great Anze Kopitar...and, above all, the new winning streak (after an awful November) by the Kings... if Kopi & Brown & Majo & Quick (and the youngsters) go on like they're doing in this first part of the season, we're back as real contenders...

frankly, I don't like any of them (actually, I don't like mascots at all in general)... but, if I couldn't do differently, I'd rather choose A...the other 2 are really unwatchable for me...

second tragedy of this kind in just a few weeks... we can say it's just bad luck...but I don't really think so... we're now at a point where something has to be done (and quickly) to improve skiers' safety, especially during trainings and minor competitions...

let the words of that criminal go... she doesn't count anything within the administration...she's there only to shout at the moon and boycott any attempt by the UN to make this world better (provided they can do anything for that...and I don't think so, being the UN just a bunch of "arms stolen from agriculture")...

no, it will be just the end of the Olympics...stop. We got close to that in the Eighties of last Century (if it were not for South Korea and their corrupted but IOC-saving Games in Seoul in 1988) thanks to an idiot on the US driving seat (Ronald Regan)... and, black irony if there's one, we're back to those shady days once again when we're approaching another edition of the Games in that same Country (this time it's the Winter Games, but it doesn't matter) with an even worse idiot once again on the US driving seat (the already unforgettable mr. Trump)...

according to the main Italian sports website, OA, 22 Russian athletes among those already disqualified by the Oswald Commission (Legkov, Zubkov and Tretiakov included) have appealed to CAS against their punishment... https://www.oasport.it/2017/12/il-tas-riceve-gli-appelli-di-22-atleti-russi-lesito-sara-noto-prima-delle-olimpiadi-di-pyeongchang-2018/ p.s. sorry for the news in Italian, but I didn't find anythng related to that in English at the moment... p.p.s. in Italian, TAS = CAS

and the italian girls started with the wrong foot... they lost quite badly to Denmark... now they can't afford any further mistake anymore... I just can't be positive and optimist about Gaspari...when it really matters, she always finds the way to waste the chance...

and now it's all over...the 2017 season has given it all... full recap of the Grand Prix Finals is in the previous page of this thread...

and finally the women's -67kg final saga comes to an end...now the Chinese and the Korean girls can fight for glory, too... and then we can all go to sleep after these 2 "technically" (for both the awful streaming and the scoring system troubles) very difficult days...

at the end, the women's -67 final has been cancelled for the moment...the Koreans are complaining about the technical problem being only a Chinese fault...it's a real mess... waiting for some decisions about that, they decided to put the men's -68kg on stage...Denisenko and Lee are now fighting...

electronic scoring system has gone KO...last couple of finals delayed... but now it seems they're back working... but things like these shouldn't happen at this level of competition... false start...they're not ready yet...

World Grand Prix Finals (Abidjan, CIV) Day 2 Recap Women's -57kg Semifinals Jade Jones (GBR) b. Tatiana Kudashova (RUS) 18-14 Marta Calvo Gomez (ESP) b. Ekaterina Kim (RUS) 11-9 Bronze Medal Match Tatiana Kudashova (RUS) b. Ekaterina Kim (RUS) 11-9 Final Jade Jones (THA) b. Marta Calvo Gomez (ESP) 26-7 Men's +80kg Semifinals In Kyo-Don (KOR) b. Sajjad Mardani (IRI) 12-7 Vladislav Larin (RUS) b. Abdoul Issoufou (NIG) 9-8 Bronze Medal Match Abdoul Issoufou (NIG) b. Sajjad Mardani (IRI) 11-5 Final Vladislav Larin (RUS) b. In Kyo-Don (KOR) 2-0 GDP Women's -67kg Semifinals Oh Hye-Ri (KOR) b. Paige McPherson (USA) 20-15 Guo Yunfei (CHN) b. Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) 8-8 (Kyong-Oh countback after scoreless 4th Round) Bronze Medal Match Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) b. Paige Mc Pherson (SRB) 14-9 Final Guo Yunfei (CHN) b. Oh Hye-Ri (KOR) 31-9 Men's -68kg Semifinals Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR) b. Huang Yu-Jen (TPE) 24-7 Alexey Denisenko (RUS) b. Jaouad Achab (BEL) 16-13 Bronze Medal Match Huang Yu-Jen (TPE) b. Jaouad Achab (BEL) 21-8 Final Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR) b. Alexey Denisenko (RUS) 14-13

Men's Individual Foil (Turin, ITA) Final Results: Gold: Alexander Massialas (USA) Silver: Timur Safin (RUS) Bronze: Alessio Foconi (ITA) & Enzo Lefort (FRA) Semifinals: Massialas b. Lefort 15-7 Safin b. Foconi 15-12 Gold Medal Match: Massialas b. Safin 15-13 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/134/results/rank

Men's Team Sabre (Györ, HUN) Gold: South Korea Silver: Italy Bronze: Hungary Semifinals Results: Italy b. Hungary 45-43 South Korea b. Russia 45-29 Bronze Medal Match Result: Hungary b. Russia 45-40 Gold Medal Match Result: South Korea b. Italy 45-35 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/569/results/rank

well, today's action's over... tomorrow's semifinals and finals will be streamed live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Ic6WoyuFw

Local hero has won...let's start the party! What a farce taekwondo is!!!

World Grand Prix Finals (Abidjan, CIV) Day 1 Recap Women's -49kg Semifinals Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) b. Rukiye Yildirim (TUR) 18-15 So-Hui Kim (KOR) b. Thi Kim Tuyen Truong (VIE) 17-15 Bronze Medal Match Thi Kim Tuyen Truong (VIE) b. Rukiye Yildirim (TUR) 27-17 Final Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) b. So-Hui Kim (KOR) 25-11 Men's -80kg Semifinals Khramtcov (RUS) b. Trabelsi (TUN) 30-6 Cissè (CIV) b. Rafalovich (UZB) 18-11 Bronze Medal Match Rafalovich (UZB) b. Trabelsi (TUN) 2-0 GDP Final Cissè (CIV) b. Khramcov (RUS) 33-28 Women's +67kg Semifinals Bianca Walkden (GBR) b. Milica Mandic (SRB) 7-6 Lee Da-Bin (KOR) b. Shuyin Zheng (CHN) 8-7 Bronze Medal Match Shuyin Zheng (CHN) b. Milica Mandic (SRB) 16-11 Final Bianca Walkden (GBR) b. Lee Da-Bin (KOR) 16-9 Men's -58kg Semifinals Tae-Hun Kim (KOR) b. Jesùs Tortosa (ESP) 10-5 Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI) b. Mikhail Artamonov (RUS) 11-7 Bronze Medal Match Jesùs Tortosa (ESP) b. Mikhail Artamonov (RUS) 30-4 Final Tae-Hun Kim (KOR) b. Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI) 14-2

Women's Individual Foil (Turin, ITA) Final Results: Gold: Inna Deriglazova (RUS) Silver: Alice Volpi (ITA) Bronze: Valentina De Costanzo (ITA) & Arianna Errigo (ITA) Semifinals: Deriglazova b. Errigo 15-14 Volpi b. De Costanzo 15-8 Gold Medal Match: Deriglazova b. Volpi 15-9 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/458/results/rank

Men's Individual Sabre (Györ, HUN) Final Results: Gold: Oh Sanguk (KOR) Silver: Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS) Bronze: Bolade Apithy (FRA) & Vincent Anstett (FRA) Semifinals: Oh b. Anstett 15-13 Reshetnikov b. Apithy 15-5 Gold Medal Match: Oh b. Reshetnikov 15-9 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/163/results/rank

Events of 2 weekes ago... Men's Team Epee (Legnano, ITA) Gold: Russia Silver: Italy Bronze: South Korea Semifinals Results: Italy b. France 44-43 Russia b. South Korea 45-43 Bronze Medal Match Result: South Korea b. France 43-42 Gold Medal Match Result: Russia b. Italy 45-35 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from this competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/823/results/rank Women's Team Sabre (St. Nicholas, BEL) Gold: Italy Silver: France Bronze: South Korea Semifinals Results: Italy b. Russia 45-38 France b. South Korea 45-41 Bronze Medal Match Result: South Korea b. Russia 45-34 Gold Medal Match Result: Italy b. France 45-40 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from this competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/826/results/rank

Yes, he made the official announcement this morning after his last race at the Italian Winter Championships... it's a sad day for Italian swimming, we all thank him for the great moments (twice 100m freestyle world champion, ndr), but I guess it's time to move on...

So-Hui Kim (KOR) b. Thi Kim Tuyen Truong (VIE) 17-15 meanwhile, the Men's -80kg class looks like this: Quarterfinals Trabelsi (TUN) b. Ordemann (NOR) Khramtcov (RUS) b. Eissa (EGY) Rafalovich (UZB) b. Guelec (GER) Cissè (CIV) b. Kotkov (RUS) Semifinals Trabelsi (TUN) vs Khramtcov (RUS) Rafalovich (UZB) vs Cissè (CIV)

Women's -49kg, Semifinals Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) b. Rukiye Yildirim (TUR) 18-15 Thi Kim Tuyen Truong (VIE) vs So-Hui Kim (KOR) running right now p.s. Yildirim beat Nour Abdelslam (EGY) 10-3 in QTRs Live Streaming here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BXMZla76qk p.s. good luck to all who want to follow this event... p.p.s. day 2 draw sheet http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Abidjan-2017-World-Taekwondo-Grand-Prix-Final_Day-2-Draw-sheets.pdf