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oh, oh... it looks like the Czechs are going to sweep the field in the men's K1...only Kauzer can take the gold and silver medals away from them...

OMG!!! Jess Fox out of the podium! this is what we should name a great upset... women's C1 Gold: Mallory Franklin (GBR) 109.09 (0) Silver: Tereza Fiserova (CZE) 113.21 +4.12 (0) Bronze: Ana Satila (BRA) 114.29 +5.20 (2)

wow! what a close final it was, the men's C2...4 pair in just 1 second (and 3/100)... and we have a somewhat unexpected duo on top of the podium... Gold: Klauss/Peche (FRA) 105.30 (2) Silver: Skantar/Skantar (SVK) 105.37 +0.07 (0) Bronze: Behling/Becker (GER) 106.15 +085 (0) now running, the women's C1 final...later, the men's K1 to close the day...

disaster also for Italy in Men's K1...no one of our 3 starters got even close to make the last 10... and if we count also the very disappointing performance in the team event, this was absolutely not a good debut for Daniele Molmenti as the new head coach of our team... men's K1 finalists: 1 Peter KAUZER SLO 0 89.28 2 Boris NEVEU FRA 0 93.27 +3.99 3 Lucien DELFOUR AUS 0 93.47 +4.19 4 Joseph CLARKE GBR 0 93.74 +4.46 5 Vit PRINDIS CZE 0 93.98 +4.70 6 Alexander GRIMM GER 0 94.10 +4.82 7 Sebastian SCHUBERT GER 0 94.40 +5.12 8 Martin SRABOTNIK SLO 0 95.08 +5.80 9 Ondrej TUNKA CZE 2 95.13 +5.85 10 Mike DAWSON NZL 0 95.35 +6.07

women's C1 finalists: 1 Jessica FOX AUS 2 114.44 2 Tereza FISEROVA CZE 0 115.10 +0.66 3 Kimberley WOODS GBR 2 115.15 +0.71 4 Rosalyn LAWRENCE AUS 0 116.96 +2.52 5 Eilidh GIBSON GBR 0 118.11 +3.67 6 Lucie PRIOUX FRA 0 118.15 +3.71 7 Ana SATILA BRA 6 119.21 +4.77 8 Polina MUKHGALEEVA RUS 2 119.43 +4.99 9 Zulfia SABITOVA RUS 4 121.39 +6.95 10 Mallory FRANKLIN GBR 2 122.65 +8.21

some surprising results in the semis of Men's C2... this is the list of the pairs who made the final: 1 J.KASPAR/M.SINDLER CZE 0 107.53 2 T.KUCERA/J.BATIK SVK 0 108.26 +0.73 3 N.SCIANIMANICO/H.CAILHOL FRA 0 108.65 +1.12 4 M.POCHWALA/P.SZCZEPANSKI POL 0 108.95 +1.42 5 P.HOCHSCHORNER/P.HOCHSCHORNER SVK 0 109.38 +1.85 6 L.SKANTAR/P.SKANTAR SVK 0 112.65 +5.12 7 R.BEHLING/T.BECKER GER 0 114.28 +6.75 8 G.KLAUSS/M.PECHE FRA 0 114.63 +7.10 9 P.CAMPORESI/N.FERRARI ITA 0 114.92 +7.39 10 D.MARZO/J.PEREZ ESP 2 115.35 +7.82 now women's C1 semifinals underway, men's K1 semis comin'up later finals from 4.30 p.m. CET

monumental job by the NHL statisticians... from now on, this is the first league in the world to reconstruct and give people access to full stats of every game played in the 100 years of history of the League itself... it took 6 long years, but now everyone in the world can enjoy all these data...and without moving from his/her seat... https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-historical-stats-press-release/c-291394420?tid=282169076 https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-historical-stats-now-available/c-291389804?tid=282169076 https://www.nhl.com/video/the-evolution-of-nhl-statistics/t-277350912/c-53006803 wow! it's like a kid entering the candy shop!

sport climbing is everything but stupid (the only wrong thing about it is the olympic competition format, which has nothing to do with this sport as we've always known it)... you should look at other disciplines (surfing, skatebparding, all those "synchro" and "rhytmic" non-sports) for that...

finally we have the detailed schedule... by the way, this time the men's Hockey Gold Medal game won't be the Olympic closer...the women's 30km Classic in Cross-Country Skiing will have this honor (it will start at 3.15 p.m., so 2 hours later than the hockey game)...

good first day for Italy...all our main crews go straight to the semifinals/quarterfinals (with 3 convincing heat wins)...

Grand Prix Rabat 2017 Day 3 Results W -57kg 1 Hatice Kubra Ilgun (TUR) 2 Jade Jones (GBR) 3 Marija Stetic (CRO) 3 Ah-Reum Lee (KOR) M -68kg 1 Dae-Hoon Lee (KOR) 2 Yu-Jen Huang (TPE) 3 Saul Gutierrez (MEX) 3 Javier Perez Polo (ESP)

Grand Prix Rabat 2017 Day 1 Results W -67kg 1 Nur Tatar (TUR) 2 Hyieri Oh (KOR) 3 Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) 3 Irem Yaman (TUR) W +67kg 1 Bianca Walkden (GBR) 2 Milica Mandic (SRB) 3 Shuyin Zheng (CHN) 3 Saebom An (KOR) M +80 kg 1 Mahama Cho (GBR) 2 Roman Kuznetsov (RUS) 3 Kyo-Don In (KOR) 3 Ivan Trajkovic (SLO) Day 2 Results M -58 kg 1 Tae-Hun Kim (KOR) 2 Carlos Navarro (MEX) 3 Farzan Ashourzadeh Fallah (IRI) 3 Jesus Tortosa Cabrera (ESP) W -49 kg 1 So-Hui Kim (KOR) 2 Thi Kim Tuyen Truong (VIE) 3 Jae-Young Sim (KOR) 3 Rukiye Yildirim (TUR) M -80 kg 1 Cheick Sallah Cisse (CIV) 2 Seif Eissa (EGY) 3 Milad Beigi Harchegani (AZE) 3 Rene Lizarraga (MEX)

p.s. if this is the future of the Olympic Games...

Oskar Rosenberg-Hallberg & Nora Vasconcellos Win 2017 World Championships With the risk of rain ruining the party the worlds best skaters took it apon them selves to bring the heat and light up the custom built skatepark for the 2017 World Championships held on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Oski Takes The Title Oskar Rosenberg-Hallberg (SWE) linked together a mind blowing run using every inch of the park to be crowned the 2017 Men's Vans Park Series World Champion. Crowd favourite Pedro Barros (BRA) did what he knows best and went huge on his last run to put down a run that placed him in the runner up position. Tom Schaar (USA) continued his amazingly consistent year coming in at 3rd place. Results: http://www.vansparkseries.com/events/2017/mpt/world-championships/results New Level Raised in Women's Skateboarding The level of women's park terrain skating is at an all time high. Leading the way was Nora Vasconcellos who claimed her first major victory on the Vans Park Series. Nora edged out 2016 world champion Brighton Zeuner who continues to raise the bar along with Kisa Nakamura who earned 3rd place for the 2nd year in a row. Results: http://www.vansparkseries.com/events/2017/wpt/world-championships/results More about Vans Park Series, news, pictures and videos (all WCH Finals are available in full replay) on the official website of the Tour: http://www.vansparkseries.com/

The Japanese Olympic venue at Enoshima hosted the 2017 RS:X Class World Championships and it's been a Chinese festival, with the Red Dragon winning both men and women's titles (and not only)... Women's RS:X Class, Final Results Gold: Peina Chen, CHN (44.7 Pts) Silver: Jiahui Wu, CHN (50.0 Pts) Bronze: Yunxiu Lu, CHN (56.0 Pts) Full Results: http://www.rsxclass.org/worlds2017/results/women/ Men's RS:X Class, Final Results Gold: Bing Ye, CHN (51.0 Pts) Silver: Mateo Sanz Lanz, SUI (53.0 Pts) Bronze: Mengfan Gao, CHN (68.0 Pts) Full Results: http://www.rsxclass.org/worlds2017/results/men/

ah, OK... I thought you were referring to Pyeongchang medals as of those in the pictures... I didn't remember Vancouver 2010 medals' shape...my mistake...

may I ask you where did you find those pictures? because according to the Official Olympic Website (and the best Italian sports website) the Olympic Medals look pretty normal...they do not look like that at all... https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/press-releases/korean-culture-celebrated-in-pyeongchang-2018-olympic-winter-games-medals https://www.oasport.it/2017/09/foto-olimpiadi-invernali-pyeongchang2018-svelate-le-medaglie/

Nice start of the Individual competitions for Italy... Women's Junior Time Trial GOLD: PIRRONE Elena, ITA (23:19.72) Silver: VIGILIA Alessia, ITA (+6.38) Bronze: FASNACHT Madeleine, AUS (+42.32) 4th LUDWIG Hannah, GER (+45.45) 5th NOVOLODSKAYA Maria, RUS (+1:09.05) 6th RAAIJMAKERS Marit, NED (+1:20.94) 7th GEORGI Pfeiffer, GBR (+1:22.59) 8th BOSSUYT Shari, BEL (+1:23.46) 9th PATERNOSTER Letizia, ITA (+1:29.61) 10th WIEL Jade, FRA (+1:30.63)

why they should change the rules? now they have already stated that a candidate city can use some infrastructure located in another Country (they did it just to allow Stockholm and/or Helsinki to bid...the Fins didn't even try, but Stockholm was stopped only by a local poll...they already had an agreement with the IOC for 2026)... in any case, it's too early to say what's gonna happen with Milan (there's not a real project yet...it's just me thinking about St. Moritz as the less expensive idea for the sliding events...maybe they could even decide to build a new track inside our Borders)...it was just an interview with our Mayor that yesterday said that this would be an opportunity that deserves to be evaluated very carefully, because the Winter Games could be sustainable (meanwhile the Summer Games are too big to be hoseted in a relatively small town as Milan -even if the whole Metropolitan area is not that small)... by the way, the distance between Milan and Bormio (Valtellina's main resort) is 200km, meanwhile St. Moritz is 330km far away from here... the problem, however, at the moment are different...there are no large streets to go there from Milan...traffic is always a nightmare...if you're lucky, it takes at least 3/3and a half hours to cover the distance (not to mention St. Moritz, which is almost a half day trip to reach from Milan)...

Yevgeniya Kolodko (RUS) loses her medal (in women's Shot Put) from the 2013 Indoor European Championships in Gothemburg because of doping... the new podium places are: Gold: Christina Schwanitz, GER (19,25m) Silver: Alena Abramchuk, BLR (18,85m) Bronze: Chiara Rosa, ITA (18,37m) Source (in Italian only, unfortunately): https://www.oasport.it/2017/09/atletica-doping-per-la-russa-kolodko-arriva-il-bronzo-europeo-per-chiara-rosa/

after being chosen as host of the 2019 IOC Session, Milan is thinking (maybe...you know, in Italy talking about something without knowing the issue and without having real perspective of what it means, it's absolutely normal) about the 2026 Winter Games, with the city hosting ceremonies and ice events and Valtellina (+ the St. Moritz track) hosting the snow and sliding events (don't trust those who already started talking of multi-location Olympics...they just dream of stealing some money with that excuse, but this should be excluded since the beginning)... who knows? I always thought that such a choice would have been better than Turin also in the past... probably I'd support such a candidature...

I hope they don't add almost anything (maybe just Squash, taking mixed doubles and team events off table tennis, tennis and badminton to make room for it), but they make huge adjustments to the 2020 program...

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/alex-ovechkin-olympics-nhl-russia-1.4291095 https://www.nhl.com/news/alex-ovechkin-releases-statement-regarding-olympics/c-291069080 shame...shame...and shame again on IOC, NHL and IIHF...

Now it's official... congratulations to Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028... https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-makes-historic-decision-by-simultaneously-awarding-olympic-games-2024-to-paris-and-2028-to-los-angeles

USA dominate gold medal game, win U-18 Baseball World Cup for fourth time in a row The USA make history as they become the first to win 4 U-18 Baseball World Cups in a row after Cuba did it between 1984 and 1987. USA dominated the gold medal game against Korea: 8-0, 12 hits to 4. Korea had an early chance to score, but perfect defense prevented runs and in the clutch Korea fell apart committing 5 defensive errors. Korea apparently are not allowing easy outs to USA starter Matt Liberatore. Bae Jihwan, the first batter, grounds to shortstop and tries to reach sliding head first. He’s the first out, but shows team spirit. With 2 outs, center fielder Jang Junhwan gets the first hit and designated hitter Kang Baekho takes Liberatore deep, off the wall in left field. Thomas comes up with a perfect play and relay on first bounce to prevent Jang from scoring and the at bat ends as first baseman Gwak Been grounds out to second. Korea starter Kim Young Jun gets 2 quick outs and then walks right fielder Kelenic. First baseman Casas scares Korea sending the first pitch he sees to the moon (but foul), then literally blows away first baseman Gwak Been glove on a line drive. He reaches on a base hit, but the inning ends on a deep fly ball to left by catcher Mc Nair Seigler, very well fielded by Yi In Hyok. In the top of the third Korea is dangerous again. Star shortstop Turang plays the wizard as he lines out Yi In Hyok on a bullet to his left. But there’s nothing second baseman Young can do on a roller to second base base bag by Bae Ji Hwan. With 2 outs and Bae at second, Liberatore walks Jang Junghwan but, after a coaching visit, retires Kang Baekho on a grounder to second to end the inning. USA take the lead in the bottom of the third baseman Gorman leads off the bottom of the third with a single to right. He’s then the first out at second on a hard chopper to first by center fielder Siani. Young singles up the middle and Siani runs all the way to third. After falling 3-0 in the count, Kim Young Jun strikes out Kelenic. On the play, Young steals second and Siani scores as catcher Cho Dae Hyun throws in the dirt and beyond the second base bag. Young reaches third on the error. Casas make it 2-0 as he slugs one in the gap to left center for a stand up double. The third run scores on a base hit to left by Mc Nair Seigler. The day is over for Kim Young when Thomas singles to the right and Mc Nair Seigler advances to third. Right hander Seo Jun Won takes the mound. The inning is over when Yi In Hyok flies out Turang on the warning track in left field. USA are back to business in the fourth, as designated hitter Delgado singles and Gorman walks. Gorman is forced out at second when Siani grounds to first base. Siani then steals second and Young walks to load the bases. Second baseman Choi Jun Woo gets to a grounder in the gap at right by Kelenic. He gets the force out at second as Delgado scores, but the throw by shortstop Bae Ji Hwan is in the dirt and off the first base bag. Siani scores and Kelenic reaches second. Casas follows with a mammoth shot to right center. The 2 run homer makes it 7-0 and sends Seo Jun Won to the showers. Korea gives the call to Ha Jun Young. Team USA pitchers have allowed so far 3 earned runs in the tournament and their defense executes everything at a high speed and with great accuracy, so the probability of a comeback by Korea is unlikely. There’s more: USA are not done and they in the bottom of the fifth USA they add a run. Turang leads off with a single. Korea has a chance to trap him on his steal attempt. The throw to second by first baseman Gwak Been is off the bag and Turang is off to third. He scores on a base hit by Gorman. Yang Changseop takes the mound for Korea in the seventh and falls into trouble as he loads the bases with 2 outs in the eighth. He gets out of the jam striking out Turang on an off speed pitch. Liberatore is done after 6 and USA send to the mound Mitchell Wilcox for the seventh (throws a perfect inning) and Mason Denaburg for the eighth (allows a walk). Hard throwing right hander John Ginn heads to the mound for the ninth, when the celebration is already on the go amongst USA fans. He completes the task facing only 3 batters and striking out 2. Han Donghui is the last out of the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017. Gold Medal Game Highlights Recap: BRONZE Medal Game: Japan b. Canada 8-1 GOLD Medal Game: United States b. South Korea 8-0 Men's Sub-18 Baseball World Championships 2017 Final Standings: Gold: United States Silver: South Korea Bronze: Japan 4th: Canada 5th: Australia 6th: Cuba 7th: Chinese Taipei 8th: Netherlands 9th: Italy 10th: Nicaragua 11th: Mexico 12th: South Africa