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well, Cortina should be named "Dolomite region"...however, they have the least chances to be chosen because of the very, very low budget (around 380 million € only) and of the very wide spreading of venues (among others, Hockey in Bozen/Bolzano, Figure Skating and Short Track in Meran, which is a small village and has a very small arena and old style that I don't think has room to be temporarily enlarged for the games Biathlon in Antholz/Anterselva and Nordic disciplines in the existing facilities of Predazzo -Jumping Hills- and Tesero Lake -Cross Country skiing...the only good thing would be the renaissance of the legendary sliding sports track)... Turin would be more or less a remake of 2006...basically all the projected venues in fact are the same of 12 years ago (revamping of the Cesana track included), the only new structure would be the Olympic Village... Milan (which is the preferred choice of our NOC and the only candidature with at least a small chance to succed, but we have to see what our government thinks about it, since they're in charge also in the Turin local administration, meanwhile Milan has another political lead at the moment...and for what it counts, it will never go to the 5 Star Movement ) would see the sliding sports and Ski Jumping/Nordic Combined events in Switzerland (Sankt Moritz, it's official...they already signed a letter of intent for that), the ice sports in town (as the ceremonies, in San Siro Stadium) and the Alpine Sports and Cross Country Skiing in Valtellina: Bormio, Santa Caterina, Livigno and maybe 1 or 2 more villages (which could be a problem for transports, even if from now to 2026 many things could change)... personally...despite being Italian and a proud citizen of Milan, I hope Stockholm would save us from this tragedy (both a sports and an economical tragedy)...

Day #3 Recap With 10 Gold Medals, 7 Silver and 5 Bronze, Colombia rules on the track; South Korea is second and France third. Netherlands won the first medals in the 2018 worlds. The 5.000mt Elimination and the 3.000mt Relays closed the third day on the track with tough and fought races. The 5.000mt Elimination, together with the 500mt+D and the 1.000mt, decides the ranking for the Olympic qualification to the YOG 2018 in Buenos Aires: so the expectations were very high for a race that combines strategy and ability to manage the competition in all the laps. In order to reach the podium you should be able, at the meantime, to stay in the leading half of the group preserving stamina for the sprints. From this point of view, Allison Correa Muneton and Gabriela Rueda skated the perfect race with a great team support: they always managed to keep the second and third position without affecting their energy. Giorgia Valanzano, Italy, tried the final sprint but, on the finish line opposite straight, the two Colombians lengthened their stride and there was nothing left to do. 5.000mt Elimination Junior Ladies Gold - Allison Correa Muneton - COLOMBIA Silver - Gabriela Rueda - COLOMBIA Bronze - Giorgia Valanzano - ITALY In the Junior Men race, after only 4 laps there was a crash involvig a few athletes and the competition became even more tough: the chance to compete for the Olympic medal was around the corner and the guys felt the pressure. 5.000mt Elimination Junior Men Gold - Seongmin An - SOUTH KOREA Silver - Inho Choi - SOUTH KOREA Bronze - Merjin Scheperkamp - NETHERLANDS After the Award Ceremony, the 3.000mt relays were on the scene. For the Junior Ladies, we had on the starting line: Colombia, Italy, Ecuador, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and France. Colombia managed to lead the first laps but at half the competition the Koreans pushed and outrun. At 4 laps to go, Chinese Taipei gained on the leading group and reached the head closely followed by Colombia and South Korea. 3.000mt Relay Junior Women Gold - CHINESE TAIPEI Silver - COLOMBIA Bronze - SOUTH KOREA On the starting line for the Junior Men: France, Netherlands, USA, South Korea, Czech Republic and Chinese Taipei. The first half of the race was all about checking the opponents' resources. France was the first to try the sprint and to leave the others behind, but Korea and Netherlands did not give up and kept the distances short. In the last lap, Korea took the lead and run towards the Gold medal; France got the Silver; Netherlands was close to second podium of the day even though at the lowest step, when USA tried to win the Bronze with a last sprint and a split, but it was an unsuccesful attempt and the Orange kept the position. 3.000mt Relay Junior Men Gold - SOUTH KOREA Silver - FRANCE Bronze - NETHERLANDS On the starting line for the Senior Women: Colombia, Belgium, South Korea, Chile, Germany and Chinese Taipei. Soon after the start, Arias - Colombia - risked a falt due to a touch but she was able to stand and keep on skating. In the duel between Belgium and Chile, Colombia put through followed by Chinese Taipei. At the second lap to last, Chinese Taipei and Chile felt down and had to leave the track for disqualification. Colombia flew away and South Korea can do nothing. Germany got the bronze. 3.000mt Relay Senior Women Gold - COLOMBIA Silver - SOUTH KOREA Bronze - GERMANY On the starting line for the Senior Men: the European Champions - Belgium, Colombia, Chile, France, Argentina and Italy, the defending World Champions. In the first laps, Belgium, Colombia and France pushed more than the others. At 10 laps to go, Italy took the lead and tried to fly away but Colombia chased in a head-to-head that helped France in coming back. 3.000mt Relay Senior Men Gold - FRANCE Silver - COLOMBIA Bronze - ITALY Tomorrow the teams will move to Arnhem to check and test the road circuit before the races starting on the 5th.

Nail Yakupov replaces Ilya Kovalchuk at SKA St.Petersburg in the KHL... https://www.nhl.com/news/former-no-1-nail-yakupov-signs-in-khl/c-299401866

Day #2 Recap Also the second day in Heerde saw great competitions in a warm late afternoon and a large audience crowded the venue to watch the races. Following the schedule and absolutely on time, the Senior Women stroke up the band with one of the most strategic competition in the programme: the 10.000 mt Points/Elimination. Francesca Lollobrigida, from Italy, was the defending champion and, once again, her main rivals were the two Colombian champions, Fabriana Arias and Johana Viveros. But also Sandrine Tas, Mareike Thum and Dan Guo can be dangerous opponents in the run for the gold medal. The race was really fought: Lollobrigida seemed to rule the competition when, at 20 laps to go, Arias and Viveros put in action the team strategy that so many medals gained to Colombia. At 10 laps to go, Arias got already 3 points advantage over Lollobrigida. Lollobrigida tried to earn as points as possible since the very begininning but it was not enough against Arias' steadfastness; bronze medal went to Viveros with one point more than Sandrine Thus. Gold - Fabriana Arias - COLOMBIA Silver - Francesca Lollobrigida - ITALY Bronze - Johana Viveros - COLOMBIA If possible, the Senior Men have been even more spectacular in the following race. Peter Michael, the first to get points, pushed since the very beginning but soon Bart Swings broke away from the group and scored the following three finish lines. The Colombians shortened the distance and Alex Cujavante took the lead whilst, in the meantime, Daniel Niero came back and got his first points. Less than half race was already done when Santiago Roumec jerked forward and scored 6 point in a row - 2 for each finish line he got past first - completely changing the assets of the competition and re-opening the games. Swings intensified the rythm and the speed trying to take the distance from Cujavantes who did not give up and got the lead, turning the situation around. In the last elimination, it was Peter Michael the one who had to leave the track loosing all what he tried to build during the race and, consequentely, the chance to run for the podium. In a breathtaking last lap Daniel Niero successfully tried the final rush and achieved the Bronze medal ahead of Roumec; Silver medal for Bart Swings and Alex Cujavante celebrated the second Gold medal of these Worlds. Gold - Alex Cujavante - COLOMBIA Silver - Bart Swings - BELGIUM Bronze - Daniel Niero - ITALY After the Award Ceremonies, it was the turn of the short distances. In the Junior categories, the 1.000 mt sprint contributes to create the final ranking and the qualification for the Youth Olympic Games that will be held in Buenos Aires in October. Tomorrow, after the 5.000mt Elimination, it will be compiled the list of the 24 athletes that will fly to Argentina to represent their country in the Games. 1.000mt Sprint Junior Ladies Gold - Gabriela Rueda - COLOMBIA Silver - Giorgia Valanzano - ITALY Bronze - Yerim Lee - KOREA 1.000mt Sprint Junior Men Gold - Jongjin Cheon - KOREA Silver - Jan Mende - GERMANY Bronze - Vincenzo Maiorca - ITALY The senior categories closed the day with the 500mt+D race. An Yiseul's double false start made life easier for the other three girls on the starting line: all of them were sure to reach the podium. But it did not make the competitions less amazing and tough. Gold - Vanessa Herzog - Austria Silver - Javiera Vargas - CHILE Bronze - Geiny Pajaro - COLOMBIA In the men competition, it was Jinyoung Kim to cross twice the line and to leave the track. Gold - Pedro Causil - COLOMBIA Silver - Edwin Estrada - COLOMBIA Bronze - Elton De Souza - FRANCE

Day #1 Recap We've got the sun and the music, crowdy grandstands and great competitions: this is Inline Speed Skating! Head-to-head races and true champions putting their hearts into the skates to be, once again or for the very first time, on the top of the world: it was an amazing afternoon in Heerde for the 2018 edition of the Worlds. The Junior Women 10.000mt Elimination/Points was the first final of the day: Colombia got the first two medals thanks to Maria Renteria Rodriguez and Nathalia Bermudez Padilla, bronze for Corinne Stoddard (USA). An accident occured at 45 laps to go and the Italian Edda Paluzzi had to leave the track: fortunately nothing really serious. Gold - Maria Renteria Rodriguez - COLOMBIA Silver - Nathalia Bermudez Padilla - COLOMBIA Bronze - Corinne Stoddard - USA It was the turn of the Junior Men 10.000mt Elimination/Points: Jason Suttels (Belgium) ruled without any esitation all the competition. The fight was all about the other 2 steps of the podium with Michael Gatti from Italy having the better off the two Colombians thanks to one point more. Brayan Virguez Romero won the bronze medal for 6 seconds. Gold - Jason Suttels - BELGIUM Silver - Michael Gatti - ITALY Bronze - Brayan Virguez Romero - COLOMBIA In the long distance races of the Senior categories, well known duels have been staged again.Johana Viveros and Fabriana Arias, both from Colombia got Gold and Bronze and the Silver went to the Chinese Dan Guo in the 15.000mt Elimination Senior Women. Francesca Lollobrigida, representing Italy, has been eliminated at the last lap to go. Gold - Johana Viveros - COLOMBIA Silver - Dan Guo - CHINA Bronze - Brayan Virguez Romero - COLOMBIA In the 15.000mt Elimination Senior Men, Alex Cujavante from Colombia, defended the title against Daniel Niero - Italy. Only bronze for Bart "Swings on the wings". Gold - Alex Cujavante - COLOMBIA Silver - Daniel Niero - ITALY Bronze - Bart Swings - BELGIUM The 500mt+D were the first races for the YOG qualification and, of course, the motivation of the athletes were so high: all of them want to get the "Ticket to Buenos Aires" and the 24 athletes will be ranked after the 1.000mt and 5.000E. On the starting line for the Junior Ladies: Anais Pedroni - Italy, Allison Correa Muneton - Colombia, Yue-Cih Peng - Chinese Taipei and Honorine Barrault from France. Anais Pedroni had a great start leading the group for half the race, but was unable to keep it and arrived third after Muneton: Gold Medal went to Peng. Gold - Yue-Cih Peng - CHINESE TAIPEI Silver - Allison Correa Muneton - COLOMBIA Bronze - Anais Pedroni - ITALY On the starting line for the Junior Men: from Korea, Woonggyu Choi and Jonjiin Cheon, Sabien Tinson - USA, and the Colombian Juan Arango. Gold - Juan Arango - COLOMBIA Silver - Jonjiin Cheon - KOREA Bronze - Woonggyu Choi - KOREA The 1.000mt for the senior categories closed the first day in Heerde. The Ladies fought hard to reach the podium in a tough race that got the public really excited and was finally won by Mareike Thum, followed by Yseul An and Vanessa Hertzog. Nothing to do for the "big": Francesca Lollobrigida has been disqualified for a fault, and the Colombian champions Arias and Escobar didn't reach the medal area. Gold - Mareike Thum - GERMANY Silver - Yseul An - KOREA Bronze - Vanessa Hertzog - AUSTRIA Last but not the least, it was the turn of the Senior Men 1.000mt: one of the most competitive races of the Worlds and, with athletes the likes of Pedro Causil, Andres Munoz, Peter Michael and Bart Swings, the expectations were very high. And they were not disappointed! "Four dogs" strove for a bone and a fifth run away with the "Gold": Gwendal Le Lepivert took advantage of the fight and the "la Marseillaise" played for him. Causil and Munoz got, respectively, Silver and Bronz. Bart Swings has been disquailified and Peter Michael got only the 7th place. Gold - Gwendal Le Lepivert - FRANCE Silver - Pedro Causil - COLOMBIA Bronze - Andres Munoz - COLOMBIA

Full Results available here: http://www.worldskate.org/component/phocadownload/category/237-results.html

2018 Inline Speed Skating World Championships (Herde & Arnhem, NED) 490 athletes from 51 countries reached Netherlands for the 2018 Inline Speed Skating World Championship! Heerde and Arnhem will host, respectively, track and road competitions starting from 1 to 8 July. The track in Heerde staged in the past both European Championships and Cups, but the surface has been completely renewed in the last weeks to guarantee excellent performances during the Worlds: it's a fast and hard circuit that will provide great show to the afecionados coming from all over the world. The road races will be downtown in Arnhem, close to the well known "A Bridge Too Far" and to the Inline Freestyle World Championships circuit where competitions will start on 5 July: a village with a roller disco area, music, food trucks and sport side events will complete the Urban cluster following the new philosophy and mood that will be mainstream of World Skate events. World Skate President Sabatino Aracu opened the preparatory meeting with the team delegates: "This a key year for World Skate: here in Heerde, we will qualify the athletes that will compete for the Olympic Gold in the YOG Buenos Aires. For the first time ever, inline speed skaters will compete at Olympic stage and will have the opportunity to show to the international world, once again, the great appeal our sport has on the youth". The Technical Commission clarified the Qualifying System for the 2018 YOG in Buenos Aires and explained some changes in the competitions that will be effective starting 2019 with the purpose to make the races even more spectacular: the elimination races distances in 2019 will be 10.000 mt in the track and 15.000 mt in the road and in Barcelona, during the WRG, we will welcome the new 200 mt track pursuit. The competitions will be live on www.worldskate.tv Live streaming schedule July 1 18.00 – 18.15 500m+D sprint JW/JM Semifinal 18.15 – 19.15 10000m points/elimination JW/JM Final 19.15 – 19.30 1000m sprint SW/SM Semifinal 19.30 – 20.30 15000m elimination SW/SM Final 20.30 – 21.00 Awards Ceremony 21.00 – 21.15 500m+D sprint JW/JM Final 21.15 – 21.30 1000m sprint SW/SM Final 21.30 – 22.00 Awards Ceremony July 2 19.00 – 19.30 1000m sprint JW/JM and 500m+D sprint SW/SM semifinal 19.30 - 20.10 10000m points/elimination SW/SM Final 20.10 – 20.40 Awards Ceremony 20.40 – 20.55 1000m sprint JW/JM Final 20.55 – 21.10 500m+D sprint SW/SM Final 21.10 -21.40 Awards Ceremony July 3 18.30 – 19.10 5000m elimination JW/JM Final A 19.10 – 19.50 5000m elimination JW/JM Final B 19.50 – 20.30 5000m elimination JW/JM Final C 20.30 – 20.50 Awards Ceremony 20.50 – 21.05 3000m Relays JW/JM Final 21.05 – 21.20 3000m Relays SW/SM Final 21.20 – 21.50 Awards Ceremony July 5 17.15 – 18.45 20000m elimination JW/JM Final 18.45 – 19.15 Lap Circuit Sprint SW/SM Semifinal 19.15 – 20.30 10000m points race SW/SM Final 20.30 – 20.45 Lap Circuit Sprint SW/SM Final 20.45 – 21.45 Awards Ceremony July 6 17.15 – 17.45 Lap Circuit Sprint JW/JM Semifinal 17.45 – 18.45 10000m points race JW/JM Final 18.45 – 19.15 Awards Ceremony 19.15 – 20.30 20000m elimination SW/SM Final 20.30 – 21.00 Lap Circuit Sprint JW/JM Final 21.00 – 22.00 Awards Ceremony July 7 19.00 – 19.15 100m sprint JW/JM Semifinal 19.15 – 19.30 100m sprint SW/SM Semifinal 20.30 – 20.40 100m sprint JW/JM Final 20.40 – 20.50 100m sprint SW/SM Final 20.50 – 21.20 Awards Ceremony

since I don't know him personally, I can't afford to say anything about him off the field...but on the field...well, that's another story...and as I just wrote, he always gives me such a bad impression...it's stronger than myself (it's the same with LeBron James in Basketball, for instance...with the difference being that nobody can deny that on the field he's definitely the best player in the world, meanwhile I can't say the same for Neymar)...

I don't agree at all...Neymar is only good in acting and diving and complaining... he shouldn't even be allowed to put a foot on the pitch...he's just a living insult to football and sportsmanship... sorry for being so harsh...actually, a real hater...but I just can't stand him...

don't worry...Grenot is gonna win again in any case...

http://www.gyulaimemorial.hu/ Eredmènyek = Results

she already said to the Swiss TV that she's definitely going to run the hurdles in Berlin...that's her only target, anything else is just in preparation for the 400m H in Berlin...

really a great meet indeed... among others, great show by Adam Peaty in the men's quick breastroke (58 and a half over 100m and 26.41 over 50m -nobody outside him has ever swam a time like that) and wonderful fight between Pernille Blume and Sarah Sjostrom in the quick freestyle for the girls... another amazing result is the 21.16 over 50m free for Ben Proud... but overall almost all the races have been among the quickest in the world in this 2018 season so far... and we had also a lot of very promising results for the Italian team (the new IR by Panziera in the 200m back with a low 2.07 clocking is really impressive, she would have won the bronze medal in Rio with such performance)... now we have to wait and see if they can match all that in Glasgow next month, otherwise it would be another disappointing episode of which our swimming is full in its history...

7 years (the max he could sign for) and 77 million US $... https://www.nhl.com/news/john-tavares-agrees-to-seven-year-contract-with-toronto-maple-leafs/c-299370932 some other fresh news... Drew Doughty new 8-year contract with the L.A. Kings is worth 11 million/year on average... https://www.nhl.com/news/drew-doughty-agrees-to-eight-year-extension-with-los-angeles-kings/c-299348832 meanwhile Kovalchuk's 3-year deal with the Kings is worth 6.25 million US $/year on average... https://www.nhl.com/news/ilya-kovalchuk-signs-three-year-contract-with-kings/c-299366878?tid=281072352 Ryan McDonagh gets a 7 years extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning (6.75/year average)... https://www.nhl.com/news/ryan-mcdonagh-signs-seven-year-extension-with-tampa-bay-lightning/c-299366464 Jack Johnson left Columbus and signed a 5-year deal with Pittsburgh (16.25 million US $ on average)... https://www.nhl.com/news/jack-johnson-signs-five-year-contract-with-pittsburgh-penguins/c-299306690 all the remaining news about the NHL trades and signings here: https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-free-agency-news-and-signings/c-299365554?tid=281072352

naaa, that don't impress me much (cit.) some time ago, in fact, someone told me that all women have 3 of those... p.s. just jokin' of course (and yeah, I know it's a dirty and male chauvinist sentence I shouldn't even use, especially since I'm against any sort of attitude like that)...

from minute 50 on...last year's men's Italian Championships Individual Final (outside the Chinese Champs, basically the strongest event in the world in this discipline)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFHYuLKPzfE

Rowing, Men's Double Sculls Greece Slovenia Italy Rowing, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Italy Greece Portugal Athletics, Men's Half Marathon Mohamed Reda El-Aaraby Eyob Gebrehiwet Faniel Kaan Kigen Ozbilen Athletics, Women's Half Marathon Sara Dossena Marta Galimany Guasch Elena Loyo Menoyo

back to yesterday... Men's 3X3 Basketball France Italy Slovenia Women's 3X3 Basketball France Spoain Portugal Boules, Women's Lyonnaise, Progressive Throw Inci Ece Ozturk Barbara Barthet Serena Traversa Boules, Men's Lyonnaise, Progressive Throw Ales Borcnik Stefano Pegoraro Frederic Jocelyn Hubert Marsens Equestrian, Mixed Individual Competition Felicie Adeline Bertrand Alexandra Paillot Abdelkader Said Sailing, Men's Laser Joaquin Blanco Albalat Pavlos Kontides Joel Rodriguez Perez Sailing, Women's Laser Radial Athanasia Fakidi Silvia Zennaro Martina Reino Cacho Judo, Women's -78kg Giorgia Stangherlin Loriana Kuka Patricija Brolih & Patricia Sampaio Judo, Men's -100kg Ramadan Darwish Giuliano Loporchio Lyes Bouyacoub & Alexandre Iddir Judo, Women's +78kg Kayra Sayit Nihel Cheikh Rouhou Sonia Asselah & Juliana Ofaina Tolofua Judo, Men's +100kg Zarko Culum Vincenzo D'Arco Angel Parra Labajos & Faicel Jaballah Taekwondo, Men's -58kg Jesus Tortosa cabrera Rui Braganca Hedi Neffati & Milos Gladovic Taekwondo, Men's -80kg raul Martinez Garcia Seif Eissa Yunus Sari & Julio Ferreira Taekwondo, Women's -67kg Matea Jelic Althea Laurin Dunja Lemajic & Hedaya Wahba

Road Cycling, Women's Individual Time Trial Elena Cecchini Lisa Morzenti Antri Christoforou Rowing, Men's Single Sculls Luca Rambaldi Marko Marjanovic Spyridon Kalentzis

Athletics, Yesterday's Results Men's Discus Throw Apostolos Parellis Kristjan Ceh Hannes Kirchler Men's High Jump Majd Eddin Ghazal Kostantinos Baniotis Marco Fassinotti Women's Triple Jump Yanis Esmeralda David Ottavia Cestonaro Fatima Diame Men's 400m Hurdles Ludvy Vaillant Yasmani Copello Escobar Zied Azizi Men's 200m Ramil Guliyev Eseosa Desalu Meba-Mickael Zeze Women's 200m Carolle Zahi Gloria Hooper Estela Garcia Women's 800m Rababe Arafi Malika Akkaoui Cynthia Anais Women's 100m Hurdles Andrea Ivancevic Luminosa Bogliolo* Elisavet Pesiridou* *tied for 2nd place (Silver medal) Men's 1500m Brahim Kaazouzi Abdessalem Ayouni Fouad El Kaam Women's 5000m Kaoutar Farkoussi Ines Monteiro Ana Lozano Del Campo Para-Athletics Women's T54 800m Zubeyde Supurgeci Eva Maria Moral Pedrero Lea Mazza

Road Cycling, Men's Individual Time Trial Edoardo Affini Domingos Goncalves Izidor Penko Rowing, Women's Single Sculls Aikaterini Nikolaidou Kiri Tontodonati Virginia Diaz Rivas Rowing, Women's Lightweight Single Sculls Valentina Rodini Thomais Emmanoulidou Natalia Miguel Gomez Rowing, Men's Lightweight Single Sculls Luka Radonic Pedro Fraga Spyrydon Christos Giannaros

a few more news about the NHL offseason moves... first of all, the Tavares saga is not yet to the end...he needs (at least) another day to eat his own words from earlier this year, before explaining the Islanders fans he won't play anymore for that serial losers... https://www.nhl.com/news/john-tavares-decision-will-likely-take-another-day/c-299335806 then, Barry Trotz has finally found his successor in Washington...and he is, as the players wanted, his former assistent Todd Reirden (which means that Ovi and Backstrom are the new real co-coaches of the team )... https://www.nhl.com/news/todd-reirden-named-coach-of-washington-replaces-barry-trotz/c-299341596 finally, Drew Doughty agrees to 8-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings (terms undisclosed, since he can't officially sign until July 1st)... https://www.nhl.com/news/drew-doughty-agrees-to-eight-year-extension-with-los-angeles-kings/c-299348832

you name it a "small joy"... should we have a prospect like him, I'd drink 1 or 2 bottles of the most expensive champagne...

Sailing, Men's RS:X Matteo Camboni Louis Giard Matteo Evangelisti great scalp for Camboni...this was a really high caliber competition, with some of the best windsurfers in the World like Giard, Kokkalanis, Pastor Lafuente...

ops...you're right...my mistake... however, the part "it is and it's always gonna be a mess" is not a mistake, unfortunately...