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Joris Otten in men's C1 (he was 53rd -out of 60 starters- in the 1st run and 31st -out of 40 starters- in the 2nd run, therefore he was eliminated) Claudia Leenders in women's K1* (29th in run #1, 27th in run #2...eliminated) Maartje Otten in women's K1 (44th in run #1, 22nd in run #2...eliminated) Martina Wegman in women's K1 (54th in run #1, 16th in run #2...eliminated) *61 starters in run #1, 41 in run #2 no Dutch starters this afternoon in men's K1 and women's C1

watching the live streaming on the Olympic Channel, I guess... otherwise, here's a written (almost) live update of all the activities going on in Tarragona, Athletics included (but it's only in Italian and focused mainly on the Italian athletes, of course): https://www.oasport.it/2018/06/live-giochi-del-mediterraneo-2018-in-diretta-29-giugno-italia-serve-lo-scatto-per-vincere-il-medagliere/ p.s. I don't know how quickly they update it, but the official website is also a good source (once it's updated, obviously...and now it's working definitely better than in the early days)... http://results.tarragona2018.cat/en/ALL/schedule

well, next time they should be held in Naples... but I want to underline the conditional auxiliary "should"...because basically there's nothing ready with only 3 years to go and the organizing committee is doing absolutely nothing (not even the refurbishing of the San Paolo Stadium, which is mandatory for SSC Napoli to play at home the next Champions League -since in the past years they received a special permission by UEFA, which is now over and it won't be renovated...now they must do some consistent works to the stadium, but all is stopped at the moment)... in fact, the local organizers have been replaced by a special commission named by CONI and the local prefectural authorities... in any case, it's a real mess now and it's gonna be the same also in the next future... EDIT: there's a big mistake...the Universiade will be in Naples, not the MGs (which will be in Algeria), as explained in the following posts... p.s. the rest of this post in any case is the sad truth, even if it's referred to the Universiade and not to the MGs...

Spanovic (one of my favourite athletes overall...you can imagine why? ) beyond 7m in the women's long jump...

very optimistic... I'd cut immediately Baseball off (there's no way we can beat the Netherlands with the current federation's management)... then, it would really take a miracle to qualify in women's Hockey and Softball... I'd rather give women's basketball a chance (if we somehow get to qualify for the 2019 Europeans, which is the most difficult task for us at the moment)... meanwhile, if we want to have a pessimistic view, we could say that we're going to qualify only in the 2 waterpolo tournaments and maybe 3x3 women's basketball (with the new rules, even volleyball, especially the men's team, is really at risk)...

the bronze medallist is Magnaldi, not Mignaldi...

Judo (Gold medal) Finals (@ 5 p.m. CET) women's -48kg: Nikolic vs Figueroa Pena women's -52kg: Giuffrida vs Krasniqi women's -57kg: Boi vs Gjakova men's -60kg: Garrigos Rosa vs Dhouibi men's -66kg: Lombardo vs Gaitero Martin

Men's Cycling, Road Race Jalel Duranti Filippo Tagliani Rafael Silva

the German Cycling Federation confirmed on their website that she's severly injured at the spinal... by the way, it's not the first time she has such a devastating injury...some years ago, she was hit by a car and suffered broken vertebra on her neck... let's hope that also this time she can recover as well as she did years ago...

I don't know...I mean, probably in an ideal world he's been overpaid, but considering who's on the market and who's not, how important he's to the team (not only as a player on the ice) and the general trend -and rules- of the NHL salaries (as I wrote a few days ago, the cap for the next season is expected to increase up to 80 millions US $ from 75 millions of the last campaign) I guess it's pretty in line with a player and team leader of his caliber... however, I'm curious to see what happens with the Caps, after Trotz left for the Islanders (and I just can't imagine what happens in Long Island if Tavares opt for another team on July 1st)...

some interesting news from the NHL... Kovalchuk agrees to terms with the L.A. Kings ()... https://www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-ilya-kovalchuk-agree-to-three-year-deal/c-299221710 https://www.nhl.com/news/ilya-kovalchuk-los-angeles-kings-behind-the-numbers/c-299256536 John Tavares will talk to other teams than the Islanders approaching free agency (Toronto, San Josè and Dallas among them)... https://www.nhl.com/news/john-tavares-will-negotiate-with-five-teams/c-299226304 John Carlson signed a new contract with Washington @ 64 million US $ for 8 years... https://www.nhl.com/news/john-carlson-re-signs-with-washington-capitals/c-299259512

c'mon, man! 48.00 for Sahnoune is insane!

just watched the last episode of The Blacklist #5... and wow! I didn't really expect the turnaround given by the revelations of this episode... one of the best scripts among all the "crime" series of these last few years...by far... now I can't wait for season #6... right now I'm also watching Homeland #7 and The Americans #6 (which has been anticipated to be the last season)... Carrie (aka Claire Danes) always extraordinary...one of my favourite interpretations ever...and the series itself has got a lot better than the previous season (which was the weakest of them all, imho), especially the second half is getting back to the pathos of the 4th and 5th season (even if those ones can't be matched unless they get back to the Middle East scenarios)... finally, also The Americans is giving the audience a great finish...I'm only at episode #3, but the season is really promising and makin'up for a poor season #5...

lol...the world champions who can't even make the final at the Mediterranean Games...

the only thing I can add it's that Tuba Yakan (TUR) is one of the finalists, since she was the girl who defeated Cardin in the early rounds (and the Spaniard Osorio ended up in 5th place, since she lost to Cardin in the bronze medal bout)... no other news about Karate (just that Italy lost in round #1 against Greece in the women's -50kg)...

meanwhile these are the top news about the free agents market right now... Kovalchuk could sign with Los Angeles, San Josè, Boston or Vegas... https://www.nhl.com/news/agent-for-kovalchuk-meets-with-four-teams-heading-into-free-agency/c-299187786 and Tavares should re-sign with the New York Islanders after their strong draft picks https://www.nhl.com/news/islanders-look-to-john-tavares-signing-after-1st-round/c-299214226

and it all went according to the plan...well, actually it happened only for the top 2 picks, however... 2018 NHL Draft top choices 1st, Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres) 2nd, Andrei Svechnikov (Carolina Hurricanes) 3rd, Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Montreal Canadiens) 4th, Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Senators) 5th, Barrett Hayton (Arizona Coyotes) 2018 NHL Draft 1st Round complete breakdown https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-draft-picks-recap/c-299186680?tid=277764372 2018 NHL Draft Full Recap (at the moment it's only rd #1, but, as soon as it happens, also the following rounds will be added in ths page) http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=2018&team=&position=&round=1

I guess it's a disease that hits all the people playing football... I still have to see a game where those who are winning close to the end of the match don't try any trick to waste time and take undeserved advantage off everything...

to me there wasn't any obstruction...actually, there wasn't any contact at all...Neymar just saw the hand of the Costarican player close to him and made a dive... by the way, the world is unfair...and Brazil robbed 3 points with this lucky goal...

foul that one? c'mon! they're playing football...that contact wouldn't have put a small 8-year young child down...

Neymar is simply disgusting... call me a hater, but to me he's only the king of simulators...he's only good to dive and complain (without being right)... today he should be already out since a long time...

wonderful stadium... now in Minsk they have one of the most beautiful indoor arena and one of the most beautiful athletics/football stadium in Europe... they can have a lot of troubles, but for what concerns sports infrastructures they're million years ahead of Italy...

this time it was Stefano Cipressi (ITA)... 21st in heat #1 (0.25 outside qualification), 11th in heat #2 (0.16 outside qualification)... when fortune is blind, but bad luck can see better than an eagle...

Game over! and Korea once again top the medal table with 5 Gold medals... but China, after disapponting individual events, got close with a lot of team Golds, coming at the end to 4 total Gold medals... 3rd rank for an outstanding Hong Kong team, capable of winning good 2 Gold (and 7 total) medals... very disapponting campaign instead for Japan,who won only 1 single Gold medal... and those 4 Countries were the only ones to get at least 1 full success, meanwhile in total we have 7 Nations in the final medal table... 2018 Asian Championships Final Medal Table KOR, 5 / 5 / 7 CHN, 4 / 1 / 3 HKG, 2 / 2 / 3 JPN, 1 / 1 / 2 KAZ, 0 / 2 / 1 IRI, 0 / 1 / 1 UZB, 0 / 0 / 1

Men's Team Sabre Final Results: Gold: China Silver: Iran Bronze: South Korea Semifinals: China b. South Korea 45-43 Iran b. Japan 45-26 Bronze Medal Match: South Korea b. Japan 45-31 Gold Medal Match: China b. Iran 45-41 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/1021/results/rank