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Women's Team Epee (Dubai, UAE) Final Results: Gold: United States Silver: Russia Bronze: Italy Semifinals: Russia b. Italy 29-22 USA b. France 43-36 Bronze Medal Match: Italy b. France 45-35 Gold Medal Match: USA b. Russia 29-28 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/762/results/rank

Men's Team Foil (St.Petersburg, RUS) Final Results: Gold: United States Silver: Italy Bronze: France Semifinals: USA b. Russia 45-38 Italy b. France 45-31 Bronze Medal Match: France b. Russia 45-34 Gold Medal Match: USA b. Italy 45-25 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/571/results/rank

I watched the game on the Czech TV...Robert Zaruba is a legend...he looks like a South American football broadcasters with his yells and cries... after Necas tied the game with just 9 seconds to go, I thought he could have an heart attack... p.s. and when the same Necas crushed himself into the boards I thought he could have seriously compromised his health...luckily he only got there with his arm and not with his head... p.p.s. I'm sorry pal...it was a great game for your Slovakia, but a silly half mistake by Ciljak (who was almost pefect till there) let the Czechs save their a**es...even if it was against my prediction, at one point I started to hope that you could take the victory home, it would have been deserved because of the good organization and pride shown by your team... I hope that tonight you can have a better outcome against the Swiss...

Belarus is fuc*in'up my prediction contest... meanwhile I got a perfect score with Latvia and almost with Finland (I had +6 for them, instead of the actual +7)... and at least I got the right winner with SUI (even if I thought they could put some more difference between them and AUT)...

Today's Results Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Finals 57kg Gold: Giorgi Edisherashvili (AZE) Silver: Zavur Uguev (RUS) Bronze: Stevan Andria Micic (SRB) & Uladzislau Andreyeu (BLR) 65kg Gold: Haji Aliyev (AZE) Silver: Ilias Bekbulatov (RUS) Bronze: Selahattin Kilicsellayan (TUR) & Vladimer Kinchegashvili (GEO) 70kg Gold: Magomed Kurbanaliev (RUS) Silver: Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (POL) Bronze: Murtazali Raxmatullayevic Muslimov (AZE) & Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO) 79kg Gold: Akhmed Shiabdinovitch Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) Silver: Martin Obst (GER) Bronze: Mihaly Nagy (HUN) & Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE) 97kg Gold: Vladislav Baitsaev (RUS) Silver: Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR) Bronze: Nurmagomed Gadzhiyev (AZE) & Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) Semifinals 61kg GEO b. AZE RUS b. TUR 74kg FRA b. BLR TUR b. ITA 86kg AZE b. GEO RUS b. TUR 92kg AZE b. TUR RUS b. GEO 125kg GEO b. POL TUR b. RUS

meanwhile, good news for Kudiiamagomedov...Naifonov won hi ssemifinal bout, so he has a chance to go for Bronze tomorrow in the repechage rounds... p.s Sadulaev...what a monster he is!

an idiot, to say the least... you just can't lose a bout like that...

Men's Foil from St.Petersburg: Live Streaming (semifinals starting @ 16.30 CET) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpjHBOSMKlo&index=4&list=TLGGd12LhP80aCEwMzA1MjAxOA Women's Epee from Dubai: Live Streaming (Final running now...actually, it's almost over) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErL8LLBZMhg

Men's Individual Foil (St.Petersburg, RUS) Final Results: Gold: Maxime Pauty (FRA) Silver: Alessio Foconi (ITA) Bronze: Lee Kwang Hyun (KOR) / Alexey Cheremisinov (RUS) Semifinals: Pauty b. Lee 15-9 Foconi b. Cheremisinov 15-9 Gold Medal Match: Pauty b. Foconi 15-7 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/147/results/rank

Women's Individual Epee (Dubai, UAE) Final Results: Gold: Sun Yiwen (CHN) Silver: Laurence Epee (FRA) Bronze: Choi In Jeong (KOR) & Violetta Kolobova (RUS) Semifinals: Sun b. Choi 15-11 Epee b. Kolobova 15-11 Gold Medal Match: Sun b. Epee 15-9 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/451/results/rank

my mistake...I was confusing him with someone else... he's actually a Turkish born guy...

I have to check that out...I was almost sure he's one of those they took from Caucasus... I'll do some research on that...

yeah, maybe I was a bit harsh on Conyedo after watching his bout against Baitsaev... moreover, as I wrote, yesterday he was heavily strapped on one knee and looked like he was limping even before the start of the bout... meanwhile this morning he looked like another man against Odikadze... we'll see in the next future if he's more like yesterday's of today's (obviously I hope he's better than what I saw yesterday)... Chamizo is a continuous surprise...I didn't expect him to beat Tsabolov that way... by the way, Tsabolov is the only Russian that hasn't got at least to the semifinals...today we have 5 of them in the 5 gold medal matches...and 4 out of 5 in the semis of tomorrow's weights...

great job by Frank Chamizo, who literally destroyed both the Georgian guy and the Russian Tsabolov in the quarterfinals of the -74kg class, showing that he's perfectly fit also for this weight, the 3rd different one since 2015 (and not counting the -55kg in 2010, when he was still a kid wrestling for his native Cuba)... now it's time to face the reigning European Champion in this class, Soner Demirtas from Turkey (actually, a Russian born guy), in the semis... on the other hand, unlucky outcome for Shamiil Kudiiamagomedov, the other brand new face of the Italian team...after defeating quite easily Makoev (formerly RUS, now SVK), he wrestled very well against the "true" Russian Naifonov, but in the end he lost by just 1 single point (7-6, a very interesting bout)... I hope that Naifonov can at least make the final, so to give Shamil the chance to try and get a Bronze in this first experience with our team...

Today's Afternoon program (semis from 4.15 p.m. CET, finals from 5 p.m. CET) Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Finals 57kg Gold: RUS vs AZE Bronze: SRB vs ESP & ARM vs BLR 65kg Gold: AZE vs RUS Bronze: TUR vs SLO & GEO vs POL 70kg Gold: RUS vs POL Bronze: UKR vs GEO & BLR vs AZE 79kg Gold: GER vs RUS Bronze: MDA vs HUN & TUR vs AZE 97kg Gold: BLR vs RUS Bronze: MKD vs AZE & GEO vs UKR Semifinals 61kg AZE vs GEO RUS vs TUR 74kg FRA vs BLR ITA vs TUR 86kg AZE vs GEO TUR vs RUS 92kg AZE vs TUR GEO vs RUS 125kg POL vs GEO TUR vs RUS

naaa... AK Bars only have veterans who don't want to play for the NT anymore, young guys not ready for this stage yet and, above, their key players are not Russian (Azevedo from USA and Klinkhammer, who's Canadian if I remember correctly )... there were not players from Kazan also at the Olympics...and here they also have a few NHLers (6 atm), so it's quite obvious that there's no place for AK Bars people in this team... p.s. by the way, great start for me in the prediction contest...4 correct results out of 4 games...I only missed a few goals from Russia and Sweden (I always hope not to see too many blowouts)...

it looks I overestimated France once again...but at least I got the North-American derby winners (and score) right... so, not a bad start for me, after all...

Today's Results Women's Wrestling, Finals 53kg Gold: Stalvira Orshush (RUS) Silver: Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (BLR) Bronze: Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) & Katarzyna Krawczyk (POL) 57kg Gold: Bilyana Zhivkova Dudova (BUL) Silver: Irina Ologonova (RUS) Bronze: Emese Barka (HUN) & Alyona Kolesnik (AZE) 62kg Gold: Taybe Mustafa Huseyn (BUL) Silver: Inna Trazhukova (RUS) Bronze: Ilona Prokopevniok (UKR) & Veranika Ivanova (BLR) 65kg Gold: Petra Maarit Olli (FIN) Silver: Elis Manolova (AZE) Bronze: Krystsina Fedarashka (BLR) & Henna Katarina Johansson (SWE) 72kg Gold: Anna Jenny Eva Maria Fransson (SWE) Silver: Anastasiya Zimiankova (BLR) Bronze: Cynthia Vanessa Vescan (FRA) & Alexandra Nicoleta Anghel (ROU) Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Semifinals 57kg RUS b. ESP AZE b. BLR 65kg AZE b. SLO RUS b. POL 70kg RUS b. GEO POL b. AZE 79kg GER b. HUN RUS b. AZE 97kg BLR b. AZE RUS b. UKR

yeah, I already read about that yeasterday... and I can only confirm my previous thought...I don't know who's right, who's wrong, who's 50-50... I only know that nobody is trustable anymore in the world of sport when it comes to doping matters and/or money questions... and this is very, very sad...

Conyedo is not as good as we thought...so, in this case I don't see the point in using guys like him instead of a young "native" wrestler like Iannattoni (who won the bronze medal in the junior Europeans last year in the same weight class...at least he would have made a useful experience towards the future competitions)... our Cuban-born wrestler was literally destroyed by Baitsaev in less than 3 minutes... OK, it looks that he was injured at one knee (he was even limping from the start of the bout), but it was clear that the Russian was just in another class...quicker, stronger and with better technique... hopefully, Kudiiamagomedov should be a lot more competitive...

Today's Afternoon program (semis from 4.15 p.m. CET, finals from 5 p.m. CET) Women's Wrestling, Finals 53kg Gold: RUS vs BLR Bronze: GRE vs TUR & POL vs HUN 57kg Gold: BUL vs RUS Bronze: HUN vs GER & AZE vs BLR 62kg Gold: RUS vs BUL Bronze: GER vs UKR & BLR vs POL 65kg Gold: FIN vs AZE Bronze: BUL vs BLR & SWE vs HUN 72kg Gold: SWE vs BLR Bronze: TUR vs FRA & RUS vs ROU Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Semifinals 57kg ESP vs RUS BLR vs AZE 65kg SLO vs AZE RUS vs POL 70kg RUS vs GEO AZE vs POL 79kg HUN vs GER AZE vs RUS 97kg AZE vs BLR RUS vs UKR

If it's true, it's a very sad story... if it's not, that's even worse... whatever is the truth, it's not a good day for athletics...

Last February's warnings apparently haven't been taken seriously enough by AIBA, so IOC President, Thomas Bach, yesterday came back on this question... https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/ioc-says-boxing-still-risks-being-removed-from-2020-olympics/2018/05/03/6ec899aa-4f00-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.620b15a3bc7a however, I'd like to see some facts, not just words...KICK THIS FARCE OUT OF THE GAMES!!!

Today's Results Finals 50kg Gold: Mariya Stadnik (AZE) Silver: Emilia Alina Vuc (ROU) Bronze: Evin Demirhan (TUR) & Milana Dadasheva (RUS) 55kg Gold: Iryna Kurachkina (BLR) Silver: Roksana Marta Zasina (POL) Bronze: Mariia Gurova (RUS) & Bediha Gun (TUR) 59kg Gold: Elif Jale Yesilirmak (TUR) Silver: Mimi Nikolova Hristova (BUL) Bronze: Tetiana Omelchenko (AZE) & Svetlana Lipatova (RUS) 68kg Gold: Anastasia Bratchikova (RUS) Silver: Koumba Selene Fanta Larroque (FRA) Bronze: Buse Tosun (TUR) & Martina Kuenz (AUT) 76kg Gold: Yasemin Adar (TUR) Silver: Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) Bronze: Sabira Aliyeva (AZE) & Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) Semifinals 53kg BLR b. GRE RUS b. POL 57kg BUL b. HUN RUS b. AZE 62kg RUS b. GER BUL b. BLR 65kg FIN b. BUL AZE b. SWE 72kg SWE b. TUR BLR b. RUS

Women's Wrestling, Today's Afternoon program (semis from 4.15 p.m. CET, finals from 5 p.m. CET) Finals 50kg Gold: ROU vs AZE Bronze: ESP vs TUR & RUS vs BLR 55kg Gold: POL vs BLR Bronze: RUS vs BUL & UKR vs TUR 59kg Gold: TUR vs BUL Bronze: AZE vs BLR & SWE vs RUS 68kg Gold: FRA vs RUS Bronze: POL vs TUR & LTU vs AUT 76kg Gold: TUR vs RUS Bronze: UKR vs AZE & EST vs BLR Semifinals 53kg GRE vs BLR RUS vs POL 57kg HUN vs BUL RUS vs AZE 62kg RUS vs GER BUL vs BLR 65kg BUL vs FIN AZE vs SWE 72kg SWE vs TUR RUS vs BLR