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[hide] Preliminary Round May 4th - May 15th, 2018 16 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 4th 2018, h. 16:15 Russia 4 France May 4th 2018, h. 20:15 Sweden 3 Belarus May 5th 2018, h. 12:15 Switzerland 3 Austria May 5th 2018, h. 16:15 France 2 Belarus May 5th 2018, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 2 Slovakia May 6th 2018, h. 12:15 Austria 8 Russia May 6th 2018, h. 16:15 Sweden 1 Czech Republic May 6th 2018, h. 20:15 Slovakia 1 Switzerland May 7th 2018, h. 16:15 Belarus 3 Russia May 7th 2018, h. 20:15 Sweden 5 France May 8th 2018, h. 16:15 Austria 2 Slovakia May 8th 2018, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 2 Switzerland May 9th 2018, h. 16:15 Switzerland 2 Belarus May 9th 2018, h. 20:15 Sweden 8 Austria May 10th 2018, h. 16:15 Slovakia 2 France May 10th 2018, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 1 Russia May 11th 2018, h. 16:15 France 2 Austria May 11th 2018, h. 20:15 Belarus 3 Czech Republic May 12th 2018, h. 12:15 Slovakia 5 Sweden May 12th 2018, h. 16:15 Austria 1 Belarus May 12th 2018, h. 20:15 Russia 2 Switzerland May 13th 2018, h. 16:15 France 3 Czech Republic May 13th 2018, h. 20:15 Switzerland 3 Sweden May 14th 2018, h. 16:15 Russia 3 Slovakia May 14th 2018, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 6 Austria May 15th 2018, h. 12:15 Switzerland 3 France May 15th 2018, h. 16:15 Belarus 1 Slovakia May 15th 2018, h. 20:15 Russia 2 Sweden Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 4th 2018, h. 16:15 United States 1 Canada May 4th 2018, h. 20:15 Germany 1 Denmark May 5th 2018, h. 12:15 Norway 1 Latvia May 5th 2018, h. 16:15 Finland 6 South Korea May 5th 2018, h. 20:15 Denmark 3 United States May 6th 2018, h. 12:15 South Korea 9 Canada May 6th 2018, h. 16:15 Germany 2 Norway May 6th 2018, h. 20:15 Latvia 4 Finland May 7th 2018, h. 16:15 United States 1 Germany May 7th 2018, h. 20:15 Canada 6 Denmark May 8th 2018, h. 16:15 South Korea 4 Latvia May 8th 2018, h. 20:15 Finland 3 Norway May 9th 2018, h. 16:15 Germany 5 South Korea May 9th 2018, h. 20:15 Finland 2 Denmark May 10th 2018, h. 16:15 United States 3 Latvia May 10th 2018, h. 20:15 Norway 6 Canada May 11th 2018, h. 16:15 Denmark 1 Norway May 11th 2018, h. 20:15 United States 7 South Korea May 12th 2018, h. 12:15 Latvia 2 Germany May 12th 2018, h. 16:15 Denmark 4 South Korea May 12th 2018, h. 20:15 Canada 2 Finland May 13th 2018, h. 16:15 Norway 3 United States May 13th 2018, h. 20:15 Germany 4 Finland May 14th 2018, h. 16:15 South Korea 3 Norway May 14th 2018, h. 20:15 Canada 5 Latvia May 15th 2018, h. 12:15 Finland 1 United States May 15th 2018, h. 16:15 Canada 1 Germany May 15th 2018, h. 20:15 Latvia 1 Denmark [/hide]

Great and unexpected result by the young (20 years just yesterday) Jacopo Sandron...finally, some sign of life by an Italian born wrestler... I hope he's not a one-day wonder, but he can repeat himself more and more times in the future...

Today's Results Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Finals 60kg Gold: Sergey Emelin (RUS) Silver: Murad Mammadov (AZE) Bronze: Dato Chkhartishvili (GEO) & Jacopo Sandron (ITA) 67kg Gold: Artem Surkov (RUS) Silver: Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO) Bronze: Karen Aslanyan (ARM) & Enes Basar (TUR) 72kg Gold: Adam Kurak (RUS) Silver: Rasul Chunayev (AZE) Bronze: Iuri Lomadze (GEO) & Balint Korpasi (HUN) 82kg Gold: Maksym Manukyan (ARM) Silver: Viktar Sasunouski (BLR) Bronze: Daniel Tihomirov Aleksandrov (BUL) & Rafig Huseynov (AZE) 97kg Gold: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) Silver: Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) Bronze: Matti Elias Kuosmanen (FIN) & Balazs Kiss (HUN) Women's Wrestling Semifinals 50kg ROU b. TUR AZE b. BLR 55kg POL b. TUR BLR b. BUL 59kg TUR b. RUS BUL b. BLR 68kg FRA b. TUR RUS b. AUT 76kg TUR b. BLR RUS b. AZE

Today's Afternoon program (semis from 4.15 p.m. CET, finals from 5 p.m. CET) Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Finals 60kg Gold: RUS vs AZE Bronze: GEO vs GER & ITA vs BLR 67kg Gold: RUS vs GEO Bronze: POL vs ARM & DEN vs TUR 72kg Gold: RUS vs AZE Bronze: GEO vs MDA & POL vs HUN 82kg Gold: ARM vs BLR Bronze: HUN vs BUL & GER vs AZE 97kg Gold: ARM vs SRB Bronze: FIN vs GRE & HUN vs GER Women's Wrestling Semifinals 50kg ROU vs TUR AZE vs BLR 55kg TUR vs POL BUL vs BLR 59kg TUR vs RUS BLR vs BUL 68kg FRA vs TUR AUT vs RUS 76kg TUR vs BLR AZE vs RUS

Today's Results Finals 55kg Gold: Eldaniz Azizli (AZE) Silver: Helary Maegisalu (EST) Bronze: Nugzari Tsurtsumia (GEO) & Ekrem Ozturk (TUR) 63kg Gold: Mihai Rau Mihut (ROU) Silver: Stig-Andre Berge (NOR) Bronze: Dionor Islamov (MDA) & Zaur Kabaloev (RUS) 77kg Gold: Roman Vlasov (RUS) Silver: Viktor Nemes (SRB) Bronze: Elvin Mursaliyev (AZE) & Tamas Lorincz (HUN) 87kg Gold: Roberti Kobliashvili (GEO) Silver: Bekkhan Ozdoev (RUS) Bronze: Kristoffer Zakarias Berg (SWE) & Denys Maksymilian Kudla (GER) 130kg Gold: Riza Kayaalp (TUR) Silver: Vitalii Shchur (RUS) Bronze: Alin Alexuc Ciurariu (ROU) & Iakobi Kajaia (GEO) Semifinals 60kg AZE b. ITA RUS b. GEO 67kg RUS b. POL GEO b. DEN 72kg RUS b. POL AZE b. GEO 82kg ARM b. HUN BLR b. AZE 97kg ARM b. FIN SRB b. GER

e anche @Gianlu33 rigenerato dal bel risultato di Sandron agli Europei, torno un attimo sulla questione per riportare (fonte: sito OA) che sono state ufficialmente avviate le pratiche per la completa naturalizzazione di Conyedo e Kudiiamagomedov... e pare che non sia così improbabile che si riesca ad averli disponibili già per la seconda parte dell'anno prossimo, quando con i Mondiali del 2019 inizierà il processo di qualificazione a Tokyo 2020... sarebbe un bel colpo...

some interesting rosters, I see... a lot of big names (I didn't expect people like Kane nor McDavid, to be honest) and also some surprising choices... I'm particularly skeptical about the Czech team... and if I'm not wrong, I also see quite a different team from Pyeongchang by my Slovakian friends...

because it's a senseless farce...and I hope that after Tokyo (long life to Japan) would be dismissed as quickly as it was hired...

a robbery of the worst type, I'd say... in general, I've been watching a few matches earlier and these semifinals...and I've seen many bouts with controversial (just not to say shameful) refereeing... FILA changed their name to UWW, but their attitude and politics are always the same...

I just wrote too early, there's still one match to go...and I don't know why, but Turkish tv is not showing it...they have a still picture of the hall (probably this semifinals are not included in the international tv feed )... if this is their way to promote wrestling and give more attention also to earlier rounds...

streaming on wrestrus is not perfect...to say the least... luckily now I can watch the finals on the Turkish Tv in HD via satellite... p.s. if the official stream has troubles, try the Turkish TV one... http://www.trt.net.tr/anasayfa/canli.aspx?y=tv&k=trtspor

the semis have just been completed...the finals are starting right now...

Today's Afternoon program Finals 55kg Gold: EST vs AZE Bronze: GEO vs RUS & BUL vs TUR 63kg Gold: NOR vs ROU Bronze: CRO vs MDA & BUL vs RUS 77kg Gold: RUS vs SRB Bronze: GEO vs AZE & HUN vs SWE 87kg Gold: GEO vs RUS Bronze: SWE vs BLR & GER vs AZE 130kg Gold: TUR vs RUS Bronze: HUN vs ROU & BUL vs GEO Semifinals 60kg ITA vs AZE RUS vs GEO 67kg RUS vs POL GEO vs DEN 72kg POL vs RUS AZE vs GEO 82kg ARM vs HUN BLR vs AZE 97kg FIN vs ARM GER vs SRB

that's a huge, huge surprise! a wonderful surprise! p.s. Evloev out in round #1 against a Finninsh guy in the -97kg! that's another big, big upset...so, no re-match against Aleksanyan (not in the Gold medal final at least, since it's still possible that they face each other in the Bronze final, if they get there)...

if the UWW website has troubles with the streaming, this could help (they have a live view of the empty hall even right now, with the tournament pausing...and they go up until 1080p with the picture quality )... http://www.wrestrus.ru/news/Novosti_turnirov/chempionat_evropi_2018/on_line_videotransljacija_chempionata_evropi_po_bor_be_v_kaspijske_obnovleno

in Latin letters... semifinals (from 6 p.m. local time, it should be 5 p.m. CET, if I'm not wrong )... 55kg RUS vs AZE TUR vs EST 63kg RUS vs ROU NOR vs MDA 77kg RUS vs AZE SRB vs SWE 87kg RUS vs AZE GEO vs BLR 130kg RUS vs GEO TUR vs ROU

wow! what a game (and what a tournament) by the Finns... they were lethal in both the power play and, above all, the penalty killing, where they scored the game winner while being shorthanded... but Wahlstrom made such a mistake in the very last second of the game...it could even have some consequences through his entire career (I hope not, of course)... but really, how can you miss a goal from less than half a meter from the net and without the netminder? p.s. Niklas Nordgren is gonna be a great goal scorer...I guess he will jump up a lot of positions in the next NHL draft after this week... meanwhile today I've not been so impressed by Jack Hughes...I know it's just 1 match and he's not even 17 yet (his 17th birthday is coming in 2 weeks), but still I expected more from him in such an important game...

Sailing World Cup, Hyeres Sailing Week (Hyeres, FRA) Final Results Mixed Nacra 17 Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti (ITA), 47 Pts Ben Saxton/Nicola Boniface (GBR), 79 Pts Iker Martinez de Lizarduy/Olga Maslivets (ESP), 89 Pts Men's RS:X Pierre le Coq (FRA), 88 Pts Louis Giard (FRA), 92 Pts Thomas Goyard (FRA), 110 Pts Women's RS:X Zofia Noceti-Klepacka (POL), 61 Pts Pei Na Chen (CHN), 64 Pts Malgorzata Bialecka (POL), 75 Pts Men's 49er Dominik Bursak/Szymon Wierzbicki (POL), 49 Pts Logan Dunning Beck/Oscar Gunn (NZL), 60 Pts Josh Porebski/Trent Rippey (NZL), 62 Pts Women's 49er FX Alexandra Maloney/Molly Meech (NZL), 76 Pts Ida Marie Baad Nielsen/Marie Thugaard Olsen (DEN), 77 Pts Victoria Travascio/Maria Branz (ARG), 96 Pts Men's 470 Anton Dahlberg/Fredrik Bergstroem (SWE), 28 Pts Mathew Belcher/William Ryan (AUS), 49 Pts Paul Snow-Hansen/Daniel Wilcox (NZL), 62 Pts Women's 470 Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz (FRA), 62 Pts Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre (GBR), 67 Pts Ai Kondo Yoshida/Miho Yoshioka (JPN), 78 Pts Men's Laser Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA), 84 Pts Sam Meech (NZL), 101 Pts Tom Burton (AUS), 109 Pts Women's Laser Radial Marit Bouwmeester (NED), 53 Pts Monika Mikkola (FIN), 109 Pts Paige Railey (USA), 120 Pts Finn Jorge Zarif (BRA), 38 Pts Nicholas Heiner (NED), 46 Pts Alican Kaynar (TUR), 50 Pts

well, when it comes to team sports it's quite different, because there you have some club teams that try and get some players naturalized to make their team stronger and more competitive against the richer teams that can buy all the best native players (or to try to win games in the european competitions)... so, it explains the light of the Molinas, Echeniques getting the Italian passport (just to talk about waterpolo)... but you also have to consider that in many cases Italy is the heritage Country of those guys, the place where their ancestors come from...so it's quite normal if they want to get back to their origins... on the other hand, we laso had situations like the great Tibor Benedek's..he used to play in Italy, he got married here in Italy with an Italian woman, but continued to play for his native Hungary all of his life... p.s. in the volleyball case, don't get fooled by the names...the only actually naturalized player in our National team is Juantorena (and as you might know, Cuban are very used to escape from their Country and go play for a Western one...at least for now...maybe after the end of the Castro family dictatorship something will change, but it will take a lot of years, I guess)... people like Zytsev, Kovac, Travica and many others are sons of old foreign players who did play in the Italian championship many years ago, but they were born here or just came to Italy when they were 5 or 6 years young kids and then lived all of their life here (therefore they were formed by the Italian volleyball system and it's perfectly normal if they play for our team)...

Women's Team Foil ( Tauberbischofsheim, GER ) Final Results: Gold: Russia Silver: Italy Bronze: France Semifinals: Russia b. USA 45-37 Italy b. France 45-34 Bronze Medal Match: France b. USA 45-36 Gold Medal Match: Russia b. Italy 45-36 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/201/results/rank

it depends on how relevant is the discipline and how "famous" are those athletes... here in Italy Wrestling almost doesn't exists for the sports media...and doesn't exists at all for the "common" people...so, basically nobody knows anything about the sport, the athletes and doesn't care where they come from... in general, naturalized athletes are welcome in all the sports (mainly because most sports are almost forgotten except for those 15 days once every 4 years) but football (you know, football is always something special and different here in Italy...it's not just a sport), especially if they win and show a true feeling for their new Country (in this sense, Fiona May was one of the most beloved athletes in the last 25 years, since she was truly committed with Italy -she still lives here and doesn't have any intention to eave- she's nice and gentle, well educated...I mean, someone to be proud of in any form)... more in general, it's not that we go around the world asking people from other Countries to represent Italy (I don't remember a single time it happened)... the fact is that many foreign athletes come to Italy to train and live throughout their career...and sometimes it happens that they find a husband/wife and establish here to live their everyday life... and in some cases thay also ask Italy if they can compete for us because our team is better organized and our life standard (even in sports career) is better than what they had in their previous Nation... but this doesn't always happen...there are quite a few world class athletes who train in Italy or have Italian husbands/wives/boyfriends/girfriends and still represent their Native Land... just to name one, Kim Polling, who won the European title in Judo a couple of days ago, lives in Turin and her boyfriend (almost husband) is Italian, but she still starts for the Netherlands (and always will do it, especially now that she has fixed her relationship with the Dutch federation)...

però non è così matematico... la cittadinanza Italiana la potrebbero ottenere anche solo per meriti sportivi (tipo Stefanie Horn nella canoa) in caso di buoni risultati con la maglia azzurra a queste competizioni nelle quali sono autorizzati a gareggiare, a seconda anche da quanto tempo (e quanto stabilmente) sono residenti in Italia (in questo caso, credo che Conyedo abbia molte più chance del Ceceno)... di certo, le "normali" vie per la cittadinanza non si possono applicare ai 2 in breve tempo...ergo, conterà molto la volontà e la capacità di fare lobby di CONI e FIJLKAM, oltre alla disponibilità eventuale di Mattarella (tutt'altro che scontata)... boh? vedremo...di sicuro, io sarei felicissimo se avessimo un paio di potenziali lottatori olimpionici in più (anche se preferirei fossero dei "nativi" Italiani)...

last day in Changwon...and it was a great battle between the 2 superstars of the men's skeet, Vincent Hancock vs Gabriele Rossetti... this time the American won the contest, equalling also the finals world record with 59 hits out of 60 targets. Rossetti was second with "only" 55 hits, meanwhile the bronze medal went to Juan Josè Aramburu of Spain. with this result, China won the medal table with 4 gold medals ahead of Russia with 3 and the USA with 2. Italy (not a good week for us, looking at the overall performance), Australia, South Korea, Belarus and Finland followed the top 3 Nations with just 1 Gold medal each. the full ranking of this Korean WC stage is available here: http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=3032

I know the Italian team (it's been already posted in the Italian National Thread)... however, as I said, I fixed the problem (at least with Chrome, so I can surf that website)...

quindi i 2 "nuovi acquisti" sono già da ora utilizzabili anche nelle manifestazioni internazionali...bene, molto bene (anche se ho ancora seri dubbi che siano eleggibili per la qualificazione Olimpica...speriamo venga chiarita al più presto anche questa situazione)... p.s. Abbrescia è uno specialista della Greco-Romana...