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yes, it's this year's Copa America that has a place in Tokyo 2020 up for grab (and a second place heading towards a playoff against a CAF team)... as you can read on the official website of the CONMEBOL: "También hay en disputa 1 cupo para el Torneo Olímpico de Fútbol Femenino Tokio 2020 y la selección que ocupe la segunda posición disputará un repechaje contra un equipo de la CAF." full article: http://www.conmebol.com/es/chile-recibe-la-copa-america-femenina-2018

It's always the same address... it's a 24h/day running streaming...

I think that 10 and 20 have been chosen because they are "round" digits, it shouldn't have anything to do with politics (at least for that)... choosing "strange" intervals, like every 11 or 14 or 19 positive tests, for instance, it would have been a lot more suspect in terms of hitting someone in particular, in my opinion... but who knows? maybe they really made a simulation before deciding those parameters...we will never know "the real truth", I guess...

according to my calculation, these should be the boys and girls qualified for the 2018 YOG after Today's events (more names will be determined after the end of the entire World championship)... Women's Sabre: Alina Klyuchnikova (RUS), Europe #1 Liza Pusztai (HUN), Europe #2 Alexis Anglade (USA), Pan-America #1 Natalia Botello (MEX), Pan-America #2 Yoana Ilieva (BUL), Europe #3 Benedetta Taricco (ITA), Europe #4 Ma Ho Chee (HKG), Asia & Oceania #1 Lin Kesi (CHN), Asia & Oceania #2 Lin Ju Eun (KOR), Asia & Oceania #3 Chaima Benadouda (ALG), Africa Men's Sabre: Robert Vidovszky (USA), Pan-America #1 Krisztian Rabb (HUN), Europe #1 Alonso Santamaria (ESP), Europe #2 Andrei Pastin (ROU), Europe #3 Samuel Jarry (FRA), Europe #4 Hyun Jun (KOR), Asia & Oceania #1 Hudson Santana (PUR), Pan-America #2 Zhou Xuyi (CHN), Asia & Oceania #2 Hibiki Kato (JPN), Asia & Oceania #3 Mazen El Araby (EGY), Africa

and according to my calculation, these should be the boys and girls qualified for the 2018 YOG after Today's events (more names will be determined after the end of the entire World championship)... Women's Sabre: Alina Klyuchnikova (RUS), Europe #1 Liza Pusztai (HUN), Europe #2 Alexis Anglade (USA), Pan-America #1 Natalia Botello (MEX), Pan-America #2 Yoana Ilieva (BUL), Europe #3 Benedetta Taricco (ITA), Europe #4 Ma Ho Chee (HKG), Asia & Oceania #1 Lin Kesi (CHN), Asia & Oceania #2 Lin Ju Eun (KOR), Asia & Oceania #3 Chaima Benadouda (ALG), Africa Men's Sabre: Robert Vidovszky (USA), Pan-America #1 Krisztian Rabb (HUN), Europe #1 Alonso Santamaria (ESP), Europe #2 Andrei Pastin (ROU), Europe #3 Samuel Jarry (FRA), Europe #4 Hyun Jun (KOR), Asia & Oceania #1 Hudson Santana (PUR), Pan-America #2 Zhou Xuyi (CHN), Asia & Oceania #2 Hibiki Kato (JPN), Asia & Oceania #3 Mazen El Araby (EGY), Africa

World Cadet Championships - Men's Individual Sabre Final Results: Gold: Andrei Pastin (ROU) Silver: Robert Vidovszky (USA) Bronze: Krisztian Rabb (HUN) & Alonso Santamaria (ESP) Semifinals: Vidovszky b. Rabb 15-11 Pastin b. Santamaria 15-11 Gold Medal Match: Pastin b. Vidovszky 15-10 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/240/results/rank

World Cadet Championships - Women's Individual Sabre Final Results: Gold: Liza Pusztai (HUN) Silver: Natalia Botello (MEX) Bronze: Alina Klyuchnikova (RUS) & Alexis Anglade (USA) Semifinals: Pusztai b. Klyuchnikova 15-9 Botello b. Anglade 15-8 Gold Medal Match: Pusztai b. Botello 15-11 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/239/results/rank

there are only 7 weight classes per gender too much...

Russian day in Verona...2 Sabre events and 2 Gold medals for them... for Italy, despite a not so good overall team performance, still a couple of (very lucky, especially Lucarini's) medals, which is always a very respectable result... Tomorrow, it's always Individual Sabre time, but for the Cadets (therefore, it's also the main YOG qualification event)...

World Junior Championships - Men's Individual Sabre Final Results: Gold: Konstantin Lokhanov (RUS) Silver: Sebastien Patrice (FRA) Bronze: Matteo Neri (ITA) & Raoul Bonah (GER) Semifinals: Lokhanov b. Bonah 15-1 Patrice b. Neri 15-14 Gold Medal Match: Lokhanov b. Patrice 15-13 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/228/results/rank

World Junior Championships - Women's Individual Sabre Final Results: Gold: Olga Nikitina (RUS) Silver: Natalia Botello (MEX) Bronze: Lucia Lucarini (ITA) & Liza Pusztai (HUN) Semifinals: Nikitina b. Lucarini 15-7 Botello b. Pusztai 15-13 Gold Medal Match: Nikitina b. Botello 15-12 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/227/results/rank

as I wrote in yesterday's post gone missing, it's not another Gold medal...but still, it's the 3rd podium finish in 3 days for Davide Di Veroli, the new sensation of the always very prolific Italian Fencing... and he's not even 17... by the way, with the team events completed, all the Epee competitions are over....with Italy taking 2 out of the possible 6 Gold medals and France, Hungary, Russia and Hong Kong (only not European Country) winning 1 Gold medal each... Today, the Sabre events have started with the Junior Women and Men's Individual competitions...

World Junior Championships - Men's Team Epee Final Results: Gold: Hungary Silver: France Bronze: Italy Semifinals: France b. Italy 45-41 Hungary b. Israel 45-34 Bronze Medal Match: Italy b. Israel 45-30 Gold Medal Match: Hungary b. France 45-42 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Yesterday's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/230/results/rank

World Junior Championships - Women's Team Epee Final Results: Gold: Italy Silver: Romania Bronze: Russia Semifinals: Italy b. Russia 45-25 Romania b. Ukraine 31-30 Bronze Medal Match: Russia b. Ukraine 45-27 Gold Medal Match: Italy b. Romania 45-31 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Yesterday's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/229/results/rank

where have yesterday's posts gone?

the Fencing Cadet World Championships (running this week in Verona, ITA) are the main qualification event for the 2018 YOG... and, according to the qualifying criteria (you can find the link in the dedicated thread), these should be the qualified fencers in today's 2 events: women's epee: Hsieh Kaylin Sin Yan (HKG), Asia & Oceania #1 Emily Vermeule (USA), Pan-American #1 Lim Tae Hee (KOR), Asia & Oceania #2 Tamila Muridova (KAZ), Asia & Oceania #3 Axelle Wasiak (BEL), Europe #1 Iana Bekmurzova (RUS), Europe #2 Kinga Dekany (HUN), Europe #3 Sara Maria Kowalczyk (ITA), Europe #4 Ariane Leonard (CAN), Pan-American #2 Yousra Zboudj (ALG), Africa men's epee: Davide Di Veroli (ITA), Europe #1 Asami Seiya (JPN), Asia & Oceania #1 Artur Tolasov (RUS), Europe #2 Alexander Biro (AUT), Europe #3 Isaac Herbst (USA), Pan-American #1 Khasan Boudunov (KGZ), Asia & Oceania #2 Paul Veltrup (GER), Europe #4 Li Zhiwei (CHN), Asia & Oceania #3 Mohamed El Sayed (EGY), Africa Seraphim Hsieh Jarov (CAN), Pan-American #2 a few more athletes will be determined once all 6 competitions are over (and others will follow after the tripartite commission decisions)...

Davide Di Veroli eponymous of the male Youth Epee season... Individually, he's twice (Cadet & Junior) European Champion + Silver among the Juniors and Cadet World Champion in just 3 weeks time...what a year for him... and we still have the YOG next Autumn... yes, because the Cadet Worlds are also the qualification event for the 2018 YOG... and, according to the qualifying criteria, these should be the qualified fencers in today's 2 events: women's epee: Hsieh Kaylin Sin Yan (HKG), Asia & Oceania #1 Emily Vermeule (USA), Pan-American #1 Lim Tae Hee (KOR), Asia & Oceania #2 Tamila Muridova (KAZ), Asia & Oceania #3 Axelle Wasiak (BEL), Europe #1 Iana Bekmurzova (RUS), Europe #2 Kinga Dekany (HUN), Europe #3 Sara Maria Kowalczyk (ITA), Europe #4 Ariane Leonard (CAN), Pan-American #2 Yousra Zboudj (ALG), Africa men's epee: Davide Di Veroli (ITA), Europe #1 Asami Seiya (JPN), Asia & Oceania #1 Artur Tolasov (RUS), Europe #2 Alexander Biro (AUT), Europe #3 Isaac Herbst (USA), Pan-American #1 Khasan Boudunov (KGZ), Asia & Oceania #2 Paul Veltrup (GER), Europe #4 Li Zhiwei (CHN), Asia & Oceania #3 Mohamed El Sayed (EGY), Africa Seraphim Hsieh Jarov (CAN), Pan-American #2 a few more athletes will be determined once all 6 competitions are over...

World Cadet Championships - Women's Individual Epee Final Results: Gold: Davide Di Veroli (ITA) Silver: Filippo Armaleo (ITA) Bronze: Simone Greco (ITA) & Asami Seiya (JPN) Semifinals: Armaleo b. Greco 13-6 Di Veroli b. Asami 15-7 Gold Medal Match: Di Veroli b. Armaleo 13-9 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/236/results/rank

World Cadet Championships - Women's Individual Epee Final Results: Gold: Hsieh Kaylin Sin Yan (HKG) Silver: Emily Vermeule (USA) Bronze: Lim Tae Hee (KOR) & Tamila Muridova (KAZ) Semifinals: Hsieh b. Muridova 15-10 Vermeule b. Lim 15-9 Gold Medal Match: Hsieh b. Vermeule 15-13 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/235/results/rank

just read yesterday's post with the qualification rules... African fencers have 2 granted places in each weapon (which will go to the 2 best placed athletes in the cadets individual events at this week's Worlds -tomorrow it's boys and girls epee's turn)...

Europei Under-22 di Boxe Finali uomini: +91 KG. Aziz Abbes MOUHIIDINE vince contro Marko MILUN (CRO) 4-1 Finali donne: -57 KG. Irama TESTA vince contro Cristina COSMA (ROU) 5-0 -64 KG. Rebecca NICOLI vince contro Sema CALISKAN (TUR) 4-1 -60 KG. Francesca MARTUSCIELLO perde contro Sara Amy BROADHURST (IRL) 0-5 Bilancio finale dell'Italia: 3 Ori, 1 Argento, 5 Bronzi

in the canditature file you can find a first draft schedule... but of course it's very different from what will be the final version, since all the new sports are not even included... however, if something is gonna be released, it will surely be posted on this page (the candidature files are also here): https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/plan/ p.s. I think that before the end of this year a newer draft version (a lot closer to the final one) will be released...

not a very good start for Italy... Di Veroli this time couldn't repeat himself after the double (Junior & Cadet) title won 3 weeks ago at the Europeans...he just came up short in the overtime against the French guy he beat in the previous event... but the really disappointing results came from the other guys and especially from the girls, who stopped their favourable streak after a few years of medals in this discipline...

World Junior Championships - Men's Individual Epee Final Results: Gold: Luidgi Midelton (FRA) Silver: Davide Di Veroli (ITA) Bronze: Lilian Nguefack (FRA) & Mate Tamas Koch (HUN) Semifinals: Midelton b. Nguefack 15-11 Di Veroli b. Koch 15-5 Gold Medal Match: Midelton b. Di Veroli 14-13 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/224/results/rank

World Junior Championships - Women's Individual Epee Final Results: Gold: Anastasia Soldatova (RUS) Silver: Julia Falinska (POL) Bronze: Emma Borsody (HUN) & Kinga Nagy (HUN) Semifinals: Falinska b. Borsody 15-14 Soldatova b. Nagy 15-13 Gold Medal Match: Soldatova b. Falinska 15-11 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/223/results/rank