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if the WADA boss was Italian, Sinner would have been banned for 4 years...I'm pretty sure our politicians always sell us everyday for their personal interest...

no, that was just a true farce comparable to Paquillo Fernandez's or all the other improbable (to say the least) excuses I've read here and there through the years I had to take care of my mom who had breast cancer first and then the fatal leukemia and I can tell you that it's absolutely impossible that she ended up with her mom's cancer medicines in her soup (or whatever it was)...there's no way you handle those things with such level of superficiality

non so se sono decisioni tecniche o politiche (o legate ad altri motivi, magari di relazioni personali con gli atleti), ma di sicuro allontanare Cerioni dalla squadra di fioretto femminile rischia di essere un suicidio, mentre i cambiamenti nella sciabola arrivano con almeno 3 anni di ritardo...specie al femminile, dovevano farli già dopo Tokyo p.s. e non basta un nuovo CT, bisogna assumere come maestri a tempo pieno i migliori stranieri su piazza, perchè nella sciabola siamo proprio indietro individualmente a livello tecnico e atletico, prima ancora che a livello tattico e di amalgama di squadra

I don't have enough infos about her case, so I just can't say anything I can only hope that they ruled it correctly

please, stop making comparison between Sharapova and (above all) Halep's cases and this Sinner's farce this is just a political fight between WADA and ITIA and many other sports and political institutions even WADA had to officially admit in a written statement that it's NOT about doping, but just an assumption of responsibility for other people in Sinner's staff and it's so absurd that in fact they already changed the rules and a fact like this is no longer subject to any sanction and this is a fact, independently of what people might think about the whole actual story behind all the things we know (I'm the first one to think that Sinner is not so "innocent", because I know very well the Clostebol history and usage) but Sharapova and Halep were caught intentionally and consciously using banned substances. Point. they are true cheaters that deserve any single day of their ban (actually, Halep used a medicine reserved only for people diagnosed with a fatal illness, available only in the oncological department of an hospital because of the enormous counter-indications it has for the people who have no other option but using it to save their life)

yeah, the German TV made a different choice this year, limiting their broadcast to the National territory (it was written on screen when I first tried to watch without the VPN) frankly, it shouldn't happen anymore, especially after the European Court Ruling about the streaming rights, which should be unique to the entire EU but it seems that most tv networks don't care about it and still put their pictures behind all sort of walls

by me, it's all OK with a German VPN

yes, of course (sorry for the late answer)

the "serious" stint of the meet has just started

https://www.leichtathletik.de/wettkaempfe/termine/top-events/istaf-indoor-2025-berlin/berlin-2025-live#:~:text=Live-Ergebnisse %26 Livestream,startet um 17%3A50 Uhr. live streaming + schedule + results links

women's Long Jump: Larissa Iapichino, 6m86cm in her season's debut in Padua it's her best opener ever and the 3rd best measure of the year so far (WL is held by Mihambo with 7m07cm)

Alessia Succo 8.07 over the girls' 60m Hurdles, which is a new U-18 World record (previously held by Cyrena Samba-Mayela with 8.10)

women's youth sprinting on fire! earlier Today, Lisa Raye (born January 2008) improved the U-18 World Record over the 60m dash, clocking an unbelievable 7.13 in the same race, Melanie Doggett (class of 2011 ) ran the distance in 7.17 secs, also below the old WR mark (Shawnty Jackson, 7.18) meanwhile in Italy, Kelly Ann Doualla (15 years young) improved herself up to 7.19 (European U-18 and U-20 record, just 1/100 shy of the old U-18 WR mark)

what? you can normally ski on tougher courses in the Europa/Nor-Am Cup it's the 3rd time in a row that a major DH (and Super-G) medal course is absolutely unworthy (2022 OG, 2023 and Today's WCh) luckily, in Beijing it was Suter ahead of Goggia saving the dignity of the final standing, but the last 2 world champs, man! gold to people with 0 world cup wins (and a loughable number of podiums)...it might be the beauty of the sport, but it's also something that shouldn't happen this often the Italians are simply not good enough at this kind of game, they're used to train and race on different kind of tracks (and snow) and it was clear since the first training run that they didn't stand a chance on this course (I don't know how Brignone could end up with silver in Super-G, especially that kind of "Super-G for beginners")

in Cortina she wouldn't stand a chance in any case she can focus on the snowboard PGS without regret

thanks, very interesting

yes, it is, but FIS doesn't want to go that deep

men's DH, 1st Training Run 1. COCHRAN-SIEGLE Ryan, 1:41.18 2. KRIECHMAYR Vincent, 1:41.83 3. BABINSKY Stefan, 1:42.13 4. ROGENTIN Stefan, 1:42.19 5. ODERMATT Marco, 1:42.23 6. INNERHOFER Christof, 1:42.28 7. MONNEY Alexis, 1:42.34 8. ALEXANDER Cameron, 1:42.45 9. ALPHAND Nils, 1:42.50 10. CASSE Mattia, 1:42.55 11. VON ALLMEN Franjo, 1:42.57 12. HROBAT Miha, 1:42.94 --- 28. CRAWFORD James, 1:43.72 --- 40. PARIS Dominik, 1:44.58

with Today's run, Nicol Delago should have earned herself a place in Saturday's DH, as she clearly beat Curtoni and Bassino in the direct matchup Goggia, Brignone and Pirovano were already selected

women's DH, 2nd Training Run 1. PUCHNER Mirjam, 1:42.30 2. JOHNSON Breezy, 1:43.03 3. DELAGO Nicol, 1:43.18 4. GUT-BEHRAMI Lara, 1:43.33 5. SUTER Corinne, 1:43.50 6. VENIER Stephanie, 1:43.56 7. LIE Kajsa Vickhoff, 1:43.61 8. AICHER Emma, 1:43.65 9. MING-NUFER Priska, 1:43.66 10. STUHEC Ilka, 1:43.67 11. GOGGIA Sofia, 1:43.73 --- 13. HUETTER Cornelia, 1:43.93 14. LEDECKA Ester, 1:43.94 --- 24. BRIGNONE Federica, 1:44.84 --- 29. VONN Lindsey, 1:45.43

once again, a track not suited for a world championship title...

women's DH, 1st Training 1. GUT-BEHRAMI Lara, 1:43.92 2. JOHNSON Breezy, 1:43.97 3. BRIGNONE Federica, 1:44.55 4. AICHER Emma, 1:44.69 5. GOGGIA Sofia, 1:44.71 6. PUCHNER Mirjam, 1:44.78 7. DELAGO Nicol, 1:44.99 8. MING-NUFER Priska, 1:45.54 9. STUHEC Ilka, 1:45.61 10. GAUCHE Laura, 1:45.65 --- 12. HUETTER Cornelia, 1:45.70 13. VENIER Stephanie, 1:45.78 --- 16. SUTER Corinne, 1:45.87 --- 18. LEDECKA Ester, 1:46.11 --- 20. VONN Lindsey, 1:46.16

yes, the Tokyo and Paris grand slam tournaments, which are held on 2 days only, always have this problem... both BMM are held simultaneously on 2 different mats and only one (the GMM's) is covered by the TV broadcast it's a shame that the 2 most important tournaments of the year (global championships aside) have this unfriendly setup

it's all live (and free) on FIS TV here: https://watch.fis-ski.com/section/UPCOMING SCHEDULE

I think it's all about politics and the new Federation's executive board