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no way, both in terms of people's recognition and also of results (in Baseball, are an established "big team", world champions in the last tournament without the MLB/NPB Pros, twice in the top 4 of the WBC, with almost all the best MLB/NPB Pros) even the infrastructures...Baseball's are way more present and developed in the Country

windsurfing is OK, it's Kite that has nothing to do with sailing (and it's also a poor double of windsurfing in terms of format and action)

Regular Season Day 2, Part 2 Sunday 03.09.2023 - Schedule* 15:00 Oceláři Třinec (CZE)- Red Bull Munich (GER) 16:30 Adler Mannheim (GER) - Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) 17:00 Aalborg Pirates (DEN) - Lukko Rauma (FIN) 17:30 Vìtkovice Ridera (CZE)- Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (SUI) 18:00 Skellefteå AIK (SWE) - Dynamo Pardubice (CZE) *All times CET Watch live Check here for details of live TV broadcasts: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/fans/where-to-watch All games are also live on the CHL website for free, subject to geo-blocking restrictions in certain countries due to TV rights.

Regular Season Day 2, Part 1 Saturday 02.09.2023 - Provisional Standings https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/standings#select_standings=0&tab_standings=regular-season

Regular Season Day 2, Part 1 Saturday 02.09.2023 - Results 15:00 Stavanger Oilers (NOR)- Växjö Lakers (SWE) 6-7 SO (1-1, 1-1, 4-4, 0-0, 0-1) 16:00 Tappara Tampere (FIN) - Belfast Giants (GBR) 6-0 (1-0, 3-0, 2-0) 17:30 ERC Ingolstadt (GER) - Färjestad BK Karlstad (SWE) 3-2 (2-1, 1-0, 0-1) 18:00 HC Košice (SVK)- Genève-Servette HC (SUI) 2-3 (0-0, 2-2, 0-1) 18:30 EHC Biel-Bienne (SUI) - HC Innsbruck (AUT) 6-1 (3-0, 2-1, 1-0) 19:45 HC Bolzano/Bozen (ITA/AUT) - Ilves Tampere (FIN) 1-7 (1-3, 0-4, 0-0) 20:00 Rouen Dragons (FRA) - Pelicans Lahti (FIN) 3-8 (2-6, 0-1, 1-1)

in Europe, would surely choose Baseball because it's...I don't say popular, but at least it's well known, as it's regularly shown on TV (and they are somehow competitive on the field) and are the only 2 Countries that would choose without any doubt Cricket all the others, most likely would get rid of both, as they're unknown and with no people playing, resulting in any case a senseless investment, wasted money

surely you know the area better than me...and if you say that the LA Metro Area has all those troubles, then I'm rather for the Lake Tahoe (or any other suitable place) option surely, I'm against the 1500m races in 2028

I know, but then you have to find plans B, C, D and so on to keep up with all the principles, also the sports ones (and not only the economical and environmental agenda) I still think that everything can be done without coming to those white elefants, it's just a question of etics and honesty by all the people involved, organizers, administrators, politicians all around

Regular Season Day 2, Part 1 Saturday 02.09.2023 - Schedule* 15:00 Stavanger Oilers (NOR)- Växjö Lakers (SWE) 16:00 Tappara Tampere (FIN) - Belfast Giants (GBR) 17:30 ERC Ingolstadt (GER) - Färjestad BK Karlstad (SWE) 18:00 HC Košice (SVK)- Genève-Servette HC (SUI) 18:30 EHC Biel-Bienne (SUI) - HC Innsbruck (AUT) 19:45 HC Bolzano/Bozen (ITA/AUT) - Ilves Tampere (FIN) 20:00 Rouen Dragons (FRA) - Pelicans Lahti (FIN) *All times CET Watch live Check here for details of live TV broadcasts: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/fans/where-to-watch All games are also live on the CHL website for free, subject to geo-blocking restrictions in certain countries due to TV rights.

Regular Season Day 1, Part 2 Friday 01.09.2023 - Provisional Standings 1 Växjö Lakers 3 Pts (5-1, +4) 2 Skellefteå AIK 3 Pts (4-0, +4) 3 HC Innsbruck 3 Pts (5-2, +3) 4 ERC Ingolstadt 3 Pts (5-3, +2) 5 Färjestad Karlstad 3 Pts (4-2, +2 6 Adler Mannheim 3 Pts (4-2, +2) 7 Ilves Tampere 3 Pts (3-1, +2) 8 EHC Biel-Bienne 3 Pts (3-1, +2) 9 Lukko Rauma 3 Pts (3-1, +2) 10 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 2 Pts (7-6, +1) 11 Vítkovice Ridera 2 Pts (4-3, +1) 12 Tappara Tampere 2 Pts (2-1, +1) 13 Oceláři Třinec 1 Pt (6-7, -1) 14 Red Bull Munich 1 Pt (3-4, -1) 15 Aalborg Pirates 1 Pt (1-2, -1) 16 Rouen Dragons 0 Pts (3-5, -2) 17 HC Bolzano 0 Pts (2-4, -2) 18 Stavanger Oilers 0 Pts (2-4, -2) 19 HC Košice 0 Pts (1-3, -2) 20 Dynamo Pardubice 0 Pts (1-3, -2) 21 Belfast Giants 0 Pts (1-3, -2) 22 Genève-Servette 0 Pts (2-5, -3) 23 Lahti Pelicans 0 Pts (1-5, -4) 24 Red Bull Salzburg 0 Pts (0-4, -4)

Regular Season Day 1, Part 2 Friday 01.09.2023 - Results 17:00 Ocelàři Třinec (CZE) - Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (SUI) 6-7 OT (1-1, 3-1, 2-4, 0-1) 17:30 Lukko Rauma (FIN) - Belfast Giants (GBR) 3-1 (0-0, 1-1, 2-0) 18:30 Vìtkovice Ridera Ostrava (CZE) - Red Bull Munich (GER) 4-3 SO (0-0, 3-1, 0-2, 0-0, 1-0) 19:00 Skellefteå AIK (SWE) - Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) 4-0 (1-0, 2-0, 1-0)

which makes it absolutely not suitable for any rowing Olympic/World Regatta I'm sorry, but you just can't completely change one of the oldest and most traditional sports of the Olympic program because you can't find a proper venue. since we're not talking of a small town/low budget Olympics, if they just don't want to go on with Lakle Perris because of the possible drought issues, they have enough time to study a good plan to remove the current bridge that shortened the original basin in Long Beach and rebuild it half a mile further (or in the same place just after the Games, asking locals to support the Games and be kind for a couple of years of heavy traffic problems) the sport of Rowing deserves a 2000m regatta course, no matters how

I wrote it yesterday...I already knew they were going to flop big time

I'm just asking myself who's Gaudiano's sponsor? I mean, every time he rides for the NT he messes everything up... ps calling De Luca (clearly our best rider by far) was such a shitty idea? I just can't believe how bad is managed the selection process of our team for the main events of the season...even in eventing (and I'm still trying to understand why we totally gave up the dressage team, especially after having the strong Russian woman -Miloserdova?- naturalized a few years ago)

why travelling so far? they have a couple of suitable lakes close to the big town, one is Lake Casitas (used for the 1984 Olympics), the other (sorry, I don't remember the exact name right now without searching for it) was the place named for the 2028 Olympics in the candidature file they have just to stop whining and build a small athletes' village there and have the regatta in a proper location

because they want to use the iconic Long Beach Marina and not the place that was chosen when they presented their bid if IOC and World rowing were serious institutions, they would have recalled the arrogant LA organizers to stay with the original plan same for the Slalom Canoeing Center in Oklahoma City rather than in the LA area

you already tried this game with swimming (and you were shown how you were wrong)... retry, you'll be luckier

meanwhile our Olympic Champion Vito Dell'Aquila is way, way far from recovering his mojo and a decent shape...he lost badly in the rd of 16 against the eventual champion from which is not a disaster in itself, rather than how he lost our girls, instead, proved once again inconsistent, to say the least after a good win against the odds in rd #1, they couldn't confirm themselves in the following match...as usual... small consolation, the future looks bright, as we won 5 medals (2 golds) at the Cadets Worlds, which is quite unusual for us

Regular Season Day 1, Part 1 Thursday 31.08.2023 - Provisional Standings 1 Växjö Lakers 3 Pts (5-1, +4) 2 HC Innsbruck 3 Pts (5-2, +3) 3 ERC Ingolstadt 3 Pts (5-3, +2) 4 Färjestad Karlstad 3 Pts (4-2, +2 5 Adler Mannheim 3 Pts (4-2, +2) 6 Ilves Tampere 3 Pts (3-1, +2) 7 EHC Biel-Bienne 3 Pts (3-1, +2) 8 Tappara Tampere 2 Pts (2-1, +1) 9 Aalborg Pirates 1 Pt (1-2, -1) 10 Belfast Giants 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 11 Lukko Rauma 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 12 Oceláři Třinec 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 13 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 14 Red Bull Munich 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 15 Red Bull Salzburg 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 16 Skellefteå AIK 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 17 Vítkovice Ridera 0 Pts (0-0, 0) 18 Rouen Dragons 0 Pts (3-5, -2) 19 HC Bolzano 0 Pts (2-4, -2) 20 Stavanger Oilers 0 Pts (2-4, -2) 21 HC Košice 0 Pts (1-3, -2) 22 Dynamo Pardubice 0 Pts (1-3, -2) 23 Genève-Servette 0 Pts (2-5, -3) 24 Lahti Pelicans 0 Pts (1-5, -4)

Regular Season Day 1, Part 1 Thursday 31.08.2023 - Results 17:30 Dynamo Pardubice (CZE) - Ilves Tampere (FIN) 1-3 (0-1, 0-1, 1-1) 17:30 Pelicans Lahti (FIN) - Växjö Lakers (SWE) 1-5 (0-1, 1-2, 0-2) 18:00 Stavanger Oilers (NOR) - Färjestad BK Karlstad (SWE) 2-4 (1-1, 0-1, 1-2) 19:00 Aalborg Pirates (DEN) - Tappara Tampere (FIN) 1-2 OT (0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-1) 19:30 Adler Mannheim (GER) - HC Bolzano/Bozen (ITA/AUT) 4-2 (0-1, 2-1, 2-0) 19:45 EHC Biel-Bienne (SUI) - HC Košice (SVK) 3-1 (1-1, 1-0, 1-0) 20:00 Rouen Dragons (FRA) - ERC Ingolstadt (GER) 3-5 (1-2, 1-0, 1-3) 20:20 HC Innsbruck (AUT) - Genève-Servette HC (SUI) 5-2 (0-2, 3-0, 2-0)

it's clear that right now we own them mentally I don't know how this team could comeback from -16 late in the 3rd quarter and beat for the 3rd time in a row when it really matters Fontecchio (and partially Datome) just pulled out a miracle (despite that clown on the bench)

going for some predictions... will be 4th and out in the Olympic race

I think we're approaching the lowest point ever by our glorious sport of Rowing between injuries, retirements, unsuccessful transitions to the senior level (when not just lack of talent), people giving priority to their studies in the US colleges and questionable decisions by our coaches, we will be lucky if we can qualify to the Olympics 3 men's boats (2X, 4X, LW2X) and 1 women's boat (the Tokyo Gold Medallists Rodini & Cesarini in the LW2X) the W 4X might also have a slim chance, but they would need to pull out a miracle meanwhile I don't see how any other remaining boats can even get close to a qualifying result dreaming of medals, 3 - no gold (M 2X, M 4X, M LW2X) would be a huge success

ITALY Women Single Sculls: Clara Guerra Pairs: Alice Codato / Aisha Rocek* Double Sculls: Stefania Buttignon / Silvia Crosio (they're both LW ) Fours: - (NOT participating) Quadruple Sculls: Valentina Iseppi / Alessandra Montesano / Laura Meriano / Stefania Gobbi Eights: Giorgia Pelacchi / Linda De Filippis / Alice Gnatta / Aisha Rocek / Alice Codato / Silvia Terrazzi / Elisa Mondelli / Veronica Bumbaca LW Double Sculls: Valentina Rodini / Federica Cesarini * Doublin'up in Pairs and Eights Men Single Sculls: Davide Mumolo Pairs: Davide Comini / Giovanni Codato Double Sculls: Luca Rambaldi / Matteo Sartori Fours: Paolo Covini / Alessandro Bonamoneta / Davide Verità / Alfonso Scalzone Quadruple Sculls: Nicolò Carucci / Andrea Panizza / Luca Chiumento / Giacomo Gentili Eights: Matteo Dalla Valle / Emanuele Gaetani Liseo / Salvatore Monfrecola / Giovanni Abagnale / Gennaro Di Mauro / Simone Venier / Vincenzo Abbagnale / Leonardo Pietra Caprina LW Double Sculls: Stefano Oppo / Gabriel Soares