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nice couple of silver medals for in both men and women's race walking competitions but if Cosi's silver in the men's event is a very, very good result, Alexandrina Mihai's silver in the women's event is a bit disappointing, as she was expected to win the race at least, they both improved their PB, which is promising for the future

(s)he was already in Doha's world final, but it looks it was a lot of time ago (and she/he wasn't good enough for the medals, so there was no attention as it will happen this year) however, shitstorm coming in 3, 2, 1... https://www.outsports.com/2023/7/9/23788486/nikki-hiltz-track-1500-meter-nonbinary-runner-usa https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a44201663/nikki-hiltz-first-nonbinary-usatf-champion/

to be remembered... the Junior World Record mark is a true fake, it only started registering results in recent years for instance, Ian Thorpe was still 17 when he swum 3.40.59 to win the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics that said, Mitsin has been amazing this week...we'll see if he can make the transition to the senior ranks without any trouble

lost (badly) to Belgium relegation coming in 3, 2, 1...

it's because internet wasn't there yet when I was 14 but at that time I was fast, I can tell you...I could swim the 100m freestyle in way less than 50 minutes and 52 seconds! ah, he swum in 50 seconds and 52 hundreds? oh, my...

semantics...

no idea but tbh, I don't think he will actually go for the double at the world champs, even if he qualifies through the US trials (the Olympics would be another story, of course, but the risk of injury 1 year before the Games is too high for an athlete like Kerley).

well, it was not that random the Croatian couldn't handle anymore the amount of punches the Ukranian was landing actually, the ref should have counted the Croatian the first time he went down on his knee, he didn't simply slip down because of the wet ring, he was just feeling the shots and then, when the ref started the count, the Croatian wasn't clearly present to himself anymore for the "Olympic Boxing" standards, stopping the bout was at least a safe (if not properly good) decision, the Croatian was going to get a too harsh punishment otherwise (and in fact he didn't even tried to argue the ref's decision, as he knew how tired and groggy he was)

a couple of curious facts about the US Trials in the women's Javelin, only Ariana Ince is qualified to World Champs so far, despite being only 6th in the Trials event the top 5 girls, in fact, don't have the required measure yet (they still have time to reach for that until the last day according to the WA deadline) also in the women and men's 10k races the qualified athletes are not exactly the top 3 of the actual Trials race (it's 1, 2 and 5 among the women; 1, 2 and 4 among the men) same for Decathlon (1st, 2nd and 4th have the ticket at the moment...actually, in this case I'd say it's definitive, since you just can't do another top class decathlon in such a short time) in women's Eptathlon only Anna Hall is qualified to the World Champs, same with Vashti Cunningham in the women's HJ and Donald Scott in the men's TJ never seen such lack of depth in US Athletics... meanwhile, also the 100m specialists have been decided: women's 100m 1. Sha'Carri Richardson 10.82 (10.71 in earlier rounds) 2.Brittany Brown 10.90 (PB) 3.Tamari Davis 10.99 (4.Tamara Clark 11.03) men's 100m 1.Cravont Charleston 9.95 2.Christian Coleman 9.96 3.Noah Lyles 10.00 (4.Brandon Carnes 10.10 not yet qualifiefied to the World Champs, the next best within the qualification standard is Trayvon Bromell, 6th in 10.14) p.s. in this race also Fred Kerley is entitled to participate as the current World champion, despite missing the Trials' competition in this race (he's running the 200m)

https://www.leichtathletik.de/termine/top-events/dm-2023-kassel/live-ergebnisse

not many surprises in the Italian Team for the Home Worlds. the biggest news is Arianna Errigo's comeback just a few months after giving berth to her 2 siblings, without a single test event, in the women's Foil team. as I expected, also in the women's Foil, Martina Batini is relegated to the Individual event only, after she had a few not so good outings in the team competitions in the past months. personally, I'm a bit disappointed by the absence of Pietro Torre among the 5 men's Sabre specialists, but his season wasn't as good as expected, therefore it's not a surprising call by the coach. compared to the recent European Games/Championships, we also have Michela Battiston back from an injury in the women's Sabre team, but that was expected.

Italy Women's Epee Rossella Fiamingo Federica Isola Mara Navarria Alberta Santuccio Giulia Rizzi (reserve) Men's Epee Gabriele Cimini Davide Di Veroli Federico Vismara Valerio Cuomo (Individual Competition only) Andrea Santarelli (Team Competition only) Women's Foil Arianna Errigo Martina Favaretto Alice Volpi Martina Batini (Individual Competition only) Francesca Palumbo (Team Competition only) Men's Foil Tommaso Marini Alessio Foconi Daniele Garozzo Filippo Macchi Guillaume Bianchi (reserve) Women's Sabre Michela Battiston Martina Criscio Rossella Gregorio Chiara Mormile Eloisa Passaro (reserve) Men's Sabre Luca Curatoli Michele Gallo Luigi Samele Riccardo Nuccio (Individual Competition only) Enrico Berrè (Team Competition only)

b. 4-3 on Penalties (0-0 the score after the actual match)

and it's Mali!!! Paris, here we come!

penalty shootout to decide the 3rd African team qualified to the Olympic Games it's gonna be heartbreaking

what a shame! well, it will never be recognized by me, then! those records are just like the former DDR's (or Flo-Jo's in athletics); even if the International federations want to keep them in the books, we all know that they aren't fair and honest.

it will never happen (in any case, an agreement must be reached by ENG, SCO, WAL and NIR all together) because the smaller unions are too afraid to lose their independence and forced to agree on a GBR team also outside the Olympics. there's too much money to lose. when there isn't (women's game), the agreement came quickly and probably will last forever.

2nd day of the junior europeans not as good as the first results are better than the real situation: very good Regaini, "only" silver over boys 200m free, but with a big improvement on his PB quite good Camozzi (Gold over boys 200m fly), but the clocking is way worse than yesterday, which is unacceptable at this level very disappointing, instead, Sara Curtis (despite the best time in the heats and semis of the girls 50m free, she's way slower than expected...not to mention the tragic relays' legs both yesterday and today) and today's relay in general, when all 4 weren't even close to yesterday's clockings (and in fact they lost to Hungary, despite being the heavy favourites). bad day also for all the other boys and girls (personally, I'm especially disappointed with Del Signore's time in the boys 50m Back final). let's see if tomorrow we can do something more exciting (especially in perspective).

vs comin'up later (10 p.m. CET) for the remaining place into the final and another Olympic spot

qualified to Paris 2024 as they beat 1-0 in the semifinal match of the Under 23 African Cup of Nations

I'd say no. maybe men's epee has a very, very outside chance, but it would be considered a miracle among the individuals, Freilich might have a chance if the top European teams ( and at least) qualify through the team ranking. but it will be a super tough battle, as this is the most crowded and most unpredictable event of the whole fencing world. in the other weapons, I don't think there are real chances for to qualify both as a team nor as individuals, unless something really unpredictable happens at the final individual OQT.

a good first day for 2 relays gold medals (didn't expect the girls to beat especially after the first not so exciting leg by Curtis) top guys of the day, however, are Regaini (twice mid 1.48 between heats and semis in the men's 200 Free) and Camozzi (1.57.9 in the men's 200m Fly semis). hope they can improve a bit tomorrow, so to be gold medal contenders (even if it will be difficult against people older and with a better PB)

didn't know that. here nobody would care about things like that in this kind of minor events...actually, I'm asking myself how many people in Italy know that today the Jr. Europeans started? probably only those who read this forum and our main sport website OA sport... however, I hope it was just a mistake...it can happen... p.s. if they did on purpose, instead, they're just a bunch of idiots (but honestly I believe it was just a mistake).

I don't think it's necessary we can write about it here, in this thread.

yes, you're right! @Laraja the rankings have been updated also on the official website, you can check directly here: https://paris.fie.org/#tab-table