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Sivert Guttorm Bakken  R.I.P.

Yeah, there's certainly things to complain about from an athletes' perspective, but snow should really not be much of an issue indeed. Mostly things like the enormous geographical spread and it's consequences like there not being one big opening ceremony and everything being spread around a bunch of small Olympic 'villages'/accomodations - so not really the Olympic feeling and atmosphere for the athletes since they'll mostly just stay around athletes of their own sport as in any regular competition.
 
We'll be going very near to the Olympic area in a few weeks (Coppa Italia in Falcade), let's see what things look like by then.

oh, c'mon! there's plenty of natural snow there!
 
there's no need at all of artificial snow, even for HP and BA jumps
 
not a case that Eliasch is only complaining about funding, AKA his bribe is not enough
 
fuck him and all the English speaking media goin'on with this fuckin', slandering campaign
 
they would really deserve to be left out at night during the Olympics, not sleeping in luxory 10-star suites like they will
 

I tought I had completely forgotten that!
what a hellish memory you've just waken up 

siamo seri!
lo snowboard alpino vince solo perché non c'è concorrenza 
sono tutti ultratrentenni, sia i nostri che gli avversari (specie al maschile)
e gareggiano sì e no 4/5 paesi
ci fossero un po' di praticanti giovani in giro per il mondo, saremmo in grossa difficoltà come negli altri sport
godiamocela finché dura (o meglio, finché il cio non stacca la spina a questa geronto-disciplina)

Le piste di SBX in italia si contano sulle dita di un napoletano dopo capodanno, direi che abbiamo fatto un miracolo. Comunque ci sono diversi talentini giovani in rampa di lancio

con i se e con i ma non si fa nulla
 
la pista avrebbe dovuto essere pronta prima e, soprattutto, dovrebbe avere caratteristiche tecniche diverse, ma abbiamo questa che è venuta pronta adesso ed è inutile continuare a lamentarsi, bisogna solo lavorare e sfruttare il tempo che rimane, che è abbastanza per garantirsi una conoscenza della pista superiore alla concorrenza 
 
tutto il resto, è solo inutile vittimismo
 
per il resto, mi pare di parlare bulgaro 😤
 
noi non siamo la Lettonia, che la pista ce l'ha da decenni e in pratica vive di 3 sport, seguiti e praticati da tanti bambini
 
noi abbiamo 4 gatti che fanno gli sport invernali (sci alpino a parte), non possiamo decidere di lasciare niente e nessuno per strada
 
oltretutto con i miseri finanziamenti nostrani non ti garantisci nulla, ci paghi al massimo le trasferte stagionali
 
non abbiamo le decine e decine di milioni di € dei tedeschi nè le loro case automobilistiche che sostengono e fanno ricerca anche per questi sport
 
senza quello (ed è evidente che qui non ci sarà mai, visto che le infrastrutture e il knowhow della ferrari fanno più danni che altro), qualunque discorso è inutile, saremo sempre tecnologicamente un passo indietro
 
e per favore, non facciamo paragoni insensati con la Russia, i regimi dittatoriali e paesi inclini al doping sistematico ai massimi livelli
 
la nostra soddisfazione (impagabile) è vedere spuntare qua e là un Ghiotto, un Giacomel, un Deromedis...campioni che sono come un fiore sbucato nel deserto, stelle che illuminano sport che sono conosciuti a malapena dai parenti stretti degli atleti (e 4 sfigati, malati di sport come noi...quando va bene)

oh, c'mon! there's plenty of natural snow there!
 
there's no need at all of artificial snow, even for HP and BA jumps
 
not a case that Eliasch is only complaining about funding, AKA his bribe is not enough
 
fuck him and all the English speaking media goin'on with this fuckin', slandering campaign
 
they would really deserve to be left out at night during the Olympics, not sleeping in luxory 10-star suites like they will
 

Two pages of bitching about  biathlon and Giacomel will get a win 

A bit mini Tora Berger in the making? If she stops having these 3+ miss races she might go on a rampage 

Hamar isn't exactly fast neither
 
Like I said, that's fine though. It would be great to have Olympics on a relatively slow track, which makes for different kind of races but certainly no less interesting. 

you don't even have idea how it works
 
last week he was the best of the field and now he's in bad shape?
 
on Friday he was 24th despite 4 (4!!!!!) missed shots and Yesterday he suddenly went out of shape?
 
be serious!
 
he either just had bad skis or he got sick, like many other athletes (see Vittozzi)
 
the snow in LGB is usually shit, results are always heavily influenced by that and Italy is one of the teams that usually struggle a lot in that place
 
nothing new and nothing to be worried about

And what about this? )))
 
 

I've seen her twice in the USA, but I don't know of anyone else in the USA that knows her...any of you familiar with Loreena McKennitt? My fav artist.
 
 

Today it looks quick as it should always be
 
let's see what happens tonight

Malaysia pencak silat team attacks referee for favoring hosts Thailand at SEA Games
 
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/sports/other-sports/malaysia-pencak-silat-team-attacks-referee-for-favoring-hosts-thailand-at-sea-games-4994556.html
 
Thailand apologizes to Vietnam after SEA Games bowling replay controversy
 
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/sports/other-sports/thailand-apologizes-to-vietnam-after-sea-games-bowling-replay-controversy-4994580.html
 
Thai esports athlete expelled from SEA Games for cheating during Arena of Valor match
 
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/sea-games-thai-cheating-tokyogurl-naphat-warasin-expelled-arena-valor-video-game-esports-5614876
 
 
It’s the news items like these that really make the SEA Games so much more interesting. 

Savino Del Bene Scandicci campione del mondo, titolo conquistato battendo nella finale l'Imoco Conegliano per 3-1  (30-28, 25-19, 21-25, 25-23)
 
 
Nadia Battocletti trionfa agli Europei di cross di Lagoa per il secondo anno consecutivo nella categoria assoluta e conquista la sesta medaglia d'oro nella manifestazione dopo le due da junior e le due da under 23
 
Oro Europeo anche per la staffetta mista composta da Gaia Sabbatini, Sebastiano Parolini, Marta Zenoni e Pietro Arese
 
 
 

Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Hungary 5 4(1) 1(0) 18 9 +9 11 Estonia 5 3(1) 2(1) 18 14 +4 9 Lithuania 5 3(0) 2(0) 10 11 -1 9 Poland 5 2(0) 3(2) 13 13 0 8 Japan 5 2(1) 3(0) 12 16 -4 5 Italy 5 1(0) 4(0) 11 19 -8 3  
The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2027
Hungary  
The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group B World Championship 2027
Estonia Japan Lithuania Poland  
The following Nation has been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division II Group A World Championship 2027
Italy

Junior world cups ended this week. 
 
The Men's competition, hosted by India, was won by Germany (shoot-out win over Spain after 1-1 draw). Second title in a row for them. Bronze for India (4-2 over Argentina).
 
 
The Women's competition, hosted by Chile, was won by Netherlands (2-1 win over Argentina). Third title in a row for them and 5th of the last six in dispute. Bronze for Belgium (5-1 over China).