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If we're talking about Russia and Artistic Swimming, we shouldn't forget about Rhythmic Gymnastics as well. What about Teddy Riner and Kaori Icho? Riner will still only be 31 by then and still nobody has defeated him. Icho could go for her 5th gold. She hasn't been wrestling after Rio I think but she hasn't officially retired either. It would be amazing for her to go for another gold.

It was very close but they lost to the Koreans 2-3 (9-11 in the final game).

Italy, France, Ukraine and Portugal as semifinalists have qualified for the 2019 U-20 World Cup. The fifth spot goes to Norway thanks to a 3:0 play-off win over England who can't do anything right but Norway had the best doses in this match. Overall, very deserved for them. Portugal already 5:0 over the Ukraine after 31 minutes in the semi.

I agree, one or two strange decisions against Italy I didn't get. But overall, USA looked better than I expected. Especially not allowing Italy to run away at the early stage of the match.

@hckosice Pistej/Balazova in the Mixed Doubles QF of the Australian Open as the only pair to beat a ranked duo. Next against Lee Sang-su/Jeon Ji-hee [1]. Not a tournament with many big names though.

I assume they didn't care for consolation rounds. Ukraine also finished 13th in Men's Team Épée.

I'm sure some people here will say good bye to you then.

I was ready to say Oh Sang-uk the man of the match but Curatoli gave him a good scare.

South Korea throwing it away...

It gets better every time.

Yeah, so much for the Italian disaster. Always finding a way to win it anyway.

Heo.

Also Japan didn't even come close to repeating their success in Men's Foil.

Athletics, Fencing, Rugby Sevens, Shooting, Table Tennis. Swimming dropped for Rugby Sevens, compared to the 2017 vote. Close between Shooting, Baseball, Weightlifting, Diving.

2018 Korea Open Men's Singles Jang Woo-jin KOR 4-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-7-11-3) CHN Liang Jingkun Women's Singles [1] Chen Meng CHN 1-4 (4-11, 11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 9-11) CHN Zhu Yuling [2] Men's Doubles [1] Ho Kwan Kit/Wong Chun Ting HKG 1-3 (8-11, 17-19, 11-9, 9-11) KOR Jang Woo-jin/Lim Jong-hoon [6] Women's Doubles [3] Wang Manyu/Zhu Yuling CHN 1-3 (12-14, 11-9, 9-11, 11-13) CHN Chen Meng/Ding Ning [4] Mixed Doubles Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha CHN 1-3 (11-5, 3-11, 4-11, 8-11) KOR/PRK Jang Woo-jin/Cha Hyo Sim Most of China's top stars on the men's side weren't there. Good tournament for Jang Woo-jin.

Men's Épée Bohdan Nikishyn UKR - VEN Rubén Limardo Yannick Borel FRA - UKR Roman Svichkar Women's Foil Ysaora Thibus FRA - ITA Arianna Errigo Inès Boubakri TUN - ITA Alice Volpi No medal for Deriglazova.

4-0, 4-4, 8-4, 8-8

Awesome finish by Japan.

It's the classic 1vs64 bracket where the total sum of both opponents' rankings equals 65 in that round. For example, #33 will fight against #32. So this one time, there is no cheating involved.

Man, you beat me to it by seconds.

Same applies to Sierra Leone, if they registered.

For the most part I would agree but I do like some changes like the addition of non-traditional new sports at the Summer Games. Also, I'm not jumping the "Mixed events are shit" bandwagon. They are perfect for sports like Triathlon or Modern Pentathlon where separate men's and women's team events for them would be too much. Too bad MP didn't get their mixed event at the Olympics. The Mixed Medley Relay in Swimming however is nonsense.

Did you know Bach is an OIympic Champion from 1976, in Fencing no less?

UEFA U19 Championships in Finland Group A Norway NOR 1-3 Portugal Finland FIN 0-1 Italy Group B Turkey 2-3 England France 1-2 Ukraine

Not too much progress from outside Europe.