Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo

Is 3+1, but +1 is BRA, the highest ranked developing nations. Last chance is last chance, calculated after all

I'm happy with a (gold) medal record...who cares about the total number of teams and athletes? 

WADA are going to have to be dissolved if they fell for China’s claim it was contaminated. 

https://uww.org/article/uww-review-chamizo-bayramov-bout-after-italy-complain

Poland has been the most economically developing country in Europe in recent years. I am very surprised that they invest so little in professional sports.

that's pure sh*t! 
 
give us back the 6-team groups!!!  

But, also, to be clear, if everyone's healthy and everyone agrees to play I'll take Serbia over Canada and France for silver any day of the week. Jokić is just so good and other players know how to play as a team more than Canada's and France's.. 

there's a chance we might have Drew Eubanks ready for the tournament in San Juan
 
more difficult to fill the documents so to have Dante Di Vincenzo (AKA Big Ragù)
 
but tbh, we need more a player like Eubanks, even if Di Vincenzo is on another level, generally speaking

group C it is the group of death

- 51  Kg Men's

 
- 57 Kg Men's

 
- 63 Kg Men's

 
- 92 Kg Men's

 
+ 92 Kg Men's

 
- 50 Kg Women's

 
- 54 Kg Women's

 
- 57 Kg Women's

 
- 60 Kg Women's

 
- 66Kg Women's
 
 
- 75Kg Women's

Italians? You have stolen 3 matches. What happened to Mesiano is shameful...

This is where the referees don't help Italy, but I still think Mesiano is better. If the judging had been pro-Ita, Mesiano would have won today 3-2. The fight was a perfect draw.

Yep, sure and elephants can fly
 
Slovakia vs Italy for the one quota in Boxing ? Even uncle Scrooge would not dare to bet a leaky penny on us... Everybody knows that it is 0:5 already marked here

I don't agree at all
 
in the Olympic Boxing, at least 30% of times (and I'm keeping myself strict) the winner of a bout is the wrong one. and it's not because most people don't know what the judges are looking at when their scores are shaped. 
 
and often, even when the score is correct/at least acceptable, among the 5 judges there's at least 1 that has watched another movie, whithout having those people thrown off the panel for the rest of their life

Italians should never be judges shame on them
 
 

Love this free quota market....

Even though I don't expect to win, at least the quota will be decided in a direct match.

mega-bomb!    
 
 Fencer Ysaora Thibus suspended after abnormal doping test result
 
https://newsinfrance.com/fencer-ysaora-thibus-suspended-after-abnormal-doping-test-result/

Yup. It's on the Olympic program too

I think they're messing it up a bit...
 
Paltrinieri is not taking any gamble...he's already sure to participate to the Olympic race, as he already swam 14.40 in the 1500m last December
 
and every Nation can start 2 swimmers in the Olympic race provided they are directly qualified through the 2023 and 2024 worlds OR they have reached the A standard in the 800m/1500m in the pool
 
this means that for  Doha's race is only about a second quota place (both Acerenza and Verani don't have good pool clockings yet, so they need to earn a place in Sunday's competition)
 
for what concerns the internal selection, he's already safe, Verani has been named clearly the number #3 in the Paris list (even if he wins the world title, he would be selected for the Olympics only if Greg and Mimmo are injured)

The finals session will be on youtube
 

Not your fault Laraja but those rankings (as published by the UCI) are wrong. They’ve made a mistake with the European championships (AFAIK!)

I'm a little concerned about South Korea, this will be our smallest delegation since 1984. Even though we have a chance of returning to top-10 of the medal table this time, the number of athletes qualified reflects a lot in the situation of our sport in general.