It`s worth noting, however, that Davide was in poor form towards the end of the season and this cannot be repeated next year in Cortina, because these two young riders: the Pole and the Czech will still develop. Eitrem looks like he will focus more on the 5 km and possibly the 1500. The rest of the field is probably already too old (Bergsma, Bloemen) or too weak for today.
Ah it wasn't that specific moment, just in general he often crossed the line on the straight and that was the issue. Definitely needs to avoid doing so at the Olympics, although one might kind of expect he wouldn't be DQ'ed especially there if he isn't DQ'ed here
Basta vedere e saper analizzare i risultati della Coppa del mondo per essere ottimisti , negli sport invernali è la coppa del mondo il vero termometro dello stato di salute di un movimento, non le gare secche dei campionati mondiali dove ci sono 1000 fattori che in uno specificato giorno possono influire sulla prestazione, in una stagione senza Vittozzi, con Wierer a mezzo servizio e materiali dello slittino che nella prima parte erano assolutamente lontani anni luce dalla concorrenza, oltre ad uno sci alpinismo che ha raccolto poco più di nulla rispetto alla scorsa stagione, abbiamo più vittorie dello scorso anno e quasi gli stessi podi , e lo scorso anno fu una stagione super. La Francia ha un medagliere drogato dal biathlon, bravissimi loro ad avere un movimento così forte, ma se si esclude il biathlon, stiamo messi meglio noi in generale. Le gare dei mondiali di quest' anno non cambiano di una mezza virgola il potenziale con cui ci presenteremo anno prossimo alle Olimpiadi , ghiotto e Lollobrigida carte da medaglia erano (non da oro su 3000 e 5000) e carte da medaglia rimangono come hanno dimostrato queste gare, poi se si pensa che Ghiotto possa battere Eitrem sui 5000 non è colpa di Ghiotto ma di chi non riesce ad analizzare le caratteristiche degli atleti e non capisce che sui 5000 semplicemente non può battere nè il norvegeese nè un eventuale Roest che rientri al massimo della forma , con gli altri se la gioca e se la giocherà anche anno prossimo
Flora Tabanelli vince la sfera di cristallo nella generale del Freestyle Ski Park & Pipe (Big Air, slopestyle e halfpipe), dopo aver già vinto il titolo di specialità nel Big Air.
Altre coppe di specialità sono già in bacheca per gli italiani: Maurizio Bormolini ha trionfato nello Snowboard parallelo (oltre al trofeo generale generale si è aggiudicato anche quello di specialità nel PGS) e Andrea Giovannini ha vinto trofeo nella mass start dello Speed Skating
1956 Olympic Lightweight Boxing Champion Dick McTaggart . Never turned pro, spent his whole career as an amateur & then after retirement as a coach. Old School.
So I was kind of bored this week (Anyone else feel like there isn’t that much on at the moment?) and entry lists for this were out early so I decided to do a rankings for these world championships and might as well predict them as well.
So in terms of the entries here on the one hand China (No Olympians), Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Ireland and to a lesser extent Uzbekistan, Thailand, North Korea, Serbia and Bulgaria are here so probably at least 10 of the top 20 countries in the world are at these world championships but the list of countries who aren’t here is extenxsive So Europe is missing France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, GB, Poland, all of Scandinavia Netherlands etc. and Asia missing Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Phillipines has led to a serious lack of depth in a lot of weight classes. None of the strong American nations (USA, Brazil, Canada, Colombia?) are here and even the top African nations like Algeria and Nigeria are missing. The quality of the field that is here is probably at a pretty equal level to those that aren’t so assuming a number of the top countries probably end up competing at the world boxing world championships as well as at these worlds then the world boxing world championships will probably be the higher quality world championship which would be big for world boxing if their first world championship has a stronger field than its Iba counterpart even if that might be different on the men’s side, might not be though.
Both of the previous world championships have had caveats with the entry list with top nations absent for various reasons but even though world championships the year after the Olympics are always a bit transitional these entries are very clearly a level below previous years.
There are 239 boxers from supposedly 51 countries compared to 324 from 65 in 2023 and 310 from 73 in 2022.
Not the worst field here medals should be between Asian champion Farzona Fozilova , former European champion Iullia Chumgalakova , Olympic bronze medallist Nazym Kyzaibay and veteran Sevda Asenova . Other potential medallists include Xuyen Zhong , Asian silver medallist Chi Ngo Ngoc Linh and European under 22 champion Nurselen Yalgettekin but I would be pretty surprised if any of the four favourites lost. Chumgalakova and Kyzaibay would be my picks for the final with Kyzaibay to remarkably win a third world title. I say bizarrely because she is a good boxer but far from a great one.
Pity that Daina Moorehouse and Chuthamat Raksat are in the same bracket as I would have expected them both to medal. Sabina Bobokulova and Alua Balkibekova both have fairly straightforward paths to the medal rounds. Rinata Bezel is probably the pick of the remaining bracket although Olympian Laura Fuertes could maybe cause an upset. There is also an unknown North Korean Byol an Kum to consider there. Fatima Herrera and Meiyi Hu maybe could have medalled but are drawn in the Raksat Moorehouse bracket. Reluctantly I’ll back Raksat to finally win haven gotten close at previous major tournaments with Balkibekova probably winning silver.
Two time Olympic silver medallist Buse Cakiroglu should cruise to a final. European bronze medallist Dragana Jovanovic should probably be able to ride home advantage to beat either Anita Adesheva or Venelina Poptoleva to a medal. Asian champ Feruza Kazakova should have comfortably enough for bronze but 54kg Olympic bronze medallist and former world champion Chol-mi Pang will likely be her undoing in the semi-final. Pang does have to beat Anna Aedma but should come through to set up a Cakiroglu Pang final which should be one of the highest quality fights here. Cakiroglu to win.
The top bracket here is completely up for grabs between Olympians Widad Bertal and Thi Kim Anh Vo and Aziza Yokubova or Xuan Zhao . I think Vo might come through but I don’t really know how good the Chinese boxer is. European champion Sara Cirkovic should be the home star of this tournament and only has to beat veteran Zhaina Shekerbekova who is well past her best to medal. Olympic silver medallist Hatice Akbas should easily medal. Final bracket is a bit trickier with Olympian Jennifer Lehane meeting Asian champ Natnicha Chongprongklang in the last 32 and Johana Gomez waiting in a potential quarter final. I will reluctantly pick the young Thai. Either way Cirkovic to beat Akbas in the final.
Gold-Sara Cirkovic , Silver- Hatice Akbas , Bronze- Thi Kim Anh Vo , Natnicha Chongprongklang .
W57kg
Remarkable that 30 is the most entries of any weight class. Karina Ibragimova has won medals at both of the last two world championships but has struggled of late and has a very tough draw here. The powerful Ashleyann Lozada dumped Ibragimova out of the Olympics but she herself lost to Valeria Arboleda who she would have to beat to get another shot at the Kazakh. 2019 world silver medallist Liudmila Vorontsova is lurking on the easier side of this top bracket as well. I think Vorontsova is therefore the safest medal pick. Asian champion Punrawee Ruenros is probably the marginal favourite to medal from the second bracket. She meets 54kg 2022 world silver medallist Lacramioara Perijoc who moves back up to featherweight despite having struggled at this weight in the past. Olympian Mijgona Samadova and the unknown Hyang Suk Ku provide further potential banana skins. Michaela Walsh in her lengthy has never managed to win a global medal but has a shot here. Andela Brankovic is a tricky opener especially given she is at home but Walsh won this matchup in all the way back in 2018 if that is worth anything. Jenifer Fernandez would then meet the winner with Asian silver medallist and Olympian Nigina Uktamova awaiting the winner. I think Walsh is past it so I’ll back Uktamova. Olympic medallist Esra Yildiz will win the bottom bracket and probably make the final. I don’t feel confident in my pick of a Vorontsova Yildiz final but that’s where I have ended up so I guess Vorontsova to win. That doesn’t feel right though.
Weird to not having Beatriz Ferreira or Kellie Harrington here as they have dominated the global titles in this division for a while now. European champion Natalia Shadrina probably had the best year of her career last year despite narrowly missing out on an Olympic medal and should medal here. Newly minted Asian champion Viktoriya Grafeyeva probably starts as the favourite here and only has to beat Olympian Sitora Turdibekova to medal. The bottom bracket is between Gizem Ozer and Miroslava Jedinakova who met in a European under 22 final a few years ago. Jedinakova won that won but I think I would back Ozer here. The most interesting bracket includes European silver medallist Nune Asatrian , Olympian and Asian games silver medallist Won Ung-yong , 57kg European champion Svetlana Staneva and Asian silver medallist Qiange Li . I think Staneva is the pick here. Grafeyeva to beat Staneva in the final.
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