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In Riga arena the son of Slovak parents Kevin Labanc opened the score. - 1-0 after 7 minutes of play

and we played only 29 seconds and Filip Zadina scored from the first action of the match CZE - SVK 1-0

Last day of the Preliminary Round continue with the afternoon session and... it is a DERBY TIME ALERT ! In Group B will face in their last game of the tournament already qualified and assured of the top 2 spots of the group B. However Yuesey are obviously huge favorites to win and advance to the quarterfinals from 1st place, will happen if they win in Regulation Time, any other result will send them to the Play-Offs from 2nd place behind Finland. Italy will try to avoid to leave the tournament pointless, so far the only team without single point is assured to finish last 16th in the tournament (however no relegation this year). Anyway any point against USA will be a big surprise and upset, but this is a tournament of surprises so who knows ? In Group A vs yeah, a match for nothing one would say, both are already qualified and will play only for who will go to the quarterfinals as 3rd and who as 4th seeded from this group (SVK has still a very slim theoretical chance of 2nd place) but.. yeah this is more than a match. this is derby. baby ! Both teams will play this game with many substitutes in their line ups today, top lines guys having very deserved rest, so it may be even more interesting and entertaining to watch. Both countries love each other as nobody else in the world, but again for 60 minutes the armistice is paused and the war start just now !

SLOVAK ROAD TO TOKYO 2020 - SLOVENSKÁ CESTA DO TOKIA 2020 UPDATED POST 22nd Qualified Athlete Barbora BALÁŽOVÁ - TABLE TENNIS (W SINGLES) (+ MIXED DOUBLES with Ľubomír PIŠTEJ) Uzavreli stolnotenisový olympijský rebríček Barbora Balážová si zahrá na olympiáde v Tokiu aj dvojhru Stolnotenisový zväz s radosťou oznamil, že BARBORA BALÁŽOVÁ získala okrem miestenky na OH TOKIO 2020 v zmiešanej štvorhre s Ľubomírom Pištejom aj miestenku v súťaži jednotlivkýň ! Podarilo sa jej postúpiť na základe umiestnenia v rebríčku. Slovenská reprezentantka v stolnom tenise Barbora Balážová sa kvalifikovala na olympijské hry v Tokiu aj vo dvojhre. Rozhodlo o tom jej umiestnenie v rebríčku olympijskej kvalifikácie. Pod piatimi kruhmi sa predstaví aj v mixe spolu s Ľubomírom Pištejom. Už predtým si vybojoval miestenku vo dvojhre Wang Jang. Pre Barboru to bude už druhá olympijská skúsenosť vo dvojhre, v Riu 2016 vypadla v druhom kole po dramatickom sedemsetovom súboji s Li Fen zo švédska, predtým v prvom kole hladko 4:0 na sety vyradila mexičanku Yadiru Silvovu. zdroj: sstz a sošv

Final Scores Group A (Olympics Sports Center) Switzerland - Great Britain : 6-3 (2-1, 4-1, 0-1) 10:31 Gregory HOFMANN (Corvi) 1:0 11:08 Liam KIRK (Unassisted) 1:1 16:42 Romain LOEFFEL (Scherwey, Siegenthaler) 2:1 25:34 Liam KIRK (Richardson, Hammond) 2:2 30:07 Santeri ALATALO (Corvi, Hischier) 3:2 30:20 Christoph BERTSCHY (Scherwey) 4:2 36:09 Christoph BERTSCHY (Diaz, Scherwey) 5:2 37:45 Nico HISCHIER (Kurashev) 6:2 53:58 Brendan CONNOLLY (Kirk, Hammond) 6:3 Group B (Riga Arena) Canada - Finland : 2-3 After PSO (1-0, 1-1, 0-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 0-1) 01:30 Brandon PIRRI (Vilardi, Ferraro) 1:0 21:11 Arttu RUOTSOLAINEN (Unassisted) 1:1 28:18 Maxime COMTOIS (Brown, Mangiapane) 2:1 56:00 Arttu RUOTSALAINEN (Lundell, Ojamaki) 2:2 the Winning Penalty Shoot-Out scored by Arttu RUOTSALAINEN 2:3 After PSO

Finland won in shoot-Outs. is at 17 points now and move on top of the group B, but will very likely finish 2nd. Canada is at 10 points and is now 3rd ahead of Kazakhstan who is already eliminated. CAN must now hope the last game vs will not end by a draw after the 60 minutes, this "eventual agreement" will qualify both of them and send Canada home.

2-2 after Overtime. Penalty Shoot-Out to decide the winner in Riga Arena. CAN now on 10 points just like KAZ, favorable head to head result 4-2 but GER & LAT behind both at 9 points are the threat, tonight they play the last game and a draw may do some real mess

Anton "the Great" Lundell produced and directed the second goal at 16:00 4 minutes to go. CAN in troubles but still alive, remember 2 points are enough for them

Updated as of June 1st, 2021

Scores after 2nd Period Group A (Olympics Sports Center) Switzerland - Great Britain : 6-2 (2-1, 4-1, -) 10:31 Gregory HOFMANN (Corvi) 1:0 11:08 Liam KIRK (Unassisted) 1:1 16:42 Romain LOEFFEL (Scherwey, Siegenthaler) 2:1 25:34 Liam KIRK (Richardson, Hammond) 2:2 30:07 Santeri ALATALO (Corvi, Hischier) 3:2 30:20 Christoph BERTSCHY (Scherwey) 4:2 36:09 Christoph BERTSCHY (Diaz, Scherwey) 5:2 37:45 Nico HISCHIER (Kurashev) 6:2 Group B (Riga Arena) Canada - Finland : 2-1 (1-0, 1-1, -) 01:30 Brandon PIRRI (Vilardi, Ferraro) 1:0 21:11 Arttu RUOTSOLAINEN (Unassisted) 1:1 28:18 Maxime COMTOIS (Brown, Mangiapane) 2:1

You are allowed to have 3 athlets in each individual event, it does not matter if all 3 are with qualifying standards or all 3 via ranking or 1-2 or 2-1. So yes even if you have 1 athlete qualified directly you can add 2 if they are in the cut-off in the ranking

Two goals in 13 seconds send to a comfortbale 4-2 lead

Maxime Comtois Power Play goal. 2-1 Canada, the powerhouse is again closer to the play-offs.

Liam in her Majesty secret services Kirk sored his 7th goal of the tournament. 2-2 between SUI and Great Kirkain

Ruotsalainen delivered a beauty individual action and it is 1-1. Weird change mistake of the Canadians however helped him a lot though

Scores after 1st Period Group A (Olympics Sports Center) Switzerland - Great Britain : 2-1 (2-1, -, -) 10:31 Gregory HOFMANN (Corvi) 1:0 11:08 Liam KIRK (Unassisted) 1:1 16:42 Romain LOEFFEL (Scherwey, Siegenthaler) 2:1 Group B (Riga Arena) Canada - Finland : 1-0 (1-0, -, -) 01:30 Brandon PIRRI (Vilardi, Ferraro) 1:0

yep, the Kazakhs completely messed up yesterday a simple win over goodbye saying Norway would have qualified them for their first ever quarterfinals, now if CAN manage to win this game they will be eliminated

16-4 the Shots on goal for Canada. Finland clearly not in its day

Meanwhile the fearles British Mr. 007 "Kirk ! Liam Kirk !" tied the score with his 6th goal of the championship against SUI

Looks someone turned on the alarm clock on the Finnish bench. Now it looks, Finland can skate apparently

and it took only 90 seconds for the Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Pirri to open the score, Finland with a bit sleepy start to be honest

Lets go with the live tracker. Last day of the Preliminary Round is going to start in a couple of minutes. vs and vs to open this day If the Group A match has not many in play for, in case of expected regular time win will secure one of the top 2 spots of the group, for GB it is the last match of the tournament. But the match to follow is defintely the group B game between and . Canada was yesterday saved by Norwa who beat Kazakhstan and thus offered a sudden opportunity for the Canadians. everything is set and clear, if win this match, does not matter if in Regular Time or after OT/PSO they will qualify for the Quarterfinals, but if Finland win this game again does not matter if in Regular Time or after overtime/penalty Shoot-Out Canada will miss the quarterfinals for the first time ever.

So this and South Africa already confirming the ir quota likely ended the MTB riders dream to travel to Tokyo I guess. well, the hope did not last too long

memes starting virals in slovak sites after the country finally stopped the 8 long years QF curse when SVK was last time in Quarter Finals at the WCh ? it´s been 8 years

SLOVAK ROAD TO TOKYO 2020 - SLOVENSKÁ CESTA DO TOKIA 2020 26th Qualified Athlete Michal MORVAY - ATHLETICS (M 50km RACE WALK) Päťdesiatkar Michal Morvay druhým istým atlétom v slovenskej výprave v premiére na OH sa postaví na štart po boku Mateja Tótha Šiesteho augusta nebude stať Matej Tóth na štarte olympijských pretekov v chôdzi na 50 km sám. Na okruhu v parku Odori v Sappore, kde budú o tokijské medaily bojovať chodci a maratónci, zažije premiéru pod piatimi kruhmi aj Michal Morvay. V kvalifikačnom renkingu päťdesiatkárov, ktorého uzávierka bola 31. mája, sa zmestil do šesťdesiatky štartujúcich – je 53. Dvadsaťštyriročný Nitran v službách banskobystrickej Dukly doposiaľ nikdy neštartoval na seniorských MS či ME, no vďaka húževnatosti a nezlomnej vôli pôjde na olympiádu. Je druhý slovenský atlét s istotou štartu na OH 2021. Slovenský chodec Michal Morvay zažíval posledné dva roky turbulentné obdobie. V roku 2019 skončil po Dudinskej päťdesiatke v sanitke a v opatere lekárov. O dva roky neskôr finišoval na tom istom podujatí s osobným rekordom. Napriek tomu, že bol len pár týždňov po operácii kolena. Napokon si užije svoje premiérové olympijské hry. V roku 2019 prišiel do cieľa Dudinskej päťdesiatky s časom 4:09:50. Od 42. kilometra mal „okno”. Skončil v sanitke. „Dnes sa na to pozerám tak, že to bola obrovská skúsenosť, aj keď negatívna. Veľmi veľa som sa tam naučil a myslím, že od toho momentu sa všetko v mojom živote zmenilo,“ hovorí Michal. Aj keď s časom spokojný nebol, vyhral majstrovstvá Slovenska a získal body, ktoré ho v olympijskom rebríčku posunuli na hranicu postupu na OH 2020 „Od toho momentu som začal veriť, že je reálne štartovať na olympijských hrách.“ Po operácii mal iba týždeň, aby nohu rozhýbal. Čakalo ho totiž ďalšie sústredenie – príprava na Dudinskú 50. „Áno, bol to risk, ale nemal som čo stratiť. Prvý týždeň na sústredení som neveril, že v Dudinciach vôbec nastúpim. Na tréningoch som sa trápil v nadmorskej výške, ale pracoval som na 110 percent.“ Zvyšné dva týždne sústredenia preto každý deň tvrdo trénoval. Aj keď to bolo ťažké a noha stále bolela. Nemal som na výber, hovorí. Hlavu mal správne nastavenú, nemohlo ho už nič zastaviť. Koncom sústredenia ho koleno už skoro vôbec nebolelo, a preto sa s trénerom rozhodli, že v Dudinciach to len päť týždňov po operácií skúsia a uvidia. A oplatilo sa. Päť týždňov po operácii v Dudinciach finišovali s osobným rekordom 3:57:59. A opäť sa stal majstrom Slovenska. „Prvých 25 kilometrov som sa prekvapivo cítil dobre a snažil som sa udržať si čo najdlhšie dobrý pocit. Nevedeli sme, čo sa s telom bude diať na 35-40 kilometri. Stále som mierne zrýchľoval a snažil sa užívať si každý kilometer. Posledných 10 km bolo neuveriteľných. Síce to bolelo, ale bol to skvelý pocit,“ hovorí 24-ročný chodec. zdroj: SAZ a SOŠV