phelps 6,794 Posted September 29, 2018 #41 Share Posted September 29, 2018 22 ore fa, vinipereira ha scritto: lol no. The difference between olympics and now is that in the Olympics there were huge temporary stands at the side of the venue (which I guess weren't necessary for this) and some banners with Rio 2016 logo. BTW, most of the brazilian athletes have trained for months there, which explains some good results here (compared to previous championships). lol yes... that's exactly what I meant...the whole setup and the good enthusiast crowd, the excitement all around made those races much more enjoyable than this week's, where there are no stands, almost no spectators, no excitement all around... basically, it looks like we're watching some anonymous training session... and that's what I called "depressing"... for what concerns the actual sport event, I don't have anything against it...the races are quite interesting (even if they're not the best I've ever seen), the course is tough and demanding as a world champs course should be... but I would have liked to see a much more involving surrounding...just that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,047 Posted September 29, 2018 #42 Share Posted September 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, phelps said: lol yes... that's exactly what I meant...the whole setup and the good enthusiast crowd, the excitement all around made those races much more enjoyable than this week's, where there are no stands, almost no spectators, no excitement all around... basically, it looks like we're watching some anonymous training session... and that's what I called "depressing"... for what concerns the actual sport event, I don't have anything against it...the races are quite interesting (even if they're not the best I've ever seen), the course is tough and demanding as a world champs course should be... but I would have liked to see a much more involving surrounding...just that... Well, I thought you were talking about the course itself. About the crowd of course I agree, although I don't think huge stands were necessary (it would be depressing to see them empty lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,794 Posted September 29, 2018 #43 Share Posted September 29, 2018 4 minuti fa, vinipereira ha scritto: Well, I thought you were talking about the course itself. About the crowd of course I agree, although I don't think huge stands were necessary (it would be depressing to see them empty lol) yeah, that's also true... p.s. no, the course is actually very good, tough and demanding, as I wrote...even if I don't like those blue plastic elements to build the route...I'd like them to be more "mimetic" with the rest of the environment...just to give the idea of being "natural", at least to a not so focused first look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,794 Posted September 29, 2018 #44 Share Posted September 29, 2018 p.s. by the way, decent result for Italy...Giovanni De Gennaro easily made it through to tomorrow's final...let's see if he can finally get a world medal (after winning the world cup final a few weeks ago)... a pity for 2 seconds penalty to Zeno Ivaldi...without that, he could paddle a decent time, good enough to make the final (even if also other guys in front of him did some mistakes, too)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,202 Posted September 29, 2018 #45 Share Posted September 29, 2018 On 2018-09-28 at 14:50, phelps said: all 3 your guys are in the Final... so, you've been too pessimistic once again... Anything not in too 3 is considered a failure in Slovakia in this sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted September 29, 2018 Author #46 Share Posted September 29, 2018 M K1 Finalists 3x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x and 1x Jakub Grigar once again with the same dumb mistake in the same part of the track like 2 years ago at the Olympics, in 2016 costed him the medal, now even the final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted September 29, 2018 Author #47 Share Posted September 29, 2018 22 minutes ago, intoronto said: Anything not in too 3 is considered a failure in Slovakia in this sport. This statement was true in the 2000´s, now apart M C1 we are not a powerhouse anymore, the C2 removal didn´t help us to be fair. In other hand in W C1 I am the more confident about the future, our girls are really good at their age, I can see a medal in Paris 2024 for us in this event. not sure if I can say the same about the remaining events maybe Marko Mirgorodský will be able to keep our prestige in the M C1 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,794 Posted September 30, 2018 #48 Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) guess what? Jess Fox has won another World title... nobody saw that coming... and Mallory Franklin makes it 2 Silver medals in 2 days... meanwhile, among the boys it's Hannes Aigner to upset the other paddlers, with Prskavec being the only one within 1 second and Clarke throwing away the Gold with 4 penaly seconds (and finishing 3.68 behind Aigner)... no comment on De Gennaro modest run...no mistakes for him, but very, very slow... Edited September 30, 2018 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted September 30, 2018 Author #49 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Women´s C1: 1. Jessica Fox 109.07 (0) 2. Mallory Franklin 113.85 (2) 3. Tereza Fiserova 116.74 (2) Full Final Result HERE Full Semifinal Results Here Full Heats (Qualifications) Results Heat 1 and Heat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted September 30, 2018 Author #50 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Men´s K1: 1. Hannes Aigner 89.69 (0) 2. Jiri Prskavec 90.65 (0) 3. Pavel Eigel 92.17 (0) Full Final Result HERE Full Semifinal Results Here Full Heats (Qualifications) Results Heat 1 and Heat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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