Quasit 849 Posted June 5, 2021 #151 Share Posted June 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, phelps said: what a shame! if I'm not wrong, Surf is the only individual sport (considering Trampoline as just 1 discipline of Gymnastics) where no Italians have been able to qualify a single representative... Badminton? Stopped watching sports, there are better things in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benolympique 1,621 Posted June 5, 2021 #152 Share Posted June 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, phelps said: what a shame! if I'm not wrong, Surf is the only individual sport (considering Trampoline as just 1 discipline of Gymnastics) where no Italians have been able to qualify a single representative... Badminton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,572 Posted June 5, 2021 #153 Share Posted June 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, phelps said: what a shame! if I'm not wrong, Surf is the only individual sport (considering Trampoline as just 1 discipline of Gymnastics) where no Italians have been able to qualify a single representative... Sadly we have the badminton too... But the federation works very well in the schools with their project, we have a brunch of good young athletes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajiv 25 Posted June 5, 2021 #154 Share Posted June 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said: Sadly we have the badminton too... But the federation works very well in the schools with their project, we have a brunch of good young athletes Really -is there any surfing in Italy ? you need access to the open ocean for real surfing. And a suitable climate . Only a few European countries genuinely have this -Portugal , Spain , France , GB have a local surfing scene and I think that's about it for Europe .( Although maybe there are now artificial surfing venues being established ) Maybe there are big waves off Norway but I suspect the climate doesn't invite surfing It's a sport that is dependant on having the right geography and climate -just like skiing As for badminton -rather like table tennis - Just naturalize a few ( more ) Asians . Works for many countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,572 Posted June 5, 2021 #155 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Just now, rajiv said: Really -is there any surfing in Italy ? you need access to the open ocean for real surfing. And a suitable climate . Only a few European countries genuinely have this -Portugal , Spain , France , GB have a local surfing scene and I think that's about it for Europe .( Although maybe there are now artificial surfing venues being established ) Maybe there are big waves off Norway but I suspect the climate doesn't invite surfing It's a sport that is dependant on having the right geography and climate -just like skiing As for badminton -rather like table tennis - Just naturalize a few ( more ) Asians . Works for many countries I spoke about badminton Btw, I know that some surfing races, like the Italian championship, usually are made in Sardinia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laraja 1,369 Posted June 5, 2021 #156 Share Posted June 5, 2021 The surfers who win the Women's Main Round today will take an Olympic Quota. Those who lose the heats, will have another chance. so, 2 quotas among Pauline Ado Yolanda Sequeira Teresa Bonvalot and Mahina Maeda Also 2 quotas among Lucia Indurain Paige Hareb Leilani Mcgonagle and Daniella Rosas (quota for ) Benolympique 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laraja 1,369 Posted June 5, 2021 #157 Share Posted June 5, 2021 btw... In case of , if Pauline wins, she will guarantee a quota for the country, but not for her... she still needs to beat Vahine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,858 Posted June 5, 2021 #158 Share Posted June 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Quasit said: Badminton? completely forgot about that... but I wrote it..."if I'm not wrong", which actually I was, of course... nothing new under the sun (which also isn't there here where I live at the moment)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,858 Posted June 5, 2021 #159 Share Posted June 5, 2021 3 hours ago, rajiv said: Really -is there any surfing in Italy ? you need access to the open ocean for real surfing. And a suitable climate . Only a few European countries genuinely have this -Portugal , Spain , France , GB have a local surfing scene and I think that's about it for Europe .( Although maybe there are now artificial surfing venues being established ) Maybe there are big waves off Norway but I suspect the climate doesn't invite surfing It's a sport that is dependant on having the right geography and climate -just like skiing As for badminton -rather like table tennis - Just naturalize a few ( more ) Asians . Works for many countries actually, we have some of the best surfing and windsurfing spots in Europe...with wonderful beaches and landscapes, hot sun, strong wind and also good waves... in Italy you can find almost everything in terms of natural environment and climate...from mountains to sea, from lakes to rivers, from hot sunny beaches to cold freezy ski mountaineering routes... we only lack in young people practicing some sports at high level because they're too uncomfortbale or because they're too expensive... and in this case, we just had our guys underperforming, because Fioravanti in the men's division and Bevilacqua in the women's division definitely have the skills to qualify for the Games, but this time they just failed to perform at their best...point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konig 1,298 Posted June 5, 2021 #160 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Is there a live streaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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