China, Usa, Russia, Italy and Turkey in one group? Flashback of 2016 and 2012 Olympics...
Posts by arrekusu
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Russia hockey team participated in 2018 Winter Olympics and won gold under the name of "Olympic Athletes from Russia". I'm sure Russian NT will find a way to participate this time as well. Otherwise it will be outrageous.
IOC announcement before the 2018 Winter Olympics: "IOC SUSPENDS RUSSIAN NOC AND CREATES A PATH FOR CLEAN INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES TO COMPETE IN PYEONGCHANG 2018 UNDER THE OLYMPIC FLAG"
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Tianjin should've brought the Brinks truck for Fabris. Practically the best available opposite that isn't Egonu for the year.
I really don't understand what they saw in Hooker. She's never been the same after London. I think even Sheilla's better than her despite the three year absence and that says a lot about her.
Most Chinese coaches do not really know a lot about international players. They rely heavily on agents and it's not the first time they were misled to make bad transfer decisions.
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Beyza looks so good with her new (?) haircut
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Those are some amazing sets from Wolosz
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LMAO at that challenge
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So FIVB is not going by the stats this time. I would say i agree with most of the individual awards.
I don't what you guys think about Wang Mengjie, but she has consistently been criticized in Chinese forums.
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It would have ended in straight sets if not for Plak
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Entertaining match between NED and JPN. Would have enjoyed it so much more if i'm not waiting for the awards ceremony
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Now that's what you call a "proper" celebration! Finally Chinese girls showed all their emotions
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Oh and my sweetheart Liu Xiaotong (who was previously injured) is on court too!
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Sweet act by Lang Ping, subbing in Liu Yanhan. And she delivered!
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Yan Ni and Yuan Xinyue are definitely among the top 3 best overall middle blockers in this tournament. Too bad Koroleva most likely (and deservedly) has secured one of the awards.
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After USA-KOR, the rest of today's matches seem boring.
Will still watch China vs. Argentina though. The girls were so reserved yesterday even though they secured gold medal. Would love to see a more wild celebration today!
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Nothing surprising coming from Japanese fan that did the Thai team 2 times in a row.
Oops I’m Chinese also, though unlike you, I’m not a troll
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Congratulations to China though. Proud of you!
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Based on Chinese forum Serbia has suddenly become their most hated foreign team (from one of the favorites) since 2018 WCh (because they won)
so you can all guess where the trolls all come from.The accusations against Serbia (at least) in relation to this World Cup are ridiculous.
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I have never seen more emotions from Goncharova
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That's one hell lot of errors in half a set...
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The great thing with Japan is they rely on a system. It's all about consistency even though they are currently swimming in a pool of mediocrity. When eras normalized from stars to systems, they won't be affected by the sudden shift of power.
Teams like China and Italy are bound to have Russia-like meltdowns when their stars retire or are injured if there are no proper replacements because Zhu Ting and Egonu are simply irreplaceable at this point.
Meltdown against which team, though? Crazily good teams like Serbia and USA, definitely! Other teams, not really.