Skeleton IBSF World Cup 2025 - 2026 (Altenberg)

I wonder what the Danish ice hockey supporters will chant during the USA-Denmark ice hockey match at the Winter Olympics? 

BRAZIL (14 athletes)   With bobsleigh team just revealed, Brazil has announced its biggest delegation ever for a Winter Games. 14 athletes + 1 alternate (Gustavo Ferreira) for bobs. https://www.olympics.com/pt/milano-cortina-2026/noticias/brasil-delegacao-recorde-jogos-olimpicos-inverno-milano-cortina-2026   Alpine Skiing (3 Men + 1 Woman) Lucas Pinheiro Braathen Christian Oliveira Soevik Giovanni Ongaro Alice Padilha   Bobsleigh (4 Men)   Edson Bindilatti Luís Bacca Rafael Souza Davidson de Souza     Esqui Cross-Country (1 Man, 2 Women) Manex Silva Eduarda Ribera Bruna Moura   Snowboard (2 Men) Pat Burgener Augustinho Teixeira   Skeleton (1 Woman) Nicole Silveira

Netherlands will boycott this edition ???       According to the NL Times, a petition by journalist Teun van de Keuken has attracted just over 114,000 signatures at the time of writing, stating: "We call on the Dutch government not to allow the Dutch national football team to participate in the World Cup in the United States. We do not want our footballers to implicitly support President Donald Trump's violent terror policy against innocent migrants (or not in possession of a US passport) through their performance at the tournament. "We also disapprove of the aggressive military interference of the United States in other countries and we find it insistisible that our footballers will play at a tournament of a president who threatens to invade and occupy his own ally Greenland, with which he destroys NATO and endangers world peace.'”

Actually I take that back, I think Brazil will too with Braathen. 

First,  … Oriol Cardona Coll is the favourite in men’s ski mountaineering, with the mixed relay also favoured, and there’s fringe chances for Queralt Castellet in women’s snowboard halfpipe, Lucas Eguibar in men’s snowboard cross, and Ana Alonso in women’s ski mountaineering (she got into a car crash a few months ago, wasn’t serious thankfully but not in great form) depending on the day…    For  Bulgaria one of Zamfirov or Krashniak in men’s parallel giant slalom is what I’m thinking, but maybe Yankov can medal too (although his season has been pedestrian), Zamfirova in women’s parallel slalom also has a decent chance   For  Belgium, I think Kim Meylemans in women’s skeleton, the Crystal Globe winner, and potentially one of the Desmet siblings in short track…   For  Georgia, obviously Metelkina/Berulava in pairs figure skating   For  Latvia it’s all about luge. Bots/Plume and Upite/Kaluma in men’s/women’s doubles, Aparjods in men’s singles, and the team relay. Kruzbergs might also have a chance in short track but don’t see it.    For  Poland, in short track Maliszewska in the women’s 500m, and the women’s and mixed relays have chances, Krol-Walas in women’s parallel slalom, Zurek in the men’s 500m and 1000m. Easiest pick of them all.    For  their biggest chance is mixed team aerials IMO due to the lack of teams competing, Kotovskyi in men’s aerials and Brykina are other chances.    I actually don’t have  Brazil reaching the podium, Rocha Silveira hasn’t had the best results on the WC circuit, Burgener’s scores this season won’t be enough for a podium, and most of their hopes rest on Braathen IMO   Same with  Estonia, Kaldvee/Lill are a strong team but I have four teams slightly above them.