add me in the list 🙋 no USA in any international event   Who will vote in this forum ? 

23 british parliament have signed to ban USA from the next world cup and many international events     Now, 23 politicians from Labour, the Lib Dems, Green Party and Plaid Cymru have signed a motion, external in parliament, calling on international sporting bodies to consider expelling the US from major international competitions, including the World Cup.   https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2051p7ej1vo

And again more winter sports in the leadup to the Olympics, also some AO, although time dependent    If Mboko makes it to the final in Adelaide, then I'll probably add it.    Jan 15 11:30am: Moguls WC Waterville   Jan 16 12:30am/2:15am: Skeleton WC Altenberg - Women's  10:30am: Dual Moguls WC Waterville 9:00pm: Snowboard Cross WC Dongbeiya   Jan 17 2:45am: PGS WC Bankso 4:20am: Freestyle Ski Slopestyle WC Laax 9:00pm: Snowboard Cross WC Dongbeiya   Jan 18 2:45am: PGS WC Bankso 4:30am: Snowboard Slopestyle WC Laax   Jan 20 1:30am/4:30am: Alpine Skiing GS WC Kronplatz

Wooow 23 british parliament have signed to ban USA from the next world cup and many international event      Now, 23 politicians from Labour, the Lib Dems, Green Party and Plaid Cymru have signed a motion, external in parliament, calling on international sporting bodies to consider expelling the US from major international competitions, including the World Cup.   https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2051p7ej1vo

Podium finish in the men’s race for  Filippov. It is the first podium of the winter season for a neutral/Russian athlete.

that's basically last year's IA Division Worlds roster the only new name is Finoro so, the names might well be there

I will do my best to organise a pairs competition also involving nations from the 4 teams that are eliminated in the first half of the team competition along with the lowest ranked individual nations at the halfway point (end of session 2) to form 8 pairs. Pairs will be balanced so that the highest ranked nation in the competition will be paired with the lowest ranked nation, second highest with the second lowest and so on. All of that will be based on the individual ranking at the halfway point.   This way every nation will have at least interest in some event until the end of the 3rd session.   I will probably base it closely on @mrv86‘s proposed rules, and have sprints every 3 rounds of votes. The pairs with most medals from those 3 rounds get the points along with an extra bonus for medal and points doubles.   I do only have 1 day to organise this now so I can’t promise anything though.

Thursday January 15th, 2025   Knockout Round Day 1 Schedule   Quarterfinals Atlantic Standard Time (GMT -4)   Sweden vs  Slovakia Period-by-Period: January 15th 2026 h. 10:00, Centre 200, Sydney I Czechia vs Switzerland Period-by-Period: January 15th 2026 h. 13:30, Centre 200, Sydney I United States  vs  Hungary Period-by-Period: January 15th 2026 h. 17:00, Centre 200, Sydney I Canada vs  Finland Period-by-Period: January 15th 2026 h. 20:30, Centre 200, Sydney