Great to see the Poles coming out again for their Wisla round. The atmosphere is on hand as usual.
With all due respect to Norway, Finland and Sweden who have invented these sports, but in the last couple of years it's painful to watch the starts in Scandinavia with 30 people in the stands.. It is always a shock how barely anybody goes out to watch a WC round in a historical sport for that nation. Same goes for the cross-country, Nordic combined races we had. Only biathlon managed to pull a nice crowd in Ostersund.
Even if there are still a few matches postponed to be played, it's incredible how tight Extraklasa is this season!
Only 11 points are separating surprising leaders Gornik Zabrze to equally surprising 16th and 1st relegation spot Legia Warszawa!
And not forgetting Poland has 4 teams playing in European groups: Jagiellonia, Rakow, Lech and Legia, so there are not weak teams.
Snow League Secret Garden
Women
Gold- Eileen Gu
Silver- Keixin Zhang
Bronze- Fanghui Li
Men
Gold- Brendan MacKay
Silver- Luke Harrold
Bronze- Gus Kenworthy
Full Results
Snow League Secret Garden
Women
Gold- Patti Zhou
Silver- Mitsuki Ono
Bronze- Rise Kudo
Patti Zhou is only 14! (this kind of makes me feel old… and I’m not even that old)
Men
Gold- Ayumu Hirano
Silver- Yuto Totsuka
Bronze- Ryusei Yamada
Full Results
Big Air WC Beijing
Women
Gold- Mia Brookes (176.50)
Silver- Hanna Karrer (146.75)
Bronze- Momo Suzuki (145.75)
Men
Gold- Su Yiming (181.00)
Silver- Kira Kimura (178.25)
Bronze- Rene Rinnekangas (176.25)
Full Results
And the Americans take 3 gold medals in the GP Finals, with Japan taking the fourth. The Japanese ladies just took a couple of stumbles, allowing Alysa Liu to snag gold for the ladies. Japan ends up on top for the season overall.
Check out Post 2 for complete medal tables from the season...see you all in Milano!
Italian hopes for LA 2028 done and dusted...
Local prosecutor in Trapani requested a 10-year sentence against Antonino Pizzolato (and 3 friends of him) because of a supposed rape against a tourist, down in Sicily (and it looks he'll be almost certainly convicted, there's no sign he can be named not guilty by the evidence)
https://www.oasport.it/2025/12/nino-pizzolato-chiesti-dieci-anni-di-reclusione-le-motivazioni-della-procura-di-trapani/
I know he's quite an idiot, but I never thought he was so disgustingly an asshole