Who would have guessed, that our first men's podium of the season won't be from either Yankov or Zamfirov, but from Alexander Krashniak   This pretty much solidifies our men's team as the third strongest in the parallel events after  and  . And there are a couple of top youngsters coming up, so the potential is big for the next 5-6 years.   Too bad this progress is only limited to the parallel. Snowboard cross is again dead after Zhekova retired, while the other "techinical" snowboard disciplines have always been non-existent here..

Another great day for the Italians 

2026 WTA, 125 and ITF Tour Week One   Results (January 5-11, 2026)   United Cup in Perth and Sydney : 1. Poland  (Hurkacz - Swiatek - Michalski - Kawa - Zielinski - Piter) 2. Switzerland  (Wawrinka - Bencic - Paul - Castelnuovo - Karamoko) 3. United States  (Fritz - Gauff - McDonald - Lepchenko - Harrison - Melichar-Martinez) 3. Belgium  (Bergs - Mertens - Coppejans - Minnen - Gille - Salden) 5. Greece  (S Tsitsipas - Sakkari - Sakellaridis - Papamichail - P Tsitsipas - Sakellaridi) 5. Australia  (de Minaur - Joint - Kubler - Inglis - Smith - Hunter) 5. Argentina  (Baez - Sierra - Trungelliti - Carle - Andreozzi - Fossa Huergo) 5. Czech Republic  (Mensik - Krejcikova - Svrcina - Fruhvirtuova - Pavlasek - Skoch)   WTA 500 in Brisbane : 1. Aryna Sabalenka  (Belarus) 2. Marta Kostyuk 3. Karolina Muchova 3. Jessica Pegula 5. Madison Keys   5. Elena Rybakina   5. Liudmila Samsonova  (Russia) 5. Mirra Andreeva  (Russia)   Doubles: Hsieh Su-wei & Jelena Ostapenko   d. Cristina Bucsa  & Ellen Perez   WTA 250 in Auckland : 1. Elina Svitolina 2. Wang Xinyu 3. Iva Jovic 3. Alexandra Eala 5. Sonay Kartal 5. Sofia Costoulas 5. Magda Linette 5. Francesca Jones     Doubles: Guo Hanyu  & Kristina Mladenovic  d. Xu Yifan & Yang Zhaoxuan     WTA 125 in Canberra : 1. Joanna Garland 2. Polina Kudermetova 3. Daria Snigur 3. Himeno Sakatsume     W75 in Nonthaburi  : Mananchaya Sawangkaew  d. Lisa Pigato   W35 in Antalya  : Andreea Prisacariu  d. Carlota Martinez Cirez W35 in Nairobi  : Angella Okutoyi  d. Martina Colmegna W15 in Cayenne  (French Guyana) : Jasmijn Gimbrere  d. Alize Lim W15 in Oslo  : Katarina Kuzmova  d. Linea Bajraliu W15 in Monastir  : Carolyn Ansari  d. Milana Zhabrailova  (Russia) W15 in Hurghada  : Daria Egorova  (Russia) d. Lidia Encheva

2026 ATP, Challenger and ITF Tour Week One   Results (January 5-11, 2026)     United Cup in Perth and Sydney : 1. Poland  (Hurkacz - Swiatek - Michalski - Kawa - Zielinski - Piter) 2. Switzerland  (Wawrinka - Bencic - Paul - Castelnuovo - Karamoko) 3. United States  (Fritz - Gauff - McDonald - Lepchenko - Harrison - Melichar-Martinez) 3. Belgium  (Bergs - Mertens - Coppejans - Minnen - Gille - Salden) 5. Greece  (S Tsitsipas - Sakkari - Sakellaridis - Papamichail - P Tsitsipas - Sakellaridi) 5. Australia  (de Minaur - Joint - Kubler - Inglis - Smith - Hunter) 5. Argentina  (Baez - Sierra - Trungelliti - Carle - Andreozzi - Fossa Huergo) 5. Czech Republic  (Mensik - Krejcikova - Svrcina - Fruhvirtuova - Pavlasek - Skoch)   ATP 250 in Hong Kong : 1. Alexander Bublik   2. Lorenzo Musetti 3. Andrey Rublev  (Russia) 3. Marcos Giron 5. Coleman Wong 5. Nuno Borges 5. Michael Mmoh 5. Juncheng Shang   Doubles: Lorenzo Musetti & Lorenzo Sonego  d. Karen Khachanov & Andrey Rublev  (Russia)   ATP 250 in Brisbane : 1. Daniil Medvedev  (Russia) 2. Brandon Nakashima 3. Alex Michelsen 3. Aleksandar Kovacevic 5. Kamil Majchrzak   5. Sebastian Korda   5. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard   5. Raphael Collignon   Doubles: Francisco Cabral  & Lucas Miedler  d. Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool   Challenger 125 in Bengaluru : 1. Pedro Martinez 2. Timofey Skatov 3. Matteo Martineau 3. Harold Mayot   Challenger 125 in Canberra : 1. Alexander Blockx 2. Rafael Jodar 3. James McCabe 3. Kyrian Jacquet   Challenger 75 in Noumea : 1. Arthur Gea 2. Jurij Rodionov 3. Blake Ellis 3. Michael Zheng   Challenger 50 in Nonthaburi : 1. Rio Noguchi 2. Marek Gengel 3. Zdenek Kolar 3. Joel Schwarzler   Challenger 50 in Nottingham : 1. Clement Chidekh 2. Johannus Monday 3. Mikhail Kukushkin 3. Toby Samuel   M25 in Hazebrouck  : Moise Kouame  d. Theo Papamalamis M25 in Antalya  : Felix Gill  d. Filip Jianu M25 in Monastir  : Florian Broska  d. Olle Wallin M25 in Winston-Salem  : Keegan Smith  d. Shunsuke Mitsui M15 in Manacor  : Yaroslav Demin  (Russia) d. Ivan Ivanov M15 in Oslo  : Max Hans Rehberg  d. Alex Knaff M15 in Hurghada  : Marko Miladinovic  d. Nikola Djosic

Only 63 goals in the second day.   TUESDAY 13 JANUARY   Men   Sweden-Netherlands 28-0 (16-0)   Finland-Hungary 19-0 (7-0)   Norway-USA 13-3 (7-2)

This suggestion has been implemented. If you open the forum's Badminton section, you will get a block with Badminton current and upcoming events: https://totallympics.com/forums/forum/21-badminton/   I will start implementing this also for other forums in the next days. Also this can be implented in the Qualification Tracker pages, with events of that single sport displaying in the respective sport's sections.   EDIT: testing with a Winter Sport event, which currently has some events in progress and some more starting in the next days: Alpine Skiing section

So qualification isn't done, and the last few spots are very close with essentially one more race to go.   On the 6th and 7th Canada entered 6 racers in the lower tier North American cup races in Lake Placid. On the 11th there was races again in Lake Placid, Canada only entered 2 (articles say withdrew 4, start list on the 10th says 2 registered, whatever).  If the total amount entered was above 20 then the ranking points for first start at 120 and go down incrementally, with only 2 Canadians entered there were 19 competitors so points for first only start at 90.    The USA only has a shot at qualifying 2 sleds at this point, and Uhlaender appears to have had a shot at catching up to 2nd best among the americans. She came 1st, those 30 points really cost her if that is how the USA nominates their team.   The best 17 countries get one sled, based on how their top competitor is ranked.  is in 13th with 498 points,  is in 14th with 480,  15th 475,  16th 468,  17th 457,  18th 456 and no one else has the ability to gain enough points.  could have received 27 more points,  19 more,  21 more. So a big deal for them, and not appearing in the stories.   The accusation is that Canada did it for their own gain, to protect Channell's chance of qualifying: the 6 countries with the highest ranked 2nd best slider get a 2nd quota.  Channell holds the last spot at 512,  Erlacher is next at 484. Both only race at the World Cup level. However, the next best after that is  Simmchen at 391, who did race in Lake Placid and misses out on 25 points. Both her and her teammate would have to pass both Channell and Erlacher in the rankings for them to achieve a 2nd quota. A miraculous outcome, but that is what Uhlaender is accusing the Canadians of being afraid of. Could be, I don't think so but who knows.