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Alpine Skiing not being broadcast is really annoying considering that’s where the majority of NOCs will have a representative  

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The IOC has the participation statistics at 78 NOCs and 1,802 athletes. Assuming all athletes/NOCs take part, we'll have one less NOC, but more athletes, than Lausanne 2020.

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Both ski jumping competitions on Day 1 have been moved forward an hour from their original time.

 

The men's Super G on Sunday was pushed back 1 1/2 hours from the original start time.

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7 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Did Lara Colturi withdraw?

It certainly looks like it. 

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10 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

One male & one female if teams big enough.

 only had a single gender flagbearer.

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Well, this looks like fucking chaos now 

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Kids taking selfies with the performer mid-performance 

 

Never change Gen Z!

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6 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Jeez, K-Pop is buried beneath geological stratas worth of AutoTune!  

The third performer kind of showed us why…

 

And before the k-pop stans come for me, I appreciate the art form, but flat vocals are flat vocals no matter the singer.

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3 minutes ago, Griff88 said:

Very meh, looks like they focused too much to the LED cauldron outside

Well, that is the public facing one 

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I was expecting a ring of fire, but alright 

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The artistic segments have been pretty good 

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The paths are really bringing, “required” high school presentation vibes 

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Someone messed up the order here…wrong nations keep getting called.

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 in turn, gets called

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 gets called

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 gets a volunteer flagbearer  

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 gets called “South Africa” 

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Flagbearers confused af by this dumb procedure 

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Oh, first time they’ve changed the broadcast graphics in seven editions 

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Opening ceremony starts at the top of the hour 

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On 1/15/2024 at 3:23 PM, intoronto said:

Not them listing the actual home address of an athlete (wont list due to privacy) 

I've also now stumbled upon a listed address while looking at bios sport by sport ahead of the Games 

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Some background on  curling team from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/67974904

 

The quotes from the sports ministry are certainly less than ideal in terms of attitude, even if I understand the limitations.

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It's kind of assuming that there will be three "dead" events on the alpine skiing program 

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I like that the sliding athletes are given a gratuitous amount training runs. The YOG is meant to be a bit of a learning/familiarization experience after all.

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I was reading the "Competition Rules and Format" report for biathlon, and I noticed an interesting quota limitation. NOCs will be allowed to enter four athletes per gender in the Individual, but only two in the sprint. I have no idea why the IBU and/or IOC made that decision, but the document is very clear about it @heywoodu @RobtheAggie