have a new National Team coach,  Hans Robert "Bob" Hanning    despite the amazing campaign that ended with the best performance ever at the world championships by our NT, coach Riccardo Trillini has basically been fired by the new Federation's President after an 8-year tenure   Hanning has had a very successful career as a trainer (especially with junior and low tier teams brought to the top level) first, then he was also a well known TV commentator and finally has dedicated himself full time to the Füchse Berlin, as a youth coach, as a manager and as an official (up to the CEO role)   he also had a major role in the German Federation, leading (as an official, not on the bench) the NT to the 2016 European gold and Rio Olympic bronze   the question is: after a very long time he's not been on the bench, will he be able to find his "magic touch" once again? 

yes, that's definitely an Italian sounding name...   but I have no idea if he's potentially eligible for our NT (especially for an Olympic team) 

Friday January 31st, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +3)   13:00  Bosnia and Herzegovina  1 - 18  Chinese Taipei 16:30  Mexico  1 - 6  Bulgaria 20:00  Turkiye  3 - 6  New Zealand   Provisional Standing After Day 4:   1.    12 ------------------ 2.   12 3.   6 4.   3 5.   3 ------------------ 6.   0

Terrible performance from Poland. Meanwhile Timi Zajc was DQ in the first round for illegal suit yet the very same suit was deemed legal in round two. Classic case of the measurement being reliant on how the athlete actually stands during the process.

Aerials WC Lac-Beauport | Lac-Beauport, Canada     Women Gold-  Laura Peel (102.17) Silver-  Karenna Elliott (87.42) Bronze-  Airleigh Frigo (76.85)   Frigo with her first career WC podium!   Men Gold-  Qi Guangpu (110.56) Silver-  Wang Xindi (105.88) Bronze-  Emilie Nadeau (95.98)   Full Results

Stage 16 in Willingen (GER)   Mixed Team Large Hill:   1.  Norway (Bjoerseth/Sundal/Kvandal/Forfang)    1070.8 2. Austria (Eder/Hoerl/Seifriedsberger/Tschofenig)    1031.4 3. Germany (Schmid/Raimund/Freitag/Wellinger)    988.8   Full Final Result HERE

Stage 8 in Cogne (ITA)   Men´s Team Sprint Classical:   1.  Norway I. (Even Northug/Erik Valnes)    16:51.15 2. France I. (Jules Chappaz/Richard Jouve)    16:51.60 3. Sweden I. (Calle Halfvarsson/Oskar Svensson)    16:52.10   Full Final Result HERE

Stage 8 in Cogne (ITA)   Women´s Team Sprint Classical:   1.  Finland I. (Kerttu Niskanen/Jasmi Joensuu)    19:04.50 2. Sweden I. (Johanna Hagstroem/Maja Dahlqvist)    19:05.40 3. Germany I. (Laura Gimmler/Coletta Rydzek)    19:05.70   Full Final Result HERE

Stage 5 in Seefeld (AUT)   Men´s Individual Mass Start Normal Hill:   1.  Jarl Magnus Riiber    126.6 2. Johannes Lamparter    118.6 3. Jens Luraas Oftebro    118.4   Full Final Result HERE

Stage 5 in Seefeld (AUT)   Women´s Individual Mass Start Normal Hill (5km):   1.  Ida Marie Hagen    92.8 2. Gyda Westvold Hansen    88.5 3. Nathalie Armbruster    87.3   Full Final Result HERE