First Ruka start lists are there    any thoughts ? 

The loss to  last weekend was a real blip, everyone about 20% down on what they usually do.   Maybe just not taking the opposition seriously enough. 

very slim, I think  and  (also  among the women) have better chances (and I wouldn't underestimate  too, in 2 seasons their very strong juniors might surprise also at senior level)   gotta say that sprint races are not the core disciplines of this sport, the classic individual and the vert races would have been a lot more entertaining and "fair" to the athletes

They filed an appeal in the Sinner case and then went to CAS as well. This is still ongoing while Sinner keeps playing (until the season ended anyway) and there is zero noise he might get a significant additional ban if any. So it's basically lawyers exchanging papers to make their money. I expect the same will happen with Świątek

WADA will not appeal here?

I don't think so. Sinner got away without extra punishment so Świątek probably will too. I mean even Polish experts on TV said trimetazydyne acts like a "new" meldonium in all honesty

What you think about Canclini? A chance for a medal ?

that's OK, but you can always use also wikipedia and the official ISM pages   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_mountaineering (starting from this general description and going through the disciplines and events pages)   https://www.ismf-ski.org/webpages/

build a big lead vs in the first half. Totally expected tbh

and M Ice hockey semis :-)