Madison Wilson retired a couple of weeks ago after giving birth to her first child last year. Won silver the 100 backstroke at 2015 Worlds before transitioning to a freestyler leading to numerous relay medals and records.

Had some time to check the work of whoever's been updating the alpine skiing olympic qualification page on wikipedia and I can confirm that the list is fully accurate.   So we officially have the following nations that have earned basic quotas. Remember that the basic quota is earned by an athlete who has an average result <= 80 points over the skier's best 2 downhill or super-g races during the qualification period an average result <= 120 points over the skier's best 5 giant slalom or slalom races during the qualification period   Basic quota for both men and women (50 nations):   Basic quota for men only (17 nations):   Basic quota for women only (4 nations):

Canada vs.  Finland   Highlights: Canada vs. Finland | 4 Nations Face-Off Highlights | February 17, 2025        Sweden vs.  United States   Highlights: Sweden vs. United States | 4 Nations Face-Off Highlights | February 17, 2025       Final Round Robin Standings:    

Sarah Hildebrandt Women 50 kg Wrestler announced retirement.  Medal records in Olympics and Wch: 1 Gold (Paris 2024) and 1 bronze (Tokyo 2020) in Olympic games  2 silver & 2 bronze in world championships.    This is the 2nd athlete in WW 50kg category to announce retirement within 2 weeks time.

The TV Channel webpage now seems to be fully populated if anyone is short of viewing.       Bakuriani 2025 - EOC Channel

Tuesday February 18th, 2025 - Round-Robin Last Day Schedule (GMT +1)   15:00  Bulgaria vs Estonia 19:00  Israel vs Singapore

Monday February 17th, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 5 Results (GMT +1)   15:00  Estonia  2 - 1  Singapore 19:00  Israel  6 - 1  Bosnia and Herzegovina   Provisional Standing After Day 5:   1.    7 ------------------ 2.   7 3.   5 4.   5* *Played all matches 5.   0

Sighel has a character that he doesn't calculate, but always attacks for gold. Sometimes it ends in falls or DSQ. Sighel at the European Championships last year in the mixed relay attacked Holland in the fight for gold, but he fell and Italy was out off the podium. These are always dilemmas, because in the relay you skate with your colleagues, not alone and in this way you deprive them of a certain medal.

Well that got a bit closer than I would've liked at the end but Canada beats Finland 5-3.    vs.  in the final on Thursday

The Julia thing. I can't find much about it in our media.