And Malinin bounced back.  He earned a WR 238.24 in the FP...and of note that in this Grand Prix Finals event, the 6th place competitor earned 242.19 combined (not even 4 points higher).   Dang.

Liu  fell 8 minutes in, a hard fall it seems which prevented the race from going on. The three skaters (Lorello  Bosker  and Trebouta ) will get a rerun tonight.  As the Netherlands and Italy already have two guys in qualifying spots this is not a disaster for them. But Trebouta will now start another 10000 with 15 laps in the legs, alone in his pair, aiming for 12'49 to qualify. We'll never know what he would have done in those last laps but he was on pace to at least approach this time. 

10km, Division B and already a new track record by Vladimír Semirunniy. I feel that this fella might be a dark horse for 5km and 10km in Milano 

Gretzky actually says at one point he practiced the names and still got a lot of them wrong, including the easiest one Jordan. 

I only kinda know Wayne Gretzky by name, don't think I ever heard or saw him really do anything, but man, for someone called 'The Great One' that sure was an underwhelming performance by him     Pronounced half the countries like he had never even heard of them (which I assume is correct), and made it seem as though reading a card with a grand total of 4 countries on it was super difficult. Shaquille O'Neal and Aaron Judge at least clearly practiced the names in their pot. The full 'Islamic Republic of Iran' by Shaq for example, I feel like Gretzky would just have said 'I R Iran' and thought the I and R were a typo.

Ok, take the Norwegian World Cup regulars, add the top Norwegian club skiers, guess what happens.........

This is such an annoying thing at events like this. Like that guy who came on the podium with a speech in Spanish. I mean, no blame at all if you don't speak English, there's no real shame in that and that's fine, but if you don't....then don't go on a global stage and give a speech even if you're asked to, unless someone is there translating sentence by sentence.

I Was in London in June 2010, when Mexico faced South Africa at Soccer City Stadium I will be in Hargeisa in June 2026, when Mexico will face South Africa at Estadio Azteca 

Price of Ticket , Mexico vs South Africa : 3000 -4800$ , insane        However, since passes are not always guaranteed, you can buy tickets for the Mexico vs. South Africa match now , Given the match is the tournament opener, the cheapest ticket currently costs $3,000. Category 2 seats start at $4,200 while category 1 starts at $4,800. Prices are expected to fluctuate before the tournament begins.

The war Europe vs Slovakia because :   Slovakia passes law to recognise only two sexes and restrict adoption