Canada has won 5/7 events so far this weekend 

ISU World Tour 2024/25 -  Montréal (Stage 2/6)   Men's 1.000m:   01.  William Dandjinou 02.  Jang Sungwoo 03.  Jordan Pierre-Gilles

This year William Dandjinou is from another level 

while a few other Winter leagues are just underway ( LIDOM and  LAMP, mainly), the next big thing up is the WBSC Premier 12    starting next week in ,  and   

Japan Series 2024   the Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars earlier Today won the 2024 Japan Series, clinching their 1st league title since 1998 (and only the third overall in their history)    https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/11/453ebd4be870-urgent-dena-baystars-win-1st-japan-series-baseball-title-in-26-years.html     Series Recap   game #1: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks b. Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars 5-3 https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2024/games/s2024102601994.html   game #2: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks b. Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars 6-3 https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2024/games/s2024102701995.html   game #3: Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars b. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4-1 https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2024/games/s2024102901996.html   game #4: Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars b. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 5-0 https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2024/games/s2024103001997.html   game #5: Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars b. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 7-0 https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2024/games/s2024103101998.html   game #6: Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars b. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 11-2 https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2024/games/s2024110302000.html

Interlagos is always good, what a race by Verstappen.

ISU World Tour 2024/25 -  Montréal (Stage 2/6)   Women's 1.500m:   01.  Hanne Desmet 02.  Kim Gilli 03.  Corinne Stoddard

We've had some national championships already this season. Here are the national champions so far:    Canada Women: Carolina Hiller (500m) Ivanie Blondin (1.000m, 1.500m, 3.000m) Laura Hall (5.000m) Valerie Maltais (Mass Start) Men: Laurent Dubreuil (500m) Connor Howe (1.000m, 1.500m) Graeme Fish (5.000m, 10.000m) Hayden Mayeur (Mass Start)    South Korea Women: Kim Min-Sun (500m, 1.000m) Park Ji-Woo (1.500m, 3.000m) Jeong Yu-Na (5.000m) Men Kim Jun-Ho (500m) Cha Min-Kyu (1.000m) Oh Hyun-Min (1.500m) Lee Seung-Hoon (5.000m) Park Sung-Yun (10.000m)    Japan Women: Yukino Yoshida (500m) Miho Takagi (1.000m, 1.500m, 3.000m) Momoka Horikawa (5.000m, Mass Start) Men: Tatsuya Shinhama (500m, 1.000m) Taiyo Nonomura (1.500m) Seitaro Ichinohe (5.000m, 10.000m) Shoumu Sasaki (Mass Start)    Poland Women: Andzelika Wójcik (500m) Natalia Jabrzyk (1.000m, 1.500m, 5.000m) Zofia Braun (3.000m) Liwia Kubin (Mass Start) Men: Piotr Michalski (500m) Damian Zurek (1.000m, 1.500m) Szymon Palka (5.000m, 10.000m, Mass Start)    Norway Women: Julie Nistad Samsonsen (500m) Ragne Wiklund (1.500m, 3.000m) Aurora Grinden Løvås (Mass Start) Men: Bjørn Magnussen (500m) Sander Eitrem (1.500m, 5.000m) Allan Dahl Johnasson (Mass Start)    United States of America Women: Kimi Goetz (500m) Brittany Bowe (1.000m, 1.500m) Greta Myers (3.000m) Rebecca Simmons (5.000m) Men: Jordan Stolz (500m, 1.000m, 1.500m) Casey Dawson (5.000m) Kelin Dunfee (10.000m)    Germany Women: Anna Ostlender (500m, 1.000m) Lea Sophie Scholz (1.500m) Maira Jasch (3.000m) Josie Hofmann (5.000m) Michelle Uhrig (Mass Start) Men: Hendrik Dombek (500m) Moritz Klein (1.000m) Stefan Emele (1.500m) Patrick Beckert (5.000m) Fridtjof Petzold (10.000m) Tom Rudolph (Mass Start)    Austria Women: Vanessa Herzog (500m) Jeannine Rosner (1.000m, 3.000m) Anna Molnar (1.500m) Men: Ignaz Gschwentner (500m, 1.000m) Julian Zimmerling (3.000m)    Czechia Women: Nikola Zdráhalová (500m, 1.000m, Allround) Martina Sáblíková (1.500m, 3.000m) Men: Prokop Stodola (500m, 1.000m, 1.500m) Tadeáš Procházka (5.000m)    Portugal Women: Francisca Gomes Henriques (500m) Jéssica Carolina Santos Rodrigues (1.000m, 1.500m, 3.000m, Allround) Men: Martim José Coelho Vieira (500m) Afonso Henrique Pestana Silva (1.000m, 1.500m, 5.000m, Allround) Miguel Amores Monteiro (3.000m)    Romania Women: Mihaela Hogas (Sprint) Men: Cosmin Nedelea (Sprint)     Notable results (other than the times mentioned in this thread by others): Unkown skater  Hanna Damaratskaya skated 37,65 in the women's 500m in  Kolomna, the 2nd time of the season so far. Yevgeniy Koshkin finished in  34,56 in the men's 500m in Inzell, the 3rd time of the season so far.  Sanne in 't Hof skated a 6.54,97 in the women's 5.000m in  Heerenveen, more than 10 seconds faster than the number 2 time of the season.

Grand Prix de France - Results   Men: 1.  Adam Siao Him Fa - 246.58 2.  Koshiro Shimada - 233.84 3.  Andrew Torgashev - 233.64   Results Short Program Results Short Program Scores Free Skating Results Free Skating Scores   Women: 1.  Amber Glenn - 210.44 2.  Wakaba Higuchi - 206.08 3.  Rion Sumiyoshi - 201.35   Results Short Program Results Short Program Scores Free Skating Results Free Skating Scores   Pairs: 1.  Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin - 211.69 2.  Sara Conti / Niccolo Macii - 203.39 3.  Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini - 176.62   Results Short Program Results Short Program Scores Free Skating Results Free Skating Scores   Ice Dance: 1.  Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud - 195.27 2.  Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri - 189.08 3.  Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville - 185.88   Results Rhythm Dance Results Rhythm Dance Scores Free Dance Results Free Dance Scores

They have only two women in their national team, one of whom could not start today (Tineke den Dulk). I do not know why she could not start.