Stage 1 in Lillehammer (NOR)   Men´s Individual Large Hill:   1.  Pius Paschke    317.1 2. Daniel Tschofenig    309.2 3. Maximilian Ortner    307.1   Full Final Result HERE

Hope so (for my adopted country, Norway, that is). Torino 2006 was the first Winter Olympics I followed closely and it was nothing short of a disaster for Norway. Strangely enough, that was actually the reason I became an avid fan of Norwegian winter sports and have been ever since. As for my actual home country, Greece, a medal for Ginnis in slalom (alpine skiing) would be a miracle.

Medal matches are set for Sunday:   Bronze Medal Match:  United States vs.  Venezuela   Gold Medal Match:  Taiwan vs.  Japan

2006 medal table   1  Germany 11 12 6 29 2  United States 9 9 7 25 3  Austria 9 7 7 23 4  Russia 8 6 8 22 5  Canada 7 10 7 24 6  Sweden 7 2 5 14 7  South Korea 6 3 2 11 8  Switzerland 5 4 5 14 9  Italy* 5 0 6 11 10  France 3 2 4 9  Netherlands 3 2 4 9 12  Estonia 3 0 0 3 13  Norway 2 8 9 19 14  China 2 4 5 11 15  Czech Republic 1 2 1 4 16  Croatia 1 2 0 3 17  Australia 1 0 1 2 18  Japan 1 0 0 1 19  Finland 0 6 3 9 20  Poland 0 1 1 2 21  Belarus 0 1 0 1  Bulgaria 0 1 0 1  Great Britain 0 1 0 1  Slovakia 0 1 0 1 25  Ukraine 0 0 2 2 26  Latvia 0 0 1 1 Totals (26 entries) 84 84 84 252

Milano Cortina 2026 vs Torino 2006

Will share my first batch of predictions here when I have the time, now is a busy time for me though with a whole bunch of sports in full swing. 

Ali Gholizadeh with another league goal today @MHSN    

Maximilian Ortner on a World Cup podium? Didn't have this guy on my bingo card

Day 4 events   19. SHORT TRACK - Mixed Team Relay 20. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Slopestyle 21. ALPINE SKIING - W Team Combined 22. CURLING - Mixed Doubles 23. LUGE - W Singles 24. BIATHLON - M 20km Individual 25. SKI JUMPING - Mixed Team 26. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M Sprint Classic 27. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W Sprint Classic

After day 3   2-3-1---6 2-2-2---6 2-2-0---4 2-1-2---5 2-1-0---3 2-0-1---3 1-3-4---8 1-3-0---4 1-0-3---4 1-0-1---2 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 0-2-1---3 0-1-0---1 0-0-2---2 0-0-1---1