Really exciting men’s competition 

Another WC podium for  Flora Tabanelli 

I’ll start first;   Obviously,  @brunamoura in cross country skiing if she qualifies  (no pressure)    Curling:  Team Hasselborg and Team Edin,  Kaldvee/Lill, and to a lesser extent  Team Fujisawa and  Team Schwaller Ice Hockey:  Sweden men’s team,  Arturs Silovs/Teddy Blueger, whichever Canucks are on  United States’ men’s team, and  Finland’s men’s team if Lankinen can keep up his good play (Even though he’s probably going to get traded from the Canucks after this season, he prefers being on a team where he can get more starts than more money. Still I have a soft spot for him) Alpine Skiing:  Marco Odermatt,  Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde Freestyle Skiing:  Jakara Anthony,  Birk Ruud,  Sina Sigenthaler,  Andri Ragettli Snowboarding:  Leon Ulbricht,  Marcus Kleveland,  Anna Gasser Speed Skating:  Jutta Leerdam,  Jordan Stolz Luge:  Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl,  Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt   From a Canadian perspective, I’m rooting for our men’s hockey team above all. Then, our curling teams, especially Team Homan if she wins Olympic Trials. Then Max Parrot, Mikael Kingsbury, Eliot Grondin, William Dandjinou, our women’s hockey team, and our ski cross squad. But really I’ll be rooting for all of our athletes. 

Decided to start a thread on this early, and get some discussion early    When I mean athletes, I mean athletes from other countries mainly… but ones that represent your country work too 

Luge WC Eberspächer Lillehammer | Lillehammer, Norway   Women’s Singles Gold-  Julia Taubitz (1:33.898)     Silver-  Emily Sweeney (1:33.990) Bronze-  Lisa Schulte (1:34.050)   Women’s Doubles Gold-  Chevonne Chelsea Forgan/Sophia Kirkby (1:34.929) Silver-  Jessica Degenhardt/Cheyenne Rosenthal (1:34.946) Bronze-  Marta Robezniece/Kitija Bogdanova (1:35.419)   Men’s Doubles Gold-  Toni Eggert/Florian Mueller (1:33.846) Silver-  Martins Bots/Roberts Plume (1:33.978) Bronze-  Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl (1:34.070)   Full Results

Moguls WC Ruka | Ruka, Finland     Women Gold-  Perrine Laffont (81.13) Silver-  Jakara Anthony (80.00) Bronze-  Olivia Giacco (76.95)   Laffont victorious in her return to competition, after taking a break last season!  Maia Schwinghammer with a career best moguls finish in 4th    Men Gold-  Mikael Kingsbury (83.90)  Silver-  Walter Wallberg (81.14) Bronze-  Ikuma Horishima (80.51)   Kingsbury now with his 100th career victory! (thanks @Gianlu33 for the stat)    Full Results

Interesting day in Muaythai...    were the only NOCs to send female athletes in the sport. However, they split the medals evenly, with both NOCs winning two golds. 

Botafogo won Copa Libertadores despite having a player send off after 30 seconds of the final

Shiffrin will not race in the slalom tomorrow.

Shoulda stayed in Lake Louise