Fingers crossed the women’s curling gold medal match also undergoes changes, very preferably an hour earlier so it doesn’t conflict with the men’s hockey gold medal match
Seriously, what were they thinking
And yet another version is out . This time with some more noticeable changes.
Ice Hockey:
Women's semifinals moved from the Rho Arena to the Santa Giulia Arena
Women's gold medal game moved up to a 19:10 start time (was previous 20:10)
Speed Skating:
Most of the events have had their session cut by somewhere between 5 and 30 minutes. Start times remain the same
Figure Skating:
Looks like the order of events in team event is now: Ice Dance -> Pairs -> Women. Women were previously listed first.
Alpine Skiing:
Downhill portion of the team combined cut by 45 minutes
1st Run of the Giant Slalom and Slalom events cut by 30 minutes
Ski Mountaineering:
Sprint heats extended by 8 minutes. Finals session extended by 13 minutes
Ski Jumping:
All sessions shortened by 5 to 15 minutes
Qualification for the 2026 World Baseball Classic has been announced. There'll be 2 qualification Pools and 4 teams in each with the top 2 teams in each pool advancing to the 2026 WBC.
As a fan of international baseball, words cannot describe how disappointed I am. We are coming off arguably the greatest international baseball tournament in history in 2023 and we are cutting the number of teams in the qualification round from 12 to 8 teams . How do you expect to grow baseball like that? Teams like Argentina and Pakistan have been on the rise but now they won't have the chance to qualify.
Taipei Qualification Pool (Feb. 21-25, 2025)
Nicaragua
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Tucson Qualification Pool (Mar. 2-6, 2025)
Brazil
China
Colombia
Germany
Day 2 (November 10) Results:
Venezuela 2-4 Panama
Netherlands 2-12 United States
Mexico 7-5 Puerto Rico
Day 3 (November 11) Results:
United States 3-5 Venezuela
Panama 3-2 Mexico
Standings
Well... I'm late, as always, but unfortunately I couldn't follow live and I've just finished catching up with the thread.
Congratulations to our winner @Hipooo and to @Belle and @Erigert on their medals.
Well done to our host @Cinnamon Bun, who put up a huge effort managing the contest.
Thank you to everyone who voted for our song and helped us achieve this 5th place. I saw we were very close to a podium finish, but this is still a great result.
Congratulations to @Makedonas on the very successful song choice.
I'll now share my ballot.
1st
12 pts
Romania
2nd
11 pts
Bulgaria
3rd
10 pts
Sweden
4th
9 pts
Mexico
5th
8 pts
Brazil
6th
7 pts
Indonesia
7th
6 pts
China
8th
5 pts
France
9th
4 pts
Denmark
10th
3 pts
Spain
11th
2 pts
Italy
12th
1 pts
Albania
Res1
Ireland
Res2
India
Res3
Hungary
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the next contest!
More concerning anti-dog discrimination: Babygirl (R-WV) has been banned from the Senate.
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/12/babydog-jim-justice-senate-floor