from what I heard , Iran has registered to participate in Alpine, CC skiing, SkiMo, Skating (they didn't mention which discipline ) and ... (this one will be surprising ) ... Curling
Curling is not a sure thing yet, the NOC has to approve it. the team is very new. I mean very very new, only few months ago they gathered few people to start the sport you can't lose 100-0 in Curling, right ?
anyway it will be first time ever Iran participating outside of FIS disciplines. ( I didn't count Ski orienteering in 2011 which was the same as CC)
nobody cares about winter sports here. therefore finishing last won't have consequences. they can afford sending very weak teams. (which is not the case for the main Asian Games)
11 medals out of 15 athletes. for whatever reason we sent an incomplete team of 16 athletes (only 1 left for tomorrow) I wish I knew why I can guess though
the result is indeed very good in such a competitive sport but lack of talent was never our problem in taekwondo. it was always there probably much more than any other country.
but the problem is the transition to the senior team. most of previous junior world champions never even made the senior team. (the new federation is doing better in this regard though)
I actually feel like it has the potential to be good change. The new brand identities might open up more possibilities for merchandise. I also think the ISU could create a compelling team standings competition similar to the constructors cup in F1.
Plus, it might add a degree of “apolitical-ness” to the top level international short track, during a time where that’s been a hot topic in international sports (in general).
Maybe it won’t work at all, but I’m open to seeing where the ISU go with this.
GSOC HearingLife Tour Challenge Men’s Quarterfinals
Team Mouat v. Team Craik
Team Schwaller v. Team McEwen
Team Jacobs v. Team Dunstone
Team Gushue v. Team Whyte
World Junior Championships ( Chuncheon)
Day #5 Medallists
women's -42kg
Gold: Ghazal Houshmand
Silver: Yang Xiruo
Bronze: Saksham Yadav & Elina Tkhamokova
women's -68kg
Gold: Hana Zarrinkamar
Silver: Lim Ye Rim
Bronze: Julia Novak & Wang Wei-Chia
men's -73kg
Gold: Park Jae Won
Silver: Aliakbar Ebrahimi
Bronze: Angelo Mangione & Huseyn Khudiyev
men's -78kg
Gold: Oscar Kovacic
Silver: Michal Szadkowski
Bronze: Jesùs Pacheco Jimenez & Amin Mohammad Ahmadvand