And the final sprints of the qualification period were held today. The quotas among men go to: 2025 World Championships:  Olympic Sprint Ranking List:  And among women: 2025 World Championships:  Olympic Sprint Ranking List: 

Monday December 8th, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +1)   12:30   Austria vs France 16:00   Norway vs Ukraine 19:30   Kazakhstan vs Slovenia

Despite total domination by the Norwegian men (and yes, it's exhausting and boring), the accomplishments this weekend of Emil Iversen and Einar Hedegart are worth highlighting, despite them being Norwegian.    Iversen was dropped by the Norwegian national team after the opener in Beitostølen 2 weeks ago and was not taken to Ruka. Instead, he won both the 10k and 20k Interval Classic starts in Gålå in the Norwegian Cup last week, which granted him a spot on the start line in Trondheim. He took full advantage of that opportunity and finished on the podium in the skiathlon, and finished just off the podium in today's 10k Interval Freestyle. This definitely puts his name in serious contention for a spot on the Olympic team, which looked incredibly doubtful just a few days ago.    Einar Hedegart, the 24-year-old biathlete who decided to challenge the stereotype that biathletes are inferior skiers to their cross-country counterparts, just won the 10k Interval Start against all of Norway's best in a de facto Olympic trial.    Yes, it's exhausting seeing nothing but Norwegian flags on the men's side, but there can be excitement just beneath the surface at times.

Sunday December 7th, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +1)   12:30   France  2 - 8  Norway 16:00   Slovenia  2 - 5  Austria 19:30   Ukraine  OT2 - 1  Kazakhstan   Provisional Standing After Day 1:   1.    3 ----------------- 2.   3 3.   2 4.   1 5.   0 ----------------- 6.   0

No single post about persecution of Christians in Africa, especially Nigeria. Looks like this topic doesn't interest fellow forum members.   

very poor championship...we only won the medal table with 20 medals (9 golds) and the points ranking with almost 200 points advantage over the second ranked team ()    try again, and you'll be luckier 

Who would have guessed these top-3 in the World cup standings After 3 races 😁   Minkinnen-Magnusson-Bened Botn-Samuelsson-Fillon Maillet

So  Jordan Stolz had himself a weekend with 3 track records:   33.905 500m 1:06.380 1000m 1:42.552 1500m   Those times would've put him in contention to medal in Salt Lake City and Calgary

Yep, ,  and  made it today!    came closer than I expected in the women's race, one chance left next week. It's kind of mixed: obviously I wish her the best and hope she does well, but also, every quota that is not gained by a nation is Brazil being one spot closer in the already near-impossible road towards a potential 3rd ticket, which I would selfishly welcome above everything else in terms of nations qualifying because that would take away such an infinite amount of stress  

Monday December 8th, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +1)   12:00   Estonia vs Japan 16:00   Poland vs Italy 20:00   Lithuania vs Hungary