IMO the Italian federation was right in not giving to that financial and political blackmail - had they accepted it, plenty of more established athletes in snow sports could have asked for more under the threat of changing nationality. It's not like they had a sports almanac from the future saying that that 15yo girl would have won 5 olympic gold medals and 5 overall world cups.

Allez  He tried to pull this one lots of time and finally managed to go all the way.

Nonsense. Chamizo moved to Italy, married an Italian, he's still here after many years and was essentially banned from competing for Cuba. Colturi's tie to Albania is that the Albanian federation had invested a ton of money in her mother's business (élite and very costly academy for young skiers), and then gave her a role, and probably another big salary, as a director in exchange for the pomise of their first winter Olympic medal. A better comparison is to that archer who competed for Ivory Coast because her father had a big clothing business in the country.

I guess Stoch will retire in the end of 2025/2026 season.

Since Inzell mass start in 2015!

That would be stupid to retire one year before the Olympics. It's not like there are 5 other Polish jumpers who are better than him. On the contrary, Poland is in a slight slump currently and no one stands out.

An American in top 10 is totally unexpected  Frantz has a lot of potential, but let's see if he can keep up with the consistency. The US investing in the renovation of the Lake Placid hills is starting to give positives. And they are going to make a brand new hill for Ski-flying in Northern Michigan next year, which could be used in the summer as well.

Any ideas / rumours what new sports / events in 2032 may be?

I definitely prefer Coe. But Samaranch Jr or sb like him is a heavy favourite imo. Well, that's IOC

What is your prediction for US viewership of Olympic 2028 opening ceremony?