If it's him and not -let's say- Samaranch Jr, the near future looks kinda bleak for the Russians I guess.

I bet Max won't win another title in 2025

Day 6 events   36. SPEED SKATING - W 5000m 37. SHORT TRACK - W 500m 38. SHORT TRACK - M 1000m 39. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls 40. SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Cross 41. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Halfpipe 42. ALPINE SKIING - W Super-G 43. LUGE - Team Relay 44. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 10km Free

Day 5 events   28. SPEED SKATING - M 1000m   1. Jordan Stolz USA 2. Ning Zhongyan CHN 3. Jenning de Boo NED   29. FIGURE SKATING - Ice Dance   1. Madison Check, Evan Bates USA 2. Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier CAN 3. Charlene Guignard, Marco Fabbri ITA   30. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Moguls   1. Jakara Anthony AUS 2. Jaelin Kauf USA 3. Olivia Giaccio USA   31. ALPINE SKIING - M Super-G   1. Marco Odermatt SUI 2. Vincent Kreichmayr AUT 3. Cyprien Sarrazin FRA   32. LUGE - M Doubles   1. Thomas Steu, Wolfgang Kindl AUT 2. Tobias Wendl, Tobias Artl GER 3. Juri Gatt, Ricardo Schoepf AUT   33. LUGE - W Doubles   1. Jessica Degenhart, Cheyenne Rosenthal GER 2. Andrea Voetter, Marion Oberhofer ITA 3. Chevonne Forgan, Sophia Kirkby USA   34. BIATHLON - W 15km Individual   1. Lisa Vittozzi ITA 2. Marketa Davidova CZE 3. Janina Hettich-Walz GER   35. NORDIC COMBINED - M Individual 10km   1. Jari Magnus Riiber NOR 2. Stefan Rettenegger AUT 3. Johannes Lamparter AUT   5-5-3---13 5-3-2---10 5-2-5---12 3-7-5---17 3-3-1---7 2-3-1---6 2-1-5---8 2-1-2---5 1-3-2---6 1-3-1---5 1-1-2---4 1-1-1---3 1-1-0---2 1-0-1---2 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1

Stanley Odin, who won bronze medal at this years Powerlifting Classic World Championships in +120kg category passed away. He was 26.

Also, guys,  Timothy Loubineaud won a race. This isn’t a joke.   (a very messy mass start from a breakaway, but it counts!)

Massive upset - the mass start has been the best event this week.   First win for  since… when?

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jordanian-police-cordon-off-area-near-israeli-embassy-after-gunshots-heard-2024-11-24/   I really hope Jordan will stay peaceful

Seb Coe???

For Poland - 2026 worse than 2006.   In 2006 we had 2 medals, in 2026 we will probably get zero. Or one lucky medal in short track (Bradbury style), speed skating 500m event (but only one race in this event so it will be pure luck) or snowboard parallel GS. Don't believe in ski jumping medal at all.