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Stage 29 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm (AUT) Men´s Downhill: 1. Thomas Dressen 1:32.96 2. Beat Feuz 1:33.03 3. Mauro Caviezel 1:33.05 Full Final Result HERE

Danka Barteková started the new season with a new finals pb 58/60 and equalling her qualifications pb 121/125 and winning her first seasons competition the GP of Cyprus. Well done Danka ! This is going to be one extremely challenging year for her with a try to repeat London 2012 on both fronts, win a medal in Tokyo 8 years after her bronze from the London games and trying to be reelected as IOC athletes commission member for the second term of office in a row.

Team Slovakia Will be a strange Wch for team the first without Anastasiya Kuzmina, so the goals and expectations are now much lower. So no special goals were required this time from the federation, basically just to attack seasons bests (especially among mens, since only Otčenáš won points this season so far and only 2 for his 39th place in the last stage) However Paulína Fialková has her own personal goals and will try to win that historic medal (Sadly her injured knee is obvously a big obstacle in her efforts, but we all know that she is a great fighter and surely will puts everything on the races despite the unfortunate injury and obvious big limiting pain) This is also the reason why Paja will not start in the mixed relays, Tomorrow for the classical Mixed Relay we will field a weak relay (Poliaková, V. Machyniaková, Šima, Otčenáš) which will probably be lapped already in the female part. The younger of the Fialková sisters Ivona will start in the single mixed relay with one of the mens later on the week.

nevermind, It looks I have some issue I can not fix with this.

Jamal Wilson qualified to Tokyo as well

Zayas Easy as hell !!!

Luis Zayas (CUB) and Jamal Wilson (BAH) remains 2 of the last 3 in the competition, both just cleaned 2.31 and now both will try Tokyo standard attempts 2.33 @Wumo + Tom Gale (GBR) but he already has the standard

Zayas izzy

Referees for Tokyo 2020 assigned Volleyball – Referee team Guillermo Paredes (ARG) – Referee coach Alexander Steel (SCO) – Referee coach Sergey Titov (RUS) – Referee coach Shin Muranaka (JPN) – Referee Sumie Myoi (JPN) - Referee Andrei Zenovich (RUS) - Referee Juraj Mokry (SVK) - Referee Susana Maria Rodriguez (ESP) - Referee Paulo Turci (BRA) - Referee Denny Cespedes (DOM) - Referee Wojciech Maroszek (POL) - Referee Daniele Rapisarda (ITA) - Referee Patricia Rolf (USA) - Referee Vladimir Simonovic (SRB) - Referee Hernan Casamiquela (ARG) - Referee Nasr Shaaban (EGY) - Referee Liu Jiang (CHN) - Referee Fabrice Collados (FRA) - Referee Kang Joo-Hee (KOR) - Referee Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI) - Referee Hamid Alrousi (UAE) - Referee Luis Macias (MEX) - Referee Taoufik Boudaya (TUN) – Challenge referee Zorica Bjelic (SRB) – Challenge referee Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL) – Challenge referee Beach volleyball – Referee team José Casanova (POR) – Referee coach Maria Amelia Villas-Boas (BRA) – Referee coach André Trottier (CAN) – Referee coach Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG) - Referee Mário Ferro (BRA) – Referee Juan Carlos Saavedra Caceres (COL) - Referee José Maria Padron (ESP) – Referee Julien Bruxelles (FRA) - Referee Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE) – Referee Davide Crescentini (ITA) – Referee Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL) – Referee Rui Jorge Carvalho (POR) – Referee Roman Pristovakin (RUS) - Referee Nina Hobi (AUT) - Referee Wang Lijun (CHN) – Referee Mariko Satomi (JPN) - Referee Carlos L. Rivera Rodriguez (PUR) - Referee Brigham Beatie (USA) – Referee Giovanni Bake (RSA) - Referee Jonas Personeni (SUI) – Challenge Referee Elzir Martins de Oliveira (BRA) – Challenge Referee John Bennett (AUS) - Challenge Referee

Fed Cup Preliminary Round : A: B: C: D:

Man Luis Zayas look really strong

No womens 2 meters jumps in Banská Bystrica tonight, Ukrainian clean sweep as Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the traditional Banskobystrická laťka with 1.96 ahead of her team mates Iryna Herashchenko and Yulia Levchenko both 1.93. 4th finished Chernjul of Slovenis 1.90, 5th Skoog (SWE) Trost (ITA) Spencer and Scheper (both LCA) all 1.85 followed by Palsyte (LTU) 9th also with 1.85 and Szabo (HUN) also in the top 10 with 1.85 as well. The mens competition will start in a couple of minutes, Live on SVK national TV, RTVS 2

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Doubles' Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 Tristan Walker/Justin Snith Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken Robin Geueke/David Gamm Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt x Any Athletes from Italy Oskars Gudramovics/Peteris Kalnins Andris Sics/Juris Sics x Wojciech Chmielewski/Jakub Kowalewski Aleksandr Denisev/Vladislav Antonov x Vladislav Yuzhakov/Iurii Prokhorov Any Other Doubles Women's Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter Julia Taubitz x Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko x Tatyana Ivanova x Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Men's Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 David Gleirscher Wolfgang Kindl Jonas Mueller Felix Loch x Johannes Ludwig x Dominik Fischnaller Inars Kivlenieks Semen Pavlichenko Roman Repilov x Tucker West Any Other Athlete Doubles Luge Day 2 February 15th, 2020 Tristan Walker/Justin Snith Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken x Robin Geueke/David Gamm Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt x Any Athletes from Italy Oskars Gudramovics/Peteris Kalnins Andris Sics/Juris Sics Wojciech Chmielewski/Jakub Kowalewski Aleksandr Denisev/Vladislav Antonov x Vladislav Yuzhakov/Iurii Prokhorov Any Other Doubles Women's Singles Luge Day 2 February 15th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter Julia Taubitz x Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko x Tatyana Ivanova x Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Men's Singles Luge Day 3 February 16th, 2020 David Gleirscher Wolfgang Kindl Jonas Mueller Felix Loch x Johannes Ludwig x Dominik Fischnaller Inars Kivlenieks Semen Pavlichenko Roman Repilov x Tucker West Any Other Athlete Team Relay Luge Day 3 February 16th, 2020 Austria Canada Germany x Italy Latvia x Poland Russia x Slovakia United States Any Other Nation 2-Women Bobsleigh Day 4 February 22nd, 2020 An Vannieuwenhuyse Christine de Bruin Mariama Jamanka x Laura Nolte x Stephanie Schneider Mica McNeill Andreea Grecu Nadezhda Sergeeva Martina Fontanive Kaillie Humphries x Any Other Athlete 2-Men Bobsleigh Day 5 February 23rd, 2020 Justin Kripps x Romain Heinrich Francesco Friedrich x Richard Oelsner Nico Walther x Brad Hall Oskars Kibermanis Rudy Rinaldi Alexey Stulnev Michael Vogt Hunter Church Any Other Athlete Men's Skeleton Day 6 February 28th, 2020 Nathan Crumpton Any Athlete from China Alexander Gassner Axel Jungk Felix Keisinger Any Athlete from Great Britain Martins Dukurs x Tomass Dukurs Nikita Tregubov x Alexander Tretiakov Yun Sung-Bin x Any Other Athlete Women's Skeleton Day 7 February 29th, 2020 Janine Flock Kim Meylemans Jane Channell Mirela Rahneva Anna Fernstaedtova Sophia Griebel Tina Hermann Jacqueline Loelling x Elena Nikitina x Marina Gilardoni Megan Henry Any Other Athlete x 4-Men Bobsleigh Day 8 March 1st, 2020 Benjamin Maier Justin Kripps x Dominik Dvorak Francesco Friedrich x Johannes Lochner Nico Walther x Oskars Kibermanis Any Athlete from Russia Won Yun-Jong Michael Vogt Hunter Church Any Other Team Mixed Team Event Day 8 March 1st, 2020 Austria Canada x China Germany x Any Mixed-NOC Team Russia United States x Any Other Nation

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Mixed Relay 2x6km + 2.7.5km Day 1 February 13th, 2020 Austria Czech Republic France x Germany Italy x Norway x Russia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 7.5km Sprint Day 2 February 14th, 2020 Marketa Davidova Julia Simon Denise Herrmann Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Any Polish Athlete Sverlana Mironova Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 10km Sprint Day 3 February 15th, 2020 Julian Eberhard Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Johannes Kühn Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov x Matvey Eliseev Any Other Athlete Women's 10km Pursuit Day 4 February 16th, 2020 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen Justine Braisaz Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff x Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Any Other Norwegian Athlete Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Lena Häcki Any Other Athlete Men's 12.5km Pursuit Day 4 February 16th, 2020 Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Johannes Kühn Any Other German Athlete x Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Matvey Eliseev Any Other Athlete Women's 15km Individual Day 5 February 18th, 2020 Julia Simon Justine Braisaz Denise Herrmann x Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Larisa Kuklina Paulina Fialkova x Hanna Oeberg x Any Other Swedish Athlete Yuliia Dzhima Any Other Athlete Men's 20km Individual Day 6 February 19th, 2020 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Benjamin Weger Any Other Athlete x Mixed Single Relay 6km + 7.5km Day 7 February 20th, 2020 Austria Czech Republic Estonia France x Germany Italy Norway x Russia Sweden x Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 4x6km Relay Day 8 February 22th, 2020 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France x Germany Italy x Norway x Poland Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's 4x7.5km Relay Day 8 February 22th, 2020 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France x Germany Italy Norway x Russia Slovenia Sweden x Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's 12.5km Mass Start Day 9 February 23th, 2020 Iryna Kryuko Marketa Davidova Kaisa Makarainen Julia Simon Denise Herrmann Any Other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Tiril Eckhoff x Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Any Other Norwegian Athlete Any Polish Athlete Paulina Fialkova x Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 15km Mass Start Day 9 February 23th, 2020 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet x Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete [/hide]

so we really decided to accept the spot...what a waste of money

I just hope as opposed to 1996 the locals will be instructed this time that Georgian athletes were not a specially added team composed from athletes around Atlanta, but it's a separate country outside the US.

or the Summer Olympics. Spain has the potential for it and is already pretty well a powerhouse in many summer sports. Actually I would really love to see Summer Olympics in Spain, but winter games like they are in this plan definitely not. I mean, do not get me wrong I have absolutely nothing against Sarajevo and SUI but this would be just sad.

well.. then sorry but I hope Sapporo will win it, because this is one really bad idea

Bosnia ???

well, that´s pretty ambitious plan, will have to build almost all venues, and I mean all, from ski jumping to a bobsleigh sliding center Obviously the indoor sports can be held in already existing big arenas in Barcelona or even somewhere else, but it looks to me like too much cost to pass

Well, this was a bit simplyfied comment, I read that he argued the substance came from a meat he eat somewhere in Colombia, ITF accepted his explanations and since it was his first delict they let him go

Robart Farah cleaned by ITF since it was his first doping case

1. Ice Hockey, 2. Ice Hockey, 3. Ice Hockey but special mentions also for Alpine Skiing, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Biathlon and Figure Skating

ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 3rd QUALIFYING ROUND Group J --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hungary off to Final Olympic Qualification Hungary weathered a storm inside and outside Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, defeating Great Britain 4-1 to secure a place in the Final Olympic Qualification. "Chills all over that's for sure, that's a game we will all remember when we stop playing hockey," said Hungarian captain Gergo Nagy. Miklos Rajna was the star in net with a 47-plus save performance, while Csanad Erdely score the game winner for the Magyars. "We knew the team we were going to face and what to do to beat them," said Rajna, who earned Player of the Game honours. "We exectued the game plan perfect." Coming into the third period with a hard-fought 2-0 lead, Hungary was trying to stop any notions of a comeback by Great Britain. The Brits looked to have gotten that spark with an early power play goal from Matthew Myers, who came away with the puck after a scramble in front of the net and shot it through the legs of goalie Miklos Rajna to cut the lead to 2-1 less that a minute into the frame. A tremendous point-blank save by Bowns a few minutes later galvanized the crowd in Nottingham and pushed the momentum further towards the home team. But Hungary put the brakes on a British comeback thanks to a great effort by tournament leading scorer Janos Hari, who was able to gain possession behind the British net on the forecheck, then score with a wraparound effort to put the Hungarians back up by two. Then Hungary put the game out of reach after Istvan Sofron, who just came out of the penalty box after being called for a charge two minutes earlier, made a great effort skating across the front of the net to draw Bowns out of position before scoring the 4-1 goal and putting a stranglehold on the game. The Group J finale was expected to be a tight one. Both the Brits and Hungarians were seeded #1 and #2 respectively coming into Group J, and made it through the first two games without a loss. The atmosphere inside Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena was electric, with fans for both teams shrugging off the rains and high winds from Storm Ciara to pack the stands. For some of the Hungarian players, a little extra motivation was there from two years ago, when Great Britain came back to win their matchup and promotion in Budapest at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Divison I Group A. "We knew we owed this team badly from two years ago," said Nagy. "We wanted to pay it back and also get the chance to go the qualification round in August." The game started out at a blistering pace with both teams getting pressure at both ends of the ice. The best chance of the period came to Hungary, but was denied by goalie Ben Bowns who made a great save on a breakaway by Kristof Papp midway through the frame. At the other end, a shot by Mike Hammond on an open net was blocked at the last moment by defenceman Daniel Kiss. Penalty trouble coupled with an ineffective power play prevented Great Britain from getting anything going early on. Hungary started the second period with a power play, and defenceman Bence Stipsicz scored with a wristshot from the high slot area to break the deadlock and put Hungary up 1-0 less than a minute into the frame. The Hungarians then added another at the eight minute, flashing some great puck movement as Istvan Sofrov won possession in the Great Britain zone, made a quick cross -ice pass behind the net to Bence Stipsicz, who centered the puck to Csanad Erdely in front of the net for the 2-0 lead. Desperate to get a momentum-swinging goal before the end of the period, the Brits were buzzing around the Hungarian net, but ultimately were frustrated by some great goaltending from Miklos Rajna despite outshooting Hungary 22-6 in the frame. Rajna would get some help from his teammates in the third, as Hungary fought hard to get in shooting lanes and block shots, while Hari and Saffron got pucks in the net to help keep the Magyars on the road to the Olympic Games in Beijing. IIHF.COM

ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 3rd QUALIFYING ROUND Group G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slovenia’s Olympic dream alive Slovenia came back from a one-goal deficit to beat Japan 6-2 and earn a berth in the Final Olympic Qualification. There the Slovenes will play in Group F with host Norway, Denmark and Korea, and hope to make it to the Olympic Winter Games for the third consecutive time. The game was tighter than the score indicates as it was 1-1 after 40 minutes. Japan played strong defensively in the first period and created a few but good scoring chances to earn a 1-0 first-period lead but the Slovenes dominated the rest of the game and took the lead in the third period. Slovenia outshot Japan 38-13. “We knew before the game what kind of team they are. We knew they would going to be strong in the defensive zone and make it hard to create some scoring chances, and they are really fast skaters. They just had a few chances but their chances were really good. We knew what to expect and when we scored the second and third goal it became easier for us,” said Ken Ograjensek, who scored the 2-1 goal. Both teams liked to make things clear from the beginning in the first two days but in this top game of the group they found each other evenly matched early on. Slovenia may have had more chances but whenever the puck went to the net, it was blocked beforehand by the Japanese. There was no shot on goal the netminders – Gasper Kroselj on the Slovenian and Yutaka Fukufuji on the Japanese side – had to stop during the first six minutes of play. Then a penalty for high-sticking against Tadej Cimzar gave Japan the opportunity on the power play. It didn’t result in too much danger during the man advantage but three seconds later the Japanese netted the puck. Yushiroh Hirano took a lot of attention at the blue line with agile skating and eventually sent off a distance shot. Kroselj blocked to the left but Shogo Nakajima was on the spot to score on the rebound and give Japan the lead at 8:02. The Slovenes were shocked and at 9:06 they finally got their first shot on Fukufuji’s goal with more to come when the Japanese took a bench penalty for too many men on the ice. However, the Slovenes neither used that opportunity nor another one with Makuru Furuhashi in the penalty box for interference. They had their scoring chances but Japan was as close to the second goal with a counter-attack late in an opening frame that ended with a one-goal lead for the Japanese. “This was a tough tournament because you must win. We played 90 per cent in the offensive zone the whole tournament. The goalies had maybe ten shots a games. This is not easy to adjust your game. It’s not the way we want to play hockey. But we did our job and look forward,” said head coach Matjaz Kopitar. The Slovenes eventually levelled the score on their first power play of the middle frame. With Hiroto Sato out for hooking and the home team launching another attack, Jan Urbas got the puck in the neutral zone, elegantly skated past Kenta Takagi and Shinya Yanadori and beat Fukufuji with a precise shot at 5:54. “It was definitely a relief. When you have so many shots and the puck doesn’t go in, it definitely makes a difference and gets the team going. It was an important goal and we got some more later on. In the end the score looks like an easy win. But it wasn’t. They were a really good opponent,” Urbas said. “We knew we had the quality but they were really good defensively. They didn’t allow us easy shots and they got the first goal. That made it harder for us. But in the second period we stepped up, we played our game. We deserve that win and are happy about it.” The Slovenes dominated the period and didn’t allow the Japanese a single chance but Fukufuji had a strong day in the net and with a lot of sacrifice the Japanese players blocked many shots. The direction of the game continued in the third period and a hooking call against Kohei Sato gave Slovenia new opportunities. Just before the expiration Ograjensek got the puck in good position and gave Slovenia its first lead at 5:19. One-and-a-half minutes later with four on four skaters on the ice the Japanese had trouble getting the puck out of the zone. Robert Sabolic deked Yanadori with some nice stickhandling and beat Fukufuji for the 3-1 goal. Now the game finally went according to the host nation’s wish and the pressure moved to the Japanese. Japan now became more active on its own but didn’t manage to score a second goal. With 2:37 left in the game Rok Ticar made it 4-1 with a shot into the empty net when Japan pulled the goalie for a sixth skater. The Japanese didn’t give up and pulled Fukufuji again while having a power play. With 6-on-4 skaters it was again Nakajima, who scored for Japan. But Slovenia added two more goals to seal the win. And with that the “Mission Beijing” continues with the Final Olympic Qualification in Norway. Can the Slovenes qualify for the Olympics as an underdog for the third consecutive time? And since it’s at the end of August, he could potentially have his son, Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar, on his team. Until then it’s still more than half a year to go and until then the Slovenes have another mission on home ice. “We will have the World Championship, that’s our next step. We have to get ready for that first and then we can think about later,” said Ograjensek. The Slovenes will host the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A on home ice at Hala Tivoli in downtown Ljubljana. That makes it to chances this year to qualify for a top-level event. IIHF.COM