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It took them an extra day or two, but these are the quota allocations for bobsleigh and skeleton according to the IBSF. Men's Monobob - (x3) / (x2) / (x1) Women's Monobob - (x2) / (x1) Men's Skeleton - (x2) / (x1) Women's Skeleton - (x3) / (x2) / (x1) IBSF documents: https://www.ibsf.org/en/inside-ibsf/downloads-resources (Gangwon 2024 tab)

Ski Cross WC Arosa, Switzerland Men Gold- Jared Schmidt Silver- Reece Howden Bronze- Erik Mobaerg Women Gold- Hannah Schmidt Silver- Marielle Berger Sabbatel Silver- Marielle Thompson Silver- Christina Foedermayr First ever WC podium for Foedermayr! Full Results

Wendy Holdener had to undergo a surgery today after her crash in the training Fracture of the left ankle, Expected absence 2 months

Too bad for the Italian athletes though. Yet another country throwing away years and years of the easiest possible home advantage in the entire world of Olympic sports When getting the hosting rights for the Olympics, the very same day construction for the sliding track should get underway and within a year - and so plenty of years before the Olympics - the track should be entirely done....there are no 'easier' medals available in Olympic sports (which isn't to say it's literally easy, because obviously it isn't, but there is no sport where home advantage is easier to get).

Canada (10 G/6 S/10 B) Day 1- women’s 3m synchro platform (Pamela Ware/Mia Vallee- diving), women’s 4x100m freestyle relay (swimming), women’s 400m freestyle (Summer McIntosh- swimming) Day 2- women’s 100m butterfly (Maggie MacNeil- swimming) Day 3- women’s 400m individual medley (Summer McIntosh- swimming), women’s 57kg (Christa Deguchi- judo) Day 6- men’s 100kg (Kyle Reyes- judo), women’s 200m butterfly (Summer McIntosh- swimming) Day 8- men’s decathlon (Pierce LePage/Damian Warner- athletics), women’s 200m individual medley (Summer McIntosh- swimming), women’s eights (rowing) Day 9- men’s hammer throw (Ethan Katzberg- athletics), women’s 4x100m medley relay (swimming) Day 10- women’s 3x3 basketball, men’s floor (Felix Dolci- artistic gymnastics) Day 11- women’s hammer throw (Camryn Rogers) Day 13- women’s C2-500m (Katie Vincent/Sloan MacKenzie), women’s 57kg (Skylar Park- taekwondo), men’s 200m (Andre DeGrasse- athletics) Day 14- women’s C1-200m (Katie Vincent), women’s beach volleyball (Melissa Humana-Parades/Brandie Wilkerson), men’s 4x100m relay (athletics) Day 15- men’s 800m (Marco Arop- athletics), women’s 75kg (Tammara Thibeault- boxing), men’s breaking (Phil Wizard) Day 16- women’s 62kg (Karla Godinez) From this you can see that apparently Canada’s 11th medal will be it’s first silver. Totally unlikely.

I don't know about freestyle skiing specifically, but Kerttu and Iivo Niskanen both won gold on 29 December 2021, in Lenzerheide world cup, which was also part of Tour de Ski that season.

Think the.Niskanens have done it in Cross Country.

but she's a freeski specialist, not a snowboarder however, a true snowboarder, Nadya Ochner, has announced her retirement. the PGS in Carezza on Thursday will be her last competition.

Nielsen's Gracenote Virtual Medal Table - November 2023 Gracenote have released their updated VMT as at the end of November: NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total Change Since Last Release 37 45 44 126 Down 1 medal overall 35 25 18 78 Up 3 medals in total. 4 additional golds and 5 additional silvers offset by 6 fewer bronze medals 27 15 9 51 Down 2 silver medals. 17 24 25 66 Up 1 overall. Total silver increase to 24 whilst bronze total drops to 25. 16 9 12 37 Down 1 bronze medal. 15 17 18 50 Gain of 1 bronze medal. 15 13 30 58 Gains 2 medals overall. 13 14 22 49 Gains 1 medal overall. 10 13 15 38 Gains 1 medal overall - dropping a silver and picking up 2 bronze. 7 7 9 23 No change. No major movement in the predictions this month.

Well that's all nice and well from the government to say, but they do realize that also means the track does actually need to be finished, right? Don't get me wrong, I definitely hope it will stay in Cortina because it'd suck to have one part of the Olympics in a different country (especially if then they'd choose Innsbruck over St Moritz), but having a finished track would be quite....important

Hey, i think i'll finish the project by the end of the year! Im on day 10 !

Livescore here: https://live.rawmotion.com/wstswc23 You can see who competes there

It would be such a great moment if before the next Olympic ski scross final all four athletes looked at the official and said "can we have four golds?"

Brother and sister winning gold on same day. Has that happened before?

The first few quotas were awarded at the world juniors (Canada earned its quota here). The rest were awarded based on the two world junior cups this season (which Canada did not compete in).

Does make the racing more enjoyable for the neutral, like women’s poor form in CC this season.

Triple wipeout in the women’s big final! Hannah Schmidt with her first career WC victory!

More disaster for Naeslund as she fails to advance to the big final at the Arosa WC

Wrong thread

How did qualifying for this work? Because no way Canada only would have one single quota and Portugal would have four when based on quality of the athletes

What's up with these people thinking decapitation solves problems? Now my own little town has fallen victim

"Nemo profeta in Patria" people used to say in the ancient times... but sometimes that's not exactly true. Earlier Today, in fact, local hero Fares Elbakh triumphed in the men's -102kg class with a very solid performance, lifting 400kg in Total (176-224-400kg his final line) and defeating the reigning world champion, Liu Huanhua, who only lifted 398kg in Total (176-222-398kg his line), compared to the 404kg he lifted last September at the World Championships. The Bronze medal went to the 2023 European champion Garik Karapetyan, who lifted 180-211-391kg. In terms of OQR, Elbakh moves up to the 2nd place overall (from 6th), meanwhile the real winner of Today's event is Tudor Bratu, who was 4th with a Total of 390kg (175-215-390kg) and jumped from nowhere straight into the 9th useful position. The unlucky lifter of the day, instead, is Brian Wesley Kitts, who momentarily drops from 10th to 11th place in the OQR, the first man under the qualification line.

Grand Prix II ( Doha) men's -102kg Gold: Fares Ibrahim Elbakh (400kg Total) Silver: Liu Huanhua (398kg Total) Bronze: Garik Karapetyan (391kg Total)

Grand Prix II ( Doha) women's -81kg Gold: Liang Xiaomei (284kg Total) Silver: Wang Zhouyu (268kg Total) Bronze: Eileen Floanna Maria Chikamatana (261kg Total)

BADMINTON Aria Dinata je trenutno na 160 mjestu sa 8980 bodova (tu ima 5 turnira sa bodovima iznad 1420 bodova) Posljednje mjesto za Pariz drzi Vietnam na 78 mjestu sa 17940 bodova (ali ima vec preko 10 nastupa) Za Pariz ce vjerovatno trebat nekih 20000 bodova, mozda i vise. Dinata je prekasno usao u utrku, i nije nastupao na Europskim igrama. Opcenito premalo nastupa u usporedbi sa konkurencijom i sklon je laksim ozljedama. Sumnjam da ce imati dovoljno vremena do kraja travnja da dodje do tih 20000 bodova. Bojim se da je Pariz prerano za njega. Ali decko je talentiran, i nadam se da ide u LA 2028. Bez kvote KOSARKA Zene su otpale. Decki su na kvalifikacijskom turniru, ali grupa sa Slovenijom i Grckom cini mi se preteska. U 3x3 nemamo sanse. Bez kvote BOKS Ne volim boks, ni ti ga pratim. Imamo jednu kvotu zasad (Gabrijel Veocic). Tako da premalo znam da bi mogao nesto pametno napisati. Mozda jos jedna zena, pojma nemam. 2 kvote KANU/KAJAK Zasad dvi kvote. Marincic u slalomu i Anamarija Govorcinovic u sprintu. I bojim se to je to. Vanessa Tot ima jos sanse, ali konkurencija na europskim kvalama ce bit brutalna, sanse su jako male. 2 kvote BICIKLIZAM Jedina Sansa nam je Marin Rantes u BMX. Mozda rezulat sa SP bude dovoljan, inace mora preko kvala u 2024. Nadam se da ce ovaj put uspjet. Jos uvjek ne razumijem da nikog nismo poslali na cestovno SP, gdje se mogla uzet kvota. 1 kvota SKOKOVI U VODU Premalo znam o ovom sportu, ali izgleda da Matej Nevescanin ima male sanse. Mislim da se odlucuje na iducem SP. 1 kvota MACEVANJE preko renkinga nemamo sanse. Ostaju europske kavlifikacije, i jedina mala sansa nam je foil. U zadnje vrijeme najbolje rezultate je imao Borna Spoljar u toj disciplini, a tu je i Petar Files. U ostalim disciplinama smo bez izgleda. bez kvote GIMNASTIKA Tin srbic je uzet kvotu. Ostali moraju pokusati 2024 preko Svjestkog kupa. Mnogo ce ovisti o tome da li ce nastupati Rusi. Sa Rusima ili bez njih vjerovatno jedino Aurel Benovic ima realne sanse na tlu. Ude tesko, prejaka konkurencija na konju. A kod zena smo bez izgleda. 2 kvote RUKOMET Jos se nisam opravio od one utakmice protiv Madjarske. Decki su jos u igri, sigurno idu na kvalifikacije, tu ce mnogo ovisiti o zdrijebu. Daleko smo od sigurne kvote, ali mislim da bi ovaj put trebali proci. 14 kvota JUDO Dvi kvote su nam mislim sigurne. Matic ili Cvjetko u 70kg, i sigurno cemo dobiti kontinentalnu kvotu. To je i trenutno stanje. Uz Matic bi isla Oberan Iva u 63kg. Jos u igri su i Kumric (100kg), Kristo (63kg), Pavic (78kg), Radic (+78kg), Vukovic (+78kg) i Puljiz (52kg). 3 kvote

At least I'd be fine with that as well, I just prefer Van der Poel getting it

Never saw such joy in ma life 6th tier league US Revel players reactions after drawing PSG in the French Cup

Bedard’s 23 pts at Junior Worlds wins for me.

@Josh i didn’t have time for more detailed analyzis but it looks like our medal tables are quite similar to each other even if we predicted many events differently . Good!

Nutrien AG Solutions Western Showdown Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada Lots of big names competing here. Men 1. Team Schwaller 2. Team Brunner 3. Team McEwen 3. Team Dropkin Women 1. Team Kim 2. Team Campbell 3. Team Wrana 3. Team Fujisawa Full Results

they don't understand anything... however, she's my woman of the year in any case

Women's Epee: 1. Korea 284 2. Poland 262 3. France 248 4. Italy 244 5. Ukraine 228 6. USA 213 7. Estonia 193 (after yesterday's win they promoted from 12th place)

Nominees for the awards organized by the Dutch NOC: Best male athlete: Harrie Lavreysen (track cycling) Mathieu van der Poel (road cycling / cyclocross) [winner 2019] Max Verstappen (formula 1) [winner 2016, 2021 & 2022] Best female athlete: Femke Bol (athletics) Sifan Hassan (athletics) [winner 2019 & 2021] Karolien Florijn (rowing) Best team: Women's 4x400m women (athletics) [winner 2022] Team Jumbo-Visma Men (road cycling) Women's waterpolo team [winner 1976 & 2008] Best male paralympic athlete: Daniel Abraham Gebru (track cycling / road cycling) Rogier Dorsman (swimming) Joël de Jong (athletics) Best female paralympic athlete: Lisette Bruinsma (swimming) [winner 2016] Diede de Groot (tennis) [winner 2022] Fleur Jong (athletics) Best paralympic team: Wheelchair tennis quads doubles - Niels Vink & Sam Schröder (tennis) Women's wheelchair basketball team Tandem men - Tristan Bangma & Patrick Bos (track cycling / road cycling) Coach of the year: Evangelos Doudesis (women's waterpolo team) Eelco Meenhorst (rowing) Laurent Meuwly (athletics) Merijn Zeeman (track cycling, Jumbo Visma) The winners will be chosen by athletes/coaches (50%) and a jury (50%, consisting of former athletes, old-winners like Arjen Robben, and press). Fair nominations in my eyes in all categories.

Interesting news that Josh Tarling is training with the GB pursuit team with a view to possibly doubling up on road and track in Paris.

yay the crashing bulbs period is finally here again thanks @Sindo

don't underestimate and they might upset both and as I wrote, this is definitely the most uncertain qualification race of them all p.s. @Gianlu33 no, women's Foil team is not yet mathematically qualified they're virtually in, but theoretically they could still lose their place (not going to post the whole calculation, as it's just an exercise of style)

Full Paris 2024 Projected Medalists Summary Still unsure as to which weightclass Lukas Krjpalek (judo) will compete in at Paris. As for changes I’ve made, here’s a list: Rugby Sevens- Men’s Tournament Originally, it was Gold- New Zealand, Silver- Fiji, Bronze- Australia. Now, after the first two stops of the HSBC World Series, Gold- Australia, Silver- Argentina, Bronze- Fiji. Rugby Sevens- Women’s Tournament Originally, it was Gold- New Zealand, Silver- Australia, Bronze- United States. Now, after the first two stops of the HSBC World Series, Gold- Australia, Silver- France, Bronze- New Zealand. Rowing- Men’s Double Sculls/Pair Sinkovic brothers switched back to pairs for Paris, which has altered my medal predictions in both categories. For double sculls, originally it was Gold- Valentin Sinkovic/Martin Sinkovic, Silver- Melvin Twellaar/Stef Broenink, and Bronze- Aleix García/Rodrigo Conde. Now, it’s Gold- Melvin Twellaar/Stef Broenink, Silver- Aleix García/Rodrigo Conde, Bronze- Matteo Sartori/Luca Rambaldi. For pairs, originally it was Gold- Jaime Canalejo/Javier Garcia, Silver- Roman Röösli/Andrin Gulich, Bronze- Marius Cozmiuc/Sergiu Bejan. Now, it’s Gold- Valentin Sinkovic/Martin Sinkovic, Silver- Jaime Canalejo/Javier García, Bronze- Roman Röösli/Andrin Gulich Judo- Men’s +100kg Took out Lukas Krpalek as I still have no clue on which weightclass he’ll be competing in. Cuba’s Andy Granda now has bronze. Table Tennis- Men’s Singles Predicted Dario Jorgic to win bronze, now I’ve changed it to Lin Yun-Ju. Tennis- Women’s Doubles Krejcikova/Siniakova aren’t partnered up together anymore, so changed it to Siniakova/Vondrousova (IMO the third best Czech women’s doubles player) ignore: turboyev. BTW, later on I’ll also be doing a medal table/list of medalists by sport, and a list of medalists by country. This stuff takes a while to do (approximately spent around 30 hours doing these predictions) so if you could show some support it would be much appreciated. Another couple of changes in swimming, I now have Great Britain winning silver in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay (swimming), which bumps both Australia (now bronze) and Italy (out of a medal position) down. Probably gonna change women’s rugby sevens/women’s BMX freestyle/women’s C1/K1/men’s 100m and 200m butterfly predictions/men’s and women’s street/women’s freestyle wrestling too, only one bronze for New Zealand/no medal for China/same C1/K1 silver and bronze medalists/Milak on the podium/two repeat athletes on the podium for Japan/all Japan gold medalists all sound unlikely.

street skateboarding must go only because they left Leticia out of the final... how can man do something like that??? poor Leticia... p.s. yes, I have her instagram page among my favourites on my PC...just above Camila Giorgi and Jutta Leerdam's...

Those would also be my picks, but I have a feeling they'll go with Verstappen again.

IBSF was supposed to post the final version of the IBSF Youth Olympics Ranking list today, but it doesn't appear they did