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A comparison of QTs from four countries (JPN, ITA, AUS and GBR) with tougher standards than the official OQTs. Source

It's Val Gardena, the Sasslong, baby! you just can't expect a "usual" race on this course Kilde when Bennett came across the finish line

Compiling a list of contenders for Best Youth Athlete (born after January 1, 2005). Included world medalists and a few others, but I'm sure there are many more (didn't even searched in non-Olympic sports/events). Kaylia Nemour (Artistic Gymnastics) Chloe Covell (Skateboarding) Valentino Guseli (Snowboard) João Fonseca (Tennis) Rayssa Leal (Skateboarding) Summer McIntosh (Swimming) Chen Yuxi (Diving) Quan Hongchan (Diving) Qiu Qiyuan (Artistic Gymnastics) Wang Zisai (Trampoline Gymnastics) Yu Yiting (Swimming) Zhou Yaqin (Artistic Gymnastics) Felix Lebrun (Table Tennis) Sya Dembélé [Syssy] (Breaking) Warren Zaïre-Emery (Football) Darja Varfolomeev (Rhythmic Gymnastics) Mia Brookes (Snowboard) Sky Brown (Skateboarding) Luana Márton (Taekwondo) Matin Rezaei (Taekwondo) Daria Atamanov (Rhythmic Gymnastics) Benedetta Pilato (Swimming) Ginwoo Onodera (Skateboarding) Hinano Kusaki (Skateboarding) Kokona Hiraki (Skateboarding) Momiji Nishiya (Skateboarding) Ruka Okamoto (Taekwondo) Taiga Hasegawa (Snowboard) Dominika Banevič [B-Girl Nicka] (Breaking) Niels Laros (Athletics) Alina Korneeva (Tennis) Mirra Andreeva (Tennis) Maximilian Maeder (Sailing) Kim Chae-yeon (Figure Skating) Lee Chae-un (Snowboard) Lee Hae-in (Figure Skating) Banlung Tubtimdang (Taekwondo) Kirill Boliukh (Diving) Oleksiy Sereda (Diving) Gavin Bottger (Skateboarding) Isabeau Levito (Figure Skating) Minna Stess (Skateboarding) Tate Carew (Skateboarding) Alex Saffy (Para Swimming) Angus Hincksman (Para Athletics) Barbara Aigner (Para Alpine Skiing) Johannes Aigner (Para Alpine Skiing) Vinicius Marques (Para Athletics) Sara Vargas Blanco (Para Swimming) Hector Denayer (Para Swimming) Linn Kazmaier (Para Biathlon/Cross-Country Skiing) Poppy Maskill (Para Swimming) Rhys Darbey (Para Swimming) Sam Downie (Para Swimming) Ng Cheuk Yan (Para Swimming) Evelin Száraz (Para Swimming) Rudransh Khandelwal (Shooting Para Sport) Sheetal Devi (Para Archery) Róisín Ní Ríain (Para Swimming) Alexandra Rexová (Para Alpine Skiing) Simoné Kruger (Para Athletics) Anastasiya Dmytriv (Para Swimming) Judith Tortosa Vila (Para Athletics) Ivan Tetiukhin (Para Athletics) Ezra Frech (Para Athletics) Samantha Heyison (Para Athletics)

Parallel Giant Slalom WC Carezza, Italy Men Gold- Maurizio Bormolini Silver- Edwin Coratti Bronze- Benjamin Karl Women Gold- Ramona Hofmeister Silver- Daniela Ulbing Bronze- Tsubaki Miki Full Results

I am not sure that all 35 will start, but the fact that there 35 potential teams is great news.

Cristina Neagu retired from Romanian national team after this tournament Being for years the best player in the world, Romania will mis her for sure in the future, but we have other talented girls coming from behind. Thank you Cristina for all wonderful moments in your entire career I'm proud of you, your achievements and your career.

Maurizio Bormolini wins the men's PGS ahead of Edwin Coratti and Benjamin Karl that's all for Today, folks!

Stage 11 in Val Gardena/Groeden (ITA) Men´s Downhill: 1. Bryce Bennett 1:23.80 2. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 1:23.83 3. Marco Odermatt 1:23.85 Full Final Results HERE

Caviezel celebrating before crossing the finish line...and losing by 3/100 of a second in the end

OQT Grand Slam Champions Series Final Qualifiers - Day 1 (X) indicates the athlete's current Olympic Ranking List. Women's 49Kg 1 Alisa Angelova 2 Yanying Zhang (318) 3 Xueqin Tan (242) 4 Elif Sude Akgul (131) 5 Xiaoxue Yang (19) 6 Irina Rogozina 7 Ju Zuo (18) 8 Xiaoting Ye Women's 67Kg 1 Hyo rim Hong (18) 2 Lilliia Khuzina 3 Aaliyah Powell 4 Lauren WIlliams (14) 5 Ruth Gbagbi (4) 6 Ozoda Sobirijonova (66) 7 Milena Titoneli (9) 8 Mengyu Zhang (7) Men's 68Kg 1 Yushuai Liang (11) 2 Ilia Danilov 3 Lei Yan (461) 4 Martin Rezaei (15) 5 Abolfazl Yaghoubijouybari 6 Maksim Osin 7 Tae young Kim (36) 8 Chenming Xiao (38) Men's +80Kg 1 Yaoxi Wang (89) 2 Vladislav Larin 3 Arian Salimi (23) 4 Ivan Sapina (3) 5 Pedro Arthur Alves Jesus (155) 6 Rafail Aiukaev 7 Sanghyun Kang (12) 8 Zhaoxiang Song (8) So of the 32 qualifiers on day 1 the national breakdown is: - 11 qualifiers - 7 qualifiers - 3 qualifiers - 2 qualifiers - 1 qualifier I don't pretend to understand how the entry list for the Grand Slam Final/OQT worked but there were some pretty high ranked athletes who didn't make it through: Women's 49Kg Qing Guo (6) Mi-reu Kang (9) Women's 67Kg Cecilia Castro Burgos (10) Feruza Sadikova (12) Men's 68Kg Ho-jun Jin (5) Men's +80Kg Ayoub Bassel (16)

Men’s OQT roster: No expectations here but a win against either Chile or New Zealand would be nice.

Official Schedule (UTC+0) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15TH 00:00 First Stage Voting Opens SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24TH 22:00 First Stage Voting Deadline MONDAY, DECEMBER 25TH 20:00 Totallympics Awards Nominations 22:00 Second Stage Voting Opens SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30TH 22:00 Second Stage Voting Deadline MONDAY, JANUARY 1ST 16:00 Totallympics Awards Ceremony

Looking at the ages of these dudes, I say this is a proper boomer sport. Our youngest is 32 years old Future is bright.

Men's Qualifiers Skaters advancing to the Quarterfinals

last event in Doha, the men's +109kg class and, except for Lalayan, another really modest competition. won Gold & Silver, thanks to the above mentioned Lalayan (441kg Total, not enough to improve his numbers in the OQR) and Simon Martirosyan (430kg, also far away from his best Total in the OQR and still behind his teammate in that ranking). Bronze went to the Neutral Athlete (originally from ) Eduard Ziaziulin, once again way behind his best Total in the OQR (but he's still in good position to qualify). The only man improving his ranking Today is Eishiro Murakami, who finished in 4th place with a Total of 413kg, which means that now he's the best man from in the OQR, where he climbed from way down the ladder to the 15th place overall, but 12th Nation represented, just 6 and 7 kilos from the 9th and 10th useful places, respectively. That's all for what concerns the GP II in Doha. Next OQTs are the various Continental Championships (all of them in February), before the last chance, the World Cup in at the beginning of April 2024.

FIL released the luge quotas earlier this week. Women's Single - (x2) / (x1) Women's Doubles - (x2) / (x1) Men's Single - (x2) / (x1) Men's Doubles - (x2) / (x1) Eligible for Relay - FIL documents availbile on this page: https://www.fil-luge.org/en/multimedia/youth-olympic-winter-games-1

Grand Prix II ( Doha) men's +109kg Gold: Varazdat Lalayan (441kg Total) Silver: Simon Martirosyan (430kg Total) Bronze: () Eduard Ziaziulin (418kg Total)

Actually I'm for the no. I like the idea to have THE best athlete.

OQT Grand Slam Champions Series Final Qualifiers - Day 2 (X) indicates the athlete's current Olympic Ranking List. Women's 57Kg 1 Yu-jin Kim (29) 2 Chaima Toumi (18) 3 Tian rui Zhan 4 Tatiana Minina 5 Megawati Maheswari(87) 6 Yirao Sang (346) 7 Gahyeon Kim(51) 8 Margarita Blizniakova Women's +67Kg 1 Polina Khan 2 Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras(19) 3 Lei Xu (10) 4 Seungju Oh(153) 5 Sujuan Zhang(124) 6 Anna Pekonnkina 7 Wenzhe Mu(80) 8 Zeqi Zhou (13) Men's 58Kg 1 Gashim Magomedov (23) 2 Huichan Yang(45) 3 Abolfazl Zandi (15) 4 Barbod Jabbari Asyabi(334) 5 Luiz Aquino(90) 6 Georgii Gurtsiev 7 Junsong Yu 8 Alireza Hosseinpour (66) Men's 80Kg 1 Jasurbek Jaysunov (16) 2 Maksim Khramtcov 3 Shukhrat Salaev(15) 4 Mirhashem Hosseini(23) 5 Nedzad Husic(12) 6 Abolfazl Abbasi Pouya 7 Amir Mohammad Bakhshi(58) 8 Vladislav Budin -18 Qualifiers - 14 Qualifiers - 9 Qualifiers - 7 Qualifiers - 3 Qualifiers - 2 Qualifiers - 1 qualifier

Netherlands for sure want to play in OQT2. Don't forget has one of the best players in the world (Ana Gros) and is simply a very underestimated team (they always draw France and Norway in the early stages, like this year). The match for places 7 and 8 is played after the match for places 5 and 6. So if there is a loss somewhere on purpose, it is in the match for places 7 and 8.

victory for Ramona Theresia Hofmeister, 2nd place for Daniela Ulbing and 3rd for Tsubasa Miki in the women's PGS

yesss! all final among the men! Maurizio Bormolini vs Edwin Coratti for the win

Ulbing vs Hofmeister for the win among the women

wow! Bormolini! he edged out Kosir despite being on the blue course (and with no big mistake by the Slovenian)

just one remarkable news in the women's +87kg class Mary Anne Theisen Lappen wins Gold with 120-163-283kg, improving her best Total by 6kg and overtaking by 1 kilo her compatriot Sarah Robles in the OQR. Now she's the best American lifter in this class (5th useful place). Duangaksorn Chaidee won Today's Silver with 121-152-273kg, but she didn't improve her best Total in the OQR. Still, she's 4th in the OQR, so, her qualification is definitely not in danger. Also Iuniarra Sipaia, despite the overall Bronze medal in Today's event, didn't improve her best Total in the OQR, but mantained her 9th useful place in that ranking. That's all from the women's competitions in the Grand Prix II in Doha. Later Today, the last event of this tournament, the men's Superheavyweights.

Grand Prix II ( Doha) women's +87kg Gold: Mary Anne Theisen Lappen (283kg Total) Silver: Duangaksorn Chaidee (273kg Total) Bronze: Iuniarra Sipaia (262kg Total)

I also think it would be beneficial to have winter/summer categories in the future. It’s really hard to compare the two, especially since winter tends to straddle two years.

First parallel giant slalom WC of the season starts at 10:15 CET in Carezza, Italy. FIS Snowboard YouTube channel will be live streaming the event (may be geo-blocked in some countries) On the men’s side, ones to watch out for are Benjamin Karl (2022 Olympic champion), Tim Mastnak (2022 Olympic silver medalist), Roland Fischnaller (6x World Championships medalist), Oskar Kwiatkowski (2023 World champion), Dario Caviezel (2023 World Championships silver medalist), Andreas Prommegger, Fabian Obmann, Arvid Auner, and Arnaud Gaudet On the women’s side, ones to watch out for are Ladina Jenny, Julie Zogg, Ramona Hofmeister (2018 Olympic bronze medalist), Glorija Kotnik (2022 Olympic bronze medalist), Daniela Ulbing (2022 Olympic silver medalist/2023 World Championships silver medalist), Miki Tsubaki (2023 World champion), and Sabine Scoeffmann

Wheelchair Fencing Individual Paralympic Ranking Lists updated as of December 13th, 2023

Technically, Norway can qualify here, their European quota will get reallocated to Denmark

Elina Svitolina (tennis) maybe?

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