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68 users have participated in least one contest and 6 users have participated in all 18 contests this year. The 6 users are, @africaboy, @Ufilov, @SteveParker, @ady48, @Henry_Leon, @Pablita A total of 26 nations took part in Totallympics Prediction Contests this year with 17 nations winning at least one medal. 25 different users won the 54 medals which were on stake. After this short breakdown of the numbers for 2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests, let's now switch our attention to the individual and team winners of this year. Complete Final Standings and Medal Tables are available here 2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Individual Points Top 3 maestro 8831 africaboy 8440 Henry_Leon 8250 Highest Point Average (Participated in at least 12/18 contests) Top 3 maestro 519,5 africaboy 468,9 Henry_Leon 458,3 Highest Point Average (No minimum participation rule) Top 3 Dennis 900,0 Jahiegel 700,0 Surreal 632,5 2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Individual Medal Table Top 3 Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total maestro 3 2 1 6 valtellina 2 1 3 6 Henry_Leon 1 4 1 6 Total Medals Won Individual Top 3 maestro 6 valtellina 6 Henry_Leon 6 2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Team/Nation Points (Based on the top 3 highest scoring users from every nation) Top 3 Italy (Henry_Leon, valtellina, Pablita) 21889 (8250, 6974, 6665) Romania (africaboy, ady48, vlad) 19746 (8440, 7630, 3676) Poland (Ufilov, Monzanator, rybak) 12199 (4815, 4573, 2811) Best Team/Nation (Only 2 members) Top 3 Greece (maestro, George_D) 9365 (8831, 534) France (toulousain, Benolympique) 5331 (4485, 846) Ireland (Orgeman, mpjmcevoy) 2871 (2770, 171) Best Team/Nation (Only 1 member) Top 3 Slovakia (hckošice) 4053 Czechia (Hipooo) 3111 Tunisia (tuniscof) 2390 2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Team/Nation Medal Table Top 3 Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total Italy (valtellina 6, Henry_Leon 6, Pablita 4, SteveParker 1, phelps 1) 5 5 8 18 Greece (maestro 6) 3 2 1 6 Romania (africaboy 5, ady48 5) 2 4 4 10 Total Medals Won Team/Nation Top 3 Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total Italy (valtellina 6, Henry_Leon 6, Pablita 4, SteveParker 1, phelps 1) 5 5 8 18 Romania (africaboy 5, ady48 5) 2 4 4 10 Greece (maestro 6) 3 2 1 6 These were the winners/medallists of this year. Users who are mentioned in this post: @africaboy, @Ufilov, @SteveParker, @Henry_Leon, @ady48, @Pablita, @maestro, @Dennis, @Jahiegel, @Surreal, @valtellina, @vlad, @Ufilov, @Monzanator, @rybak, @George_D, @toulousain, @Benolympique, @Ogreman, @mpjmcevoy, @hckošice, @Hipooo, @tuniscof, @phelps

So for Round Three it looks like this Group G (19) Hungary (24) Lithuania (25) Japan (32) Spain Group H (20) Great Britain (23) Romania (26) China (30) Serbia Group J (21) Korea (22) Poland (27) Ukraine (28) Estonia

It is still too early to make guesses, All will depend on the actual rosters, current form of the important players, eventual injuries etc... If the tournaments were played next weekend I would say in Group G. Should be the favorite on home ice, but must stay focused in its games against Lithuania and Japan, especially the one against may be a tricky one and I can see Japan doing the upset in this group. but at the start if I had to bet my money, I would be more willing to put one penny on the Magyars. Group H Everything will depend on roster, if at least half of their naturalized north-americans, Russians & co. will be still there, then there no competition for them. If China will play with mostly chinese-born roster then on home ice should pass the group quite easily. Group J Is the most open Group. vs can be a real do-or-die thriller and anyone´s game to win. S. Korea at home can be a threat, but PC 2018 hype is far gone and today´s roster is considerably inferior to both above mentioned neighboring countries.

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Of note, during this event, Sam and Dan beat Partain/Benesh (WR #5) in straight sets in the semifinals, which is an excellent result for them.

Happy FIS live quota allocation day to all of those who celebrate every Youth Olympic and Olympic cycle! Links to the various allocations here: https://www.fis-ski.com/en/inside-fis/document-library/winter-youth-olympic-games

Individual General Standing Updated as of December 18th, 2023 Rank User Nation +/- # Avg. Points 1 maestro NEW 17 519,5 8831 2 africaboy NEW 18 468,9 8440 3 Henry_Leon NEW 18 458,3 8250 4 ady48 NEW 18 423,9 7630 5 valtellina NEW 16 435,9 6974 6 Pablita NEW 18 370,3 6665 7 SteveParker NEW 18 278,2 5008 8 Ufilov NEW 18 267,5 4815 9 Monzanator NEW 15 304,9 4573 10 toulousain NEW 14 320,4 4485 11 hckošice NEW 12 337,8 4053 12 vlad NEW 16 229,8 3676 13 juliosilva NEW 10 356,6 3566 14 Josh NEW 9 366,0 3294 15 Hipooo NEW 16 194,4 3111 16 rybak NEW 12 234,3 2811 17 Topicmaster1010 NEW 6 465,0 2790 18 Ogreman NEW 5 540,0 2700 19 CiroMennella99 NEW 8 308,1 2465 20 tuniscof NEW 7 341,4 2390 21 Dolby NEW 8 269,8 2158 22 Wanderer NEW 8 260,9 2087 23 pedja789 NEW 5 333,0 1665 24 Siddhartha Talukdar NEW 5 332,4 1662 25 phelps NEW 4 415,0 1660 26 rafQ NEW 3 506,7 1520 27 LDOG NEW 3 468,3 1405 28 IoNuTzZ NEW 5 281,0 1405 29 Adriano NEW 6 233,5 1401 30 Agger NEW 4 327,5 1310 31 Herberth10 NEW 4 317,5 1270 32 Surreal NEW 2 632,5 1265 33 Morten Jensen NEW 4 307,5 1230 34 hoversaBR NEW 3 407,0 1221 35 OlympicsFan NEW 3 396,7 1190 36 Cinnamon Bun NEW 5 217,4 1087 37 neveritt84 NEW 3 331,7 995 38 PakoNatxo NEW 5 197,6 988 39 Thagard NEW 4 238,5 954 40 Dennis NEW 1 900,0 900 41 Benolympique NEW 4 211,5 846 42 varnoldr NEW 3 279,3 838 43 hmc16 NEW 2 385,0 770 44 JOSE SEIJO NEW 4 181,8 727 45 Jahiegel NEW 1 700,0 700 46 javimv NEW 2 280,0 560 47 George_D NEW 2 267,0 534 48 dullard NEW 1 510,0 510 49 Einarsen NEW 2 230,0 460 50 rafalgorka NEW 3 144,3 433 51 heywoodu NEW 1 335,0 335 52 ELENAGM NEW 1 290,0 290 53 Vojthas NEW 2 143,0 286 54 MatiReimundo NEW 1 245,0 245 55 dinamopinz NEW 1 245,0 245 56 vinipereira NEW 1 235,0 235 57 Daniel Dionne NEW 1 235,0 235 58 Speedy NEW 1 215,0 215 59 CCB NEW 1 215,0 205 60 Vinicius Vaz NEW 1 195,0 195 61 owenp_23 NEW 1 195,0 195 62 Shravan Kumar NEW 1 171,0 171 63 mpjmcevoy NEW 1 171,0 171 64 Alvozijs NEW 1 164,0 164 65 sami-eg NEW 1 157,0 157 66 LEVARTOZ NEW 1 136,0 136 67 titicow NEW 1 100,0 100 68 MCMXC NEW 1 95,0 95 Team General Standing Updated as of December 18th, 2023 Rank Nation Points +/- User 1 Pt. User 2 Pt. User 3 Pt. 1 Italy 21889 NEW Henry_Leon 8250 valtellina 6974 Pablita 6665 2 Romania 19746 NEW africaboy 8440 ady48 7630 vlad 3676 3 Poland 12199 NEW Ufilov 4815 Monzanator 4573 rybak 2811 4 Greece 9365 NEW maestro 8831 George_D 534 5 Canada 6319 NEW Josh 3294 Topicmaster1010 2790 Daniel Dionne 235 6 Brazil 6057 NEW juliosilva 3566 Herberth10 1270 hoversaBR 1221 7 France 5331 NEW toulousain 4485 Benolympique 846 8 Slovakia 4053 NEW hckošice 4053 9 India 3991 NEW Dolby 2158 Siddhartha Talukdar 1662 Shravan Kumar 171 10 Great Britain 3122 NEW Surreal 1265 Cinnamon Bun 1087 hmc16 770 11 Czechia 3111 NEW Hipooo 3111 12 Ireland 2871 NEW Ogreman 2700 mpjmcevoy 171 13 Spain 2710 NEW neveritt84 995 PakoNatxo 988 JOSE SEIJO 727 14 Denmark 2540 NEW Agger 1310 Morten Jensen 1230 15 Tunisia 2390 NEW tuniscof 2390 16 New Zealand 2087 NEW Wanderer 2087 17 Serbia 1665 NEW pedja789 1665 18 Argentina 1650 NEW LDOG 1405 MatiReimundo 245 19 Netherlands 1440 NEW Dennis 900 heywoodu 335 CCB 205 20 Germany 1190 NEW OlympicsFan 1190 21 United States 895 NEW Jahiegel 700 owenp_23 195 22 Hungary 838 NEW varnoldr 838 23 Australia 510 NEW dullard 510 24 Norway 460 NEW Einarsen 460 25 Latvia 164 NEW Alvozijs 164 26 Egypt 157 NEW sami-eg 157 Individual Medal Count Updated as of December 18th, 2023 Rank User Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 maestro 3 2 1 6 2 valtellina 2 1 3 6 3 Henry_Leon 1 4 1 6 4 africaboy 1 4 0 5 5 Topicmaster1010 1 1 0 2 5 Ogreman 1 1 0 2 7 ady48 1 0 4 5 8 Pablita 1 0 3 4 9 Josh 1 0 1 2 10 hoversaBR 1 0 0 1 10 juliosilva 1 0 0 1 10 Surreal 1 0 0 1 10 SteveParker 1 0 0 1 10 Dennis 1 0 0 1 10 tuniscof 1 0 0 1 16 toulousain 0 1 0 1 16 rafQ 0 1 0 1 16 Ufilov 0 1 0 1 16 pedja789 0 1 0 1 16 Jahiegel 0 1 0 1 21 LDOG 0 0 1 1 21 Agger 0 0 1 1 21 Siddhartha Talukdar 0 0 1 1 21 phelps 0 0 1 1 21 neveritt84 0 0 1 1 Total 18 18 18 54 Team Medal Count Updated as of December 18th, 2023 Rank User Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Italy 5 5 8 18 2 Greece 3 2 1 6 3 Romania 2 4 4 10 4 Canada 2 1 1 4 5 Brazil 2 0 0 2 6 Ireland 1 1 0 2 7 Great Britain 1 0 0 1 7 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 7 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 10 Poland 0 2 0 2 11 France 0 1 0 1 11 Serbia 0 1 0 1 11 United States 0 1 0 1 14 Argentina 0 0 1 1 14 Denmark 0 0 1 1 14 India 0 0 1 1 14 Spain 0 0 1 1 Total 18 18 18 54

Stage 13 in Alta Badia (ITA) Men´s Giant Slalom: 1. Marco Odermatt 2:28.14 2. Marco Schwarz 2:29.19 3. Zan Kranjec 2:29.36 Full Final Results HERE

Canadas junior team had a difficult B WCH and ended up in a quarter final vs undefeated top seed Sweden. Sweden lost and Will miss the A championship. Also Ukraine who impressed in group stage lost agains New Zeeland in the quarters

Weekly update, with 73 new events (and a shared gold in speed skating). Finally Slovenia won their first podium (and frist victory) of the winter season 34 34 43 [111] 34 30 33 [97] 34 22 26 [82] 30 28 24 [82] 30 23 21 [74] 27 18 20 [65] 17 22 09 [65] 16 21 17 [54] 15 22 19 [56] 13 17 20 [50] 13 13 10 [36] 12 14 10 [36] 12 09 15 [36] 05 05 05 [15] 04 06 07 [17] 04 05 06 [15] 01 03 01 [05] 01 02 02 [05] 01 02 01 [04] 01 02 00 [03] 01 01 02 [04] 01 00 03 [04] 00 02 00 [02] 00 01 06 [07] 00 01 02 [03] 00 01 01 [02] 00 00 04 [04] 00 00 02 [02] 00 00 01 [01] 00 00 01 [01] 00 00 01 [01] 00 00 01 [01]

Great weekend of races. What a beautiful location. I loved seeing Lena going for it, and the fans eating it up. Deedra Irwin coming through for the US!

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND LAST DAY RESULTS Round-Robin December 14th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT ) South Africa 4 - 1 Bulgaria Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 3-1 December 17th 2023, h. 13:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Estonia 6 - 0 Iceland Period-by-Period: 3-0, 2-0, 1-0 December 17th 2023, h. 17:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Group K Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Estonia 3 3(0) 0(0) 36 2 +34 9 Iceland 3 2(0) 1(0) 13 9 +4 6 South Africa 3 1(0) 2(0) 6 19 -13 3 Bulgaria 3 0(0) 3(0) 4 29 -25 0 Group L Central European Time (GMT +1) Netherlands 3 - 4 Spain Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-3, 0-1 December 17th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Georgia 10 - 0 Thailand Period-by-Period: 3-0, 4-0, 3-0 December 17th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Group L Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Spain 3 3(0) 0(0) 24 6 +18 9 Netherlands 3 2(0) 1(0) 34 7 +27 6 Georgia 3 1(0) 2(0) 13 13 0 3 Thailand 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 48 -45 0 Group M Central European Time (GMT +1) Turkiye 1 - 3 Chinese Taipei Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 0-0 December 17th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Serbia 4 - 0 Croatia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 3-0 December 17th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Group M Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Serbia 3 3(0) 0(0) 15 0 +15 9 Croatia 3 2(0) 1(0) 12 7 +5 6 Chinese Taipei 3 1(0) 2(0) 4 13 -9 3 Turkiye 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 14 -11 0 The following Nations have qualified for the Third Qualifying Round Estonia Serbia Spain

Serbia won, rather easily. I am really surprised. Great performace alltogether, 15:0 in scores.

If you have thinking, that it's been a year without scandals in Bulgarian weightlifting, fear no more.. So, after a couple of attempts, including one stripped hosting 2 years ago, we are finally going to host the European Weightlifting Championships in February. It is of course included in the Olympic qualification calendar. All good so far. But on Friday, an adviser working for the Ministry of Sports was arrested for bribing the President of the weightlifting federation. He was asking for 30 k Euros from the President, so that the Ministry approves the funding of 600 k Euros for hosting the Euro Championships. This worker turned out to be the son of the National team coach. The next day, the coach himself - Ivan Ivanov, Olympic Champion 92, 4 times World Champion, was also arrested in suspicion of being an accomplice to his son.. The same National coach who has been on the helm for over a decade now and who the Federation have tried removing a few times in the past years. But every time the proposal of a new coach was brought up, almost all of the weightlifters, including Karlos Nasar, have said that they would boycott the National team, if Ivanov was not the coach. Given, that we have our biggest boom in the past 20 years, i'm not denying the work being done by Ivanov, but his relationship with the Federation was always very iffy. Not that those guys are some saints, not by any means, but you can never guess who's in the right. Let's see how things develop and if any charged will be pressed against him.

beat 4-3 and progress to Round 3. Was a real hard battled game, I watched the whole last period and despite the very low speed and a few really silly decisions by players here and there it was a fun match to watch is already leading 3-0 after 1st frame. One sided game as expected

Justine Braisaz-Bouchet does a hat-trick and gets the yellow bib too

Also, it's not Christmas in the Orthodox lands, so a full programme of & cross country & biathlon.

will host finals of VNL 2024. Good for our team, we will not need to play good by whole tournament to be qualified to finals, therefore guys will can preparte peak of their form for Olympics.

Whole pile of traditional pre-Xmas skiing events.

Wintersports (mainly Alpine Skiing), Euroleague Basketball, a lot of Hockey and tons of US Sports (above all, Football...the NFL is coming to the RS climax and in the NCAA it's Bowl season! )

They're all still out provisionally by my count, but it depends what other NOCs do. 12 quotas altogether between alpine and cross country. It's a number higher than many NOCs will even achieve (or be eligible to receive).

rejected 6 quotas! 2 1 At this rate we will get and into the games

rejected all of their quotas in cross country skiing

RESULTS Ilca 7 Men's After 9 Régates 22 Pts 27 Pts -------------- 36 Pts 40 Pts Ilca 6 Women's After 9 Régates 24 Pts 42 Pts -------------- 54 Pts 49er Men's After 8 Régates 35 Pts ----------- 57 Pts 49er FX Women's After 12 Régates 23 Pts ------------ 38 Pts 39 Pts 470 Mixed After 10 Régates 16 Pts ------------- 42 Pts 44 Pts Nacra 17 Mixed After 10 Régates 21 Pts ------------- 50 Pts

Bobsleigh WC Innsbruck, Austria 2-Woman Gold- Lisa Buckwitz/Vanessa Mark (1:45.20) Silver- Kim Kalicki/Leonie Fiebig (1:45.29) Bronze- Laura Nolte/Neele Schuten (1:45.64) Full Results 2-Man Gold- Johannes Lochner/Georg Fleischhauer (1:41.94) Silver- Francesco Friedrich/Alexander Schüller (1:42.02) Bronze- Adam Ammour/Issam Ammour (1:42.68) Full Results 4-Man Gold- Team Francesco Friedrich (1:40.89) Silver- Team Johannes Lochner (1:41.03) Bronze- Team Emils Cipulis (1:41.35) Full Results

GSOC WFG Masters Saskatoon, Canada Men 1. Team Retornaz 2. Team Whyte 3. Team Schwaller 3. Team Bottcher Women 1. Team Homan 2. Team Tirinzoni 3. Team Einarson 3. Team Jones Full Results

3rd slam in a row for Joel AMAZING

Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombar-Murray qualify for Worlds in men’s 10m platform

Sarah Pavan/Molly McBain, and Sam Schachter/Dan Dearing each win silver at the NORCECA Finals. Sarah and Molly faced an American duo in the final (in terms of the NORCECA Olympic Qualifier, won’t be an issue, as United States will qualify two pairs through World Ranking), while Sam and Dan lost in straight sets to Diaz/Alayo after having a 14-9 lead in set one.

The first ever European Record in the Mixed Race Walking Marathon 2x2 crap was today established by The notoriously famous newly (Budapest WCh finish line proposal) engaged couple Dominik Černý/Hana Burzalová won today´s first Marathon Race Walk relay competition involoving European nations in Dublin with clock of 3:11:17 So perhaps there a chance to qualify for Paris in the end Let´s hope, remember 22 best teams (Max 5 NOC can qualify 2) from Antalya will qualify directly and best 3 already non-qualified NOCs via ranking...

BWF World Tour Finals Hangzhou, China Men’s Singles 1. Viktor Axelsen 2. Shi Yuqi 3. Jonatan Christie 3. Anders Antonsen Women’s Singles 1. Tai Tzu-Ying 2. Carolina Marin 3. An Se-Yeong 3. Chen Yufei Men’s Doubles 1. Kang Min-Hyuk/Seo Seung-Jae 2. Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang 3. Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rían Ardianto 3. Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi Women’s Doubles 1. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan 2. Baek Ha-Na/Lee So-Hee 3. Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida 3. Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning Mixed Doubles 1. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong 2. Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping 3. Seo Seung-Jae/Chae Yoo-Jung 3. Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino Full Results

Team Rankings and Individual Adjusted Official Ranking Lists updated as of December 17th, 2023

is the obvious favorite, the other two groups finals are rather more open. vs and especially the - derby can be anyone´s, and I would not be surprised to see them ending in Overtime or PSO

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND LAST DAY SCHEDULE Round-Robin December 14th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT ) South Africa vs Bulgaria Period-by-Period: December 17th 2023, h. 13:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Estonia vs Iceland Period-by-Period: December 17th 2023, h. 17:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Group L Central European Time (GMT +1) Netherlands vs Spain Period-by-Period: December 17th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Georgia vs Thailand Period-by-Period: December 17th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Group M Central European Time (GMT +1) Turkiye vs Chinese Taipei Period-by-Period: December 17th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Serbia vs Croatia Period-by-Period: December 17th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND DAY 3 RESULTS Round-Robin December 14th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group L Central European Time (GMT +1) Thailand 1 - 23 Netherlands Period-by-Period: 1-6, 0-7, 0-10 December 16th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Spain 5 - 1 Georgia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-1, 1-0 December 16th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Group L Provisional Standing After Day 2 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Netherlands 2 2(0) 0(0) 31 3 +28 6 Spain 2 2(0) 0(0) 20 3 +17 6 Georgia 2 0(0) 2(0) 3 13 -10 0 Thailand 2 0(0) 2(0) 3 38 -35 0

Goalball qualification has been completed. For the men's tournament, the qualified teams are Egypt (absent since 1992) and Iran (2012) return to the Games, while France qualifies for the first time thanks to the host quota. In Tokyo we had 10 teams instead of 8, and 5 of them didn't qualify (including current bronze medalist Lithuania): For the women's tournament, the qualified teams are Algeria (absent since 2016) and South Korea (2000) return to the Games, while France qualifies for the first time. Out of the 10 participating teams in Tokyo, 5 didn't qualify this time (including current silver medalist USA): In general, Europe (men's) and the Americas (women's) suffered with the reduced field, while Asia did pretty great.

Answer time So at the end will play (Picked) the Boys Tournament, since a spot was still available ( chosed rather their W Team, do not ask me why) so no Nela Lopušanová in Korea..instead our boys will probably end in 5th place behind CAN, USA, FIN and CZE Boys Tournament A: USA, CZE, SVK B: CAN, FIN, KOR Girls Tournament A: SWE JPN NOR B: SUI GER FRA 3v3 Tournaments Boys : Girls :

Here is the last Minute and half of the match The main problem was I think with the graphics which did not show the 3rd goal, instead just kept by mistake the wrong score 2:3, it happens sometimes. But yeah 20 seconds to go, that was a clear foul, A Tripping at its pure finest, an encyclopedical one, I do not know what the refs were doing here, Thinking about whether they have their christmas gifts already prepared or not ? Should be sanctioned by the directoriate later for not calling this foul though I guess

The end of the Bulgaria vs Iceland game was horrible. Of course a Bulgarian win likely would give Estonia the winner of the group even before the Iceland/Estonia game was played. Bulgaria was up 3-2 when Iceland pulled its goalie with about 2 minutes left. With about 30 seconds left a Iceland player takes down a Bulgarian player from behind. The player looked seriously hurt not moving at all. Looked like a dead body. Refs don't stop play. So its 6 Iceland players against 4. Because of the injury Iceland scores with 17 seconds left. The player would remain not moving while staff came out. Suddenly Refs huddle with Bulgarian and Iceland players. Looks like the goal might not be allowed. Then suddenly they declare goal counts plus say Iceland also scored with 1:23 to play ! Suddenly scoreboard changes from 3-2 Bulgaria to 4-3 Iceland. Never have a seen a team get credit for two goals as the same time. There was no stoppage of play for a goal at 1:23 nor any indication on the ice that a questionable decision even existed. I wish all 12 teams the best wishes in Round Two but that result smells. I hope Estonia wins on Sunday because they deserve it not Iceland

Cedric Fofana and Carson Paul qualify for the 2024 worlds in the men's 3m springboard event.

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND DAY 3 SCHEDULE Round-Robin December 14th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group L Central European Time (GMT +1) Thailand vs Netherlands Period-by-Period: December 16th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Spain vs Georgia Period-by-Period: December 16th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND DAY 2 SCHEDULE Round-Robin December 14th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT ) Estonia vs South Africa Period-by-Period: December 15th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Iceland vs Bulgaria Period-by-Period: December 15th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Group L Central European Time (GMT +1) Spain vs Thailand Period-by-Period: December 15th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Netherlands vs Georgia Period-by-Period: December 15th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Group M Central European Time (GMT +1) Croatia vs Turkiye Period-by-Period: December 15th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Chinese Taipei vs Serbia Period-by-Period: December 15th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND DAY 1 RESULTS Round-Robin December 14th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT ) Bulgaria 0 - 21 Estonia Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-8, 0-10 December 14th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Iceland 9 - 0 South Africa Period-by-Period: 3-0, 3-0, 3-0 December 14th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Group K Provisional Standing After Day 1 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Estonia 1 1(0) 0(0) 21 0 +21 3 Iceland 1 1(0) 0(0) 9 0 +9 3 South Africa 1 0(0) 1(0) 0 9 -9 0 Bulgaria 1 0(0) 1(0) 0 21 -21 0 Group M Central European Time (GMT +1) Croatia 6 - 1 Chinese Taipei Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-0, 3-1 December 14th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Serbia 5 - 0 Turkiye Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 3-0 December 14th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Group M Provisional Standing After Day 1 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Croatia 1 1(0) 0(0) 6 1 +5 3 Serbia 1 1(0) 0(0) 5 0 +5 3 Chinese Taipei 1 0(0) 1(0) 1 6 -5 0 Turkiye 1 0(0) 1(0) 0 5 -5 0

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

Interesting most of the snow sports will be staying in Gangneung Final FS quotas: https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/32734-isu-communication-2605/file Only 4 entries in the pairs event and 5 in the team event.

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND DAY 1 SCHEDULE Round-Robin December 14th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT ) Bulgaria vs Estonia Period-by-Period: December 14th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Iceland vs South Africa Period-by-Period: December 14th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Group M Central European Time (GMT +1) Croatia vs Chinese Taipei Period-by-Period: December 14th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Serbia vs Turkiye Period-by-Period: December 14th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND Round-Robin December 15th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group L Central European Time (GMT +1) Spain 15 - 2 Thailand Period-by-Period: 6-0, 6-2, 3-0 December 15th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Netherlands 8 - 2 Georgia Period-by-Period: 2-1, 2-1, 4-0 December 15th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Thailand 1 - 23 Netherlands Period-by-Period: 1-6, 0-7, 0-10 December 16th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Spain 5 - 1 Georgia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-1, 1-0 December 16th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Netherlands 3 - 4 Spain Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-3, 0-1 December 17th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Georgia 10 - 0 Thailand Period-by-Period: 3-0, 4-0, 3-0 December 17th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Group L Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Spain 3 3(0) 0(0) 24 6 +18 9 Netherlands 3 2(0) 1(0) 34 7 +27 6 Georgia 3 1(0) 2(0) 13 13 0 3 Thailand 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 48 -45 0

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND Round-Robin December 14th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT ) Bulgaria 0 - 21 Estonia Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-8, 0-10 December 14th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Iceland 9 - 0 South Africa Period-by-Period: 3-0, 3-0, 3-0 December 14th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Estonia 9 - 2 South Africa Period-by-Period: 1-1, 5-1, 3-0 December 15th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Iceland 4 - 3 Bulgaria Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 2-1 December 15th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik South Africa 4 - 1 Bulgaria Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 3-1 December 17th 2023, h. 13:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Estonia 6 - 0 Iceland Period-by-Period: 3-0, 2-0, 1-0 December 17th 2023, h. 17:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Group K Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Estonia 3 3(0) 0(0) 36 2 +34 9 Iceland 3 2(0) 1(0) 13 9 +4 6 South Africa 3 1(0) 2(0) 6 19 -13 3 Bulgaria 3 0(0) 3(0) 4 29 -25 0

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

The selected prediction contests for the first half of 2024: - Swimming at the FINA World Aquatics Championships 2024 - February 2 - February 18 - Water Polo at the FINA World Aquatics Championships 2024 - February 2 - February 18 - Biathlon IBU World Championships 2024 - February 7 - February 18 - Athletics WA Indoor World Championships 2024 - March 1 - March 3 - Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2024 - May 10 - May 26 - Men's Football UEFA EURO 2024 - June 14 - July 14 - Men's Football CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 - June 20 - July 14 These prediction contests will be added to the official 2024 Totallympics Prediction Contests Calendar. The thread for this will be opened in mid-december 2023.