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Ivona in the Mass Start. Now That is something I never thought would write one day in this forum

I definitely felt he had a chance to win it if he beats Axelsen. He is in great form and improving day by day .

I do believe Gu Ailing will have huge home Olympics, also Aerials can very well end by a complete golds sweep for China. I have no idea about Speed Skating to be fair, this is probably the sole WOG sport I have currently zero knowledge about current situations so I will believe in your prediction here My biggest concern is about Short Track, this is so unpredictable sport with tones of penalties during the races, that it can perfectly end by your prediction of 6 medals (3 golds) but also somehow without a single one as well You know that I am mostly interested on hockey, which usually mostly steals all my attentions during the WOG watching/analyzing/living all games so I am more interesting how your team(s) will perform there. I hope given the circumstances it will at the end fulfills the main purpose of this whole project, to help growing the popularity of the sport in China and it will not be just a one event episode like many are affraid of. However good luck to all your olympic team, it is always good for the games themselves when a "relatively" small () winter sports country do very good at home WOG.

Well, at least a higher ranked athlete will get to go instead of one who can't read the rules for herself.

The Olympic trials will be held at the brand new “Centre de Glace” in Quebec City from December 27th to 31st. I believe this is the first time since 1984 that Calgary will not hold the Olympic trials.

Stage 8 in Engelberg (SUI) Men´s Individual Large Hill: 1. Ryoyu Kobayashi 306.0 2. Karl Geiger 293.8 3. Marius Lindvik 293.5 Full Final Result HERE

Based on the qualification document, the Netherlands either needs to finish in the top 12 in the ranking list or have a top 8 World Cup result. They only have two more races remaining and their best result is 11th. Seems unlikely, but possible...

at first look at the first photo, I thought she was holding a walking cane in her hands

Stage 4 in Ramsau (AUT) Men´s Individual Gundersen Normal Hill: 1. Jarl Magnus Riiber 23:58.0 2. Vinzenz Geiger 24:13.3 3. Eric Frenzel 24:32.1 Full Final Result HERE

Belinda Bencic from Sheikh Zayed Mosque in ABU DHABI

Nice to close off the (calendar) year of biathlon with such a party

Someone is getting so fired from the Lochner's crew...

Hell must have frozen over... Kristoffersen won.

Stage 4 in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand (FRA) Women´s 12.5km Mass Start: 1. Elvira Oeberg 35:21.7 (1+1+0+0) 2. Julia Simon +10.7 (0+0+1+1) 3. Kristina Reztsova +12.1 (0+0+1+1) Full Final Result HERE

Yup. Luckily she isn’t constrained by classic/freestyle/having to travel with a national team that isn’t always favoring you

Stage 11 in Val d´Isere (FRA) Women´s Super-G: 1. Sofia Goggia 1:19.23 2. Ragnhild Mowinckel 1:19.56 3. Elena Curtoni 1:19.74 Full Final Results HERE

Queen Kaisa spotted, always good

Buon compleanno, Alberto La Bomba.

Goggia dedicates her victory to Albertone Tomba!

Chile did not make it past the first leg before they were lapped. I almost wish that in the IBU Junior Cup and IBU Cup that teams would not be removed from the race when they were lapped. How else is Chile supposed to get better? I hope the team got some really good training and can find a local race or two prior to their return to South America. With Dale and Knotten going for Norway in the Single Mixed Relay, I am not too sure how long Argentina will last as well. Mixed Relay results: Russia Norway Italy Switzerland

Not sure if it's coincidence, but while she was a DNF in the IBU Cup Thursday (and not on the start list yesterday), all of a sudden she is in the freestyle mass start in St Ulrich today, her first XC race since those worlds in February! Yesterday she wasn't in the classic individual start, so it's kind of like she all of a sudden went there.. Not sure it went right though, since she was ahead of a Mexican who has now finished, whereas Ponya has disappeared from the timing after the last intermediate (where she was already pretty far behind, under 300 wasn't gonna happen).

I must admit 9 golds is an optimistic estimate. The official expectation is 6 golds but I insist my prediction (there are many events by scoring you know).

My early prediction of China. It's a relatively optimistic version as the host. I may update the prediction when most skiing world cups finished. Speed Skating 2 medals (1 gold) - Men's 500m and 1500m Short Track Speed Skating 6 medals (3 golds) - Men's 500m/1000m/1500m, Men/Women/Mixed Relay Figure Skating 1 medal (1 gold) - Pairs Curling 1 medal - Women's Team Skeleton 1 medal - Men's Skeleton Freestyle Skiing 6 medals (3 golds) - Men/Women/Mixed Aerials, Women's Halfpipe/Slopestyle/Big Air Snowboarding 2 medals (1 gold) - Men's Big Air and Women's Halfpipe Total 19 medals and 9 golds

Argentina in the Single Mixed Relay and Chile in the Mixed Relay. That is awesome!

Stage 8 in Engelberg (SUI) Men´s Individual Large Hill: 1. Karl Geiger 287.4 2. Ryoyu Kobayashi 286.6 3. Timi Zajc 282.6 Full Final Result HERE

Stage 4 in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand (FRA) Men´s 12.5km Pursuit: 1. Quentin Fillon Maillet 30:58.3 (0+0+0+0) 2. Eduard Latypov +16.1 (0+1+1+0) 3. Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen +16.2 (0+0+0+0) Full Final Result HERE

Do we have a theological thread here? Anyway, Mariah Carey graciously concedes that the Virgin Mary, and not she, is indeed Queen of Christmas. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10321715/Mariah-Carey-humbly-confesses-not-Queen-Christmas.html

The Netherlands will be represented by one S10. Never heard of her/him/them so I googled the name, but apparently it's got quite a nice look to it.

Probably nobody will notice it, but the whole team was excluded from the rest of the championships, becaus of 4 positive athletes (Positive I mean, Covid obviously) The complete negative tested part of the team have to fly home tomorrow morning. the 4 positive athletes will have to stay in isolation in the hotel room. what a nice christmas they will spend this year...

Faivre 1st -> 16th

Wow that is 20% of the field. Stina Nillson in her first mass start. Great to see Japan in the mass start as well with Tachizaki.

Hermann also miss the Mass Start! She hasn‘t been feeling good yesterday and will therefore not start today and already travel to Davos for training

Anais Bescond may miss the mass start tomorrow. She is already sick the whole week and also today the start was decided only very spontaneously. She will have to see if she can do it again tomorrow.

Great news! The 10 Conmebol teams are going to play in the Nations League starting from 2024. https://en.as.com/en/2021/12/17/soccer/1639749701_989244.html