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Case in point. Page 101 on the good old Teletekst is for the 'main news', sometimes there is some sports in it if there's something sort of big, usually there isn't. However, today: "Sven Kramer still in the race for the Olympics" Nothing about who won or whatever, just....Kramer is still in the race

Couple ones. In aerials, the skier is launched straight into the air and travels a very short distance horizontally. In big air the skier is launched forward moreso than upwards. Aerials is a lot like diving - every jump has a degree of difficulty based on the number of flips and spins. Every jump is judged based on form in the air and landing, and that is multiplied by the degree of difficulty to get a final score. Big air is scored more subjectively, with a 0-100 scale. There are no set degree of difficulty. Aerials tricks must be pencilled (i.e. the body of the aerialist should remain as straight as possible) to achieve high form scores. In big air pencilling leads to massive deductions. In big air grabbing the skis during tricks is one of the most important way to increase your score. Grabs are not permitted in aerials. In big air you tan takeoff forwards or backwards (switch). In aerials you can only takeoff forwards. In big air the judges take into consideration whether you did a trick in your natural or unnatural spin direction. This isn’t taken into account in aerials. Even though on the surface big air and aerials look very similar there is zero overlap between the competitors. The techniques used in both are quite different.

don't remember me that! it's so painful losing one of the best sports channels in Europe... still, I have the Slovak TV, the satellite feeds (but unfortunately yesterday only the Edmonton games were within reach with my modest 120cm dish), but also a good VPN (aka, above all, Swedish SVT and their high quality tv pictures)... and the original TSN broadcasts are available for free on their website, if you watch them ondemand on the following day (which is almost always the case, as most games are in the middle of our nights)...

Not to sound arrogant but it's probably going to be Greece, really I'm offended that we weren't included in the poll as an option

It would be a big upset if Norway doesn't win the medal table, and an even bigger upset if it isn't Norway or Germany.

You reacted too fast, I had changed it within a minute or two

This is the first time (in 15+ years of career) for Ireen Wüst to try and qualify for a distance and not make it (she did a lone 500m at an OQT once, but that was merely a warmup).

Carlijn Achtereekte is one lucky skater, though to be fair she won the Olympics by whopping eight time the margin she got third at these trials xD

FIFA annulled some of the Olympic team matches in the 60s and 70s before - even though they were played before the U-21 eligibility era. This infamously cost Kazimierz Deyna his 100 cap milestone (his 100th NT game was the 1978 World Cup game vs Argentina celebrated as such at the time). I see they found new ways to manipulate the "official" statistics even in the era where everyone is a professional football player by design. Well, Algeria can still extend their streak during Afcon next month?

A false start *and* a fall in N'tab's pair, and neither were him!

Italy did put money for

Well, the odds of testing positive (carrying the virus) should be lower, hence why in some places no self quarantine is needed after a possible exposure if you are vaccinated, or have recovered recently (which appears to be the more desirable option at the moment in terms of protection).

At what point does the trolling get a permanent ban around here?

The Times are saying the Games could be cancelled due to Covid if China decides zero Covid is more important than the games.

my very own Italian Sports Awards 2021... Best Male 1. Lamont Marcell Jacobs (athletics) 2. Filippo Ganna (cycling) 3. Robert Antonioli (ski mountaneering) Best Female 1. Antonella Palmisano (athletics) 2. Elisa Balsamo (cycling) 3. Sofia Goggia (alpine skiing) Best Team 1. Men's 4*100m Relay (athletics) 2. Men's Euro 2020 Champions (football) 3. Valentina Rodini & Federica Cesarini (rowing) tied with Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti (sailing) and men's Team Pursuit (cycling)

84 users have participated in least one contest, 17 users have participated in least 14/18 contests and 9 users have participated in all 18 contests this year. The 9 users are: juliosilva, Henry_Leon, toulousain, Herberth10, Monzanator, Ufilov, Pablita, vlad, SteveParker A total of 34 nations took part in Totallympics Prediction Contests this year with 17 nations winning at least one medal. 28 different users won the 54 medals which were on stake. After this short breakdown of the numbers for the 2021 Totallympics Prediction Contests, let's now switch our attention to the individual and team winners of this year. Final Standings and Medal Tables are here 2021 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Individual Points Top 3 juliosilva 9955 Henry_Leon 7420 toulousain 6499 Highest Point Average (Participated in at least 14/18 contests) Top 3 juliosilva 553,1 Henry_Leon 412,2 Agger 366,3 Highest Point Average (No minimum participation rule) Top 3 miro 780,0 Jahiegel 706,0 Xarles 585,0 2021 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Individual Medal Table Top 3 Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total juliosilva 3 3 2 8 Henry_Leon 2 1 0 3 Gianlu33 2 0 0 2 Jahiegel 2 0 0 2 Total Medals Won - Individual Top 3 juliosilva 8 toulousain 4 Agger 4 2021 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Team/Nation Points (Based on the top 3 highest scoring users from every nation) Top 3 Brazil (juliosilva, Herberth10, titicow) 18864 (9955, 6205, 2704) Italy (Henry_Leon, Gianlu33, Pablita) 16461 (7420, 4719, 4322) Romania (africaboy, ady48, vlad) 14702 (5788, 5251, 3663) Best Team/Nation (Only 2 members) Top 3 Greece (George_D, maestro) 6332 (5070, 1262) Hungary (varnoldr, MagyarBabu) 4846 (3563, 1283) Tunisia (tuniscof, amen09) 2985 (2395, 590) Best Team/Nation (Only 1 member) Top 3 Denmark (Agger) 5128 Slovakia (hckosice) 4541 United States (Jahiegel) 3530 2021 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Team/Nation Medal Table Top 3 Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total Brazil (juliosilva 8, Herberth10 3, titicow 1) 4 4 4 12 Italy (Henry_Leon 3, Gianlu33 2, miro 1, valtellina 1) 4 3 0 7 Poland (Monzanator 3, Speedy 2, Ufilov 1, rafalgorka 1,Vojthas 1) 2 2 4 8 Total Medals Won Team/Nation Top 3 Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total Brazil (juliosilva 8, Herberth10 3, titicow 1) 4 4 4 12 Poland (Monzanator 3, Speedy 2, Ufilov 1, rafalgorka 1,Vojthas 1) 2 2 4 8 Italy (Henry_Leon 3, Gianlu33 2, miro 1, valtellina 1) 4 3 0 7 These were the winners/medallists of this year. We in the Prediction Group hope you all have enjoyed this season and now look forward to a new exciting season in 2022. Users who are mentioned in this post: @africaboy, @ady48, @toulousain, @Agger, @juliosilva, @Herberth10, @titicow, @hckosice, @vlad, @Henry_Leon, @Gianlu33,@Pablita, @miro, @valtellina, @Monzanator, @Ufilov, @rafalgorka, @George_D, @maestro, @varnoldr, @MagyarBabu, @tuniscof, @amen09, @Jahiegel, @Xarles, @Vojthas, @Speedy

Mikaela Shiffrin COVID POSITIVE!

Mind you, this sort of strategy has already been applied by other nations in the past. Swedish NOC famously declined to send Majorov in the men's single skating for Pyeongchang, because he already competed in Sochi and was not top-8 material in 2018. They literally chose to have nobody instead of someone who could place 15th or so. Meanwhile, they did send a weaker female skater because and only because it was to be her Olympic debut.

Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials have been cancelled due to COVID-19. Curling Canada will pick the team that goes to the Olympics.