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Hello. I finally made an account and excited to support Canada and Portugal for the Olympics. 

Grazie mille and hello from Paisse Bassi  I found this forum recently and am excited to nerd out over the Olympics

Some more new members for us to welcome! Great to have you all here  
 
@CanadaWolvesFC  
 
@Jeopardysport  
 
@Ozzy Kemp  
 
@Ashes  
 
@Carrot  
 
@Grilousco42  

Arrived in Milan.
 
First impressions:
-There is graffiti everywhere, literally
 

Currently in
 
 

Arrived next in Kuala Lumpur
 
This is what greeted me
 
 
https://imgur.com/a/sAMyJgM
 

Forgot this thread even existed, in the summer I’ll be going to  for the first time in July (Phuket and Bangkok, I know our picks are “boring” but I’ll be back to visit the hidden gems) for about a week, with my friends!
 
Way too little time to spend there and I wish I could be there longer, but I have an opportunity to work in the film industry for about a month, right now one of my biggest interests, and if I take it I’ll have to come home early, don’t want the hassle that comes with rebooking flights/booking hotels. Not sure what I’m deciding but thought I’d share with you guys 

Welcome to the forum @Andre Han  
Nice to see a new member from China on here  
 

Welcome in @Jaden22
Hope you have fun and get involved in our chats 

I see we have some new users on the forum, maybe with the upcoming Winter Olympics we will get some new active users.
 
Let's welcome them to our community
 
 
@Timoteus welcome here! I hope you are enjoying Totallympics so far . It's great so see a user from Finland, which is a rare find for us here. So we would love you to stay and get involved in our chats 
 
 
@Nielo greetings, great to have you here  We have a few active Spanish users here and it's always nice to welcome in new users   
 
 
@mikto78 welcome to the community! Nice to have another member from Poland . We hope you get involved in the chats and have fun discussing sports and life with us here
 
 
@Micki welcome to Totallympics! We rarely find users from Switzerland so it's our pleasure to have you here! I hope you are enjoying your time here so far
 
 

I don't know if this is related, but when I was in high school, it was common for boys to get together and discuss soccer for hours. It was a common topic in our daily lives. I imagine it's easier to introduce them to a discussion about sports in general. For women, even if a girl liked a sport, it was difficult to find a group that also liked it, since most girls weren't interested. Well, obviously this should be transferred to the virtual environment.
 

Hi all,
 
I've been around a few months now, and one thing that I find interesting is that this is a place to celebrate sport from all over the world.  We have all kinds of sports--Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, non-Olympic, etc.--and sports that are played in different regions of the world.  We celebrate women and men athletes.
 
Yet interestingly, most all of the users are male here (49 new male users in the last year vs. 9 new female users; 476 non-newbie male users all-time vs. 22 non-newbie female users).  I'm curious as to what you think might cause this difference.
 
I've never considered the Olympics to be something that only appeals to one gender (in fact, I'd say my own mom was more into the Olympics than my dad when I was a kid); however, by simple virtue of it being a sports community, and stereotypically it is guys who are more attracted to sports, perhaps this is the reason?
 
Is it that this community dives deeper, stats, etc., and while the Olympics might appeal to any person on the surface, it's more appealing to guys in general to go into greater depth with sports?
 
(My own wife enjoys sports, and it is she, not I, who played sports in high school, making this a little more curious.)
 
Just an observation I've had.  Nothing wrong with the state of it, but just curious!  

I'm very happy to meet everyone here for the first time, and I hope to participate in in-depth exchanges during the upcoming Milan Winter Olympics and even various future events.

Is to just have fun is an option?

South American Games 2026  
Rafaela/Rosario/Santa Fe (ARG) - 12 September 2026 - 26 September 2026  
 
Official Website Programme Results System Facebook Page Discussion Thread

Well only now I got the time to say thank you to all of you who decided to vote for  entry , I’m still going through the entire competition day and will most likely edit this post to thank you all more in person but for now I’ll start with a Hugh thanks for all the votes and for my teammates in the group competition 

LAST UPDATE  (Tuesday 27 January 2026)
 United States of America - 232 (17 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 14 Bobsleigh - 16 Cross-Country Skiing - 11 Curling - 16 Figure Skating - 32 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 11 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 8 Short-Track - 4 Skeleton - 6 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 24 Snowboarding - 13 Speed Skating)
Canada -  207 (13 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 14 Bobsleigh - 12 Cross-Country Skiing - 11 Curling - 12 Figure Skating - 32 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 6 Luge - 10 Short-Track - 3 Skeleton - 4 Ski Jumping - 19 Snowboarding - 15 Speed Skating)
Italy - 194 (21 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 8 Bobsleigh - 13 Cross-Country Skiing - 10 Curling - 9 Figure Skating - 10 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 11 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 10 Short-Track - 4 Skeleton - 7 Ski Jumping - 3 Ski Mountaineering - 17 Snowboarding - 10 Speed Skating)
Germany - 184 (9 Alpine Skiing - 11 Biathlon - 18 Bobsleigh - 12 Cross-Country Skiing - 5 Curling - 6 Figure Skating - 11 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 12 Luge - 3 Nordic Combined - 6 Skeleton - 8 Ski Jumping - 3 Ski Mountaineering - 19 Snowboarding - 13 Speed Skating)
Switzerland - 173 (22 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 17 Bobsleigh - 12 Cross-Country Skiing - 11 Curling - 3 Figure Skating - 20 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 1 Luge - 1 Skeleton - 4 Ski Jumping - 4 Ski Mountaineering - 17 Snowboarding - 3 Speed Skating)
France - 159 (16 Alpine Skiing - 12 Biathlon - 6 Bobsleigh - 15 Cross-Country Skiing - 9 Figure Skating - 18 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 3 Nordic Combined - 6 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 5 Ski Jumping - 4 Ski Mountaineering - 10 Snowboarding - 6 Speed Skating)
China - 124 (2 Alpine Skiing - 3 Biathlon - 12 Bobsleigh - 6 Cross-Country Skiing - 10 Curling - 6 Figure Skating - 23 Freestyle Skiing - 6 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 10 Short-Track - 5 Skeleton - 5 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 17 Snowboarding - 15 Speed Skating)
Japan - 120 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 5 Curling - 12 Figure Skating - 20 Freestyle Skiing - 23 Ice Hockey - 1 Luge - 3 Nordic Combined - 9 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 7 Ski Jumping - 19 Snowboarding - 14 Speed Skating)
Austria - 115 (22 Alpine Skiing - 9 Biathlon - 12 Bobsleigh - 8 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 13 Freestyle Skiing - 11 Luge - 3 Nordic Combined - 1 Short-Track - 3 Skeleton - 8 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 16 Snowboarding - 6 Speed Skating)
Czechia - 114 (6 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 12 Cross-Country Skiing - 7 Curling - 4 Figure Skating - 6 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 1 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 1 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 4 Ski Jumping - 9 Snowboarding - 3 Speed Skating)
Sweden - 111 (7 Alpine Skiing - 12 Biathlon - 16 Cross-Country Skiing - 11 Curling - 3 Figure Skating - 11 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 2 Luge - 1 Ski Jumping)
Finland - 103 (6 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 16 Cross-Country Skiing - 3 Figure Skating - 8 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 3 Nordic Combined - 7 Ski Jumping - 2 Snowboarding)
Norway - 80 (15 Alpine Skiing - 11 Biathlon - 16 Cross-Country Skiing - 7 Curling - 5 Freestyle Skiing - 3 Nordic Combined - 7 Ski Jumping - 3 Ski Mountaineering - 3 Snowboarding - 10 Speed Skating)
 South Korea - 71 (3 Alpine Skiing - 2 Biathlon - 10 Bobsleigh - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 7 Curling - 6 Figure Skating - 7 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Luge - 10 Short-Track - 3 Skeleton - 11 Snowboarding - 8 Speed Skating)
Latvia - 67 (3 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 8 Bobsleigh - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Figure Skating - 25 Ice Hockey - 10 Luge - 2 Short-Track - 2 Skeleton)
Poland - 59 (3 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 2 Bobsleigh - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 6 Figure Skating - 6 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 5 Short-Track - 5 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 4 Snowboarding - 9 Speed Skating)
Australia - 53 (3 Alpine Skiing - 1 Biathlon - 4 Bobsleigh - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 15 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Luge - 1 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 14 Snowboarding)
Great Britain - 53 (3 Alpine Skiing - 2 Biathlon - 6 Bobsleigh - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 10 Curling - 8 Figure Skating - 8 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Short-Track - 5 Skeleton - 5 Snowboarding - 1 Speed Skating)
Slovakia - 53 (4 Alpine Skiing - 6 Biathlon - 2 Bobsleigh - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 1 Freestyle Skiing - 25 Ice Hockey - 5 Luge - 1 Short-Track - 2 Ski Jumping - 3 Ski Mountaineering)
Ukraine - 46 (2 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 6 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 9 Freestyle Skiing - 10 Luge - 1 Nordic Combined - 2 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 2 Ski Jumping - 1 Snowboarding)
Denmark - 39 (2 Alpine Skiing - 3 Biathlon - 1 Bobsleigh - 5 Curling - 25 Ice Hockey - 2 Skeleton - 1 Speed Skating)
Netherlands - 38 (4 Bobsleigh - 2 Figure Skating - 10 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 4 Snowboarding - 18 Speed Skating)
Slovenia - 37 (8 Alpine Skiing - 9 Biathlon - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Nordic Combined - 7 Ski Jumping - 4 Snowboarding)
Kazakhstan - 36 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Biathlon - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Figure Skating - 9 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Nordic Combined - 4 Short-Track - 2 Ski Jumping - 5 Speed Skating)
Estonia - 32 (2 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 8 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Curling - 2 Figure Skating - 3 Freestyle Skiing - 2 Nordic Combined - 1 Skeleton - 2 Ski Jumping - 1 Snowboarding - 1 Speed Skating)
Belgium - 30 (3 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 2 Figure Skating - 10 Freestyle Skiing - 6 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 1 Ski Mountaineering - 2 Snowboarding - 6 Speed Skating)
Romania - 29 (2 Alpine Skiing - 6 Biathlon - 4 Bobsleigh - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 7 Luge - 4 Ski Jumping - 2 Snowboarding)
Bulgaria - 20 (3 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 1 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 4 Snowboarding)
 Individual Neutral Athlètes - 20 (3 Alpine Skiing - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 3 Figure Skating - 3 Freestyle Skiing - 2 Luge - 2 Short-Track - 1 Ski Mountaineering - 3 Speed Skating)
Spain - 20 (2 Alpine Skiing - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 5 Figure Skating - 4 Ski Mountaineering - 4 Snowboarding - 2 Speed Skating)
Lithuania - 17 (2 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 18 Bobsleigh - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 3 Figure Skating)
 New Zealand - 17 (1 Alpine Skiing - 10 Freestyle Skiing - 6 Snowboarding)
Hungary - 15 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Figure Skating - 6 Short-Track - 1 Speed Skating)
Brazil - 14 (4 Alpine Skiing - 4 Bobsleigh - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Skeleton - 2 Snowboarding)
Croatia - 14 (6 Alpine Skiing - 3 Biathlon - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Short-Track)
Israel - 09 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Bobsleigh - 1 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 1 Skeleton)
Argentina - 08 (3 Alpine Skiing - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Luge)
Chinese Taipei - 08 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Bobsleigh - 2 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 1 Speed Skating)
Georgia - 08 (2 Alpine Skiing - 6 Figure Skating)
Turkey - 08 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Short-Track - 2 Ski Jumping)
Andorra - 07 (5 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)
 Liechtenstein - 07 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing) 
Jamaica - 06 (1 Alpine Skiing - 5 Bobsleigh)
Trinidad and Tobago - 06 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Bobsleigh)
Armenia - 05 (1 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Figure Skating)
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 05 (3 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)
Greece - 05 (2 Alpine Skiing - 3 Cross-Country Skiing)
Mexico  - 05 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating)
Moldova - 05 (3 Biathlon - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)
South Africa - 05 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Skeleton)
Albania - 04 (4 Alpine Skiing)
 Chile - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Freestyle Skiing)
Hong Kong, China - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Short-Track)
Iceland - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)
Iran - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)
Ireland - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Freestyle Skiing)
 North Macedonia - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)
Mongolia - 03 (1 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)
Portugal - 03 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)
 Serbia - 03 (1 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)
Thailand - 03 (1 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)
Azerbaijan - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Figure Skating)
Cyprus - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)
Haiti - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)
India - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)
Kosovo - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)
Kyrgyzstan - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)
Lebanon - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)
Luxembourg - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)
Madagascar - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)
Montenegro - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)
Morocco - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)
Philippines - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)
 Saudi Arabia - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)
United Arab Emirates - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)
Uzbekistan - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Short-Track)
 Benin - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
 Bolivia - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)
 Colombia - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)
 Ecuador - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)
Eritrea - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
Guinea-Bissau - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
Kenya - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
Malaysia - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
Malta - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)
Monaco - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
Nigeria - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)
Pakistan - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
Puerto-Rico - 01 (1 Skeleton)
 San Marino - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
Singapore - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
Uruguay - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)
Venezuela - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)

TEAM POLAND 

Probably the final Polish national team (59 sportsman)

Biathlon (8):
- Joanna Jakieła, Kamila Żuk, Natalia Sidorowicz, Anna Mąka
- Jan Guńka, Konrad Badacz, Grzegorz Galica, Marcin Zawół

Bobsleigh (2):
-Linda Weiszewski, Klaudia Adamek
 
Figure Skating (6):
- Jekaterina Kurakowa, Julija Szczetinina, Sofia Dowhal
- Władimir Samojłow, Michał Woźniak, Wiktor Kulesza 
 
Luge (6):
- Mateusz Sochowicz, Wojciech Chmielewski, Michał Gancarczyk
- Klaudia Domaradzka, Nikola Domowicz, Dominika Piwkowska
 
Nordic Combined (2):
- Kacper Jarząbek, Miłosz Krzempek
 
Short Track (5): 
- Michał Niewiński, Felix Pigeon
- Natalia Maliszewska, Gabriela Topolska, Kamila Sellier
 
Ski Jumping (5):
- Kacper Tomasiak, Kamil Stoch, Paweł Wąsek
- Anna Twardosz, Pola Bełtowska
 
Ski Mountaineering (2): 
- Jan Elantkowski
- Iwona Januszyk
 
Snowboarding (4):
- Aleksandra Król-Walas, Maria Bukowska-Chyc
- Oskar Kwiatkowski, Michał Nowaczyk
 
Speed Skating(9):
- Damian Żurek, Marek Kania, Piotr Michalski, Władimir Siemirunnij
- Kaja Ziomek-Nogal, Andżelika Wójcik, Martyna Baran, Karolina Bosiek, Natalia Czerwonka
 

NOC has own rules, PZN has own rules, phatetic

A few years ago, losing to Argentina might have been acceptable because you had a better squad. Not this time, but I guess I shouldn't expect anything different after those friendlies against Sweden either. 
 
It was the ideal opportunity for us to dominate this sport on the continent for a few years, until Argentina once again had the best squad, considering that your work with young players is better. 

Incredible game, i came hre to post this result.

Just when I think our men's handball is improving... Pathetic.

claim their 2nd South & Central American title after beating  in the last game 26-25.

I will catch up on the comments in a little bit. Just need to stretch and get some air. Nothing as stressful as organising a TISC Grand Final but feels so rewarding too