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Welcome to the contest @mrv86 and @heywoodu!! Up to 32 nations now, maybe @lapaj @vovanA @panda @thepharoah @Torchbearer @Wanderer @Pabloffo @carivan @#MA @Xander @Dmitry @Euphoria can help us lift that number even higher!

Just updated the first post with all the fantastic new song selections!! To all users yet to choose their song or users not yet participating in the contest you only have 1 week left!! Yes just 7 DAYS!

It's brilliant!! There's so many ballads (my country included) this year and Moldova is something a bit different! The live performance really lifts it too, really slick dancing!

[hide] Event and Date Gold Medal Winner Silver Medal Winner Bronze Medal Winner Athletes CROSS-COUNTRY Women's Sprint Day 1, February 23rd, 2017 Maiken Caspersen Falla Heidi Weng Stina Nilsson Marit Bjørgen Maiken Caspersen Falla Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng Natalya Matveyeva Anamarija Lampič Hanna Falk Stina Nilsson Jessica Diggins Kikkan Randall Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Men's Sprint Day 1, February 23rd, 2017 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Federico Pellegrino Sergey Ustiugov Alex Harvey Federico Pellegrino Emil Iversen Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Finn Hågen Krogh Petter Northug Sindre Bjørnestad Skar Sergey Ustiugov Someone from Sweden Simeon Hamilton Any Other NORDIC COMBINED Individual Normal Hill / 10 km Day 2, February 24th, 2017 Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek Fabian Rießle Bernhard Gruber Someone from France Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek Someone from Italy Akito Watabe Jørgen Graabak Magnus Moan Any Other SKI JUMPING Women's Individual Normal HiIl Day 2, February 24th, 2017 Sara Takanashi Maren Lundby Katharina Althaus Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Katharina Althaus Carina Vogt Yuki Ito Sara Takanashi Maren Lundby Irina Avvakumova Ema Klinec Sarah Hendrickson Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Women's 15 km Skiathlon Day 3, February 25th, 2017 Justyna Kowalczyk Stina Nilsson Someone from Norway Krista Pärmäkoski Someone from Norway Justyna Kowalczyk Charlotte Kalla Stina Nilsson Jessica Diggins Elizabeth Stephen Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Men's 30 km Skiathlon Day 3, February 25th, 2017 Dario Cologna Sergey Ustiugov Martin Johnsrud Sundby Alex Harvey Matti Heikkinen Martin Johnsrud Sundby Finn Hågen Krogh Sjur Røthe Sergey Ustiugov Calle Halfvarsson Marcus Hellner Dario Cologna Any Other SKI JUMPING Men's Individual Normal Hill Day 3, February 25th, 2017 Kamil Stoch Peter Prevc Stefan Kraft Michael Hayböck Stefan Kraft Andreas Wellinger Daniel-André Tande Maciej Kot Kamil Stoch Domen Prevc Peter Prevc Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Women's Team Sprint Day 4, February 26th, 2017 Sweden Russia Norway Finland Germany Norway Poland Russia Slovenia Sweden United States Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Men's Team Sprint Day 4, February 26th, 2017 Canada Russia Sweden Canada Finland France Germany Italy Kazakhstan Norway Russia Sweden United States Any Other NORDIC COMBINED Team Normall Hill / 4 x 5 km Day 4, February 26th, 2017 Germany Austria Any Other Austria Czech Republic France Germany Italy Norway United States Any Other SKI JUMPING Mixed Team Normal Hill Day 4, February 26th, 2017 Austria Germany Norway Austria Germany Japan Norway Poland Slovenia Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Women's 10 km Classical Day 5, February 28th, 2017 Marit Bjørgen Charlotte Kalla Heidi Weng Kerttu Niskanen Krista Pärmäkoski Marit Bjørgen Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng Justyna Kowalczyk Charlotte Kalla Stina Nilsson Someone from USA Any Other NORDIC COMBINED Individual Large Hill / 10 km Day 6, March 1st, 2017 Johannes Rydzek Eric Frenzel Someone from Austria Someone from Austria Eero Hirvonen Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek Akito Watabe Jørgen Graabak Magnus Moan Tim Hug Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Men's 15 km Classical Day 6, March 1st, 2017 Martin Johnsrud Sundby Matti Heikkinen Sergey Ustiugov Matti Heikkinen Iivo Niskanen Alexey Poltoranin Anders Gløersen Martin Johnsrud Sundby Didrik Tønseth Sergey Ustiugov Marcus Hellner Johan Olsson Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Women's 4 x 5 km Relay Day 7, March 2nd, 2017 Norway Finland Germany Finland Germany Norway Sweden United States Any Other SKI JUMPING Men's Individual Large HiIl Day 7, March 2nd, 2017 Kamil Stoch Andreas Wellinger Domen Prevc Michael Hayböck Stefan Kraft Andreas Wellinger Daniel-André Tande Maciej Kot Kamil Stoch Domen Prevc Peter Prevc Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Men's 4 x 10 km Relay Day 8, March 3rd, 2017 Norway Sweden Canada Canada Finland France Germany Italy Norway Russia Sweden Switzerland Any Other NORDIC COMBINED Team Sprint Large Hill / 2 x 7,5 km Day 8, March 3rd, 2017 Germany Austria Any Other Austria Czech Republic France Germany Italy Norway Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Women's 30 km Freestyle Day 9, March 4th, 2017 Marit Bjørgen Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Krista Pärmäkoski Marit Bjørgen Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng Charlotte Kalla Stina Nilsson Jessica Diggins Elizabeth Stephen Any Other SKI JUMPING Men's Team Large Hill Day 9, March 4th, 2017 Austria Slovenia Germany Austria Germany Japan Norway Poland Slovenia Any Other CROSS-COUNTRY Men's 50 km Freestyle Day 10, March 5th, 2017 Someone from Norway Someone from Norway Alex Harvey Alex Harvey Matti Heikkinen Maurice Manificat Someone from Norway Alexander Legkov Sergey Ustiugov Calle Halfvarsson Marcus Hellner Johan Olsson Dario Cologna Any Other [/hide]

There were 34 last year! I don't think representing multiple nations would work, but we do have the festival of music where all users can post songs from 2 countries that are not represented in the contest, so if there was a particular song you want to share from another country you can do it there.

He has, a new song has been sent to me over PM which is eligible, we just have to wait in suspense until it's posted on the thread!!

Are you sure? Does that mean a skier only needs one run under 140 points, or is it the collective average of the best 5? This always confuses me!!

Welcome to the contest Slovenia and @mihamiha!! Songs are coming in thick and fast and such a high standard as well! Up to 28 nations but still missing a couple of regulars so I'm optimistic we will get near the target of 35!

By the way, if anyone is up very late in the night/early morning there is an excellent looking live stream service here: https://livestreaming.sapporo2017.org/schedule/english.html

I'd mostly agree, China, South Korea, Japan and Kazakhstan are all sending most of their top athletes ans will sweep the medals. An outside chance perhaps for Uzbekistan in the Men's Figure Skating and even though the medals don't count Australia may get a podium position!

THE BIG REVEAL... OF THE TISC 2017 LOGO! A big thank you has to go to @vinipereira for making the stunning logo! The logo itself features the four flowers of the British Isles, representing the countries that make up our great nation. The English Rose, Welsh Daffodil, Northern Irish Clover and Scottish Thistle, all featured on the logo and in the video. Here is the logo in all its glory:

http://biathlonresults.com/

GB in the Men's Relay!!! Target for today has to be some clean shooting and making it to the 3rd leg without being lapped!!

And Gold for Lithuania in Short Track! @Werloc Does that make up for yesterdays penalty?!

Fantastic Bronze medal to Team GB in the Women's Snowboard Cross!!!! Well done Ellie Soutter! We haven't won a medal on snow at the EYOF since Chemmy Alcott in 1999!

Relay day at the Para Nordic Skiing World Championships Ukraine and France win gold in the two relay events, Mixed and Open. The Mixed relay is formed by teams of 2 to 4 athletes from 1 country, the combined total ranking factor percentage of all the athletes must not exceed 330% (there are further deductions for female and sit ski athletes). In the race Ukraine asserted their dominance, winning gold ahead of Sweden and Belarus. The Open Relay if formed by teams of 2 to 4 athletes from 1 country, the combined total ranking factor percentage of all the athletes must not exceed 370%. In the race France took gold, defending their title from 2015, with Norway and Canada winning silver and bronze. The lead changed multiple times during the race with France, Canada and Ukraine all coming into transitions with the lead at one point in the race. Full Results Here

I'm not sure I tried to look using the EOC websites past results database but it so un-user friendly I gave up!

No no no!! you still have 3 weeks to pick a song

It's gone for me now, can you still see it?

I see that as well, I'll try and fix it but not sure how!!

Two fantastic early songs from @bestmen and @dezbee2008, great to kick the song selection off to such a high standard!! As you've probably notice the first post design has changed from the previous format! In order for people to know which songs are new and have been recently chosen the 5 most recently announced songs will turn their row green! Happy song selection everyone!!

Ukraine dominate as 3 new nations win golds Day 2 saw the start of the Cross-Country events at the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships in Finsterau, Germany with the sprint freestyle. Ukraine were dominant yet again at the 2017 Para Nordic Skiing World Championships, winning 3 golds and 8 medals as well as 3 fourth places. In a shock upset Liudmyla Liashenko beat team mateOleksandra Kononova to the Women's Standing gold, ending Kononova's hope of repeating her dominance from Cable 2015, where she won every race she was enetered in. Austria, Sweden and United States all won their first gold medals, this increased diversity of nations winning medals is largely down to Russia's continued ban from IPC competitions over systematic doping. There were also medals for Germany, Poland, Belarus, France and Norway on Day 2. There were also record number of competitors in a Para Cross Country Skiing World Championships with 102 athletes competing today, compared with 88 in 2015 and 100 in 2013. Considering the absence of Russia, who frequently send over 20 athletes these figures show the growth of the sport. One point to note was how many Chinese competitors took part, which can be visibly seen in the results portal, which was 25, an indication that the future Paralympic host nation is targeting Para Nordic Skiing as a main source of medals at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. Full Results Here

Ukraine on top at Para Nordic Skiing World Championships Middle distance Biathlon races in the 6 Paralympic classifications opened the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships in Finsterau, Germany Ukraine were dominant on day 1 of the Biathlon competition at the Para Nordic Skiing World Championships. Ukraine won 9 of the available 18 medals on Day 1, including 3 gold medals in the Women's 10km Standing and Visually Impaired and Men's 12.5km Visually Impaired. The host nation Germany were also strong on the first day, winning the first gold medal of the championships and topping that off with another silver and 2 bronze medals across the other events. There were also gold medals for Belarus and Canada, with France, Japan and South Korea all picking up medals on Day 1. Tomorrow the Cross-Country Skiing events begin with the sprint, where double the number of athletes will compete. Full Results Here

Yes, if you would like to post a song at 00:01 on Sunday Morning (or 1 minute past midnight tonight) that's allowed!!

Olympic Channel TV coverage 12th - Opening Ceremony 13th - Ice Hockey 14th - Ski Jump 15th - Figure Skating 16th - Alpine Skiing 17th - Short Track Speed Skating