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Standing after WC 1 Sprint (6/52 races) Place Manager Overall Points Transfers Used 1 heywoodu 1504 0 2 Vojthas 1469 0 3 brunamoura 1467 0 4 Henry_Leon 1441 2 5 Werloc 1420 2 6 hckosice 1397 0 7 EupenM 1381 0 8 SalamAkhi 1358 0 9 Federer91 1344 0 10 Fly_like_a_don 1332 2 11 toulousain 1289 0 12 IoNuTzZ 1235 0 13 Monzanator 1234 0 14 RobtheAggie 1059 0

Johannes Klaebo has announced he will not compete in any WC races until the new year (Tour de Ski, January 1st). He has stated the reason for his decision lies in the fear of contracting Corona virus and the uncertainty of spreading it to others. When ask by Norwegian medias if he will be at start in Tour de Ski, Klaebo replied that he first had to see if Tour de Ski will happen this season and then he will consider his participation. Lastly Klaebo stated his goal and focus for the rest of season will be the World Championships in Oberstdorf in February next year.

The transfer window is now open. These are the rules for transfers: b) Every user/manager are allowed to switch out 2 biathletes on their team in one transfer window. c) Every user/manager are given 8 transfers in total during the whole season and 3 each trimester. d) Managers are not allowed to have a team where the total point grade is over 160 points after completing transfers. e) The rules in 1) must not be violated. https://totallympics.com/topic/1571-fantasy-contests-biathlon-manager-game-discussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=252111 Managers can post their new team and make as many changes as they would like (of course not violating any of the rules listed above) until the deadline. After the deadline has been reached, no further changes are allowed before the opening of the next transfer window. The transfer window will close on December 3, 13:30 (GMT +1). @hckosice, @brunamoura, @Vojthas, @heywoodu, @Henry_Leon, @Werloc, @Fly_like_a_don, @EupenM, @Federer91, @IoNuTzZ, @toulousain, @Monzanator, @SalamAkhi, @RobtheAggie

Standing after Season Opening Sprint (4/52 races) Place Manager Overall Points Transfers Used 1 hckosice 1094 0 2 brunamoura 1088 0 3 Vojthas 1035 0 4 heywoodu 1030 0 5 Henry_Leon 1012 0 6 Werloc 1006 0 7 Fly_like_a_don 1005 0 8 EupenM 980 0 9 Federer91 945 0 10 IoNuTzZ 942 0 11 toulousain 940 0 12 Monzanator 922 0 13 SalamAkhi 881 0 14 RobtheAggie 790 0

It's not in my plan to make an extensive list over each biathlete's points during the season. I did it last year, but it took a lot of my time. With exams coming up at my university and me trying to focus on some things in my personal life, I wouldn't be able to have the proper time do a complete list. I hope that is understandable.

Standing after Season Opening Individual (2/52 races) Place Manager Overall Points Transfers Used 1 hckosice 647 0 2 Fly_like_a_don 624 0 3 IoNuTzZ 612 0 4 brunamoura 610 0 5 Henry_Leon 606 0 6 Federer91 592 0 7 Monzanator 580 0 8 Vojthas 536 0 9 heywoodu 534 0 10 Werloc 522 0 10 RobtheAggie 522 0 12 EupenM 512 0 13 toulousain 505 0 14 SalamAkhi 477 0

Most of you are under the limit of 160 grade points. I tagged all of you because this was a new addition to the rule book.

Hello managers I have noticed that some teams have a grade point total over 160. I would like to inform those managers who have a team that exceeds 160 grade points in total to make changes to their team so their total grade points will be 160 or lower before the start of the first race today. In case a team has a total over 160 grade points, this will be applied: - If a manager have a team with a total over 160 grade points, one of his/her biathelete's points will be deducted/not counted in each race until the total grade points on his/her team are 160 or lower. @Vojthas, @Monzanator, @hckosice, @IoNuTzZ, @Federer91, @Werloc, @EupenM, @SalamAkhi, @heywoodu, @brunamoura, @RobtheAggie, @Henry_Leon

Women's Handball EHF European Championship 2020 Prediction Contest is now open Deadline is December 3, 18:00 (GMT +1) @toulousain, @dcro, @Monzanator, @Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo, @Henry_Leon, @Dolby, @ritesh, @africaboy, @Vojthas, @George_D, @Agger, @Pablita, @ady48, @heywoodu, @SteveParker, @Speedy, @hckosice, @JOSE SEIJO, @Federer91, @PakoNatxo, @vinipereira, @Gianlu33, @Ufilov, @NikolaB, @tuniscof, @vlad, @szy123 @Dunadan, @Herberth10, @mihamiha, @MCMXC, @IoNuTzZ, @Wanderer, @Dnl, @SalamAkhi, @Michal Hroch, @anuj, @rybak, @EupenM@Benolympique, @Laraja, @sami-eg, @CCB, @justony, @LDOG, @Chatan, @andreas1990, @Kirkpatrick, @EselTheDonkey, @titicow@Topicmaster1010, @monte88, @Illya

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] Preliminary Round December 3rd - December 8th, 2020 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nation from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 4th 2020, h. 18:15 France Montenegro December 4th 2020, h. 20:30 Denmark Slovenia December 6th 2020, h. 18:15 Slovenia France December 6th 2020, h. 20:30 Montenegro Denmark December 8th 2020, h. 18:15 Montenegro Slovenia December 8th 2020, h. 20:30 France Denmark Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 3rd 2020, h. 18:15 Russia Spain December 3rd 2020, h. 20:30 Sweden Czech Republic December 5th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic Russia December 5th 2020, h. 20:30 Spain Sweden December 7th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain Czech Republic December 7th 2020, h. 20:30 Russia Sweden Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 4th 2020, h. 18:15 Hungary Croatia December 4th 2020, h. 20:30 Netherlands Serbia December 6th 2020, h. 16:00 Serbia Hungary December 6th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia Netherlands December 8th 2020, h. 18:15 Serbia Croatia December 8th 2020, h. 20:30 Netherlands Hungary Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 3rd 2020, h. 18:00 Romania Germany December 3rd 2020, h. 20:30 Norway Poland December 5th 2020, h. 16:00 Poland Romania December 5th 2020, h. 18:15 Germany Norway December 7th 2020, h. 18:15 Germany Poland December 7th 2020, h. 20:30 Romania Norway Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest. If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith. Competition Details City Herning & Kolding Start Date December 3rd, 2020 End Date December 20th, 2020 Participants 29 Gold Agger Silver hckosice Bronze sami-eg Instructions In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following: Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design Copy the selected content Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic" Paste the copied content ( When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. DO NOT click on "Remove formatting" under any circumstances) Once you have specified content in new Post, start making your predictions according to the Rules To post your predictions, click on "Submit Reply" button Rules For this Prediction Contest you are predicting point difference for each match. To do that, you have to write in empty Cell a number - point difference for each match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to win, you should type point difference in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to win, then type point difference in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. In case you think the match is going to end with a tie (draw), type 0 in any of the corresponding Cells. There cannot be 0 as point difference in the Semfinals and Medal Matches, and result after overtime/penalties will be counted as final result. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 4th 2020, h. 18:15 France 8 Montenegro Scoring System: Basic number of points is 10 If you predict right winner for a match or a draw, you will get 10 points regardless of the goal difference. If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference or a draw) you will earn 10+10 = 20 points. Depending on difference between your prediction and actual result, earned points will differ. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 4th 2020, h. 18:15 France 8 Montenegro If France wins by 8, you will earn 20 points [10 pts for correct winner + 10 pts for point difference: (10-(8-8))] If France wins by 3, you will earn 15 points [10 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for point difference: (10-(8-3))] If France wins by 19, you will earn 10 points [10 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: 10-(8-19) - no negative points] If Montenegro wins by 1, you will earn 1 point [0 pts for correct winner + 1 pts for point difference: (10-(8+1))] If Montenegro wins by 2 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: (10-(8+4))] Top 3 Prediction points will be awarded as follow: Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 10 points Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 7,5 points Correct Predicted 3rd Place will be awarded 5 points Corrected Predicted Nation in Top 3, but wrong place will be awarded 2 points TB Rules If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie. Number or perfect predictions throughout the contest will be compared for the involved contestants. If they are still tied, number of second best scores will be compared, then number of third best results and so on. Example Contestant 1: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 2x17 Contestant 2: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 1x17 Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2. Contestant with most points wins the competition. The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Matches and Top 3 Predictions. You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the matches you predicted AND which haven't started. In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first match of the Championship - December 3rd, h. 18:00 (GMT +1). You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first match of the Prediction Design Post. Once competition starts, you are not allowed to edit your post and any further changes will be ignored. On contestant's request, edited predictions will be accepted, but contestant will earn 0 points for finished matches and the matches that have started. Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words. If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use the Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread. If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Also, if the forum is down, or you cannot access the forum for any reason, you can send your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, 8 FRA-MNE means France beats Montenegro by 8. FRA 8 MNE means nothing. 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Anton Babikov and three members of the Russian team have been tested positve for COVID-19. The whole Russian team has now been isolated and await answer from the Finnish officials about the possibility for some Russian biathletes to compete this weekend and next week.

Update on the Norwegian coach that was tested postive. A second test, control test, has come back negative, so he and the Norwegian team will be allowed to compete.

I read today in a German media that the German team had an internal qualification race where Lesser performed very well which secured him a spot on the team. Schempp on the hand isn't on a level yet to compete in the WC, according to the German National Coach, Marc Kirchner. https://www.sportschau.de/wintersport/biathlon/lesser-sprint-auf-weltcupzug-auf-schempp-nicht-dabei100.html

German Team for the Season Opening + WC 1 Women: - Denise Herrmann - Janina Hettich - Vanessa Hinz - Maren Hammerschmidt - Franziska Preuß - Sophia Schneider (Sprint, Season Opening) - Anna Weidel (Individual, Season Opening) Men: - Benedikt Doll - Lucas Fratzscher - Philipp Horn - Johannes Kühn - Erik Lesser - Arnd Peiffer - Roman Rees https://www.deutscherskiverband.de/detail_news_de,1069,1370544,detail.html

Ignore that part. I copied last year's rules and I somehow forgot to delete that part. This is now the rules for selection of your team: Selecting your biathlon team Your biathlon team will consist of 5 female and 5 male biathletes. You are only allowed to select 2 biathletes from the same nation. Only 1 male and 1 female biathlete from the same nation are allowed. 2 male or 2 female biathletes are not allowed. For the first World Cup round, managers have 160 points to their disposal to buy their 10 biathletes for his/her team. For every World Cup Round, managers select one male captain and one female captain. I have now edited the opening post with the new rules. Sorry for the confusion!

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you only have to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of the post. Do the same at the end of the post with "[ /hide]" too. [ hide] Nation Captains Nation Women Nation Men [ /hide]

2020/21 Biathlon Manager Game is now open After being silent for some months, and with the start of the Biathlon World Cup this weekend, I will present to you the new format and rules for BMG 2020/21: I will mention some of the changes here briefly and the rest you will be able see in the 2020/21 Biathlon Manager Game contest thread - This season we will go with a grading system of each biathlete - Managers will have 160 points from the start of the season to select their 10 biathletes - Only one male and one female biatlete from the same nation are allowed on your manager team - Managers select one male captain and one female captain for each WC round - Point systems will be kept the same as last year, except Top 10 Fastest Course Times in Mass Starts will not be counted this season. Only Individuals and Sprints will award points for the 10 fastest course times - After each trimester, the current Top 10 of the Overall WC will be awarded points which equal the same amount that will be awarded for the Top 10 Fastest Course Times - By the end of the season, if a manager have 5 or more biathletes in the Overall WC Top 10 on his/her team, he/she will be awarded 50 additional points to his/her total - The transfer system will see the most radical change. Managers will no longer be able to earn or lose points through transfers - Managers will be given 8 transfers throughout the season for their use. Managers are allowed to use 3 transfers per trimester. Of course not using more than the 8 transfers allowed in total - Mangers are not allowed to have a team where the total point grade is over 160 points. Keep that mind when you use transfers - The BMG manager will no longer update the points of all biathletes. Only an updated provisional standing will be provided with the manager's total points after each race I tried to make this season feel different than the last one. I hope you will find the grading system to be an interesting addition to the format. Due to me being busy with studies and a personal life I want to have focus on, I had to cut down on how much time I would use on this. That is why I decided to no longer update the points for every single biathlete. I hope you all understand this. To be honest, I really did consider not making a new season at all due to being unsure if I could manage it beside everything else. But I did see fairly positive feedback when I presented this back in April, so I will give it a shot africaboy, @toulousain, @heywoodu, @brunamoura, @Dunadan, @Federer91, @Vojthas, @Monzanator @hckosice, @IoNuTzZ, @Henry_Leon, @Agger, @RobtheAggie, @Kirkpatrick, @Olympian1010, @Ufilov

Selecting your biathlon team Your biathlon team will consist of 5 female and 5 male biathletes. You are only allowed to select 2 biathletes from the same nation. Only 1 male and 1 female biathlete from the same nation are allowed. 2 male or 2 female biathletes are not allowed. For the first World Cup round, managers have 160 points to their disposal to buy their 10 biathletes for his/her team. For every World Cup Round, managers select one male captain and one female captain. Biathlete Price Lists: BMG 2020-21 Grades.xlsx The deadline for managers to select their team for the first WC is November 28th, h. 11:00 (GMT +1) Calender for the 2020/21 season: Point and Transfer systems, Standing etc. Explained here: https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/1571-prediction-contests-biathlon-manager-game-discussion-thread/&do=findComment&comment=252111 The BMG Manager will post an updated standing after each individual race in the World Cup. Exception! In case of two races are held on the same day, the standing will be updated after the last race of the day have been completed. The standing will include each manager's total points. If you want to comment on Biathlon Manager Game, please write your comment in the Biathlon Manager Game Discussion Thread. Every manager MUST HIDE its own team. To do that, you only have to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of the post. Do the same with "[ /hide]" at the end of the post. If you have any questions concerning Biathlon Manager Game, please contact the contest manager via personal message or post your questions in the Biathlon Manager Game Discussion Thread.

@heywoodu As @Illya wrote earlier, the Russian Climbing Federation will livestream all events, both qualifications, semifinals and finals. It also seems that there will be replays from all events: https://www.youtube.com/c/Russiaclimbing Also English commentary is available there

https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/events/detail/2020-ifsc-european-championship-moscow/

It seems new dates for the European Olympic Singles Qualification have been confirmed. 10-14 February 2021 in Moscow. https://www.ettu.org/en/events/european-olympic-singles-qualification/general-information/

Stephanie Morton has announced her immediate retirement from track cycling https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/stephanie-morton-announces-retirement-from-track-cycling/

1) B 2) B (If we extend it)

The Norwegian Handball Federation has informed EHF that they will not be able to host Women's EURO which begin in just 17 days. "Alternatives are being sought with the Danish Handball Association and additional information will be released on Tuesday at the latest" - EHF https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/women-s-ehf-euro-2020-will-not-be-played-in-norway/