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Maybe it would work. Otherwise, as I have just written in the post, those with a Spotify account or Facebook account should be able to listen to the song.

@bestmen Are you able to listen to the song now? I know it would be best option if it was a video, but there are not really any other studio versions of the song on Youtube.

DANISH ENTRY The Danish Jury is glad to announce the young music duo, Barselona, with their song, "Bankende Hjerter", will represent Denmark in TAISC 2020. "Bankende Hjerter" , "Beating Hearts" in English, is a tribute to friendship - to those who are there to help when life hits you hard, as the duo have described themselves. For those who can't watch the video, you can (hopefully) listen to the song here. : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7oZ5asBDqCYsf14Fy0c6ni If you have a Spotify account or Facebook account, you should be able to listen to the song.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8GvGrzJat3/

89% for Sanders and Warren. Buttigieg, Klobuchar and Delaney are right after with 88-86%. I think Trump have to do a lot of campaigning to convince me. 15% is still 5% more than I expected.

Not that surprised at the result. It's interesting to see that the majority of the candidates thinks prisoners should only be able to vote after their release.

It has been confirmed. The B-sample was also positive. Fransson will no longer be part of the Swedish Olympic team. Additionally, she will no longer be part of the Swedish sports support program "Top and Talent". https://sok.se/pressmeddelanden/2020-02-07-doping-bekraftat---jenny-fransson-plockas-bort-ur-os-truppen.html

Luge FIL World Championships and Bobsleigh & Skeleton IBSF 2020 Prediction Contest is now open Notice! Users can change their predictions for the IBSF Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships after the Provisional Standing of the last day of the FIL Luge World Championships has been published.

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] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Doubles' Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 Tristan Walker/Justin Snith Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken Robin Geueke/David Gamm Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Any Athletes from Italy Oskars Gudramovics/Peteris Kalnins Andris Sics/Juris Sics Wojciech Chmielewski/Jakub Kowalewski Aleksandr Denisev/Vladislav Antonov Vladislav Yuzhakov/Iurii Prokhorov Any Other Doubles Women's Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter Julia Taubitz Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko Tatyana Ivanova Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Men's Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 David Gleirscher Wolfgang Kindl Jonas Mueller Felix Loch Johannes Ludwig Dominik Fischnaller Inars Kivlenieks Semen Pavlichenko Roman Repilov Tucker West Any Other Athlete Doubles Luge Day 2 February 15th, 2020 Tristan Walker/Justin Snith Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken Robin Geueke/David Gamm Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Any Athletes from Italy Oskars Gudramovics/Peteris Kalnins Andris Sics/Juris Sics Wojciech Chmielewski/Jakub Kowalewski Aleksandr Denisev/Vladislav Antonov Vladislav Yuzhakov/Iurii Prokhorov Any Other Doubles Women's Singles Luge Day 2 February 15th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter Julia Taubitz Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko Tatyana Ivanova Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Men's Singles Luge Day 3 February 16th, 2020 David Gleirscher Wolfgang Kindl Jonas Mueller Felix Loch Johannes Ludwig Dominik Fischnaller Inars Kivlenieks Semen Pavlichenko Roman Repilov Tucker West Any Other Athlete Team Relay Luge Day 3 February 16th, 2020 Austria Canada Germany Italy Latvia Poland Russia Slovakia United States Any Other Nation 2-Women Bobsleigh Day 4 February 22nd, 2020 An Vannieuwenhuyse Christine de Bruin Mariama Jamanka Laura Nolte Stephanie Schneider Mica McNeill Andreea Grecu Nadezhda Sergeeva Martina Fontanive Kaillie Humphries Any Other Athlete 2-Men Bobsleigh Day 5 February 23rd, 2020 Justin Kripps Romain Heinrich Francesco Friedrich Richard Oelsner Nico Walther Brad Hall Oskars Kibermanis Rudy Rinaldi Alexey Stulnev Michael Vogt Hunter Church Any Other Athlete Men's Skeleton Day 6 February 28th, 2020 Nathan Crumpton Any Athlete from China Alexander Gassner Axel Jungk Felix Keisinger Any Athlete from Great Britain Martins Dukurs Tomass Dukurs Nikita Tregubov Alexander Tretiakov Yun Sung-Bin Any Other Athlete Women's Skeleton Day 7 February 29th, 2020 Janine Flock Kim Meylemans Jane Channell Mirela Rahneva Anna Fernstaedtova Sophia Griebel Tina Hermann Jacqueline Loelling Elena Nikitina Marina Gilardoni Megan Henry Any Other Athlete 4-Men Bobsleigh Day 8 March 1st, 2020 Benjamin Maier Justin Kripps Dominik Dvorak Francesco Friedrich Johannes Lochner Nico Walther Oskars Kibermanis Any Athlete from Russia Won Yun-Jong Michael Vogt Hunter Church Any Other Team Mixed Team Event Day 8 March 1st, 2020 Austria Canada China Germany Any Mixed-NOC Team Russia United States Any Other 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 Sochi and Altenberg Start Date February 14th, 2020 End Date March 1st, 2020 Participants 31 Gold Dolby Silver Monzanator Bronze Speedy 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 medal winners for each event of the Prediction Design. For Athlete/Nation you are predicting to win Gold Medal, write X in the Cell which belongs to the Gold Medal Column. ForAthlete/Nation you are predicting to win Silver Medal, write X in the appropriate Cell and do the same for a Bronze Medal winner. Do the same for each Event of the Prediction Design. Example Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Women's Sprint LugeDay 1February 14th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter Julia Taubitz X Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko x Tatyana Ivanova Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher x Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Points will be awarded as follows:- For right predicted Gold Medal Winner - 4 points.- For right predicted Silver Medal Winner - 3 points.- For right predicted Bronze Medal Winner - 2 points.- For right predicted Athlete/Nation but wrong place/medal - 1 point.- Bonus points: 1 bonus point will be awarded to predictor who predicted all medalists correctly, regardless of the order (1-2-3, 1-3-2, 2-1-3, 2-3-1, 3-2-1, 3-1-2). If you (by mistake or on purpose) picked two or more Athletes/Nations for the same place in one event, and if the total number of picked Athletes (options) for that event isn't over three, you'll get exactly 1 Point for each of them NO MATTER WHICH POSITION (and one bonus Point if you predicted all top 3 Athletes/Nations). If the total number of picked Athletes/Nations in one event is over three, you'll not get any Points for Athletes/Nations picked for the same position. The first physical medal presentation is binding. Example Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Women's Sprint LugeDay 1February 14th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter Julia Taubitz X Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko x Tatyana Ivanova Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher x Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Results: 1. Viktoriia Demchenko - 4 Points 2. Summer Britcher - 3 Points 3. Julia Taubitz - 2 Points Bonus Points: - 1 Point Your Total: 10 Points 1. Viktoriia Demchenko - 4 Points 2. Julia Taubitz - 1 Point 3. Summer Britcher - 1 Point Bonus Points: - 1 Point Your Total: 7 Points 1. Viktoriia Demchenko - 4 Points 2. Tatyana Ivanova - 0 Points 3. Summer Britcher - 1 Point Bonus Points: - 0 Points Your Total: 5 Points 1. Viktoriia Demchenko - 4 Points 2. Anna Berreiter - 0 Points 3. Tatyana Ivanova - 0 Point Bonus Points: - 0 Points Your Total: 4 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 correct Gold Medal Winners will be compared, then number of Silver Medal Winners and at the end number of Bronze Medal Winners. If players are still tied, answer on TB question will be taken into consideration. Contestant with closer answer on the question wins the Tie-Break. 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These are the suggested contests for March: Short Track Speed Skating ISU World Championships 2020 (13-15 March) Women's Curling WCF World Championship 2020 (14-22 March) Figure Skating ISU World Championships (16-22 March) Table Tennis ITTF World Team Championships (22-29 March) If you have any other suggestions, please suggest them here in the discussion thread before February 13th.

From what I can see, gets the quota in 49er, as has already won a quota. I think the quota in 49erFX and Nacra 17 will be reallocated to (49erFX) and (Nacra 17) from the 2019 World Championships, as and have already won quotas and they are the only nations from Oceania competing.

An A-sample has shown that former World Champion and Olympic bronze medallist, Jenny Fransson, has been tested positive for doping. This was announced by The Swedish Olympic Committee in a press release: https://sok.se/arkiv-for-artiklar/2020-02-03-sok-om-jenny-franssons-prov.html (in Swedish) The Swedish wrestler is taken out of the Swedish Olympic squad pending a second test to be analyzed. Jenny Fransson has left a doping test showing traces of methyl testosterone, an anabolic steroid.

Update - Week 5 - January 27 to February 2 - 2020 Men's Pole Vault +1 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/kurtis-marschall-289399 Men's Marathon +1 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/mongolia/byambajav-tseveenravdan-269888 Women's 800m +1 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/jemma-reekie-301102 Women's High Jump +1 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/imke-onnen-264496 Women's Hammer Throw +1 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ukraine/iryna-novozhylova-206987 Qualified Quotas Overview Men (Total Quota: 469) Women (Total Quota: 459)

To me, it seems Pita is in the entry list in K1 200m: Pita and Malakai are also listed on the entry list for K2 1000m: Full disclosure, I don't know much about the Olympic canoe/kayak qualification system.

21-year-old Jemma Reekie has set a new British indoor 800m record in Glasgow with a time of 1:57.91. Her former personal best was 2:01.45 (outdoor). Reekie’s time is the fastest time set since 2006 on a indoor 800m and it moves her to 11th on the world all-time list on women's indoor 800m. Laura Muir finished second in 1:58.44. There has also been some discussion about footwear. It has been stated by some that Jemma Reekie and Laura Muir used a new Nike prototype of spikes. These types of spikes are only available to selected elite athetes sponsored by Nike. It has to be said it is not clear if Reekie used the new protoype during the race, as it appears to be Muir who is holding the shoes on the picture to the right.

These will be the prediction contests of February: Biathlon IBU World Championships 2020 Luge FIL World Championships and Bobsleigh & Skeleton IBSF World Championships 2020 (Combined prediction contest) Track Cycling UCI World Championships 2020 It will be a busy month for predictors. Wanderer, Vojthas and I will do our best to run these contests and we hope many of you will take part in the contests.

I don't seem to understand why a relative small global team sport like water polo doesn't have selection criteria? In water polo they could be like this: Eligibility for Continental Selection and World Qualification Tournament (both men and women): At least one of the criteria must be fulfilled: - Qualify for the Super Final in the World League at least once during the Olympic cycle, 2017-2020. (Hosts of the Super Final who don't qualify via the qualification will not have fulfilled the criterion) - Achieve a top 8 place at one of the two World Championships in the Olympic cycle. - Achieve a top 4 place at a Continental Championship or Continental Games consisting of at least 8 teams. - Achieve a top 2 place at a Continental Championship or Continental Games consisting of at least 6 teams. If one of the criteria mentioned above are fulfilled, a nation is eligible for Continental Selection or participation in the World Qualfication Tournament. The World Qualifcation Tournament consist of at least 12 nations for men and at least 10 nations for women. In case the number of participating nations in one or both of the WQT don't reach its target number, one or more of the following scenarios will apply: - In case 1 spot has to be filled, the combined highest placed non-eligible nation from the two World Championships in the Olympic cycle will recieve an invitation spot. - In case 2 or more spots have to be filled then one of the spots will go to the combined highest placed non-eligible nation from the two European Championships in the Olympic cycle. The rest of the spot of will be filled with the highest placed non-eligible nations from the two World Championships in the olympic cycle. To exemplifly with the current qualification: Australia's men's and women's team are eligible for Continental Selection. Let's say they accept it and are qualified for the Olympics Men's WQT: Achieved one of the criteria: Croatia Greece Montenegro Germany Russia Canada (Pan-Am Games) Brazil (Pan-Am Games) Argentina (Pan-Am Games) Kazakhstan (Asian Games) (Would likely qualify) Iran (Asian Games) China (Asian Games) One more Asian nation if the Asian QT consist of at least 8 nations and Japan is not one of the 4 nations in top 4 Has not achieved any of the criteria, but receives an invitaton spot if any of the Asian nations above qualifies: South Africa (12th place at the 2017 WCH) If one of the nations above rejects its spot, Romania would receive an invitation Women's WQT: Achieved one of the criteria: Italy Hungary Netherlands Greece Brazil (Pan-Am Games) Cuba (Pan-Am Games) China (Asian Games) Kazakhstan (Asian Games) One of the two nations above are likely to qualify via the Asian QT It seems the Asian QT will only consist of 6 teams and therefore it's not likely one more Asian nation will be eligible for the WQT Have not achieved any of the criteria, but receive invitaton spots in case one of the Asian nations above qualifies and no new Asian nation becomes eligible: New Zealand (Two 12th places at the WCHs) South Africa (A 14th and 16th place at the WCHs) France (A 11th place at the 2017 WCH and highest placed non-eligible European nation) You may ask, what if more than 12 or 10 nations are eligible for WQT? If that is the case, which is not very likely as long as Oceania and African don't hold Continental Championships, all eligible nations would be allowed to participate in the WQT.

I'm curious to see how this will affect the European Indoor Championships in Torun next year. Will both event be held? Edit: @Vojthas Once again, I'm too slow writing my posts.

I hope it will be a center-left government who will be in charge after the election. Is it really discussed SMER would consider cooperating with ĽSNS? I know SMER's politics have been quite populistic and to a certain degree, anti-immigration, but to me it seems like a giant step to the far-right to cooperate with ĽSNS? Would they really be that desperate? I know they have been in coalition with SNS, and they are already pretty far-right, but to cooperate with ĽSNS would set a new standard in Slovakian politics.

Well, only of them was a massive ice hockey fan, HC Banská Bystrica is his club. Some great years he has had. But with Slovan back, it's going to be a tough season. The two others only sparsely followed ice hockey, sometimes they would watch a match with the national team. One of them was Slovakian-Hungarian and she was more a football fan. Me and my roommate, the HC Banská Bystrica fan, convinced the other two to follow biathlon more. Let's say Kuzmina was quite popular in our apartment.

@hckosice I have been following the polls for the upcoming parliamentary election in Slovakia. It seems the days of the current government coalition are over. Smer-SD are bleeding voters. ĽSNS gain voters, but at the same time ZA ĽUDÍ and Progresívne Slovensko + Spolu are also on the rise. Do you have any thoughts on what a government coalition could look like after the election? You may ask, why is a Dane interested in a parliamentary election in Slovakia? The short answer is I have had three roommates from Slovakia, so I have heard much about Slovakian culture and discussed Slovakian politics, as I tend to discuss politics with those people around me. Through the many conversations with my former roommates, Slovakia and its culture and people now have a very special place in my heart.

Updated General Standings and Medal Tables available here 2020 Totallympics Prediction Contests Provisional Top 3 toulousain 1075 africaboy 1025 ritesh 890 Prediction contests poll for February: https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/2229-prediction-contests-poll-contest-selection-for-february/