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Yeah It's VERY incomprehensible...

As much as I like this song, it is unfortunately not eligble. Songs from Eurovision are not eligble. Sorry. I hope you can find another song. It would be great to have Germany in TISC.

@Dunadan I have news about the Austrian team: Men: Tobias Eberhard, Dominik Landertinger and Felix Leitner. Julian Eberhard and Simon Eder are still in Austria due to health problems. Eberhard will have a training today in Austria and is expected to travel to Östersund tomorrow. Eder has caught a strong cold. It's possible that his first start will be the Individual next Wednesday. If Eberhard and/or Eder are not healthy by Thursday, Nikolaus Leitinger and/or David Komatz could take their spots. Women: Lisa Hauser, Katharina Innerhofer, Christina Rieder and Julia Schwaiger, Reserves: Dunja Zdouc and Fabienne Hartweger.

Statement from IBU: - CAS has decided to grant the application for provisional measures filed by Kazakh athlete Ms Galina Vishnevskaya on 22 February. The IBU is obliged to lift her provisional suspension with immediate effect. The athlete is therefore eligible to be registered at IBU events. https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/ibu-statement-cas-order-galina-vishnevskaya

German team: Women: Laura Dahlmeier, Denise Herrmann, Franziska Hildebrand, Vanessa Hinz, Karolin Horchler, Franziska Preuss Men: Benedikt Doll, Johannes Kühn, Erik Lesser, Philipp Nawrath, Arnd Peiffer, Roman Rees I can't find any news about the Austrian team.

There are two Bet Contests I would like to host: 2019 World Aquatics Championships and 2019 World Athletics Championships But I'm open for other suggestions.

What I'm reading in the thread is that many want a change to the current system of the Bet Contest. Personally, I like Dunadan's suggestion: Additionally, I have thought about rewarding points for the amount of bets guessed correctly. 1 correct bet will reward x points. This way I think more users will be more thorough with their answers because every bet counts. But I want to hear your opinions about this?

I will probably rename it. @Henry_Leon Thanks, @Sindo

JTB's plan A is to go all 7 distances, though the Norwegian coach is worried about how it will affect him physically.

Yeah it is. But with the new agreement between BD and the players, and when the whole drama about the new partnerships in the MD is over, Danish badminton can finally focus on the WCH and the qualication to Tokyo 2020. I'm still positve about the next couple years towards Tokyo 2020 for Danish badminton. Sara has been injured, but they will play All-England together. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=035C09CF-D0E7-47DB-A774-8634B0CC5E7B&draw=5

Well, Boe and Mogensen are not young, so the new partneships will probably only last to Tokyo 2020. Boe and Mogensen will probably retire after that. The Olympics are the most important thing for Badminton players and national associations. The players and BD think both pairs needed to try something new to improve their results. There has certainly been a lot of drama in Danish badminton these last months. Conrad has commented on this a couple of days ago: Question from the journalist: In the fall you went from a long-standing partnership. There seemed to be some issues and now you are back in a new partnership. What do you think about all the things going on right now in the MD? Conrad's answer: - It's actually what I've been good at keeping myself out of. But there has been more at stake than I have been aware of. I am now going back to a life with the people I appreciate training with and being around. We must find out the small things that had to be between us and our former partners. I have no outstanding with Kolding on the personal level, but we might need to sit together and have it all talked through. For me it was the right decision when I took a break. Question from the journalist: Why didn't you start up with Kolding again? After all, you have experience together and know each other? Conrad's answer: - I think we both need to try something new. I can feel that I need to try something new. But in addition, I don't really have so many comments on it. I have to talk to Kolding myself under four eyes when I get home. Kolding has yet to say anything. It seems that Kolding don't quite understand the decision, but of course, it's difficult to say what it's going on between the two of them.

This is what Boe has said about the decision to split; - It is a long marriage that ends here. I think we still have very much to offer in badminton, but you do not have to be Edison to see that the result the last half year or so has not gone very well. - We have had good and positive talks about what has to happen, and we have tried to figure out a solution. We think something has been lacking, and therefore, it will probably be the best option to try something new. - We have had a good dialogue about it, and we partly agree, I would say. Of course this is not easy for any of us. It's an extremely difficult decision and a tough talk, but I believe it's the best for both of us, and that it can breathe more motivation and life into our careers, says Mathias Boe. Mogensen has not comment on their decision. Lastly, Boe says they are still friends outside the court, but as described above, their play doesn't work anymore and they can't seem to develop it.

It has all been confirmed. The real reason why Boe and Mogensen split is probably because Mogensen wants to be part of the national team. Before he split with Boe, they were not part of the NT, and the chance of being selected for the WCH and Olympics were small. The weird part is that Boe has now decided to go back to Denmark and be part of the NT again. Both pairs are now part of the NT. The NT coach says both pairs are temporary until summer this year. In the summer they will decide if the new partnerships work. Boe/Conrad played together in Thomas Cup, which worked quite good, so the NT is hopeful and positive about this partnership. Mogensen/Kolding is more questionable. They played together back in 2012, I think, and won a tournament. Though, it's the only time they have played together, so we just have to wait and see how it goes. I think both partnerships can work. Boe/Conrad has showed they can play together, so hopefully they will continue to develop their play. Mogensen/Kolding can be a powerful pair. Kolding has a strong smash and he will probably be the dominant back court player. Mogensen will likely be the only player of the two who will go front court, but I think we will see much more back court play from this pair. My fingers are crossed for these new partrnerships. Hopefully both will work out and Denmark will have two or three strong MD.

This is one of the systems I had in mind to introduce and replace the old one with.

Well, I can reveal that other users do use the same strategy as you. I may understand why so few took part. First, it's an unofficial contest, so many maybe didn't want to take part for that reason. Second, it was announced at bit late, as you write. I also think more people would have participated if they could have contributed with questions for the contest. I will definitely do more to involve users next time. I may also introduce a new system next time I decide to host a contest.

Final Standing available here OlympicsFan Dunadan Federer91 Congratulation, @OlympicsFan, with a strong last day, where a lot of points where on board, you secured a relative "safe" victory and a gold medal in the Bet Contest. @Dunadan with a very well-deserved silver medal. You and @OlympicsFan were only one point apart before the last bets were going to be decided today. @Federer91 secures a bronze medal to Bulgaria with a strong last day, where the winner time on the Men's 50 km decided if you, @chrischi08 or @hckosice, would take the bronze medal. So close for @chrischi08 and @hckosice, you were only 1 and 2 points away from winning the bronze medal, so close, but unfortunately, no medal this time. Though, still a very good performance in the Bet Contest overall. Lastly, thanks to all the participants, @OlympicsFan, @Dunadan, @Federer91, @chrischi08, @hckosice, @heywoodu, @EselTheDonkey, @ady48, @Speedy, @Vojthas, @africaboy, @Olympian1010 and @tuniscof .

Final Standing Rank User Nat. Points Correct Bets 1 OlympicsFan 162 33 2 Dunadan 143 34 3 Federer91 133 37 4 chrischi08 132 33 5 hckosice 131 36 6 heywoodu 123 33 7 EselTheDonkey 115 30 8 ady48 106 27 9 Speedy 100 29 10 Vojthas 97 28 11 africaboy 96 28 12 Olympian1010 92 29 13 tuniscof 92 27

Correct Bets Cross-country Skiing (20) 1- Norway will win gold in both Men's and Women's Individual Sprint [ YES ] 2- Sweden will win 2 medals in Women's Individual Sprint [ NO ] 3- Norway will have at least 5 athletes in the final in the Men's and Women's Individual Sprint (Example: 3 Men and 2 Women qualify for the final. Bet won/yes) [ NO ] 4- Sophie Caldwell will qualify for the final in the Women's Individual Sprint [ NO ] 5- Andrew Young will be in Top 25 in the qualification for the Men's Individual Sprint [ YES ] 6- Therese Johaug will win 4 gold medals [ NO ] 7- Therese Johaug will win Women's 10km C with 35 or fewer seconds to second place [ YES ] 8- Norway will win more or the same amount of medals in total as Canada, Finland, Italy, Russia and USA [ YES ] 9- Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo will run the 4th leg for Norway's Relay [ YES ] 10- Finland will win at least two or more Individual medals [ NO ] 11- Sindre Bjoernestad Skar will represent Norway in the Teamsprint [ NO ] 12- At least 2 or more athletes from the Women's 5km C will be slower than the winner of the Men's 10km C [ NO ] 13- No male athlete from Sweden will win a medal (Including Relay) [ YES ] 14- The winner of the Men's Skiathlon will be in Top 10 after the first 15km [ YES ] 15- The same nation will lead after every leg exchange (including finish line) in the Men's or Women's Relay [ NO ] 16- A nation will sweep a podium in any event [ NO ] 17- At least one athlete will be 10 or more seconds after a heat winner in the Men's or Women's Individual Sprint [ YES ] 18- The winner of the Men's 50km will win with 3 or fewer seconds to second place [ NO ] 19- The winner time of the Men's 50km will be 1:50:00 or under [ YES ] 20- Ebba Andersson will win more or the same amount of medals as Charlotte Kalla [ YES ] Nordic Combined (15) 1- An Athlete will win 2 or more gold medals. [ YES ] 2- Jarl Magnus Riiber will be Top 3 after the ski jumping in both Individual events [ NO ] 3- Franz-Josef Rehrl will lead after the ski jumping in at least one of the Individual events [ NO ] 4- Austria will have at least 3 or more athletes in Top 10 after the ski jumping in one of the two Individual events [ NO ] 5- Alessandro Pittin will be in Top 35 after the ski jumping in at least one of the Individual events [ NO ] 6- Szczepan Kupczak will fall at least 25 places back in the Cross-Country Skiing (Example: 5th after ski jumping, ends 30th. Bet won/yes) [ NO ] 7- Ilka Herola will overtake at least 15 athletes in the Cross-Country Skiing [ YES ] 8- Johannes Rydzek and Fabian Riessle will represent Germany in the Team Sprint [ NO ] 9- Germany will have at least 2 or more athletes on the podium in the same event [ NO ] 10- Japan will win at least one medal [ YES ] 11- Finland will win a medal in the Team Sprint [ NO ] 12- At least 2/4 events will be decided in a sprint (3 or fewer seconds) between first and second place [ YES ] 13- The podium for the Team Event will be; 1. Germany, 2. Norway, 3. Austria [ NO ] 14- Vinzenz Geiger will be the highest-placed German athlete in at least one Individual event [ NO ] 15- Austria will win at least one gold medal in the Individual events [ NO ] Ski Jumping (15) 1- Ryoyu Kobayashi will not win a gold medal in any of the Individual events [ YES ] 2- Poland will have 3 or more athletes in Top 10 in at least one the Individual events [ NO ] 3- Maren Lundby will win with 7 or more points to second place in Women's Individual event. [ NO ] 4- Stefan Kraft will win at least 3 medals [ YES ] 5- At least one defending champion (from 2017) will win a gold medal (including gold winners from team events) [ YES ] 6- Vladimir Zografski will qualify for the second round in both Individual events [ NO ] 7- Killian Peier will be in Top 12 in at least one of the Individual events [ YES ] 8- Marcus Eisenbichler will be the highest-ranked German athlete in both Individual events [ NO ] 9- The podium in the Mixed Team event will be; 1.Germany 2. Norway, 3. Japan [ NO ] 10- Halvor Egner Granerud will be the highest-placed Norwegian athlete in at least one of the Individual events [ NO ] 11- Nika Kriznar will be the only athlete born in 2000 or later to be in Top 10 in the Women's Individual event [ YES ] 12- Norway will win a medal in all team events, Men, Women and Mixed [ NO ] 13- Finland will qualify for the final round (last 4 jumps) in the Men's Team event [ NO ] 14- Austria will win at least one gold medal in any event [ NO ] 15- The leading athlete/nation in at least 4/6 events after the first round, will end up winning the gold medal (First round in a team event will be after the first jump from every athlete on the team) [ YES ] General/Overall (6) 1- Top 3 of the Overall medal table will be; 1. Norway, 2. Germany, 3. Austria [ NO ] 2- At least one event will be postponed with 1 hour or more during the WCH [ NO ] 3- Austria will win at least one gold medal [ NO ] 4- Norway will win a medal in at least 18/22 events [ YES ] 5- Sweden and Finland will win more or the same amount medals as Germany overall [ NO ] 6- Athletes with three names will win at least 12 or more medals in all events (Only the official name on fis.com will count. Examples: Franz-Josef Rehrl, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz) [ YES ]

I will come with a reminder a month before the season starts. If you have any suggestions to the rules or points systems, feel free to come with them. Also, If you, or anyone else, know some biathlon fans outside the forum, it would be great if they would participate in the manager game when we are getting closer to the season start.

Well, that was a close one in the bet contest 19- The winner time of the Men's 50km will be 1:50:00 or under [YES/NO - X] Winner time 1:49:59

An update before the last day of the Bet Contest. We have a close duel between two users for first place. They are secured either Silver or Gold, so tomorrow's 50km will decide who will win. At the moment, only 1 point separates them. For 3rd place, we have a three-way duel. It could end up being down to one or two points that will separate 3rd and 4th place.

This competition was a complete joke! (Though, I like that Poland won gold and silver .)

I really want suggestions to a point system for shooting in the relays? We could also discuss if relays should count in the game?

It is noted.

Your suggestion is noted. I will consider it for my next draft. Thanks for the input.