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I like Eurosport's Danish commentator in Ski Jumping and Nordic combined. He has a bachelor in Math, so you always get a whole math lesson about ski jumping, which oddly enough is quite satisfying. Though this season he has had some blackouts during the cross-country skiing in nordic combined. "And here comes Kupczak from behind!" First, Kupczak overtaking someone in xc-skiing is not possible. Secondly, it was was Hirvonen who was coming from behind. On the positve side, he can actually pronounce Polish names and places correctly. I do miss having Andreas Küttel as co-commentator. He was it during the 2017 WCH, and it was nice to hear so many stories about Simon Ammann. His Danish was not that bad.

He studies a ph.d in sport science at a university in Denmark. His Polish wife is a doctor in Denmark so he moved here.

It seems that F1 will re-introduce points for fastest lap from the first race of the 2019 season. The fastest lap set by a driver who ends in top 10 will be awarded 1 point. The new extra point will probably not matter that much, but let's see.

It must the first time we see a song from a TISC participant/jury member represented in TISC? Congrats with your first single, @Werloc. By the way, what happened to those covers you promise you would make thorughout December on your YT-channel?

Laura Dahlmeier has caught a cold, so she will not start in today's Mixed Relay. Denise Herrmann replaces her.

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Mixed Relay 2x6km + 2.7.5km Day 1 March 7th, 2019 Austria Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 7.5km Sprint Day 2 March 8th, 2019 Marketa Davidova Kaisa Makarainen Anais Chevalier Laura Dahlmeier Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina x Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete Men's 10km Sprint Day 3 March 9th, 2019 Simon Eder Julian Eberhard Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete x Alexander Loginov Any Other Athlete Women's 10km Pursuit Day 4 March 10th, 2019 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen x Anais Chevalier Laura Dahlmeier Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Monika Hojnisz Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete Men's 12.5km Pursuit Day 4 March 10th, 2019 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer x Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Benjamin Weger Any Other Athlete Women's 15km Individual Day 5 March 12th, 2019 Kaisa Makarainen Anais Chevalier Laura Dahlmeier x Franziska Preuss Franziska Hildebrand Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Monika Hojnisz Any Russian Athlete Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg x Yuliia Dzhima Any Other Athlete Men's 20km Individual Day 6 March 13th, 2019 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer x Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete Mixed Single Relay 6km + 7.5km Day 7 March 14th, 2019 Austria Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 4x6km Relay Day 8 March 16th, 2019 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Poland Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's 4x7.5km Relay Day 8 March 16th, 2019 Austria Belgium Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's 12.5km Mass Start Day 9 March 17th, 2019 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen x Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Preuss Franziska Hildebrand Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Monika Hojnisz Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete Men's 15km Mass Start Day 9 March 17th, 2019 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete x Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete [/hide]

Biathlete, Simon Eder, has been interviewed about the ongoing doping scandal. He says that he was offered "something" some years ago, but refused it. He also says that he immediately reported this to the Austrian police and ÖSV and was invited as witness to testify in the case.

Norway's team for the Mixed Relay: Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen, Johannes Thingnes Boe, Marte Olsbu Roeiseland og Tiril Eckhoff.

https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3045912/ (In German)

Ajax is leading 2-0 against Real Madrid.

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.