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got a 2 min penalty for no tag at the exchange

Song finished 19th in the second event. Only 30 classified. Jang is eligible for World Cup now Lovro Kos is totally out of it basically two years after winning at World Cup level. He finished 15th today.

Also I believe the freestyle lore in US has worn out in the last few years. Chloe Kim is still there but she doesn't compete often enough, Gu has chosen China, X-Games is also not as big as it used to be so here's Shiffrin & Vonn leading the marketing charge again.

Looks like Polish biathlon fed decided to ignore their stupid rules and will send the same men to Ruhpolding!

Anze Lanisek wins. No Poles in Top 10 despite so many absentees. Kapustik in 20th place! Domen Prevc only 27th and his run of 12 consecutive podiums is over (Janne Ahonen's record of 13 survives).

Snow & wind lottery. Stoch bombs out after one jump, worst domestic farewell possible. Last time scored World Cup points was obviously Martin Mesik (Engelberg 2005).

Kristopher Horn competed as 1 Man Bob since all three other guys failed to get in at the start

Full Top Ten from the 91st Polish Sports Personality Plebiscite: 1. Klaudia Zwolińska (canoeing) 2. Iga Świątek (tennis) 3. Wilfredo Leon (volleyball) 4. Bartosz Zmarzlik (speedway) 5. Robert Kubica (auto racing) 6. Maria Żodzik (athletics) 7. Robert Lewandowski (association football) 8. Mateusz Ponitka (basketball) 9. Aleksandra Mirosław (speed climbing) 10. Mikołaj Marczyk (rallying)

A big upset in Poland even though I said winning Wimbledon won't be enough due to Iga's poor season overall.

Rygl got 18th place in Sapporo CC and jumped Song for 50th place in the OG ranking.

Żurek seems to be in OK form (only 0.13 off Stolz's TR). Speed skating might be our biggest chance for OG medals. 1960 vibes...

Yeah, it's a battle for the 4th spot in the OG relay. But Skorusa will also be promoted at Ruhpolding so one of our three best guys will be absent there.

If Zawół gets a Top 20 in Arber sprint he also gets a spot in Ruhpolding. Right now one of Badacz/Guńka/Galica will be replaced together with Suchodolski and if Zawół gets in that means a point scorer from Oberhof sprint will be replaced. That is insane. Nedza-Kubiniec will be 35 this year. He's been the slowest male biathlete the last decade. He's not our future whatsoever

Badacz, Guńka & Galica should be in World Cup every week. The fourth place is a coin toss between Zawół or Suchodolski. Skorusa is behind them and Lord knows Nedza-Kubiniec should be nowhere near World Cup at this stage. His skiing pace has been pathetic forever. Our men's team has developed above expectations in the last 12 months and this internal rule to automatically promote a Top 30 finish in IBU Cup into WCup is simply outdated and should be overturned.

Thanks to the stupid national federation rule (Top 30 in IBU Cup automatically means a place in the next World Cup event) the mighty Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec will be in Ruhpolding (he finished 17th in Arber Individual albeit 3,5 minutes behind the winner). Also Wojciech Skorusa finished 25th so that means he also gets a WCup spot. Yikes.