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Austria & Hungary in the same group next year? I smell some Franz Joseph jokes in Power Rankings

Indy 500 finished so I just got that OT finish on my TV

What a year for Suomi in hockey!

Valtteri Filippula joins the Triple Gold Club?

Marcus Ericsson wins Indianapolis 500!!!! @Belle

Sergio Perez wins Monaco GP after Ferarri blew the strategy before the red flag. @mrv86

Perez has 3 F1 wins now, one more than Pedro Rodriguez.

Adrianna Sulek might be the missing link between Malgorzata Nowak (still NR from 1985), Urszula Wlodarczyk, Kamila Chudzik (wrecked by elbow injury after bronze at WCh 2009) and Karolina Tyminska (too weak in both shot & javelin). Sulek's shot put is probably serviceable enough in the modern standards.

Monaco GP delayed by an hour due to a downpour and Mick Schumacher's car broke in half.

Anouk Vetter 59,81 in javelin. That's barely a meter shorter than Spotakova's HB

French organizing in shambles as usual   Yellow vests 2.0. If this happened anywhere else like Bulgaria & Poland Macron would be calling to ban all international events from taking place in such country.

Javelin tomorrow so Sulek will probably lose the lead

I guess that's the Giro for Jay Hindley?

Carapaz losing ground inside the final kilometer.

Ray Liotta passed away at the age of 67. 'The Goodfellas' is still the best mob movie in history IMO

You bet! The Alpha ball-basher of the tour Camila Giorgi takes out BBB apprentice Aryna Sabalenka 4-6 6-1 6-0!

Pia Skrzyszkowska 12,68 (+1,0) in 100H in Poznan.

That's 5th fastest in Polish history all-time and the fastest time since 1984.

Another injury for Karolina Muchova who rolled her ankle in the second set vs Amanda Anisimova and had to retire half-way through the third.

8 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Yeah...that makes the whole thing seem like not exactly a sympathetic family to cheer for. Can't really blame the 15 year old child for that part, so if she's really that good (which of course remains to be seen in terms of senior level) I'd be very interested to see it, but judging on this, that does indeed sound like a bit of a megalomaniac clan.

This "15 year old child" is posing Adidas-sponsored swimwear pics on her IG. A quick look around indicates she signed some swimwear promo deals when she was 14yo already. I have a feeling signora Ceccarelli wants to monetize her daughter to the extreme here for lack of a better word. It also seems like she maybe asked for a preferential treatment for her daughter and the Italian federation didn't want that to happen. So they bailed to Albania of all countries

9 hours ago, phelps said:

Geraghty-Moats times are way gone...

 

nowadays it's Norway dominating from the hill and on the skis (with the Italian Sieff being the best of the rest among the good jumpers and the Slovenian Volavsek being the best of the rest among the skiing specialists...and all the Japanese team growing very quickly)...

 

early starters have no chance anymore already...

 

I'm pretty sure in 4 years time we're gonna have an interesting event, possibly even more than the men's...

 

the true scandal are those mixed team events in skicross and slalom snowboarding (and the dual moguls, which is basically a double chance for the same skiers)...

Yeah, I know Geraghty-Moats craze is over. Meanwhile Norway of all coutries is set to dominate women's NC in the near future. If Norway winning extra golds in nordic skiing isn't a textbook example of rich getting richer I don't know what else is?

9 hours ago, NearPup said:

Just to clarify, this appears to be dual moguls (as in men's and women's dual moguls, not a team event).

 

  

Well the level in women's ski jumping increased extremely quickly after Olympic inclusion so I assume the same will happen here, though obviously the level in men's Nordic Combined is itself very low as is.

 

 

Well, USA and France are two coutries that have regressed in the last decade. USA dropped from a powerhouse to a complete pariah. Italy is stuck in the mud save for the Malsiner sisters. The same countries that are dominating in the men's are doing so in the women's: Norway, Austria, Slovenia, Japan & Germany. Poland is terrible among the women due to our federation not giving a damn and hiring Kruczek as HC which is nonsense. We can add two Canadians, Westman & Haralambie and that would be that when it comes to depth. Finland & Czechia remain uncompetitive the same way their men are right now. Obviously Russia is off the table right now and they were pretty much the 5th-6th best team based on depth.

Yeah, more mixed nonsense. Rich have to get richer after all Not gonna say what the level in women's nordic combined will be. Probably extremely low given how Geraghty-Moats was able to dominate until recently despite being a very mediocre ski jumper.

Calendar for 2022/23 season is out. They rejected all the new ideas after all, parallels are almost gone and no combined of any sort.

Big change is the addition of North American rounds after the World Championships for men as women will race in Kvitfjell instead.

Maribor is out like previously reported.

https://www.fis-ski.com/en/international-ski-federation/news-multimedia/news-2022/decisions-of-the-53rd-international-ski-congress

@hckošiceSki Association of Slovakia is the new name of Slovakia Ski Association

Women

22.10 Sölden GS
05.11 Zermatt-Cervinia DH
06.11 Zermatt-Cervinia DH
12.11 Lech/Zuers PAR Night event
19.11 Levi SL
20.11 Levi SL
26.11 Killington GS
27.11 Killington SL
02.12 Lake Louise DH
03.12 Lake Louise DH
04.12 Lake Louise SG
10.12 Sestriere GS
11.12 Sestriere SL
16.12 St. Moritz DH
17.12 St. Moritz DH
18.12 St. Moritz SG
28.12 Semmering GS
29.12 Semmering SL
04.01 Zagreb SL Night event
05.01 Zagreb SL Night event
07.01 Kranjska Gora GS
08.01 Kranjska Gora GS
10.01 Flachau SL Night event
14.01 St. Anton DH
15.01 St. Anton SG
20.01 Cortina d’Ampezzo SG
21.01 Cortina d’Ampezzo DH
22.01 Cortina d’Ampezzo SG
24.01 Kronplatz GS
28.01 Spindleruv Mlyn GS
29.01 Spindleruv Mlyn SL

06-19.02 WSC Courchevel Méribel

25.02 Crans Montana DH
26.02 Crans Montana SG
04.03 Kvitfjell DH
05.03 Kvitfjell SG
10.03 Åre DH
11.03 Åre SG

13-19.03 Soldeu Finals

Men

23.10 Sölden GS
29.10 Zermatt-Cervinia DH
30.10 Zermatt-Cervinia DH
13.11 Lech/Zuers PAR Night event
26.11 Lake Louise DH
27.11 Lake Louise SG
02.12 Beaver Creek SH
03.12 Beaver Creek SG
04.12 Beaver Creek SG
10.12 Val d’Isère GS
11.12 Val d’Isère SL
16.12 Val Gardena SG
17.12 Val Gardena SH
18.12 Alta Badia GS
19.12 Alta Badia GS
22.12 Madonna di Camp. SL Night Event
28.12 Bormio DH
29.12 Bormio SG
04.01 Garmisch-Partenkirchen SL Night Event
07.01 Adelboden GS
08.01 Adelboden SL
13.01 Wengen SG
14.01 Wengen DH
15.01 Wengen SL
20.01 Kitzbühel DH
21.01 Kitzbühel DH
22.01 Kitzbühel SL
24.01 Schladming SL Night Event
28.01 Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH
29.01 Garmisch-Partenkirchen GS
04.02 Chamonix SL

06-19.02 WSC Courchevel Méribel

25.02 Palisades Tahoe GS
26.02 Palisades Tahoe SL
03.03 Aspen SG
04.03 Aspen DH
05.03 Aspen DH
11.03 Kranjska Gora GS
12.03 Kranjska Gora GS

13-19.03 Soldeu Finals

Iga Swiatek dropped only two games vs Alison Riske in R2.   Camila Giorgi also advances to R3.

Paula Badosa beat Kaja Juvan in three sets to advance to R3.

Meanwhile elsewhere...

I tuned in with Slovakia up 1-0 and turned off at 5-0. Does it count?