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John Virgo (snooker) passed away at the age of 79. He was still commenting on the Masters tournament for BBC last month.

Event Gold Silver Bronze Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill SUI SUI ITA Men's Super-G SUI SUI ITA Men's Giant Slalom SUI SUI NOR Men's Slalom FRA BRA SUI Men's Team Combined AUT ITA NOR Women's Downhill USA ITA GER Women's Super-G ITA ITA AUS Women's Giant Slalom AUT SWE NZL Women's Slalom USA SUI AUT Women's Team Combined ITA USA SUI Biathlon Men's 10km Sprint NOR ITA FRA Men's 20km Individual FRA NOR NOR Men's 12.5km Pursuit ITA NOR FRA Men's 15km Mass Start ITA FRA NOR Men's 4x7.5km Relay NOR FRA SWE Women's 7.5km Sprint FRA FRA SWE Women's 15km Individual ITA FRA FIN Women's 10km Pursuit FRA SWE ITA Women's 12.5km Mass Start SWE FRA FIN Women's 4x6km Relay FRA SWE NOR 2x7.5km Men + 2x7.5km Women Mixed Relay FRA ITA SWE Bobsleigh 2-man Bobsleigh GER GER GER 4-man Bobsleigh GER GER GER Women's Monobob GER AUS USA 2-woman Bobsleigh GER USA GER Cross-Country Skiing Men's 10km + 10km Skiathlon NOR NOR NOR Men's Sprint Classic NOR NOR NOR Men's Team Sprint Free NOR ITA USA Men's 4 x 7.5km Relay NOR ITA FRA Men's 10km Free NOR NOR NOR Men's 50km Mass Start Classic NOR NOR FIN Women's 10km + 10km Skiathlon SWE USA SWE Women's Sprint Classic SWE NOR SWE Women's Team Sprint Free SWE NOR GER Women's 4 x 7.5km Relay SWE NOR FIN Women's 10km Free SWE USA NOR Women's 50km Mass Start Classic SWE NOR SWE Curling Men CAN GBR SUI Women SUI CAN SWE Mixed Doubles ITA GBR USA Figure Skating Men Single Skating USA JPN FRA Women Single Skating AIN JPN USA Pair Skating JPN ITA GER Ice Dance FRA USA ITA Team Event USA JPN ITA Freestyle Skiing Men's Aerials CHN CHN CHN Men's Moguls CAN JPN SWE Men's Dual Moguls CAN CAN JPN Men's Ski Cross ITA CAN FRA Men's Freeski Halfpipe NZL USA USA Men's Freeski Slopestyle USA SUI NOR Men's Freeski Big Air NOR SUI AUT Women's Aerials CHN CHN AUS Women's Moguls AUS USA FRA Women's Dual Moguls USA AUS USA Women's Ski Cross SWE GER SUI Women's Freeski Halfpipe CHN GBR AUS Women's Freeski Slopestyle CHN GBR CHN Women's Freeski Big Air CHN SUI CAN Mixed Team Aerials CHN USA CAN Ice Hockey Men's 12-team tournament CAN USA SWE Women's 10-team tournament USA CAN FIN Luge Men's Singles AUT GER GER Men's Doubles GER AUT AUT Women's Singles GER GER AUT Women's Doubles AUT GER ITA Team Relay GER AUT ITA Nordic Combined Men's Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km NOR GER AUT Men's Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km NOR NOR GER Men's Team Sprint Large Hill 2x7,5km NOR GER AUT Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m CAN CAN NED Men's 1000m CAN CAN NED Men's 1500m CAN NED CAN Men's 5000m Relay CAN KOR CHN Women's 500m NED USA CAN Women's 1000m CAN BEL NED Women's 1500m CAN KOR KOR Women's 3000m Relay NED CAN ITA Mixed Team Relay 2000m NED KOR CAN Skeleton Men's Skeleton GBR CHN ITA Women's Skeleton BEL GER AUT Skeleton Mixed Team GER GBR CHN Ski Jumping Men's Normal Hill Individual SLO JPN AUT Men's Large Hill Individual SLO JPN JPN Men's Super Team SLO AUT JPN Women's Normal Hill Individual SLO JPN NOR Women's Large Hill Individual SLO GER CAN Mixed Team SLO JPN AUT Ski Mountaineering Men's sprint FRA ESP SUI Women's sprint SUI FRA ESP Mixed Relay FRA SUI ESP Snowboard Men's Parallel Giant Slalom ITA AUT ITA Men's Snowboard Halfpipe AUS JPN JPN Men's Snowboard Cross CAN AUS FRA Men's Snowboard Slopestyle CHN JPN FRA Men's Snowboard Big Air JPN JPN JPN Women's Parallel Giant Slalom CZE JPN GER Women's Snowboard Halfpipe KOR JPN CAN Women's Snowboard Cross GBR AUS FRA Women's Snowboard Slopestyle JPN GBR JPN Women's Snowboard Big Air JPN GBR KOR Mixed Team Snowboard Cross FRA AUS ITA Speed Skating Men's 500m USA POL NED Men's 1000m USA POL NED Men's 1500m USA CHN NED Men's 5000m NOR CZE FRA Men's 10000m CZE POL ITA Men's Mass Start USA ITA DEN Men's Team Pursuit USA ITA NED Women's 500m NED NED POL Women's 1000m NED JPN NED Women's 1500m JPN NED NOR Women's 3000m NOR NED NED Women's 5000m NOR NED CAN Women's Mass Start NED CAN USA Women's Team Pursuit NED CAN JPN

They dropped U-21 squads for a reason (after they admitted senior amateurs make no sense). The days of Communist bloc & Brazil amateurs playing the Olympics are over. Alas it gave one of only two OG gold medals in strictly team sports

I'm pretty sure Anna Goodman competed in 2010 OG with a torn ACL and that was in slalom so more knee movement than speed events...

Marian Kasprzyk (boxing) - 1964 Olympic Champion & 1960 bronze medallist passed away at the age of 86.

It's called figure skating in Poland The plot twist is with gymnastics - we call rhythmic gymnastics as artistic gymnastics and artistic gymnastics as sport gymnastics

@Book@GrassmarketYeah, compulsory figures. Denise Biellmann finishing out of medals in 1980 OG despite 1st in FS and 2nd in SP is probably the most known instance of CF negative impact.

Like @phelpssaid there's a huge chance MP gets axed from OG than re-inventing its soul. The obstacle part will never become 'the' soul of this sport (it's more suitable for X Games if anything). The laser part is odd enough already. The number of participant countries will shrink, nobody will build the eligible obstacle courses if there isn't mass interest. I'd be surprised if MP is still an Olympic sport beyond 2040.

Alcaraz completes CGS in four sets over Djokovic!

Promoting bad swimmers AND better shooters over better runners (overall less favorable for endurance value) which I think is supposed to help attract new athletes - endurance is usually the biggest turn-off.

Hoffman & Raimund are the only Germans who had decent results this season. Geiger did nothing aka even less than Paschke and one dead cat bounce here after OG nominations shouldn't matter and it clearly doesn't. I support German nomnations. Geiger should be nowhere near 2026 OG.

One better look out if Germany didn't test some 'magical potatoe sack suit' with this Geiger performance in Willingen

Pictograms for old school maniacs like me

Natasa Bokal (alpine skiing) passed away at the age of 59.

Only nine jumps of 130+ on the biggest LH there is Zyla 85.5 wouldn't even make Top 30 on any NH these days

Rybakina just needed Vukov back, she's been playing her best tennis since he was re-instated. Also WTA needed a three-set final, this edition has had a ton of straight set matches in the second week.

Yes, Vonn also had a really nasty crash in 2006 Torino DH training but recovered to compete. Obviously she was much younger then.

I'm on the wrong side of 40 (Ben Stiller vibes) so yes, I remember Hip Hap Hop haha. I don't remember the presenter's name but I recall his blonde mullet I live basically 90-120 minutes car drive to the Czech border (and yes, I've been to to old CSRS where I ordered a beer in German to say the very least alas I've also ordered a beer speaking German in Hungary so we're all in the same sphere anyway )

It doesnt's take a genius to figure out ice hockey is popular in Slovakia hehe (for someone living in Poland where 95% of ice hockey clubs are based in southern Poland (Tatra region) with the exception of the now defunct Stoczniowiec Gdansk or TKP (Towimor) Toruń. And it does help Jaromir Jagr was the ultimate star when I left my adolescent days (Jari Kurri was before my time but an active veteran) and probably Robert Svehla and Petrovicky were the first two I realized were Slovakian than Czech). Then again I remember Drahomir Kadlec and Bedrich Scerban and Lubomir Sekeras more than anything. Only the last one was Slovakian. Overall from our 7 neighbors Czechia, Slovakia, Belarus get the positive vibes. Ukraine a solid 4th. Lithuania also a positive median. Germany and Russia are down the order to say the very least for historical purposes

Hah! I suppose Slovakia doesn't pay attention to speed skating much I live close enough to the southern border to get old Czechoslovakian TV off my ground antenna back in the day (Nova TV even in early 90s) and the Zakopane/Jasna OG bid is viable even if there is literally one road from Krakow-Balice airport to Zakopane hehe. Forget A Je To! or Krtek, I even recall hazeni houbou in Hip Hap Hop

Does Brazilian media even realize who Braathen in? Or just typical Campeonato Carioca/Paulista news in January?

Cheering for our southern neighbors to win a medal (hockey & Fialkova being the realistic options ).

Aicher gives some Martina Ertl vibes. Talented enough to be an elite-ish all-arounder but just unable to be dominant in that one event so comes up short in chase of the overall.

Really tough on Musetti Must have some Berrettini vibes