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I think Mowinckel's otherwise unexpected success last season made the coaches a little bolder in selection. Besides the post-OG season usually throws up more new names than any other in the 4-year cycle. Men's GS could be a mess based on the weather reports. It's supposed to snow all day and night in Solden and the wind could be stronger.

I understood them saying "extra ordinary" but I don't know whether they were talking about Brignone or Worley... probably the former

The Italians sound pretty hyped on Rai so I guess they're happy with Brignone's result

Mowinckel all over the place ...and still leads... that was Goggia-like for a GS run.

Polish team calls the new Norway girl Thea Louise and then jokes about having to learn a new name...

Marcin Szafranski says that Max Blardone is now Lara Gut's GS coach? How does that work? I guess Gut has a personal team rather than living off the Swiss Fed coaching tree? Blardone is still Rai Sport studio expert so it's not like he will travel with Lara to any of the venues.

Name a part of the human body that can be used to hit a round-shaped object and let's make it a SPORT!

2002 World Champion Sara Anzanello died of liver failure aged 38

People complain about everything these days

Excuse me but some sports can't be played outdoors during the entire calendar year in every corner of the globe. I'm sure there's no need to play beach volleyball indoors in Brazil but majority of the world doesn't have that luxury. Hence it's not really a farce.

Meanwhile Vettel blew another wheel-to-wheel situation. This guy will never win another title unless he's got a clearly superior car plus TO help

Sylla with that epic spike let-off at 13-12 It could have gone either way if she killed it.

I guess Egonu is taking Italy where Diouf was supposed to take them few years ago? Stil prefer the old team with Togut, Lo Bianco & Leggeri

[hide] Finals October 19th - October 20th, 2018 6 Nations, Placement Matches, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 20th 2018, h. 17:20 Netherlands 1 3 China Gold Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 20th 2018, h. 19:40 Serbia 3 2 Italy [/hide]

Jabeur definitely profits from the fact nobody gives a rat's ass about Kremlin Cup these days (sans the Russian players)

It's still the old fashioned YEC for me

[hide] Finals October 19th - October 20th, 2018 6 Nations, Placement Matches, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 19th 2018, h. 13:40 Serbia 3 1 Netherlands October 19th 2018, h. 16:10 China 3 2 Italy [/hide]

Elizabeth Yarnold (skeleton) announced her retirement.

I'm hardly an expert on Liechtenstein national anthem, in fact, I've never heard it before

Apparently Armenians played the national anthem of Liechtenstein before the game https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45851081

Yeah, Poland has like zero curling infrastructure. It's a miracle we're even playing at WCh level here.

Well, unlike several attention seekers these days, Vonn has actually managed to win a race or two she entered.... Besides I believe there's more drama in the US figure skating these days and their results are only getting worse...

Lindsey Vonn will retire at the end of the season too. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2018/10/11/lindsey-vonn-final-season-4-wins-shy-world-cup-record/1604185002/

[hide] Third Round October 14th - October 16th, 2018 6 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Semifinals Group G Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 14th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 1 3 Serbia October 15th 2018, h. 19:20 Italy 3 1 Japan October 16th 2018, h. 16:10 Italy 2 3 Serbia Group H Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 14th 2018, h. 16:10 China 3 2 United States October 15th 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 3 2 United States October 16th 2018, h. 19:20 Netherlands 1 3 China [/hide]

[hide] Second Round October 7th - October 11th, 2018 16 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Third Round Group E Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 7th 2018, h. 10:40 Mexico 0 3 Serbia October 7th 2018, h. 13:25 Germany 0 3 Brazil October 7th 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 3 1 Puerto Rico October 7th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 3 1 Dominican Republic October 8th 2018, h. 10:40 Germany 0 3 Serbia October 8th 2018, h. 13:25 Mexico 0 3 Brazil October 8th 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 3 0 Dominican Republic October 8th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 3 0 Puerto Rico October 10th 2018, h. 10:40 Mexico 1 3 Dominican Republic October 10th 2018, h. 13:25 Netherlands 2 3 Brazil October 10th 2018, h. 16:10 Germany 3 1 Puerto Rico October 10th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 1 3 Serbia October 11th 2018, h. 10:40 Mexico 0 3 Puerto Rico October 11th 2018, h. 13:25 Germany 2 3 Dominican Republic October 11th 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 1 3 Serbia October 11th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 2 3 Brazil Group F Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 7th 2018, h. 10:40 Turkey 1 3 Russia October 7th 2018, h. 13:25 Bulgaria 0 3 United States October 7th 2018, h. 16:10 Italy 3 1 Azerbaijan October 7th 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 1 Thailand October 8th 2018, h. 10:40 Bulgaria 0 3 Russia October 8th 2018, h. 13:25 Turkey 1 3 United States October 8th 2018, h. 16:10 China 3 0 Azerbaijan October 8th 2018, h. 19:20 Italy 3 1 Thailand October 10th 2018, h. 10:40 Turkey 3 0 Azerbaijan October 10th 2018, h. 13:25 Bulgaria 1 3 Thailand October 10th 2018, h. 16:10 Italy 1 3 Russia October 10th 2018, h. 19:20 China 2 3 United States October 11th 2018, h. 10:40 Bulgaria 1 3 Azerbaijan October 11th 2018, h. 13:25 Turkey 3 2 Thailand October 11th 2018, h. 16:10 Italy 2 3 United States October 11th 2018, h. 19:20 China 2 3 Russia [/hide]