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FIS have approved the highly expected cross-border downhills under the Matterhorn for next seasons WC  2 weekends of 2x DH, first the men, then the women, in the last week of October and first of November, after the opener in Soelden. This essentially means that the regular alpine season from now on will fully start at the end of October. 
 
https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/winter-2022/zermatt-cervinia-included-in-alpine-world-cup-calendar-2022-23

Otepaa will have spectators!  
"The organizers of this new stage scheduled in Estonia from March 10 to 13 have put several thousand tickets on sale. They got the green light from the authorities to accommodate 6,000 fans a day.   Foreign spectators are also welcome provided they have received covid treatment (minimum two injections) or in the presence of a certificate of recovery."
 
 

5 days - 5 steps from Wotherspoon?
 

Nils van der Poel - Speed skating, 10km
 Johannes H. Klæbo - Cross country, M sprint
 Jarl Magnus Riiber - Nordic combined, large hill
 Maxim Burov - Freestyle skiing, M aerials
 ROC - Figure skating, team event

Bleh. We will have flagbearers after all.
 
Leona Popović, our best female skier in the last 10 years, will be forced to awkwardly share the flag with a cross-country skiing man who got selected thanks to his head coach father, and who of course has no results to speak of and zero future prospects. Yay equality!!!
 
p.s. Since our male alpine skiers are arriving after the Opening ceremony, our NOC literally had only this one male athlete to "choose"....

Mikael Kingsbury - moguls
Francesco Friedrich - two man bob
Men's cross country 4x10 km Relay
Women's cross country Team Sprint
Ester Ledecka - snowboard PGS

Women start from higher gates than men but Yuki Ito reached 154 meters in training today. Silje Opseth had 152,5.
 
For those who don't follow ski jumping much, Willingen is the biggest large hill on the World Cup.
 
Here's the list of 150 meters jumps in Willingen:
 

Mikael Kingsbury - moguls
Francesco Friedrich - two man bob
Men's cross country 4x10 km Relay
Women's cross country Team Sprint
Ester Ledecka - snowboard PGS

Piotr Zyla tested negative both yesterday & today so things appear to be back to normal.

Long story short: she was on the way from Austria (where she had been in quarantine until today) to Munich, to get tested three times there in the coming five days, starting today. Somewhere along the Austrian/Italian border (Vintl), the transfer we had booked for her (a minivan, her as only passenger) had an accident, a bad one, one might say. Sadly the driver didn't make it, and considering they hit a truck head-on, Bruna sitting in the back (to keep some distance) quite simply saved her life. Transported to the hospital by helicopter.
 
Broken arm, two broken feet and an unknown number of broken ribs seems to be the damage. Which, considering the gravity of the accident, is barely short of a miracle.
 
As for me, I'm at home in the Netherlands, which is where we are trying to get her as soon as possible (when medically allowed, of course). It has been a long day of back and forth contact with insurance and Brazilian federation and everything to see what can be done. But, again, the main thing is she's still with us.

I'm completely out of the loop with these games so, sorry if this was posted elsewhere but Bruna is out, she suffered some car accident when traveling to Munich.
 
If I understand portuguese correctly she's alive but broke some bones. The driver sadly died.
  
https://ge.globo.com/olimpiadas-de-inverno/noticia/brasileira-sofre-acidente-de-carro-a-caminho-do-aeroporto-e-esta-fora-das-olimpiadas-de-inverno.ghtml

Literally NOBODY in Poland builds an arena for hockey alone. It doesn't make any sense.
 
The multi-purpose arena (cap. 11,500) nearest to where I live:
 
Hockey:
 

 
Tennis:
 

 
Volleyball:
 

Bruna's flight is scheduled for 1st February and she will test tomorrow and Friday (and then again on Sunday). All those dates were suggested/approved by the Brazilian NOC, which in turn had it confirmed by the organizing committee, so I do assume that is correct  
 
I really hope Zyla tests negative today, and Weng and the other Norwegians do so in time. After the past one and a half week, I can truly say this is a horror show I really don't wish on any athlete hoping to compete in the Olympics, no matter who you are.

This is apparently the official TV intro for the games:
 
 

This is apparently the official TV intro for the games:
 
 

This is apparently the official TV intro for the games:
 
 

Apparently vs kicks off in 45 minutes @hckošice

Natalia Czerwonka & Zbigniew Brodka (speed skating).

Natalia Czerwonka & Zbigniew Brodka (speed skating).

Everything following the script.
 

Here are all the names selected for men & women:
 

 

 
 

Funny how gender equality gets thrown in the garbage as soon as some big nation gets angry.
 

https://fb.watch/aKd6aQosD7/
 
Cornet 

That was the most insane weekend of playoff football I can remember.  Saved the best for last with Bills-Chiefs.  That was a new level of insane

I can only use google translate. Sprained left knee & ACL strain?