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More venues announced:
 
https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/la28-unveils-comprehensive-venue-plan-showcasing-world-class-stadiums-and-iconic-backdrops-across-the-wider-los-angeles-region

Given men's football is the one event in all of the Olympics where the best athletes aren't allowed to compete... not sure how this move is "pure wokism". The women's tournament is essentially a mini world cup, the men's tournament is a side show we tolerate because it generates ticket sales.
 
Would be a different story, of course, if the men's event wasn't a U23 competition that isn't even within a FIFA window.

Might be wront because I'm transcribing while watching live (while also being on a work meeting)
 
50m events in all strokes 12 women's teams in water polo Compound (!) mixed team event archery 4x100m mixed relay in athletics Mixed race walk relay removed 12 teams in 3x3 basketball 7 men's and women's events in boxing Football will have 16 women's teams and 12 men's teams Mixed team event in golf Mixed artistic gymnastics team event (!) Coastal rowing is three events (men's, women's, mixed double sculls), removing lightweight rowing NO MORE COMBINED IN CLIMBING! Speed, boulder and lead are all different events Mixed team event in table tennis (in addition to mixed doubles? O.o) 10500 athlete quota only applies to core sports for LA More women's quotas than men's quotas overall  

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/LA28/Official-Programme-of-the-Olympic-Games-Los-Angeles-2028.pdf

I found this on NRK (Norway) NRK Sport – Sportsnyheter, resultater og sendeplan 
 
FIFA suggests 16 women-team og 12 men-team. Decision tomorrow.
 
09:02
Fifa foreslår historisk kvinneløft i OL-fotballen – kan bli vedtatt onsdag
Det internasjonale fotballforbundet vil snu fordelingen og la 16 kvinne- og 12 herrelag spille fotball i OL.
Onsdag er det styremøte i Den internasjonale olympiske komité (IOC).
Det er de som må ta den endelige avgjørelsen etter at Fifa-president Gianni Infantino fortalte om forslaget på Uefa-kongressen i Beograd før helgen.
Infantino sier at Det internasjonale fotballforbundet ønsker å øke antallet kvinnelag for å styrke kvinnefotballbevegelsen.
Årsaken til at IOC angivelig ikke ønsker å øke det totale antallet lag til 32, er ifølge nyhetsbyrået AP at rundt 70 ekstra spillere pluss lagledere presser grensen for avtalte utøverkvoter i OL neste sommer-OL.
I de siste sommerlekene har fotballturneringene bestått av 12 kvinnelag og 16 U23-lag (med innslag av eldre spillere) for menn.
OL i 2028 arrangeres i Los Angeles i USA. Fifa-forslaget kan havne på IOCs bord allerede på onsdagens styremøte. (NTB)

Milano-Cortina 2026 Quota Simulation: 2024-25 Data Edition
 
Hello fellow Totallympians and welcome to another quota simulation. This time, the focus has shifted over to the winter Olympics. There's still a ski mountaineering world cup and some a few world championships to go but I thought I would post this while everyone is still in winter sports mode. I'll post minor updates if any data changes over the next month but I don't there'll be many changes. There's a few things to note before we begin.
 
Total # of NOC's
Overall, we have a total of 88 NOC's that are qualified/projected to qualify for the Olympics. This would represent a decrease of 4 NOC's from the 91 nations in Beijing although Russia and Belarus were competing separately then. On the other hand, with Russia/Belarus being limited to how many sports and how many athletes they can qualify, many of the major winter sports nations are projected to have their largest team ever.
 
Russian/Belarusian athletes
Speaking of Russia and Belarus, they are included in this simulation and just like in 2024, it was very annoying to factor them in considering they didn't compete in competitions in the last year at all (besides ski mountaineering). I've only included these athletes in the skating sports and ski mountaineering. The ISU has already announced a pathway for Russian/Belarusian athletes to qualify and neutral athletes are already competing in the ski mountaineering competitions. Russia was easy to simulate since it was safe to assume that one athlete would qualify in each event. Belarus was a bit harder and involved me looking at individual times/scores for their athletes this year. At the end of the day, I decided to include Belarusians in women's singles and pairs for figure skating and the men's 500m & 1000m along with all of the women's events in speed skating. All of the women's speed skating events may be a bit too generous but that was how it was in 2022.
 
Total # of athletes
In total, 2874 athletes are projected to qualify from this simulation. This is despite the athlete cap being at 2900. There are a few reasons for this discrepancy.
Bobsleigh: Only 162 of the maximum 170 quotas were used. Curling: Only 109 of the maximum 120 quotas were used. This is due to certain players being simulated to play in both the mixed doubles and 4 person events resulting in them taking up two quotas. Figure Skating: The additional 5 quotas allowed for the team event were used here. After simulating the final qualifying event, only Canada, France, Georgia, Italy and the USA had full teams so I gave an additional quotas to Great Britain in men's singles, Japan in ice dance, and South Korea in Pairs. Freestyle Skiing: Only 277 quotas were used here compared to the maximum 284 quotas. The women's halfpipe looks like it will have trouble filling up their 25 quotas as only 23 quotas were used and I believe 5 athletes simulated currently do not have the required amount of FIS points to be eligible. Men's aerials and women's ski cross originally had enough athletes to fill up the allotted quota. However, Canada and the USA were over the maximum limit so after simulating rejected quotas, those events didn't have enough athletes to fill the allotted quotas and women's aerials just made it. Henry Sildaru (EST) is also projected to qualify in both men's halfpipe and slopestyle/big air. Luge: Only 105 of the maximum 106 quotas were used here because Wolfgang Kindl (AUT) is projected to qualify in both men's singles and men's doubles Snowboarding: Only 237 of the maximum 238 quotas were used here. Cody Winters (USA) is projected to qualify in both PGS and snowboard cross.  
In addition, there are also 3 athletes expected to compete in multiple sports: Phillip Bellingham (AUS) in cross-country skiing and ski mountaineering, Ester Ledecka (CZE) in alpine skiing, and snowboarding, and Arianna Fontana (ITA) in short track and speed skating. Please let me know if there's any other possible athletes that could also be in this list.
 
Internal qualification procedures
Internal qualification procedures for countries like the Netherlands and New Zealand WERE NOT taken into account this time for the sole reason because it's fun seeing the Netherlands have an athlete in Nordic Combined 
 
Differences from the FIS quota simulations
If you have a look at the FIS quota simulations on their webpages for alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, and snowboarding, you'll notice there are some differences.
Alpine Skiing: NOC's with a man or woman that hasn't qualified yet were taken into account. If the athlete hasn't had the required amount of races to qualify but is averaging the necessary amount of points to qualify, I simulated them as qualified (e.g. Morocco). Cross-Country Skiing: FIS only simulated 138 quotas in each gender. I reallocated the remaining 10 quotas per gender based on the Olympic nations' ranking. There is a clause that if an unqualified NOC scores 300 points or less in a world cup race next season, they can qualify. However, that is very unlikely to happen (unless Russia and Belarus are invited back) since there are already athletes from qualified NOC's competing in World Cup races that get lapped. Freestyle Skiing: I took into account Canada and the USA rejecting quotas since they were both initially over the 32 athlete quota limit. I had Canada rejecting 2 quotas in women's aerials, 1 each per gender in moguls, 1 in men's halfpipe, and 2 in men's slopestyle/big air. I had the USA rejecting 1 quota in men's aerials, 1 in men's ski cross, and 2 in women's ski cross.  Snowboard: Two athletes in women's snowboard cross were not eligible to qualify and were replaced with athletes on the reserve list that were eligible.  
Speaking of athlete eligibility, there were some athletes that were simulated by FIS that didn't meet eligiblity requirements. I decided that if there was an eligible athlete on the reserve list, then the ineligible athlete would be replaced but if there wasn't an eligible athlete on the reserve list, I would keep the ineligible athlete in the quota list (e.g. Vanuatu in freeski halfpipe).
 
 
Anyways, that's enough talking. Let's begin! The numbers in brackets represent the change from the NOC's athlete total at Beijing 2022.
 
Please comment if you have any questions, thoughts or observations.
 
Africa (7 nations)
 
 Eritrea: 1 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Kenya: 2 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Madagascar: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Morocco: 1 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Nigeria: 1 (0)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 South Africa: 3 (+3)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1)
 Togo: 1 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 
Americas (12 nations)
 
 Argentina: 8 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Luge - 1)
 Bolivia: 1 (-1)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Brazil: 15 (+5)
(Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 4, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Short Track - 1, Skeleton - 1, Snowboarding - 1)
 Canada: 205 (-10)
(Alpine Skiing - 11, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 14, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 11, Figure Skating - 12, Freestyle Skiing - 32, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 6, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 2, Ski Jumping - 3, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 20, Speed Skating - 13)
 Chile: 4 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1)
 Colombia: 2 (-1)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Skeleton - 1)
 Haiti: 2 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Jamaica: 2 (-5)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Bobsleigh - 1)
 Mexico: 3 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Puerto Rico: 1 (-1)
(Skeleton - 1)
 Trinidad and Tobago: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 United States: 223 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 19, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 14, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Curling - 6, Figure Skating - 18, Freestyle Skiing - 32, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 11, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 4, Skeleton - 4, Ski Jumping - 7, Snowboarding - 23, Speed Skating - 11)
 
Asia (18 nations)
 
 China: 115 (-67)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 3, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 24, Luge - 6, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 5, Ski Jumping - 6, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 16, Speed Skating - 14)
 Hong Kong: 2 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Short Track - 1)
 India: 2 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Iran: 3 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Japan: 124 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 7, Curling - 7, Figure Skating - 10, Freestyle Skiing - 20, Ice Hockey - 23, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 3, Short Track - 9, Ski Jumping - 7, Snowboarding - 20, Speed Skating - 13)
 Kazakhstan: 43 (+9)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 12, Nordic Combined - 1, Short Track - 8, Ski Jumping - 3, Speed Skating - 4)
 Kyrgyzstan: 2 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Lebanon: 1 (-2)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Malaysia: 1 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Mongolia: 2 (0)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Philippines: 2 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Saudi Arabia: 2 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Singapore: 1 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 South Korea: 62 (-2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 2, Bobsleigh - 4, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Curling - 5, Figure Skating - 8, Freestyle Skiing - 5, Luge - 1, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 1, Snowboarding - 11, Speed Skating - 10)
 Taiwan: 6 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Skeleton - 1, Speed Skating - 1)
 Thailand: 4 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 United Arab Emirates: 1 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Uzbekistan: 3 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 2)
 
Europe (47 nations)
 
 Albania: 3 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 3)
 Andorra: 6 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 4, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Armenia: 3 (-3)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Austria: 109 (+3)
(Alpine Skiing - 22, Biathlon - 9, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 13, Luge - 11, Nordic Combined - 3, Short Track - 1, Skeleton - 4, Ski Jumping - 8, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 17, Speed Skating - 2)
 Azerbaijan: 1 (-1)
(Figure Skating - 1)
 Belgium: 32 (+13)
(Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 2, Short Track - 5, Skeleton - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 1, Snowboarding - 1, Speed Skating - 7)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Luge - 1)
 Bulgaria: 19 (+3)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 1, Ski Jumping - 1, Snowboarding - 3)
 Croatia: 14 (+3)
(Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Short Track - 2)
 Cyprus: 2 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Czech Republic: 123 (+10)
(Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 10, Bobsleigh - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 5, Figure Skating - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 5, Ice Hockey - 48, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 5, Snowboarding - 9, Speed Skating - 4)
 Denmark: 40 (-22)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 2, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Curling - 5, Ice Hockey - 25, Skeleton - 2, Speed Skating - 2)
 Estonia: 31 (+5)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Curling - 2, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 2, Nordic Combined - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 2, Speed Skating - 1)
 Finland: 102 (+7)
(Alpine Skiing - 5, Biathlon - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Figure Skating - 5, Freestyle Skiing - 8, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 2, Ski Jumping - 5, Snowboarding - 2)
 France: 152 (+66)
(Alpine Skiing - 17, Biathlon - 12, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 15, Figure Skating - 10, Freestyle Skiing - 18, Ice Hockey - 48, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 3, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 6, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 10, Speed Skating - 4)
 Georgia: 8 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Figure Skating - 6)
 Germany: 188 (+39)
(Alpine Skiing - 11, Biathlon - 11, Bobsleigh - 18, Cross-Country Skiing - 14, Curling - 5, Figure Skating - 6, Freestyle Skiing - 11, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 12, Nordic Combined - 3, Short Track - 1, Skeleton - 6, Ski Jumping - 7, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 19, Speed Skating - 13)
 Great Britain: 55 (+5)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Bobsleigh - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 8, Freestyle Skiing - 7, Short Track - 3, Skeleton - 5, Snowboarding - 5)
 Greece: 5 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 3)
 Hungary: 16 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Figure Skating - 2, Short Track - 5, Snowboarding - 2, Speed Skating - 1)
 Iceland: 4 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Ireland: 6 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Luge - 1, Short Track - 1)
 Israel: 5 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Figure Skating - 2, Skeleton - 1)
 Italy: 193 (+75)
(Alpine Skiing - 21, Biathlon - 10, Bobsleigh - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 11, Freestyle Skiing - 10, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 10, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 3, Ski Jumping - 7, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 16, Speed Skating - 10)
 Kosovo: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Latvia: 70 (+13)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 9, Cross-Country Skiing - 7, Figure Skating - 3, Ice Hockey - 25, Luge - 11, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 3)
 Liechtenstein: 4 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Lithuania: 17 (+4)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Figure Skating - 3)
 Luxembourg: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Malta: 1 (0)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Moldova: 4 (-1)
(Biathlon - 4)
 Monaco: 5 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Bobsleigh - 4)
 Montenegro: 2 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Netherlands: 43 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Bobsleigh - 4, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Nordic Combined - 1, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 1, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 18)
 North Macedonia*: 3 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Norway: 91 (+7)
(Alpine Skiing - 18, Biathlon - 11, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Curling - 11, Freestyle Skiing - 5, Nordic Combined - 3, Ski Jumping - 8, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 12)
 Poland: 59 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 7, Figure Skating - 4, Luge - 6, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 7, Ski Jumping - 5, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 9)
 Portugal: 3 (+7)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Romania: 31 (+10)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 1, Luge - 8, Ski Jumping - 2, Snowboarding - 1)
 Serbia: 4 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Slovakia: 50 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 1, Ice Hockey - 25, Luge - 6, Ski Jumping - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 1)
 Slovenia: 41 (-3)
(Alpine Skiing - 10, Biathlon - 9, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Nordic Combined - 2, Ski Jumping - 7, Snowboarding - 5)
 Spain: 17 (+3)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 3, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 4)
 Sweden: 117 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 12, Biathlon - 12, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 15, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 2, Snowboarding - 1)
 Switzerland: 10 (+13)
(Alpine Skiing - 22, Biathlon - 10, Bobsleigh - 16, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 3, Freestyle Skiing - 22, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 2, Skeleton - 3, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 19, Speed Skating - 3)
 Türkiye: 7 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Short Track - 1, Ski Jumping - 2)
 Ukraine: 46 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 6, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 8, Luge - 8, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 4, Snowboarding - 2)
 
Oceania (3 nations)
 
 Australia: 53 (+9)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Curling - 2, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 13, Luge - 1, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 12)
 New Zealand: 21 (+6)
(Alpine Skiing - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 11, Snowboarding - 5, Speed Skating - 1)
 Vanuatu: 1 (+1)
(Freestyle Skiing - 1)
 
Other (1 nation)
 
 Individual Neutral Athletes: 23
(Figure Skating - 9, Short Track - 2, Ski Mountaineering - 1, Speed Skating - 11)

Of what year though …. 

Melissa/Brandie and  Mol/Sørum will open up their seasons this week in  Saquarema! 

It seems as thr beginning of new sport: water biathlon 

https://www.fivb.com/montreal-elite-and-baden-challenge-added-to-beach-pro-tour-2025/
 
I'm thinking of going to Montreal that weekend if I can get tickets

https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/crocodile-inhabited-rowing-course-unveiled-in-brisbane-2032-olympic-overhaul/
 
Major venue plan changes announced today

The will need to equip each boat with a knife ala Crocodile Dundee

Hey! Yep it's open to anyone.  

New version of the schedule has been released. Some major and minor changes to report. No events have shifted dates but there are some time changes.
 
Changes:
 
Figure Skating:
Ice dance rhythm dance starts five minutes later from 19:15 to 19:20. The free dance has the same start time but ends 5 minutes later Women's short program moved half an hour later. Now starts at 18:45 instead of 18:30  
Freestyle Skiing:
Men's moguls final moved 15 minutes later. Now starts at 12:15 instead of 12:00.  
Ice Hockey:
Men's gold medal game moved half an hour later. Now starts at 13:40 instead of 13:10.  
Ski Mountaineering:
All event ending times rounded to the nearest 5 minutes  
Snowboarding:
Men's snowboard cross final moved 15 minutes later. Now starts at 13:45 instead of 13:30. Mixed team snowboard cross final moved 15 minutes later. Also starts at 13:45 now instead of 13:30.  
Speed Skating:
All event ending times rounded to the nearest 5 minutes

Jen Heil is Canada's Chef de mission. From winning gold the last time Italy hosted to now being the team leader.

my FIFA 2026 World Cup simulation as for now, CORRECTED:
 
Hosts
1. 2. 3.
Asia
4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10. 11.
Africa
12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
N. America
21. 22. 23.  
S. America
24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.
Oceania
30.
Europe
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42.
43. 44. 45. 46.
Play-offs
47. 48.
 
 
 
So it's instead of now

Today was my time slot, so some more tickets bought...
 
Two for the biathlon women's sprint for @brunamoura's parents, so we'll be there with our full group of 8  
 
Two for the biathlon women's mass start and two for the cross-country women's 50k mass start, both for @brunamoura and myself. If she suddenly qualifies to compete in the 50k, we'll see what to do with that spare ticket  

I'd say 8 are favourites.

Could make a case for more. Could make a case for less. We're very strong in short track, especially the men, but that sport is a crap shoot at the best of times. Hockey and Curling could produce a bunch, but we haven't exactly been covering ourselves in glory there the last couple Olympics

Ticket sales started today for those who registered, we have our tickets 
 
Cross-country skiing: men and women's sprint qualifying and finals (we went for the qualifying but finals are included on the same ticket so that's awesome!), women's 10k freestyle and the team sprint (again, qualifying and finals)
 
And the biathlon women's sprint.
 
And that filled up our 25 tickets

It's done.
 
IF THE OLYMPICS WERE THIS CHRISTMAS predictions:
 
1. BIATHLON - M 10km Sprint   1. Johannes Thingnes Boe NOR 2. Emilien Jacquelin FRA 3. Martin Uldal NOR 4. Sebastian Samuelsson SWE   2. BIATHLON - M 20km Individual   1. Johannes Thingnes Boe NOR 2. Sturla Holm Laegreid NOR 3. Vitalii Mandzyn UKR 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet FRA   3. BIATHLON - M 12.5km Pursuit   1. Sturla Holm Laegreid NOR 2. Johannes Thingnes Boe NOR 3. Emilien Jacquelin FRA 4. Eric Perrot FRA   4. BIATHLON - M 15km Mass Start   1. Eric Perrot FRA 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet FRA 3. Johannes Thingnes Boe NOR 4. Danilo Riethmueller GER   5. BIATHLON - M 4x7.5km Relay   1. Norway 2. France 3. Sweden 4. Germany   6. BIATHLON - W 7.5km Sprint   1. Franziska Preuss GER 2. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet FRA 3. Anamarija Lampic SLO 4. Elvira Oeberg SWE   7. BIATHLON - W 15km Individual   1. Lou Jeanmonnot FRA 2. Elvira Oeberg SWE 3. Marketa Davidova CZE 4. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet FRA   8. BIATHLON - W 10km Pursuit   1. Franziska Preuss GER 2. Lou Jeanmonnot FRA 3. Elvira Oeberg SWE 4. Justine Braisaz Buchet FRA   9. BIATHLON - W 12.5km Mass Start   1. Elvira Oeberg SWE 2. Franziska Preuss GER 3. Paulina Batovska Fialkova SVK 4. Julia Simon FRA   10. BIATHLON - W 4x6km Relay   1. Germany 2. France 3. Sweden 4. Norway   11. BIATHLON - Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M)   1. France 2. Norway 3. Sweden 4. Germany   12. BOBSLEIGH - 2-man   1. Francesco Friedrich GER 2. Johannes Lochner GER 3. Taylor Lawrence GBR 4. Marcus Treichl AUT   13. BOBSLEIGH - 4-man   1. Francesco Friedrich GER 2. Johannes Lochner GER 3. Markus Treichl AUT 4. Brad Hall GBR   14. BOBSLEIGH - W Monobob   1. Laura Nolte GER 2. Lisa Buckwitz GER 3. Breeana Walker AUS 4. Andreea Grecu ROU   15. BOBSLEIGH - 2-woman   1. Laura Nolte GER 2. Lisa Buckwitz GER 3. Kim Kalicki GER 4. Kaysha Love USA   16. SKELETON - M Skeleton   1. Christopher Grotheer GER 2. Marcus Wyatt GBR 3. Matt Weston GBR 4. Yin Zheng CHN   17. SKELETON - W Skeleton   1. Kimberley Bos NED 2. Kim Meylemans BEL 3. Freya Tarbit GBR 4. Amelia Coltman GBR   18. SKELETON - Mixed Team   1. Great Britain 1 2. United States 1 3. Germany 1 4. Germany 2   19. CURLING - M Curling   1. Great Britain 2. Sweden 3. Canada 4. Switzerland   20. CURLING - W Curling   1. Canada 2. Switzerland 3. Sweden 4. China   21. CURLING - Mixed Doubles   1. Sweden 2. Norway 3. Canada 4. Italy   22. ICE HOCKEY - M Tournament   1. United States 2. Canada 3. Czechia 4. Slovakia   23. ICE HOCKEY - W Tournament   1. Canada 2. United States 3. Switzerland 4. Czechia   24. LUGE - M Singles   1. Max Langenhan GER 2. Nico Gleirscher AUT 3. Jonas Mueller AUT 4. Wolfgang Kindl AUT   25. LUGE - M Doubles   1. Hannes Orlamuender, Paul Gubitz GER  2. Toni Eggert, Florian Mueller GER 3. Martins Bots, Roberts Plume LAT 4. Thomas Steu, Wolfgang Kindl AUT   26. LUGE - W Singles   1. Madeleine Egle AUT  2. Julia Taubitz GER 3. Lisa Schulte AUT 4. Emily Sweeney USA   27. LUGE - W Doubles   1. Seline Egle, Lara Kipp AUT 2. Chevonne Forgan, Sophia Kirkby USA 3. Jessica Degenhardt, Cheyenne Rosenthal GER 4. Ande Upite, Zane Kaluma LAT   28. LUGE - Team Relay   1. Austria 2. Germany 3. Italy 4. Latvia   29. FIGURE SKATING - M Single Skating   1. Ilia Malinin USA 2. Yuma Kagiyama JPN 3. Shun Sato JPN 4. Kevin Aymoz FRA   30. FIGURE SKATING - W Single Skating   1. Kaori Sakamoto JPN 2. Amber Glenn USA 3. Mone Chiba JPN 4. Kim Chae-yeon KOR   31. FIGURE SKATING - Pair Skating   1. Minerva Fabienne Hase, Nikita Volodin GER 2. Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara JPN 3. Anastasia Metelkina, Luka Berulava GEO 4. Sara Conti, Niccolo Macii ITA   32. FIGURE SKATING - Ice Dance   1. Madison Chock, Evan Bates USA 2. Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier CAN 3. Charlene Guignard, Marco Fabbri ITA 4. Lilah Fear, Lewis Gibson GBR   33. FIGURE SKATING - Team Event   1. United States 2. Canada 3. Italy 4. ???   34. SHORT TRACK - M 500m   1. Steven Dubois CAN 2. William Dandjinou CAN 3. Sun Long CHN 4. Pietro Sighel ITA   35. SHORT TRACK - M 1000m   1. William Dandjinou CAN 2. Jens van 't Wout NED 3. Jang Sung-woo KOR 4. Roberts Kruzbergs LAT   36. SHORT TRACK - M 1500m   1. William Dandjinou CAN 2. Park Ji-won KOR 3. Roberts Kruzbergs LAT 4. Jens van 't Wout NED   37. SHORT TRACK - M 5000m Relay   1. Canada 2. China 3. Korea 4. Japan   38. SHORT TRACK - W 500m   1. Xandra Velzeboer NED 2. Kristen Santos-Griswold USA 3. Florence Brunelle CAN 4. Choi Min-jeong KOR   39. SHORT TRACK - W 1000m   1. Xandra Velzeboer NED 2. Choi Min-jeong KOR 3. Kim Gil-li KOR 4. Danae Blais CAN   40. SHORT TRACK - W 1500m   1. Kim Gil-li KOR 2. Hanne Desmet BEL 3. Kristen Santos-Griswold USA 4. Corinne Stoddard USA   41. SHORT TRACK - W 3000m Relay   1. Canada 2. Italy 3. Korea 4. Netherlands   42. SHORT TRACK - Mixed Team Relay   1. Korea 2. Canada 3. China 4. Netherlands   43. SPEED SKATING - M 500m   1. Jordan Stolz USA 2. Jenning de Boo NED 3. Tatsuya Shinhama JPN 4. Laurent Dubreuil CAN   44. SPEED SKATING - M 1000m   1. Jordan Stolz USA 2. Jenning de Boo NED 3. Ning Zhongyan CHN 4. Connor Howe CAN   45. SPEED SKATING - M 1500m   1. Jordan Stolz USA 2. Ning Zhongyan CHN 3. Sander Eitrem NOR 4. Kjeld Nuis NED   46. SPEED SKATING - M 5000m   1. Davide Ghiotto ITA 2. Sander Eitrem NOR 3. Chris Huizinga NED 4. Beau Snellink NED   47. SPEED SKATING - M 10000m   1. Davide Ghiotto ITA 2. Chris Huizinga NED 3. Beau Snellink NED 4. ???   48. SPEED SKATING - M Team Pursuit   1. Italy 2. United States 3. Norway 4. Canada   49. SPEED SKATING - M Mass Start   1. Bart Hoolwerf NED 2. Bart Swings BEL 3. Andrea Giovannini ITA 4. Daniele Di Stefano ITA   50. SPEED SKATING - W 500m   1. Erin Jackson USA 2. Yukino Yoshida JPN 3. Femke Kok NED 4. Kaja Ziomek-Nogal POL   51. SPEED SKATING - W 1000m   1. Miho Takagi JPN 2. Jutta Leerdam NED 3. Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong NED 4. Kimi Goetz USA   52. SPEED SKATING - W 1500m   1. Miho Takagi JPN 2. Joy Beune NED 3. Han Mei CHN 4. Brittany Bowe USA   53. SPEED SKATING - W 3000m   1. Ragne Wiklund NOR 2. Ivanie Blondin CAN 3. Joy Beune NED 4. Isabelle Weidemann CAN   54. SPEED SKATING - W 5000m   1. Ragne Wiklund NOR 2. Ivanie Blondin CAN 3. Martina Sablikova CZE 4. ???   55. SPEED SKATING - W Team Pursuit   1. Netherlands 2. Japan 3. Canada 4. United States   56. SPEED SKATING - W Mass Start   1. Marijke Groenewoud NED 2. Ivanie Blondin CAN 3. Valerie Maltais CAN 4. Yang Bingyu CHN   57. ALPINE SKIING - M Downhill   1. Marco Odermatt SUI 2. Ryan Cochran-Siegle USA 3. Miha Hrobat SLO 4. Vincent Kriechmayr AUT   58. ALPINE SKIING - M Super-G   1. Marco Odermatt SUI 2. Mattia Casse ITA 3. Cyprien Sarrazin FRA 4. Jared Goldberg USA   59. ALPINE SKIING - M Giant Slalom   1. Marco Odermatt SUI 2. Alexander Steen Olsen NOR 3. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen BRA 4. Henrik Kristoffersen NOR   60. ALPINE SKIING - M Slalom   1. Henrik Kristoffersen NOR 2. Clement Noel FRA 3. Loic Meillard SUI 4. Atle Lie McGrath NOR   61. ALPINE SKIING - M Team Combined   1. Switzerland 1 (Marco Odermatt, Loic Meillard) 2. France 1 (Cyprien Sarrazin, Clement Noel) 3. Austria 1 (Vincent Kriechmayr, Manuel Feller) 4. France 2 (Nils Allegre, Steven Amiez)   62. ALPINE SKIING - W Downhill   1. Sophia Goggia ITA  2. Cornelia Huetter AUT 3. Lara Gut-Behrami SUI 4. Lauren Macuga USA   63. ALPINE SKIING - W Super-G   1. Cornelia Huetter AUT 2. Sofia Goggia ITA 3. Lara Gut-Behrami SUI 4. Federica Brignone ITA   64. ALPINE SKIING - W Giant Slalom   1. Federica Brignone ITA 2. Sara Hector SWE 3. Zrinka Ljutic CRO 4. Alice Robinson NZL   65. ALPINE SKIING - W Slalom   1. Camille Rast SUI 2. Katharina Liensberger AUT 3. Wendy Holdener SUI 4. Anna Swenn-Larsson SWE   66. ALPINE SKIING - W Team Combined   1. Austria 1 (Cornelia Huetter, Katherina Liensberger) 2. Switzerland 1 (Lara Gut-Behrami, Camille Rast) 3. United States 1 (Laura Macuga, Paula Moltzan) 4. Slovenia 1 (Ilka Stuhec, Andreja Slokar)   67. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Aerials   1. Qi Guangpu CHN 2. Wang Xindi CHN 3. Pirmin Werner SUI 4. Christopher Lillis USA   68. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls   1. Mikael Kingsbury CAN 2. Ikuma Horishima JPN 3. Walter Wallberg SWE 4. Filip Gravenfors SWE   69. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Dual Moguls   1. Mikael Kingsbury CAN 2. Walter Wallberg SWE 3. Benjamin Cavet FRA 4. Filip Gravenfors SWE   70. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Ski Cross   1. Simone Deromedis ITA 2. Reece Howden CAN 3. Alex Fiva SUI 4. Florian Wilmsmann GER   71. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Halfpipe   1. Alex Ferreira USA 2. Brendan MacKay CAN 3. Nicholas Goepper USA 4. Finley Melville Ives NZL   72. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Slopestyle   1. Colby Stevenson USA 2. Andri Ragettli SUI 3. Tormod Frostad NOR 4. Mac Forehand USA   73. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Big Air   1. Tormod Frostad NOR 2. Miro Tabanelli ITA 3. Matej Svancer AUT 4. Dylan Deschamps CAN   74. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Aerials   1. Winter Vinecki USA 2. Danielle Scott AUS 3. Marion Thenault CAN 4. Chen Meiting CHN   75. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Moguls   1. Perrine Laffont FRA 2. Jakara Anthony AUS 3. Olivia Giaccio USA 4. Maia Schwinghammer CAN   76. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Dual Moguls   1. Jakara Anthony AUS 2. Perrine Laffont FRA 3. Jaelin Kauf USA 4. Rino Yanagimoto JPN   77. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Ski Cross   1. Marielle Thompson CAN 2. Daniela Maier GER 3. Fanny Smith SUI 4. India Sherret CAN   78. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Halfpipe   1. Eileen Gu CHN 2. Li Fanghui CHN 3. Zoe Atkin GBR 4. Svea Irving USA   79. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Slopestyle   1. Tess Ledeux FRA 2. Mathilde Gremaud SUI 3. Sarah Hoefflin SUI 4. Marin Hamill USA   80. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Big Air   1. Mathilde Gremaud SUI 2. Tess Ledeux FRA 3. Flora Tabanelli ITA 4. Sarah Hoefflin SUI   81. FREESTYLE SKIING - Mixed Team Aerials   1. United States 2. China 3. Canada 4. ???   82. SNOWBOARD - M Parallel Giant Slalom   1. Edwin Coratti ITA 2. Tim Mastnak SLO 3. Radoslaw Jankow BUL 4. Arvid Auner AUT   83. SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Cross   1. Jakob Dusek AUT 2. Lorenzo Sommariva ITA 3. Lucas Eguibar ESP 4. Cameron Bolton AUS   84. SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Halfpipe   1. Ayumu Hirano JPN 2. Yuto Totsuka JPN 3. Scotty James AUS 4. Ruka Hirano JPN   85. SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Slopestyle   1. Cameron Spalding CAN 2. Mons Roiseland NOR 3. Rocco Jamieson NZL 4. Kira Kimura JPN   86. SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Big Air   1. Taiga Hasegawa JPN 2. Ian Matteoli ITA 3. Hiroto Ogiwara JPN 4. Rocco Jamieson NZL   87. SNOWBOARD - W Parallel Giant Slalom   1. Ester Ledecka CZE 2. Aleksandra Król-Walas POL 3. Jasmin Coratti ITA 4. Sabine Payer AUT   88. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Cross   1. Lea Casta FRA 2. Maja-Li Iafrate-Danielsson FRA 3. Josie Baff AUS 4. Charlotte Bankes GBR   89. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Halfpipe   1. Maddie Mastro USA 2. Cai Xuetong CHN 3. Sara Shimuzu JPN 4. Mitsuki Uno JPN   90. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Slopestyle   1. Kokomo Murase JPN 2. Mia Brookes GBR 3. Rebecca Flynn USA 4. Anna Gasser AUT   91. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Big Air   1. Mia Brookes GBR 2. Mari Fukada JPN 3. Reira Iwabuchi JPN 4. Laurie Blouin CAN   92. SNOWBOARD - Mixed Team Snowboard Cross   1. Australia 2. France 3. Italy 4. Great Britain   93. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 10km + 10km Skiathlon   1. Harald Ostberg Amundsen NOR 2. Martin Lowstrom Nyenget NOR 3. Simen Hegstad Krueger NOR 4. Andrew Musgrave GBR   94. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M Sprint Classic   1. Johannes Hosflot Klaebo NOR 2. Erik Valnes NOR 3. Fererico Pellegrino ITA 4. Lauri Vuorinen FIN   95. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M Team Sprint Free   1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Italy 4. France   96. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 4x7.5km Relay   1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Finland 4. France   97. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 10km Free   1. Martin Lowstrom Nyenget NOR 2. Harald Ostberg Amundsen NOR 3. Simen Hegstad Krueger NOR 4. Johannes Hosflot Klaebo NOR   98. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 50km Mass Start Classic   1. Iivo Niskanen FIN 2. Harald Oestberg Amundsen NOR 3. Martin Loewstroem Nyenget NOR 4. Hugo Lapalus FRA   99. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 10km + 10km Skiathlon   1. Therese Johaug NOR 2. Jessie Diggins USA 3. Heidi Weng NOR 4. Ebba Andersson SWE   100. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W Sprint Classic   1. Jonna Sundling SWE  2. Johanna Hagstroem SWE 3. Julie Myhre NOR 4. Maja Dahlqvist SWE   101. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W Team Sprint Free   1. Sweden 2. Norway 3. Finland 4. Switzerland   102. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 4x7.5km Relay   1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. United States 4. Germany   103. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 10km Free   1. Therese Johaug NOR 2. Heidi Weng NOR 3. Jessie Diggins USA 4. Astrid Oeyre Slind NOR   104. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 50km Mass Start Classic   1. Frida Karlsson SWE 2. Therese Johaug NOR 3. Astrid Oeyre Slind NOR 4. Kerttu Niskanen FIN   105. NORDIC COMBINED - M Individual Gundersen Normal Hill / 10 km   1. Vinzenz Geiger GER 2. Jarl Magnus Riiber NOR 3. Ilkka Herola FIN 4. Julian Schmid GER   106. NORDIC COMBINED - M Individual Gundersen Large Hill / 10km   1. Jarl Magnus Riiber NOR 2. Vinzenz Geiger GER 3. Johannes Rydzek GER 4. Julian Schmid GER   107. NORDIC COMBINED - Team Sprint Large Hill / 2x7.5km   1. Germany 2. Norway 3. Austria 4. France   108. SKI JUMPING - M Normal Hill Individual   1. Jan Hoerl AUT 2. Daniel Tschofenig AUT 3. Andreas Wellinger GER 4. Pius Paschke GER   109. SKI JUMPING - M Large Hill Individual   1. Daniel Tschofenig AUT 2. Jan Hoerl AUT 3. Pius Paschke GER 4. Stefan Kraft AUT   110. SKI JUMPING - M Super Team   1. Austria 2. Germany 3. Norway 4. Slovenia   111. SKI JUMPING - W Normal Hill Individual   1. Katharina Schmid GER 2. Eirin Maria Kvandal NOR 3. Nika Prevc SLO 4. Ema Klinec SLO   112. SKI JUMPING - W Large Hill Individual   1. Nika Prevc SLO 2. Katharina Schmid GER 3. Selina Freitag GER 4. Thea Minyan Bjoersath NOR   113. SKI JUMPING - Mixed Team   1. Germany 2. Norway 3. Austria 4. Slovenia   114. SKI MOUNTAINEERING - M Sprint   1. Oriol Cordona Coll ESP 2. Thibault Anselmet FRA 3. Inigo Martinez de Albornoz ESP 4. Iwan Arnold SUI   115. SKI MOUNTAINEERING - W Sprint   1. Emily Harrop FRA 2. Caroline Ulrich SUI 3. Marianna Jagercikova SVK 4. Tove Alexandersson SWE   116. SKI MOUNTAINEERING - Mixed Relay   1. France 2. Switzerland 3. Spain 4. Italy

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