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I know its just the fee for the appeal but it looks like Korea are bribing the officials lol.

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Exciting, I've missed this: Curling:4 Figure Skating: 8th Snowboard: Yes Ceremony: Matt Weston, Jen Dodds

Sitting in a halls of residence right now, I’m jealous, I’m sure my uni would try to charge £200 a week for something like this.

At this point I'm basically just procrastinating on all my uni assignments but here's my attempt. Great Britain's Medal Prospects LIKELY Curling - In my view, Mouat's rink are undeserving of the title of outright favourites, but they are certainly up there, as is the mixed team. The women's rink isn't as strong but they surprised me with the European performance so who knows. Overall, I think leaving without a medal would be seen as a real disappointment. Freestyle Skiing - Zoe Atkin and Kirsty Muir have both won world cup and X games golds this season, so will be up there for the medals. Freestyle Skiing is an unpredictable sport though so no guarantees can be made. I would say Muir is the more likely out of the two (especially considering she's entered in two events). Elsewhere on the team the chances are slim to none. Gus Kenworthy has come out of retirement but frankly it would be a huge surprise to see him anywhere near to podium again. Skeleton - After such a disappointing Beijing, the team has been reborn, with Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt claiming all world cup golds this season. The women's team has been less consistent, with Tabby Stoecker being the most likely to contend, although on their say all 3 women can challenge. The mixed relay provides further medal opportunities, although so far this season it has been quite unpredictable. Realistically though, multiple medals are on the cards and I would hope a gold is as well. Snowboarding - Mia Brookes again performed strongly at the X-Games, so she should be in contention for both her events. Charlotte Bankes seems to be finding some form as well, and she and Huw Nightingale are always formidable in the snowboard cross. Across these events, I would hope there will be at least one medal, but winter sports always throw curveballs. POSSIBLE Bobsleigh - A couple of years ago this would have been fairly likely but Brad Halls form is not as strong. He seems to have been improving over the last few races to it wouldn't be unsurprising if he could snag a bronze in one of the disciplines, but nothing further is likely. Figure Skating - The media likes to hype things up, and this talk about Fear and Gibson being the next Torvil and Dean is frankly misguided. To be clear, on their day, they can certainly content for a medal, but they have to be flawless, and their European performance was anything but. The emergence of the new French pairing will certainly harm their chances too. VERY UNLIKELY Alpine Skiing - It looks as though all three athletes are only entered in the Slalom, which does simplify our prospects. Dave Ryding has shown he can win a medal on his day, and Laurie Taylor finished 4th earlier in the season, but the be blunt it would be a major shock if either could get on the podium. Not impossible, but highly unlikely. Cross Country Skiing - Andy Musgrave is in a similar camp to Dave Ryding where if everything falls into place, a medal is possible, but it is a huge stretch. Joe Davies looks to be the strongest on the team but again, the strength of other nations, even without the Russians, makes this highly improbable. Short Track Speed Skating - Niall Treacy is the only athlete entered, and whilst he has won a world cup medal in the past, he would need quite a lot of fortune to repeat that feat. Again, it is short track, so who knows. IMPOSSIBLE Biathlon - No way, I was surprised we even sent a team. Speed Skating - Elia Smeding has slowly been creeping up the order this season in the 1000m but I fear it is too little too late. A top 10 finish is on the cards though for sure. Summary To be honest I'm to wary of the unpredictability of winter sports to give the team a floor, but quietly I whisper 2 medals minimum. If all went to plan, I could realistically see a maximum of 18 medals (3 curling, 3 Freestyle Skiing, 5 skeleton, 2 bobsleigh, 4 snowboarding and 1 figure skating), but I think I'm more likely to get struck by lightning then to get anywhere close to that. This would leave me with an expected total of 6 medals, which would be a new record. Can't wait to be proved woefully wrong and we stagger back with a few scraps like 4 years ago.

I would say anything less than 5 would be a dissappointment. Sound ridiculous given that’s the best all time, but we won 5 medals (inc 3 golds), in just the x games this week.

Does anyone know if discovery are doing a deal where you can stream the olympics like they did in 2024?

6th Place for Tarbit today has given GB a bit of breathing space, she's now the 3rd GB slider in 10th on 664 points. No 3 is on 516 No 3 is on 414 With only 2 races left it's looking more likely all 3 athletes will qualify.

Incidentally, Kok is guaranteed a top-three finish. - Translated from NOS live blog. Is this correct or a translation error. If so how? Original: Kok is overigens sowieso zeker bij een plek in de top drie

Ahh Makes sense. I always find it frustrating when selection policies don't account for circumstances like that, even if countries have such strength in depth. For what it's worth, I ran a simulation today which has Schulting making it, but honestly there's so many variables take it with a pinch of salt. Event Skater Qualifying Rank 500m 1 Kok 1 1500m 1 Beune 2 Mass Start Grounewoud 3 3000m 1 Conijn 4 1000m 1 Kok 5000m 1 Conijn 1000m 2 Leerdam 5 5000m 2 Beune 1500m 2 Rijpma De Jong 6 3000m 2 Beune 500m 2 Leerdam 500m 3 Fledderus 7 3000m 3 Grounewoud 1500m 3 Daleman 8 1000m 3 Schulting 9 Interestingly, if you put it back to the current matrix Vekerk would not qualify, making it an easy choice for the 1000m. Guarantee someone will through a spanner in the works before then though.

Could they give Leerdam a place in the 1000 at Milan if she qualifies through the 500? And surely Vekerk would be the one to lose out rather than Schulting?

Excellent skeleton results so far this season. 5 golds and 9 medals from 9 races. The men are racing tomorrow, but the Women now have a short Christmas break before the season resumes in Winterberg in Germany on January 2nd. On the women's side, currently GB are occupying the second of the two slots for 3 Olympic qualifiers, which would be an amazing achievement given the men's squad have been comparatively stronger the last olympic cycle. The way the qualifying system works is the top two nations with the 3rd highest ranked athlete are allocated 3 quotas. are almost certainly going to take one of those slots, leaving GB in a battle to secure the second. Currently GB's 3rd ranked athlete is Freya Tarbit in 12th on 488 points. The 's 3rd best is on 440 in 19th, although I believe she has more minor races counting towards her ranking which should be outweighed by world cup points. no 3 is ranked 26th on 348. Behind that the competition drops off rather steeply. GB are in a good position and I hope they take all 3 quotas, as all 3 athletes are capable of medalling on their day. I will note however, that the next tracks are much more drivers tracks, so the start boost of the British athletes may not be a beneficial, but the same will be of the Chinese and Americans.

Should Stoltz be DQ'ed for hitting the cone?

https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/68baa3e6145009983c0bd020.pdf?_gl=1*6s89jy*_gcl_au*MTI1MTUxMDc1OS4xNzU3MjQyNzc5*_ga*OTQxMTIxNDQuMTc1NzI0Mjc4MQ..*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*czE3NTcyNDI3ODAkbzEkZzEkdDE3NTcyNDI4MjIkajE4JGwwJGgw These are the entries by event for the worlds, can someone explain how GB have 5 athletes in both the men's 800m and 1500m?

403 must be written in the stars. No way I picked that number as well.