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I think both speed skating championships this weekend have told us that need Schulting back in the short track squad.

Maybe we have different streams, the one on Youtube is definitely British. Don't know why they have different commentators than the regular season.

Commentator butchering every pronunciation.

Watching it live I thought there could be a DQ, but I doubt Anning would have beat Bol anyway. I don't know why GB was in lane 1 anyway as they were never ahead of the Dutch. From a biased hat I would say definite DQ and that had it been any other country, that would have been the case, but sometimes you've got to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. I have to congratulate the Dutch on hosting an exceptional championships and they deserve all the sporting successes that came with it.

Edinburgh International Swim Meet next week, plenty of big names in action in the final big event before trials. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://eism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Final-Programme1.pdf

What’s the point. We all know it will overrun and delay the start of the second half, making the players more prone to injury. It takes away from the actual spectacle (the football), and overall just feels like a forced way to make the game for ‘Americanised’ If you have ever watch the champions league final, then they do a flashy performace before the start of the match, and they boos alone tell you what the fans think of it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cge1q41np7go USA moment

Cornelius Kersten returns to action in the speed skating world cup in Herenveen this weekend. From what I understand, he can qualify for the world championships in a few weeks if he skates a fast enough time, currently 1:08.04 for the 1000m and 1:45.24 for the 1500m, although this would lower is other unqualified skaters meet those times. Whilst his PB's are both under that his form is a bit unknown, and Herenveen isn't the fastest track. Elia Smeding is also competing but hasn't really shown enough form this season for being in the hunt for qualifying. Both will be racing in the B-Division I presume so no live streaming.

Wow, thank's for this, never too early to get excited for LA. I'm not sure if this is viable, but I wonder if it would be possible to create some kind of google docs which we would all edit with additions as a sort of centralised database before LA. On a side note,I have my A-Levels coming up so my contributions might be a bit limited until the Summer, but I will still try and contribute when I can.

I think he said he was competing through training in preparation for the worlds.

From my calculations, GB is on 13 'proper' world cup win's this year (Figure skating and Curling don't count due to limited fields), which would be second behind the 15 in 2022-2023. This doesn't include the world championships which would give another 4 to 2023

Short track speed skating Europeans start tomorrow. All streamed on Skating ISU Youtube. Small British contingent although fielding the mens relay. Niall Treacy won silver last year although it will be difficult to compete with the Dutch and Italians.

The commentator kept saying something about saving something for a big 10km tommorow, so I guess we'll see.

I know not technically GB related but it's always nice to have a laugh before they get it horribly wrong. https://athleticsweekly.com/event-news/2025-world-athletics-champs-medal-predictions-1039996198/

Yeah no... You wonder why you were (as you put it) "forced out", by people daring to disagree with you and then you come back and post why this event will be cancelled, or this team isn't competing. Maybe when one of your predictions actually comes true then we'll start believing.

And a big air gold for Mia Brookes, with a promising 9th for Txema MAZET BROWN

Medal Table (Change from 2022) - 20 (+4) - 13 (+1) - 13 (+5) - 9 (+7) - 9 (=) - 7 (+2) - 7 (=) - 6 (-2) - 6 (-1) - 5 (+1) - 5 (+4) - 4 (+1) - 4 (-5) - 3 (+2) - 2 (=) - 1 (=) - 1 (+1) -5, -2, -2, -2, , -1, , -1, , -1 fail to male the list On 1st glance 1 feel I have underestimated Canada, Sweden and Finland, and overestimated GB (obviously) and Netherlands. If the Russians aren't competing then the Norwegians will have a field day in cross country skiing, but it is too early to tell. World cups and championships aren't always the best measure for some sports but it's the best I can find. As an overall trend I feel this will be a strong games for the European nations (home advantage) but the Asian nations might struggle, not necessarily at the extent I predicted here but I don't think their results will be as good as Beijing.

PART 2 Freestyle Skiing Men's Aerials - - Qi Guangpu Men's Moguls - - Mikael Kingsbury Men's Dual Moguls - - Mikael Kingsbury Men's Ski Cross - - Florian Wilmsmann Men's Freeski Halfpipe - - Alex Ferrera Men's Freeski Slopestyle - - Birk Ruud Men's Freeski Big Air - - Birk Ruud Women's Aerials - - Danielle Scott Women's Moguls - - Jakara Anthony Women's Duel Moguls - - Jakara Anthony Women's Ski Cross - - Sandra Naeslund Women's Freeski Halfpipe - - Eileen Gu Women's Freeski Slopestyle - - Tess Ledeux Women's Freeski Big Air - - Mathilde Gremaud Mixed Team Aerials - Snowboard Men's Parallel Giant Slalom - - Daniele Bagozza Men's Snowboard Cross - - Jacob Dusek Men's Snowboard Halfpipe - - Yuto Totsuka Men's Snowboard Slopestyle - - Ryoma Kimata Men's Snowboard Big Air - - Kira Kimuga Women's Parallel Giant Slalom - - Esther Ledecká Women's Snowboard Cross - - Charlotte Bankes Women's Snowboard Halfpipe - - Cai Xuetong Women's Snowboard Slopestyle - - Mia Brookes Women's Snowboard Big Air - - Anna Gasser Mixed Team Snowboard Cross - Cross Country Skiing Men's Skiathlon - - Johannes Hosflot Klaebo Men's Sprint Classic - - Johannes Hosflot Klaebo Men's Team Sprint Free - Men's 4x10km Relay - Men's 15km Free - - Simen Hegstad Kruger Men's 50km Mass Start Classic - - Johannes Hosflot Klaebo Women's Skiathlon - - Ebba Anderson Women's Sprint Classic - - Kristine Stavas Skistad Women's Team Sprint Free - Women's 4x5km Relay - Women's 10km Free - - Jonna Sundling Women's 30km Mass Start Classic - - Jessie Diggins Nordic Combined Men's Normal Hill - - Jarl Magnus Riiber Men's Large Hill - - Jarl Magnus Riiber Team - Ski Jumping Men's Normal Hill - - Stefan Kraft Men's Large Hill - Timi Zajk Men's Team - Women's Normal Hill - - Katharina Schmid Woman's Large Hill - Nika Prevc Mixed Team - Ski Mountaineering Men's Sprint - - Oriol Cardona Coll Women's Sprint - - Emily Harrop Mixed Relay -

I'm only going to predict the winners PART 1 Biathlon Men's 10km Sprint - Johannes Thinges Bø Men's 20km Individual - Johannes Thinges Bø Men's 12.5km Pursuit - Johannes Thinges Bø Men's 15km Mass Start - Sturla Holm Lægreid Men's 4x7.5km Relay - Women's 7.5km Sprint - - Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Women's 15km Individual - - Lisa Vitozzi Women's 10km Pursuit - - Julia Simon Women's 12.5km Mass Start - - Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Women's 4x6km Relay - Mixed 4x6km Relay - Bobsleigh 2 man - - Johannes Lochner 4 Man - - Francesco Freidrich Monobob - - Laura Nolte 2 Woman - - Lisa Buckwitz Skeleton Men's - - Marcus Wyatt Woman's - - Hannah Neise Mixed Team - Curling Men's - Women's - Mixed Doubles - Ice Hockey Men's - Women's - Luge Men's Singles - - Max Langenhan Men's Doubles - - Eggert/Müller Women's Singles - - Madeleine Egle Women's Doubles - - Egle/Kipp Team - Figure Skating Men's Singles - - Ilia Malinin Women's Singles - - Kaori Sakamoto Pairs - - Hase/Volodin Ice Dance - - Guignard/Fabbri Team - Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m - - William Dandjinou Men's 1000m - - Petro Sighel Men's 1500m - - Jens Van't Wout Men's Relay - Women's 500m - - Xandra Velzeboer Women's 1000m - - Xandra Velzeboer Women's 1500m - - Ariana Fontana Women's Relay - Mixed Relay - Speed Skating Men's 500m - - Jordan Stolz Men's 1000m - - Jordan Stolz Men's 1500m - - Jordan Stolz Men's 5000m - - Patrick Roest Men's 10000m - - Davide Giotto Men's Mass Start - - Bart Hoolwerf Men's Team Pursuit - Women's 500m - - Suzanne Schulting Women's 1000m - - Angel Daleman Women's 1500m - - Angel Daleman Women's 3000m - - Ragne Wiklund Women's 5000m - - Joy Beune Women's Mass Start - - Marijke Groenewoud Women's Team Pursuit - Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill - - Marco Odermatt Men's Super G - - Marco Odermatt Men's Giant Slalom - - Marco Odermatt Men's Slalom - - Henrik Kristoffersen Men's Alpine Combined - - Loic Meillard Women's Downhill - - Sofia Goggia Women's Super G - - Sofia Goggia Woman's Giant Slalom - - Lara Gut-Behrami Women's Slalom - - Michaela Shiffrin Women's Alpine Combined - - Federica Bridgione

So full of christmas cheer that I will give some early predictions a go tonight, (whilst heavily fueled with pigs in blankets and beer), so stay tuned.

TBH I just try to support European athletes where I can, but I do prefer some countries over others in certain sports. Alpine Skiing - Biathlon - Bobsleigh - Cross Country Skiing - Curling - Figure Skating - Freestyle Skiing - Ice Hockey - Luge - Nordic Combined - Short Track Speed Skating - Skeleton - Ski Jumping - Ski Mountaineering - Snowboarding - Speed Skating -

Your telling me there isn't a single track in Europe that could cover.

I'll give you the curling comments based on your expertise. But, I will say that GB have only ever not qualified a curling team once, the mixed pair in 2018. They just have a way of upping their game when the olympics come around. I hope I'm wrong but I have a funny feeling that Huw Nightingale won't qualify and as such neither will the Mixed Team. It feels a bit like the Mixed Team Skeet in Paris, where Ben Llewellin missed out on qualifying for the individual so the team couldn't compete, despite being World Champions 2 years prior. Again, you definately know more about ice hockey than me but I feel like, apart from vs Norway, the Team wasn't outplayed in the final qualifier. Albeit intermittently, the team has been in the top division of the world championships for a few years now, so they do have the quality to compete for an Olympic Berth

- Great Britain Team Size Prediction for Winter Olympic Games 2026 Milano Cortina Ski Sports Alpine Skiing (4) - The qualification system is a bit confusing, but from what I gather the team is Guaranteed 2 quotas (one for each gender), and then more are given for rankings. I can only see 1 female qualifying, but the men's team is a bit stronger, and could improve with some juniors coming through. I would say a baseline of 3, with a max of 5, 6 if things really improve. Cross Country Skiing (3) - The men's team came 11th in the world cup last year, and with some good results could move up to top 10 which would give 3 quotas, The women's team is non existant. Ski Jumping (0) - Nope Nordic Combined (0) - Nope Freestyle Skiing (6) - Based on last year rankings, the athletes are ranked: M Moguls (26/30), M Ski Cross (26/32), M Halfpipe (33/25), M Slopestyle (39+40/30) W Moguls (23+42/30), W Halfpipe (3/25), W Big Air (5/30), W Slopestyle (19+22/30) Barring Injury , thats 2 quotas on the women's side, and I would predict 4 more, with a max team of 7 or 8. Snowboarding (2) - W Halfpipe (34/25) is the only unknown quota, as both Charlotte Bankes and Mia Brookes should qualify easily. Huw Nightlingale may get a spot for the Mixed Team snowboard cross but I don't know how it works. Biathlon (0) - Nope Ski Mountaineering (0) - Nope Skating Sports Speed Skating (2) - Cornelius Kersten and Elia Smelding should qualify, although they both haven't competed this year. Short Track Speed Skating (2) - A team of 5 went to the world but only a couple could really qualify Figure Skating (4) - Fear and Gibson should qualify, and the pair team is ranked 16th in the world with 19 qualifiers. Sleigh Sports Luge (0) - Nope Skeleton (6) - A full team is certainly on the cards, but with only ranking points from the next season counting a lot could change Bobsleigh (6) - Brad Hall and Co should qualify for both 2 and 4 man. I doubt any more will qualify from the mens side. Adele Nicholl on the womens should also qualify in both events Team Sports Curling (12) - Anything but a full team would be a dissapointment Ice Hockey (0) - The men were the only chance Total Optimistic Prediction - (60) Total Pessimistic Prediction - (32) Total Realistic Prediction - (47)

Here's a thought, will the opening ceremony have self imposed breaks for advertisements, or will the American TV audience just miss parts of their own ceremony.