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https://olympic.ca/2018/01/13/virtue-moir-earn-perfect-score-to-win-8th-national-title/ Wow...

Wouldn't put it past Canada to sweep either the men's slopestyle or big air in snowboarding either...

And China qualifying two sleds in the two man!?

I haven't bought any tickets yet, as I am volunteering, but I hope to get some when I arrive (perhaps for free!)

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/curling/continental-cup-canada-brazil-curling-1.4486222

I have renewed my passport and I am expecting to be in Pyeongchang too. (Should add that I am also going to Beijing and Tokyo) so hitting the next 3 hosts in one month

Alpine skiing: 0 medals likely, maybe 1 by luck. Biathlon: 0 medals likely, maybe 1 by luck Bobsleigh: 2 medals (one men's and one women's) Cross-country skiing: 0 medals likely, maybe 1 by luck Curling: 3 medals, anything less would be a real shock. Figure skating: Team medal, ice dance and perhaps Osmond in the women's event. 3 medals. Freestyle skiing: 2 moguls medals, one in women's ski cross, one in slopestyle, one in halfpipe. 5 total. Hockey: 2 medals (hard to gauge though) Luge: 2 medals (one women's and one relay) Nordic Combined: Not competing in the sport, so 0. Skeleton: 0 medals likely, maybe 1 by luck Ski jumping: 0 medals Short track: 2 relay medals, Hamelin with an individual medal, the women with one individual medal. 4 medals. Snowboarding: 2 medals in men's slopestyle and 2 medals in big air. 4 total. Speed skating: I think Bloeman will win 2 medals, a women's medal (likely Blondin) and maybe another one from the men. So 3-4. Total: 32-37

Luxembourg's athlete is an American with a bg from there. However, doesn't Luxembourg also have strict standards?

Clearly she forgot to use her 'steroids' before this race (I am being sarcastic...)

Yea, but not one expected she would medal.

Wow Crawford came out of nowhere!! Similar to her sister at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Gracenote is very bad in their predictions. So many errors and unrealistic results. I never trusted them tbh.

So no more races left?

And to the other big Multi-sports event of 2018, the Commonwealth Games. This appears to be Canada's athletics team: http://athletics.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2018-Commonwealth-Games-Ranking-List.pdf Sadly they can only send a max of 36 athletes, meaning the women's 4x400 relay has to sit at home. This is ridiculous considering Australia got 111... Also its sad to Bishop, Drouin and George (understandably, as she will compete in bobsleigh in Pyeongchang) withdraw. Tat is possibly 3 medals opportunities gone down the drain. Canada won 17 medals in Glasgow, but only 11 are currently ranked in the top 3 atm.

Qualification is the same for both.

Yea the summer Olympics have much more wtf and boring sports than the Winter ones. The Winter Olympics are much more exciting to watch.

Some national teams news http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/john-herdman-takes-over-canadas-mens-program-1.4478560

And slopestyle.

Watch the IOC force the ISU into adding it to attract young people.

Maybe as a new sport: "snowkite" Recently announced was a world cup series to begin shortly.

Without a doubt there needs to be a consistent world cup that develops the sport first.

Kylie Masse breaking the WR in the women's 100m backstroke.

Mono-bob would encourage other countries to compete, and also would reduce costs for countries that struggle to field 2 or 4 men squads. Also I thought for some reason cyclo cross was another term for ice cross (red bull crashed ice), this has to be on lol. so add two to my total. 148 in 19 sports.

What is cyclo cross? And I forgot to put monobob/cross country cross in mine, so my total would be 146 in 18 sports. But @heywoodu ski ballet, but no halfpipe or slopestyle? Wtf? lol

Alpine Skiing [13] Slalom (m/w) Giant Slalom (m/w) Super-G (m/w) Alpine combined (m/w) Parallel slalom (m/w) Downhill (m/w) Team Event (mixed) Notes: New parallel slalom. Biathlon [14] Sprint (m/w) Pursuit (m/w) Individual (m/w) Mass Start (m/w) Single relay (M/w/mixed) Team Relay (m/w/mixed) Notes: Addition of single relay. Bobsleigh [4] Two-man/woman (m/w) Four-man (m/w) Note: addition of women's 4 man (eventually...) Cross-Country Skiing [12] 15/10km Freestyle (m/w) 30/15km Skiathlon (m/w) 50/30km Classical (m/w) 4x10/5km Relay (m/w) Individual Sprint (m/w) Team Sprint (m/w) Curling [3] Tournament (m/w) Mixed Doubles (mixed) Figure Skating [5] Singles (m/w) Pairs (mixed) Ice Dancing (mixed) Team Event (mixed) Freestyle Skiing [16] Aerials (m/w) Moguls (m/w) Halfpipe (m/w) Slopestyle (m/w) Ski Cross (m/w) Team Ski Cross (m/w) Big air (m/w) Dual moguls (m/w) Notes: Addition of dual moguls, team ski cross and big air Ice Hockey [4] Tournament (m/w) Skills challenge (m/w) Luge [7] Singles (m/w) Doubles (m) Team Relay (mixed) Notes: sprint events for the three individual events as well. Nordic Combined [6] Individual Normal Hill/10km (m/w) Individual Large Hill/10km (m/w) Team Large Hill/4x5km Relay (m/w) Notes: eventual addition of women's events. Short Track Speed Skating [10] 500m (m/w) 1000m (m/w) 1500m (m/w) 3000m (m/w) 5000m/3000m Relay (m/w) Notes: addition of 3000m individual event. Skeleton [2] Singles (m/w) Ski Jumping [6] Normal Hill (m/w) Large Hill (m/w) Large Hill Team (m/w) Notes: eventual addition of women's events. Snowboarding [14] Halfpipe (m/w) Slopestyle (m/w) Big Air (m/w) Parallel Giant Slalom (m/w) Parallel Slalom (m/w) Snowboard Cross (m/w) Team snowboard cross (m/w) Notes: addition of parallel slalom and team snowboard cross. Speed Skating [18] 100m (m/w) 500m (m/w) 1000m (m/w) 1500m (m/w) 3000m (w) 5000m (m/w) 10,000m (m) Mass Start (m/w) Team sprint (m/w) Team Pursuit (m/w) Notes: Addition of team sprint and 100m!! Additional Sport [8] Ski mountaineering (m/w) Ice climbing (m/w combined) Telemark (m/w, team parallel sprint and parallel sprint individual). Total medel events: 142 in 18 sports Total athletes: --- Days of competition: 18 (including Day -1 and Day 0 before the Opening Ceremony)