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But if you want medals, cross country skiers are the most efficient investment. Takes 25 world class hockey players to win one medal… with 25 world class nordic skiers, Norway wins 20+ medals across XC, NC, and biathlon Not that we could expect to be Norway, but if we got serious and stuck with it, 5-10 every Olympics wouldn’t be out of the question

Though so. It’s a bit of an odd rule given there are only two countries anywhere close to 30

Can’t you get 32 in freestyle if you qualify for aerials mixed team? Too bad we don’t even have any male ski jumpers too defend our legendary mixed team medal 😭😂

Well, it was not pretty... but I think we have men's and women's teams in the Olympics! Final races with Nations Cups implications went today. Men: Only two raced, Pletz (75th) and Connelly (95th), but fortunately Kazahkstan didn't have much of a day and only made up 40 points... so Canada finished 20th with a 156 point cushion Women: Paradis had a very good day, finishing 36th! Hopefully she can keep building on that. Lunder was 58th, Moser 76th, and Peiffer 99th. The women finished 16th overall in the Nations Cup

I’m well aware of her record this season. And last for that matter. I’m also well aware of our country’s curling myopia over the last 20 years

Sounds like a vote for, “Your Excellency, Jr”

We have a bad habit of downplaying how good some of these other countries are. The Swiss and Koreans are terrific teams… and they take Worlds seriously, unlike us. Those teams build their seasons around Worlds… we pour whatever is left of our champs on a plane two weeks after running the STOH/Brier gauntlet

The IOC not hip? C’mon they’ve added skateboarding, breaking and surfing… all things that were cool as hell in the 80’s!

You just gonna swoop in and snake the good news from me like that?! Tsk tsk Not impossible to make up 196 points in one race... but extremely unlikely. I think the biggest spread between the two in a singles race this year was 105. As long as Canada shows up and isn't horrifically sick or something, we're pretty safe now

She has really came into her own the last couple years. Could have a very special Olympics

Weidemann seems to be starting to find her form again

The races are going forward, and they got in the short individual races today. The women had an ok day Moser - 45th Lunder - 51st Pfeifer - 63rd Paradis - 78th For the men Runnalls had a great day and saved their bacon Runnalls - 27th Pletz - 74th Connelly - 78th Thanks to that they picked up an extra 11 points over Kazahkstan, and now are up 119 points with three races to go... two of which would go Sunday with the mixed and single mixed relays, weather dependent

This weekends World Cup in Pokljuka is in question because of warm weather and tons of rain. They've already tweaked the schedule, and are now talking about potential cancellations. If they do race it sounds like it's gonna be sloppy

Interesting. Quite the controversy. I’ve listened to some interviews in the past, and they had casually mentioned the Norwegians were kinda notorious for the suit manipulations… guess they still are

Shoe was on the other foot today in the men's relay. Canada had a nightmare start and ended up 18th, while Kazakhstan showed well at 13th. Chopped 50 points off Canada's cushion, dropping from 158 to 108 with four events left. Three are next week in Pokljuka. We're not out of the woods just yet On the upside, the women fared much better with a respectable 13th in their relay

Bit of a rough day in the women's sprint Moser - 57th Pfeiffer - 62nd Lunder - 75th Paradis - 86th

World Cup resumed today, and it was a men's sprint so there were Nations Cup implications Wasn't a great day, but did ok Runnals - 52nd Connelly - 59th Pletz - 80th At this point the big thing is the Nations Cup, and they did fortunately out perform the Kazakh's. They now have a 158 point cushion in 20th, up from 113 before today, and five events remain. Big one goes Sunday with the relay

I think Canada was down 11 points before the race, and they flashed the standings before signing off and it looked like Canada was now down 6 points

Ahh, thank you Well, thats not good

Interesting the women didn’t race the team pursuit. I presume it was cause Blondin couldn’t do triple duty and TP was odd one out

Definitely. Development has been a disaster on the singles side. Skipchuk really rode a wave that wasn’t his making, getting the job just as Chan and Virtue/Moir were about to break out and as the Feds were pouring in money.

Skaters country hopping isn’t unusual when they need a partner, especially when they’re younger and/or low ranked. LFB formerly skated for Denmark. Our top current teams are both half American (Gilles and Stellato)… our team of Lauriault/La Gac used to skate for France… Lilah Fear of Fear/Gibson is Canadian… Allison Reed is American but seems to skate for a new country every other year… and its impossible to even keep up with all the former Russians floating around Edit: Only 2 of the top 9 ID teams last year were both from the same country … and at least half or more of the pairs teams are the same. It’s just the reality of the disciplines

Probably just because of the training cycle and upcoming Worlds… but nice to know Stolz is human after all

Great to see Strate figure things out this last week! She seemed to be really struggling to get into the top ten much of the year Edit: Maurer also nearly cracked the top 20 with a big second jump to finish 21st. Good day for the Canadians all around

The invite probably comes with cross country skis and a couple poles… let them figure it out