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I noticed she didn't compete in Ljubno either. Maybe she took a break after Lake Placid, and is heading straight to Norway?

Not sure I'd go that far just yet, but certainly looks a lot better than it did two weeks ago. After Nove Mesto maybe, if we can finish ahead of Kazakhstan in the last full relay I'll be feeling very good

For the women, Paradis had a decent opening leg. Rousseau got ate up a bit on the second. Moser had a bit of a nightmare standing shoot and that was the end of their day. Interesting they back loaded the women's team like that. Maybe looking to give Lunder a little extra rest in case she gets into the mass start? France utterly crushed everyone For the men, Kazakhstan started the race with 3 penalty laps on the first shoot. Tough to come back from that, finished 23rd. Pletz has a decent opening leg, though it helped the field took it easy the first two laps. Runnalls struggled a bit, and Connelly really really struggled skiing, and Borglum just barely managed to not get lapped (could see him in the foreground of one shot of JT Boe hamming it up on his victory lap). Adds another 60 points to Canada's Nations Cup lead on Kazakhstan, which now stands at 113. Points still at play in 6 races.

Hey now! It's only been aboot 8 years of nothing much

Single Mixed Relay went today, Lunder and Runnals doing the honours. Finished 18th. So, not great. Shooting was ok, but ski speed struggled a bit, Lunder seemed to struggle as the race progressed. Waxes have been a challenge for a lot of teams. Good news is they beat KAZ, and netted another 30 points in that battle to qualify a men's team for 2026. As it stands now, Canada sits 20th, with a 53 point cushion

Good news, bad news in the men's individual. The Canadians didn't do great: Pletz - 65th Runnals - 66th Borglum - 73rd But they did better than KAZ, made 37 more Nations Cup points to put them in 20th (and with a 23 point lead). There are 8 races remaining that will impact that Nations Cup, tomorrows Single Mixed Relay, Saturday's men's relay, and then six more races when the World Cup resumes

World Championships - Women's Individual Lunder 54th Paradis - 69th Moser - 73rd All three had a tough time on the shooting range. Looks like Lunder is 3rd alternate for the Mass Start.

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Just got a chance to watch it. I imagine they ruled it shared responsibility as Dandjinou cut across two lanes trying to block him

Pursuits went today. Women: Lunder - 27th Moser - 35th Paradis - 43rd Men: Runnals - 43rd

Not so hot a day for the men in the Sprint. Runnals - 47th (+2:27) Borglum - 62nd (+2:59) Pletz - 89th (+4:26) First two didn’t shoot bad, only one miss each, and conditions looked good. Just didn’t have the ski speed As far as Olympic qualifying goes, Kazakhstan didn’t do so hot either, so we only lost 4 points, leaving us down 14 for the all important 20th spot in Nations Cup

Not today, nope Shilo Rousseau was announced to be going, and had strong results at the European Championships… but did not race today

The ladies did well in the Sprint. 25th - Lunder (+1:26) 31st - Moser (+1:50) 38th - Paradis (+2:13) All three not only made the Pursuit, but will be set up well for more solid results there Conditions were kinda snowy and windy, so a bit challenging. But at least the course was in good shape.

It’s all kinda strange, as they also condensed the schedule as Mountaineering is also using the mens venue… but that also leaves the womens venue wide open Also, amending the combined to be separate skiers kinda defeats the point of that event I don’t know. I just don’t think the FIS wants to do the team event.

Mixed Relay opened up the World Championships and Canada had a rough outing, got lapped in the 3rd leg to finish 20th. Conditions were very slushy and really spread out the field. Canadians probably didn’t have great skis Did finish ahead of Kazakhstan though, so made up a couple points in the mens Nations Cup race for 20th and are now just 10pts down

Can’t remember ever seeing a race reran and someone getting advanced who didn’t take part in rerun. The injury was definitely in a dangerous place, but by time they whistled it dead everyone was already past that spot and on the finishing straight Definitely a strange ruling

That was quite an entertaining race. Relays are always fun and chaotic, and the Whistler track only added to it as Canada kinda Bradbury’d their way to the podium 😂

Loutitt finishes 10th today, didn’t look very happy about either of her jumps. Strate with solid 12th, and Maurer with a very good 21st, almost cracking the top 20 Prevc won again, she’s a machine

31st? Wow… those are huge fields

I think it was a German who uncorked a hill record 130+, that would qualify. But she was a bit back and had a rough landing

Solid but unspectacular second jump will give Loutitt the bronze! Strate moves up to 14 from 18. Maurer did not get to jump, presumably for a suit violation

Good jump by Strate, will move up a bit. Loutitte will be jumping soon

Yeah, would be nice if second event was more of a departure. Like a team event, or a more challenging course

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Loutitt drops a bomb in the first round in Lake Placid! Strate looks like she’ll he middle of the pack. Mauer got dq’d, presumably for a suit violation, they actually stopped her from jumping just as she was about to go. Weird