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Wright finally on the podium! (Sorry, I was late to the party.)

I think there must have been something between them, too. Why would she have recorded a phone conversation? Any why would he have said that? Weird...

I also didn't like the title of this article (but the article itself was the best choice of the ones I found...the others being on sites with a million ads).

By comparison...in 2022, had 16, had 12, and had 9.

https://www.uipmworld.org/news/race-across-china-guiyang-host-uipm-2026-pentathlon-world-championships Changes to the sport: 100m swim instead of 200m 5th shooting at the start of the Laser Run Interesting!

https://www.thetimes.com/sport/olympics/article/boost-usa-skeleton-star-winter-olympics-sabotage-case-q2z85qz5w Looks like she had a successful appeal...but no consequences as of now.

https://www.issf-sports.org/news/4610 No, they just changed starting this year to feature just standing in finals.

PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> Event Gold Silver Bronze Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill - - - Men's Super-G - - - Men's Giant Slalom - - - Men's Slalom - - - Men's Team Combined - - - Women's Downhill - - - Women's Super-G - - - Women's Giant Slalom - - - Women's Slalom - - - Women's Team Combined - - - Biathlon Men's 10km Sprint - Men's 20km Individual - - - Men's 12.5km Pursuit - - - Men's 15km Mass Start - - - Men's 4x7.5km Relay - - - Women's 7.5km Sprint - - - Women's 15km Individual - - - Women's 10km Pursuit - - - Women's 12.5km Mass Start - - - Women's 4x6km Relay - - - 2x7.5km Men + 2x7.5km Women Mixed Relay - - - Bobsleigh 2-man Bobsleigh - - - 4-man Bobsleigh - - - Women's Monobob - - - 2-woman Bobsleigh - - - Cross-Country Skiing Men's 10km + 10km Skiathlon - Men's Sprint Classic - - - Men's Team Sprint Free - - - Men's 4 x 7.5km Relay - - - Men's 10km Free - - - Men's 50km Mass Start Classic - - - Women's 10km + 10km Skiathlon - - - Women's Sprint Classic - - - Women's Team Sprint Free - - - Women's 4 x 7.5km Relay - - - Women's 10km Free - - - Women's 50km Mass Start Classic - - - Curling Men - - - Women - - - Mixed Doubles - - - Figure Skating Men Single Skating - - - Women Single Skating - - - Pair Skating - - - Ice Dance - - - Team Event - - - Freestyle Skiing Men's Aerials - - - Men's Moguls - - - Men's Dual Moguls - - - Men's Ski Cross - - - Men's Freeski Halfpipe - - - Men's Freeski Slopestyle - - - Men's Freeski Big Air - - - Women's Aerials - - - Women's Moguls - - - Women's Dual Moguls - - - Women's Ski Cross - - - Women's Freeski Halfpipe - - - Women's Freeski Slopestyle - - - Women's Freeski Big Air - - - Mixed Team Aerials - - - Ice Hockey Men's 12-team tournament - - - Women's 10-team tournament - - - Luge Men's Singles - - - Men's Doubles - - - Women's Singles - - - Women's Doubles - - - Team Relay - - - Nordic Combined Men's Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km - - - Men's Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km - - - Men's Team Sprint Large Hill 2x7,5km - - - Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m - - - Men's 1000m - - - Men's 1500m - - - Men's 5000m Relay - - - Women's 500m - - - Women's 1000m - - - Women's 1500m - - - Women's 3000m Relay - - - Mixed Team Relay 2000m - - - Skeleton Men's Skeleton - - - Women's Skeleton - - - Skeleton Mixed Team - - - Ski Jumping Men's Normal Hill Individual - - - Men's Large Hill Individual - - - Men's Super Team - - - Women's Normal Hill Individual - - - Women's Large Hill Individual - - - Mixed Team - - - Ski Mountaineering Men's sprint - - - Women's sprint - - - Mixed Relay - - - Snowboard Men's Parallel Giant Slalom - - - Men's Snowboard Halfpipe - - - Men's Snowboard Cross - - - Men's Snowboard Slopestyle - - - Men's Snowboard Big Air - - - Women's Parallel Giant Slalom - - - Women's Snowboard Halfpipe - - - Women's Snowboard Cross - - - Women's Snowboard Slopestyle - - - Women's Snowboard Big Air - - - Mixed Team Snowboar Cross - - - Speed Skating Men's 500m - - - Men's 1000m - - - Men's 1500m - - - Men's 5000m - - - Men's 10000m - - - Men's Mass Start - - - Men's Team Pursuit - - - Women's 500m - - - Women's 1000m - - - Women's 1500m - - - Women's 3000m - - - Women's 5000m - - - Women's Mass Start - - - Women's Team Pursuit - - - ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE

Welcome to the 2026 Milano Cortina Podium Guessing Game! For this competition, you will guess which NOCs will land on the podium for each event. Instructions: 1) Copy and paste the table below in its entirety into your post. 2) Write the 3-letter IOC code for the NOC you believe will occupy that spot on the podium. (Please do not add additional text, and please do not use the emojis. You can write any commentary below your table.) 3) Post your results before the first events of the Games (Wednesday, February 4)! Any edits need to also be made before the first events. All right...time is up! However, there is still a chance to enter the competition. If you get your guesses in by the Opening Ceremony, you will still receive credit for any event that hasn't started yet. That is, you won't get credit for your guesses for, for instance, Team Figure Skating or Mixed Doubles Curling. But anything else is still fair game. I will try to provide daily updates. Best of luck! Scoring: There are going to be two awards. 1) Most accurate medal placements - This will be awarded to the user that correctly guesses the most medals exactly correct. That is, you will receive credit if you think Switzerland will win the gold for an event, and they did in fact win the gold for that event. I will simply tally up the number of correct guesses across all medal events. 2) Most accurate podium makeup - This award will go to the user with the most accurate podium make-up, also receiving a bonus if the guess is exactly correct. For this award, you will receive 2 points if you correctly guess the NOC in the correct medal spot. (You thought Switzerland would win gold, and they did win gold.) You will receive 1 point if you correctly guessed that an NOC will be on the podium, but you guessed the incorrect medal. (You thought Switzerland would win gold, but they won silver.) Users will receive an additional bonus point if you correctly guessed the entire podium for an event.

And IIRC, for Rifle 3 positions, only 1 position will be in Finals, so without qualies, you never see the other 2. I sent ISSF a message a while back letting them know that I hope they could televise them.

Now if only the shooting qualifications could be broadcast during the summer games... (Hundreds of Olympians never shown on camera!)

Glad to see you and @Bear Hollow with your predictions. I haven't made my predictions yet, but I agree with most everything y'all have said. I don't know freestyle skiing or snowboard as well...but the other sports seem pretty locked in. I was hoping for better results from Campbell Wright in Biathlon during the WC season...if not '26, then hopefully in '30! My biggest question mark is how the Women's figure skating podium will be. Alysa won gold in the GP Final simply because she skated cleanly...but if any of the Japanese skaters skate cleanly, they'll come out ahead.

I think there are only 2. Italy gets 4. But it will also be weird because I think there are four places where athletes will be marching. We'll see! And I agree with Stolz and Malinin...but I do think they'll both be going home with hardware.

Lindsey Vonn? Mikaela Shiffrin? Jessie Diggins? (Did the Closing Ceremony in 2018) Ilia Malinin? Jordan Stolz? Chock+Bates? Nick Baumgartner?

@Jaden22 Glad to see someone else from here...I'm trying to get conversation going over in the Team USA Club...check it out!

Not OBS but BBC....perhaps it will appease some

https://www.teamusa.com/milano-cortina-2026/roster

But do we really have to have Snoop Dogg?

Week 3 - 19-25 Jan Tennis - As of this morning, we have four women and two men in the quarterfinals. In doubles, Christian Harrison and his Brit teammate Skupski are into the QF as well. Taylor Townsend and her Czech partner Siniakova are into the QF, and there's still a match with Baptiste/Stearns to see if they make it in. Three Americans (Townsend, Harrison, Tracy) have foreign partners in XD, and are in QF. Road Cycling - Though Chloe Dygert and Luke Lamperti were mentioned by the commentators often as potential contenders, neither finished high up on the rankings. Badminton - No luck here. Equestrian - Anna Marek finished second in the Grand Prix Freestyle event. Fencing - Continued Sabre success. Men's Sabre team brought home silver in Salt Lake. Women's Sabre team finished 6th. Gabriel Feinberg finished 8th in Men's Épée over in Doha. Three of our women went home in the R16. Squash - Olivia Weaver is into the QF. Bring home the Gold, Olivia! I also added into the calendar some friendlies in our Team Sports. Some have already passed. (We won 4 softball games vs. at the beginning of the year. Women's water polo beat and twice each. Men's water polo went 1-1 against . Our Women's soccer team beat 6-0 a couple of days ago.) Field Hockey - Our women played a quick tournament in New Zealand vs. two teams and , and we won! There was also an indoor track and field event in Boston. I don't have the indoor tour on my calendar simply because the track events don't match up (and I likewise don't have indoor archery), but you can check out the calendar of meets here. Coming up in Week 4 Conclusion of Australian Open and the Squash tournament in NYC. (It's being played in Grand Central Terminal...so cool!) Women's football/soccer friendly vs. on Tuesday. Table tennis has an Americas Cup in SanFran. Diving will be going on over in England. No USA athletes here. There's a World Cup Jumping event for equestrian over in California. And finally, our women's Rugby Sevens will play in Singapore. Edit: Also, our Cricket teams are active. Women are trying to qualify for the Women's T20 World Cup, and the Men are gearing up for theirs.

Sometimes a kangaroo upsets the peloton... (Watch at 2:23ish)

Lin Shidong again falls early in Singles...but in Doubles finally pulls out a W. (But had to wait until Contender to get the W.) Wen Ruibo wins Star Contender and Contender...a rising star for sure!

USA three seconds off the podium in the mixed relay...a nice result!

Hadn't updated the rosters...but got those up.

Team USA 2026 Men - Ben Loomis, Niklas Malacinski History 2010 was our year...winning 4 medals and topping the medal chart that year. That was also the only year we ever medaled.

Team USA 2026 Halfpipe Women - Bea Kim, Chloe Kim, Maddie Mastro, Maddy Schaffrick Men - Alessandro Barbieri, Chase Blackwell, Chase Josey, Jake Pates Parallel Giant Slalom Women - Iris Pflum Men - Cody Winters Slopestyle Women - Lily Dhawornvej, Hahna Norman, Jess Perlmutter Men - Jake Canter, Sean FitzSimons, Red Gerard, Ollie Martin Snowboard Cross Women - Stacy Gaskill, Hanna Percy, Brianna Schnorrbusch, Faye Thelen Men - Nick Baumgartner, Nathan Pare, Jake Vedder, Cody Winters History The USA is on top of the medal count overall, though last year, Canada earned more medals than us. We'll see about this year!