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Ice climbing season has started!  Who's here for it?  Did you miss Matt Grooms's voice already?
 
World Cup live streams: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0DMtATwEZ0jR6KC7LcrqljP-nZZGpqZG
 

Can’t think of a more likable trio of figure skater sent by one country to the games dating back to when I started watching xD
 
The US is lucky to have these three.

Their Exhibition Gala routine (at least today) was to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra version of "Shchedryk"

USA Team Finalized:

Men: Ilia Malinin, Andrew Torgashev, and Maxim Naumov (whose parents were killed along with many other members of the USA Figure Skating community last year on the way home from Nationals)

Women: Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, Isabeau Levito

Pairs: Kam/O'Shea, Chan/Howe (our 1st and 3rd place National pairs each had one non-US citizen)

Dance: Chock/Bates, Carreira/Ponomarenko, Zingas/Kolesnik

USA Team Finalized:

Men: Ilia Malinin, Andrew Torgashev, and Maxim Naumov (whose parents were killed along with many other members of the USA Figure Skating community last year on the way home from Nationals)

Women: Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, Isabeau Levito

Pairs: Kam/O'Shea, Chan/Howe (our 1st and 3rd place National pairs each had one non-US citizen)

Dance: Chock/Bates, Carreira/Ponomarenko, Zingas/Kolesnik

His move to get on the brakes in the outrun is probably one of the most impressive things I've seen in the sport. Getting an underweight sled down in one piece without crashing is no easy feat. Incredible drive from him.
 
The way the other nations greet him and applaud his effort is a great moment too.

Watch here (43:45):   (And Friedrich's mishap is at 26:00)
 

Oops.

Vonn-Shiffrin paired in the team combined would seem like a no-brainer.

It is surreal that Lindsey is still doing that, even on the short run they had today.  And equally exciting to see Jackie finish in 3rd that will help solidify her spot on the US team

Also at the request of nobody, here's the schedule for Milano Cortina 2026 in Excel format.  Bold indicates medals.
 
Ways to use this to your advantage:
1) Sort data by Date then Time to see all events in order chronologically.
2) Sort data by Sport then Date then Time to see all events in order by Sport chronologically.
3) Filter by Sport to see only that sport (or choose more than one).  (Can be useful if you only care to pay attention to a few.)  You can then filter by event if necessary (i.e. Women's 500m).  It can be useful to see the progression of certain events.  (One downfall is that you can't filter by Men's, as 'Women's' contains the same characters.)
4) Filter by medal events by searching (GM) or (BM).
 
Note that on this site, there is a great Calendar by Sport and Date, so there's nothing here that isn't already on the site; however, for those who want to deal with all the events at once, filtering as you'd like, this Excel lets you do that.
 
(I just did the LA28 version over in the other discussion thread.)
 
 
 
 
milanosched.xlsx

And I see the discipline-specific pages as well.   Great work! Thanks!

This suggestion has now been implented, please have a look at the nations' pages  For example: USA

Here's something I've been working on the past few days.  A one-stop-shop database for international events, as well as continental and national events pertinent to the USA.
 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12JKUCf5rHHGSfmdMYvEgzKA04n2aF76jPDWUY849B9I/edit?usp=sharing
 
Features:

Tab 1 - Calendar
 
All columns filter-able to find anything specifically.
 
Column A. Start Date
Column B: End Date
Column C: Sport
Column D: Discipline Code (using the list on the Sports tab) - Use this to find when a specific event will be contested
Column E: Contest Title
Columns F-R: For events that have passed, you should be able to click a + box on the left to expand and see results for that event.  You have which place, name, and IOC code.
Also Column Q will link to highlights/replays of the event, usually on YouTube.
Column S: City
Column T: Country
Column U: I = International event, C = Continental event, N = National event
 
Tab 2 - Links
Links to official sites, FB, Insta, and YouTube for each of the federations, as well as dates of championships for easy viewing
 
Tab 3 - Sports
List of all medal events in LA28, given a code for ease of filtering/searching
 
 
It's not finished...I've done 18 sports out of 40something.  Will be working on it the next few weeks.  I tried to focus on those sports that are contested now.
 
If you want to take it and add your own continental/national events, that's fine.  I have a couple of other tricks/tips if you want to build your own.
 
Also, for events like Squash, Badminton, Tennis, and Equestrian, where there are a lot of international events, I tended to only take the top few tiers (like WTA 1000, 750, and 500, but nothing less for tennis).

Queen Diggins
 
I can hardly imagine there are many athletes who are both harder working and friendlier than her. Absolute pinnacle of sports.

I think technically he had to start the race in order to get the official qualification.

Here's something I've been working on the past few days.  A one-stop-shop database for international events, as well as continental and national events pertinent to the USA.
 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12JKUCf5rHHGSfmdMYvEgzKA04n2aF76jPDWUY849B9I/edit?usp=sharing
 
Features:

Tab 1 - Calendar
 
All columns filter-able to find anything specifically.
 
Column A. Start Date
Column B: End Date
Column C: Sport
Column D: Discipline Code (using the list on the Sports tab) - Use this to find when a specific event will be contested
Column E: Contest Title
Columns F-R: For events that have passed, you should be able to click a + box on the left to expand and see results for that event.  You have which place, name, and IOC code.
Also Column Q will link to highlights/replays of the event, usually on YouTube.
Column S: City
Column T: Country
Column U: I = International event, C = Continental event, N = National event
 
Tab 2 - Links
Links to official sites, FB, Insta, and YouTube for each of the federations, as well as dates of championships for easy viewing
 
Tab 3 - Sports
List of all medal events in LA28, given a code for ease of filtering/searching
 
 
It's not finished...I've done 18 sports out of 40something.  Will be working on it the next few weeks.  I tried to focus on those sports that are contested now.
 
If you want to take it and add your own continental/national events, that's fine.  I have a couple of other tricks/tips if you want to build your own.
 
Also, for events like Squash, Badminton, Tennis, and Equestrian, where there are a lot of international events, I tended to only take the top few tiers (like WTA 1000, 750, and 500, but nothing less for tennis).

"Falls in the opening 100m [...] and still finished 3rd". He's definitely not human 

Jordan Stolz proves he is human.  Falls in the opening 100m of the 1000m Olympic Trials.  (But he was pre-qualified, and he still finished 3rd overall.)

Jordan Stolz proves he is human.  Falls in the opening 100m of the 1000m Olympic Trials.  (But he was pre-qualified, and he still finished 3rd overall.)

No, I just consider the World Championships for Table Tennis, so the next edition will be in 2027.

They are a rarity in the World Cup but there is another circuit called Ski Classics which specialises in long distance racing.  Most distance specialists switch between the two.And
 
 
https://skiclassics.com/

For those looking to re-live the glory days of the 2025: https://www.olympics.com/en/news/2025-olympic-sport-review-highlights-year-duplantis-shiffrin-pogacar-mcintosh

Latest World Championships Medal Count in the Road to Los Angeles 2028
 
2024-2028 Olympic Cycle Medal Count in the Road to Los Angeles 2028
 
2025 World Championships in the Road To Los Angeles 2028
 
Final 2025 Update

I watched the first run this morning with Mikaela in 4th.  Didn't see the second run.  So I'm more convinced that she only skis well when I'm not watching!  Might need to be careful when the Olympics come around.