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Ro is just the better slider between the two of them in the year of our lord two thousand and twenty six.

It won't be missed

The USOPC backing this doesn't make much sense to me because if they do believe Uhlaender got cheated and is the best choice to go to the Olympics they can... just pick her over Ro.

The ending of the Real Madrid - Benfica match was pure madness xD

My hot take is that now that Peacock is showing everything (and that we have Gold Zone) the US is a better country to watch the Olympics from than Canada. Which was not the case in the 2000s and 2010s. I'll be in Canada for days -2 to 1 (ski trip at Sun Peaks :D ) and I plan to VPN to use Peacock xD

Shooting qualification not being broadcast is a bit of a joke imo, especially in the team events (where qualification has such a high importance)

Woah, Peacock has official training for both downhill and luge on their schedule :O (I know this usually gets broadcast in Europe, but I don't remember ever seeing luge official training available in Canada or the US before)

Two Olympics in a row that Curling gets one of the most iconic venue of the games (though in Milan’s case there is definitively a lot of competition) :D

has literally no eligible pair. Teams without representation in some segments of the team event happened in 2022, but because of COVID.

Two extremely deserving choices. Mikaël Kingsburyis my favourite currently active Canadian athlete so I'm extremely happy for him in particular.

lol I had completely forgotten that those two dated

Bleh that's so lame. NBC had true 4K broadcasts in *2020* and they looked amazing.

I mean, to be fair, last time they gave it to a Canadian in a very controversial judging decision (that the head judge later, upon seeing replays, said was wrong) 😅

Football kits are unfortunetly not allowed to look this good because 80% of the front has to be reserved for a sponsor's logo.

The fact he discovered he wasn't an American citizen when he tried to compete internationally was extremely funny Always a bit baffled at people just not realizing what their citizenship(s) are.

Snoop Dogg doesn't belong to team USA, he belongs to the world.

Lamontagne seems to make a lot of sense, she's young and has made two GS second runs in the World Cup this season. Amusingly Alexander's bio states she is "by far" the most active Canadian alpine skier on TikTok xD

Not good news to wake up to

A home Olympic is kind of the ideal place to retire, with all due respects to Holmenkollen.

I genuinely like every winter Olympic sports, but, one easy answer: short track speed skating. The short track relays are already my favourite Winter Olympic events, but on top of that I’m going to be seeing two short track sessions (including my very first Olympic final, the women’s 3000m relay), and there is a very real chance that Courtney Sarault will become the second ever athlete from my home province of to win an Olympic gold (and she has a chance to win the first ever individual gold), and if Canada wins the women’s relay (and she skates) Rikki Doak would be the first ever athlete from my hometown of Fredericton to win an Olympic gold medal (Marianne Limpert should have won a gold in 1996 but sadly a cheater "won" instead).

That appeal was actually completely founded in the qualification document both based on the text and based on the spirit of the document (and I’m really shocked the IBSF got it wrong in the first place) The US appeal doesn’t even make any sense. The US was not anywhere near getting a third sled, if they are unhappy with how American athletes are ranked relative to each other they can send Uhlander to the games ahead of Ro.

Not broadcasting related, but media related. The Washington Post (the third largest newspaper in the US) will not send anyone to cover the Winter Olympics. The decision appears to be sudden and surprising to the staff of the paper. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/business/media/washington-post-winter-olympics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.mVkL.egI17ysFUHpa

If it was 21 then they would still need 4 people accredited as injury replacement. And I don’t think it’s useful to play those games where you keep the roster size artificially small but you allow replacements in emergencies.

Bobsleigh team named: https://olympic.ca/2026/01/23/team-canada-bobsleigh-team-ready-to-ride-at-milano-cortina-2026/ Male pilots: Taylor Austin Jay Dearborn Male crews: Keaton Bruggeling Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson Mike Evelyn O’Higgins Shaq Murray-Lawrence Luka Stoikos Mark Zanette Female pilots: Cynthia Appiah Melissa Lotholz Bianca Ribi Female crews: Kelsey Mitchell Dawn Richardson Wilson Skylar Sieben Kelsey Mitchell is notably a Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion in track cycling (women's sprint)

Bobsleigh team was named: https://olympic.ca/2026/01/23/team-canada-bobsleigh-team-ready-to-ride-at-milano-cortina-2026/ Male pilots: Taylor Austin Jay Dearborn Male crews: Keaton Bruggeling Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson Mike Evelyn O’Higgins Shaq Murray-Lawrence Luka Stoikos Mark Zanette Female pilots: Cynthia Appiah Melissa Lotholz Bianca Ribi Female crews: Kelsey Mitchell Dawn Richardson Wilson Skylar Sieben