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World record for in the men's team pursuit :O

Verstappen got an additional ten second penalty for the "break test" incident, which I'm sure he'll find devastating. Anyway this circuit is terrible and I hope we never see it again.

just won it's second women's team pursuit race in a row, though in this case entirely because of a fall from the Japanese team. Japan, incidentally, almost beat the last place team despite falling with one lap to go (this American team is not going to qualify for the Olympics, despite being the defending bronze medalists).

The sports books seem pretty convinced there will be at least one xD

My hatred for the mass start will just never dissipate. If it was a point race? Great. If it was a scratch race? Also great. But a scratch race to decide positions 1-4 and a point race to decide the minor placings? That's just madness. I don't say this lightly when I say this event probably has the worst format of any Olympic event.

As predicted :P

Well this week-end is stating well…

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/kaillie-humphries-us-citizen-olympics-235630912.html I had no idea there was a workaround for the three year rule for citizenship application for spouses of US citizens. I’d love to have a better grasp of her immigration history because this is just really interesting.

Kaillie Humphries was just sworn in as a US citizen, paving the way for her to compete in Beijing. (I am legitimately impressed she managed to do it in time for the Olympics, however much she paid her lawyers was worth it)

Where did he get the idea that Sander would get a podium? :P Edit: very annoyed that Peacock (US broadcaster) cut the stream after the first 30 starters...

Broderick Thompson just won his first ever world cup medal, starting 35th, by finishing third in the first Beaver Creek Super G. This is his first top-20 finish in a non-Alpine Combined event.

Stealing a joke from Twitter: the fenestration of Prague.

China didn’t send him because they wanted to give experience to younger players.

I mean the Netherlands didn’t even enter a women’s team in the C European championship so…

I know there is going to be an alternate, it just looks like it likely won’t be the alternate Team Gushue had at trials (like how Team Homan used a different alternate at trials and at the Olympics)

Speaking of which, Lisa Weagle (team Jones alternate) is in this COC tweet and article announcing the Olympic team but Jeff Thomas isn’t. https://twitter.com/teamcanada/status/1465334832184049674?s=21

Men's Olympic Trials Gushue won the battle of the Brads. After a very well curled game the ninth and tenth ends were filled with errors, and Gushue was able to take advantage to win 4-3. 2006 Olympic champions Brad Gushue (skip) and Mark Nichols (third) will go to their second Olympics, sixteen years after their first. Brett Gallant (second) and Geoff Walker (lead) will both go to their first Olympics. The foursome are the defending bronze medallists at the Olympic trials (Gushue also finished third at Olympic trials as an alternate in 2013), two time Canadian champions (2017 and 2018) and one time World champions (2017). It's currently unclear if Jeff Thomas, who was Team Gushue's alternate at trials, will be the team's alternate at the Olympics. Jeff Thomas is a long time coach for Team Gushue and isn't an elite curler anymore, though he competes in senior tournaments.

After a complete emotional roller coaster of a final, on par with the 2010 women's Olympic finals for drama, Team Jones has defeated Team Fleury in an extra end game. Jones decided to give up a point in the ninth to keep hammer, then missed a relatively easy shot for two in the 10th and then had to watch as Fleury missed a makeable shot for the win in the 11th. So team Canada is: Skip: Jennifer Jones (Sochi 2014, gold medal) Third: Kaitlyn Lawes (Sochi 2014, gold medal and Pyeongchang 2018, gold medal in mixed doubles) Second: Jocelyn Peterman (first Olympics, Olympic trials runner-up in 2017) Lead: Dawn McEwen (Sochi 2014, gold medal) Alternate: Lisa Weagle (Pyeongchang 2018) Kaitlyn Lawes will be the first curler with a chance to win a third Olympic gold medal, and is the first Canadian curler to qualify for three Olympics.

Women’s Olympic Trials Jennifer Jones has won the semi-finals and will have a chance at a second Olympics. She will face world number 1 Team Fleury.

I really don't think Canada needs to be doing this... xD My understanding is that it's actually not super rare for NHL players to get Canadian or American citizenship, since some of them eventually get permanent citizenship and then it's just a matter of waiting 3 (in Canada, or if you are married to an American) or five years to apply.

Gotta root for my fellow Maritimer, Brett Gallant, so I hope Gushue wins. I think either would be formidable in Beijing, though.

and won their only Olympic gold medals in 2016 and 2020 respectively in a fencing team event. There is a lot of depth in fencing events, the reason we see so many American and South Korean medals is that it’s much easier to qualify out of those continents. Qualifying in fencing team events is already half the battle because it isn’t rare for the sixth best team in the world to miss out. The qualification system is really only “broken” for European fencers, who have to face a truly brutal path to the Olympics.

Men’s Olympic Trials The men’s finals will be contested between Brad Gushue and Brad Jacobs. This means the Kevin-Brad rotation will continue. Since 2002 the men’s Olympic team has been skipped by a Kevin, then a Brad: 2002: Kevin Martin 2006: Brad Gushue 2010: Kevin Martin 2014: Brad Jacobs 2018: Kevin Koe 2022: Brad Gushue or Brad Jacobs

Temporary quotas in short track (assumes nobody loses quotas because of the overall limit): Men's 500m 3 skaters: 2 skaters: 1 skater: Men's 1500m 3 skaters: 2 skaters: 1 skater: Women's 500m 3 skaters: 2 skaters: 1 skater: Women's 1500m 3 skaters: 2 skaters: 1 skater: Teams that are currently eligible for the mixed relay:

https://twitter.com/chelscarey/status/1464312704059908096?s=20 Chelsea Carey tweeted acknowledging the very hilarious stat that teams she is part of have now won 16 Canadian Olympic trials round robin games in a row (of course she is an alternate this year since her regular team failed to qualify, but still, it counts!)