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Definitively an unexpected blow to our relay teams. Makes me wonder if there isn't turmoil in Canadian swimming that hasn't fully been reported on yet. Either way, best of luck to her. It would be a big deal for if she manages to win an individual Olympic medal.

Reanna Solomon, a 2004 Olympian and 2002 Commonwealth Games champion (the only ever Commonwealth Games champion from her country) has died at age 40 from COVID-19.

Group B results: 3 - 0 6 - 0

I visited Whistler a couple weeks ago (my first time in BC, and a bit of a change of pace from my home in Texas), unfortunately the sliding centre was closed - it was the week-end before summer season started, so I couldn't get pictures. The Olympic Park is also sadly closed to the public during the day.

That ref did not want to stay there one second more than he was contractually obligated to be.

very first country to qualify in a team sport. Massive upset.

Olympic spot contested between and will be decided on penalties.

Alright, things I would add: Athletics 4x1500m relay or 4xMile relay Ekiden 50km walk (as if ) Individual cross country Men's and women's team cross country Mixed relay cross country Badminton Men's and women's team event Boxing One extra women's weight class Canoeing A few additional sprint events Cycling Road team time trial Track 1km time trial Track individual pursuit Diving 1m springboard Golf Men's and women's team event Men's, women's and mixed alternate shot match-play Judo Men's and women's team event Remove mixed team event Shooting Double trap Have mixed team events for both trap and skeet Sport Climbing Lead Boulder Remove combined Surfing Mixed team event Table tennis Men's and women's doubles Taekwondo Add two weight classes per gender Tennis Mixed team event Weightlifting Add two weight classes per gender Wrestling Add one men's freestyle and women's freestyle weight classes

This bronze medal game is both wildly entertaining and not a great display of basketball.

One of the all time great relays.

Yes. https://www.fil-luge.org/en/news/women-s-doubles-in-the-olympic-program-for-milan-cortina-2026

FIS proposed a mixed parallel slalom event in snowboarding and of course women‘s nordic combined.

lol that really shows how much the FIS cares about this mixed parallel event...

For the first time ever freestyle skiing will have the most events of any winter disciplines (and 15 is the most any winter discipline has ever had). Though, once again, freestyle skiing really should be split three ways (freestyle, park & pipe and cross).

It isn't at worlds so I'm not surprised at all.

The IOC really did alpine snowboarding dirty by removing the parallel slalom given it requires no additional venues or athletes.

Probably helped that and are two of those countries (and that generally it’s an event multiple non-European countries are traditionally competing in)

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Milano-Cortina-2026/Milano-Cortina-2026-Event-Programme-and-Athlete-Quota.pdf Athlete quota by sports: Alpine Skiing: 306 (153 m / 153 w) Biathlon: 210 (105 m / 105 w) Bobsleigh: 170 (114 m / 56 w) Cross Country Skiing: 296 (148 m / 148 w) Curling: 120 (60 m / 60 w) Figure Skating: 142 (71 m / 71 w) Freestyle Skiing: 284 (142 m / 142 w) Ice hockey: 530 (300 m / 230 w) Luge: 106 (59 m / 47 w) Nordic Combined: 36 (36 m / 0 w) Short Track: 112 (56 m / 56 w) Skeleton: 50 (25 m / 25 w) Ski Jumping: 100 (50 m / 50 w) Ski Mountaineering: 36 (18 m / 18 w) Snowboarding: 238 (119 m / 119 w) Speed Skating: 164 (82 m / 82 w)

The event I'm most surprised survived was the mixed aerials team event tbh.

The IBA has been stripped from the right to organize Boxing at the 2024 Olympics. Like in 2020 a special task force will handle qualification and running boxing at the games.

This is much less disastrous than I was fearing.

Men's Nordic Combined is included in 2026, but women's Nordic Combined is not. IOC says that for Nordic Combined to be included in 2030 it will require that women's Nordic Combined be developed further.

New events: * Ski Mountaineering men's sprint, women's sprint and mixed relay (no individual race, so three events rather than the expected five) * Skeleton: mixed team * Luge: women's doubles * Freestyle skiing: men's and women's dual moguls * Ski Jumping: women's large hill individual The alpine skiing mixed team event is removed, alpine combined may be removed.

The dreaded (at least by me) IOC press conference where they will announce the event program for these games starts in about half an hour. Lets see how bad the damage is. I used to really look forward to those.