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Updated 5000m: By points: x3 x3 x3 By time: x2 So not a lot of changes after division B, Japan took a quota from Norway.

I know there was a lot of suspense, but I have breaking news: van der Poel has won the long distance world cup. Edit: this is actually incorrect, Bloemen has a minuscule chance of catching up, but it involves Bloemen winning the final race and van der Poel not finishing or being DQed.

...why would it take them so long? Lame.

Literally the first time I heard about that was on Wikipedia.

We are a couple years away from those decisions being made.

I'm 30 and I'd be too young to have heard of the Goodwill Games if I wasn't a huge Olympics nerd.

I mean the US is trying to get the Winter Olympics *right now* and they still did the diplomatic boycott thing. I honestly don't think the IOC cares that much.

Without any issue. Canada has suitable surf venues on both coasts.

beats for the final spot. Congrats to and for both going undefeated against a strong field. Final mixed doubles field: Special congrats in order to and who are making their Olympic debut in curling.

We do not know. The IOC is apparently going to clarify tomorrow the steps Boxing and Weightlifting need to follow to be included in 2028. There is apparently going to be a way for them to be included other than the additional sport path. It definitively looks like it isn't game over for the three sports that are currently excluded, but this is still obviously not good for them.

Talk about a snub of Petra Vlhová.

If anyone wants to suffer through the press conference:

Paris set a pretty clear precedent that the IOC will let you host surfing literally anywhere in your country without any complaints - a Toronto bid would have no problem finding a suitable natural venue somewhere in Canada. And if there is no suitable venue in country and a bid isn't willing to have a venue in another country wave pools are a possibility now (even though they are very much considered a back-up option).

List of core sports, as of 2028, with new additions in bold: Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Wrestling Climbing Surfing Skateboarding As of the 2028 Olympics Boxing, Modern Pentathlon and Weightlifting are no longer "core" sports. Their place have been taken by Climbing, Skateboarding and Surfing, who are now permanent parts of the Summer Olympics. There will be a "pathway" for Boxing, Modern Pentathlon and/or Weightlifting to be included as "core" sports for 2028, and of course the OC could propose them.

beat in the first semi-final and beat in the second semi-final. And just in, the result of the first final: has qualified for the Olympics in curling for the first time ever, thanks to a 6-5 win over . Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt went an impressive 7-0 all tournament and will now go to the Olympics. If John Morris doesn't win the Canadian mixed doubles Olympic trials he will go to the Olympics as a coach for Australia.

Last two spots are by time, so if they run a good race in Salt Lake City they should get one of those two spots. They won't qualify by points.

If they lose *any* quota it reduces the max number of skaters from the already low maximum of 9 to 8 (it was 10 in Pyeongchang).

The playoffs for the final two spots are set. The first spot will be contested between and the winner of the / semi-final. The second spot will be contested between and the winner of the / semi-final.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/luge/olympics-natalie-geisenberger-skip-games-1.6277757 The two time defending champion in both singles and relay, Natalie Geisenberger, is considering skipping the Olympics due to the COVID restrictions in place.

predictably joining the "diplomatic boycott".

Damien Warner, Tokyo 2020 gold medallist in the Decathlon, won Canadian athlete of the year. Also on the shortlist: Andre de Grasse (Athletics) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Baseball) Connor McDavid (Ice hockey) Alphonso Davies (Soccer) Stephanie Labbé (Soccer) Maggie Mac Neil (Swimming)

Too bad Streslov isn't Belarusian, this would have been a fun mixed relay.

and both won their pools and are each one game away from the Olympics. Two very different stories here - is trying to make it's Olympic debut in Curling while is trying to keep it's streak of participating in every Curling event since the sport was re-introduced in 1998 alive. is the only other country with that distinction. and qualified for the semi-finals from pool B - South Korea is in Australia's bracket while Finland is in USA's bracket. In pool A , , and are still fighting for the two remaining semi-final spots. - play later this afternoon in what is a de-facto quarterfinal match.