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Change in the format of the AA Final at the European Championships
The AA Final has been reduced from 24 to 20 gymnasts, all of whom will perform hoop and ball. The top 10 based on the combined hoop and ball scores will go on to perform clubs and ribbon.
 
This is a joke. Isn’t rhytmic.

Full ruling here
 
https://www.ibsf.org/en/news/detail/interim-integrity-unit-renders-decision-on-incident-at-skeleton-north-american-cup-competition

The IBSF has concluded their investigation on the late withdrawal of Canadian athletes from the Lake Placid race and will not be taking any actions.

 

Have your VPN ready!
 
(I use ProtonVPN personally, but I’m kind of fully in that ecosystem as I use Proton Mail as well)

Solid 7th for Arnaud Gaudet in parallel slalom at the Bad Gastien WC

Working on a little something, should be up a few days before the Olympics start 
 
It's a Canadian Olympic medal preview, and my very own predictions (I'll try not to be too pessimistic as per usual, but it'll be tough )

Today she says she is all right.
 
Chloe Kim says she’s ‘good to go’ for Milan Cortina Olympics after being diagnosed with torn labrum | NBC Olympics

Slopestyle WC Snowmass 
 
Women
Gold-  Laurie Blouin (81.21)
Silver-  Mari Fukada (77.26)
Bronze-  Kokomo Murase (75.36)
 
Men
Gold-  Jake Canter (85.16)
Silver-  Su Yiming (84.18)
Bronze-  Dane Menzies (83.68) 
 
Full Results

I saw that, really bizarre. I can't find anywhere in their qualifying document a rule for what they did. 

Bronze for Miha Fontaine in men’s aerials at the Lake Placid WC!
 
Also 5th for Nadeau

I'm very excited. These will be the first Olympics I'll attend in person, the first one with NHLers since 2014, and also to me it feels like these are the first winter Olympics since 2018 (I was going through a really bad time in my personal life in 2022, so that combined with how muted the Beijing games felt because of the pandemic means I have very little memories of Beijing 2022 - felt more like a series of world championships than the Olympics).

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.

It means that our pair will miss Olympics for sure. But I am happy for your pair. They won it fair and they deserve it. It always sad to see when your own sports bodies destroys dreams. 

First careers 11 points for Hektor Kapustík and yes first  M WC points since 2005  Well done Hektor !
 
His sister yesterday & today won first ever W WC points.
 
A weekend of history for the nonexistant slovak ski jumping. I am really happy that I had the chance to see it. I remember Mesík farewells in Vancouver and then came the looooong years of sorrowful emptility until arrived the young Kapustík siblings
 
Wish both will qualify to the Olympics, that would be amazing

Julien Viel into the gold medal final in the dual moguls at the Val St. Come World Cup!

Stellato and Deschamps have an absolute trainwreck and drop to second. Pererria and Michaul take the title!


Unfortunate way to end it, saw several other very strong skates. The future looks bright in pairs

Big week for Jessica Linton in moguls with two top 10 finishes. That now puts her on the Olympic team and Charlie Fontaine is now out. If that holds, Marion Thenault would be the only Canadian representative in women's aerials.

She doesn't and she's only 16, so she's not even senior eligible yet

Too hung over to ski today xD

Women's Short Program Results:
1. Minsol Kwan - 66.51 
2. Gabrielle Daleman - 66.32
3. Sara-Maude Dupuis - 65.74
4. Madeline Schizas - 64.92 

Too hung over to ski today xD

Good, he absolutely deserves it.

Too hung over to ski today xD

Good, he absolutely deserves it.