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Peterman and Gallant qualify for the final. Weagle and Epping will face Homan and Botcher in the semifinals.

It does look extremely likely to be one of those three teams.
 
Peterman / Gallant do seem to be the team in form so far this week, at this point I think it would be a mild upset if they don’t win.

Peterman / Gallant and Weagle / Epping both qualify for the 1-2 game. The other four teams will play-off for a spot in the 3-4 game.

Peterman / Gallant and Weagle / Epping both qualify for the 1-2 game. The other four teams will play-off for a spot in the 3-4 game.

The six teams that made the playoff:
First seeds: Brittany Tran / Rylan Kleiter, Jocelyn Peterman / Brett Gallant
Second seeds: Lisa Weagle / John Epping and Rachel Homan / Brendan Bottcher
Third seeds: Jennifer Jones / Brent Laind and Jaelyn Cotter: Jim Cotter
 
The first and second seeds play for a spot in the 1-2 Page playoff, the losers will play the third seeds for a spot in the 3-4 Page playoff.
 
One of the playoff is Peterman and Gallant vs Homan and Bottcher, which might very well be a preview of the grand final.

Some good news - Sarrazin is out of intensive care - no talk of a return though.
 
Cyprien Sarrazin: Skier leaves intensive care after horror crash - BBC Sport

Men have only been included in the FAST5 Netball World Series since 2022 and only because they're desperate to get into the Olympics so they've belatedly started building the men's international game.
 
Not so long ago in 2018 the World Netball outrageously declared that international netball will remain female only bucking the trend of all the other sports federations moving towards gender equality.
 
Imagine if they hadn't spent decades sabotaging the growth of the men's game in order to keep it "female only"? They'd have been in a much better position to bid for inclusion in the Olympics at least for 2032.

If Coe wins they will definitively try to host the games in Saudi Arabia at some point, but 2036 seems too early (esp with SA also having the World Cup in 2034).

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And Alexander Cameron wins bronze in the men’s downhill, the same hill that will be used for the Olympics next year in Italy.

Excellent news, I’ve just talked to Devin and all matches will be live streamed for free on the Curling Canada YouTube channel 
 
https://youtube.com/@curlingcanada?si=qAScw4KIBTe7rdHO

Reportedly the light was also bad.

Cyprien Sarrazin suffered a major crash training in Bormio. He is conscious, but will need to undergoe surgery to address a brain bleed.

Just a bump reminder that we have the annual Stadium Race from Schalke FC's ground in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday evening.
 
 

Sophie Hediger, a 2022 Olympian in snowboardcross, has died in an avalanch.

From an Italian newspaper: "Watanabe proposes an unprecedented format of the Summer Olympics: to hold them simultaneously in five cities on five continents so as to ensure that they are televised 24 hours a day. The cities would be decided on the basis of several factors, the first of which would be the climatic aspect favourable to athletes, and ten disciplines would be held in each of them."

Sophie Hediger, a 2022 Olympian in snowboardcross, has died in an avalanch.

Sophie Hediger, a 2022 Olympian in snowboardcross, has died in an avalanch.

Sophie Hediger, a 2022 Olympian in snowboardcross, has died in an avalanch.

Sophie Hediger, a 2022 Olympian in snowboardcross, has died in an avalanch.

Sophie Hediger, a 2022 Olympian in snowboardcross, has died in an avalanch.

Sophie Hediger, a 2022 Olympian in snowboardcross, has died in an avalanch.

Sophie Hediger, a 2022 Olympian in snowboardcross, has died in an avalanch.

Sophie Hediger, a 2022 Olympian in snowboardcross, has died in an avalanch.

With the following restrictions:
* one skater / pair per event
* no team event
* can only qualify from the last chance qualification event