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Yes.
 
https://olympics.com/ioc/news/milano-cortina-2026-new-competition-event-formats

@Joshthe alpine combined is now a team event (one speed specialist, one slalom skier).

Suicide in a shooting competition made me stop and think a bit 

I like team events :P
 
The only team events in the winter Olympics where there is truly teamwork involves (excluding curling and hockey) are the short track relays and the team pursuit in speed skating, everything else is essentially just adding up times or scores.

I like team events :P
 
The only team events in the winter Olympics where there is truly teamwork involves (excluding curling and hockey) are the short track relays and the team pursuit in speed skating, everything else is essentially just adding up times or scores.

I won't be gaslight like this 

I really dislike the way they try to emulate the reaction start they have in luge. The reason it works so well in luge is because the race is fluid.
 
Still happy there is a team event in skeleton, it just can’t really measure up to the team event in luge. I think the format would work better if they just made it a two heat race with one gender per heat and the second heat going from slowest to fastest.

St Moritz this weekend!  
 
The two usual races & a skeleton team event, all on Friday.  Team event sadly does not offer the same thrills as luge.

Uh...
 
I know, it´s not my business, so I definitely do not intend to interfere obviously, however a part of me would really like to know what exactly happened in Eritrea

@Topicmaster1010 volleyball team size just increased from 12 to 13 (one additional alternate due to injury)
 
I guess that means I can tell the future, huh? 
 
I personally wish the Olympic roster was 14 players, with no alternates, but it’s better than nothing I guess.  

Random, but I did think one really good thing about the Tokyo Olympics was the bigger team sizes. Some sports (Soccer especially) have precariously small roster sizes.
 
It's especially weird because alternates travel anyway, I don't think there is anything wrong putting them on the roster and letting them play as needed (make teams bear the expenses for those extra players for all I care).

13:17.53 for Jordan Stolz in the US championships just now. Which, for those who aren't really into speed skating and times and such, is absolutely and utterly bizarre given the fact he is also able to skate a very low 34 second 500m. That range is astonishing beyond words.

Olympic rankings in all disciplines have been updated now. No backroom surprises.
 
have qualified in equestrian for the first time.

WT published the new ranking for January 2024 (which is being used for the Olympic qualification purpose) and that confirms what we already knew about the qualified athletes. no change at all 
 
 

This is extremely dissapointing.

I suspect in the end the surfing competition will get cancelled. 

Three golds in a row for Jared Schmidt, as he wins round 1 of the Innichen WC! Hannah Schmidt also on the podium with a bronze. 
 
Round two tomorrow. 

If you have thinking, that it's been a year without scandals in Bulgarian weightlifting, fear no more.. 
 
So, after a couple of attempts, including one stripped hosting 2 years ago, we are finally going to host the European Weightlifting Championships in February. It is of course included in the Olympic qualification calendar. All good so far.
 
But on Friday, an adviser working for the Ministry of Sports was arrested for bribing the President of the weightlifting federation. He was asking for 30 k Euros from the President, so that the Ministry approves the funding of 600 k Euros for hosting the Euro Championships. This worker turned out to be the son of the National team coach. The next day, the coach himself - Ivan Ivanov, Olympic Champion 92, 4 times World Champion, was also arrested in suspicion of being an accomplice to his son..
 
The same National coach who has been on the helm for over a decade now and who the Federation have tried removing a few times in the past years. But every time the proposal of a new coach was brought up, almost all of the weightlifters, including Karlos Nasar, have said that they would boycott the National team, if Ivanov was not the coach. 
 
Given, that we have our biggest boom in the past 20 years, i'm not denying the work being done by Ivanov, but his relationship with the Federation was always very iffy. Not that those guys are some saints, not by any means, but you can never guess who's in the right. Let's see how things develop and if any charged will be pressed against him.
 

The Whistler world cup featuring the first instance of a relay that includes the women's doubles (with the order being women's single, men's double, men's single and women's double). Nine countries took part with a full team of six athletes.

It has also been 30 years since a athlete representing a country other than made the final.

The Whistler world cup featuring the first instance of a relay that includes the women's doubles (with the order being women's single, men's double, men's single and women's double). Nine countries took part with a full team of six athletes.

Women's doubles in the youth Continental Cup in Oberhof this weekend:
 

 
Sisters don't want to go together?  

Despite missing the final Richard Tury is very satisfied with his performance and very good amount of points to the Olympic Ranking.
 
Also special mention: First time ever our public TV (RTVS) broadcasted Skateboarding live early this morning
 

Moguls WC Alpe D’Huez, France
 
Men
Gold-  Mikael Kingsbury (86.55) 
Silver-  Elliot Vaillancourt (77.44) 
Bronze-  Ikuma Horishima (77.23)
 
First career WC medal for Vaillancourt!
 
Women
Gold-  Jakara Anthony (79.98)
Silver-  Jaelin Kauf (75.64)
Bronze-  Olivia Giacco (74.82)
 
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