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Also, Mondo Duplantis has announced he is skipping the Euros but is going to China for the Worlds. Imagine lots of other established names will do the same. Some might prefer to skip the travel of course & just do Apeldoorn.

Got some more dates. 25 Jan - Astana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov Prizes (KAZ) - Gold meeting 29 Jan - Belgrade Indoor Meeting (SRB) - Gold meeting 2 Feb - New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (Boston, USA) - Gold meeting 4 Feb - Czech Indoor Gala (Ostrava, CZE) - Gold meeting 7 Feb - INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe (GER) - Gold meeting 8 Feb - Millrose Games (New York, USA) - Gold meeting 13 Feb - Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais (Lievin, FRA) - Gold meeting 16 Feb - Copernicus Cup (Torun, POL) - Gold meeting 22 - 23 Feb - UK Indoor Championships (Birmingham) 28 Feb - World Indoor Tour Gold Madrid (ESP) - Gold meeting 6 - 9 Mar - European Indoor Championships (Apeldoorn, NED) 13 Mar - World Indoor Tour concludes (Uppsala, SWE) 14 - 15 Mar - NCAA D1 Indoor Championships (Virginia Beach, VA) 21 - 23 Mar - World Indoor Championships (Nanjing, CHN

Wow, double Gold weekend in Winterberg! Matt Weston's turn for Gold in the Skeleton, then an incredible 4 Man win for Brad Hall on a very difficult weather day! Hopefully a bit more media coverage this season. Bobsleigh World Cup: Great Britain win gold in four-man event - BBC Sport

Klaebo losing a big chunk of time here,but surely not.... .....finally gets home. fifth!

Looks like have got a new sports hero!

3 in the top 15, surely even the most pessimistic of Italian fans must be happy?

Torino course was excellent as well. Lots of difficult climbs. Hopefully time to.add some elements.

Getting going with the Indoor Season. (Have already missed a PV meet in ) Key dates to look for 10 January - First Indoor Tour meet in Sabadell, Catalunya 25 January - First Indoor Tour Gold meet in Astana 6-9 March - European Championships from Apeldoorn . 21-23 March - World Championships from Nanjing (Postponed from 2020 )

Just a bump to remind everyone we are back in action this weekend, in Sigulda, always both an exciting and a frustrating weekend for the dogs of .

Yet another place which usually has marginal snow with great snow!

There's a big snowboard cross meet in this weekend, but I can't see details. TV coverage locked away on NBC. https://www.canadasnowboard.ca/en/events/sbxtour/sunpeaks/

Rare win for Fändrich - Heidi.Weng improves her position overall.

And another centenarian - oldest living Tour de France stage winner Emile Idée, who got one in 1949. Back in the day when you either opened a bike shop or a bar after retirement. Emile Idée, oldest surviving Tour de France stage winner, dies at 104

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

Back in action tomorrow! Winterberg, IBSF Bobsleigh & Skeleton - YouTube

Not such a difference on calculated times here. Johaug Slind Niskanen

Alternative ranking based on calculated start to finish times on that single race is Anger Valnes Schumacher

Bad Day for Jess Diggins as she loses big chunk of time to Team . Best performance we have seen from any as Stewart-Jones continues to be comfortable in the Top 10.

Snow on New Years' Day, that's got to be a good omen for the year, right?

One of those disputed ones - Musgrave once was the joint fastest man in a pursuit which used to be given as a win, but the interpretation has changed a few times with the FIS trying to rationalise records between alpine & CC. Also, I think the first time in at least 10 years that any flat stage has been run as a Ski Classics-style open country race, rather than as typical stadium loops.

Suggesting the multi-city model for the CWG. I think it's sensible: clearly the days of huge new facilities for everything are gone for the foreseeable. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/ce3lp664701o

Yeah, but no wind problems means the comp has to be cancelled because there's no electricity for the floodlights.

Grab a screenshot now, ! 2 Yanks in the top 3!

Volunteers required to help drain the great Tequila Lake. Falling demand leaves Mexico with a 500mn-litre tequila lake

Jess owes her waxing team a case of beer after today. First ever won in Classic!