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& locked together like convicts on a chain gang. As are &

“….. team consisting of cross country skiiers & biathletes” - won’t get a single minute of TV time then.

Boo, not a full athletes’ parade!

Not sure if the local costume came in such bright pastel colours back in ye olden dayes.

OK, torch carrier is someone who actually deserves it, unlike Tokyo.

Thomas Bachchampionolympiquedel’escrime1976 is in the House!

Might be they’ve just concluded that youth CC & biathlon training is a good foundation for tons of different endurance sports, which is obviously true.

And not just picking up North American expats, as lots of other sunny nations do.

They had a lot of CC skiers in the World Juniors last year too, so obviously have either ambitions or an eccentric billionaire sponsor.

And just a reminder - here's the schedule for the World Athletics Gold Level Indoor Tour 27 Jan – Astana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov Prizes, Astana, Kazakhstan 30 Jan – Czech Indoor Gala, Ostrava, Czech Republic 4 Feb – New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Boston, USA 6 Feb – ORLEN Copernicus Cup, Torun, Poland 10 Feb – Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais ‘Trophée EDF’, Lievin, France 11 Feb – Millrose Games, New York, USA 23 Feb – World Indoor Tour Gold Madrid 2024, Madrid, Spain https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/world-indoor-tour-expands-2024

And Luxembourg on Sunday afternoon.

We got our first Indoor meets of 2024! (OK, I am excluding the Siberian Regionals from last weekend) Dortmund on Saturday afternoon.

Incredible miracle recovery from Gisin! B

I leg 3 gates.

Not their week - 4 Man Bob DQFed on Sunday.

Lot of PBs coming tonight.

Must say I had given up on British Short Track after all the troubles and woes of Elise Christie. OK, a European silver is good to have but the weight of the sport is in East Asia, but hopefully a bit more sponsorship and funding.... Niall Treacy: British short track skater wins 1,000m silver at European Championships - BBC Sport

But seriously....did some internet research. Seems Red Bull dropped the sport in 2019, so obviously a lot lower profile nowadays. They can't have the Montreals or St Pauls anymore. so no choice but to go to the smaller resorts.

Yeah, well Lost Valley goes out of its way to stay off the radar.

Was suffering from COVID over the break, she says.

Big shock as Hansen completely collapses on the ski leg.

In English it’s called a greenstick fracture - ie the bone protrudes through the flesh.

What can you do, so many early season cancellations. Unfortunately the January classics have to double up or you have a 5 race WC.

Or make ski double distance!

Yeah, looks like they have 100% of the Olympic Channel content, so that’s easy enough.