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Seems a bit odd, but the Snowboard Big Air World Cup is already over! Obviously they’ve decided to split Big Air & Slopestyle into two mini-seasons. Anyway Mia Brookes wins! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/67733258

Used to be the default back in the early days. Suppose it depends on the particular piste.

Plenty medals today! Gold - Matt Weston - skeleton Bronze - Tabitha Stoecker - skeleton Bronze - Mia Brookes - snowboard big air Bronze - Zoe Atkins - Ski Halfpipe.

Unusual DQF today - Kaspar Moen Flatla forgot to put his transponder on! Bet the coach will not be happy.

Big derby game in England tomorrow is Ipswich v Norwich. Very unusual in that most of their fans come from small villages and each county only has one professional team, so it is effectively Suffolk (Ipswich) v Norfolk (Norwich). Back in post-Roman times, this was the Kingdom of East Anglia & in pre-Roman times it was the land of the Icenii, who famously once beat the Romans in a battle (but not the war, of course). https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67681322

Ouch! One of the somehow managed 5 penalty loops on one leg!

Was robbed of her career by the overwhelming presence of intersex athletes in her event. And of course when she complained about it she was bullied into silence by the Twitter mob. Let's hope she's the last woman to be treated that way.

I go back to Frank Pemberton in Homicide: Life on the Street, which I still think was pretty much the best acting ever done on TV. Sadly, there are some stupid legal complications which prevent that all-time great cop show from being streamed.

Think the.Niskanens have done it in Cross Country.

Does make the racing more enjoyable for the neutral, like women’s poor form in CC this season.

Now wait a sec, wait a sec ….up till now I’d always thought Camogie & hurling were the same sport, the one all sensible people call shinty. Now you’re saying they’re different?

Has not been a hugely great year for individual achievement in so our list includes a few people with lifetime achievements alongside great winners from the year. Stuart Broad - Cricketer Frankie Dettori - Horse racing Mary Earps - Women's Football goalkeeper Alfie Hewitt - Wheelchair tennis Katarina Johnson-Thompson - Heptathlon World Champion Rory McIlroy - Golf Mary Earps probably the favourite based on the numbers of viewers of her games in the Women's World Cup. Sports Personality of the Year 2023 shortlist: Broad, Dettori, Earps, Hewett, Johnson-Thompson & McIlroy - BBC Sport

Inevitably there will be some kind of rare wild bird nests, eco-protests, disputes between architects, contractor over-runs etc etc and it will only be finished days before the actual races.

That’s Lago Placido to you, mate.

Huge PB for Flora Dolci in 4th.

So, wonder what the medals table looks like… https://live.european-athletics.com/lrs/medal-standings/ATH

Yeah OK, Double Gold in the Men’s U-23.

Another Double Gold for in the Women’s U-23s!

Shock as Dutch teen phenom Laros goes down to Axel Christensen in the men’s U-20. Heroic team gold for

Double Gold for in Brussels Women’s U-20, that will do.

Silver for Mia Brookes in the Big Air in Edmonton. Big Air World Cup: Britain's Mia Brookes finishes second in Edmonton - BBC Sport

And Chris Madzer also - just doing his home race this weekend & then hanging up his bootees.

Great day for the - four finalists in classic sprint!

JT Boe’s long two week career slump is over; wins again today.

Debut win as pilot for Keysha Love.