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Link for the Alpine Luge this weekend Doh!

As I said elsewhere, there is always a chance when the big countries are limited to four athletes. Also, pray for changeable weather conditions in the time trial events. Blizzards have produced surprise golds in thd past!

Good news is that TNT have signed it up in so it will get the same all of everything coverage the Olympics gets. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yj9pnl5n4o BBC might still get secondary FTA rights, as it does with the Olympics.

great day continues with Hornig up at the top in France.

Bit of a strange incident in the Women's race this morning as WC Leader Natalie Armbruster seemingly fainted on the long climb - eventually got up & finished, but she wasn't moving for a while.

Great start to the weekend for with a silver for Tabby Stoecker yesterday, then Gold for Matt Weston & Silver for Marcus Wyatt today!

Final total standings for the overall Race Walking World Tour announced - Maria Perez ESP takes the Women's after an undefeated year, and Evan Dunfee CAN takes the Men's. Not much of a close season - races counting towards the 2026 Tour start on 11 January. Perez and Dunfee confirmed winners of World Athletics Race Walking Tour | PRESS RELEASE | World Athletics Women 1 Maria Perez (ESP) 4136 2 Alegna Gonzalez (MEX) 3960 3 Antonella Palmisano (ITA) 3958 4 Paula Milena Torres (ECU) 3925 5 Kimberly Garcia Leon (PER) 3862 6 Peng Li (CHN) 3825 7 Katarzyna Zdzieblo (POL) 3775 8 Nanako Fujii (JPN) 3770 Men 1 Evan Dunfee (CAN) 4077 2 Caio Bonfim (BRA) 4044 3 Paul McGrath (ESP) 3940 4 Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 3932 5 Qian Haifeng (CHN) 3927 6 Massimo Stano (ITA) 3884 7 Christopher Linke (GER) 3853 8 Hayato Katsuki (JPN) 3850

In many cultures, Christmas season only officially starts when the Totallympics decorations go up.

There's no funding anymore, same as everywhere else.

More live Curling on Eurovision Sport this weekend - the Canadian Open from Saskatoon.

Short Track, which was once a big programme, will send only one athlete Niall Tracey, to Milan. Winter Olympics 2026: Niall Treacy only GB short track speed skater - BBC Sport

Julia Simon early 0 0. Fialkova faster! Vittozzi v Fialkova! Another Jeanmonnot day.... Vittozzi can't match Fialkova! Yes she can!

Off we go in Le Grand Bornand. Sadly not huge amounts of snow, but tracks look OK. Big crowds.

Double bill of skeleton this weekend from starting tomorrow!

Details about the first Alpine Luge World Cup of the season fil-luge.org/de/news/fil-alpine-luge-world-cup-a-new-era-begins-in-winterleiten

We got good quality live coverage of the Continental Cup on YouTube at the moment. Featuring some big names, including Noriaki Kasai! FIS Ski Jumping - YouTube

Story so far in the Mixed Doubles Qual Group A KOR 3 0 CZE 2 1 LAT 2 1 TUR 2 1 FIN 1 2 GER 1 2 JPN 1 2 AUT 0 3 Group B AUS 3 0 CHN 3 0 DEN 2 1 NED 2 1 FRA 1 2 NZL 1 2 ESP 0 3 HUN 0 3

Hoo boy, Snoop Dogg AND Mariah Carey. She is half-Italian though. American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey will perform at the opening ceremony of next year's Winter Olympics. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c17x8rep7p5o

One of their riders is from Xinjiang, so absolutely they will take them.

Chanavat wins & 's World Cup of DOOM continues with Pelligrino in second.

1 & 2 in the men's sprint final!

And would you believe this timebomb detonated today? She picked up another yellow card for obstruction in Davos - 2 yellows equal one so she is DQF in Davos.

Klaebo messes up! Got himself into patch of wet snow, fourth in his heat! Is currently a LL but surely not for long. And he is out!

Has done a fantastic job also.

Wow Kuzmina still capable of making up a few places in a relay.