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Very weird venue, the Sierra Nevada. At the top of the hill in the morning you can watch ski cross, then go to the bottom & watch a cricket tournament in the afternoon.

Would be happy to see the whole lot of them begging in the streets, frankly. None of them lifted a finger when another ex-England player, Matt Le Tissier was sacked for opposing COVID lockdowns, so they are just getting what they wished on others.

Less than 40 competing in the Holenkollen 50k - all the more sausages for the fans.

Totally legit parentage reasons though.

For all us obsessive-compulsives out there - the IBSF has just uploaded the missing races to YT! No commentary, though.

Hah! I knew David Murdoch had got a new job, but did not realise that he is now High Performance Director for .

Åre is where Stenmark recorded his record-equalling win in 1981 - matched the 62 of Annemarie Moser-Pröll.

And Joe Davies wins the Men’s 10k!

Yes, we also,get them on Viaplay - suddenly arrived mid January.

Edinburgh International is on YT this weekend. FYI my personal best in this pool is 55mins for the 1300m Breast Stroke, set from Lane 7 in Monday last. Also, my favourite locker is 941, the Locker of Champions. https://youtube.com/@StreamScene

The Engadin Classic Marathon on Sunday is going to be shown FTA on the Olympic Channel. Normally the Ski Classic series of races are hidden away on PayTV channels, expect in the Scandi countries.

Coverage of the US NCAA Cross Country Champs - also alpine - from Lake Placid is available here. (151) ncaa championship - YouTube

Coverage of these Championships - both Alpine & Nordic - is available here. (151) ncaa championship - YouTube

Shiffrin goes to 86!

Today’s stage of the Paris-Nice is cancelled because of strong winds.

There’s only one way he could have been sure it was empty.

OK lots of people are not there, but if you want a podium you’ve still got to do the basics right & beat decent athletes,

Good to know that all the deep-seated bitterness arising from the Batavo-Slovak War of the 1920s had been forgotten.

Just to sum up the Russian winners that @justonywas asking for. Relays were by Russian regional teams but don't have members listed so I haven't included them. Styles were the same as for the Worlds. Women Sprint - Natalya Nepryayeva Pursuit - Natalya Nepryayeva Team Sprint - Elizaveta Pantrina & Ekatarina Smirnova 10k - Veronika Stepanova 30k - Natalya Nepryayeva Men Sprint - Sergei Ustyugov Pursuit - Aleksandr Bolshunov Team Sprint - Aleksandr Terentyev & Aleksandr Bolshunov 15k - Aleksandr Bolshunov 50k - Aleksandr Bolshunov

Cool, have enough unwatched biathlon to last me till the FourcadeFest in August.

She is Andrew Mugrave’s gf so c’mon Andy, do the right thing & get this girl a passport immediately!

Вот, результаты нашёл! Full results are here. Videos are geo-blocked though, unlike the biathlon ones. https://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/cross_country/stats/turnir_20580

I don’t know how it’s done elsewhere, but in we have Olympic aptitude events. Promising young athletes from any background sport can do a range of tests & they will be offered places to train on the less-well known Olympic Sports. That’s how double gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold got started on skeleton. Plenty of rowers, triathletes & pentathletes have come through that.

Yeah it’s poor value given that the WC Final & the World Champs go out FTA on the Olympic Channel.

Jaz Sawyers gets 7.00 WL!