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be snapping at ‘s heel like giant crocs in the saltwater marshes of the Northern Territory.

These are pretty massive gaps in the sprint, so it’s going to be a two-for-the-price of one offer for JTB.

40 sec lead for JTB with one miss.

Tsvetkov first to 0 0 Boe one miss but still fast.

I am growing increasingly worried about the recent absence of Thomas Bach (Olympic Champion, Fencing, 1976). Where is he? During the first few days of the Olympics he was, like Superman everywhere at once, but I haven’t seen him at all since this whole Russian skating moppet controversy started. Is he trapped in a lift at the Beijing Mandarin Oriental? Perhaps locked in the cabin of his private jet? Off on a secret mission to broker peace between Moscow & Kiev? An anxious world need to be reassured!

According to the BBC just now, when Charlotte Bankes left for , she took the wax tech guy with her!

Same crap maximum gap rules as parallel slalom.

Ok, everyone walked away, Oh no, judges!

We had the brilliant luge relay yesterday. Today we have the utterly rubbish snowboard cross relay.

Yeah, yeah. I’ve read The Day of the Jackal, I know how easy it is to get fake documents.

Think there is some legal restriction or rule of the sport which means you can’t run skeleton till you are 18. Something like that. Anyway, it wipes out Germany’s natural advantage.

Confident that Thomas Bach (Gold, Fencing 1976) will soon be on top of this once he has sorted out the thorny issue of inadequate room service in the Mandarin Hotel, Beijing.

Luge is different, countries with a track cannot be beaten. Luge is the default sliding sport, everyone starts as children so we can never beat that. With skeleton, everyone, even Latvians, starts much later so there’s more chance for the non-track nations.

It’s nonsense, these things won’t be decided for years yet.

Maybe have some spare: nobody would notice.

They do have some skiing, but it is like Scotland, not every year. We’ve seen in Cross Country before.

Elvira 10/10 is she going to challenge for Gold? No, pace isn’t there. Challenging for silver.

Elvira 5/5 & fast!

Wierer 10/10 & fast!

Commentary team in British Eurosport is father-and-son team Mike & Scott Dixon. And in fact we have with Reztsova mother-and-daughter athletes! Has Eckhoff missed 6! No, only 2 Roeiseland 0 0 that’s the win.

Hog line violation by gifts 2, and very possibly the match, because were looking at a steal of two for a 3-point lead. Instead 5 6 But gravity prevails & Koreans score 4.

Guess they’re wanting to give younger skiers a chance of something.

Tobies were wobbling there!

Well done to Plume, a huge inspiration & role model to all Latvian men whose name do not end in an -s.