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Try pronouncing my cousin’s daughter’s name - Caoimhe. 95% of Scottish people can’t do it. (It’s Kiva - Кива)

Oh dear. Team rules are rules, I suppose, no favourites. Will keep the race interesting till the end, though.

For sure there is always the chance of catching it; lots of athletes have. But for fit people under the age of 60, the chances of serious consequences - severe illness, death - are indeed of much less then a severe car crash. Not including Peter Northug here, obviously.

Those can only be accurately counted for the Individual 20k & 15k races where they add one minute for every missed shot. They definitely showed those on screen on Saturday. For all other races, coaches & athletes generally reckon 25 seconds per miss, (but it’s probably 22-27 depending on the athlete) so that gives you a quick approximate measure. If you can do some Excel magic, extract & add together the three loop times, which excludes shooting times & penalty loops altogether. That would be the most precise.

Lots of first-time victories coming.

Literally more chance of getting in a car crash on the way to the race.

Dunno how many people COVID has killed on the IoM, but the bike races always take off 2-3 a year.

2021 Isle of Man TT Festival, scheduled for May/June, cancels. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55130836

They managed to get them all down in the end - maiden victory for Granerud.

Well, this is heading for a cancellation so it could well stand up.

In the event Riiber got to keep his 200 points from Friday & Saturday, so it wasn’t quite the disaster it might have been.

Wow, that’s the same thing I have! Sitting in a comfortable chair & eating chocolate is the only thing that helps.

Yeah, people often confuse Australia & Greenland. It’s the kangaroos.

Her PB is 14, definitely beats that.

And she does! Unfortunately will lose a few places now.

Lea Einfalt does not live up to her name, misses zwei.

Stina Nilsen better start working on her ski jumping, she’s not getting into this team!

Hanna Oeberg surely gets the win! 0 0 & the fastest ski time.

Big lead for Roeiseland. Wierer looking to defend her yellow vest, won’t get the win.

Vittozzi 10/10 but ski speed is slow.

Davidova & Eckhoff eliminate themselves early. Vittozzi recovers.

Klaebo taking advantage of his lead to start calmly, field catching him up. Surely he’s saving something up for the last few kms. Klaebo has been caught, now letting Iversen & Bolshunov do the work. Holund looking to win the Fastest Time prize. Klaebo leaves it all to the final climb, gets the Tour win. Both Andrews beat their bib number.

Theresa Johaug having no trouble maintaining her social distancing this morning, chasing pack not working as a group. Chasing group making basic errors, slacking off & letting dangerous rivals rejoin. Easy win for Johaug, both the Mini-Tour & the Pursuit. Sorina out-sprints a big pack of Swedes for second.

Stvrtecky, more misses than vowels.

Ponsiluoma, great skiing.