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Wow, 3 in the Top 10 from Bib 25 & over!

Another one here.

Lots of ladies taking the scenic route down the mountain today, loose snow making navigation difficult.

Once again our snow luck holds! Rain & melt yesterday turn into a beautiful fresh fall overnight!

medal avalanche 24-25 continues! Bronze today.

Another good preview article here = all the various events and championships organised by European Athletics during the year to come. What’s on this year? Key dates for your diary in 2025 | European Athletics

I remember that Germany lost a whole generation of good athletes that way. All were world class, all retired at age 24 or so.

There are heroes, and there are legends, and then there is Katinka Hosszu.... Swimming-Hungary's 'Iron Lady' Hosszu retires

Let's hope he doesn't get distracted.

Lots of viewing options happily. Easy option if you have it - everything is on Discovery Plus Free To Air option - They have lots of their own free streaming on FISU.TV. Go to FISU.TV on your browser Create a username/password Once that is done, you can stream from your PC Or you can download the app on all services - Ipad, Android, Amazon, Roku Enjoy!

don't historically send a big team outside Curling, but following our best-ever Games in 2023 we have 55 athletes & representation in lots of disciplines. https://www.bucs.org.uk/resources-page/gb-students-delegation-is-torino-bound.html

Great sporting moment!

And not at all by decades of neglect of fire hazards by incompetent Marxist politicians, no sirreee bob. Everyone knows it is wind that causes fires, which is why we get so many in the north of Scotland.

Is voluntary euthanasia out of the question? Is there a petition to sign, au moins?

Anyone remember that athlete in a European Champs who was given a false start, then protested and got a re-run? And then false-started twice. Was kind of like that.

Wow, horrible long wait for everyone.

Also, Mondo Duplantis has announced he is skipping the Euros but is going to China for the Worlds. Imagine lots of other established names will do the same. Some might prefer to skip the travel of course & just do Apeldoorn.

Got some more dates. 25 Jan - Astana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov Prizes (KAZ) - Gold meeting 29 Jan - Belgrade Indoor Meeting (SRB) - Gold meeting 2 Feb - New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (Boston, USA) - Gold meeting 4 Feb - Czech Indoor Gala (Ostrava, CZE) - Gold meeting 7 Feb - INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe (GER) - Gold meeting 8 Feb - Millrose Games (New York, USA) - Gold meeting 13 Feb - Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais (Lievin, FRA) - Gold meeting 16 Feb - Copernicus Cup (Torun, POL) - Gold meeting 22 - 23 Feb - UK Indoor Championships (Birmingham) 28 Feb - World Indoor Tour Gold Madrid (ESP) - Gold meeting 6 - 9 Mar - European Indoor Championships (Apeldoorn, NED) 13 Mar - World Indoor Tour concludes (Uppsala, SWE) 14 - 15 Mar - NCAA D1 Indoor Championships (Virginia Beach, VA) 21 - 23 Mar - World Indoor Championships (Nanjing, CHN

Wow, double Gold weekend in Winterberg! Matt Weston's turn for Gold in the Skeleton, then an incredible 4 Man win for Brad Hall on a very difficult weather day! Hopefully a bit more media coverage this season. Bobsleigh World Cup: Great Britain win gold in four-man event - BBC Sport

Klaebo losing a big chunk of time here,but surely not.... .....finally gets home. fifth!

Looks like have got a new sports hero!

3 in the top 15, surely even the most pessimistic of Italian fans must be happy?

Torino course was excellent as well. Lots of difficult climbs. Hopefully time to.add some elements.

Getting going with the Indoor Season. (Have already missed a PV meet in ) Key dates to look for 10 January - First Indoor Tour meet in Sabadell, Catalunya 25 January - First Indoor Tour Gold meet in Astana 6-9 March - European Championships from Apeldoorn . 21-23 March - World Championships from Nanjing (Postponed from 2020 )

Just a bump to remind everyone we are back in action this weekend, in Sigulda, always both an exciting and a frustrating weekend for the dogs of .