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Rower Paul O'Donovan wins, first Irish athlete to win medals in three consecutive games. O'Donovan wins RTÉ Sport Sportsperson award for 2024

Not really a surprise as Mark Cavendish wins the Lifetime Achievement Award, usually given to retiring athletes. Sports Personality of the Year 2024: Sir Mark Cavendish wins Lifetime Achievement award - BBC Sport

And the men almost match it!

First-ever WC win for Slind at the age of 36!

Apparently best since 2007!

First women's relay win in almost four years. And almost a great day for .

Well, she speaks with an English accent.

Well,that was pretty good in fact - definitely.more of an Olympic event than One Summer Event I Will Not Name. I guess it was between this & Telemark as a new Olympic event - not an easy choice. And Women's winner was Emily Larrop - with a 100% name & accent. We definitely need to get her back home between now & 2026.

Did not spot this earlier, but this was on Eurosport for the very first time today.

London 1948. Band of the Grenadier Guards, fresh from winning the War Athletes Parade. Opening Ceremony Everyone goes home to celebrate by eating their entire month's fruit ration.

First skeleton Gold of the Season to - Marcus Wyatt. Matt Weston in silver. Current World Cup leader Christopher Grotheer was injured and could not compete, but we'll take the points, thanks very much!

Wright 0 0 into second after 2nd shoot

Well done the man who just gave Slettemark a ski pole! Can't imagine that has a full team of soigneurs trackside.

Good women's race today - Star for me was Anna Andexter - on her WC debut shoots 0 0 and top 30 place.

Not here. 55 minutes of showboating, 5 minutes actual sport, 2 hours of staff meetings.

Purely for scientific interest.... Dutch speed skating world champion Joy Beune has broken records after posing for the cover of Playboy magazine for the first time in her homeland. Not the first winter sports person to do this, Janine Flock was in playboy, and someone less well known as well. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-14186077/Dutch-world-champion-speed-skater-Joy-Beune-25-breaks-records-posing-cover-Playboy-magazine.html

Well done, that is great news. Hopefully it encourages other European cities to keep bidding. However it also.proves you need high ticket sales which are less likely in LA & Brisbane.

Alpe d'Huez Moguls cancelled this weekend.

Got our last two season premiers of the winter this week - ski cross double header & snowboard cross. And a couple of delayed premiers, women's alpine speed & the proper luge relay. And in non-Olympic disciplines, the Ski Classics season starts from Bad Gastein. https://scplay.skiclassics.com/season-xvi-2024-25/videos/bad-gastein-criterium-xvi-bad-gastein-austria

shorlist. They had their best ever Olympics, so have pushed the boat out and nominated 10 people. Rhasidat Adeleke (Athletics) Anthony Cacace (Boxing) Katie-George Dunlevy (Para-Cycling) Kellie Harrington (Boxing) Rhys McClenaghan (Gymnastics) Ciara Mageean (Athletics) Shane O'Donnell (Hurling) Paul O'Donovan (Rowing) Rosin Ni Riain (Para-Swimming) Katie Taylor (Boxing) Paul Townend (Horse Racing) Daniel Wiffen (Swimming)

Tragic story here. Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty over a car incident in Australia which killed his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins. Rohan Dennis: Olympic cyclist pleads guilty over wife's car death - BBC News

Alpine and CC are mostly privately financed because they are seen as unlikely medallists. Cross Country is financed by a Private Bank, who also sponsor others - you can tell by the orange leggings on the ski suits.

It's still possible to study or be a doctor or lawyer and be a national team member rowing, because it is not really an all year sport like many others. Probably only about 18 very intense months out of the 47 month Olympiad cycle. British lottery was specifically created to finance sport, but even with lots of money we still must make choices - bobsleigh but not luge, triathlon but not wrestling, artistic but not rhythmic gymnastics etc.

Our rowers are supported by lottery money, so are effectively making maybe double pr triple the average income of someone else their age, plus whatever extra sponsorship they can arrange for themselves.