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Don't know what team it was, but someone stopped before she was lapped - just at the foot of the massive lung-busting climb.  

Don't know what team it was, but someone stopped before she was lapped - just at the foot of the massive lung-busting climb.  

Wow  on 30/30 so far.....I think 41/40 is the record,  men & women both did it.

Gets it right today 0 0 and fast.

It's not too serious according to the lady herself.
 
Mikaela Shiffrin: Giant slalom crash scuppers bid for 100th World Cup victory - BBC Sport

Must have been a tactical move to save energy.  She knew she had better downhill skis.

Wow, epic win for  Jess Diggins!  
 
Terrible mistake by Johaug & Weng to let two sprinters back into the race.

oK, so for, hypothetically, famous  musicians trying to qualify for the Olympics......

Oh dear.  If a race is not on Eurosport TV, it is always live-streamed here.
 
 
 
https://eurovisionsport.com/
 
So you don't need to miss anything now.  Needs a free registration, but no subcription.
 

They're based on four things:
 
1. A factor (800 for interval starts, 1200 for sprint qualifying, 1400 for mass starts/skiathlons)
 
2. The winner's time
 
3. The time of athlete X (the one you want to calculate the points for)
 
4. The current FIS points of the athletes in the top-5 of the race
 
I know there are two formulas FIS uses, which obviously result in the same points total, but I don't have them in mind

Old-style standing shoot from Dorro!  

Oh dear, last shoot meltdown from  QFM hands the win to 

Not 300 points....233 points  
https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=47716
 
Excellent start of the season! Live timing wasn't ideal, some transponders issues here and there, so while she should have crossed the line first (started 2nd), I didn't see her in the finish list even after 8-9 women finished...luckily then she called and when I asked if she finished, she said she did, so no problems and it was indeed just some transponder issue  
 
Tomorrow it's the 10k classic, first time she does 10k races back-to-back, let's see how that goes  Less pressure though, since that one won't count for the Brazilian Olympic ranking, only classic sprint and freestyle distance races count for that.

And along with  Esteves Altamiras, that makes three Catalans* in the WC Points this weekend. 
 
 * Pretty sure Bernat & Jaume are Català names.

Tom Pidcock forcing the French guy to ride into a tree in the men's Mountain Bike
Alex Yee's last 500m kick in the triathlon
Andy Murray fighting his way through each tie like it was a Wimbledon final.

Snow and wind in Ruka this morning, so the scheduled Ski Jumping round was cancelled - good news is that they did manage a provisional round yesterday, so that's going to be used as the base for the race later this afternoon.  
 
Nightmare for Ilves  who won in Norway last week - he starts in dead last place, down among the dead men in the Wave. 
 
Viessmann FIS Nordic Combined Provisional Round Ruka (FIN)
 
 

list of stripped Olympic medals by country
 
Summer/Winter olympic games 
Stripped medals by country Country Total  (RUS) 15 21 13 49   (USA) 6 2 5 13   (UKR) 2 4 5 11  (BLR) 2 3 6 11   (KAZ) 6 2 2 10   (BUL) 4 2 1 7   (TUR) 1 4 0 5   (CHN) 3 0 1 4   (ESP) 3 0 1 4   (HUN) 2 2 0 4   (UZB) 2 1 1 4   (ROM) 1 1 2 4  (SWE) 1 1 2 4   (GBR) 0 1 2 3   (ARM) 0 0 3 3   (MDA) 0 0 3 3  (GER) 2 0 0 2   (AZE) 0 1 1 2   (PRK) 0 1 1 2   (GRE) 0 0 2 2   (BRN) 1 0 0 1   (CAN) 1 0 0 1  (IRL) 1 0 0 1   (JAM) 1 0 0 1   (POL) 1 0 0 1  ROC 1 0 0 1  (CUB) 0 1 0 1  (FIN)
0 1 0 1   (GEO) 0 1 0 1  (ITA) 0 1 0 1   (LTU) 0 1 0 1  (MGL) 0 1 0 1   (KGZ) 0 0 1 1   (NED) 0 0 1 1   (NOR) 0 0 1 1  olympic athletes from Russia(OAR) 0 0 1 1  soviet (URS) 0 0 1 1  unified team  (EUN) 0 0 1 1 Total 55 52 55 162  
 
Stripped medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 21 20 13 54 Weightlifting 15 14 23 52 Wrestling 3 7 3 13 Cross-country skiing 5 3 1 9 Biathlon 2 2 1 5 Cycling 1 1 3 5 Equestrian 3 0 1 4 Boxing 0 2 1 3 Bobsleigh 2 0 0 2 Gymnastics 1 0 1 2 Canoeing 0 1 1 2 Judo 0 1 1 2 Shooting 0 1 1 2 Modern pentathlon 0 0 2 2 Figure skating 1 0 0 1 Swimming 1 0 0 1 Alpine skiing 0 0 1 1 Curling 0 0 1 1 Rowing 0 0 1 1 Total 55 52 55 162

Just a little bump to remind everyone that, amidst all the excitement for other sports, the Luge Season starts tomorrow from Norway.  Excellent - probably the best of all winter sports - coverage is on YouTube featuring some of sports' most ditsy lady commentators and a revolving cast of guest experts, usually featuring whatever lugeist is having a day off and speaks decent English.
 
FIL Luge - YouTube

Just a little bump to remind everyone that, amidst all the excitement for other sports, the Luge Season starts tomorrow from Norway.  Excellent - probably the best of all winter sports - coverage is on YouTube featuring some of sports' most ditsy lady commentators and a revolving cast of guest experts, usually featuring whatever lugeist is having a day off and speaks decent English.
 
FIL Luge - YouTube

Just a little bump to remind everyone that, amidst all the excitement for other sports, the Luge Season starts tomorrow from Norway.  Excellent - probably the best of all winter sports - coverage is on YouTube featuring some of sports' most ditsy lady commentators and a revolving cast of guest experts, usually featuring whatever lugeist is having a day off and speaks decent English.
 
FIL Luge - YouTube

For sure better for  one silver - I think it was Shelly Rudman, Skeleton.  Can definitely improve on that.   Still remember it as a good games, though - think it was the first time I took two weeks off work to watch a Winter Games.  

Seems to be quite common - like Estelle Alphond for  because her father fell out with 

never hit their best game, so congrats to  for their first Gold in 20 years.  

And I'm thinking you can count World Cup medals in ANY sport for  on the fingers of one hand. 

Anyway...let's hope that this is the last time this year we see a brownfield competition!