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A. Drukarovas  rewrote Lithuanian alpine skiing history by finishing 23rd in the giant slalom.
 
Previous best Lithuanian result was a 30th place by Linas Vaitkus in 1997 

This is a great heroic story.
 
 
An Iranian judoka who refused to return to Iran after reportedly being ordered to throw a match to avoid facing off with an Israeli is competing in Israel.
 
Saeid Mollaei has said he fears for his life if he goes back home following the episode in the 2019 Judo World Championships in Japan.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56099440

It will never be over. Even though Margaret Thatcher left office over 30 years ago, leftists in Britain still blame things on her, even though they were in power for over a decade.  It’s only because Trump came along that American leftists stopped blaming Ronald Reagan.

Ted Cruz isn't the President unlike Joe fucking Biden. The 'blame everything on Trump' era is OVER!

{Takes a deep breath.}
 
Thursday’s race was two races at once.  For major countries it was a qualifying race, for minor countries it was a ranking race.  Since the minor countries were pre-qualified for the final, they could not be eliminated.
 
Think of ski jumping in reverse. In qualifying, numbers 70 (or whatever) to 11 must qualify, but World Cup 10 to 1 are already qualified, they qualify even if they do not jump, but get a low ranking.
 
{Sits back exhausted}. 

It’s a sport that gives everyone a chance.  Luge is great, but the only way you are going to get to the top is to go to school in the same town as a track & start at age 10.  Pretty much everyone in skeleton converted from some other sport when they were already an adult.

Sorry,  sense of humour.

I am sure that after such a cold winter they will have lots of snow in reserve.

Said this before, but as the new guy in the Norwegian team, he had no choice but to be at his strongest in Nov/Dec, & couldn’t afford to save anything for February.

Bookies must love you.

I believe GB Snowsports is working with F1 outfit McLaren to improve their performances across all the Olympic and Paralympic snow disciplines. Engineer Tom Stallard - a former Olympic rower - has been working on things like aerodynamics, waxing and bindings. It maybe that this is beginning to show fruit.

1-2-3!  Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
 
Breezy Johnson takes the lead! Her sisters Sunny, Rainy & Snowy will be delighted!

it’s the biathlon variant of the Commentator’s Curse, the most powerful force in the known universe. Athletes will shoot 5/5 in private, but as soon as they hear their name on the Stadium PA, they fall apart like zombies hit with a double-barrelled shotgun.

Camera men sabotaged both Natalija and Gabrielė. Nothing more to say... 

That post didn’t age well.  1/5.
 
Roeiesland 5/5

UPDATE
 
it was not the hygienical office in but a request from FIS
 
It looks it was because of Germany and their strict measures, it was FIS who asked the cancellation of the event because athletes would not be able to compete at the WCh, because of mandatory quarantine in Deutschland..so the organizers decided to cancel (officially postpone) the event and want to negotiate with FIS about moving the stage to March as WC final https://www.idnes.cz/sport/lyzovani-snowboarding/svetovy-pohar-beh-na-lyzich-zlata-lyze-nove-mesto-na-morave-zruseni.A210213_135608_lyzovani_par

Fun fact: First ever time competed with BIB 23 in any alpine skiing wch race

It is.

1-2-3!  Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
 
Breezy Johnson takes the lead! Her sisters Sunny, Rainy & Snowy will be delighted!

The World Cup Final will take Place in Östersund (SWE)
https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/world-cup-finals-ostersund 

Closing out the weirdest medal table in the history of Winter Sports - Gold for  in the Team!   

Well, Silveira solidifies her status as firmly the best Brazilian Winter athlete of this quad.

Political correctness destroying US Women’s Mountain Biking as blokes take over, women afraid to claim their rights for fear of being cancelled.
 
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/11/the-war-on-womens-sports-wisconsin-man-wins-womens-cycling-race/

Political correctness destroying US Women’s Mountain Biking as blokes take over, women afraid to claim their rights for fear of being cancelled.
 
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/11/the-war-on-womens-sports-wisconsin-man-wins-womens-cycling-race/