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We got our first Indoor meets of 2024!  
 
(OK, I am excluding the Siberian Regionals from last weekend)
 
Dortmund on Saturday afternoon.
 
 

Yeah, well Lost Valley goes out of its way to stay off the radar.  
 
 

Yeah, well Lost Valley goes out of its way to stay off the radar.  
 
 

Big shock as Hansen completely collapses on the ski leg.

In English it’s called a greenstick fracture - ie the bone protrudes through the flesh.  

Yeah, looks like they have 100% of the Olympic Channel content, so that’s easy enough.

OK, so why waste bazillions of € to build an Italian track for 2026 when you can just use Santa Maurizio? 

OK, so why waste bazillions of € to build an Italian track for 2026 when you can just use Santa Maurizio? 

Have you ever seen the team event for snowboard cross?  Would be the most pointless event ever if  did not regularly win it.
 
Anyway, should mention for those who don’t know that these mixed team events exist only because Thomas Bacholympicgoldmedallistfencing1976 is willing to give out extra* gold medals for them.
 
*Normally to get a new gold medal event federations must drop an existing event, hence lost events like the men's kilo TT in track cycling, men's canoe slalom pairs etc. 

IIHF Restricted from participating at this years World Championship program
 
The Men were schedulled to play the Division II A in this April and Women the Division III B in   this March
 
 
Israeli National Team’s safety and security prioritized in IIHF Championships
 
After careful consideration, the IIHF Council has decided that, due to concerns over the safety and security of all participants in the Championships, Israel will not participate in IIHF Competitions for the time being.

In accordance with IIHF’s duty of care to protect all participants at IIHF Competitions and its obligation to create corresponding health and safety policies, the IIHF Council, within its power found in IIHF Statute has decided to restrict the Israeli National Team from participating in IIHF Championships until the safety and well-being of all participants (including Israeli participants) can be assured.

The IIHF Council took this decision after careful consideration and based on a risk assessment, discussions with the participating countries and discussions with the Hosts.
 
IIHF.COM

St Moritz this weekend!  
 
The two usual races & a skeleton team event, all on Friday.  Team event sadly does not offer the same thrills as luge.

St Moritz this weekend!  
 
The two usual races & a skeleton team event, all on Friday.  Team event sadly does not offer the same thrills as luge.

Looks like there will be a good bit of coverage on Olympics.com, judging from the first day - curling, ski jumping, short track.
 
https://olympics.com/en/sport-events/
 
 

General Tuskuzelski continues to crush the patriotic opposition at the behest of his foreign puppet-masters.
 
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/10/poland-mini-coup-police-enter-presidential-palace-to-arrest-former-government-ministers/

Back to being just another employee, then.  

Was robbed of her career by the overwhelming presence of intersex athletes in her event.  And of course when she complained about it she was bullied into silence by the Twitter mob. Let's hope she's the last woman to be treated that way.  

Natural Track World Cup this weekend!
 
https://www.fil-luge.org/de/news/natural-track-luge-world-cup-starts-the-new-year-in-lasa
 
 
 

Yes, Derby.  Also Newport, but I don't think it meets spectator criteria.

Start winning stuff so you come back_. 
 
No, the more the better.  

Start winning stuff so you come back_. 
 
No, the more the better.  

I think i'll do a comeback to totallymics, after being away for so long! Let's go!

Oh for sure, but sadly the second rank Olympic sports don't get much recognition here. 

Big shock in the Men’s today - weather change about 30 minutes into the race, so early starters got a clear run, but all the favourites got slowed down.  Great stat from the  ES Comms -  had won every single men’s distance race in 2023 until the very last day!  

Norn Iron  ie Northern Ireland’s personality is middle distance runner Ciaran Mageean.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/67797272
 

Celebrating 's greatest addition to global gastronomy!  Pineapple on pizza.
 
Naples' famous pizza chef Gino Sorbillo stuns traditionalists by including PINEAPPLE toppings for the first time - and even films himself breaking the Italian taboo | Daily Mail Online