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Can confirm the  figure is 49 after the alpine, cross country and freestyle skiers together with the snowboarders were announced by the BOA this morning.
 
Sadly, for the first time since 1956 GB does not have a representative in the biathlon. However, on a more positive note they have their first long track speed skater at the Games since 1992.

Fence sitter! 😊

Like look at the Polish federation as they accepted it:

accepted a reallocation in men’s moguls, so we really have seen it all this cycle now.

accepted the re-allocation quota in men's aerials :O

The first ever combined World Para Snow Sports Championships begin at 9am (GMT) today in Lillehammer,  and continue until 23 January.
 
Most of the sports covered by the Paralympic Games - alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country skiing and snowboarding - are included so we should get a good idea of who is in contention for medals in Beijing.
 
https://www.paralympic.org/lillehammer-2021
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_World_Para_Snow_Sports_Championships
 
 

GB had a 4th place in the men's 1000m which is their best finish in the 130 years of the EC, so they at least were happy at the week's events.

Reminds me of a track cycling commentary I once heard where the commentator derided the rider's technique throughout his performance before announcing, almost as an afterthought, that he had broken the world record.

Reminds me of a track cycling commentary I once heard where the commentator derided the rider's technique throughout his performance before announcing, almost as an afterthought, that he had broken the world record.

Reminds me of a track cycling commentary I once heard where the commentator derided the rider's technique throughout his performance before announcing, almost as an afterthought, that he had broken the world record.

Actually a three way tie for gold with  and .

The world's no.1 pairing of Mektic and Pavic see  home over  in the deciding doubles. They now play  or Balkans rivals  in Friday's semi-final.

The group stages of the Davis Cup proved to be a near European sweep as they won seven of the quarter-final spots.
 
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Sweden and Serbia came through as lucky losers. The rest won their groups.
 
 

The group stages of the Davis Cup proved to be a near European sweep as they won seven of the quarter-final spots.
 
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Sweden and Serbia came through as lucky losers. The rest won their groups.
 
 

For a country with very low to non-existant hopes in this sport it was nice to see GB's Cornelius Kersten get our first top 10 finish in a World Cup race for 36 years in the 1k on Friday. Looking like we could have our first competitors at an OG since 1992.

For a country with very low to non-existant hopes in this sport it was nice to see GB's Cornelius Kersten get our first top 10 finish in a World Cup race for 36 years in the 1k on Friday. Looking like we could have our first competitors at an OG since 1992.

For a country with very low to non-existant hopes in this sport it was nice to see GB's Cornelius Kersten get our first top 10 finish in a World Cup race for 36 years in the 1k on Friday. Looking like we could have our first competitors at an OG since 1992.

For a country with very low to non-existant hopes in this sport it was nice to see GB's Cornelius Kersten get our first top 10 finish in a World Cup race for 36 years in the 1k on Friday. Looking like we could have our first competitors at an OG since 1992.

Not a huge fan of this, they should have more core sports.
 
At the very least they need to have some kind of list of approved events or else we'll get random sports/events where only a handful of nations are decent at.

More silly nonsense. If this were true why have wrestling as a core sport in which GB is hopeless and not for example shooting where they do well. 
 
The trouble is some Indian fans seem to have an inflated view of India's sporting standing  in the consciousness of other countries. We really don't care how well India does and certainly nobody would bother to try and thwart any success they may have despite the ridiculous conspiracy theories we've been entertained with in this thread. Beating the Aussies is all we care about. 😊

Archery wasn't removed from the 2022 Games as it wasn't in the 2014 or 2018 programmes either. It's an optional sport and so far has only been included in 1982 and 2010. 

I think you lost that bet

Unlike Serena Williams I think he will still go on to break the record, though.

Unlike Serena Williams I think he will still go on to break the record, though.

Unlike Serena Williams I think he will still go on to break the record, though.