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This is one very happy smile
 

Selina Grotian is the 6th youngest World Cup winner among women (20yo 8 months).
 
Elin Kristiansen remains the youngest at 19yo 6 months (Anterselva 1988 sprint). Magdalena Neuner is the only other athlete to win before turning 20yo (19yo 11 months). Uschi Disl (20yo 1 month), Svetlana Davidova (20yo 3 months) & Martina Glagow (20yo 4 months) were also younger.

The CRUELEST end for Jeanne Richard, I'm so sad, no words 
Incredible victory for Grotian!!

Not only a new PB for our resident 39yo grandma (who would have guessed it, in a sprint even), but also the third best performance for Žurauskaitė.
 
The first ever time that two Lithuanian women get points in the same race.
 
The first time that three Lithuanian women qualify for a pursuit.
 
Nations cup record for women as well.
 
And mostly this result happened, because yesterday they got the news that Sara Urumova made world cup qualification at the IBU, we will have a women's relay after a 5 year hiatus and our chances to qualify our first historical women's relay squad to the Olympics is looking much much more likely now.
 
The men might struggle to keep their 20th place a bit more tbh  

Ingrid Tandrevold skips mass start and Hochfilzen due to her heart issues. 

Yup, very nice to see Finland on the podium after so many years since Makarainen's retirement
 
Thought this would happen, just didn't expect it so soon and kinda leaned more towards the men's team.
 
On the other hand, it feels like Preuss is one of the unluckiest biathletes of all time. Not to mention the fact that she is sick every season, she might be up there for most 4th and 5th place finishes of all time and I can guarantee that many of them were lost podiums by just a second  

Today is the first time since November 29th 2022 that there was no Norwegian on the podium in a men's race  

3rd place for Minkkinen looks like a sure thing now, that's awesome!

3rd place for Minkkinen looks like a sure thing now, that's awesome!

3rd place for Minkkinen looks like a sure thing now, that's awesome!

Today is the first time since November 29th 2022 that there was no Norwegian on the podium in a men's race  

Today is the first time since November 29th 2022 that there was no Norwegian on the podium in a men's race  

Today is the first time since November 29th 2022 that there was no Norwegian on the podium in a men's race  

So new system produces exciting  v  v  battle! 

Bilan plutôt positif (euphémisme) de ces CDM asiatiques.
 
victoire pour Loubineaud à Nagano sur la mass-start, deuxième succès français de tous les temps victoire pour Belloir sur la mass-start B, ce qui devrait maintenir les deux Français en A désormais. Le problème pour Loubineaud c'est qu'à l'emballage il n'est pas forcément en mesure de lutter, et qu'il est vraiment attendu maintenant, difficile de l'imaginer partir en solo. Belloir a probablement plus de chances de ce côté là, donc plusieurs cartes à jouer. excellentes prestations de Braun, 4 courses (1500/3000), 4 records de France, une qualification aux Europe all-around validée + une montée en groupe A sur la mass-start lors des prochaines CDM. côté - hormis Loubineaud sur 5000 difficile encore d'exister en individuel mais les chronos ne sont pas si loin de l'an passé aux même dates, en attendant Calgary. La poursuite un peu loin aussi, il faudra passer un cap pour se donner une chance de qualification olympique la saison prochaine.   
Next : les championnats de France à Inzell le 20-22 décembre. 

Stage 3 in Gurgl (AUT)
 
Men´s Slalom:
 
1. Clement Noel    1:46.25
2. Kristoffer Jakobsen    1:46.68
3. Atle Lie McGrath    1:46.69
 
Full Final Results HERE

Stage 2 in Levi (FIN)
 
Men´s Slalom:
 
1. Clement Noel    1:53.98
2. Henrik Kristoffersen    1:54.78
3. Loic Meillard    1:54.93
 
Full Final Results HERE

Haven’t done an update on my dad since mid July, so thought I’d share.  
 
He ended up getting out of the hospital a couple days before the Olympics, and has generally been getting better the past couple of months. 
 
Unfortunately, the past couple of days he’s been really sick, and was vomiting for much of yesterday. He was taken to the hospital last night, and is expected to be there for at least a couple of days. 
 
Just sucks to see him struggling this much, hoping for as speedy of a recovery as possible 

Well... I'm late, as always, but unfortunately I couldn't follow live and I've just finished catching up with the thread. 
 
Congratulations to our winner @Hipooo and to @Belle and @Erigert on their medals. 
 
Well done to our host @Cinnamon Bun, who put up a huge effort managing the contest.
 
Thank you to everyone who voted for our song and helped us achieve this 5th place. I saw we were very close to a podium finish, but this is still a great result.
 
Congratulations to @Makedonas on the very successful song choice.
 
I'll now share my ballot. 
 
 1st   12 pts   Romania  2nd   11 pts   Bulgaria  3rd   10 pts   Sweden  4th   9 pts   Mexico  5th   8 pts   Brazil  6th   7 pts   Indonesia  7th   6 pts   China  8th   5 pts   France  9th   4 pts   Denmark  10th   3 pts   Spain  11th   2 pts   Italy  12th   1 pts   Albania    Res1   Ireland  Res2   India  Res3   Hungary  
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the next contest!

4th place after such a bad start is actually great (we often start off badly though I should be used to it by now )
Thank you to all the juries that voted for us! It means a lot this time because it's a song that is close to my heart, I'm glad you appreciated it

Yes, thank you so much @Cinnamon Bun for organizing the contest!

Congrats Czech Republic for the win and thank you for giving us this highly entertaining battle with Sweden 

Amazing, it worked again

I'm not expecting anything from Moldova for us