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Good luck @brunamoura @heywoodu enjoy the Games! And i keep my fingers crossed for the really good results !

What about some official ? a certain Cross-Country team captain 

Thank you so much 😁 I have no doubts about that!!

Thank you so much 😁 I have no doubts about that!!

Thank you so much!! 

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Thank you so much 😁 I have no doubts about that!!

All here cheering for @brunamourato be the flagbearer at the OC 

Somewhat annoyingly there's some comments on some social media about how the Brazilian ranking favored those who are good in sprints (i.e. Bruna), over those who are good at distance races, and so the ranking 'was unfair'. Sigh. To be clear: the internal ranking consisted of three (3) classic sprints and also three (3) freestyle distance races within the qualifying period. Average of those 6 results decided. Not a weighted average or anything, simply an outright average.
 
In case more than one athlete reached the A criteria, there would be a ranking that does in fact favor a discipline - distance. That ranking would consist of 2 classic sprints, 2 freestyle distance races and 2 'wildcards' which would be any discipline. Considering the number of points in distance races is nearly always lower, that would favor whoever is better in distance races. And that makes sense, because with A criteria, one would actually do 3 distance races and 2 sprints. However, with no A criteria, one will do 2 sprints and 1 distance race at the Olympics. So even though the ranking that decided things now did not in fact favor sprints, it would not even be bad if it did, since there will be more sprints than distance races.
 
I guess it's disappointed talking for people who had hoped to see someone else qualify and don't really know how the qualifying system works in reality. That's fine, although I'd generally try to be more respectful.

Congratulations  honestly I bet it’ll be so much better having your first Olympics be now vs. during COVID! I hope you really enjoy it.

Thank you so much!! 

Thank you so much!! 

Thank you so much!! 

Thank you so much!! 

Thank you so much!! 

Thank you so much!! 

Thank you so much!! 

Thank you so much!! 

This is awesome.
 
Congrtas and good luck @brunamoura 

And @brunamoura officially announced 
 
 

Missed this yesterday, but YESSSSS I’M SO HAPPY 
 
Good luck at the Olympics @brunamoura we’ll all be cheering for you 

First registrations are officially done, so now we really can say that @brunamoura's first races of the Olympic season will be in Muonio! Two weeks earlier than we had planned a few months ago, originally the idea was to start in Italy at the end of November, but the Italy/Germany/Austria route this year (at least pre-Christmas) just doesn't have the right races, surprisingly and unlike previous season. Scandinavia it is then, starting with Muonio next week
 
https://www.skimuonio.fi/ilmoittautuneet2?lang=en
 
If anyone has information on where to watch that (I don't see it in YLE's program), that is obviously very welcome.

Fun little fact: @brunamoura's bosses at her bike shop job here in the Netherlands are at the world championships as the first part of their vacation (they have been involved in Dutch mountainbiking for years, Anne Terpstra was in his team when she was young, for example). They sent Bruna a photo of  Karen Olimpio, asking if she recognized her, which she absolutely did because they raced together a lot in their youth. That led to more and more contact and now Bruna's bosses are the most vocal supporters of the Brazilian team (especially Karen Olimpio and Luiza Cocuzzi) at these championships  
 
How the world can be so big, yet so super small  

Aw, first athlete I checked in the results system had a photo with a smile. Why is that allowed for the World Games, but not for the Olympic Games?  
 
My dad took @brunamoura's official accreditation photo for (hopefully) Cortina 2026, but those rules clearly said smiling wasn't allowed  

Today was my time slot, so some more tickets bought...
 
Two for the biathlon women's sprint for @brunamoura's parents, so we'll be there with our full group of 8  
 
Two for the biathlon women's mass start and two for the cross-country women's 50k mass start, both for @brunamoura and myself. If she suddenly qualifies to compete in the 50k, we'll see what to do with that spare ticket