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Which makes sense. There's enough time between events, but probably easier to focus on 2 rather than training for 3

I believe the next quota spot would go to the United States. So if any country declines their allocation, the Bowe can skate in the 500 and the US would have 3 skaters

So this just happened..

I'm a Jets fan, so it's sad to see the Giants devolving into as much of a mess as the Jets are. I understand why they might give Judge another shot, but how can they possibly have faith he's the guy to bring them success.

I thought the same thing about Mia Manganello Kilburg, forgot she was also in the team pursuit in 2018. And yes, Schoutens skated in the semifinals, so she got a medal

Huge upset at the US trials.. Erin Jackson had a slip on the backstretch and finishes outside of the top 2 for the 500m. She will miss the Olympics barring some crazy circumstance

If Oslo had stuck around and was in the final vote, they would have beaten Almaty running away with it. Almaty had a very good bid which is why they came so close to beating Beijing, but it's still in a smallish Central Asian country that is dealing with political issues right now.

No, Oslo should have been selected. But the IOC and their miles long list of demands scared them off. The IOC deserves all of the blame here for that. Plus, it's not like the situation in Kazakhstan is that great right now. Obviously almost anything would be preferable to China, but that wouldn't have been a much better option

Because there's a difference between caring about winter sports and supporting a winter sports event coming to your country. Italy has a lot of the infrastructure in place and isn't as far spread as the Stockholm bid was. I wanted them to get the Olympics to have a games in Sweden, but even though I know Swedes love their winter sports, I can understand why they wouldn't be so excited to partner with the IOC. Especially when it would required having events from Are to Sigulda.

Sweden didn't have the public support that was needed. I was honestly very surprised to see Stockholm bidding after they dropped out of the 2022 bids. Italy won on the basis of stronger public support. Sweden didn't have it. I preferred their bid, but I can understand why the IOC went with Milano-Cortina

There's no more process. The IOC picks a city, announces they're hosting the Olympics, and that's it. Probably seen the last formal vote for awhile

They need a willing partner. They can't just point to a city and say "hey, do you want to host a Winter Olympics?" Public support is the key. The Barcelona/Pyrenees bid might struggle on the front. And yea, Oslo was going to bid for 2022, but the IOC and their 7,000 page list of demands scared them off. So it'll be tough to get them back in the fold because it only works if their citizens are on board.

They need someone to host 2030. Vancouver doesn't seem to have their act together. Salt Lake is there, but there are sponsorship issues to have that so soon after LA 2028. And besides, no one would ever assume that the IOC had their mental faculties, so this seems perfectly in line with their total lack of overall awareness

Heard that one before... Trump caught with secret bottle of Coke after insisting he was boycotting brand over Georgia voting rights

Darn straight! Her confidence level has to be through the roof right now that she's now won 2 sprints to the line. It's interesting, Chad Salmela (US TV cross-country/biathlon analyst and the one who gave us the "HERE COMES DIGGINS!" call said last year that most Americans probably know her first from having won the team sprint 4 years ago. But most in the ski community know her as a Tour de Ski champ who also won an Olympic medal. Would be amazing if she could do both in same year!!

And in PDF form from the World Curling Federation.. https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/media.worldcurling.org/media.worldcurling.org/wcf_worldcurling/2021/12/22144608/OWG2022_Curling_Playing-Schedules.pdf

Unfortunate, but they had to do it. Too many cancellations and these are obviously all kids. Can't make them keep this us.

Was awake at 5am watching that race live when it happened (although Chad Salmela's call didn't come until later). Looks like the finals of the individual sprint in Beijing should hit around 6:45am Eastern time. I will make sure I'm awake for that one!

No doubt. Fortunately for her the individual sprint in Beijing is freestyle this time around, so that's her best bet for a medal. And it we saw what happened in PyeongChang against an ultra fast Swede in a freestyle sprint!

Love to see Diggins still winning races! Hopefully this is all a prelude for more medals at the Olympics

Good to know it's not just NBC that does stuff like that!

As noted in your first article, there's still a lot to be sorted out with the USOPC regarding LA2028. If Salt Lake had their way, they'd be bidding for 2030 without hesitation. They would have bid for 2022 if the USOPC had left them.. wouldn't that have been something. More important to Salt Lake to host sooner rather than later so their venues don't age anymore than they already have. Probably would be better for the USOPC to have them target 2034, and same goes for the IOC since they have yet to award TV rights for 2034, so the value of those would obviously go way up if they were selling a US host. That Salt Lake is preparing for 2030 is simply a factor that it comes before 2034. Easier to plan for that and reset the numbers for 2034 than to do it the other way around. And if the IOC is left without another solid bidder (which they might be if Sapporo doesn't have enough public support), then SLC can save the day for 2030

Wow, wasn't expecting that we'd have that for awhile. Definitely will help plan out my viewing/sleep schedule a little better!