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maybe they shot someone. you never know with our shooting. 

I still can't believe why they're so bent on ignoring Runggaldier. Sure, she is not as fast as most other Italians, but she never goes around the penalty loop, because her shooting is reliable and that's what the Italian team always lacked with 40% relay accuracy from Gontier and an often shaky performance from Sanfilippo.

Well, I was working today, but I of course, managed to find a way to somewhat track the men's sprint on my phone 
 
All I can say is that IT IS AWESOME!!!!!!
 
This is history made for Lithuanian biathlon. This is the first time that two Lithuanian biathletes end up with points in a single race, the first time that three Lithuanian biathletes have won points in a season and the highest ever placement for Lithuanian men in World Cup biathlon, because Kaukėnas only ever got inside top 20 in World Championships or Olympics.
 
Vytautas Strolia became a father a couple of hours before the race started, there's a whole interview about that one now that I'll head to read right now.
 
This is also the second time in Karol's career that he enters a Top 40.
 
Also, I had this joke with my friend and I said that Lithuanian men will definitely get into points, because we always do, when there's no pursuit afterwards. It's so funny right now 

3rd penultimate Qualifying Round Groups set
 
 
Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 3 (6-9 February 2020)
Group G In Jesenice, Slovenia.: (Host)+ +   +
Group H In Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.: (Host) + + +
Group J In Nottingham, Great Britain.: (Host) + + +
 

In SVK and CZE it´s U20 Ice Hockey World Champs even if none of them is not in anymore

Ah right, that explanation is why the Netherlands absolutely dominates ice hockey

Yep, RUS win in OT/PSO and CAN win in Regulation Time is now the only way you´ll have to play the relegation round. Hopefully it won´t happen, this czech team is showing some heart and deserve to play for medals.
 
I agree, I can not believe our luck actually this year, this joke team had but you know, the groups are depending on the previous year results and since many surprises happened last year with CAN and SWE losing their QF to SUI and FIN. so this totally unbalanced this years groups and thanks all heavens it somehow helped us the most

Here’s our first official episode of TWU (Totallympics Weekly Update): https://anchor.fm/twu/episodes/TWU-2-Ending-Out-The-Year-With-Our-Best-Episode-Yet-e9t9tj
 
@Vojthas and myself really enjoyed this one, so please give it a listen whenever you get the chance (on your way to work, in morning, before bed, when you’re bored, when there aren’t enough sports on, etc.) 
 
Again, we’d love any feedback you could give us. Also, any suggestions for what we should cover next week. Plus, any ideas for segments or episodes (or of you’d like to come on for an episode and talk with us about something).
 
Lastly, @Vojthas, @Dragon, and I cannot thank you enough for supporting us this year. Admittedly, it’s been a rocky start. However, with your support we’ve been able to build up an awesome website, and a great audio service. I’d also give thanks to @OlympicIRL and @mrv86 for their early contributions to Totallympics Media (and your both welcome back anytime ). Some more thanks are in order to users like @heywoodu @dcro @ChandlerMne @ahjfcshfghb @intoronto @Wumo @zob79 @TomJa @bmo @ofan @Griff88 @JoshMartini007 (and anyone else who I just unfortunately forgot) who give us constant feedback, consist support, and our the main reason we’ve made it this far. Of course, the man himself, @Sindo was deserves a massive, massive thanks for helping us accomplish all of this; without his work, none of us would have meant, we would have never had our own website, and we’d never have had a place to belong. 2019, was a fantastic, maddening, awesome, thrilling, joyously crazy, and thrill ride of a year. For all of us at Totallympics Media: Thank You all for your support and passion. We hope you have a wonderful, blessed, and sport-filled 2020.

I made this thread for all discussions, questions and breaking news about countries and territories that aren't IOC members; whether it's Bougainville's attempts to become independent, the Faroe Islands trying to join the IOC, Vatican City's athletics team, or a small island competing in organized sport for the first time. 
 
To track where everyone is I made a list here. The list includes all countries and dependencies with some kind of population (going off of ISO codes mostly) and I will be updating it as statuses change. "Competing Internationally" means they're active on an international sporting level – either part of a multi-sport Games or an international sport federation.
 
Countries Competing Internationally:
 Abkhazia (CONIFA)  Niue (Commonwealth Games, World Rugby)  Northern Cyprus (CONIFA, WPA)  Sahrawi Republic (CONIFA)  Somaliland (CONIFA)  South Ossetia (CONIFA)  Vatican City (UCI, World Taekwondo) Countries Not Competing Internationally:
 Sovereign Order of Malta  Transnistria Territories Competing Internationally:
 Åland Islands (Island Games)  Anguilla (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)  Bonaire (CONCACAF)  Curacao (CACSO Games, FIFA, FINA)  Falkland Islands (Commonwealth Games, ICC)  Faroe Islands (Island Games, FIFA, FINA)  French Guiana (CACSO Games, CONCACAF)  French Polynesia (Pacific Games, FIFA, World Athletics)  Gibraltar (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)  Greenland (Island Games, IHF, IBU)  Guadeloupe (CACSO Games, CONCACAF)  Guernsey (Commonwealth Games, ICC)  Isle of Man (Commonwealth Games, ICC)  Jersey (Commonwealth Games, ICC)  Macau (Asian Games, FIFA, World Athletics)  Martinique (CACSO Games, CONCACAF)  Montserrat (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)  Mayotte (Indian Ocean Games)  New Caledonia (Pacific Games, FIFA)  Norfolk Island (Commonwealth Games, FIBA, World Athletics)  Northern Marianas (Pacific Games, AFC, World Athletics)  Reunion (Indian Ocean Games)  Saba Island (NORCECA)  Saint Helena (Commonwealth Games, ICC)  Saint Martin (CONCACAF)  Sint Eustatius (NORCECA)  Sint Maarten (CACSO Games, CONCACAF, FINA)  Tokelau (Pacific Games, ITTF)  Turks and Caicos Islands (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)  Wallis and Futuna (Pacific Games, ITTF) Territories Not Competing Internationally:
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia  Antarctica  Ascension Island  Bouvet Island  British Indian Ocean Territory  Christmas Island  Clipperton Island  Cocos Islands  French Southern Lands  Heard and McDonald Islands  Pitcairn Islands  Saint Barthelemy  Saint Pierre and Miquelon  South Georgia  Svalbard and Jan Mayen  Tristan da Cunha  US Minor Outlying Islands

Time for a new NOC! 
If it were up to me,  should just give citizenship to refugee athletes and allow them to compete for them. Of course they’re are a few members of the Vatican who are athletes too, so just a suggestion. I glad the Holy See will finally have a Team after being the only country not to have one for years. 
 

ROAD TO BEIJING 2022
 
 
2nd QUALIFYING ROUND   Group L ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Netherlands-Spain on 8 January     The deciding game between the Netherlands and Spain of the 2019 Men’s Olympic Qualification Preliminary Round 2 Group L in Barcelona, Spain, that had to be cancelled, will be played on 8 January 2020.

The original game on Sunday had to be stopped after one period and no goals scored due to significant ice problems that could not be solved.

The game will now be played, from the beginning, on 8 January 2020 in Barcelona after discussions between the International Ice Hockey Federation and its members in the Netherlands and Spain. The exact time is to be determined but the ambition is to play early afternoon so the team from the Netherlands can fly back the same evening.

Since the groups of the next round will be determined by seeding (the 2019 IIHF Men’s World Ranking), it will also affect the group allocation. If the Netherlands win, they will go to Group H in Nur-Sultan to face host Kazakhstan, Poland and Ukraine. A Spanish victory would send Spain to Jesenice, Slovenia to play in Group G against host Slovenia, Japan and Lithuania.

Croatia, which has qualified for the next round and waits for its group allocation, will play in the other group. Romania, another qualifier, is top-seeded from the Round 2 teams and will play in February in Group J in Nottingham with host Great Britain, Hungary and Estonia.   IIHF.COM

Like Ukaleq and Sondre Slettemark  

haha cool
 
just to clarify, when you´ll order one, look at the ending of the word Biathlete. so in this case Biatlonista / Biatlonistka
 
Biatlonista is for boys
Biatlonistka is for girls

when sisters meet on the track in Hochfilzen it's a true sisters love  
 
 
 
 

I ain’t looking to watch kids kill themselves for the sake of universality.

Beijing here we come  

According to Sebastian Krystek, editor-in-chief of Biathlon.pl, working also for Polish Biathlon Federation - for the first time in history with NO POINTS in a Women's World Cup event.

What a shame, we nearly had a historical competition for Lithuania, where all three athletes would have made the pursuit.
 
Unfortunately, Kaukėnas will fall down to 61st
 
But, it is great that this is the second sprint and it is points again for Lithuania with Vytautas Strolia finishing 31st, exactly where Tomas finished in Ostersund.
 
Karol Dombrovski really dug deep to finish 53rd with two mistakes even. This is the man that struggled to get into top 60 when he shot 0+0.
 
A very honourable mention also goes to Natalija Kočergina for the 43rd in the women's sprint.
 
THAT IS THREE WHOLE LITHUANIANS IN THE PURSUITS FOR THE WEEKEND

Paja ! What a warrior !

Machyniakova 97.50 points @hckosice 
I’m so happy for Charvatova too. Everyone in CZ always gives her crap for messing up our relays.
 

Yeah, very happy for Charvatova ! It's nice to see her at the flowers ceremony. Only one miss ! I did not believe my eyes when I saw her shoot.

Finally a good result for Bescond! And great race for Colombo, too bad for that one miss at the end but still, her best result iirc?
 
Good comeback for Paulina Fialkova 

aaaand no W relay for us in Hochfilzen...
 
 
Terézia Poliaková did not travel to Hochfilzen at the beginning of the week due to illness.
 
The doctor prescribed her antibiotics. so this Saturday Slovakia will not field a relay again and will compete in the sprint only with three starters both Fialková sisters (still not 100% sure for Pauliana) and the young Veronika Machyniaková in her desperate attempt to save the world cup quota also for next trimester.

Who're those doped 14ys Egyptian girls cuz I've never heard that we have elite athletes at the age of 14 

I'm anxiously waiting for Kasai's 32nd youth, come on.
http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2020/JP/3112/2020JP3112RLQ.pdf