Dragon

Hein Otterspeer will miss the 500m after hurting his back whilst bending to tie his shoelaces

Case #1 (Brazil #1) Athlete: Thomasz Bellucci Sport: Tennis Duration: 6 Months (backdated to July 2017) Expiration: January 31st, 2018 Substance: Diuretic Source: http://www.itftennis.com/news/277955.aspx?utm_source=Direct

2 cases opened from Weightlifting Oleg Chen http://www.iwf.net/2018/01/04/public-disclosure-91/ Otgontuya Gongor http://www.iwf.net/2018/01/04/public-disclosure-92/ But of course this is only the start of the case. They won't be added to the list until they are found guilty

If you find a stream of NBCSN it's on there

So the first American to qualify for Korea is.... Dutch. What a shock.

Ali Kadhim - football - 1980 Olympics - died 2 January http://socceriraq.net/2018/01/02/obituary-ali-kadhim/

World champion / Olympic medallist cyclist to marry superstar rugby player

on the PS - I'm guessing the magazine refused to count South Africa because of the political situation back then. Apartheid years

Interesting - I found a reference to "Africa's only ice skating rink" being in a shopping mall in Dakar from 1979 African convention centers--East and West - Apr 1979 - Page 67 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5Wel-lWKRWYC Black Enterprise - ‎Vol. 9, No. 9 - ‎Magazine - ‎Full view SENEGAL Only six and one-half hours from New York City, as the Air Afrique jet flies, Senegal's capital city of Dakar is the ideal spot for small groups. The city's ... Yet, it is in the midst of everything: from the colorful and buzzing markets of Dakar, to the mouth-watering restaurants. And because the ... Time after meetings will be spent exploring the hotel and its wonders: the six restaurants, the casino, the cinema, Africa's only ice-skating rink, the bowling alley, or the nearby golf course.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Corniche-Ouest-Dakar/197671413632190 Not sure if it's ISU size but there's been a rink in Dakar since the 1970s

This is from the British Championships in 1928

There is no WADA approved laboratory in the whole of Africa. Samples have to be flown to Qatar to be tested

I don't think the FIL will officially confirm the quotas until January 1

I have big doubts about this. I don't think it can be correct

https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/dora-ratjen-1.html

The good thing here is: Whatever country we come from, whatever religion we believe in, whatever games we love, All we really want to see is some good sport and every thing else does not matter...

As usual it's 11 degrees centigrade and raining here but still. Happy Christmas to all you who celebrate it. Here's the UK's national Christmas anthem...

It looks like there will be a big argument about the British luge men, The luge association counts Nations Cup as part of the World Cup and so believes their results are good enough to meet the standards of the British Olympic Association. The BOA does not count the Nations Cup as part of the World Cup so will refuse to pick them for Korea, It will go to an independent appeal committee for a final decision