Dragon

There has been one already.

Russian officials admit to 'institutional conspiracy' of doping Olympic athletes https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/dec/27/russian-officials-admit-athletes-doping-olympics?CMP=twt_gu Wow, just wow....

So..... Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it. If you don't celebrate it - Have a nice day anyway

Interesting - here there is no sport (absolutely none) on the 25th but the 26th is one of the busiest days of the year for football, rugby and horse racing especially.

Really interested to know how much interest there is in this championships outside Great Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands?

Dutch and English are different languages.... Words have different meanings

Analyst.... Make sure not to make that mistake again

No names released yet http://www.vg.no/sport/skiskyting/skiskyting/har-faatt-dopingliste-med-31-skiskyttere/a/23873096/

WADA have passed the names of 31 Russian biathletes suspected of doping to the IBU, Some are already banned, some have retired but a decision of whether to suspend those still competing will be made before the first World Cup of 2017

Konigsee is favourite to host the Championships now/ Although Altenberg and St.Moritz are other possibilities

Also there are rumours that the McLaren report will be VERY hard on Russia tomorrow

http://www.elespectador.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/boxeador-colombiano-ceiber-avila-seria-bronce-olimpico-articulo-669532 Colombia are assuming they have bronze

http://www.snowboarder.com/videos/brolin-mawejje-snowboarding-2011-2016-beyond-bib/#oWZZI7tZhRGOwEZZ.97 An update on the Ugandan snowboarder...

Has an Irish mother

WOW Nico Rosberg has announced his retirement from F1

Team Size prediction for Winter Olympic Games 2018 PyeongChang Ski Sports Alpine Skiing (3-4) Ryding and Tilley are WC points scorers, Guest is inside top 75 in world. Jack Gower improving as a downhiller but maybe not good enough yet. Cross Country Skiing (2-3) – Best GB team ever assembled. Andrew Young is outside medal chance, Musgrave is improving. Question is whether a woman will qualify Ski Jumping (0) – Teenagers compete at FIS Cup leval. Maybe 2026? Nordic Combined (0) - No athletes. Freestyle Skiing (3-8) – Very strong in the new big air event, good at slopestyle, others on edge of qualification Snowboarding (5-8) – Same as freestyle Biathlon (1-2) – Probably qualifying 1 of each sex. Skating Sports Speed Skating (0-2) – Which would surprise people!. A British-Canadian just qualified for the world cup and a British-Dutchman is improving. May just come too early for them this time Short Track Speed Skating (4-10) – I expect 2 of each sex to qualify then it becomes a question of relay teams Figure Skating (2-5) – Ice dancers will be there. Rest will be close but probably not qualify Sleigh Sports Luge (0-2) – Might qualify in doubles Unlikely to take up place Skeleton (3-6) -. 2 women, 1 man will qualify easily. 5 places likely, 6unlikely Bobsleigh (8-15) – One men’s four and women’s sled easily. Perhaps two of each. (I’m counting reserves) Team Sports Curling (14) – Would be shocked if any fail to qualify Ice Hockey (0) - No. Total Optimistic Prediction - (79) Total Pessimistic Prediction - (47) Total Realistic Prediction - (56)

"Olympics will be offered on free-to-air channel Eurosport 1 in Germany, with additional coverage on DMAX & pay channel Eurosport 2. " "Eurosport says its free-to-air coverage in Germany will exceed the IOC requirement of minimum 100 hrs for winter games & 200 hrs for summer "

Possible - But it depends on whether there are more positives in the next rounds of testing on the Beijing and London samples

The IOC disqualify the cheats but then the IWF make recommendations as to who gets the medals. Then the IOC decides if it agrees with those recommendations. The IOC will then announce the medal reallocations. I'm sure this will happen sometime in the future but the IOC does not work very fast.

27-13 Wales were O.K. South Africa were very, very, bad indeed, Worst South African team I have seen

I'm sure this will happen sometime - but this decision will need to be approved by the IOC before it becomes official.

The last time Kazakhstan made an announcement like this, the IOC made an official statement on the next day. So we watch the IOC website tomorrow...

IOC are still processing 3 cases

http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=34776 Possibly Irish father, Dutch mother. Certainly based in Holland