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For Karlsson is the Tour over that will be a yellow card

The Sprint tomorrow will be the second key event in the Tour. It‘s classic style and a tuff course. Time you will lose tomorrow will be hard to gain in Val Di Fiemme.

Pictures from the Biathlon Stadium: http://www.news.cn/english/20211228/cc41e5425ab742358fba488e8f9d89cc/c.html

Also some of the Olympic Starters will miss Antholz. Could be Norwegian success days in Antholz.

The FIS is so stupid … The event was cancelled in the last 10 years in: 2012, 2014, 2016 (Slalom), 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 …

Yulia Stupak and Simen Hegstad Krüger will already leave the Tour de Ski. The same considerations exist with Natalia Neprayeva and Frida Karlsson according to the German cross-country portal. Johannes Klæbo, on the other hand, wants to finish it now.

Most of the Olympic Athletes will also miss Antholz. They will go to Training in Val Martello.

The Sprint at the Olympics will be really tough, this could be an advantage for Diggins and her Distance skills.

They will leave the Tour after Lenzerheide. For me incomprehensible why you do not take Oberstdorf and thus lose important points in the Sprint World Cup. Before the Olympics, there is only one more sprint in Les Rousses.

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Mikaela Shiffrin COVID POSITIVE!

Entry List Oberhof https://www.weltcup-oberhof.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Entrylist.pdf

World Team Challenge complete line-up: Hinz/Doll (GER) Hettich/Lesser (GER) Hauser/Leitner (AUT) Davidova/Krcmar (CZE) Eder/Seppala (FIN) Wierer/Hofer (ITA) Häcki/Burkhalter (SUI) Burtasova/Eliseev (RUS) Dzhima/Pidruchniy (UKR) Lunder/Gow S (CAN)

Norwegian Team for Oberhof:Tiril Eckhoff, Fossum IF Emilie Kalkenberg, Skonseng UL Karoline Knotten, Vingrom IL Ida Lien, Simostranda IL Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, Froland IL Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Fossum IF Filip Fjeld Andersen, Geilo IL Sivert Guttorm Bakken, Vingrom IL Johannes Thingnes Boe, Markane IL Tarjei Boe, Markane IL Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen, Geilo IL Sturla Holm Lægreid, Bærums Skiklubb French Team for Oberhof: Anaïs BESCOND – ARMEES Morbier Bellefontaine (Massif Jurassien) Paula BOTET – La Bressaude (Massif des Vosges) Justine BRAISAZ-BOUCHET – DOUANES Les Saisies (Savoie) Anaïs CHEVALIER-BOUCHET – DOUANES Les 7 Laux (Sports de Neige du Dauphiné) Chloé CHEVALIER – Les 7 Laux (Sports de Neige du Dauphiné) Julia SIMON – DOUANES Les Saisies (Savoie) Fabien CLAUDE – ARMEES Basse Le Rupt (Massif des Vosges) Simon DESTHIEUX – ARMEES Lompnes (Lyonnais et Pays de l’Ain) Quentin FILLON MAILLET – DOUANES Grandvaux (Massif Jurassien) Antonin GUIGONNAT – ARMEES Morzine-Avoriaz (Mont-Blanc) Emilien JACQUELIN – DOUANES Villard-de-Lans (Sports de Neige du Dauphiné) Eric PERROT – Peisey Vallandry (Savoie)

Noel can probably only beat himself at the moment, but that happens to him far too often. Currently, only Vinatzer would be able to beat him in terms of time, but he also had many mistakes today. I'm especially happy for Jakobssen, second podium in a row. Pinturault will probably also be quite happy to have gone to Madonna after all

World Team Challenge tbc/Doll (GER) Hettich/Lesser (GER) Hauser/Leitner (AUT) Davidova/Krcmar (CZE) Eder/Seppala (FIN) Wierer/Hofer (ITA) Burtasova/Eliseev (RUS) Dzhima/Pidruchniy (UKR) Lunder/Gow S (CAN)

6 women will miss the Mass Start: Bescond, Herrmann, Preuss, Persson, Eckhoff and Häcki https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2122/BT/SWRL/CP04/SWMS/C51D2_v1.pdf

Hermann also miss the Mass Start! She hasn‘t been feeling good yesterday and will therefore not start today and already travel to Davos for training

Anais Bescond may miss the mass start tomorrow. She is already sick the whole week and also today the start was decided only very spontaneously. She will have to see if she can do it again tomorrow.

Braisaz killed everyone on the track again but 5 misses

Update: The IBU will deal on their next congress with this problem and hopefully find a fair solution.

She will lose it: https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/tora-berger-tildeles-sammenlagtseier-over-sju-ar-etter-karrierestopp/s/12-95-3424221197

Eckhoff will not Start in Pursuit and Mass Start to do more training before the Olympics.

Good comeback from Simon, Chevalier-Bouchet died formly on the last loop. Olsbu impressed really, especially her standing shoot. The first shoot under 10 seconds! Elvira Oeberg again a beast, 22 seconds faster than Herrmann!

Preuss (GER) is out for today. She slipped on a step and twisted her left foot.