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After checking team rosters, I noticed Finland came quite close to having in their roster both the youngest and the oldest player of this tournament. They have the youngest, Sanni Vanhanen, who is the only player born in 2005. They also have the second oldest, Jenni Hiirikoski, only Hanae Kubo of Japan is older.

[hide] Main Round February 3rd - February 8th, 2022 10 Nations, Every Nation from Group A and the the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-Placed Nations from Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 3rd 2022, h. 12:10 Switzerland 5 Canada February 3rd 2022, h. 21:10 Finland 3 United States February 4th 2022, h. 12:10 ROC 1 Switzerland February 5th 2022, h. 12:10 Canada 3 Finland February 5th 2022, h. 21:10 United States 6 ROC February 6th 2022, h. 21:10 Switzerland 6 United States February 7th 2022, h. 12:10 Canada 5 ROC February 7th 2022, h. 21:10 Finland 3 Switzerland February 8th 2022, h. 12:10 United States 1 Canada February 8th 2022, h. 21:10 ROC 4 Finland Group B Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 3rd 2022, h. 12:10 China 6 Czech Republic February 3rd 2022, h. 16:40 Japan 1 Sweden February 4th 2022, h. 12:10 Denmark 4 China February 5th 2022, h. 16:40 Denmark 1 Japan February 5th 2022, h. 16:40 Czech Republic 3 Sweden February 6th 2022, h. 16:40 China 4 Japan February 7th 2022, h. 16:40 Czech Republic 2 Denmark February 7th 2022, h. 21:10 Sweden 3 China February 8th 2022, h. 16:40 Japan 3 Czech Republic February 8th 2022, h. 21:10 Sweden 1 Denmark Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation Canada USA Finland [/hide]

Ireland's flag bearers will be Elsa Desmond (luge) and Brendan Newby (freestyle skiing). TEAM IRELAND FLAGBEARER ANNOUNCEMENT

In mixed curling, Australia getting a medal, as difficult as it seems. In men's curling, Edin winning gold. In women's curling, my ideal final would be between ROC and South Korea.

Here, from M4 Sport. It seems she doesn't have any symptoms and they still hope she will test negative in time.

Greece will have Maria Ntanou and Apostolos Angelis, both cross-country skiers, as flag bearers.

Ok, it's time for an inspirational story. American swimmer, Gary Hall Jr was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1999. He took a short break from competitive swimming, then he returned and went on to win Olympic gold in the 50 freestyle, in both 2000 and 2004. To date, he is one of only two men who has successfully defended an Olympic title in the 50 freestyle. He also won several medals in relays. Obviously, I'm not posting this to raise expectations about Fernstadt, but to show an example, that nothing is impossible in sport. Of course, Fernstadt will do what is best for her health. Just don't give up hope that she might continue her career.

Το πρόγραμμα των ελληνικών συμμετοχών στους χειμερινούς Ολυμπιακούς.

Yes, I agree on that. I just want to see national trials in figure skating some day, like the ones other sports have, because for me that's the best way to decide the olympic team. That's why I hate seeing someone like them or Malinin finishing at a spot, which would give qualification, if there were national trials, but it doesn't with the current qualification process.

Please delete. Is there a problem with double posting today? It happened to me twice and I see there is a similar issue in the cross-country at the Olympics thread

We know a Finnish athlete gave a positive test in Antholz. IBU announced it on 23 January. Finland's roster was announced on 24 January. I presume, they were aware who the positive athlete is, when they named the team. If Janka is positive and they include her in the roster, they probably have indications, that she will be able to compete.

There are three covid cases in the training camp of the ROC team, in Krasnoyarsk. One is Egor Bazin, who is/was first alternative in ice dance with Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva. Their coach is also positive, Khudaiberdieva is negative, for now. The third case is not named, but it is reported to be someone from Alexei Mishin's coaching team.

Practice schedule has been released. OWG2022_MusicRotation

Here are some team rosters from countries, who can field relay teams. Estonia Women Susan Kulm Regina Oja Johanna Talihaerm Tuuli Tommingas Men Kalev Ermits Raido Rankel Kristo Siimer Rene Zahkna Finland Women Mari Eder Erika Janka Nastassia Kinnunen Suvi Minkinnen Men Tuomas Harjula Olli Hiidensalo Heikki Laitinen Tero Seppala Switzerland Women Amy Baserga Irene Cadurisch Selina Gasparin Lena Haecki Men Joscha Burkhalter Niklas Hartweg Sebastian Stalder Benjamin Weger

Germany's flagbearers will be decided by the athletes' vote (50%) and by the public vote (50%). The nominees are Women Natalie Geisenberger (Luge) Ramona Hofmeister (Snowboard) Claudia Pechstein (Speed skating) Men Francesco Friedrich (Bobsleigh) Moritz Mueller (Ice hockey) Tobias Wendl (Luge) One woman and one man will be selected. You can vote here, until 30 January.

Austria Full roster Germany DOSB say they have qualified 149 athletes. The major difference compared to @Topicmaster1010's numbers is, that they have named 22 athletes in bobsleigh. I'm not sure, if some are alternates. In addition, they have received an extra spot in alpine skiing. Full roster Switzerland Swiss Olympic Team consists of 168 athletes. Difference compared to the numbers posted here are, that they have named 14 athletes in bobsleigh, one in skeleton and 21 in freestyle skiing. Full roster

Switzerland

For anyone interested, olympics fanzone will feature a fantasy game for these winter Olympics, presumably like the one for Tokyo. At the moment, the game is on ''coming soon'' status. I'm tagging here some of the users, who played last summer, if you haven't already seen it. @Dunadan, @Henry_Leon, @SteveParker, @Pablita, @Gianlu33, @Olympian1010, @Wumo, @Agger, @Siddhartha Talukdar, @Griff88, @Vojthas

ROC Men Mark Kondratiuk, Mikhail Kolyada, Andrei Mozalev Women Kamila Valieva, Alexandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova Pairs Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Galliamov, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii Ice dance Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin

From the 10 countries competing in the team event, ROC and Ukraine have yet to select their teams, teams of Canada, China, Italy, Japan and USA have already been posted here. These are the other three countries, taking part in the team event. Czech Republic Men Michal Brezina Women Eliska Brezinova Pairs Jelizaveta Zukova(Elizaveta Zhuk)/Martin Bidar Ice dance Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler Georgia Men Moris Kvitelashvili Women Anastasia Gubanova Pairs Karina Safina/Luka Berulava Ice dance Maria Kazakova/Georgy Reviya Figure Skating Georgia olympic team announcement Germany Men Paul Fentz (team event only) Women Nicole Schott Pairs Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nolan Seegert Ice dance Katharina Muller/Tim Dieck NOC olympic team announcement

This very weird. I'm quite sure France beat South Korea, 45-35 in the final. I checked the results page, all results seem correct, except this. Here is the video for evidence. I have timestamped it to play at France's winning point and if you go towards the end, you can watch the award ceremony, with France on top.

She will get 26 points, that provisionally bring her to 10th. @phelps said 32 points, but I think these are for the winner. Yoon will also get some points for her result, which will probably be enough to keep Gkountoura behind her. Conclusion is, Gkountoura will be ranked 11th. It will be confirmed soon, anyway.

Τελικά, η Γκουντούρα κέρδισε το ασημένιο μετάλλιο. Κέρδισε στον ημιτελικό την Egorian με 15-14, αλλά έχασε στον τελικό από την Queroli με 15-12. Ο επόμενος αγώνας του παγκοσμίου κυπέλλου είναι προγραμματισμένος σε δύο εβδομάδες.

World athletics indoor championships is in Belgrade, from 18-20 March.