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"I think you called it perfectly, Ed."

Come on. Who wrote the script? Is there a rule about Croatian teams being able to qualify only through dramatic finishes? Portugal was leading 16:10 last time I checked before entering the movie theater, and surprise surprise, the comeback apparently started right then. Nothing is safe though. Tunisia will be by no means a walk-over, especially since they are not out of it themselves. France, too, has an option of eliminating Croatia on purpose...

Losing to Portugal at least feels better than losing to some establishment like Sweden or Germany. But damn... This is a catastrophe. Let's just say our NOC would probably breathe a sigh of relief should the Olympics get cancelled.

Great draw for "Monaco ^" , it would appear.

Yeah, I'm sure Friday being a work day has nothing to do with it.

27th slalom podium for Holdener.

For Tokyo they specifically changed the rules to allow up to two boats per nation.

Yeah, this is not going to end well... A loss was the expected outcome, nevertheless those last 15 minutes were inexcusible and could leave a scar for tomorrow. Mind you, our team has a tendency of dropping a level when facing lower ranked teams, like Portugal and Tunisia, for example...

Done deal for Vlhova it appears.

South Africa was already long expelled at that time (since 1964).

31st place it is... Di Silvestris better get ready for the next Olympics. They can qualify an entire dynasty based on funds alone.

Cancellation of all European events has been extended to April 11, at the earliest, due to the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1, neurological form) outbreak. The outbreak is getting out of hand with more and more stables reporting positives despite not having obvious contacts... Basically, everyone still chasing minimum requirements for the Olympics is screwed. https://inside.fei.org/content/fei-extends-shutdown-international-events-mainland-europe-due-ehv-1-outbreak-0

Finals cancelled. For the second year running. Sigh. And not due to the COVID-19 pandemic, mind you. It is due to the EHV-1 outbreak.

Finland selects Henri Ruoste & Kontestro for dressage. https://www.eurodressage.com/2021/03/11/henri-ruoste-selected-represent-finland-2021-olympic-games

Fun fact, The Weekend is already a TISC veteran. 2017 Annual, 31st place with 29 points. 11 of those points came from Croatia.

And confirmed. I may have hacked since it says the entry list is scheduled to be released tomorrow (March 11). https://inside.fei.org/system/files/Final List Athletes Göteborg SWE.pdf

Sahar Daniel Hirosh invited for the Finals as well. And just to show how messy this season is....

First confirmed entries: Eduardo Alvarez Aznar Scott Brash Peder Fredricson

Not a bad idea, only I would prefer if it had no jumps. Just mogul skiing and the fastest one wins. Arguably, it could be the only parallel skiing race that actually works.

Would be nice to have as many Nordic countries again. Where are you, Finland?

Basically one step closer to cancallation.

For the Finals, it seems like every nation will be allowed to select one (1) athlete. No qualifiers were held. More news coming this week.

The only redeeming quality for dual moguls was using the competition system where the judges picked winners instead of providing non-intuitive scores. And then they changed it for the usual system and killed it. Absolutely no need to have duplicate events in the Olympic program... Any notion of it is quite unfair, in fact (most of all to the Summer program)...

San Marino up to 10th.

Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu invited for the Finals. Full line-up should be announced some time this week.