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Then where were you when Slovakia got to host by default?

Yes, it's a fair way to proceed.

Hey, so yeah, I would be willing to take over the reins. Of course, it's not ideal, and I would definitely need a little time to reset if given the opportunity. Nobody wanted this to happen and I don't think anybody dreams of taking over in such circumstance. However, I also think nobody wants this edition to be cancelled, and thankfully there is still enough time before the forum's attention fully switches to Tokyo. Also, if nothing else came out of all those failed bids, at least I got to play around with the whole concept of hosting.

Something that I forgot to share here... FEI has decided to shorten the Olympic cross-country course to just 8 minutes. It will not be the shortest Olympic course ever (they already did the same in Hong Kong), but nevertheless it's disappointing... The course will now be easier for sure, but optimum time should be harder to attain, as it was in 2008 when nobody came within 20 seconds of it. It's because when they shorten the course, they mostly remove galloping sections rather than jumps. This also means we may see some horses that tend to struggle with stamina (Kim Severson's Cooley Cross Border definitely comes to mind...).

I actually have more respect for the athletics WRs than those in swimming (which apparently have no limits whatsoever).

Samoa in sailing.

So I read this while eating - you guessed it - mashed potatoes.

Sagan crashed, apparently.

Guess who got removed from the entry list? You gotta appreciate the irony of Israel making a debut when bestmen is about to host.

According to Wikipedia, are also interested. I have doubts about Korea (as anyone might), but Uzbekistan participating would be feasible.

FINA once again fails to confirm anything. Ugh, arguably the worst federation out there.

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Mixed Relay 2x6km + 2.7.5km Day 1 February 13th, 2020 Austria Czech Republic France x Germany Italy x Norway x Russia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 7.5km Sprint Day 2 February 14th, 2020 Marketa Davidova Julia Simon Denise Herrmann Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Any Polish Athlete Sverlana Mironova Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 10km Sprint Day 3 February 15th, 2020 Julian Eberhard Simon Desthieux x Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Johannes Kühn Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Matvey Eliseev Any Other Athlete x Women's 10km Pursuit Day 4 February 16th, 2020 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen x Justine Braisaz Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Any Other Norwegian Athlete Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Lena Häcki Any Other Athlete Men's 12.5km Pursuit Day 4 February 16th, 2020 Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet x Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Johannes Kühn Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Matvey Eliseev Any Other Athlete Women's 15km Individual Day 5 February 18th, 2020 Julia Simon Justine Braisaz Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Larisa Kuklina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg x Any Other Swedish Athlete Yuliia Dzhima Any Other Athlete Men's 20km Individual Day 6 February 19th, 2020 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov x Any Other Russian Athlete Benjamin Weger Any Other Athlete Mixed Single Relay 6km + 7.5km Day 7 February 20th, 2020 Austria Czech Republic Estonia France Germany x Italy x Norway x Russia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 4x6km Relay Day 8 February 22th, 2020 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France Germany x Italy Norway x Poland Russia Slovakia Sweden x Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's 4x7.5km Relay Day 8 February 22th, 2020 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France x Germany Italy Norway x Russia x Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's 12.5km Mass Start Day 9 February 23th, 2020 Iryna Kryuko Marketa Davidova Kaisa Makarainen x Julia Simon Denise Herrmann Any Other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Any Polish Athlete Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 15km Mass Start Day 9 February 23th, 2020 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Simon Desthieux x Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet x Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Doubles' Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 Tristan Walker/Justin Snith Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken Robin Geueke/David Gamm Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt x Any Athletes from Italy Oskars Gudramovics/Peteris Kalnins Andris Sics/Juris Sics x Wojciech Chmielewski/Jakub Kowalewski Aleksandr Denisev/Vladislav Antonov x Vladislav Yuzhakov/Iurii Prokhorov Any Other Doubles Women's Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter Julia Taubitz x Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko x Tatyana Ivanova x Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Men's Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 David Gleirscher Wolfgang Kindl Jonas Mueller x Felix Loch Johannes Ludwig Dominik Fischnaller Inars Kivlenieks Semen Pavlichenko x Roman Repilov x Tucker West Any Other Athlete Doubles Luge Day 2 February 15th, 2020 Tristan Walker/Justin Snith Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken x Robin Geueke/David Gamm Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt x Any Athletes from Italy Oskars Gudramovics/Peteris Kalnins Andris Sics/Juris Sics Wojciech Chmielewski/Jakub Kowalewski Aleksandr Denisev/Vladislav Antonov x Vladislav Yuzhakov/Iurii Prokhorov Any Other Doubles Women's Singles Luge Day 2 February 15th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter Julia Taubitz x Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko Tatyana Ivanova x Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher x Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Men's Singles Luge Day 3 February 16th, 2020 David Gleirscher Wolfgang Kindl Jonas Mueller Felix Loch Johannes Ludwig Dominik Fischnaller x Inars Kivlenieks Semen Pavlichenko x Roman Repilov x Tucker West Any Other Athlete Team Relay Luge Day 3 February 16th, 2020 Austria Canada Germany x Italy x Latvia Poland Russia x Slovakia United States Any Other Nation 2-Women Bobsleigh Day 4 February 22nd, 2020 An Vannieuwenhuyse Christine de Bruin Mariama Jamanka x Laura Nolte x Stephanie Schneider Mica McNeill Andreea Grecu Nadezhda Sergeeva Martina Fontanive Kaillie Humphries x Any Other Athlete 2-Men Bobsleigh Day 5 February 23rd, 2020 Justin Kripps x Romain Heinrich Francesco Friedrich x Richard Oelsner Nico Walther x Brad Hall Oskars Kibermanis Rudy Rinaldi Alexey Stulnev Michael Vogt Hunter Church Any Other Athlete Men's Skeleton Day 6 February 28th, 2020 Nathan Crumpton Any Athlete from China Alexander Gassner Axel Jungk Felix Keisinger x Any Athlete from Great Britain Martins Dukurs x Tomass Dukurs Nikita Tregubov Alexander Tretiakov Yun Sung-Bin x Any Other Athlete Women's Skeleton Day 7 February 29th, 2020 Janine Flock x Kim Meylemans Jane Channell Mirela Rahneva Anna Fernstaedtova Sophia Griebel Tina Hermann x Jacqueline Loelling x Elena Nikitina Marina Gilardoni Megan Henry Any Other Athlete 4-Men Bobsleigh Day 8 March 1st, 2020 Benjamin Maier Justin Kripps x Dominik Dvorak Francesco Friedrich x Johannes Lochner x Nico Walther Oskars Kibermanis Any Athlete from Russia Won Yun-Jong Michael Vogt Hunter Church Any Other Team Mixed Team Event Day 8 March 1st, 2020 Austria Canada x China Germany x x Any Mixed-NOC Team Russia United States Any Other Nation [/hide]

qualified in athletics, qualified in sailing.

Quotas confirmed for , by virtue of being the only starters from unqualified Oceanian nations.

Pierluigi Sangiorgi got suspended... for giving his horse antidepressives. http://www.eurodressage.com/2020/02/10/pierluigi-sangiorgi-suspended-after-testing-positive-banned-substance

Well, this season I have only really watched luge/bobsleigh/skeleton, curling and figure skating. So I guess these are the ones.

Yeah, Parasite >>> Snowpiercer.

I guess this will silence the Oscars critics for a while.

Zellweger has *two* Oscars. Let's take a moment to digest that.

Should they produce Joker roles on conveyor belt now? Oscars for everyone.

Surprise!

This didn't age well.

Can You Feel The Love Tonight is followed by... this?

1917 got robbed here I feel. It was incredible how Blake's face got all pale after he got stabbed (and during a long-take).