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More good results for Mathilda Karlsson in Villeneuve-Loubet (finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th in three ranking classes)... Unless I got something wrong, this is how the battle for second Group G quota should look now... Cheng - 306 Karlsson - 297 Karunayadhaj - 235 Karlsson is now only 9 points behind Hong Kong. She is entered for one more Villeneuve-Loubet weekend, while Hong Kong riders are not entered for anything. Karunayadhaj is scheduled to compete in Al Ain. Overall, good chance for Sri Lanka to steal the quota in photo finish!

Sljeme passed the FIS inspection. It's a miracle, given the weather we've been enjoying.

But then again, these exotic athletes mostly have questionable (if any) connection with nations they represent. That would just cause more athletes to make citizenship changes in other sports too. Universality of participation in Winter sports is a sensitive subject. Because, you know, Winter sports are not very universal to begin with.

Nigerians did a fine job in making that happen. That's the end of their WOG participation.

Great news!! Big countries have a long tradition of sending 20 athletes, and then only letting 13-15 compete. If there ever was a waste of quotas!

Apparently everything will be streamed on Youtube? Anyway, Spengler Cup is the only hockey tournament I ever watch (sometimes). Thanks to its appealing schedule.

Speaking of Christmas films, my favourite lesser-known film would be The Shop Around the Corner... Gotta love all those fancy Hungarian names.

Merry Christmas!

But yeah, No. 2 is way better than No. 3. Home Alone 3 is not even a Christmas film. Story takes place in January! Characters are wooden, acting is terrible, villains are not memorable at all. It's an unjustified sequel in every way.

But Donald Trump has a cameo in no. 2. How dare you say it's better??

I did one better. While I could have easily got a Yankees cap, I specially ordered online a Giants cap.

January 6th. We decorate on the 24th. Some other families do it earlier, but 24th has now been a long tradition for us, even if it gets hectic.

More than 10 Brazilian names reacted and commented when Eurodressage covered the story alone though.

Christmas Eve is here reserved for all kinds of fish-food (mostly codfish, squid and bass)... Also it's the day when everything gets prepared, including decorating the Christmas tree. Then on the 25th comes the main Christmas day. That's when everyone comes together and plenty of food is served. Gifts are opened and board games are played...

For Croatia - in terms of total medals being won - Sandra Perković... 2 x Olympic champion, 2 x World champion, 5 x European champion. But my personal favorite would be Igor Marenić. Guy who attended the same college as I and won an Olympic gold in sailing.

Still, we seem to be in a pretty good place when breakdancing and China getting host quotas are considered big problems.

According to these polls, 2019 is trending to be much worse year for sports compared to 2018.

Idiot of the year - Brazilian equestrian federation retroactivelly losing Olympic qualification because nobody remembered to read qualification system. That's some next level shit.

So Marco Odermatt busted his knee yesterday. Really dumb move to continue skiing after obvious discomfort.

Winning ride, and just a little peak on the atmosphere that Frankfurt brings for Nurnberger-Burg Pokal and Louisdor Preis.

Anyways, after Frankfurt there is only one ranking competition left - Mechelen WC after Christmas. Here is a break-down of individual qualification for dressage... Group A - qualified Group B - or or will qualify Group C - qualified Groups D/E - qualified Group F - qualified, or Group G - qualified Additional - or

Podium for Sarrazin. Zubčić got 10th, but possibly missed out on PB due to official running in front of him.

Well that was interesting. And I don't think I need to translate what Zubcic was saying...

Well, it didn't pay off to have a good first run. Sarrazin will likely get a podium, if not a victory.

And just so there is no confusion, other riders of course didn't get any such discrepency. As you can see here.