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Sosa, meanwhile, managed to produce this intriguing racing line...

Bauer easily defeated much younger Dutchman. By the way, if you want to see an interesting skeleton run, do see Rodriguez's run starting here at 1:09:20...

Start record for Martins. I wonder if that ever happened.

No medal for Tomass. It's just another day of sun.

Herning audience strongly disagrees at 7:32 of the video...

All aboard the Fiontini hype train. Lots to like. Just needs more strenght, as expected.

So they are assuming equestrians' gender?? How dare they?!

Dukurs

Banning itself.

Potion is working.

3 misses incoming for Kaisa.

Roise... something done for the day.

"Dabble" is putting it mildly...

She won the junior worlds a couple of weeks ago. I feel like the Southern hemisphere athletes should have room for much improvement. Like everyone else, they are on the road during the season, but in the off-season they can train in their backyard basically. That alone should help their motivation tremendously. No wonder the Simari Birkners are everpresent.

Alice Robinson enters the top 10.

Severo Jurado in dressage. Just putting it out there for an outside chance that I turn out to be very smart in about 16 months.

Gebrasy already took part in 2014. Also there was a Russian user entering a song from his band once or twice.

Hello, there, Tokyo Olympic champions. Jokes aside, 75.9% is an incredible score for a Grand Prix debut. Unbelieveable, almost. This was indeed the long anticipated big tour premiere for this combination that dominted the World championships for 5-, 6- and 7-year old horses.

Figure skating commentator must be the most impersonal and indifferent, but also competent sports commentator ever. I like her.

Teams for the next week's season opener in Wellington have been announced. CANADA Jill Irving/Arthur, 14-year-old KWPN gelding, owned by Windhaven Belinda Trussell/Carlucci, 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding, owned by Barbara Holden Sinclair Tina Irwin/Laurencio, 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding, owned by Tina & Jaimey Irwin Lindsay Kellock/Floratina, 11-year-old Hanoverian mare, owned by Chloe Gasirowski COLOMBIA Marco Bernal/Germany, 12-year-old Holsteiner stallion, owned by Juan Luis Aristizabal & Marco Bernal Raul Corchuelo/Senorita 43, 9-year-old Oldenburg mare, owned by Scott Redwantz Maria Alejandra Aponte Gonzalez/Duke De Niro, 15-year-old British Hanoverian gelding, owned by Maria Alejandra Aponte Gonzalez Carmen Franco/Weltregentrin, 15-year-old Hanoverian mare, owned by Maidensway GERMANY Michael Klimke/Royal Dancer 33, 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding, owned by Uwe Kappel & Michael Klimke Christoph Koschel/Ballentines 10, 11-year-old Hanoverian stallion, owned by Koschel Dressage GmbH Patricia Koschel/Leuchtfeuer DE, 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding, owned by Patricia Koschel Kevin Kohman/Cascou W, 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding, owned by Equine Law Group MEXICO Bernadette Pujals/Curioso XXV, 18-year-old P.R.E. stallion, owned by Bernadette Pujals Diego Gonzalez/Scenario 2, 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding Monica Burssens/Elfentanz, 11-year-old Oldenburg mare, owned by Patrick & Monica Burssens Carlos Maldonado Lara/Massimo, 18-year-old KWPN gelding, owned by Carlos Maldonado & Sandra Lara USA Charlotte Jorst/Kastel’s Nintendo, 16-year-old KWPN stallion, owned by Kastel Denmark Shelly Francis/Danilo, 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding, owned by Patricia A. Stempel Ashley Holzer/Valentine, 9-year-old Hanoverian mare, owned by Ashley Holzer Jennifer Baumert/Handsome, 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding, owned by Betsy Juliano LLC Individuals Yvonne Losos de Muñiz/Aquamarijn, 14-year-old KWPN mare, owned by Yvonne Losos de Muñiz Christer Egerstrom/Bello Oriente, 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding, owned by Christer & Folke Egerstrom

Make that German top 4. Fernstaedtova is slower than Griebel. No Germany, no German equipment.

Delka slots into 17th.

Looks like it's just another one of those "Kazakhstan raids" that are happening every other day...

Meh, Kim Meylemans can apparently only slide well in Konigssee...

Brazil disappeared though. Is it possible to appear? I wouldn't be surprised if they skip that event. Our athletes in sports like biathlon are rarely familiar with the inner workings of the federation.