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German sweep coming up, even without Fernstaedtova.

Anna Fernstaedtova

Silveira's driving.

Fouaad Mirza should have a decent chance in eventing. I suspect that will be his focus this season, and with Australia, New Zealand, Japan already qualified, Group G individual spots are there for the taking. On the other hand, I doubt that Jitendarjit Singh Ahluwahlia will be making any new attempts. He is the 1980 Olympian who came out of nowhere and attempted to qualify in dressage for Rio.

I know that some people don't like labels, but cultural and historical division is much more relevant than some geography that nobody cares about. For Dixons and Goldstroms of this world, Czechia is very much a part of Eastern Europe (and that's not because of their lack of knowledge in geography...).

There was one promising combination a couple of seasons ago (Gugic & Coeur de Croatie). But that kind of ended abruptly. With no much support to go on, the rider elected to sell the horse rather than campaign it at the championships for which they were already qualified.

Not this time.

February rankings are now fully out. Jumping simulation: Group A - Group B - Group C - Group F - Group G - Additional - Full rankings here.

Slovakian skater literally performed to four minutes of "Here I am, rock you like a hurricane".

I guess they probably wanted to allow team pursuit nations to enter someone different for the omnium (of course, only if they are in top 12/13).

Yeah, I don't get why they put it like that, but seems like those qualified in team pursuit are not directly qualified for the omnium. In any case, we know that 20/21 is the max number of athletes for the omnium. And since there are 12/13 omnium-only quotas, then only 8 madison nations get their place directly (indeed, presumably those without team pursuit).

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Mixed Relay 2x6km + 2.7.5km Day 1 March 7th, 2019 Austria Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 7.5km Sprint Day 2 March 8th, 2019 Marketa Davidova Kaisa Makarainen Anais Chevalier Laura Dahlmeier Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina x Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete x Men's 10km Sprint Day 3 March 9th, 2019 Simon Eder Julian Eberhard Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Any Other Athlete x Women's 10km Pursuit Day 4 March 10th, 2019 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen Anais Chevalier Laura Dahlmeier Denise Herrmann x Franziska Hildebrand Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Monika Hojnisz Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete Men's 12.5km Pursuit Day 4 March 10th, 2019 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete x Alexander Loginov Benjamin Weger Any Other Athlete Women's 15km Individual Day 5 March 12th, 2019 Kaisa Makarainen Anais Chevalier Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Preuss x Franziska Hildebrand Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Monika Hojnisz Any Russian Athlete Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg x Yuliia Dzhima Any Other Athlete Men's 20km Individual Day 6 March 13th, 2019 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov x Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete Mixed Single Relay 6km + 7.5km Day 7 March 14th, 2019 Austria Czech Republic France Germany x Italy Norway x Russia x Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 4x6km Relay Day 8 March 16th, 2019 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy x Norway Poland Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's 4x7.5km Relay Day 8 March 16th, 2019 Austria Belgium Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's 12.5km Mass Start Day 9 March 17th, 2019 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Preuss Franziska Hildebrand Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Monika Hojnisz Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova x Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete Men's 15km Mass Start Day 9 March 17th, 2019 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete x Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete [/hide]

Why don't you become TiSC-News editor then? Spots are always open.

What's next, a plea of insanity? Though that sounds like a valid argument for the Tammjarvs of this World, who were apparently doing blood doping for years just to get a couple of points-scoring WC results...

Downhill Racer is an intriguing film I've stumbled on. It's about alpine skiing, and it has pictures from Wengen/Kitzbuehel, and the characters are discussing start bibs and ruts. Plus it stars Robert Redford which is interesting.

I remember. You were happier than Kircheisen himself.

It's the good old censorship.

Two of the top Austrians suddenly getting health problems. Yeah, not weird at all.