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So here come my favorite races by far... I hope Riitta-Liisa Roponen get a decent top 10 result. That, in combination with a relay medal, would be absolutely perfect ending of her career. Speaking about the exotic nations, it won't be as exciting as the men's race, but there are several points of interest: Marija Bulatovic will be the first Montenegrin XC skier of any gender at the Olympics. Elsa Gudrun Jonsdottir, Karen Chanloung and Claudia Salcedo will become the first women from their nations to take part in an Olympic XC competition. Chanloung is also the first Thai XC skier of any gender since 2006. Maria Cecilia Dominguez will be the first Argentine female XC skier competing since 1992. Ri Yong-Gum will be the first North Korean overall XC skier competing since 1992, and the first woman to race over 10km distance since 1964. Good luck to all!

Egger looks delighted.

So if AUS/NZL qualify directly then we'll some interesting nations.

It's the last time we see the girl who made a mistake at 0:38...

Party in Košice.

4 vs 3 hockey.

USA is definitely ahead of Latvia... And I don't think Gleirscher puts Austria that far in front, they have inconsistent Egle after all.

Only Germans can make these mistakes and win, oh well...

They nailed it!

E/B can of course afford to make mistakes, but they don't deserve the gold for this.

Slovakia

Oh well, they wouldn't have finished 4th in Sochi if P/F hadn't crashed (who in turn are once again in the medal position).

No individual luge medal for Italy for the first time since 1988 (there was also no Italian medal in 1976)...

Was just gonna say how A/M had probably their first clear competition of the season. Wasn't to be...

Also Sablikova might be the favorite in the 5000m, but I doubt it. Visser was faster than gold medalist Achtereekte in Kolomna, while Annouk was even faster than her.

Well, there are also mass starts, they are so unpredictable, probably 15 athletes can win both. Men's 500m is similarly unpredictable. Also Japan is probably the favorite in women's team pursuit, as they broke WR by about 5 seconds this season. However Dutch were more dominant in women's events here so I guess another Dutch gold should be more likely scenario...

RIP Slovakia

Norwegian fancypanths are getting robbed by the Japanese.

They perhaps weren't favorites in 1000m/1500m, but 500m is simply impossible.

Korean team is screaming "Yes!" and "Hard!". Not cool.

Apparently Park is a former biathlete. @heywoodu Maybe Bruna/Gabi could pursue women's doubles when they appear?

Eurosport player. Though that's actually OBS commentator so he can probably be found on some other streams too.

New live bet. Ukraine will have last placed finishers in all individual luge events. YES/NO

What do the bookies say?