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It's completely voluntary.

Yes! I will be in the first session, as I hoped for. But darn, that's gonna be one busy weekend. Apart from my birthday and TISC, there is also a growing number of sports events on that weekend that I just don't wanna miss. I might just as well postpone my birthday celebration, the most flexible thing.

Pitty, could have been a nice way for Totallympics to get exposure.

So that's it, the finals are over. And they were very successful: great competition, great organization. People are pretty much saying "the best finals ever". Before competition started I thought there won't be much local interest, seeing how Nebraska has pretty much zero experience with equestrian events (just like unfamiliar sports get zero attendence at the Olympics, usually). But I was wrong, I loved how local community got engaged. Big interest, large crowds, and they literally had mini opening ceremonies before each competition.

Wow, McLain did it! Amazing clean sweep: win on day 1, win on day 2, double clear on the final day. Literally couldn't be better than that, perfection! Romain Duguet gets a very surprising silver. Bronze for Henrik von Eckermann! And very interestingly, three mares (female horses) on the podium.

McLain Ward clear again. Just one more round. Can he do the incredible clean sweep? Duguet is second, Wathelet dropped to third. Special mention to Gabor Szabo Jr.. He finished 21st, but really nice showing for the Hungarian, especially on day 1.

Clear round for Lorenzo de Luca. Hopefully he can reach top 10 after a dissapointing first day.

Well, not surprising since they have 2000 residents. Maybe contacting some Norfolk people on Facebook can help you.

Same here! Good luck with that. I made a quick check and found absolutely nothing about their music so I gave up.

I'll book Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Lucky for me, today's jumping final starts at 21:00 CET, not 2:00 CET like previous two rounds. There are actually two rounds of jumping today. 26 athletes will start in today's round A, 20 will advance to round B. It's very tight at the top, so it's all to play for.

It probably makes the difference in +105 and +90. Due to big differences, heavier athletes were always in disadvantage. Now it's the same luck for everyone.

Lol, some of Croatian entry weights remind me of the famous UAE women's team.

Is it necessary to diqualify Czech Republic already? I mean, it's not gonna be the end of the World is the votes are a couple of days late (or even more than that)...

If I'm not mistakes, luge reallocation gives priority to unqualified nations.

Obratov and Jugovac are definitely not chanceless. Vrdoljak also. Obratov was mostly injured early in the season, later on she had some excellent results (for example in Oberhof). Vrdoljak is meanwhile working for quadruple jump for the next season. If successful, it would boost his chances considerably.

And the videos...

@OlympicIRL Shamrocks painted on Vancouver.

13th place for her. Wasn't their best performance ever, but good., http://www.longinestiming.com/#!/equestrian/2017/1300/html/en/longinestiming/resultlist_D2.html

Amazing finish! Isabell Werth perhaps performed the best dressage test I have ever seen. Jaw dropping, not a single mistake. She got 90.704%. Her third WC title (after 1992 and 2007). Laura Graves second with 85%. Hester third with 83%. Both had no mistakes, always great when there are no mistakes. Judy Reynolds 4th with 79%! She lost cabaded 80% because of the mistake in the first 10 seconds. Still awesome performance for the Eire rider! It's amazing to think that she finished 91st (!) at the 2014 World Championships with this horse. 5th place for Madeleine Witte-Vrees.

Today is the final day. Just two more riders to go now.

So we are at the juding break. Madeleine Witte-Vrees & Cennin - One spook right at the start, but quite good. Leader with 79% Kristy Oatley & Du Soleil - Very cool performance. Also one bigger spook... Arena is very atmospheric today in Omaha. Second so far with 75% Steffen Peters & Rosamunde - So many mistakes. To be honest, Rosamunde is a very new horse, but at the moment she is more weird than good. Third so far with 75% Mai Tofte Olesen & Rustique - My personal favourite so far. She added A LOT of difficulty to her freestyle, and it worked perfectly! Personal best score of 74% She was very emotional, hugging her son as she finished the ride. And rightly so, she worked really hard to be here. This is from her FEI profile... Marcela Krinke-Susmelj & Smeyers Molberg - Just not their day. She changed her freestyle in the middle of the test. 74% Maria Florencia Manfredi & Bandurria Kacero - She is having a blast here in Omaha. "It's a week of my life." 70% Joao Victor Oliva & Xama dos Pinhais - Several mistakes. 70%

Yes, currently in 6th place with 70.6%, ahead of Brazilian Joao Oliva. Of course, she performed to Tango music.

According to the Eurodressage's solo traveler, the best things to see in Omaha are the red brick warehouses. http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2017/04/01/oh-oh-omaha-oysters-steak-charm-and-dressage Anyway, the big dressage final is just about to kick off.

Yeah, that part about Africa having continental places in bobsleigh/skeleton is quite cool. This misght be the first time it's used.