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I do not like the rule with two races cut off, though there is no doubt JTB was the best this season.

Cheering for Martin to succeed, just beacause of his previous achievements, JTB has still a lot in front of him.

I have made another listen and now my list is finalized. I would like to thank you all for sending such lovely songs, this has really become wonderful festival of World music.

141 cases in Slovenia (45 today). Mainly everything not life necessary will be closed from Monday.

Slovenia has same measurements as Hungary. So far, they found 57 cases, no deaths.

@Olympian1010 this is the only true ski jumping in pairs

Ski Flying World Championships in Planica is next victim of Corona virus. Unbelievable, this means I will have to miss Planica for the first time after 23 years in a row.

I hardly believe, Kranjska Gora is going to be empty this weekend.

So, as expected, due to bad weather conditions in Holmenkollen, there will be double packed programme in Lillehammer. Today: Men's competition at 17.15 with start list from yesterday, Ladies competition at 20.00 Tomorrow: Men's qualification at 15.45, Competition at 17.00, Ladies qualification at 19.15, Competition at 20.00 https://rawair.com/blog/new-timetable-raw-air-lillehammer/

There is plenty of snow in Kranjska Gora, so track will be ready, now it is all down to that bloody Corona virus, whether to spoil the party. Žan Kranjec is first Slovenian male skier to be in contention for crystal globe after 20 years and Matjaž Vrhovnik in Slalom (Vrhovnik is now for years commentator on national TV). And to compete for discipline win in front of home crowd, that would be something, I hope our government don't interfere.

And Lampič 8th, only Majdič did better in Holmenkollen.

Wow, amazing.

What a performance by Jakov Fak, great job.

Just watched Beovizija 2020 (Serbian preselection). Looks like I am the weird one, Hurricane were for me second or third worst in final.

Slovenia - went from 1 to 6 in a day.

Finally, is in, from Tuesday night. Interestingly enough, they wait till the day when new prime minister was appointed, from Monday on Janez Janša is taking place again instead of Marjan Šarec. Coincidence ?

OLYMPIC FOCUS I will try to go through all previous performances and to find out, what the future brings, if particular sport will have representatives in Tokio. PART 18 Fencing Fencing brought first Slovenian performance in history of Olympic Games and also first medal. Rudolf Cvetko competed in 1912 under Austrian-Hungary empire and won a silver medal in Team event with sabre. In Berlin 1936 delegation consisted of 3 men and 1 female. All 3 male competitor finished 12th in Team Foil event for Yugoslavia. In modern era there are only a few athletes, who found their place on World Rankings, with no fencer coming close to top 100, so there will not be any Slovenian in Tokio. For example, last year in Budapest, there were no one who could pass qualification through the last 64.

OLYMPIC FOCUS I will try to go through all previous performances and to find out, what the future brings, if particular sport will have representatives in Tokio. PART 17 Equestrian I am always surprised, how this is not sport, in which we could seldom see Slovenian athletes. Our lovely land is known for its beautiful heritage, one of most recognized is Lipicanec (Lipizzaner), special breed, originated from small town of Lipica in Littoral Slovenian. Nevertheless, there were two Games with Slovenian participation in equestrian. Vladimir Seunig competed in 1924, where he took part in Dressage. Another three athletes competed in Dressage at the 1984 Games, with Alojz Lah finishing highest (15th). It does not look, there could be another representative any soon, though there are a lot of organized events on international level, especially in Jumping events.

OLYMPIC FOCUS I will try to go through all previous performances and to find out, what the future brings, if particular sport will have representatives in Tokio. PART 16 Diving This is another sport, which hardly exists in Slovenia. But, in Berlin 1936, Branko Ziherl competed for Yugoslavia, he even finished in 10th place from 3m board. On recreative level, Slovenia has its place in High Diving. Every year many courageous people from more different nations come to Kanal ob Soči, where they jump from 18m tall bridge into a river.

OLYMPIC FOCUS I will try to go through all previous performances and to find out, what the future brings, if particular sport will have representatives in Tokio. PART 15 Cycling Track Track Cycling is surprisingly not so well developed in our country, you will not found any competitors on international level. But there is something, you should know. It took ages, before our government finally found resources to cover track near Novo Mesto (Češča Vas). After more than 20 years this wonderful object is under roof, and this is not only good for Track Cycling development, but also for our Indoor Athletics, this winter was organized first ever National Championships on tracks. Until now, all running events, except sprints, took place in Austria (Linz or Vienna). This does not mean, Slovenia never had an Olympian on Tracks. In Montreal 1976 Bojan Ropret finished 22nd in Men's Individual Pursuit. It will take some time, in Tokyo there will be no Slovenian on velodrome, but maybe in Paris or at least in Los Angeles this could change. EDIT: Kristjan Gregorič was last Slovenian to compete in WCH, it was in Apeldoorn 2011, where he finished second to last (49th) in Sprint.

OLYMPIC FOCUS I will try to go through all previous performances and to find out, what the future brings, if particular sport will have representatives in Tokio. PART 14 Cycling Road Road Cycling is currently one of the most prominent sports in Slovenia. Primož Roglič is best cyclist in the World rankings, which is remarkable. Roglič has won last Tour of Spain (Vuelta 2019) and took silver medal at WCH in Time Trial in Bergen 2017. Former ski jumper is also current Slovenian Sportsman of the Year. Tadej Pogačar showed great talent several times, finishing as best young rider 3rd in Vuelta, not to mention others. Back to Olympics, our country has not won an Olympic medal so far. Closest was Andrej Hauptman in Athens 2004, where he took 5th place. To this day, 35 men and 2 women competed at Olympic Games, being first in 1924 Josip Kosmatin, as first lady was an Italian veteran Sigrid Corneo, competing in Beijing 2008. Most numerous participation was 5 athletes (1984, 2008, 2016), which will be equaled in Tokio, because according to UCI Rankings 4 men and 1 woman could perform in Japan. Until now, Tadej Valjavec is the only one, who competed at three Olympics, though Bojan Ropret raced in 1976 on Track and later on twice in Road Cycling.

Winner of Dora 2020 and Croatian representative for Rotterdam is 32 year old singer Damir Kedžo with "Divlji vjetre". (Wild wind)

About Germany, it is going to be another Slovenian. Benjamin Dolič, with artistic name Ben Dolic. He sang with D Base in Ema 2016 (Slovenian preselection).

Slovenia K.A.T. - Imaginative Man So, finally here it is, another Slovenian entry. This time it is K.A.T., who will be representing us, with a song "Imaginative Man". K.A.T. is more known as Katarina Čas, actress, TV host, model and from last year on also occasional singer. Her first few songs got quite good reception, though you can tell, she is not a proffesional singer. (so, no 12 pts for us ). Just kidding, of course, if you like song, vote, if not, thank you for your time. Katarina Čas was born in 1976 and was in 90s very popular TV host (music show Atlantis, later dating show Zmenkarije). She came back in 2005 with special music show Aritmija on RTV SLO, which gave a lot of attention on less known genres, later on she hosted also one of the last music charts shows in our country (Lestvica na drugem / yes, we do not have no top of the pop shows here,...). Most recently she is known as an actress, who found her way to Hollywood. She starred in Wolf of Wall Street with Leonardo di Caprio and Margot Robbie. She also played with Al Pacino in Danny Collins. So, here it is,...

I ran two times Wings for Life in Ljubljana, my friend (Vid Senica) even won Slovenian race, and for award he went next year to Florida. Sadly Ljubljana was cancelled, if there is no car to chase you, just plain app run is a bit boring and without any meaning.