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Road to Pyeongchang 2018 (58 + 13 athletes) Note: on this site you will see potential athletes names, representing Slovenia at Winter Olympics in 2018. OKS (Slovenian Olympic Comitee) has its internal standard an athlete has to achieve (16th or better in World Cup / 8th for Team). Therefore this list serves only for orientation and is not an official one. There are also some athletes with international standard (Luge). UPDATED after January 14th 2018 Alpine Skiing (9 + 1) Martin Čater - DH (11th Wengen), SG (15th Beaver Creek), K (7th Bormio) Štefan Hadalin - SL (16th Val d'Isere), GS (16th Beaver Creek) Boštjan Kline - SG (13th Val Gardena) Klemen Kosi - K (12th Bormio) Žan Kranjec - GS (3rd Alta Badia; 5th Adelboden; 7th Val d'Isere; 14th Beaver Creek) Ana Bucik - SL (9th Levi; 9th Oslo (CE)) Ana Drev - GS (6th Lienz; 8th Killington; 11th Courchevel) Meta Hrovat - GS (8th Lienz; 13th Kranjska Gora) Tina Robnik - GS (7th Kranjska Gora; 9th Soelden; 11th Lienz; 16th Killington) --------------------with 2016/17 standard-------------------------------------------------------------------- Maruša Ferk - K (5th Crans Montana; 12th Val d'Isere) Ilka Štuhec - SL (10th Maribor), GS (14th Maribor), SG (2 wins; 4 podiums), DH (4 wins; 6 podiums), K (1 win; 3 podiums) INJURED Biathlon (2 + 5) Klemen Bauer - IN (10th Oestersund) Jakov Fak - SP (3rd Hochfilzen; 7th Oberhof; 10th Oestersund; 13th Annecy), PU (2nd Hochfilzen / Oestersund; 11th Oberhof; 13th Annecy), IN (12th Oestersund; 14th Ruhpolding), MS (8th Annecy; 10th Ruhpolding) --------------------- with International Standard---------------------------------------------------------------- Miha Dovžan Lenart Oblak Mitja Drinovec Anja Eržen Urška Poje Bobsleigh (-) Cross Country Skiing (5 + 3) Alenka Čebašek - SP (7th Dresden), TS (5th Dresden), RE (7th Ulricehamn 2017) Anamarija Lampič - SP (16th Davos), DI (10th Lenzerheide), RE (7th Ulricehamn 2017) Vesna Fabjan - SP (12th Dresden), TS (5th Dresden) Katja Višnar - SP (6th Pyeongchang; 7th Drammen; 14th Falun), RE (7th Ulricehamn 2017) Lea Einfalt - RE (7th Ulricehamn 2017) ---------------------with 2016 / 2017 standards------------------------ Janez Lampič - SP (11th Drammen) --------------------- International standards (most likely)------------------- Miha Šimenc Nika Razinger Curling (-) Figure Skating (-) Daša Grm (Ladies) is only possible option, she is currently lying 6th in waiting list, so chances are very slim. Freestyle Skiing (1) Filip Flisar - SX (5th Innichen II; 13th Montafon; 15th Innichen I) Ice Hockey (25) National Team - Qualified for Men Event Luge (0 + 2) ----------------------- with International Standard------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Žiga Biruš - Singles (38th Oberhof; 45th Lake Placid; 45th Koenigsee; 50th Calgary; 56th Altenberg; 61st Winterberg; 65th Innsbruck) Tilen Sirše - Singles (42nd Oberhof; 43rd Lake Placid; 44th Altenberg; 44th Koenigsee; 45th Innsbruck; 47th Calgary; 50th Winterberg) Nordic Combined (0 + 2) ----------------------- with International Standard------------------------------ Marjan Jelenko - best 24th/31st Ruka Vid Vrhovnik - best 26th/27th Ruka Short Track Speed Skating (-) Skeleton (-) Ski Jumping (10; only 9 eligible) Tilen Bartol - LH (5th Garmish - Partenkirchen; 16th Oberstdorf) Jernej Damjan - LH (1st Ruka; 5th Innsbruck; 9th Titisee-Neustadt; 10th Nizhny Tagil II; 13th Ga-Pa; 14th Oberstdorf) Peter Prevc - LH (6th Kulm FLY; 8th Garmisch - Partenkirchen; 8th Bischofshofen; 13th Nizhny Tagil I; 14th/16th Engelberg) Anže Semenič- LH (8th Kulm FLY; 9h Nizhny Tagil I) Timi Zajc - LH (12th Nizhny Tagil I) Domen Prevc - LH (11th Kulm FLY) Urša Bogataj - LH (8th Lillehammer), NH (6th/9th Sapporo; 10th/14th Lillehammer, 11th Hinterzarten) Ema Klinec - LH (11th Lillehammer), NH (8th Sapporo II; 10th Hinterzarten) Nika Križnar - NH (10th Lillehammer II, 13th Hinterzarten), LH (12th Lillehammer) Špela Rogelj - NH (9th/9th Lillehammer) Snowboarding (7) Jure Hafner - PSL (16th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Žan Košir - PGS (4th Lackenhof) Rok Marguč - PGS (2nd Lackenhof; 13th Cortina d'Ampezzo; 15th Bad Gastein PSL) Tim - Kevin Ravnjak - HP (4th Cardrona; 10th Secret Garden) Tit Štante - HP (16th Secret Garden) Gloria Kotnik - PGS (8th Cortina d'Ampezzo), PSL (16th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Urška Pribošič - BA (11th Copper Mountain; 12th Beijing) Speed Skating (-) 2016/17 Standards Alpine Skiing Boštjan Kline - DH (1st Kvitfjell; 4th Val d'Isere; 2 times 7th) QUALIFIED IN SG Biathlon Teja Gregorin - SP (8th Holmenkollen), PU (4th Holmenkollen), IN (12th Hochfilzen), MS (5th Hochfilzen) DOPING ABUSE Ski Jumping Jurij Tepeš - LH (7th Bischofshofen; 8th Willingen,...) Anže Lanišek - LH (4th Pyeongchang), NH (14th Pyeongchang) Cene Prevc - LH (8th Oberstdorf) Maja Vtič - LH (8th Oberstdorf I; 11th Oslo; 13th Oberstdorf II), NH (5th/5th Lillehammer; 8th Sapporo II,...) Eva Logar - NH (15th Zao I) RETIRED Snowboarding Tim Kevin Ravnjak - SS (11th Seiser Alm), BA (12th Moscow) QUALIFIED IN HP Tim Mastnak - PGS (12th Bansko II; 15th Pyeongchang; 16th Carezza) Urška Pribošič - SS (12th Mammoth Mt.; 14th Kreischberg; 14th Quebec City) QUALIFIED IN BA

Slovenia handball team lost very weird opening match, full of odd judges decisions, against Macedonia. But, to be fair, our team managed to lost two important balls in the final stages, so main fault is on our side. Today we play against Germany, whom we never beaten in official match. But, we also almost never beat Spain in basketball, but look what happened few months ago at Eurobasket. Gremo naši !!!

If only he would stay with Natalie Santer, than maybe

For me only four are way better, others just have some flashbacks, they were not so consistent. I am aware that would like for sake of history see Bjoerndalen in Korea, therefore much more sense is to give him first leg in Ruhpolding relay and then give final word.

But skiing is only one part of biathlon, so as I wrote in my first post, I would organize some kind of trials among those 4 athletes for final two places with same conditions.

Sorry, I miscalculated, Bjoentegaard was really quite fast, but L'Abee Lund not, if he would miss as many as Ole, he would end up 6 seconds behind. Though I would like to see him compete in Pyeongchang (also Johannes Boe said there are no Olympics without Ole), he did not meet with Norwegian standards (one top 6 or two top 12 finish). Therefore I would give him one last try in the relay, give him some internal standard to achieve and if not, bye bye Pyeongchang.

@Werloc Wow, I hope you will do fine, when do you perform? Anyway, best of luck.

I would love to see Ole in Relay on Friday and then they should decide, but still I believe there is a place for him in Norwegian squad. My pick would be: NO DOUBT 1) J.T. Boe - 5 wins and 9 podiums says everything 2) T. Boe - only one who beat Fourcade and J.T. Boe this season 3) Svendsen - though he had not start all races, had quite good results (one 2nd, three 4th) QUITE CONSISTENT 4) Birkeland - he only came in twice in top 10, but would we very weird put at home 11th best biathlete of the season RACE OFF FOR TWO PLACES 5) L'Abee Lund - very good in Hochfilzen (5th/8th), but with some downs in other races 6) Bjoentegaard - did very well in Relay, single only twice 10th 7) Bjoerndalen - still waiting for his breakthrough, but is still faster than all other guys in this group, except L'Abee Lund. Still proper man for anchor leg in Relay. 8) Christiansen - second choice for being in 1st leg of Relay, individually only today won his first points of the season 9) Gjesbakk - too bad he got his chance only once in WC, but he came in 7th in Annecy.

Road to Pyeongchang 2018 (58 athletes) Note: on this site you will see potential athletes names, representing Slovenia at Winter Olympics in 2018. OKS (Slovenian Olympic Comitee) has its internal standard an athlete has to achieve (16th or better in World Cup / 8th for Team). Therefore this list serves only for orientation and is not an official one. There are also some athletes with international standard (Luge). UPDATED after January 8th 2018 Alpine Skiing (9) Martin Čater - SG (15th Beaver Creek), K (7th Bormio) Štefan Hadalin - SL (16th Val d'Isere), GS (16th Beaver Creek) Boštjan Kline - SG (13th Val Gardena) Klemen Kosi - K (12th Bormio) Žan Kranjec - GS (3rd Alta Badia; 5th Adelboden; 7th Val d'Isere; 14th Beaver Creek) Ana Bucik - SL (9th Levi; 9th Oslo (CE)) Ana Drev - GS (6th Lienz; 8th Killington; 11th Courchevel) Meta Hrovat - GS (8th Lienz; 13th Kranjska Gora) Tina Robnik - GS (7th Kranjska Gora; 9th Soelden; 11th Lienz; 16th Killington) Biathlon (2) Klemen Bauer - IN (10th Oestersund) Jakov Fak - SP (3rd Hochfilzen; 7th Oberhof; 10th Oestersund; 13th Annecy), PU (2nd Hochfilzen / Oestersund; 11th Oberhof; 13th Annecy), IN (12th Oestersund), MS (8th Annecy) Bobsleigh (-) Cross Country Skiing (1) Anamarija Lampič - SP (16th Davos), DI (10th Lenzerheide) Curling (-) Figure Skating (-) Daša Grm (Ladies) is only possible option, she is currently lying 6th in waiting list, so chances are very slim. Freestyle Skiing (1) Filip Flisar - SX (5th Innichen II; 13th Montafon; 15th Innichen I) Ice Hockey (25) National Team - Qualified for Men Event Luge (2) Žiga Biruš - Singles (45th Lake Placid; 45th Koenigsee; 50th Calgary; 56th Altenberg; 61st Winterberg; 65th Innsbruck) Tilen Sirše - Singles (43rd Lake Placid; 44th Altenberg; 44th Koenigsee; 45th Innsbruck; 47th Calgary; 50th Winterberg) Nordic Combined (2) Marjan Jelenko - best 24th/31st Ruka Vid Vrhovnik - best 26th/27th Ruka Short Track Speed Skating (-) Skeleton (-) Ski Jumping (9) Tilen Bartol - LH (5th Garmish - Partenkirchen; 16th Oberstdorf) Jernej Damjan - LH (1st Ruka; 5th Innsbruck; 9th Titisee-Neustadt; 10th Nizhny Tagil II; 13th Ga-Pa; 14th Oberstdorf) Peter Prevc - LH (8th Garmisch - Partenkirchen; 8th Bischofshofen; 13th Nizhny Tagil I; 14th/16th Engelberg) Anže Semenič- LH (9h Nizhny Tagil I) Timi Zajc - LH (12th Nizhny Tagil I) Urša Bogataj - LH (8th Lillehammer), NH (10th/14th Lillehammer, 11th Hinterzarten) Ema Klinec - LH (11th Lillehammer), NH (10th Hinterzarten) Nika Križnar - NH (10th Lillehammer II, 13th Hinterzarten), LH (12th Lillehammer) Špela Rogelj - NH (9th/9th Lillehammer) Snowboarding (7) Jure Hafner - PSL (16th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Žan Košir - PGS (4th Lackenhof) Rok Marguč - PGS (2nd Lackenhof; 13th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Tim - Kevin Ravnjak - HP (4th Cardrona; 10th Secret Garden) Tit Štante - HP (16th Secret Garden) Gloria Kotnik - PGS (8th Cortina d'Ampezzo), PSL (16th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Urška Pribošič - BA (11th Copper Mountain; 12th Beijing) Speed Skating (-) 2016/17 Standards Alpine Skiing (1) Boštjan Kline - DH (1st Kvitfjell; 4th Val d'Isere; 2 times 7th) QUALIFIED IN SG Ilka Štuhec - SL (10th Maribor), GS (14th Maribor), SG (2 wins; 4 podiums), DH (4 wins; 6 podiums), K (1 win; 3 podiums) INJURED Maruša Ferk - K (5th Crans Montana; 12th Val d'Isere) Biathlon (-) Teja Gregorin - SP (8th Holmenkollen), PU (4th Holmenkollen), IN (12th Hochfilzen), MS (5th Hochfilzen) DOPING ABUSE Cross Country Skiing (4) Janez Lampič - SP (11th Drammen) Katja Višnar - SP (6th Pyeongchang; 7th Drammen; 14th Falun) Vesna Fabjan - SP (6th Toblach; 11th Quebec City; 12th Val Mustair) Alenka Čebašek - DI (16th Pyeongchang) Ski Jumping (5) Domen Prevc - LH (4 wins; 6 podiums) Jurij Tepeš - LH (7th Bischofshofen; 8th Willingen,...) Anže Lanišek - LH (4th Pyeongchang), NH (14th Pyeongchang) Cene Prevc - LH (8th Oberstdorf) Maja Vtič - LH (8th Oberstdorf I; 11th Oslo; 13th Oberstdorf II), NH (5th/5th Lillehammer; 8th Sapporo II,...) Eva Logar - NH (15th Zao I) RETIRED Snowboarding (1) Tim Kevin Ravnjak - SS (11th Seiser Alm), BA (12th Moscow) QUALIFIED IN HP Tim Mastnak - PGS (12th Bansko II; 15th Pyeongchang; 16th Carezza) Urška Pribošič - SS (12th Mammoth Mt.; 14th Kreischberg; 14th Quebec City) QUALIFIED IN BA

Road to Pyeongchang 2018 (54 athletes) Note: on this site you will see potential athletes names, representing Slovenia at Winter Olympics in 2018. OKS (Slovenian Olympic Comitee) has its internal standard an athlete has to achieve (16th or better in World Cup / 8th for Team). Therefore this list serves only for orientation and is not an official one. UPDATED after January 5th 2018 Alpine Skiing (9) Martin Čater - SG (15th Beaver Creek), K (7th Bormio) Štefan Hadalin - SL (16th Val d'Isere), GS (16th Beaver Creek) Boštjan Kline - SG (13th Val Gardena) Klemen Kosi - K (12th Bormio) Žan Kranjec - GS (7th Val d'Isere; 14th Beaver Creek) Ana Bucik - SL (9th Levi; 9th Oslo (CE)) Ana Drev - GS (6th Lienz; 8th Killington; 11th Courchevel) Meta Hrovat - GS (8th Lienz) Tina Robnik - GS (9th Soelden; 11th Lienz; 16th Killington) Biathlon (2) Klemen Bauer - IN (10th Oestersund) Jakov Fak - SP (3rd Hochfilzen; 7th Oberhof; 10th Oestersund; 13th Annecy), PU (2nd Hochfilzen / Oestersund; 13th Annecy), IN (12th Oestersund), MS (8th Annecy) Bobsleigh (-) Cross Country Skiing (1) Anamarija Lampič - SP (16th Davos), DI (10th Lenzerheide) Curling (-) Figure Skating (-) Freestyle Skiing (1) Filip Flisar - SX (5th Innichen II; 13th Montafon; 15th Innichen I) Ice Hockey (25) National Team - Qualified for Men Event Luge (-) Nordic Combined (-) Short Track Speed Skating (-) Skeleton (-) Ski Jumping (9) Tilen Bartol - LH (5th Garmish - Partenkirchen; 16th Oberstdorf) Jernej Damjan - LH (1st Ruka; 5th Innsbruck; 9th Titisee-Neustadt; 10th Nizhny Tagil II; 13th Ga-Pa; 14th Oberstdorf) Peter Prevc - LH (8th Garmisch - Partenkirchen; 13th Nizhny Tagil I; 14th/16th Engelberg) Anže Semenič- LH (9h Nizhny Tagil I) Timi Zajc - LH (12th Nizhny Tagil I) Urša Bogataj - LH (8th Lillehammer), NH (10th/14th Lillehammer, 11th Hinterzarten) Ema Klinec - LH (11th Lillehammer), NH (10th Hinterzarten) Nika Križnar - NH (10th Lillehammer II, 13th Hinterzarten), LH (12th Lillehammer) Špela Rogelj - NH (9th/9th Lillehammer) Snowboarding (7) Jure Hafner - PSL (16th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Žan Košir - PGS (4th Lackenhof) Rok Marguč - PGS (2nd Lackenhof; 13th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Tim - Kevin Ravnjak - HP (4th Cardrona; 10th Secret Garden) Tit Štante - HP (16th Secret Garden) Gloria Kotnik - PGS (8th Cortina d'Ampezzo), PSL (16th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Urška Pribošič - BA (11th Copper Mountain; 12th Beijing) Speed Skating (-) 2016/17 Standards Alpine Skiing (1) Boštjan Kline - DH (1st Kvitfjell; 4th Val d'Isere; 2 times 7th) QUALIFIED IN SG Ilka Štuhec - SL (10th Maribor), GS (14th Maribor), SG (2 wins; 4 podiums), DH (4 wins; 6 podiums), K (1 win; 3 podiums) INJURED Maruša Ferk - K (5th Crans Montana; 12th Val d'Isere) Biathlon (-) Teja Gregorin - SP (8th Holmenkollen), PU (4th Holmenkollen), IN (12th Hochfilzen), MS (5th Hochfilzen) DOPING ABUSE Cross Country Skiing (4) Janez Lampič - SP (11th Drammen) Katja Višnar - SP (6th Pyeongchang; 7th Drammen; 14th Falun) Vesna Fabjan - SP (6th Toblach; 11th Quebec City; 12th Val Mustair) Alenka Čebašek - DI (16th Pyeongchang) Ski Jumping (5) Domen Prevc - LH (4 wins; 6 podiums) Jurij Tepeš - LH (7th Bischofshofen; 8th Willingen,...) Anže Lanišek - LH (4th Pyeongchang), NH (14th Pyeongchang) Cene Prevc - LH (8th Oberstdorf) Maja Vtič - LH (8th Oberstdorf I; 11th Oslo; 13th Oberstdorf II), NH (5th/5th Lillehammer; 8th Sapporo II,...) Eva Logar - NH (15th Zao I) RETIRED Snowboarding (1) Tim Kevin Ravnjak - SS (11th Seiser Alm), BA (12th Moscow) QUALIFIED IN HP Tim Mastnak - PGS (12th Bansko II; 15th Pyeongchang; 16th Carezza) Urška Pribošič - SS (12th Mammoth Mt.; 14th Kreischberg; 14th Quebec City) QUALIFIED IN BA

Road to Pyeongchang 2018 (47 athletes) Note: on this site you will see potential athletes names, representing Slovenia at Winter Olympics in 2018. OKS (Slovenian Olympic Comitee) has its internal standard an athlete has to achieve (16th or better in World Cup / 8th for Team). Therefore this list serves only for orientation and is not an official one. UPDATED after December 17th 2017 Alpine Skiing (7) Boštjan Kline - SG (13th Val Gardena) Martin Čater - SG (15th Beaver Creek) Štefan Hadalin - SL (16th Val d'Isere), GS (16th Beaver Creek) Žan Kranjec - GS (7th Val d'Isere; 14th Beaver Creek) Ana Bucik - SL (9th Levi) Ana Drev - GS (8th Killington) Tina Robnik - GS (9th Soelden; 16th Killington) Biathlon (2) Klemen Bauer - IN (10th Oestersund) Jakov Fak - SP (3rd Hochfilzen; 10th Oestersund; 13th Annecy), PU (2nd Hochfilzen; 2nd Oestersund; 13th Annecy), IN (12th Oestersund), MS (8th Annecy) Bobsleigh (-) Cross Country Skiing (1) Anamarija Lampič - SP (16th Davos) Curling (-) Figure Skating (-) Freestyle Skiing (1) Filip Flisar - SX (13th Montafon) Ice Hockey (23) National Team - Qualified for Men Event Luge (-) Nordic Combined (-) Short Track Speed Skating (-) Skeleton (-) Ski Jumping (8) Jernej Damjan - LH (1st Ruka; 9th Titisee-Neustadt; 10th Nizhny Tagil II) Peter Prevc - LH (13th Nizhny Tagil I; 15th Titisee-Neustadt; 14th/16th Engelberg) Anže Semenič- LH (9th Nizhny Tagil I) Timi Zajc - LH (12th Nizhny Tagil I) Urša Bogataj - LH (8th Lillehammer), NH (10th/14th Lillehammer, 11th Hinterzarten) Ema Klinec - LH (11th Lillehammer), NH (10th Hinterzarten) Nika Križnar - NH (10th Lillehammer II, 13th Hinterzarten), LH (12th Lillehammer) Špela Rogelj - NH (9th/9th Lillehammer) Snowboarding (5) Jure Hafner - PSL (16th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Rok Marguč - PGS (13th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Tim - Kevin Ravnjak - HP (4th Cardrona) Gloria Kotnik - PGS (8th Cortina d'Ampezzo), PSL (16th Cortina d'Ampezzo) Urška Pribošič - BA (11th Copper Mountain; 12th Beijing) Speed Skating (-) 2016/17 Standards Alpine Skiing (3) Boštjan Kline - DH (1st Kvitfjell; 4th Val d'Isere; 2 times 7th) QUALIFIED IN SG Klemen Kosi - K (13th Santa Caterina; 15th Wengen) Ilka Štuhec - SL (10th Maribor), GS (14th Maribor), SG (2 wins; 4 podiums), DH (4 wins; 6 podiums), K (1 win; 3 podiums) INJURED Maruša Ferk - K (5th Crans Montana; 12th Val d'Isere) Meta Hrovat - GS (15th Kronplatz) Biathlon (-) Teja Gregorin - SP (8th Holmenkollen), PU (4th Holmenkollen), IN (12th Hochfilzen), MS (5th Hochfilzen) DOPING ABUSE Cross Country Skiing (4) Janez Lampič - SP (11th Drammen) Katja Višnar - SP (6th Pyeongchang; 7th Drammen; 14th Falun) Vesna Fabjan - SP (6th Toblach; 11th Quebec City; 12th Val Mustair) Alenka Čebašek - DI (16th Pyeongchang) Ski Jumping (5) Domen Prevc - LH (4 wins; 6 podiums) Jurij Tepeš - LH (7th Bischofshofen; 8th Willingen,...) Anže Lanišek - LH (4th Pyeongchang), NH (14th Pyeongchang) Cene Prevc - LH (8th Oberstdorf) Maja Vtič - LH (8th Oberstdorf I; 11th Oslo; 13th Oberstdorf II), NH (5th/5th Lillehammer; 8th Sapporo II,...) Eva Logar - NH (15th Zao I) RETIRED Snowboarding (2) Tim Kevin Ravnjak - SS (11th Seiser Alm), BA (12th Moscow) QUALIFIED IN HP Tim Mastnak - PGS (12th Bansko II; 15th Pyeongchang; 16th Carezza) Žan Košir - PGS (3rd Rogla) Urška Pribošič - SS (12th Mammoth Mt.; 14th Kreischberg; 14th Quebec City) QUALIFIED IN BA

WEEKLY UPDATE (December 11th - December 17th 2017) Basketball player Goran Dragič and Alpine skier Ilka Štuhec became Sportsperson of the year at an annual ceremony, which took place in Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana. Goran Dragič is only fifth athlete from team sports to achieve this prize in 50 years. Dragič was one of key factors on the way to gold for Slovenia at Eurobasket 2017 and alson MVP of the championship. Second was road cyclist Primož Roglič, first ever Slovenian to win a stage on Tour de France, also second in time trial at WCH and third another outstanding basketball player Luka Dončič. Among women there was no doubt. Ilka Štuhec succeded Tina Maze as Downhill World Champion, she was also second in Overall World Cup Standings. Second best athlete is our outstanding sport climber Janja Garnbret and third judoka Tina Trstenjak for finishing second at WCH. Best team of the season without any doubt was National Basketball Team, first team ever to win gold at major team events, Handball Team took second for bronze medal in WCH. Žan Kranjec finished 3rd at legendary GS in Alta Badia. This is his first podium, also first men GS podium for Slovenia after 16 years (Uroš Pavlovčič; 3rd Kranjska Gora 2001). Slovenia Women Handball Team took 14th place on their first WCH after 2005. Slovenia lost against Sweden in Round of 16 by margin of 12 goals (21:33). National Volleyball Team will not compete in newly established Nations League, even though they earned in on court. Instead they will compete in European League - Golden Group. Tennis player Aljaž Bedene will be once again competing for Slovenia. Bedene lives in London for 9 years and was playing for United Kingdom last three seasons. ITF did not gave him permission to play for another country in Davis cup, therefore he was not able to compete at the Rio Olympics. His next goal is to qualify for 2020 Tokio Olympics. Jakov Fak took 8th and twice 13th place at biathlon races in France. Fak remains 3rd in Overall World Cup Standings. Swimmers failed to win a medal at European SC Champs in Copenhagen, first time after 1996. Best result is sixth place (Stevens - 50 breast M / Oder - 800 free W).

Road to Pyeongchang 2018 (42 athletes) Note: on this site you will see potential athletes names, representing Slovenia at Winter Olympics in 2018. OKS (Slovenian Olympic Comitee) has its internal standard an athlete has to achieve (16th or better in World Cup / 8th for Team). Therefore this list serves only for orientation and is not an official one. Alpine Skiing (6) Martin Čater - SG (15th Beaver Creek) Štefan Hadalin - SL (16th Val d'Isere), GS (16th Beaver Creek) Žan Kranjec - GS (7th Val d'Isere; 14th Beaver Creek) Ana Bucik - SL (9th Levi) Ana Drev - GS (8th Killington) Tina Robnik - GS (9th Soelden; 16th Killington) Biathlon (2) Klemen Bauer - IN (10th Oestersund) Jakov Fak - SP (3rd Hochfilzen; 10th Oestersund), PU (2nd Hochfilzen; 2nd Oestersund), IN (12th Oestersund) Bobsleigh (-) Cross Country Skiing (1) Anamarija Lampič - SP (16th Davos) Curling (-) Figure Skating (-) Freestyle Skiing (-) Ice Hockey (23) National Team - Qualified for Men Event Luge (-) Nordic Combined (-) Short Track Speed Skating (-) Skeleton (-) Ski Jumping (8) Jernej Damjan - LH (1st Ruka; 9th Titisee-Neustadt; 10th Nizhny Tagil II) Peter Prevc - LH (13th Nizhny Tagil I; 15th Titisee-Neustadt) Anže Semenič- LH (9th Nizhny Tagil I) Timi Zajc - LH (12th Nizhny Tagil I) Urša Bogataj - LH (8th Lillehammer), NH (10th/14th Lillehammer) Ema Klinec - LH (11th Lillehammer) Nika Križnar - NH (10th Lillehammer II), LH (12th Lillehammer) Špela Rogelj - NH (9th/9th Lillehammer) Snowboarding (2) Tim - Kevin Ravnjak - HP (4th Cardrona) Urška Pribošič - BA (11th Copper Mountain; 12th Beijing) Speed Skating (-) 2016/17 Standards Alpine Skiing (5) Boštjan Kline - SG (5th Val d'Isere; 8th Kvitfjell; 15th Val Gardena), DH (1st Kvitfjell; 4th Val d'Isere; 2 times 7th) Klemen Kosi - K (13th Santa Caterina; 15th Wengen) Ilka Štuhec - SL (10th Maribor), GS (14th Maribor), SG (2 wins; 4 podiums), DH (4 wins; 6 podiums), K (1 win; 3 podiums) INJURED Maruša Ferk - K (5th Crans Montana; 12th Val d'Isere) Meta Hrovat - GS (15th Kronplatz) Biathlon (1) Teja Gregorin - SP (8th Holmenkollen), PU (4th Holmenkollen), IN (12th Hochfilzen), MS (5th Hochfilzen) DOPING ABUSE Cross Country Skiing (4) Janez Lampič - SP (11th Drammen) Katja Višnar - SP (6th Pyeongchang; 7th Drammen; 14th Falun) Vesna Fabjan - SP (6th Toblach; 11th Quebec City; 12th Val Mustair) Alenka Čebašek - DI (16th Pyeongchang) Freestyle Skiing (1) Filip Flisar - SX (2 wins; 4 podiums) Ski Jumping (6) Domen Prevc - LH (4 wins; 6 podiums) Jurij Tepeš - LH (7th Bischofshofen; 8th Willingen,...) Anže Lanišek - LH (4th Pyeongchang), NH (14th Pyeongchang) Cene Prevc - LH (8th Oberstdorf) Maja Vtič - LH (8th Oberstdorf I; 11th Oslo; 13th Oberstdorf II), NH (5th/5th Lillehammer; 8th Sapporo II,...) Eva Logar - NH (15th Zao I) RETIRED Snowboarding (3) Tim Kevin Ravnjak - SS (11th Seiser Alm), BA (12th Moscow) QUALIFIED IN HP Rok Marguč - PGS (6th Carezza; 10th Rogla) Tim Mastnak - PGS (12th Bansko II; 15th Pyeongchang; 16th Carezza) Žan Košir - PGS (3rd Rogla) Urška Pribošič - SS (12th Mammoth Mt.; 14th Kreischberg; 14th Quebec City) QUALIFIED IN BA UPDATED after December 10th 2017

Road to Pyeongchang 2018 (39 athletes) Note: on this site you will see potential athletes names, representing Slovenia at Winter Olympics in 2018. OKS (Slovenian Olympic Comitee) has its internal standard an athlete has to achieve (16th or better in World Cup / 8th for Team). Therefore this list serves only for orientation and is not an official one. Alpine Skiing (6) Martin Čater - SG (15th Beaver Creek) Štefan Hadalin - GS (16th Beaver Creek) Žan Kranjec - GS (14th Beaver Creek) Ana Bucik - SL (9th Levi) Ana Drev - GS (8th Killington) Tina Robnik - GS (9th Soelden; 16th Killington) Biathlon (2) Klemen Bauer - IN (10th Oestersund) Jakov Fak - SP (10th Oestersund), PU (2nd Oestersund), IN (12th Oestersund) Bobsleigh (-) Cross Country Skiing (-) Curling (-) Figure Skating (-) Freestyle Skiing (-) Ice Hockey (23) National Team - Qualified for Men Event Luge (-) Nordic Combined (-) Short Track Speed Skating (-) Skeleton (-) Ski Jumping (8) Jernej Damjan - LH (1st Ruka; 10th Nizhny Tagil II) Peter Prevc - LH (13th Nizhny Tagil I) Anže Semenič- LH (9th Nizhny Tagil I) Timi Zajc - LH (12th Nizhny Tagil I) Urša Bogataj - LH (8th Lillehammer), NH (10th/14th Lillehammer) Ema Klinec - LH (11th Lillehammer) Nika Križnar - NH (10th Lillehammer II), LH (12th Lillehammer) Špela Rogelj - NH (9th/9th Lillehammer) Snowboarding (-) Speed Skating (-) 2016/17 Standards Alpine Skiing (5) Boštjan Kline - SG (5th Val d'Isere; 8th Kvitfjell; 15th Val Gardena), DH (1st Kvitfjell; 4th Val d'Isere; 2 times 7th) Klemen Kosi - K (13th Santa Caterina; 15th Wengen) Ilka Štuhec - SL (10th Maribor), GS (14th Maribor), SG (2 wins; 4 podiums), DH (4 wins; 6 podiums), K (1 win; 3 podiums) INJURED Maruša Ferk - K (5th Crans Montana; 12th Val d'Isere) Meta Hrovat - GS (15th Kronplatz) Biathlon (1) Teja Gregorin - SP (8th Holmenkollen), PU (4th Holmenkollen), IN (12th Hochfilzen), MS (5th Hochfilzen) DOPING ABUSE Cross Country Skiing (5) Janez Lampič - SP (11th Drammen) Anamarija Lampič - SP (6th Drammen; 14th Val Mustair; 2 times 15th), DI (14th Val Mustair) Katja Višnar - SP (6th Pyeongchang; 7th Drammen; 14th Falun) Vesna Fabjan - SP (6th Toblach; 11th Quebec City; 12th Val Mustair) Alenka Čebašek - DI (16th Pyeongchang) Freestyle Skiing (1) Filip Flisar - SX (2 wins; 4 podiums) Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Snowboarding UPDATED after December 4th 2017

Ha ha, Damjan, well done. I was busy last night, decided to watch this race today, and still hardly believe Jernej won.

Well done, I am happy for our colleagues from Slovakia. And also surprised over quite good performance of our team. We competed with very weak team, without Gregorin (doping abuse), Mali (retired) and Fak (illness), only with Bauer.

@OlympicIRL I also remember there was once a rule about placing being first factor for hosting, so my support is also with or to host next Open event. So, if @dezbee2008 is ready, she has my total support.

So, once more, here is a tribute to our winners, their live performance, shot at three different locations last year (2016). Give it up for The Stunning from Ireland !!!

Douze points club (12 points) 5 - Columbia 4 - Ireland 3 - Argentina 2 - United States, Canada, Greece, France, Portugal 1 - 21 countries got "douze points" at least from one country. Top 10 club (number of countries awarding points) 23 - United States 20 - Colombia 19 - Ireland 18 - Spain 17 - Argentina 15 - Brazil, Canada, Slovenia 14 - Croatia, Poland 13 - India, Netherlands 11 - New Zealand, France 10 - United Kingdom, Estonia, Romania 9 - Tunisia 8 - Denmark, Portugal, Greece, Chile, Malta 7 - Serbia, Mexico, Italy 6 - Slovakia 5 - Uruguay, Indonesia, Iran 3 - Algeria, Turkey 2 - Bulgaria, Lithuania 1 - Czech Republic All countries got into top 10 at least once.

Unofficial standings (Eurovision counting system) 1. Ireland 146 2. Columbia 145 3. United States 127 4. Spain 117 5. Argentina 111 6. Brazil 85 7. Canada 84 8. United Kingdom 84 9. New Zealand 67 10. Slovenia 66 11. Poland 66 12. India 65 13. Netherlands 63 14. Greece 60 15. France 60 16. Croatia 60 17. Mexico 57 18. Romania 55 19. Portugal 52 20. Slovakia 46 21. Tunisia 46 22. Chile 45 23. Serbia 42 24. Estonia 41 25. Malta 38 26. Denmark 31 27. Italy 30 28. Indonesia 30 29. Iran 22 30. Lithuania 20 31. Uruguay 20 32. Algeria 19 33. Turkey 15 34. Bulgaria 10 35. Czech Republic 5

Once again I was too busy to be with all of you yesterday, but I took the time to read all post in few hours today. If I am not mistaken, this is second time has finished in top 10, which was my primary goal, second one was getting to 100 points, missing by only seven. I know my choice was a little too "pop extreme", and I confess, Tina was the reason to put this song in the running. It was very risky, could well ended up with being victorious or place it well in the bottom, so I have to be satisfied. Thank you so much for giving me 12 points, thank you all others noticing our song. Thanks to @amen09 for organizing such great event, I know it is not easy. Congratulations to my good friend @OlympicIRL for another win though this was probably the first time winning song did not get even close on my list. As always, I will be posting final standings according to official Eurovision counting (top 10, without 9 and 11 pts). I can tell you that only by a single point.

Oh, come on, those damn penguins.

So, one more friendly country for me, unbelievable 2 G2 in memory of GJan.

So, I will be the last one, nice one.

This is all rigged up. I am getting countries which I have most contact with , come on.