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Bumping the thread so people are reminded. By the looks of the voting i think an extension would be required. Maybe till Sunday, or even next week.

They unveiled the route for the 2026 Giro and it's way softer, than what we have seen in recent times. But it's going to finish in my home town, so that's fine by me.

Another lacklustre performance by the Italian women in the slalom. I wonder if the coaches will call up the young prospect Giada D'Antonio for some WC starts this season. There seems to be a lot of hype for her and also the marketability will probably be there, as she isn't the typical skier.

Cancelling a round in Kuusamo.. so what else is new Zografski with a 4th and a new PB, but it's a real bummer that he doesn't have the chance to jump for a podium. This jury has really become quite pathetic the last few years.

So Richard intentionally tampered with her teammate Michelon's rifle in a clear sabotage, yet there are no consequences at all for her. I would have understood if this was a small team and she was the star and they have no choice but to keep her, but this is France, arguably the strongest one. One athlete robs her teammate, another one messes with the rifle and these women have to be a team. Olympics or not, i would have banned Richard and Simon for 1 full season as an example for anyone else thinking of breaking the rules. But the French federation seems more mellow than a melon.

The renaissance of Scotland, from last to first

I hope this won't be demolished after the Games.. It could be from the way the picture is taken, but they could have made the roof a bit higher. If i was in the stands i'd be agitated when looking in the hall.

This has been a horrible last year or two for alpine skiing. Brignone, Gut, Shiffrin, Vlhova, Kilde, Sarrazin all having extended injuries..

More like a glorified GS by the looks of things I don't know why they haven't made the course a bit longer and open, it's not like they don't have mountains in Colorado.

Good start of the season for Zografski, though the rare occasion there is a Normal hill on the schedule is always to his benefit. Will see if he can stabilize a top 15-20 placing in the coming starts. Also a nice surprise to see Tomasiak doing well. I don't know what is the general feeling in Poland about their current state in ski-jumping, but i'm seeing a big problem for them. The time of the seemingly eternal old dogs Stoch, Kubacki, Zyla and Kot is coming to an end (for some even at the end of this season) and there is practically no one coming up to replace them. I don't think they will become the next Finland and drop out completely from the scene, but so many years without a breakthrough young guy has to be very concerning. Zniszczol, Wolny, Stekala were all failed prospects. While Wasek had a very good last season, his consistency is still a question mark.

Getting close to the Games, so I think some updates here will be welcomed

Just had time to check some of the Cortina skeleton runs and indeed the situation there is much better. As if mother nature knows there are Olympics coming up (well let's hope that snow won't melt in December ).

I don't know why they didn't have these ECH a week early and have practically the whole TV time to themselves. Next week the schedule is much more crowded with the other winter sports kicking the season. Sometime i think if we made the calendar it would be much more beneficial to over a dozen sports.

Barely any snow even in Lillehammer It's again looking bleak for a nice white winter, especially in my region..

The return of DIA in the contest, to the joy of one @konig if i remember correctly