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Have Austria announced the team?

AO mumbojumbo, because it's cool.

Team will be led by Radoslav Yankov (snowboard) and Milena Todorova (biathlon)

Hmmm, a javelin video amounted 14 million views, after only 12 days of release. Weird. Is a good video though.

It's always fun to mock ,but then there were people pretty much begging that New Zealand biathlete to switch nations a few days ago. And there were some other names mentioned as well in the past weeks by my recollection.

This rotating overhead camera is a great new addition. Gives so much better and interesting perspective on the table and positioning. Hope they continue to have it in other tournaments as well, but sadly i think it's only for the Shoot-out, as it is the "relaxed" one.

Nothing official yet from what i saw. I know they were expecting a potential quota here, but final confirmation should be received tomorrow.

Can someone remind me again, why nations are rejecting quotas in general. Is it money based, because they have to pay for the travel, stay etc. and they don't want to bring athletes they know won't do good? All these rejections the last 2 days has made me sad, because we are probably going to send only 16 people. Our chief secretary said today, that he is hoping we could get 1-2 more after the deadlines depending on the acceptance. We are willing to send people, but the problem is, that we don't have them, while other nations have the people and don't want to send them.

Says the Canadian, who have 55 quotas from snowboard and freestyle skiing.

Why would the IOC care or get involved? This isn't sports related, it's a matter of national security! Every nation has the right to set their rules for entering their country. Isn't this what has been preached to the masses? I really hope, no i pray, they do it, just to see how hypocrite and two-faced the world order is. Not that any normal person doesn't see it.

The more shocking news here is that Janne Ahonen is only 44 I always thought he was older, partially because of his numerous retirements.

What is a combined, FIS says there is no such thing .

2 Sundays in-a-row Razzo was already at the buffet, couldn't find him for the podium lol. New record for biggest jump now. Hargin and Simmonet were 3rd from 30th and Braaten wins from 29th.

Sweden taking every chance they get to shoot at Norway

Scumbag politicians being scumbag politicians. If there was a real player union or ITF had some dignity they would boycott this shitshow. Pathetic stuff..

Oh man, and i missed all the fun Apparently after 20 minutes had passed, an official stormed Mali's press conference and had them go back to play the last 3 minutes again. They went back, but nobody from Tunisia came out and they just waited out the time. And to think that officials at the top have decided that this guy is amongst their best referees and invited him at their biggest event and he twice ends the match before the regular time has passed.

Alimbekava has more fourth places, than there are races this season

Cross-country really is in the backburner of everyone it seems. I doubt France would cancel so quick, if it was biathlon or alpine, or Slovenia if it was ski-jumping.

Finally, a sensible decision has been made in Australia! You can have whatever rules you'd like for regular people wanting to live there or tourists, but when you are organising a major sporting event with huge international participation, you have to make it possible for the athletes to compete. Spain don't recognize Kosovo, the whole country, the people's documents and passport's, nothing, yet they still allowed them to enter and play. Like i've said before, Australia should have made unvaccinated people take the 2 week quarantine and be tested every day, if they'd want, but but not directly stop them. Clear and cut decision, without any drama, but no, we had to make a spectacle. And now it backfired in their faces. As a Federer fan for 17 years, i never imagined a time, when i'd have to defend Djokovic, but this is not about him, but for the principle of competition and fairness.

It is indeed bizarre how Austria is not having a full team. 9 places is really tight. If we do the count, they'd want 4 speedsters and 5 technicals. Secure places for me have Mayer, Kriechmayr and Striedinger in speed, and Feller, Schwarz, Brennsteiner in tech. Michael Matt should have been there as well, but his abysmal season so far has put a question mark for me. Beyond that, it could swing to different people and last minute decisions.

Strolz gets the win Not as iconic as Marc Berthod's win here in 2007, but still amongst the most surprising in the last decade+. Now this is a "problem" for Austrian federation, since they kicked him out of the national team. And by Austrian rules, whoever gets a WC win, gets a place at the Olympics. They have some decisions on their hands now

Iliev with 1 miss from 20, whaaat, is it 2015 again

Adelboden SL is one of the hardest, yet we have the smallest of margins

[hide] Preliminary Round January 9th - January 20th, 2022 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nation from each Group + the 4 best 3rd-placed Nations will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2022, h. 17:00 Cameroon 2 0 Burkina Faso January 9th 2022, h. 20:00 Ethiopia 0 0 Cape Verde January 13th 2022, h. 17:00 Cameroon 2 1 Ethiopia January 13th 2022, h. 20:00 Cape Verde 1 0 Burkina Faso January 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Cape Verde 2 2 Cameroon January 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Burkina Faso 2 1 Ethiopia Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2022, h. 14:00 Senegal 3 0 Zimbabwe January 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Guinea 2 0 Malawi January 14th 2022, h. 14:00 Senegal 1 1 Guinea January 14th 2022, h. 17:00 Malawi 1 1 Zimbabwe January 18th 2022, h. 17:00 Malawi 0 2 Senegal January 18th 2022, h. 17:00 Zimbabwe 0 0 Guinea Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Morocco 1 0 Ghana January 10th 2022, h. 20:00 Comoros 0 0 Gabon January 14th 2022, h. 17:00 Morocco 3 0 Comoros January 14th 2022, h. 20:00 Gabon 1 2 Ghana January 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Gabon 0 1 Morocco January 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Ghana 2 0 Comoros Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2022, h. 17:00 Nigeria 1 1 Egypt January 11th 2022, h. 20:00 Sudan 1 1 Guinea-Bissau January 15th 2022, h. 17:00 Nigeria 2 0 Sudan January 15th 2022, h. 20:00 Guinea-Bissau 0 2 Egypt January 19th 2022, h. 20:00 Guinea-Bissau 1 1 Nigeria January 19th 2022, h. 20:00 Egypt 1 0 Sudan Group E Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2022, h. 14:00 Algeria 3 0 Sierra Leone January 12th 2022, h. 20:00 Equatorial Guinea 0 2 Ivory Coast January 16th 2022, h. 17:00 Ivory Coast 2 1 Sierra Leone January 16th 2022, h. 20:00 Algeria 2 0 Equatorial Guinea January 20th 2022, h. 17:00 Ivory Coast 1 1 Algeria January 20th 2022, h. 17:00 Sierra Leone 0 1 Equatorial Guinea Group F Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 12th 2022, h. 14:00 Tunisia 0 0 Mali January 12th 2022, h. 17:00 Mauritania 1 0 Gambia January 16th 2022, h. 14:00 Gambia 0 2 Mali January 16th 2022, h. 17:00 Tunisia 1 0 Mauritania January 20th 2022, h. 20:00 Gambia 0 0 Tunisia January 20th 2022, h. 20:00 Mali 2 1 Mauritania [/hide]

@bestmen Should i be betting on Algeria winning the tournament, or is the streak coming to an end