Federer91

It's fitting that the Games open with the Nordic triple force all getting medals.

Not for me I'm team Norge and Diggins. Though i would be happy if Bjorgen doesn't win everything like now.

Sweden will open the medal table!

Good to see new users from the USofA joining the forum. Rooting for Shiffrin and the lugers for you guys.

[hide] Women's Tournament Preliminary Round February 10th - February 15th, 2018 8 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for the Semifinals, the 3rd and 4th Nations from Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for the 5th-8th Places Semifinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 11th 2018, h. 16:40 Finland 3 United States February 11th 2018, h. 21:10 Canada 4 Olympic Athletes form Russia February 13th 2018, h. 16:40 Canada 5 Finland February 13th 2018, h. 21:10 United States 5 Olympic Athletes from Russia February 15th 2018, h. 12:10 United States 1 Canada February 15th 2018, h. 16:40 Olympic Athletes from Russia 2 Finland Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 10th 2018, h. 16:40 Japan 3 Sweden February 10th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland 5 South Korea February 12th 2018, h. 16:40 Sweden 5 South Korea February 12th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland 3 Japan February 14th 2018, h. 12:10 Sweden 1 Switzerland February 14th 2018, h. 16:40 South Korea 2 Japan Men's Tournament Preliminary Round February 14th - February 18th, 2018 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group and the best 2nd ranked Nation between all Groups will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the other Nations will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 15th 2018, h. 21:10 Czech Republic 5 South Korea February 15th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland 2 Canada February 17th 2018, h. 12:10 Canada 2 Czech Republic February 17th 2018, h. 16:40 South Korea 7 Switzerland February 18th 2018, h. 16:40 Czech Republic 1 Switzerland February 18th 2018, h. 21:10 Canada 8 South Korea Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 14th 2018, h. 21:10 Slovakia 3 Olympic Athletes from Russia February 14th 2018, h. 21:10 United States 4 Slovenia February 16th 2018, h. 12:10 United States 1 Slovakia February 16th 2018, h. 16:40 Olympic Athletes from Russia 5 Slovenia February 17th 2018, h. 21:10 Olympic Athletes from Russia 2 United States February 17th 2018, h. 21:10 Slovenia 2 Slovakia Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 15th 2018, h. 12:10 Finland 2 Germany February 15th 2018, h. 16:40 Norway 1 Sweden February 16th 2018, h. 21:10 Finland 2 Norway February 16th 2018, h. 21:10 Sweden 3 Germany February 18th 2018, h. 12:10 Germany 1 Norway February 18th 2018, h. 21:10 Sweden 2 Finland [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Women's 7.5km Sprint Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Darya Domracheva Veronika Vitkova Kaisa Makarainen Anais Bescond Justine Braisaz X Marie Dorin-Habert Laura Dahlmeier X Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina X Valentyna Semerenko Any Other Athlete Men's 10km Sprint Day 2 February 11th, 2018 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Ondrej Moravec Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade X Antonin Guigonnat Arndt Peiffer Simon Schempp Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Johannes Thingnes Boe X Tarjei Boe Emil Hegle Svendsen X Jakov Fak Benjamin Weger Anton Babikov Any Other Athlete Women's 10km Pursuit Day 3 February 12th, 2018 Darya Domracheva Veronika Vitkova Kaisa Makarainen Anais Bescond Justine Braisaz X Marie Dorin-Habert Laura Dahlmeier X Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer X Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina Valentyna Semerenko Any Other Athlete Men's 12.5km Pursuit Day 3 February 12th, 2018 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Ondrej Moravec Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade X Antonin Guigonnat Arndt Peiffer X Simon Schempp Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Johannes Thingnes Boe X Tarjei Boe Emil Hegle Svendsen Jakov Fak Benjamin Weger Anton Babikov Any Other Athlete Women's 15km Individual Day 4 February 14th, 2018 Darya Domracheva Veronika Vitkova Kaisa Makarainen Anais Bescond Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin-Habert Laura Dahlmeier X Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer X Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina Valentyna Semerenko Any Other Athlete X Men's 20km Individual Day 5 February 15th, 2018 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Ondrej Moravec X Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade X Antonin Guigonnat Arndt Peiffer Simon Schempp Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Johannes Thingnes Boe Tarjei Boe Emil Hegle Svendsen X Jakov Fak Benjamin Weger Anton Babikov Any Other Athlete Women's 12.5km Mass Start Day 6 February 17th, 2018 Darya Domracheva X Veronika Vitkova Kaisa Makarainen Anais Bescond Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin-Habert Laura Dahlmeier X Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer X Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina Valentyna Semerenko Any Other Athlete Men's 15km Mass Start Day 7 February 18th, 2018 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder X Ondrej Moravec Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade X Antonin Guigonnat Arndt Peiffer Simon Schempp Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Johannes Thingnes Boe Tarjei Boe X Emil Hegle Svendsen Jakov Fak Benjamin Weger Anton Babikov Any Other Athlete 2x6km Women's + 2x7.5km Men's Mixed Relay Day 8 February 20th, 2018 Austria Belarus Czech Republic Finland France X Germany X Italy Norway X Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's 4x6km Relay Day 9 February 22nd, 2018 Belarus Canada Czech Republic France Germany X Italy X Norway Poland Slovakia Sweden Ukraine X Any Other Nation Men's 4x7.5km Relay Day 10 February 23rd, 2018 Austria Canada Czech Republic France Germany X Italy Norway X Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation X [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1500m Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Charles Hamelin X Samuel Girard Shaoang Liu Saolin Sandor Liu Sjinkie Knegt X Lim Hyuo Jun Seo Yi-Ra Hwang Dae Heon X John Celski Any Other Athlete Luge Men's Singles Day 2 February 11th, 2018 Reinhard Egger Wolfgang Kindl Samuel Edney Andi Langenhan X Felix Loch X Johannes Ludwig Dominik Fischnaller Kevin Fischnaller Kristers Aparjods Semen Pavlichenko Roman Repilov X Tucker West Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Men's 5000m Day 2 February 11th, 2018 Bart Swings Ted-Jan Bloemen X Patrick Beckert Moritz Geisreiter Nicola Tumolero Andrea Giovannini Sven Kramer X Jan Blokhuijsen Bob de Vries X Peter Michael Sverre Lunde Pedersen Lee Seung-Hoo Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Women's 1500m Day 3 February 12th, 2018 Any Athlete from Canada Any Athlete from Germany Miho Takagi X Lotte van Beek Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wust X Heather Bergsma X Brittany Bowe Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Athlete Luge Women's Singles Day 4 February 13th, 2018 Alex Gough X Kimberley McRae Dajana Eitberger Natalie Geisenberger X Tatjana Huefner Raluca Stramaturaru Martina Kocher Summer Britcher Erin Hamlin X Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Figure Skating Mixed Pairs Day 5 February 15th, 2018 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya Harley Windsor Megan Duhamel Eric Radford X Julianne Seguin Charlie Bilodeau Sui Wenjing Han Cong X Yu Xiaoyu Zhang Hao Vanessa James Morgan Cipres Aliona Savchenko Bruno Massot X Any Pair from Italy Any Pair from Italy Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Natalia Zabiiako Alexander Enbert Alexa Scimeca Knierim Chris Knierim Any Other Pair Any Other Pair Skeleton Men's Skeleton Day 6 February 16th, 2018 Any Athlete from Canada Christopher Grotheer Axel Jungk X Any Athlete from Great Britain Martins Dukurs X Tomass Dukurs Nikita Tregubov Alexander Tretiakov Sungbin Yun X Matt Antoine Any Other Athlete Skeleton Women's Skeleton Day 7 February 17th, 2018 Janine Flock Kim Meylemans Jane Channell Mirela Rahneva Elisabeth Vathje X Tina Hermann Jacqueline Loelling X Laura Deas Lizzy Yarnold X Kimberley Bos Elena Nikitina Any Athlete from United States Any Other Athlete Figure Skating Men's Singles Day 7 February 17th 2018 Patrick Chan Jin Boyang Moris Kvitelashvili Oleksii Bychenko Yuzuru Hanyu X Shoma Uno Denis Ten Mikhail Kolyada Dmitri Aliev Javier Fernandez X Nathan Chen X Adam Rippon Misha Ge Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Men's 500m Day 8 February 19th, 2018 Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Mika Poutala Nico Ihle Any Athlete from Japan Kai Verbij X Ronald Mulder Jan Smeekens X Havard Holmefjord Lorentzen Any Athlete from South Korea Any Athlete from United States X Any Other Athlete Bobsleigh Women's 2-Man Day 9 February 21st, 2018 Elfje Willemsen Kaillie Humphries X Alysia Rissling Mica McNeill Mariama Jamanka Anna Koehler Stephanie Schneider X Nadezhda Sergeeva Sabina Hafner Jamie Greubel Poser Elana Meyers Taylor X Any Other Athlete Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross Day 9 February 21st, 2018 Any Athlete from Austria Any Athlete from Canada Jean-Frederic Chapuis X Terence Tchiknavorian Francois Place Arnaud Bovolenta Paul Eckert Victor Oehling Norberg Viktor Andersson X Marc Bischofberger X Alex Fiva Any Other Athlete Short Track Speed Skating Women's 1000m Day 10 February 22nd, 2018 Kim Boutin X Marianne St-Gelais X Elise Christie Arianna Fontana Yara van Kerkhof Suzanne Schulting Lee Yu-Bin Choi Min-Jeong X Shim Suk-Hee Any Other Athlete Figure Skating Women's Singles Day 11 February 23rd, 2018 Loena Hendrickx Gabrielle Daleman Kaetlyn Osmond X Carolina Kostner Satoko Miyahara X Kaori Sakamoto Elisabet Tursynbayeva Evgenia Medvedeva X Maria Sotskova Alina Zagitova Mirai Nagasu Bradie Tennell Any Other Athlete Freestyle Skiing Women's Ski Cross Day 11 February 23rd, 2018 Sami Kennedy-Sim Andrea Limbacher Kelsey Serwa Brittany Phelan X Marielle Berger Sabbatel Alizee Baron Debora Pixner Sandra Naeslund X Fanny Smith Any Other Athlete X Speed Skating Women's Mass Start Day 12 February 24th, 2018 Ivanie Blondin Any Athlete from China Elena Moeller Rigas Claudia Pechstein X Francesca Lollobrigida Francesca Bettrone Any Athlete from Japan Irene Schouten Annouk van der Weijden X Any Athlete from United States X Any Other Athlete Snowboarding Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Day 12 February 24th, 2018 Alexander Payer Andreas Prommegger X Benjamin Karl X Radoslav Yankov Jasey-Jay Anderson Sylvain Dufour Roland Fischnaller Edwin Coratti Mirko Felicetti Rok Marguc Lee Sang-Ho Nevin Galmarini X Andrey Sobolev Any Other Athlete Snowboarding Women's Parallel Giant Slalom Day 12 February 24th, 2018 Julia Dujmovits X Claudia Riegler Ina Meschik Ester Ledecka X Ramona Hofmeister X Selina Jörg Carolin Langenhorst Gloria Kotnik Julie Zogg Ladina Jenny Ekaterina Tudegesheva Alena Zavarzina Any Other Athlete Bobsleigh Men's Four-Man Day 13 February 25th, 2018 Benjamin Maier Justin Kripps Chris Spring Francesco Friedrich X Johannes Lochner Nico Walther X Oskars Kibermanis X Oskars Melbardis Yunjong Won Rico Peter Any Athlete from United States Any Other Athlete Curling Women's Tournament Day 13 February 25th, 2018 Canada X China Denmark Great Britain X Japan South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Any Olympic Athl. from Russia X Curling Men's Tournament Day 13 February 25th, 2018 Canada X Denmark Great Britain Italy Japan Norway X South Korea Sweden X Switzerland United States [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's Downhill Day 1 February 11th, 2018 Max Franz Vincent Kriechmayr Matthias Mayer Hannes Reichelt X Adrien Theaux Thomas Dressen Peter Fill Dominik Paris Kjetil Jansrud Aksel Lund Svindal X Beat Feuz X Gilles Roulin Any Athlete from North America Any Other Athlete Women's Giant Slalom Day 2 February 12th, 2018 Any Athlete from Austria Tessa Worley X Victoria Rebensburg Federica Brignone X Sofia Goggia Manuela Moelgg Ragnhild Mowinckel Tina Robnik Estelle Alphand Sara Hector Lara Gut Mikaela Shiffrin X Any Other Athlete Men's Super-Combined Day 3 February 13th, 2018 Romed Baumann Marcel Hirscher Matthias Mayer Victor Muffat-Jeandet X Alexis Pinturault X Peter Fill Dominik Paris Kjetil Jansrud Luca Aerni Mauro Caviezel X Pavel Tirkhichev Any Other Athlete Women's Slalom Day 4 February 14th, 2018 Bernadette Schild X Any Athlete from Germany Any Athlete from Italy Nina Haver-Loeseth Petra Vlhova Estelle Alphand Frida Hansdotter X Anna Swenn-Larsson Wendy Holdener Melanie Meillard Mikaela Shiffrin X Any Other Athlete Men's Super-G Day 5 February 15th, 2018 Max Franz Vincent Kriechmayr X Matthias Mayer Hannes Reichelt Any Athlete from Canada Adrien Theaux Thomas Dressen Josef Ferstl Peter Fill Dominik Paris Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Kjetil Jansrud X Aksel Lund Svindal X Beat Feuz Any Other Athlete Women's Super-G Day 6 February 17th, 2018 Nicole Schmidhofer Anna Veith Any Athlete from France Victoria Rebensburg Federica Brignone Sofia Goggia X Johanna Schnarff Tina Weirather Ragnhild Mowinckel Michelle Gissin Lara Gut X Any Other Athlete X Men's Giant Slalom Day 7 February 18th, 2018 Manuel Feller Marcel Hirscher X Alexis Pinturault Luca De Aliprandini Henrik Kristoffersen X Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen X Zan Kranjec Matts Olsson Justin Murisier Ted Ligety Any Other Athlete Women's Downhill Day 8 February 21st, 2018 Cornelia Hutter Nicole Schmidhofer Ramona Sieberhofen Any Athlete from France Sofia Goggia X Tina Weirather Ragnhild Mowinckel Michelle Gisin Lara Gut X Mikaela Shiffrin Lindsey Vonn X Jacqueline Wiles Any Other Athlete Men's Slalom Day 9 February 22nd, 2018 Manuel Feller Marcel Hirscher X Michael Matt X Alexis Pinturault Dave Ryding Stefano Gross Sebastian Foss-Solevaag Henrik Kristoffersen X Andre Myhrer Luca Aerni Daniel Yule Any Other Athlete Women's Super-Combined Day 10 February 23rd, 2018 Ricarda Haaser Anne-Sophie Barthet Federica Brignone Sofia Goggia Marusa Ferk Denise Feierabend Michelle Gisin X Wendy Holdener X Mikaela Shiffrin X Any Athlete from North America Any Other Athlete Team Event Day 11 February 24th, 2018 Austria X Canada France X Germany Italy Norway Slovakia Sweden X Switzerland United States Any Other Athlete [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Cross-Country Skiing Women's 15km Skiathlon Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Theresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen Krista Parmakoski Marit Bjoergen X Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng X Justyna Kowalczyk Charlotte Kalla X Stina Nilsson Nathalie von Siebenthal Jessica Diggins Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Men's Normal Hill Individual Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Stefan Kraft Markus Eisnbichler Richard Freitag X Andreas Wellinger Junshiro Kobayashi Anders Fannemel Johan Andre Forfang X Robert Johansson Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch X Piotr Zyla Any Athlete from Slovenia Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 30km Skiathlon Day 2 February 11th, 2018 Alex Harvey X Matti Heikkinen Iivo Niskanen Maurice Manificat Alexey Poltoranin Hans Christer Holund Emil Iversen Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo X Martin Johnsrud Sundby Calle Halfvarsson Marcus Hellner Dario Cologna X Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Individual Day 3 February 12th, 2018 Chiara Holzl Daniela Iraschko-Stolz X Katharina Althaus Juliane Seyfarth Carina Vogt Any Athlete from Italy Yuki Ito Sara Takanashi X Maren Lundby X Any Athlete from Slovenia Irina Avvakumova Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's Sprint Classic Day 4 February 13th, 2018 Ristomatti Hakola Iivo Niskanen Any Athlete from France Federico Pellegrino Eirik Brandsdal Pal Golberg Emil Iversen X Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo X Teodor Peterson X Oskar Svensson Alexander Bolshunov Gleb Retivykh Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's Sprint Classic Day 4 February 13th, 2018 Krista Parmakoski Maiken Caspersen Falla X Kathrine Rolsted Harsem Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg X Heidi Weng Anna Dyvik Hanna Falk Stina Nilsson X Laurien van der Graaff Sadie Bjornsen Sophie Caldwell Jessica Diggins Natalia Nepryaeva Any Other Athlete Nordic Combined Men's Normal Hill+10km Day 5 February 14th, 2018 Wilhelm Denifl Luka Klapfer Ilka Herola Eero Hirvonen Francois Braud Maxime Laheurte Eric Frenzel Fabian Riessle X Johannes Rydzek Alessandro Pittin Akito Watabe X Espen Andersen Jarl Magnus Riiber Jan Schmid X Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 10km Freestyle Day 6 February 15th, 2018 Theresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen Krista Parmakoski Riitta-Liisa Roponen Marit Bjoergen X Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng X Charlotte Kalla X Sadie Bjornsen Jessica Diggins Anastasia Sedova Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 15km Freestyle Day 7 February 16th, 2018 Alex Harvey Matti Heikkinen Maurice Manificat X Andrew Musgrave Alexey Poltoranin Hans Christer Holund Johaness Hoesflot Klaebo Simen Hegstad Krueger Martin Johnsrud Sundby X Calle Halfvarsson Marcus Hellner Dario Cologna X Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 4x5km Relay Day 8 February 17th, 2018 Finland Germany Italy Norway X Sweden X Switzerland United States X Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Men's Large Hill Individual Day 8 February 17th, 2018 Stefan Kraft Markus Eisnbichler Richard Freitag Andreas Wellinger X Junshiro Kobayashi Anders Fannemel Johan Andre Forfang Robert Johansson Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch X Piotr Zyla Any Athlete from Slovenia Any Other Athlete X Cross-Country Skiing Men's 4x10km Relay Day 9 February 18th, 2018 Finland France Germany Italy Kazakhstan Norway X Sweden X Switzerland Any Olympic Athl. from Russia X Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Men's Team Day 10 February 19th, 2018 Austria Czech Republic Finland Germany X Italy Japan Norway X Poland X Slovenia United States Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation Nordic Combined Men's Large Hill+10km Day 10 February 19th, 2018 Wilhelm Denifl Luka Klapfer Ilka Herola Eero Hirvonen Francois Braud Maxime Laheurte Eric Frenzel Fabian Riessle X Johannes Rydzek Akito Watabe X Espen Andersen Jorgen Graabak Jan Schmid X Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's Team Sprint Day 11 February 21st, 2018 Finland Germany Italy Norway X Slovenia Sweden X Switzerland Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation X Cross-Country Skiing Men's Team Sprint Day 11 February 21st, 2018 Canada Estonia Finland France Germany Italy X Norway X Poland Sweden Switzerland United States Any Olympic Athl. from Russia X Any Other Nation Nordic Combined Men's Team (Large Hill + 4x5km Relay) Day 12 February 22nd, 2018 Austria Finland France X Germany X Italy Japan Norway X Poland United States Any Other Nation Cross-Country Skiing Men's 50km Mass Start Classic Day 13 February 24th, 2018 Sergei Dolidovich Alex Harvey X Matti Heikkinen Iivo Niskanen X Alexey Poltoranin Hans Christer Holund Johaness Hoesflot Klaebo Sjur Roethe Martin Johnsrud Sundby Calle Halfvarsson Dario Cologna X Alexander Bessmertnykh Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 30km Mass Start Classic Day 14 February 25th, 2018 Theresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen Krista Parmakoski X Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Masako Ishida Marit Bjoergen X Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng X Justyna Kowalczyk Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla Nathalie von Siebenthal Any Athlete from United States Anastasia Sedova Any Other Athlete [/hide]

[hide] Sporting Rivalries and Medals (15) 1- On Day 1, the first 5 Gold Medals will be awarded to athletes from 5 different countries. [NO - 3] 2- At least 27 countries will win a Medal, surpassing the Sochi 2014 Games' total. [YES - 3] 3- At least 2 events will not result in the common 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze Medal Podium finish. [NO - 5] 4- South Korea will finish in the top five on the medal table. [NO - 9] 5- Canada will finish ahead of the USA in the medal table. [NO - 6] 6- By total medals won, Norway & Germany will win more than Canada & the United States, who in turn will win more than Japan & South Korea. [NO - 2] 7- At least one nation will win their first ever Gold Medal at a Winter Olympics. [NO - 6] 8- Excluding DNFs, at least one irish athlete will finish ahead of a briton. [NO - 1] 9- A nation will win six or more medals without winning gold. [NO - 3] 10- Austria will finish ahead of Switzerland in the medal table. [YES - 3] 11- We will have at least 5 Gold Medal winners being less than 18 years young on that given day. [NO - 3] 12- At least 3 Torino 2006 medalists will win a Medal in PyeongChang. [YES - 3] 13- At least one medal event will be postponed to another day. [YES - 1] 14- More women than men will win medals for the nation that will rank 1st on the medal table. [YES - 1] 15- At least 3 nations will win 10 or more gold medals. [NO - 3] Alpine Skiing (5) 16- Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) will win at least 3 Gold Medals. [NO - 2] 17- Norway will win the most medals on the Men's side. [YES - 8] 18- At least 33% of the starters in Men's Slalom will not reach the finish on the first run. [YES - 1] 19- Naoki Yuasa (JPN) will finish both legs in the Men's Slalom. [YES - 2] 20- The podium of at least one event will feature only countries associated with the Alpine Region (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and/or Switzerland). [YES - 2] Biathlon (5) 21- Johannes Thingnes Boe (NOR) will win more medals than Martin Fourcade (FRA) during the whole 2018 Winter Olympics. [NO - 5] 22- Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) will win her third olympic Sprint title in a row. [NO - 5] 23- An athlete who finished 21st or worst in the Sprint will win a Pursuit medal. [NO - 3] 24- There will be a Gold Medalist in the individual races with 1 or more misses on the shooting range. [YES - 10] 25- The Ukrainian team will win more total medals than Italy. [NO - 2] Bobsleigh (2) 26- Germany will win at least 6 medals between all events. [NO - 4] 27- Humphries (CAN) will win her third gold medal in two-women's bobsleigh. [YES - 2] Cross-country Skiing (5) 28- On the Women's side, all 6 Gold Medals will go to Norway. [NO - 3] 29- Overall, medals will not go to more than 6 nations. [NO - 3] 30- Swiss athletes will win more total medals than Olympic Athletes from Russia. [YES - 5] 31- The Men's Sprint will see a medalist who finished 21st-30th in the Qualification. [NO - 8] 32- The athlete leading the Men's Skiathlon at half-point will eventually win it. [NO - 2] Curling (3) 33- Canada will defend its Gold Medals in both the Men's and Women's events. [NO - 3] 34- A team from Asia will medal in any Curling event. [NO - 8] 35- The italian men's team will win at least 2 games. [NO - 1] Figure Skating (3) 36- The north korean pair will finish ahead of their south korean counterpart. [NO - 3] 37- Spain will win its first ever medal in Figure Skating. [YES - 7] 38- No nation will win medals in both Men's and Women's Singles. [NO - 5] Freestyle Skiing (5) 39- Devin Logan (USA) will win both the Women's Slopestyle and the Women's Halfpipe. [NO - 7] 40- Dominique Ohaco (CHI) will achieve Chile's best ever Winter Olympic result - bettering 11th place in Men's Alpine Combined from 1998. [NO - 1] 41- Sweden will be represented in the Women's Ski Cross Final by at least 2 athletes. [NO - 3] 42- No athlete who was victorious at the 2018 Winter X Games will win a Gold Medal in Pyeongchang. [YES - 5] 43- South Korea will win at least 1 medal, while Australia will win at least 3. [NO - 2] Ice Hockey (5) 44- A team from Group B will defeat a team from Group A in the Quarterfinals of the Women's Tournament. [NO - 3] 45- At least one match in the Men's Tournament will finish scoreless in regular time (60 Minutes). [YES - 1] 46- The Women's Unified Korean Team will win a match. [NO - 5] 47- Russia will win the Gold Medal in the Men's Tournament. [YES - 2] 48- Sweden will finish ahead of Finland in the Men's Tournament. [YES - 2] Luge (2) 49- Germany will win all 4 Gold Medals. [NO - 2] 50- In at least one event the eventual winner won't be in first place after the first run. [YES - 2] Nordic Combined (2) 51- In both Individual events, the first-placed Athlete(s) after Ski Jumping will not win a Medal. [NO - 2] 52- Germany will sweep (win Gold, Silver and Bronze) at least one of the individual events. [NO - 5] Skeleton (2) 53- The margin of the Men's and Women's winners to the Silver Medalists combined will add up to at least 1 second.[YES - 2] 54- South Korea will win its first ever Gold Medal in Skeleton. [YES - 3] Ski Jumping (3) 55- Poland will win at least one gold medal. [YES - 6] 56- At least two athletes will win medals in both men's individual events. [NO - 2] 57- The podium in the Women's Normal Hill will feature at least 2 of the following athletes: Katharina Althaus (GER), Sara Takanashi (JPN), Maren Lundby (NOR). [YES - 3] Short Track Speed Skating (3) 58- In all individual events, at least 3 participants will be relegated or disqualified in the A-Finals. [YES - 3] 59- South Korea will win all 8 Gold Medals. [NO - 5] 60- Two different athletes will win a medal for Hungary. [NO - 2] Snowboarding (5) 61- Czech Republic will win at least one Gold Medal. [YES - 3] 62- There will be an athlete who will win at least 2 Gold Medals. [NO - 3] 63- The winner in the Men's Halfpipe will receive a higher score than the winner of the same event at the 2014 Winter Olympics (higher than 94,75). [YES - 2] 64- Both Snowboard Cross events (Men + Women) will be won by european athletes. [YES - 4] 65- In his sixth consecutive Winter Olympics, Jasey-Jay Anderson (CAN) will win a Medal. [NO - 4] Speed Skating (5) 66- There will be a clean sweep (to win Gold, Silver and Bronze) by the dutch in at least one event. [NO - 3] 67- At least 5 men will clock under 13 minutes in the Men's 10,000m. [NO - 1] 68- The Bronze Medal winning team in any Team Pursuit will clock a faster time than either of the Finalists. [NO - 2] 69- Four continents will win a medal. [NO - 8] 70- At least 2 athletes will win 2 or more individual Gold Medals. [YES - 2] [/hide]

Watching for the second time the Sprint Snowboard Cross, i can once again say, that it looks very stupid and uncompetitive.

[hide] Women's Singles Semifinals Part 1 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT +11) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 January 25th 2018, h. 19:30, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne Elise Mertens 1 2 Caroline Wozniacki [2] [/hide]

[hide] Women's Doubles Semifinals Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT +11) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 January 24th 2018, h. 13:00, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne [5] Timea Babos [5] Kristina Mladenovic 2 1 Su-Wei Hsieh [8] Shuai Peng [8] January 24th 2018, h. 15:00, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne [10] Irina-Camelia Begu [10] Monica Niculescu 0 2 Ekaterina Makarova [2] Elena Vesnina [2] Men's Singles Semifinals Part 1 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT +11) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 January 25th 2018, h. 13:30, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne [6] Marin Cilic 3 1 Kyle Edmund [/hide]

[hide] Men's Singles Quarterfinals Part 2 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT +11) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 January 24th 2018, h. 14:30, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Tennys Sandgren 1 3 Hyeon Chung January 24th 2018, h. 19:00, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne [19] Tomas Berdych 1 3 Roger Federer [2] Women's Singles Quarterfinals Part 2 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT +11) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 January 24th 2018, h. 13:00, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne [21] Angelique Kerber 2 1 Madison Keys [17] January 24th 2018, h. 20:30, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne [1] Simona Halep 2 0 Karolina Pliskova [6] [/hide]

[hide] Men's Singles Quarterfinals Part 1 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT +11) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 January 23rd 2018, h. 11:00, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne [3] Grigor Dimitrov 3 1 Kyle Edmund January 23rd 2018, h. 19:00, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne [1] Rafael Nadal 3 0 Marin Cilic [6] Women's Singles Quarterfinals Part 1 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT +11) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 January 23rd 2018, h. 11:00, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne Elise Mertens 1 2 Elina Svitolina [4] January 23rd 2018, h. 13:00, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne Carla Suarez Navarro 0 2 Caroline Wozniacki [2] [/hide]

Best runs from Rado Yankov this season (with some luck too). I hope he finally gets his full mojo back in Bansko next week, because the Olympics are comming.

Epic effort by Schwartzman, but sadly in the end it won't be enough.

Shock of the year, in any sport.

I just looked at the draw and filled the qualifiers myself, for the ones that i think would win matches. If anyone wants to participate, they shouldn't wait for someone to finish the bracket..

[hide] Men's Singles First Round First Round Winner Second Round Winner Third Round Winner Fourth Round Winner Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Victor Estrella Burgos Nicolas Jarry Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Mayer John Millman Borna Coric Borna Coric Borna Coric Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi Damir Dzumhur (28) Diego Schwartzman (24) Diego Schwartzman (24) Diego Schwartzman (24) Alexandr Dolgopolov Dusan Lajovic Qualifier (Q) Casper Ruud (Q) Qualifier (Q) Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Dolgopolov Andreas Haider-Maurer Matthew Ebden John Isner (16) John Isner (16) Pablo Carreno Busta (10) Pablo Carreno Busta (10) Pablo Carreno Busta (10) Pablo Carreno Busta (10) Pablo Carreno Busta (10) Jason Kubler (WC) Gilles Simon Gilles Simon Marius Copil Qualifier (Q) Malek Jaziri Gilles Muller (23) Malek Jaziri Federico Delbonis Gilles Muller (23) Gilles Muller (23) Pablo Cuevas (31) Mikhail Youzhny Ryan Harrison Marin Cilic (6) Mikhail Youzhny Dudi Sela Ryan Harrison Ryan Harrison Qualifier (Q) Dustin Brown (Q) Marin Cilic (6) Joao Sousa Yen-Hsun Lu Marin Cilic (6) Marin Cilic (6) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Nick Kyrgios (17) Qualifier (Q) Qualifier (Q) Elias Ymer (Q) Qualifier (Q) Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis David Ferrer Qualifier (Q) David Ferrer David Ferrer Andrey Rublev (30) Nick Kyrgios (17) Nick Kyrgios (17) Nick Kyrgios (17) Nick Kyrgios (17) Rogerio Dutra Silva Viktor Troicki Viktor Troicki Alex Bolt (WC) Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15) Denis Shapovalov Qualifier (Q) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Jack Sock (8) Kyle Edmund Pierre-Hugues Herbert Denis Istomin Denis Istomin Gerald Melzer Nikoloz Basilashvili Lucas Pouille (18) Nikoloz Basilashvili Qualifier (Q) Lucas Pouille (18) Lucas Pouille (18) Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) Andreas Seppi Jack Sock (8) Yoshihito Nishioka Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi Corentin Moutet (WC) Ivo Karlovic Ivo Karlovic Jack Sock (8) Laslo Djere Yuichi Sugita Jack Sock (8) Jack Sock (8) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Fernando Verdasco Guido Pella Steve Johnson Denis Kudla (Q) Qualifier (Q) Qualifier (Q) Jiri Vesely Adrian Mannarino (26) Jiri Vesely Filip Krajinovic Adrian Mannarino (26) Adrian Mannarino (26) Roberto Bautista Agut (20) Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Maximilian Marderer Jeremy Chardy Jeremy Chardy Stan Wawrinka (9) Tennys Sandgren Ricardas Berankis Stan Wawrinka (9) Stan Wawrinka (9) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Donald Young Gael Monfils Gael Monfils Qualifier (Q) Tim Smyczek (WC) Tim Smyczek (WC) Jared Donaldson Alexei Popyrin (WC) Jared Donaldson Jared Donaldson Albert Ramos-Vinolas (21) Micha Zverev (32) Micha Zverev (32) Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Alexander Zverev (4) Hyeon Chung Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Daniil Medvedev Mikhail Kukushkin Peter Gojowczyk Alexander Zverev (4) Peter Gojowczyk Thomas Fabbiano Alexander Zverev (4) Alexander Zverev (4) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Qualifier (Q) Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau Taro Daniel Evgeny Donskoy Florian Mayer Fabio Fognini (25) Florian Mayer Horacio Zeballos Fabio Fognini (25) Fabio Fognini (25) Tomas Berdych (19) Tomas Berdych (19) Tomas Berdych (19) Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Alex De Minaur (WC) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Benoit Paire Benoit Paire Karen Kachanov Karen Kachanov Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Qualifier (Q) Frances Tiafoe Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Sam Querrey (13) Feliciano Lopez Feliciano Lopez Milos Raonic (22) Roger Federer (2) Feliciano Lopez Radu Albot Radu Albot Marton Fucsovics Nicolas Kicker Jordan Thompson Milos Raonic (22) Jordan Thompson Lukas Lacko Milos Raonic (22) Milos Raonic (22) Richard Gasquet (29) Richard Gasquet (29) Richard Gasquet (29) Roger Federer (2) Blaz Kavcic Qualifier (Q) Robin Haase Robin Haase Soonwoo Kwon (WC) Jan-Lennard Struff Roger Federer (2) Jan-Lennard Struff Aljaz Bedene Roger Federer (2) Roger Federer (2) Women's Singles First Round First Round Winner Second Round Winner Third Round Winner Fourth Round Winner Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Petra Kvitova (27) Ashleigh Barty (18) Destanee Aiava (WC) Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie Bouchard Oceane Dodin Lauren Davis Lauren Davis Petra Kvitova (27) Jana Cepelova Andrea Petkovic Petra Kvitova (27) Petra Kvitova (27) Ashleigh Barty (18) Ashleigh Barty (18) Ashleigh Barty (18) Ashleigh Barty (18) Aryna Sabalenka Camila Giorgi Camila Giorgi Qualifier (Q) Naomi Osaka Naomi Osaka Naomi Osaka Kristina Kucova Ons Jabeur Elena Vesnina (16) Elena Vesnina (16) Johanna Konta (9) Johanna Konta (9) Johanna Konta (9) Johanna Konta (9) Karolina Pliskova (6) Madison Brengle Qualifier (Q) Anna Blinkova (Q) Margarita Gasparyan Lara Arruabarrena Richel Hogenkamp Barbora Strycova (20) Richel Hogenkamp Kristie Ahn (WC) Barbora Strycova (20) Barbora Strycova (20) Lucie Safarova (29) Lucie Safarova (29) Lucie Safarova (29) Karolina Pliskova (6) Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) Sorana Cirstea Sorana Cirstea Zarina Diyas Lizette Cabrera (WC) Beatriz Haddad-Maia Karolina Pliskova (6) Beatriz Haddad-Maia Veronica Cepede-Royg Karolina Pliskova (6) Karolina Pliskova (6) Garbine Muguruza (3) Garbine Muguruza (3) Garbine Muguruza (3) Garbine Muguruza (3) Angelique Kerber (21) Jessika Ponchet (WC) Su-Wei Hsieh Su-Wei Hsieh Qualifier (Q) Natalia Vikhlyantseva Lesia Tsurenko Agnieszka Radwanska (26) Lesia Tsurenko Kristyna Pliskova Agnieszka Radwanska (26) Agnieszka Radwanska (26) Angelique Kerber (21) Angelique Kerber (21) Angelique Kerber (21) Angelique Kerber (21) Anna-Lena Friedsam Nao Hibino Donna Vekic Donna Vekic Tatjana Maria Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova Varvara Lepchenko Anastasija Sevastova (14) Anastasija Sevastova (14) Kristina Mladenovic (11) Ana Bogdan Heather Watson Madison Keys (17) Caroline Garcia (8) Ana Bogdan Yulia Putintseva Heather Watson Heather Watson Polona Hercog Ekaterina Alexandrova Madison Keys (17) Ekaterina Alexandrova Qiang Wang Madison Keys (17) Madison Keys (17) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (28) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (28) Aliaksandra Sasnovich Caroline Garcia (8) Shelby Rogers Christina McHale Aliaksandra Sasnovich Aliaksandra Sasnovich Kurumi Nara Kurumi Nara Caroline Garcia (8) Marketa Vondrousova Carina Witthoeft Caroline Garcia (8) Caroline Garcia (8) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Belinda Bencic Qualifier (Q) Johanna Larsson Johanna Larsson Alison Van Uytvanck Petra Martic Petra Martic Petra Martic Irina-Camelia Begu Ekaterina Makarova (31) Ekaterina Makarova (31) Daria Gavrilova (23) Daria Gavrilova (23) Elise Mertens Julia Goerges (12) Qualifier (Q) Qualifier (Q) Elise Mertens Elise Mertens Alizé Cornet Alizé Cornet Julia Goerges (12) Xinyu Wang (WC) Sofia Kenin Julia Goerges (12) Julia Goerges (12) Sloane Stephens (13) Shuai Zhang Denisa Allertova Denisa Allertova Elina Svitolina (4) Shuai Zhang Qualifier (Q) Denisa Allertova Pauline Parmentier Jennifer Brady Jennifer Brady Jennifer Brady Magda Linette Qualifier (Q) Daria Kasatkina (22) Daria Kasatkina (22) Shuai Peng (25) Shuai Peng (25) Shuai Peng (25) Elina Svitolina (4) Qualifier (Q) Jaimee Fourlis (WC) Jaimee Fourlis (WC) Olivia Rogowska (WC) Maria Sakkari Katerina Siniakova Elina Svitolina (4) Katerina Siniakova Qualifier (Q) Elina Svitolina (4) Elina Svitolina (4) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Coco Vandeweghe (10) Francesca Schiavone Ying-Ying Duan Ying-Ying Duan Mariana Duque-Marino Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu Anett Kontaveit (32) Mona Barthel Aleksandra Krunic Anett Kontaveit (32) Anett Kontaveit (32) Dominika Cibulkova (24) Dominika Cibulkova (24) Dominika Cibulkova (24) Coco Vandeweghe (10) Kaia Kanepi Samantha Stosur Monica Puig Monica Puig Carla Suarez Navarro Carla Suarez Navarro Coco Vandeweghe (10) Qualifier (Q) Timea Babos Coco Vandeweghe (10) Coco Vandeweghe (10) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Alison Riske Caroline Wozniacki (2) Kateryna Kozlova Qualifier (Q) Viktorija Golubic (Q) Kateryna Bondarenko Kirsten Flipkens Alison Riske Alison Riske Alison Riske Taylor Townsend Magdalena Rybarikova (19) Magdalena Rybarikova (19) Kiki Bertens (30) Catherine Bellis Catherine Bellis Caroline Wozniacki (2) Catherine Bellis Nicole Gibbs Viktoriya Tomova (LL) Qualifier (Q) Jana Fett Jana Fett Caroline Wozniacki (2) Misa Eguchi Mihaela Buzarnescu Caroline Wozniacki (2) Caroline 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Don't waste your breath, i've been saying it for the last 4 years, and with each season it gets worse and worse.

South America has mountains and snow and if they wanted they could improve and challenge in the FIS sports. But the truth is they are not that interested, or have traditions in winter sports. Nothing to do with being excluded from the north countries. Same with ice sports. If they could build many halls for basketball, volleyball, fight sports, they could as well build a few skating rings. But they don't, because there would be hardly any people to want to use it (i reckon, can't be fully sure of course). And that's ok, those countries don't have the culture for winter sports. It's not the faulth of the northern countries that many others don't participate, they just don't want to and not because there are forcefully excluded.

We have kicked the presidency of the EU in the last couple of days, and the most interesting thing that happened is that Donald Tusk had his openning speach in bulgarian (and he was i might say, very good at it) Tusk has now become an internet sensation here and somewhat a favourite of the people, which is hugely uncommon for a foreign politician (unless your name is Putin ).

And she is still ranked 11 in the world. Sometime the rankings are totally bogus...

Poor Wolfie,another loss