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It's such a stupid ban You can compete in all events, but if you qualify, there will be a white flag next to your name. Russia can play in the football World Cup qualification and if they go to Qatar it would be a neutral team/nation Almost anyone can still go and win medals, they just won't count towards Russia, but in the end everyone, who keeps up the statistics will still count them towards Russia's historical count and it won't make any difference. So what will happen to all the quotas they have won for Tokyo. Let's say wrestling, where they have 9 quotas for now. Will they be scrapped, how will they be replaced, will they be allowed to compete in the other categories next year, in which OQT, as neutral team in the specific european region.... That counts for every other sport, where the russian participation has messed up other athletes/nations chanced of qualifying. I don't like outside BS, which messes up the sporting flow of the competitions, results, records. You either ban only the athletes, for who you have proof, or you ban the whole nation, if it's a stateside machine. If you are russian, you don't compete period. Thank your country or change your nationality and never compete for Russia again.

I feel a new US star is coming. That was two perfect runs by Ford Kristoffersen still without a win in Beaver Creek, and he did good. Won't be happy again

Who doesn't miss Bode Our commentators on the other hand, whenever there is a GS always mention Blardone and Simoncelli People here really like them.

I wonder how many people will pass until Pinturault is not last.

But master Ligety is still there. He could very well win a GS in Beaver Creek in his 40s

Tommy Ford

Rado Yankov with a nice fourth place today. Still not convinced about his chances for the season, but it's a good start. The italians on the other hand were sliding like crazy.

Peier with second place lol I remember years back, when Ammann was at his peak, Peier was doing a third shorter jumps.

Kristoffersen has never won in Beaver Creek, time to change that today.

Russia, as a nation in international competitions i presume? Because i can't grasp the possibility of CAS banning a bulgarian football club, for instance, of having russian players in the team.

But there are plenty of resorts, which are capable of having two courses. That is not the problem. It's just FIS doesn't want to invest that much in this event for some reason. I personally like it very much. Plus the norwegians will dominate every event either way. Better have some variety.

Skiathlon should be in more events during the season. At least 3-4 for me, we don't need a sprint and 15k in every round.

Did the french have jet skies or something That was some serious beating by them. Fourcade back to winning ways, hmm that is not good.

Mikaela will finish with 120 WC wins by the end of her career.

So, the austrian women's slalom team consists of: Katharina Truppe Katharina Liensberger Katharina Gallhuber Katharina Huber Are there any more Katharinas left in Austria

Pretty even scores all-around for now. Let's see how long until @Dunadan has a thousand points ahead of the next guy. PS: Can someone move the post to the discussion thread. Oops

Norge off to a flying start

I'm for the Tande win, so the second jump is good for me I'm actually pleasently surprised they went with it, since it's become way more safety concerned in the last few seasons.

Let's hope there will be a second jump.

I thought Myhrer had retired, or was going to. Nice run from him at 36.

Absolute domination by Edin. This guy is just another class.

Very nice course, looks hard.

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I will join It's been too long without biathlon (winter sports) on my TV.

Please let it be 8, so i can open a bottle of fine wine tonight.