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The heart of Diggins on display once again. She seemed out of it on the second to last climb, but found her second life on the final one and bypassed the two Norwegians like nothing. Johaug will need some time to get back into her terminator form.

The heart of Diggins on display once again. She seemed out of it on the second to last climb, but found her second life on the final one and bypassed the two Norwegians like nothing. Johaug will need some time to get back into her terminator form.

The heart of Diggins on display once again. She seemed out of it on the second to last climb, but found her second life on the final one and bypassed the two Norwegians like nothing. Johaug will need some time to get back into her terminator form.

The other news from today is that we have our first X of the season.  Races in Mont Tremblant next week have been cancelled. Imagine  Canada being the place where there is no snow..  FIS are now scrambling to find a next host for next week.

Eurosport 1 and 2 are included in every basic cable plan here. Those are between 7-10 Euro a month. If you want the additional paid sporting channels, that show the football leagues, F1, Moto GP, NBA, NHL, NFL, tennis etc. those are another 10-12 euros. So you can get everything for about 20 euros.

Just a little bump to remind everyone that, amidst all the excitement for other sports, the Luge Season starts tomorrow from Norway.  Excellent - probably the best of all winter sports - coverage is on YouTube featuring some of sports' most ditsy lady commentators and a revolving cast of guest experts, usually featuring whatever lugeist is having a day off and speaks decent English.
 
FIL Luge - YouTube

The next chapter in the Krasnobaeva saga is upon us.
 
Looks like  Armenia have cut ties with her after only a few weeks. A person from their Federation has said, that they won't continue the relationship, because of her unprofessional and rude attitude towards the coaches and other officials. That includes:
- having no respect to the coaches and their advise;
- training without any motivation;
- stops doing the routine and throws objects without any reason;
- just lays on the floor and ignores the music.
 
When this was escalated with her mother, she mentioned that "Elvira has a strong temper and she was the same in Bulgaria and they tolerated her". Which of course is complete BS. If anyone attempted this shit here, they would be thrown out immediately.
 
And now  are wanting from her mother to return all finances they gave them, which she is refusing, so they will probably sue them. They will also inform other RG Federations about this situation, so they don't hire them.
 
My 2 cents on this is most likely Krasnobaeva was happy in BG and was forced out by her mother, so now she is sabotaging the move and be done with it.

Boxing cangaroo instead of regular boxing.

Yes, snow everywhere 🌨️   Yesterday was just depressing. 

Today looks much more like Lillehammer than yesterday 

Well that is a totally different question  I too have wondered what happened to Italian cross-country and how there is no one coming for so many years. But it shouldn't take away from the sports where progress has been made. 

Start list and results here.
 
https://www.skiforbundet.no/arrangement/2024-2025/beitosprinten2024/start_og_resultatlister/

Well that explains why she is wearing more clothes with every passing day.
 
Nevertheless that team is still one of the best in the world and is a vast improvement on what Italy was doing 10-20 years ago. 

I'm all in favor of this and it was about time. Wrestling has become table tennis 2.0 and in some cases even worse. In European Championships from 20 wrestlers in a weight you were seeing 7-8 foreigners. Yes, it's mostly Russians, but there are also Ukrainians, Georgians, Cubans being naturalized. 
 
I've said it numerous times, that i don't approve the tactic our federation started of naturalizing people left and right. Which actually wasn't paying off that much, until the Olympics. If it leads to worse results, than it's just a wakeup call for the destruction of our wrestling system (which has been evident for 15 years).

Have completely missed this.
 
Was joking, but with the state of Norway's women's division last season, I'm envisioning them begging in front of Johaug's door for her to return 

I'm all in favor of this and it was about time. Wrestling has become table tennis 2.0 and in some cases even worse. In European Championships from 20 wrestlers in a weight you were seeing 7-8 foreigners. Yes, it's mostly Russians, but there are also Ukrainians, Georgians, Cubans being naturalized. 
 
I've said it numerous times, that i don't approve the tactic our federation started of naturalizing people left and right. Which actually wasn't paying off that much, until the Olympics. If it leads to worse results, than it's just a wakeup call for the destruction of our wrestling system (which has been evident for 15 years).

Well... I'm late, as always, but unfortunately I couldn't follow live and I've just finished catching up with the thread. 
 
Congratulations to our winner @Hipooo and to @Belle and @Erigert on their medals. 
 
Well done to our host @Cinnamon Bun, who put up a huge effort managing the contest.
 
Thank you to everyone who voted for our song and helped us achieve this 5th place. I saw we were very close to a podium finish, but this is still a great result.
 
Congratulations to @Makedonas on the very successful song choice.
 
I'll now share my ballot. 
 
 1st   12 pts   Romania  2nd   11 pts   Bulgaria  3rd   10 pts   Sweden  4th   9 pts   Mexico  5th   8 pts   Brazil  6th   7 pts   Indonesia  7th   6 pts   China  8th   5 pts   France  9th   4 pts   Denmark  10th   3 pts   Spain  11th   2 pts   Italy  12th   1 pts   Albania    Res1   Ireland  Res2   India  Res3   Hungary  
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the next contest!

I'm barely holding my excitement
 

I am sure this is why we switched Moldova and Hungary 

We need some statistics next week from @OlympicIRL if this is going to be one of the most balanced editions ever. It seams there are 30 countries in 5 points or so 

Bulgaria 
 
 
 Sweden 12  Lithuania 11   Brazil 10   Poland 9   Ireland 8   Argentina 7   Mexico 6   Greece
5   China 4   Spain 3   Italy 2   Slovenia 1   
 
 
And that completes the results of the votes from the Bulgarian National Jury. Have a great night! 
 
LONG LIVE 80s ROCK !!

 
 

Greetings from Bulgaria! On behalf of the Bulgarian delegation I would like to thank our hosts for organizing another fun TISC Grand Final Day and we wish good luck to all the participants.
Without further ado, these are the results of the votes of the Bulgarian National Jury....
 
 
 
 Bulgaria 
 
 
 Brazil 10   Poland 9   Ireland 8   Argentina 7   Mexico 6   Greece 5   China 4   Spain 3   Italy 2  Slovenia  1   

Oh damn, Bulgaria streak is stopped by ... Bulgaria 

Streak still alive 

Make that 6