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Japanse sprinter Miyako Sumiyoshi has been found dead in her home last weekend, 30 years old. http://frontpage.fok.nl/nieuws/785930/1/1/50/schaatster-sumiyoshi-30-dood-gevonden.html Between 2012 and 2015 she was one of the world's top 15 sprinters, usually ending up around 10th-15th, including at the Olympics (14th at the 500m, 22nd at the 1000m).

Damn it, so close for Mowinckel

Agreed Ahn wasn't really such a big gold medal hope (well, maybe for Russian fans who thought he's still top of the world), but I get the point.

Oh I agree about that, especially the timing. This should have been done and dusted before 2018 started.

Yet still mostly at their own authorities, because that's where all this crap started. If it weren't for the 'brilliant' idea to start a state sponsored doping system, we wouldn't have this mess in the first place.

This is quite the suprise, Brisbane Roar being kicked out by a Philipines team. Bookmakers gave them odds of 30+ to win

Yeah, it's gonna be rather annoying to not see Ustiugov there, but then see Sundby go on and win some medals.

Yuskov and Kulizhnikov, world record holders at 1500m and 500m, are both out of the Olympics apparently. That gives more space for our guys to win all the medals on nothing but a good cheese sandwich and some pasta

Apparently Anton Shipulin has been banned by the IOC from competing in Pyeongchang.

Philipp Schörghofer has been named in Austria's team. Interesting, since he hasn't had a single race since his injury.

Reminds me of the men's 3000m speed skating, which always has a thread on the Dutch forum where people 'live comment' on this non-existing race during the Olympics

1x alpine skiing (M) 2x cross country (M + W) 1x snowboard (W) 1x figure skating (W) 4x bobsled (M) Plus one bobsled reserve who doesn't count for the quota.

It's early, give me a break

You mean Devin Logan?

Brazil: 9 http://www.cbdn.org.br/cbdn2/equipe-brasileira-dos-esportes-de-neve-para-os-jogos-olimpicos-e-definida-por-contraste-entre-experiencia-e-juventude/ It's a little painful to see Mourão there (don't get me wrong, nothing against her, but obviously I'd have preferred to see my girlfriend take that spot, which was far from unrealistic...and even though that was already decided for a while, it's still a bit hard that now it really is over), but with her 6th Olympic participation she'll equal Brazil's record. 2 cross country, 2 alpine skiing, 1 figure skating, 4 bobsleigh

Told you Robin Haase could have made it...I mean, if Edmund or even Sandgren of all places makes it, come on

I could maybe name 5-6 players who are missing out on the Olympics because of the fight with NHL/IOC...in other words: I'm mostly clueless anyway, so for me it doesn't make much of a difference, so I'll watch it just the same

Oh well, it's nothing important of course, just a little note I mean, in the end we all make mistakes

Do you know it's actually 'with' instead of 'whit'? Just curious because I always see you write whit and now I had to ask

I hope she's fit enough to give Näslund a good run for her money. Nothing against Näslund, but I do want to see a fight

NOW!

So far Sergeeva is not banned from Pyeongchang, right?

For fuck's sake, that's where it's becoming so horribly stupid that the qualifying document says "Unapplicable" under the reallocation of unused quota. What will happen with those two quota I wonder..