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Fast times in Salt Lake City, with a 37.08 for Erin Jackson placing her in tied-16th place all-time. Maria Victoria Rodriguez' breaks her own Argentinian NR, Shruti Kotwal obliterates her Indian NR. https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=3&e=24143&r=1 Also a Brazilian record in the men's 5k, Marcelo Donadio's NR has been obliterated by 26 seconds https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=3&e=24143&r=4

Possibly, although she would have lost those sprint heats with any gears, she simply looked away in the decider. Sort of like Uran against Vinokourov in the 2012 Olympic road race, although in this case it was just a bad mistake instead of Vinokourov offering a bag of money Curious to see how she'll do in the keirin. Physically she's absolutely capable of beating everyone..

Wow, what a total destruction by Lavreysen in the keirin final Hoogland must be getting more and more desperate.

If a Russian passport was the sole reason, we'd at least be able to have the GP without Mazepin this week, but alas, it was not to be

Wow, how did Gros give it away twice against Genest? Those were amateur moves, she simply opened the door and off she went

That's not the fault of the W Series though. At least not mostly.

Can't wait for Ganna and Lambie going for superb times in the unbroadcasted qualifying.

What a final for Naomi Visser

Oh my, the shock

Everyone just casually thinking "oh sure, this'll be fine, let's not chase her" when Fidanza attacked Nice to see the men's team sprint be a bit close for a moment, although in the end...it just wasn't

Yeah, so if there's an issue with her eligibility, age is definitely not it, because she's born in 1996. The most uncertain thing is about the date of her diploma and on what exactly they mean with the 'preceding calendar year'.

Should that be read as 'all of 2020' or as 'between 11 December 2020 and 11 December 2021'? I'm not entirely sure. In Gabi's case, she 'finished' her study in 2019 but received her diploma in January 2020 (the date on the diploma is from that month). As we saw early last year, we really can't count on the Brazilian federation figuring this stuff out, that's why we are trying.

Thanks, I had not seen that! Although I did see 28 years being mentioned, but if I'm not mistaken they changed that to 25 years as maximum age from Luzern onwards? Which would still be fine in Gabi's case, since she'll turn 26 in May 2022. I'll send this on though, after today's races we'll see if she is within these rules

Worth it, man. Absolutely worth it Especially in São Carlos, there's a wonderful place downtown where you can make yourself a cup full with whatever toppings you desire

Where can one find the exact eligibility rules in order to compete (in cross-country skiing, specifically)? I can find this document, which mentions some rules around having to be eligible, but it doesn't say exactly who is eligible. https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/20210201_fisu_regulations_lucerne_20211.pdf It is specifically about Gabi Neres and whether or not she'd be eligible to compete. https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=cc&competitorid=175343

Odd, the Taiwanese lady isn't on the start list for today's São Carlos race. Surely she didn't travel all the way to Nowhereville in Brazil for a sprint qualifying of 1,4km?

I was convinced you were Pita's number one fan

Oh and in the women's races there's a Taiwanese lady, Christine Kan, about whom I was curious as to why she came to São Carlos of all places instead of for example the FIS races happening...in Taiwan this weekend! Our local spy talked to her yesterday, turns out she lives in the US and started rollerskiing two months ago. She'd always been checking the results, including those of the Brazilian races, and decided to go there...because. And because it'd be an easier travel than Taiwan, apparently.

That is basically what I meant, just found it curious to see him compete there and be that far behind. His level is higher than some of Project Bogota, like Mexican German Madrazo and his buddy (I should mention@mrv86 here), but way lower than some others there. Anyhow, merely a curiousity, nothing more

And that's a first South American title for the Norwegian-Chilean Sebastian Endrestad, winning the freestyle sprint ahead of Basque-Brazilian Manex Silva and full Brazilian Victor Santos. Cesar Baena of Venezuela, who went public with his non-stop complaints about the qualifying system, was there as well, one and a half minute behind the fastest time in the three-minute qualifying. https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=39333 Convincing fastest time in qualifying for @brunamoura, but a tactical mistake in the final cost her the win: never go into a long downhill first, especially with the wind coming from the front. Ceci Dominguez of Argentina and Brazilian Duda Ribera passed her out of the slipstream, Duda took the win. It's fine, qualifying is the main thing in the Olympic battle anyway (at least according to the Brazilian federation's own criteria at the moment). https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=39332

Quite the performance for this young Brazilian in São Carlos

He should have just put a spell on them, easy peasy.

Arenberg Carcassonne No Pau

It's been going on for five hours and not even Wikipedia has any results yet, then you know it's bad Where are provisional intermediate results supposed to be?

This result at the Costa Rica world championships qualifier A 113-darts leg