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Oh fuck, that's a bad crash for Kilde.

Sarrazin trying to destroy the Canadian Corner

That was one of the very best downhill runs in a long, long time, unbelievable

Holy smokes, that was some Odermatt magic in the Kernen-S

First time in forever that my eternal hope for Clarey is definitely not going to work out anymore Paris would be awesome, or a good old Winnerhofer, but yeah, unlikely

Here we go with one of the big highlights of the winter, Laubernhorn downhill

Oh come on, why do these events always show a billion curling matches and not show stuff like biathlon or even sliding sports for which you only need a handful of cameras We're still a week away and I'm already so incredibly disappointed

No way today's result should count towards the final standings, with so many top athletes not being able to compete simply due to airlines messing things up. Seems like Nika Prevc got lucky and had her things right on time, but all the Canadians were simply screwed. Best solution would be for the competition to be held as normal, of course, but not counting towards the final standings. That way, it's still a perfectly valid World Cup win, podium and so on for those who get those results, but those whose stuff is missing aren't punished.

Is Hungary's B-team (as I read here) so strong that they still defeat a presumably A-team from Serbia?

Yes, but not often, since I generally just skip them and check the final results only

Typical that Ireland just picked a random pub somewhere in the city and called it a day as far as the search for an Olympic house goes

I do like team events, as long as they add a team element Personally I count relays with physical contact in that list as well, like indeed the short track relay but also athletics relays and, alright, swimming (since actual physical contact as means of exchange doesn't work of course, but they do stand as a team instead of separate entities). Not like the godawful mixed relay in road cycling, where the men and women regularly don't even see each other the entire day of the race....how is that even remotely a 'team' thing

Why, though? There is like literally zero teamwork in it...skeleton is inherently an individual sport, simply adding the times of two individuals doesn't really make it a team thing

It's a link to Breitbart, the website that is as much related to journalism as McDonald's is to haute-cuisine dining

Now it makes a lot of sense, thanks

With a list being here now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2024_Winter_Youth_Olympics Although that list is not entirely correct. It is in terms of athletes (as far as I know), but not exactly the sports. Julia Reis will indeed do cross-country skiing, but Mariana Silva will be doing biathlon. Nobody really understands why, because in the only IBU Junior Cup in which both competed, Julia was 14 minutes (!) ahead of her, but alright, the ever so mysterious ways of Brazil's snow sports federation I guess I'll ask if the boys are correct, or if one of them is also going to do biathlon. Edit: Mariana will apparently do both cross-country and biathlon, while Julia will only do cross-country.

Yeah, that's just awful planning indeed. How on earth can such an oversight be made? Assuming it's not a conscious choice, because that'd be even dumber.

Balkan Cup is getting close to start, which is often one of the more interesting races to follow in terms of FIS points. It starts off in Croatia, where oddly enough they've got classic mass starts on the schedule (odd, since interval starts give way better FIS points)....oddly enough, until you realize that in a mass start it's of course a lot easier to keep everyone close and make everyone finish with easy good points https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/event-details.html?sectorcode=CC&eventid=53805&seasoncode=2024 Curious how the results will be...

Opening day of qualifying has been rained out entirely, not a single match was played today. "But the centre court, with a roof?!"....yeah....no, because the 'big shots' had to train there, and so actual competition was put aside in favour of privileged trainings..

Why was Italy a massive favourite with all the bookmakers, despite Italy having a 'average' record in the past years and Hungary having won lots of big medals?

No reason to mind Thanks for the information, I hadn't gotten to read the German news sites yet!

One of the absolute all-time greats of football, Franz Beckenbauer, has passed away today, aged 78.

To be fair, it's fine not to like a sport. Figure skating is apparently very popular, but I just truly don't care other than a few nice jumps in highlight videos, or maybe the top-3 in the Olympics. Meanwhile I love things like road cycling or cross-country skiing, which tons and tons of people find incredibly boring. To each their own

Always a tough question Isle of Man TT perhaps, or the legendary alpine skiing downhills we get in January. Or the Le Mans and Nürburgring 24 hours....it's tough

Good feeling about Schmied, she was also pretty impressive in her World Cup debut earlier this season.