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I've just noticed it was traditional 4th for Canada here as well Congrats!!!! You beat me by an inch.

Just going into the single biggest non-Olympic sporting week of the year for Winter Sports fans.  Full programme in pretty much every single Winter Olympic discipline except long-track skating and snowboard cross.  In this context, the cancelled women's alpine events in Mont Tremblant come as pretty much a relief.  
 
Plus two track Champions League, Cyclo-Cross World cup and the European Cross-Country Championships as well. And I guess early days in NCAA basketball and tons of ice hockey, not to mention the usual football.

Totally forgot, but Sunday was the 10k classic in Santa Caterina. Tougher race for Bruna both because of it being a back to back 10k (which she hadn't done before, especially not this early in the season when still building up racing rhythm), and because classic style is the one where the foot she crushed in 2022 is far and away the most painful. Managed to bite through it though and got an excellent 269 FIS points  
https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=47720
 
Yesterday she drove to Schlinig/Slingia on the / border, where next weekend there'll be the first FESA/OPA/Alpencup of the season, generally an excellent opportunity for good points.

SUMMARY version 1.0

 
 

FINAL MEDAL TABLE - version 1.0 30.11.2024 early morning CET
 
 
17-11-9---37
14-13-12---39
12-8-16---36
10-8-6---24
9-10-10---29
9-10-6---25
7-5-13---25
7-5-4---16
6-5-7---18
5-11-10---26
5-9-4---18
5-5-2---12
2-2-4---8
2-2-1---5
2-1-1---4
1-2-3---6
1-2-1---4
1-1-2---4
1-0-1---2
0-2-1---3
0-2-0---2
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1
0-0-2---2
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1

2026/2022 comparison
 
2026------2022
 
17-11-9---37-------------------9-9-7---25 (3)
14-13-12---39------------------16-8-13---37 (1)
12-8-16---36-------------------12-10-5---27 (2)
10-8-6---24-------------------3-7-8---18 (12)
9-10-10---29------------------4-8-14---26 (11)
9-10-6---25-------------------5-7-2---14 (10)
7-5-13---25--------------------2-7-8---17 (13)
7-5-4---16--------------------8-5-4---17 (6)
6-5-7---18---------------------8-5-5---18 (5)
5-11-10---26------------------7-7-4---18 (7)
5-9-4---18--------------------7-2-6---15 (8)
5-5-2---12--------------------9-4-2---15 (4)
2-2-4---8--------------------2-5-2---9 (14)
2-2-1---5---------------------1-2-1---4 (18)
2-1-1---4---------------------2-2-4---8 (16)
1-2-3---6---------------------1-1-0---2 (19)
1-2-1---4---------------------2-3-2---7 (15)
1-1-2---4----------------------1-0-1---2 (T21)
1-0-1---2----------------------0-1-0---1 (T25)
0-2-1---3---------------------0-0-1---1 (T27)
0-2-0---2-------------------1-0-1---2 (T21)
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1--------------------0-0-1---1 (T27)
0-0-2---2-------------------1-0-1---2 (T21)
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1-----------------------2-1-0---3 (17)
0-0-1---1-----------------------0-0-1---1 (T27)
 
------------------------------5-12-15---32 (9)
------------------------------1-0-2---3 (20)
-------------------------------0-2-0---2 (24)
-------------------------------0-1-0---1 (T25)

My early bets. I know it doesn't make any sense 15 months before the games and before 24/25 winter season really started. But what the hell - I just like PREDICTIONS
 
So this is just for fun, if i were you i wouldn't look at it when i went to the bookies
 
But i will try to update it while the season unfolds and in April 25 it will be more interesting.
 
DAY 1
 
1. SPEED SKATING - W 3000m
 
1. Irene Schouten NED
2. Isabelle Weidemann CAN
3. Ragne Wiklund NOR
 
2. SNOWBOARD - M Big Air
 
1. Su Yiming CHN
2. Kira Kimura JPN
3. Taiga Hasegawa JPN
 
3. ALPINE SKIING - M Downhill
 
1. Marco Odermatt SUI
2. Cyprien Sarrazin FRA
3. Dominik Paris ITA
 
(dark horses: Florian Schieder ITA, Cameron Alexander CAN)
 
4. SKI JUMPING - W Normal Hill Individual
 
1. Nika Prevc SLO
2. Alexandria Loutitt CAN
3. Eirin Maria Kvandal NOR
 
5. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 10km + 10km Skiathlon
 
1. Jessie Diggins USA
2. Victoria Carl GER
3. Ebba Andersson SWE
 
(dark horse: Kerttu Niskanen FIN)
 
1-0-0---1
1-0-0---1
1-0-0---1
1-0-0---1
1-0-0---1
0-2-0---2
0-1-1---2
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1
0-0-2---2
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1

SUMMARY version 1.0

 
 

2026/2022 comparison
 
2026------2022
 
17-11-9---37-------------------9-9-7---25 (3)
14-13-12---39------------------16-8-13---37 (1)
12-8-16---36-------------------12-10-5---27 (2)
10-8-6---24-------------------3-7-8---18 (12)
9-10-10---29------------------4-8-14---26 (11)
9-10-6---25-------------------5-7-2---14 (10)
7-5-13---25--------------------2-7-8---17 (13)
7-5-4---16--------------------8-5-4---17 (6)
6-5-7---18---------------------8-5-5---18 (5)
5-11-10---26------------------7-7-4---18 (7)
5-9-4---18--------------------7-2-6---15 (8)
5-5-2---12--------------------9-4-2---15 (4)
2-2-4---8--------------------2-5-2---9 (14)
2-2-1---5---------------------1-2-1---4 (18)
2-1-1---4---------------------2-2-4---8 (16)
1-2-3---6---------------------1-1-0---2 (19)
1-2-1---4---------------------2-3-2---7 (15)
1-1-2---4----------------------1-0-1---2 (T21)
1-0-1---2----------------------0-1-0---1 (T25)
0-2-1---3---------------------0-0-1---1 (T27)
0-2-0---2-------------------1-0-1---2 (T21)
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1--------------------0-0-1---1 (T27)
0-0-2---2-------------------1-0-1---2 (T21)
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1-----------------------2-1-0---3 (17)
0-0-1---1-----------------------0-0-1---1 (T27)
 
------------------------------5-12-15---32 (9)
------------------------------1-0-2---3 (20)
-------------------------------0-2-0---2 (24)
-------------------------------0-1-0---1 (T25)

boh? 
 
I don't have a consolidated idea yet...
 
golds? I hope many, but I fear we won't get to 5
 
medals? hopefully, more than in 2022
 
the "athlete of the Games"? Davide Ghiotto (speedskating) and Pietro Sighel (short track speedskating)
hopefully, also Sofia Goggia (alpine skiing), Arianna Fontana (short track & speedskating) and Stefania Constantini (curling)...but it's just hope, not a prediction
 
breakthrough? Tommaso Giacomel (men's biathlon)
 
newcomers? I think the Big Air guys (Tabanelli siblings in freestyle, Matteoli in snowboard), hopefully Erik Canovi in SkiMo (but, as I wrote earlier, I fear it's too early for him, as he's still a junior)
with a lot of optimism, Elia Barp (cross-country) and Daniele Di Stefano (speedskating, mass start)
 
surprising medals? I don't think there's any chance for  to win a truly surprising medal, all those who have just the smallest chance to make the podium, it wouldn't be a true upset if they get it

Semmering 28-29.12

Years follows and nothing change in Slovak biathlon, only the amount of shot squirrels, raise every stage...
 

Last year team sprint in Québec

Salt Lake 2021/22, in the women's 500m

Are you happy for Italian results in ANY sport???

Yet antother piece of useless data:
 
If 2026 World Cup was 32 teams - as it shoould be imo
and have one host USA - as it should be imo
and we would have qualified teams according to last Euro/Copa America/Africa Cup of Nations... no world cup qualifying but continental champs as qualifying for world cup - AS IT SHOULD BE imo, then we could have continental champs every 2 years
 
the 2026 tournament could look sth like that:
 








 
no this time
 
(according to the last continental champs results)

No idea. 
 
But i remember Brodka vs Verweij win in Sochi by 0.000000000001 sec like It was yesterday 🤪 that was fun!

I would prefer additional slaloms. I am not a huge fan of these mixed team events.

Gets it right today 0 0 and fast.

It's not too serious according to the lady herself.
 
Mikaela Shiffrin: Giant slalom crash scuppers bid for 100th World Cup victory - BBC Sport

Men's snowboard in the alpine version: there is a wide team and many competitors can stand on the podium. The problem it`s a only 1 competition at the games.

Must have been a tactical move to save energy.  She knew she had better downhill skis.

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.

Wow, epic win for  Jess Diggins!  
 
Terrible mistake by Johaug & Weng to let two sprinters back into the race.

Schulting with her first career WC podium in speed skating, with silver in the 2nd 500m!