SalamAkhi

Meh, although I understand that we can't have high expectations for Colombia to switch to the ice, the current situation of France's speed skating is ludicrous A country that organized three Winter OG and have such a strong tradition of in-line skating can't settle for one athlete to emerge every now and then thanks to his own will and efforts ... This federation is a terrible mess ...

Being a speed skater in France is imho almost the same as being a speed skater in Colombia, so you're right I guess the federation is (almost) not doing anything for him and considering the turmoils in the aforementioned federation at the moment, it's getting even worse to be a speed skater here ... Fantastic results though

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Mixed Relay 2x6km + 2.7.5kmDay 1February 13th, 2020 Austria Czech Republic France x Germany Italy Norway x Russia Sweden x Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 7.5km SprintDay 2February 14th, 2020 Marketa Davidova Julia Simon Denise Herrmann Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff Any Other Norwegian Athlete Any Polish Athlete Svetlana Mironova Paulina Fialkova x Hanna Oeberg x Any Other Swedish Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 10km SprintDay 3February 15th, 2020 Julian Eberhard Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll x Johannes Kühn Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Matvey Eliseev Any Other Athlete Women's 10km PursuitDay 4February 16th, 2020 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen Justine Braisaz Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Any Other Norwegian Athlete Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg x Any Other Swedish Athlete Lena Häcki Any Other Athlete x Men's 12.5km PursuitDay 4February 16th, 2020 Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet x Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Johannes Kühn Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Matvey Eliseev Any Other Athlete Women's 15km IndividualDay 5February 18th, 2020 Julia Simon Justine Braisaz x Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Tiril Eckhoff x Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Larisa Kuklina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg x Any Other Swedish Athlete Yuliia Dzhima Any Other Athlete Men's 20km IndividualDay 6February 19th, 2020 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux x Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet x Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete x Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Benjamin Weger Any Other Athlete Mixed Single Relay 6km + 7.5kmDay 7February 20th, 2020 Austria Czech Republic Estonia France x Germany x Italy x Norway Russia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 4x6km RelayDay 8February 22th, 2020 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France Germany Italy Norway x Poland Russia Slovakia Sweden x Switzerland x Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's 4x7.5km RelayDay 8February 22th, 2020 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Russia Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's 12.5km Mass StartDay 9February 23th, 2020 Iryna Kryuko Marketa Davidova x Kaisa Makarainen Julia Simon Denise Herrmann Any Other German Athlete x Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Any Other Norwegian Athlete Any Polish Athlete Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 15km Mass StartDay 9February 23th, 2020 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Simon Desthieux x Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet x Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete [/hide]

What are you implying ? We know that Kratochvilova and Koch are horrible cheating juiced Commies, but JJK and Flo-Jo are wonderful self-made women, their record are well deserved

Can only agree

USA and Korea would get the continental spot, therefore the last spot (if Egypt is out) would go to either Estonia, Ukraine or France

With Egypt reaching the top 16, it seems nearly impossible

Give some European countries the same conditions of qualification and they would do it the same if not better

From 2.01.5 outdoor to 1.57.9 indoor in 6 months, great progression

All the French are first year juniors (eg 2000), a great performance ! Third title in a row, and third with Camille Bened in the line-up, she could end up her junior career with 5 relay titles

Japan once again invited, the fourth time in four tournament this season ... I don't see no invitational side there By the beginning of the new Challenger Series in 3 weeks they'll have had far more elite experience than the other teams, very fair ... I know the Olympics are approaching but I don't see why it should ever grant privileges

All was set for a NZ win ... Very good result for us again though, 2nd tied overall, who would have imagined that one year ago ?

Top 2

A snowmobile accident happened yesterday in Canada with several French tourists and their Canadian guide, five are missing including the father of Fabien, Florent and Emilien ...

First podium for Fabien Claude as his father is reported missing after an accident in Canada ...

In team sports the continental representation is merely a problem for Europe, the other continents are happy that they are pretty much granted free quotas despite their decent/poor level compared to second/third European tier. I would also allow continental spots for crowded events were they are less of an incongruity ...

Nope there are only 7 verses and the 7th "le couplet des enfants" (verse of the children) is quite recent. We're supposed to learn the first one at school though I don't remember having such a course back then. Usually you get to know it by watching sport

Hope this mascarade will not repeat

Again I'm strongly disappointed that Germany couldn't offer a full H... team

Does the qualification final ranking define the bracket of the Olympic tournament ?

Imagine what I was thinking at the same moment this afternoon This is still 0-0

Great performance by Slovenia nevertheless, they were almost unplayable in the first two sets. A shame the two finalists of the last Euro can't make it to the Olympics ...