SalamAkhi

Les 30 glorieuses qu'ils disaient

Folau Niua is the real playmaker and he's injured, don't know when he's coming back. Pinkelman and Iosefo were at the 15's WC, i reckon they will be back next month

I don't think it was a fluke, it just tends to show that without some key players the USA are far less dangerous and that having two speedsters is no guarantee

Well, settle for it, one can argue that one official language is more than enough to give informations

Merkushyna winning the qualifications, how surprising

M... has been the code for Macedonia for a little while now Moldova = MDA Mongolia = MGL

At least a 1km loop so more like 2 or 3 minutes depending on the circuit

Speaking of super-sprint, I hope they change the format of super-sprint to reproduce the cross-country sprint model

Sure One is exactly the number of ice rink we don't have

Very encouraging result from Loubineaud again The new Contin, the one man army, what a pity

One very interesting result is the 22nd place of Cheng Fangming , at a time when China doesn't seem to have good male prospects heading for their Olympics, he's back from 4 years out of the circuit and get a very decent first appearance in the WC. Good shooting (18/20) and, despite what we may think at first, promising performance on the skis : 33th course time +3.05, beating the likes of Eliseev, Dale, Guigonnat, Samuelsson (and we know you might exceed a certain speed threshold to hope for top 20 and further). Nonetheless, like his fellow countrywomen, too much time lost at the range (92nd range time).

Fabien Claude will get a fine for his poor performance Guigonnat will be suspended 20 years

Very possible

WTF

No no, you misspelled Oeberg Which one do you want ?

Aymonier

WTF no penalty for Kelsey Mitchell despite a clear lane infringement

Not very fair and again a OQT in France But I will not complain, maybe the little help we need to get to Tokyo

I think you don't get it ... only the 3 best results count. Belgium will get the points for being 2nd in HK, given the teams in Cambridge and Brisbane I'm quite sure the French won't perform that well so huge gap to be expected

I've really tried to understand the principle of having already qualified athletes/athletes that cannot qualify to a olympics QUALIFYING tournament ... but I just can't get it

Great manoeuvre from Belgium, they get a 2nd place in the women team pursuit with a very weak field and earn a lot of point to go past France ...

Very good news

9th course time for Cheng, 50s from Andersen and Rastorgujevs He has missed the 3 last seasons

The problem with this format is that there is no weighting according to the results or the competitivness. A 3rd place in 4.25 with 4 opponents weighs the same as a 3rd place in 4.16 with 10 opponents ...

Look, they will be in Cambridge, they cannot participate to each and every competition. Nonetheless, looking at the entries it seems that the concurrence is less important in HK so maybe not the greatest move indeed