Pavlo

yeah -it sounds similar in polish spelling we call it Phenian - North Korean capital city funny misunderstanding

oh, Phenian in Polish, nice gesture

good they didn`t play "The Final Countdown" ;p

good one! i`d add "with whole respect and understanding to all not feeling as above"!

not exactly :), it depends on occasion like in Japan, it depends on age of a kid They have honorative forms - sure - but it`s not like they use it always when they say hello in the morning ;p

what dear!! no way - what about undear and those who will feel offended by being called "dear"!! people is also dangerous hello all maybe

From what i`ve heard Koreans are a bit "specific" emotionally, maybe this is the reason. They have their own rules like in airlines where controller was more important than a pilot (Americans had to change it after making an audit). Maybe they don`t show emotions the way we are used to

i expect sth but not in Korea, Games can be a cover for sth but i`m quite sure they won`t make anything to hurt the games without RUS+CHN acceptance

Nooooooo, certainly not - with Chinese, North Korean and Russian athletes at the place?

well...Kraft/Hirscher/Reichelt/Matt are probably more "popular / known" in Poland, some luge athletes too probably. Great biathlonists, nordic "combiners", this internal popularity is sure the key. She certainly isn`t the most recognized Austrian athlete in PL, maybe that`s why this choice was quite a surprise for me

interesting choice for Austria

so doesn`t it look like CAN RUS USA ITA/JAP CHN FRA/ISR GER KOR at the end?

We have it simple this time, Polish medals = ski jumping medals, chance for any medal outside ski jumping is small (maybe Weronika in biathlon, maybe some miracle in speed skating or 30 km by Justyna) That`s why k90 contest is crucial. Most Poles bet on 3 medals, 1 per ski jumping contest. If we win 2 tomorrow we should exceed this 3 medals expectation

I can`t find any info on Lebanon - it`s not impossible that some coach will bear a flag - they`ve done it in the past once or twice

Kolyada made it more interesting

Lebanon qualified 3 athletes Allen Behlok will start in men`s giant slalom and slalom, Natacha Mohbat in woman`s slalom and Samer Tawk in men`s 15 km freestyle

looks like Wellinger being a fav, Stoch silver Kubacki maybe for bronze but it will be very close, he got terrible notes, if he improves the style we have 3 favs

Wellinger looks great - wow

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's Downhill Day 1 February 11th, 2018 Max Franz Vincent Kriechmayr x Matthias Mayer Hannes Reichelt Adrien Theaux Thomas Dressen x Peter Fill Dominik Paris Kjetil Jansrud Aksel Lund Svindal Beat Feuz x Gilles Roulin Any Athlete from North America Any Other Athlete Women's Giant Slalom Day 2 February 12th, 2018 Any Athlete from Austria Tessa Worley x Victoria Rebensburg x Federica Brignone Sofia Goggia Manuela Moelgg Ragnhild Mowinckel Tina Robnik Estelle Alphand Sara Hector Lara Gut Mikaela Shiffrin x Any Other Athlete Men's Super-Combined Day 3 February 13th, 2018 Romed Baumann Marcel Hirscher Matthias Mayer Victor Muffat-Jeandet x Alexis Pinturault x Peter Fill Dominik Paris x Kjetil Jansrud Luca Aerni Mauro Caviezel Pavel Tirkhichev Any Other Athlete Women's Slalom Day 4 February 14th, 2018 Bernadette Schild Any Athlete from Germany Any Athlete from Italy Nina Haver-Loeseth Petra Vlhova x Estelle Alphand Frida Hansdotter x Anna Swenn-Larsson Wendy Holdener Melanie Meillard Mikaela Shiffrin x Any Other Athlete Men's Super-G Day 5 February 15th, 2018 Max Franz Vincent Kriechmayr Matthias Mayer Hannes Reichelt x Any Athlete from Canada Adrien Theaux Thomas Dressen Josef Ferstl Peter Fill Dominik Paris Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Kjetil Jansrud x Aksel Lund Svindal x Beat Feuz Any Other Athlete Women's Super-G Day 6 February 17th, 2018 Nicole Schmidhofer Anna Veith Any Athlete from France Victoria Rebensburg Federica Brignone x Sofia Goggia Johanna Schnarff Tina Weirather x Ragnhild Mowinckel Michelle Gissin Lara Gut x Any Other Athlete Men's Giant Slalom Day 7 February 18th, 2018 Manuel Feller Marcel Hirscher x Alexis Pinturault Luca De Aliprandini Henrik Kristoffersen x Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen Zan Kranjec Matts Olsson Justin Murisier Ted Ligety x Any Other Athlete Women's Downhill Day 8 February 21st, 2018 Cornelia Hutter Nicole Schmidhofer x Ramona Sieberhofen Any Athlete from France Sofia Goggia x Tina Weirather Ragnhild Mowinckel Michelle Gisin Lara Gut Mikaela Shiffrin Lindsey Vonn x Jacqueline Wiles Any Other Athlete Men's Slalom Day 9 February 22nd, 2018 Manuel Feller Marcel Hirscher x Michael Matt Alexis Pinturault Dave Ryding Stefano Gross Sebastian Foss-Solevaag Henrik Kristoffersen x Andre Myhrer x Luca Aerni Daniel Yule Any Other Athlete Women's Super-Combined Day 10 February 23rd, 2018 Ricarda Haaser Anne-Sophie Barthet Federica Brignone Sofia Goggia Marusa Ferk Denise Feierabend Michelle Gisin Wendy Holdener x Mikaela Shiffrin x Any Athlete from North America Any Other Athlete x Team Event Day 11 February 24th, 2018 Austria Canada France x Germany Italy Norway Slovakia Sweden x Switzerland x United States Any Other Athlete [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Women's 7.5km Sprint Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Darya Domracheva Veronika Vitkova Kaisa Makarainen x Anais Bescond Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin-Habert Laura Dahlmeier Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer Tiril Eckhoff x Anastasiya Kuzmina x Valentyna Semerenko Any Other Athlete Men's 10km Sprint Day 2 February 11th, 2018 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Ondrej Moravec Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Antonin Guigonnat Arndt Peiffer Simon Schempp Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe x Emil Hegle Svendsen Jakov Fak Benjamin Weger Anton Babikov Any Other Athlete Women's 10km Pursuit Day 3 February 12th, 2018 Darya Domracheva x Veronika Vitkova Kaisa Makarainen x Anais Bescond Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin-Habert Laura Dahlmeier Denise Herrmann x Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina Valentyna Semerenko Any Other Athlete Men's 12.5km Pursuit Day 3 February 12th, 2018 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Ondrej Moravec Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Antonin Guigonnat Arndt Peiffer Simon Schempp Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Emil Hegle Svendsen x Jakov Fak Benjamin Weger Anton Babikov Any Other Athlete Women's 15km Individual Day 4 February 14th, 2018 Darya Domracheva x Veronika Vitkova Kaisa Makarainen x Anais Bescond Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin-Habert Laura Dahlmeier Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer x Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina Valentyna Semerenko Any Other Athlete Men's 20km Individual Day 5 February 15th, 2018 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Ondrej Moravec x Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Antonin Guigonnat Arndt Peiffer Simon Schempp Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Emil Hegle Svendsen Jakov Fak Benjamin Weger Anton Babikov Any Other Athlete Women's 12.5km Mass Start Day 6 February 17th, 2018 Darya Domracheva x Veronika Vitkova Kaisa Makarainen Anais Bescond Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin-Habert Laura Dahlmeier x Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina x Valentyna Semerenko Any Other Athlete Men's 15km Mass Start Day 7 February 18th, 2018 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Ondrej Moravec Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Antonin Guigonnat Arndt Peiffer Simon Schempp Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe x Emil Hegle Svendsen Jakov Fak Benjamin Weger Anton Babikov Any Other Athlete 2x6km Women's + 2x7.5km Men's Mixed Relay Day 8 February 20th, 2018 Austria Belarus Czech Republic Finland France x Germany x Italy x Norway Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's 4x6km Relay Day 9 February 22nd, 2018 Belarus Canada Czech Republic France Germany x Italy x Norway Poland x Slovakia Sweden Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's 4x7.5km Relay Day 10 February 23rd, 2018 Austria Canada Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation [/hide]

Noriaki will play some important part since he "can`t bear Japanese flag"?;p

guys.....does it all mean that Noriaki will be involved....in lightning the olympic fire?? He isn`t....abroad (looking from Korean point of view)

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Cross-Country Skiing Women's 15km Skiathlon Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Theresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen Krista Parmakoski Marit Bjoergen x Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng Justyna Kowalczyk Charlotte Kalla x Stina Nilsson Nathalie von Siebenthal Jessica Diggins x Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Men's Normal Hill Individual Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Stefan Kraft Markus Eisnbichler Richard Freitag Andreas Wellinger x Junshiro Kobayashi Anders Fannemel Johan Andre Forfang Robert Johansson Dawid Kubacki x Kamil Stoch x Piotr Zyla Any Athlete from Slovenia Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 30km Skiathlon Day 2 February 11th, 2018 Alex Harvey x Matti Heikkinen Iivo Niskanen Maurice Manificat Alexey Poltoranin Hans Christer Holund Emil Iversen Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo Martin Johnsrud Sundby x Calle Halfvarsson Marcus Hellner Dario Cologna x Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Individual Day 3 February 12th, 2018 Chiara Holzl Daniela Iraschko-Stolz x Katharina Althaus x Juliane Seyfarth Carina Vogt Any Athlete from Italy Yuki Ito Sara Takanashi Maren Lundby x Any Athlete from Slovenia Irina Avvakumova Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's Sprint Classic Day 4 February 13th, 2018 Ristomatti Hakola Iivo Niskanen Any Athlete from France Federico Pellegrino Eirik Brandsdal Pal Golberg Emil Iversen x Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo x Teodor Peterson Oskar Svensson Alexander Bolshunov Gleb Retivykh Sergey Ustiugov x Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's Sprint Classic Day 4 February 13th, 2018 Krista Parmakoski Maiken Caspersen Falla x Kathrine Rolsted Harsem Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg x Heidi Weng Anna Dyvik Hanna Falk Stina Nilsson Laurien van der Graaff Sadie Bjornsen x Sophie Caldwell Jessica Diggins Natalia Nepryaeva Any Other Athlete Nordic Combined Men's Normal Hill+10km Day 5 February 14th, 2018 Wilhelm Denifl Luka Klapfer Ilka Herola Eero Hirvonen Francois Braud Maxime Laheurte Eric Frenzel Fabian Riessle x Johannes Rydzek Alessandro Pittin Akito Watabe x Espen Andersen Jarl Magnus Riiber Jan Schmid x Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 10km Freestyle Day 6 February 15th, 2018 Theresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen Krista Parmakoski Riitta-Liisa Roponen Marit Bjoergen Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng x Charlotte Kalla x Sadie Bjornsen Jessica Diggins x Anastasia Sedova Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 15km Freestyle Day 7 February 16th, 2018 Alex Harvey Matti Heikkinen Maurice Manificat x Andrew Musgrave Alexey Poltoranin Hans Christer Holund Johaness Hoesflot Klaebo Simen Hegstad Krueger Martin Johnsrud Sundby x Calle Halfvarsson Marcus Hellner Dario Cologna x Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 4x5km Relay Day 8 February 17th, 2018 Finland Germany Italy Norway x Sweden x Switzerland United States x Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Men's Large Hill Individual Day 8 February 17th, 2018 Stefan Kraft Markus Eisnbichler Richard Freitag x Andreas Wellinger Junshiro Kobayashi Anders Fannemel Johan Andre Forfang Robert Johansson Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch x Piotr Zyla Any Athlete from Slovenia Any Other Athlete x Cross-Country Skiing Men's 4x10km Relay Day 9 February 18th, 2018 Finland France Germany Italy Kazakhstan Norway x Sweden x Switzerland Any Olympic Athl. from Russia x Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Men's Team Day 10 February 19th, 2018 Austria Czech Republic Finland Germany x Italy Japan Norway x Poland x Slovenia United States Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation Nordic Combined Men's Large Hill+10km Day 10 February 19th, 2018 Wilhelm Denifl Luka Klapfer Ilka Herola Eero Hirvonen Francois Braud Maxime Laheurte Eric Frenzel Fabian Riessle x Johannes Rydzek x Akito Watabe Espen Andersen Jorgen Graabak Jan Schmid x Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's Team Sprint Day 11 February 21st, 2018 Finland x Germany Italy Norway x Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation x Cross-Country Skiing Men's Team Sprint Day 11 February 21st, 2018 Canada Estonia Finland x France Germany Italy Norway x Poland Sweden x Switzerland United States Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation Nordic Combined Men's Team (Large Hill + 4x5km Relay) Day 12 February 22nd, 2018 Austria Finland France Germany x Italy Japan x Norway x Poland United States Any Other Nation Cross-Country Skiing Men's 50km Mass Start Classic Day 13 February 24th, 2018 Sergei Dolidovich Alex Harvey Matti Heikkinen Iivo Niskanen Alexey Poltoranin x Hans Christer Holund Johaness Hoesflot Klaebo Sjur Roethe Martin Johnsrud Sundby Calle Halfvarsson Dario Cologna x Alexander Bessmertnykh x Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 30km Mass Start Classic Day 14 February 25th, 2018 Theresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen x Krista Parmakoski Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Masako Ishida Marit Bjoergen x Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng Justyna Kowalczyk Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla x Nathalie von Siebenthal Any Athlete from United States Anastasia Sedova Any Other Athlete [/hide]

Żyła gets excluded from our squad for k90, Poles won`t take part in next training session It looks good for us

the weakest American also can go out as well as 2nd Korean as to k90 - oh people.....we`re really waiting for this...the most important event on DAY1. Well - 3 most important events are in ski jumping for us but k90 seems to be our best chance individually in whole 2018 WOG. 2 medals - that would be nice. I think that it will go between Freitag/Wellinger, Tande/Forfang, 4 Poles, maybe Kraft and Y.Kobayashi