Quasit

Oh, a marketing coup. Fantastic 

Froome/Sky keep embarrassing themselves. Their latest attempt for an excuse is that his kidney's were having a problem and then, *poof*, all of a sudden released all that salbutamol right before the doping test. What a coincidence! 

our federation is right now deciding should our team go home.
handball rules should be changed,cause when judges are mentioned too many times,something is wrong with the sport

He represented Slovenia when he turned pro in 2008. On 31 March 2015, Bedene was granted UK citizenship and represented Great Britain, but the International Tennis Federation has rejected his application to represent Great Britain in the Davis Cup as he had previously played three dead rubbers for Slovenia  .After his appeals failed, Bedene switched his nationality back to Slovenia for the 2018 season.

maybe money ? 

They haven't an atomic bomb, so no. They will stay at home
 

So is modern pentathlon, and we all know no one wants it on the Olympic program.
 
I was kind of joking when I said there should be no Winter Olympics (though I would not miss the event, really). I know it is important to have a dedicated event for winter sports. I'm just worried about how accessible these sports are to the rest of the world. Winter season in Brazil is not the same as winter season in Norway; though it sometimes snows in some cities in Brazil during winter, it's not like we'll be ready to host cross country skiing competitions anytime this millenium. Either the program should add sports that can be practiced in tropical nations during winter as well, or it will forever be the Olympic Games for the Northern hemisphere (with Australia and New Zealand as glorified guests). 

Good idea, that simplifies finding your own post back and make adjustments. The list of posts is now at the bottom of the first post in both threads.

Just a little note about social media and potential new users: I think spamming 'regular' threads around doesn't help very much (not saying anyone does that), but what I do think is very useful is linking to something unique and awesome where new users could actually 'participate' in something you don't really find anywhere else. This came to mind when I saw these two 'create your own program' posts opened by @Quasit today First thing I thought after posting my creation for the Winter Olympics was sharing it on Twitter, who knows, maybe someone comes in and gives it a shot, then hangs around here
 
 

Today we celebrate Badnje veče (Christmas Eve).
 
This is badnjak.

 
Tradition is that housefather early in the morning cuts it and bring it into house. (In more riecent times, especially in the cities you can buy at market).
 
You keep it through year and the one from last year burn.
 
In front on the church lightening of badnjak is organized, too.
 

 
 
The dinner on this day is prepared accordance with the rules of fasting.
 

 
And there is one tradition for kids korinđanje (kids put on masks) or pijukanje when kids go  through neigborhood and sing and ask for sweets.
 
Tradition also varies from region to region.
 
Srećno Bandje veče! Happy Christmas Eve!
 

Been discussing this with somebody before and it looks like mass starts become the norm now for the general TV audience with limited understanding. That's why we won't see the 50km in Cross-Country with intervals anymore.
"Who crosses the finish line first, wins" is an easy-to-understand concept. Hopefully there won't be Ski Jumping or Luge mass starts.

They wouldn't dare If they'd ever dare to dare, they'd better look out, because that's my favourite race and I don't know what I'd do if they touched it

At least they cany play video games!!, long live for the great Berdimuhamedow 

Surprisingly, video games are not prohibited as they participated in eSports at the Asian Indoor Games last year.

It is called emotion.

Too many Mass Starts. Those ruin the tour for me, and CC in general.

the last selfie of the year , say cheeeeese
 

I swear IOC is trying so hard to make Olympics look bad.
 
And succeeding (at least for me)...

That is so sad. After speed skating, the next winter sport is slowly being torn down. And biathlon is up next, considering there's another new 'SuperSprint' event later this season. 

yeah, nowadays it's a real challenge...
when first Epee and then Sabre were started also among the women by FIE, it was quite common to see athletes going for 2 weapons at one time, but then there was a full specialization as it is among the men since many, many years...
still, I don't think that even such a talent like Errigo would finally make the Olympic team in her "second" weapon...at least in a Country like Italy...maybe for those who come from "smaller" (in Fencing terms, of course) Nations would be easier...but for now nobody gave it a real try...Errigo is the first with such ambition...
let's wait and see...personally, I'd prefer her to stay more focused on "her" Foil, but if she gets Kharlan-alike level of play also in Sabre, why not taking advantage of her talent?

Hopefully tomorrow's results will be much better for me than these races today...

And Olympic qualification. It's feasible that Laukkanen might be a part of the Finnish team sprint relay, so she'll need two more sprints to qualify.

I had three stops during my travel in the past two weeks, which was of course mostly focussed on visiting my best friend (who then became my girlfriend at the first stop) and seeing her biathlon competitions in the IBU Cup. I made some very nice new friends (most notably an Australian athlete and two Chilean athletes) and as always in the Alps, the landscape was beautiful. I'm not the best photographer and I just used my phone (and my main focus was on personal things instead of the landscapes and 'touristic' things), but still I'd like to show some pictures
 
Lenzerheide, Switzerland:
 
Livigno, Italy:
 
Obertilliach, Austria:
 

Nice week of biathlon for all fans
 
The atmosphere was good, tracks were good, there were some good races, nice to see Kuzmina in good shape meaning yet another contender (which is good for every neutral fan) and nice to see Braisaz take her first win