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Halfway in the elections, right now...Enormous attendance and interest are the main surprises of this ballot so far. Experts saying they are expecting the biggest voting attendance in many many years. Really uncommon in a country where for example in the European elections the participation was around 16 % and generally the peoples elections interest is traditionally one of the if not the lowest in Europe. Some pics from the elections so far

Stage 21 in Nizhny Tagil (RUS) Women´s Individual Normal Hill: 1. Juliane Seyfarth 252.6 2. Maren Lundby 245.5 3. Anna Odine Stroem 233.9 Full Final Result HERE

Petra Vlhová, 25th Careers WC Podium (9-9-7) 2018/19 Season 13th WC podium (5-6-2)

Stage 37 (World Cup Final) in Grandvalira Soldeu - El Tarter (AND) Women´s Slalom: 1. Mikaela Shiffrin 1:48.15 2. Wendy Holdener 1:48.22 3. Petra Vlhova 1:49.35  Full Final Result HERE

Stage 37 (World Cup Final) in Grandvalira Soldeu - El Tarter (AND) Men´s Giant Slalom: 1. Alexis Pinturault 2:13.06 2. Marco Odermatt 2:13.50 3. Zan Kranjec 2:14.09  Full Final Result HERE

Yes, I´m really satisfied. We secretly were hoping for a top 10 farewell, it´s 6th place. so awesome. Poliaková did everything she could, with very good shooting, this time she failed only in the last skiing lap, but at her standards it was very huge effort and performance.

and by this finished the history of womens biathlon relay. see you (hopefully) soon

Norway ! Finally

8th seasons slalom podium for Petra

Wendy Holdener peaking her form for the last 2 season races

Frida "Pink" Hansdotter last careers slalom

Rory Sabbatini still in top 10 after 2nd day at the players championship. clearly currently his best performance under SVK flag so far

way to say: ciao

1 hour ago started the presidential elections. 4.450.000 peoples are alowed to vote in their respective 5940 Elections districts, which are open from 07:00 to 22:00 today (yes in freaking Slovakia we votes only during the weekend, because yes, you know during work days, you work...), for the first round, if no candidate succeed to gain absolute majority, there will be a 2nd round between the top 2 ranked of this opening round in 2 weeks the 30th March. 13 candidates are competing for the 5th ever Slovak presidents spot (3rd time by popular voting) Favorites (Hopefully) Zuzana Čaputová, Liberal, environmental cases lawyer and activist. if win will became the first ever female president of Slovakia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/slovak-liberals-cross-fingers-for-election-of-pro-west-zuzana-caputova Danger !!I our naziboy. a weirdo who dreams with his other sick team mates to build once again a faschist puppet state, without anyone else than "pure and hetero, catho, you know "right" white" slovaks... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/14/how-a-slovakian-neo-nazi-got-elected

Stage 37 (World Cup Final) in Grandvalira Soldeu - El Tarter (AND) Mixed Team Event: 1. Switzerland (Danioth/Holdener/Yule/Zenhaeusern) 2. Norway (Holtmann/Stjernesund/Foss-Solevaag/Nestvold-Haugen) 3. Germany (Duerr/Geiger/Himmelsbach/Tremmel)  Full Final Result HERE

World Cup Stage 20, Raw Air Stage 3 in Trondheim (NOR) Men´s Individual Large Hill: 1. Ryoyu Kobayashi 298.4 2. Andreas Stjernen 288.0 3. Stefan Kraft 280.5 Full Final Result HERE

Brave move, honnesty with all respect not very smart...but certainly brave Still not officially decided, the will unveil it tomorrow. But for now I. Fialková, P. Fiaková, Poliaková, Kuzmina well, at the most important relay of the whole 4 years cycle. PyeongChang 2018

World Cup Stage 20, Raw Air Stage 3 in Trondheim (NOR) Women´s Individual Large Hill: 1. Maren Lundby 274.1 2. Juliane Seyfarth 261.0 3. Eva Pinkelnig 257.9 Full Final Result HERE

Stage 37 (World Cup Final) in Grandvalira Soldeu - El Tarter (AND) Men´s Super-G: 1. Dominik Paris 1:20.42 2. Mauro Caviezel 1:20.57 3. Vincent Kriechmayr 1:20.86  Full Final Result HERE

Stage 37 (World Cup Final) in Grandvalira Soldeu - El Tarter (AND) Women´s Super-G: 1. Viktoria Rebensburg 1:23.91 2. Tamara Tippler 1:24.06 3. Federica Brignone 1:24.25  Full Final Result HERE

Poliaková/Hasilla the SVK entry for the single mixed relay lol our team visibly can not care less about this event, in the scale from zero to ten about importance and interest of this discipline we must be really close of the 0 here

WTF Ilieeeeeeeeeeeeev

Stage 37 (World Cup Final) in Grandvalira Soldeu - El Tarter (AND) Women´s Downhill: 1. Mirjam Puchner 1:32.91 2. Viktoria Rebensburg 1:32.94 3. Corinne Suter 1:32.99  Full Final Result HERE

Stage 37 (World Cup Final) in Grandvalira Soldeu - El Tarter (AND) Men´s Downhill: 1. Dominik Paris 1:26.80 2. Kjetil Jansrud 1:27.14 3. Otmar Striedinger 1:27.21  Full Final Result HERE

Ice Hockey Recap M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Third student crown for Russia Russia won Universiade gold for the third tournament in a row when the men’s team defeated Slovakia 2-1 in Tuesday’s final in Krasnoyarsk. The final scoreline was a repeat of the opening game of the tournament, although on this occasion the Russians managed to seal things up in 60 minutes. Russia dominated the game throughout – the shot count finished 54-16 in favour of the home team – but Slovak goalie Matej Tomek was in superb form and continually frustrated the home offence. Tomek, who plays for the University of Nebraska in Omaha, kept Russia at bay until the 36th minute when a solo effort from Maxim Dzhioshvili opened the scoring. That lead was shortlived as Sebastian Smida tied the score 90 seconds later. However, Russia got the winner at the start of the third when Dmitry Kolgotin exploded out from behind the net to beat Tomek. “Everyone on the ice worked so hard to get that goal,” said Kolgotin, one of 10 players on the roster registered with the Smolensk Academy of Physical Education. “I can’t say I did anything special, it felt like it was my first shot in the game. I just saw a gap and went for it. It’s true what they say, if you go to the net, things happen for you. “Scoring the winner is a great feeling, especially since this is the first time I’ve been called up to any national team.” Russia’s success ensured a sweep of hockey gold at this tournament after the women won gold yesterday. It also makes its five golds from six Universiade tournaments for the men. You have to go back to Slovakia’s 2001 triumph to find the last time the Red Machine missed out on a medal at this student event. This year’s roster was a strong one, with eight of the roster gaining at least some KHL experience in the current season. The remainder were drawn from the VHL, Russia’s second-tier pro league; some of them, like Metallurg Novokuznetsk forward Yegor Morozov, boasted extensive KHL experience. Slovakia, which medalled for the first time since a bronze in 2009, also boasted an experienced KHLer: defenceman Patrik Bacik, 24, spent the bulk of the season with Slovan Bratislava and has made three international appearances for his country. Russia’s head coach Vladislav Khromykh, who was also behind the bench two years ago when his team triumphed in Kazkahstan, paid tribute to Slovakia’s performance. “Slovakia is a team with character and great spirit, they played well on defence and their goalie was great,” he told the Russian Hockey Federation website. “We wanted to play the right way and, as far as possible, stay out of the box because we’d seen how dangerous the Slovak power play could be. And we managed to do that. The tournament was at a very high level, everything was great on and off the ice. I’m thrilled that we’ve managed to win the Universiade on home ice.” The two nations dominated Group A of the competition in Central Siberia, separated only by that overtime win for Russia at the start of the contest. In the semi-finals, Russia won a tempestuous game against Canada 5-1 while Slovakia blanked Kazakhstan in a 4-0 success. The bronze medal went to Canada after a 3-0 victory over Kazakhstan. Goalie Sebastien Auger stopped 39 shots, while second-period goals from Aidan Wallace and Daniel Del Paggio, scored just 42 seconds apart, swung the game in the Canadians’ favour. Stephen Harper’s empty net effort secured a third successive bronze for his country in this tournament, Canada has collected a medal in the last seven Universiade events. The victory in the bronze medal game avenged Kazakhstan’s 4-3 win when the teams met in the group stage. Kazakhstan topped Group B but was left without a medal after taking silver at the last three games. The Kazakhs dominated the individual honours. Valery Gurin of Nomad Astana was the leading scoring with 17 (5+12) points; Anton Nekryach was second on 14 (9+5). Slovakia’s Daniel Rzavsky completed the top three, tying with Canada’s Harper and Russia’s Denis Orlovich-Grudkov at 10 points. IIHF.com Final Ranking 1. Russia 2. Slovakia 3. Canada 4. Kazakhstan 5. Czech Republic 6. Latvia 7. United States 8. Switzerland 9. Hungary 10. Great Britain 11. Japan 12. Sweden