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Petra is actually in Korea for the first time and today she tested the olympic piste. don´t actually know what she did during the 1st run, maybe she just stoped and walked down watching the hill but she apparently focused much more in the second run...what a time https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=AL&raceid=89946 btw next weekend she will compete in Germany and try a downhill for the first time in her life, in order to earn some points and qualify for the olympic combined

Mens Under 18 Division III Group A World Championships 2017 in Taipei City (TPE) Day 2 Schedule (22nd March 2017) GMT +8 13:00 Turkey vs Bulgaria 16:30 China vs Israel 20:00 Chinese Taipei vs New Zealand

Mens Under 18 Division III Group A World Championships 2017 in Taipei City (TPE) Day 1 (21st March 2017) GMT +8 13:00 Bulgaria vs China 0-6 16:30 New Zealand vs Israel 2-8 20:00 Turkey vs Chinese Taipei 1-8

ROAD TO MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 DAYS -45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With just 45 days to go until the 2017 IIHF Worlds start in Cologne and Paris we start to have a look at the 16 teams. Today: Italy, one of the two promoted teams. ITALY

MEN'S UNDER 18 DIVISION III GROUP B WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexico U18s triumph Move up to Division III Group A Mexico moves back up to Division IIIA one year after being relegated. Playing on home ice at the Ice Dome in Mexico City, the Mexican men’s U18 national team swept the competition to win the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship tournament. The came to play in the short three-team tournament held over the weekend, opening with an 11-1 victory over Hong Kong, and closing things out with a dominant 7-2 win over South Africa. Defenceman Jorge Ortiz led his team in scoring with four goals and two assists in two games. Hong Kong defeated South Africa 3-2 to claim second place in the tournament and drop the South Africans to third overall. The tournament win means Mexico will compete in the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group A. Results Thread

oh what a sad news. RIP

After the Mens Under 18 Division II B and Division III B world championships tournaments it´s time for the U18 Division III Group A to be contested this week. 6 Nations and host will battle for the gold medals and the only available ticket for next years Mens Under 18 division II Group B World Championships where the winning team will replace Belgium freshly relegated from last weeks Division II B tournament played in Serbia. And to avoid the last place resulting in the relegation to the mens Under 18 Division III Group B World Championships next year in place of Mexico winner of this years U18 Division III B tourney played during last weekend. Mens Under 18 Division III Group A World Championships 2017 in Taipei City (TPE) Day 1 Schedule (21st March 2017) GMT +8 13:00 Bulgaria vs China 16:30 New Zealand vs Israel 20:00 Turkey vs Chinese Taipei *Tournament format - 6 Teams will play a traditional simple Round Robin Tournament. The 1st Nation will qualify for the next years mens Under 18 Division II Group B World Championships, The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Nation will remains in this Division III Group A also for the next year, the 6th ranked Nation will be relegated to the Mens Under 18 Division III Group B world Championships next year.

just a small correction about the anthem, this is now officially a not used short version. Now Slovakia officially use the anthem with 2 stanzas. here the instrumental version

MEN'S UNDER 18 DIVISION II GROUP B WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australia gets the gold From Down Under to top spot Australia wins promotion for the second year in a row. Australia made it back-to-back promotions after holding its nerve in a dramatic final-day showdown at the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group B in Serbia. The prolific duo of Findlay Wood and Tyrone Bronte – who bossed the tournament scoring after sharing 23 points between them – fired the Aussies to a 4-1 victory over the host Serbs in the decisive game in Belgrade. That left Spain reflecting on what might have been after it missed out due to its head-to-head result against the eventual winner. Going into Sunday’s decisive games, four teams were tied on nine points. Australia, Spain, pre-tournament favourite the Netherlands and the host nation Serbia all had three wins and one loss. Moreover, they all played against each other: Spain faced off against the Dutch to start, before Serbia vs Australia wrapped up the whole event. It made for a fascinating set of permutations. Australia knew that a 1-2 defeat against the Dutch meant its hopes would be over if the Oranje got a regulation victory over Spain. After 91 seconds, the Netherlands were in front, but Spain – still hoping to claim top spot for itself – eventually managed to rally for a 5-2 victory, paced by a hat-trick from Alejandro Burgos. The home crowd at the Pionir ice rink gained some additional Spanish support for the evening game. Spain’s 4-3 victory over the Serbs would be enough to take gold to Madrid if Serbia denied the Aussies a regulation-time victory, but Australia’s 4-1 win over the Spanish – courtesy of a Bronte hat-trick and 29 saves from goalie James Downie – gave the team from Down Under the edge if it could earn maximum points in its final engagement. Serbia settled quicker, capitalising on some Australian anxiety to take an early lead. Andrija Spanjevic played a pass from beyond his own goal line to set Mirko Djumic racing into the Australian zone. Unimpeded by defensemen, he opened the scoring in the fourth minute. But the deadly duo of Bronte and Wood showed once again why they had spent the week tormenting goalies, combining for two goals in a minute early in the middle stanza to turn the game around. First, Bronte teed up Wood for the equalizer; 34 seconds later the roles were reversed and Australia was ahead. Serbia responded with a brief flurry of shots on Downie’s net, but ran into penalty trouble. Australia won the subsequent face-off, Bronte’s shot was saved by Jug Mitic and Wood was on-hand to convert the power play after just six seconds. A 3-1 lead put Australia in complete command. The Aussies still faced problems, not least when Darcy Flanagan was ejected for the game for a check to the head, leading with his shoulder as he crunched an opposing player. Serbia’s Sergej Curcic sought to dispense some rough justice; more tellingly, Flanagan stormed off the ice, smashing his stick against the wall on his way back to the locker room. Bronte and Wood, though, were unruffled. Short-handed, they combined for Wood’s hat-trick goal after Bronte skated round the back of Mitic’s net. The only blot on the evening for the strike force came with five seconds left when Bronte failed with a penalty shot that would have made him the outright leading point-scorer in the contest. Instead he had to settle for 12 points and a share of the lead with Spain’s Liam O’Hare. Wood, who was the leading goalscorer with nine, ended with 11 points from five games. Australia’s head coach, Canada-born Steve Laforet, hailed another step forward for his adopted country’s hockey program. The 41-year-old, for many years a player and later coach with Melbourne Ice, said: “We’ve woken up a lot of countries around the world. We’re not just a little country in the south-east of the world any more, suddenly we’re a big blip on the map for hockey and for our program.” Speaking during the tournament in an interview on Ice Hockey Australia’s Facebook page, he added: “It’s not just the guys who’ve shown up for this tournament, it’s all the people back home who’ve done all the work to get concepts and systems for us. They’ve all done very, very well for us.” For many, Australia’s success was a surprise. The team had been relegated from this level in 2015, suffering chastening defeats to Spain (14-4) and Romania (18-3) along the way. But under Laforet, the youth program regrouped to bounce back at the first attempt with victory in Sofia, Bulgaria last year. Now he and his players are believers in their system … and know that it brings results. “No team is going to change the way we play,” the coach said. “We know our systems. We took a little bit of time off from that [against the Netherlands] and it cost us two goals.” Australia now advances to Division II Group A for next season, while Spain goes home with silver medals. Despite its defeat in the final game, Serbia has the consolation of a medal placing. The host nation edged out the Netherlands to take bronze by virtue of a 3-2 win on the opening night thanks to goals from Djumic, Viktor Kastel and Dusan Grkovic. A 3-2 success on the final afternoon saw Iceland consign winless Belgium to last place and relegation to Division IIIA. Results Thread

FIS FREESTYLE SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men's Slopestyle Final Results WILLIAMS Mcrae 93.80 KENWORTHY Gus 91.80 WOODS James 90.40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Women's Slopestyle Final Results LEDEUX Tess 85.60 DAHLSTROM Emma 83.80 ATKIN Isabel 83.20 Tess Ledeux and Mcrae Williams claim Sierra Nevada slopestyle gold The last event of the Sierra Nevada 2017 Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships went down on Sunday, with Tess Ledeux (FRA) and Mcrae Williams wrapping up two successful weeks in Spain with gold slopestyle medals. After a couple of bad weather days with high winds and difficult snow conditions, Sunday morning brought a major improvement as the world's best riders went looking to closer the 2017 world championships out with an exclamation point. Competition saw the top eight ladies and top 16 men selected through Saturday's qualifications and the semifinal round hosted earlier Sunday morning. With a strong selection of the best slopestyle athletes in the world on hand in Spain, the anticipation was high to see what would go down as soon as the first riders started dropping in on course. In the ladies' competition it was 15-years old Ledeux from France who was able to put down a superb second run and, with a score of 85.60 points, claimed the gold medal, also taking the honor of being the youngest world champion in the history of FIS Freestyle Skiing. The French rider impressed the judges with a solid combination of 540s and 720s on the jumps followed by an equally impressive rail game, with a highlight 450 off the a-frame.. "I'm very happy right now but I still can't believe to win the gold medal," Ledeux said following the awards ceremony, "It's a dream come true and a big motivator for the future. I want to keep progressing my skiing and hopefully be able to aim high also at next year's Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang." With this first place performance Leduex proved that she is definitely one of the ones to lead slopestyle into the future. The young french rider is having a tremendous breakout season. First, coming in as a World Cup rookie, she managed to grab the victory in the season's first stop in Font Romeu (FRA), then claimed the silver X Games medals in Aspen and Oslo, and finally finished things off with gold in Sierra Nevada. Second place went to Sweden's Emma Dahlstrom as she added her first world championships medal to an already remarkable collection of top 3 results at the slopestyle and big air World Cup circuit. Coming as one of the favorites for the podium spot, Dahlstrom didn't disappoint and showcased her trademark style on both jumps and rails pushing it hard in her third and final attempt. However her 83.80 points was not enough to beat the young french skier and she had to settle for a second spot. "I had some troubles on the course as the wind and changing snow conditions made it hard to figure out the speed, so it was great to finally land a run that I was satisfied with and that it was enough for the second place," the silver medalist Dahlstrom said after the event, "I wanted to give Tess a challenge today, but that girl is consistent and skis with so much power. Despite her young age she's already so inspiring and fun to watch." Great Britain's Isabel Atkin rounded out the ladies' podium in third with one of the cleanest runs of the days. She ripped through the upper part of the course smoothly, stomping some solid switch spins on the way, and though she kept her rail game rather safe she earned a score of 83.20 points and her piece of the world championships podium. Over on the men's side USA's Mcrae Williams left no doubts who was the best on the day, as the 2016/17 slopestyle World Cup crystal globe winner put it down when it mattered most this season. Sitting third after run 2, Williams went all-out on his third run sending a massive switch triple 1440 in addition to a very clean and stylish series of doubles as well as some really technical tricks on rails. 93.80 points, big smile and a gold world championships medal for Williams to wrap up two weeks of action in Sierra Nevada. After couple of solid years in competitive skiing, the experience has started to pay off for Williams. The 26-year-old freeskier from Park City is having an extraordinary season, coming from a silver medal at Aspen X Games, top spot in this season's World Cup opener in Font Romeu as well as the overall slopestyle World Cup victory and the Sierra Nevada 2017 World Championships gold medal as an icing on top of the cake. "I just can't believe it at this point," Mcrae commented on his gold medal,"I was just super happy to take the World Cup crystal globe and all the other podiums I had this year. This was the most consistent season in my career. I was really pushing for it to end it this way and it's obviously an honor to be here today and I just couldn't be more happy." Just behind Williams in second spot was his US teammate Gus Kenworthy. After struggling in the halfpipe competition on Saturday, the silver medalist from 2014 Sochi Olympic Games was able to to step it up today and put down a clean third run for a total score of 91.80 points and the silver medal. Also in men's competition third place went to the UK rider, as James Woods, who ranked second in slopestyle at world championships in Voss back in 2013, claimed his second FIS Freestyle Skiing world championships medal this time adding the bronze one to his collection. Starting off hot and leading after run one and two, Woods dropped to third after both Kenworthy and Williams stomped their runs. On his final attempt he threw all he had in the tank, and while his run looked like it might be back in the running for the gold, he crashed on the penultimate rail, and ended up finishing the competition with 90.60 points and the third step on the podium. Full Results Mens Qualification , Semifinal and Final Full Results Womens Qualification and Final Freestyle Skiing World Championships 2017 Final Medal Standing Here Tess Ledeux 2017 Womens Ski Slopestyle World Champion and Mcrae Williams 2017 Mens Ski Slopestyle World Champion

Mens Under 18 Division III Group B World Championships 2017 in Mexico City (MEX) Day 3 (19th March 2017) GMT -6 Last Day 19:00 Mexico vs South Africa 7-2 Final Ranking: Mexico as expected without any notable troubles dominate the tournament and won a deserved gold, title and promotion to the Mens Under 18 Division III Group A World Championships next year. Silver for Hong Kong with 3 points and bronze for South Africa pointless, losing both games, Hong Kong and South Africa will have to stay in the lowest under 18 category Division III Group B also for the next edition in 2018. The next tournament will be the Mens Under 18 Division III Group A in Chinese Taipei starting tomorrow, more info to come later

wow just wow...this feeling when you are among the last in ice hockey worlds contest and then suddenly as a total but total absolute rugby analphabet you won a rugby contest thanks guys. and congrats to all medalists and @tuniscof for the great job

Mens Under 18 Division III Group B World Championships 2017 in Mexico City (MEX) Day 3 Schedule (19th March 2017) GMT -6 Last Day 19:00 Mexico vs South Africa Day-Off: Hong Kong *Mexico has everything in it´s own hands, any point from this match will qualify them to the Division III A next year, even a lose by 5 goals will be enough. South Africa need to win by 6 goals to take the first place. Hong Kong is already out of the battle for gold.

Mens Under 18 Division II Group B World Championships 2017 in Belgrade (SRB) Day 5 (19th March 2017) GMT +1 Last Day 13:00 Netherlands vs Spain 2-5 16:30 Iceland vs Belgium 3-2 20:00 Serbia vs Australia 1-4 Final Ranking: Australia won the gold medal and title thanks the head to head win over Spain. Australia and Spain both finished the championships with 12 points so the result of the direct confrontation between both teams decided about the gold and promotion for the Under 18 Division II Group A next year. Silver Medals for Spain, the Spaniards finished the championships also with 12 points, unfortunately for them their only lose came against Australia, this means Spain will have to remains in U18 Division II Group B also for next season. Bronze medals went to the host nation, Serbia finished the tournament with 9 points the same as the Netherlands, so for the bronze medals there was needed the direct H2H result between them and it worked on Serbian favor 3-2. 4th The Netherlands with 9 points and 5th Iceland with 3 points thanks crucial todays win against Belgium will stay in Division II Group B for next year with Serbia and Spain as well Last 6th place remains to Belgium, finishing the tournamet pointless will be relegated to the Mens Under 18 Division III Group A next year.

Italian GS podium sweep, Myhrer wins final slalom On the final day of World Cup racing in the 2016/17 season, Federica Brignone led an Italian podium sweep in the GS – the first time the Italian women have done so in World Cup racing since 1996. She was joined on the podium by Sofia Goggia in second and Marta Bassino in third. With a fifth-place finish, Tessa Worley earned her career-first discipline globe, besting Mikaela Shiffrin by 85 points in the standings. “It was tough. Truly it was. I mean, I really wanted to ski with my heart, but my mind was always taking over sometimes. And in the second run, I knew I didn’t have a choice so I just went for it, kept it simple and I’m just really, really happy with the season. It wasn’t a dream! I mean, it’s true," said Worley with the globe in her hand. "I mean this season like I said it was a dream. Everything went so well. We worked really hard, but now I have it and the whole team has it, so I’m just really, really proud. There were some tough moments, but I made it, so I’m so happy." Worley secured the first GS globe for a French woman since 1993. With her consistent podium results, Goggia rounded out the discipline standings podium in third. Brignone noted in the press conference that her ski technician was also the serviceman for Deborah Compagnoni when she led the 1996 sweep in Norway. In a repeat performance from last season's finals, Andre Myhrer of Sweden claimed victory in the last slalom of the year for his first podium finish since St. Moritz in 2016. Felix Neureuther skied a blistering second run to move from sixth into second place. Austria's Michael Matt held on for the final podium spot in third. Marcel Hirscher led after the first run but fell back to fourth place, still he collected his fourth career slalom globe. It capped off a career-best season for the Austrian technical ace with two World Championship titles, two discipline globes, and his sixth consecutive Overall title. "It is amazing. You know, we are often thinking about it – how many years it will be possible to ski on this high level – but at the moment it’s a lot of fun," said Hirscher. “Well, I’m hoping for it [to get even better] because otherwise then it’s better to stop at the moment. But anyway, it will be a challenging summer for me and for the whole team to be in shape for next season." The 2017/18 World Cup season is scheduled to begin in Soelden, Austria, on 28 October. Full Results Men and Women 2016/17 Mens Slalom World Cup Final Ranking Here 2016/17 Mens World Cup Final Standing Here Mens Nations Cup Final Standing Here 2016/17 Womens Giant Slalom World Cup Final Ranking Here 2016/17 Womens World Cup Final Standing Here Womens Nations Cup Final Standing Here Mixed Nations Cup Final Standing Here Mens Slalom last 6 Skiers of 2nd Run Federica Brignone 2nd Run

Bjoergen and Klaebo win World Cup finals in Quebec Marit Bjoergen and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway have won the World Cup finals in Quebec City, Canada. Bjoergen and her teammate Heidi Weng began the final day of the 2017 FIS Cross-Country World Cup season separated by one second and finished the ladies’ 10 km pursuit 1.2 seconds apart. In third place was Sweden’s Stina Nilsson +1:00 behind. In the men’s competition Klaebo continued his impressive season winning the men’s 15 km pursuit and the mini-tour in a photo finish over Canada’s Alex Harvey. The top three men in the mini-tour came into the finish together and were separated by just 0.1 second with Norway’s Niklas Dyrhaug take the third spot. Full Results Men and Women World Cup Finals Final Standing Men and Women 2016/17 World Cup Distance Final Ranking Men and Women 2016/17 World Cup Final Ranking Men and Women Nations Cup Final Ranking Men and Women

Kamil Stoch and Stefan Kraft celebrate wins in Vikersund Kamil Stoch of Poland won Sunday's Ski Flying event on the "Monsterbakken" in Vikersund. In an extremely exciting competition, Stoch had jumps of 238.5 m and 237 m (466.6 points) and took the win ahead of Noriaki Kasai of Japan (239.5 m and 241.5 m; 448.0 points) and Austria's Michael Hayboeck (241.5 m and 222.5 m; 430.4 points). This was the 22nd win in the World Cup for Stoch, the second in Ski Flying. It was also a dramatic final of the battle for the RAW AIR overall title. At the end Stefan Kraft of Austria could take home the first ever RAW AIR trophy. US American Kevin Bickner fell, but didn't suffer any serious injuries. "This was a great success for me today. Ski Flying is always difficult, because the speed is much higher and small mistakes cost you more than in Ski Jumping. When the conditions are changing like today it's even more difficult for us. I really liked this RAW AIR Tournament, the organization was really good, I can't complain about anything. Every competition was on the highest level and for me it was an honor to take part in this Tournament. Next year I'll try to be even better prepared. I'm sorry that Andreas didn't win, he was the most consistent athlete and made only one mistake. And that was today, when it was most important", Stoch said after his win. Noriaki Kasai is one of a kind One athlete wasn't impressed at all by the difficult conditions on the HS 225 Vikersundbakken, that were challenging for many athletes. Veteran Noriaki Kasai had to calm flights of 239.5 m and 241.5 m. The 44-year-old finished second and achieved his 62nd podium finish. "This is fantastic, incredible. The conditions were difficult today and I had some luck. Now I'm looking forward to the weekend in Planica and I want to win there. Then winning a gold medal in PyeongChang is my next big goal, I haven't won Olympic gold yet", Kasai said about his next goals after today's competition. Hayboeck best Austrian "It was a great day for me. The last days weren't that easy, especially with the 26th place in Trondheim. Ski Flying is something different and I got better and better with every jump and I'm really happy that I could achieve my first podium in Ski Flying today. The conditions were great for Ski Flying, head wind is always good. Of course it was also changing a bit, but you have to focus on yourself and it was not dangerous at any time. The ten days of the RAW AIR were very exciting, it was something new. I hope that we will have this Tournament again next year", explained Hayboeck. For the first time during this RaW AIR Tournament, Stefan Kraft was not the best Austrian in a competition. Shock for Kevin Bickner US American Kevin Bickner was the "Man of the Day" in Vikersund. At first he had great flights in the trial round (233.5 m) and in the first round (244.5 m), both were new personal bests and US records and enthused the fans. In the final Bickner soared to 234.5 m again, but crashed after the landing. He was treated in the outrun and then taken to the ambulance. But the good news came later this evening when he went to dinner together with his teammates. "Everything is okay, nothing happened, only a few bruises", Bickner said and smiled. Andreas Wellinger's RAW AIR dream ended on the final stretch Actually everything was on track for Andreas Wellinger, he was leading after the first round with a great jump of 242 m, then Stefan Kraft, with whom Wellinger was fighting for this overall title for the last ten days, made a mistake in the final and landed already after 215 m. Wellinger just needed a solid jump on the huge Vikersundbakken. Then it got dramatic: Wellinger had difficult conditions and not his best jump, he landed at 166 m and was devastated. He finished 18th and third in the overall RAW AIR ranking. This overall win would have been his biggest individual title so far - and it was close. Wellinger was deeply disappointed. The coaches and other team members comforted him right away, but still it's a huge disappointment. With today's win Kamil Stoch took the second place in the RAW AIR. First winner of this new Tournament was Austria's Stefan Kraft, who was awarded the RAW AIR trophy by Norwegian prime minister Erna Stolberg and won a prize money of 60 000,- Euro. "I took too much risk in my second jump and I really had to fight for every meter. I tried everything to fly over 200 m and then Andreas also had some problems and not the best conditions. It showed that everything can happen in Ski Flying and that you have to remain focused until the last jump. Now I'm really happy that I'm the first overall winner. The RAW AIR was well organized, the team took good care about us and so we could show lots of great jumps. Everything was good, but now we are happy that it's over. It was a great experience", said Kraft. Local hero Johann Andre Forfang had the longest jump of the day with 245.5 m in the second round and was the best Norwegian in fourth. He closely missed the podium today and came in less than two points behind Michael Hayboeck. Also in the overall ranking of the RAW AIR the best Norwegian, Andreas Stjernen (ninth on Sunday) was fourth. Only a few days before the World Cup final in front of their home crowd in Planica, the Slovenes proved that they always have to be reckoned with on the world's largest hills. Peter Prevc, Jurij Tepes and Domen Prevc finished on the places six to eight today and seem to be very well prepared for the upcoming tasks. Behind Kevin Bickner, who achieved his best World Cup result in 15th despite the fall, Simon Ammann was 16th and presented himself in a really good shape as well with jumps of 239.5 m and 230 m. Young Italian Alex Insam was 25th and scored his first World Cup points. RAW AIR has a future The premiere of the RAW AIR Tournament got very positive feedback by athletes, coaches and officials. This new Tour has a big future. The Ski Jumping World Cup ends next weekend with the final events in Planica (SLO). Three Ski Flying competitions (2 individual, 1 team) will be held there. Poland's Kamil Stoch and Austria's Stefan Kraft will be fighting for the overall title there. Currently Kraft has a lead of 31 points over Stoch. Full Results Here

The incredible Eric Frenzel wins the day and his fifth overall Once more, Nordic Combined superstar Eric Frenzel has made history. He won the last event of the season, making it a double victory in Schonach, and also his fifth consecutive overall. In the end Frenzel beat rival Rydzek by 125 points. Francois finished second in the event, +7.7 seconds after Frenzel, Japanese Akito Watabe was third (+11.2). With this result, he also captured rank three in the overall from Fabian Rießle with 1086 over 1069 points. Local hero Tobias Simon got to enjoy a lot of time in the Leader Board as the 24-year-old German won the jumping round with bib number three. 104.5 metres proved to be unbeatable today and 128.2 points gave Simon a head start of 27 seconds on runner-up Johannes Rydzek for the race. Rydzek did not give up on the overall World Cup and announced his intentions for the victory of the day with a 101.5 metre jump. 121.5 points meant starting position two and 30 seconds of advantage on Eric Frenzel, who ranked eighth after the jump. Jan Schmid repeated a strong jumping result and finished third today. 101 metres and 121.3 points meant a starting time of +0:28 after Simon. Young athletes were out in full force in the top ten of the jumping part: Mario Seidl was fourth, Vinzenz Geiger fifth, Espen Andersen sixth, Samuel Costa seventh, Leevi Mutru ninth and Antoine Gerard tenth. Local hero Fabian Rießle unfortunately fell after landing a good jump of 102 metres. He had to start from position 38 with a delay of one minute and 51 seconds, while his rival for the third position in the overall, Akito Watabe, ranked 16th with 94.5 metres and a time behind of one minute and 14 seconds. The situation before the race was tense: If Rydzek took the win, Frenzel would have to finish at least fourth to secure his fifth consecutive overall. During the race, it first looked like Eric Frenzel would speculate to rank fourth or better as the defending overall champion let Johannes Rydzek ski away at the head of the field. First accompanied by Jan Schmid, Rydzek held the lead for the first seven kilometres of the race. After Schmid dropped off, Frenzel switched into higher gears and also went for the victory of the day. Looking strong, he caught Rydzek, who had nothing left to fight against Frenzel. In the end, it was a triumphal finish for the Nordic Combined legend, while a tired Rydzek dropped back to position nine in the end. Francois Braud used the moment to capture the second place, beating out Akito Watabe, who still beamed with this result as it meant he secured the overall third rank. Rival Fabian Rießle finished 15th in a photo finish against Jørgen Graabak. Finland's youngster Eero Hirvonen collected another great fourth place. Full Results Here 2016/17 World Cup Final Standing Here 2016/17 Nations Cup Final Standing Here

Some new teams did qualified during last days for the next seasons Champions League, the last one for now was yesterday Cardiff Devils the first Welsh team in history to play the champions league. Cardiff won the british regular season and has won 1 of the last 2 spots for the champions league. After KHL refused the offered 2 wild cards, The organizers promptly decided to allocate them for the British League regular season winner and the Champion of Poland. LIST OF ALREADY QUALIFIED CLUBS FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2017/18 (15/32) Frölunda Indians (SWE), Nottingham Panthers (GBR), SC Bern (SUI), Zürich SC Lions (SUI), EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT), Vienna Capitals (AUT), Adler Mannheim (GER), EHC Red Bull Munich (GER), Bílí Tygři Liberec (CZE), HC Oceláři Třinec (CZE), Tappara Tampere (FIN), Växjö Lakers (SWE), HV 71 (SWE), TPS Turku (FIN), Cardiff Devils (GBR) 32 clubs will play Champions League 2017/18 5 from Sweden and Finland, 4 from Switzerland and Czech Republic, 3 from Germany and Austria, 1 from Slovakia, Norway, Belarus, France, Denmark and Poland (only the cnational champions). also 1 from Great Britain (Regular season winner - Cardiff) and 1 for the Continental Cup Winner (Nottingham),

with 2 bronze medals in both ski slopestyles

Unfortunately it´s improbable in biathlon. but certainly there will be some athletes in a couple of other sports

Sincerely I have no idea. but probably the french coach threw bullets for Fourcade in the 2nd shooting, which is ofc unauthorized

Ochner and March triumph in Winterberg PSL Team event The 2016-17 FIS alpine snowboard World Cup season closed out in Winterberg today with a PSL team event staged on the Poppenberg slope in pouring rain again. Italy's Nadya Ochner and Aaron March grabbed the win ahead of 2017 PSL world champions Daniela Ulbing and Andreas Prommegger of Austria. “It was a fantastic race. It weren't the best conditions with the rain but the slope hold out pretty well. It was a pleasure to ride with Aaron today. I was pretty confident that he would do well today after he finished second yesterday. So, I just had to make sure that I go as fast as I could – and it worked out well,” said Ochner with teammate March adding: “It's a fantastic finish of the season. It was fun racing today, especially as Nadya was paving the road to victory very well. She gave me some pressure to go fast.” Germany's Carolin Langenhorst and yesterday's triumphant racer Stefan Baumeister rounded out the podium as third doing their home country proud by beating Switzerland's Julie Zogg and Dario Caviezel in the small final. The second PSL Team event was the first one ever to be staged on German soil. In the team event, the second racer starts as soon as the first one has crossed the finish line. It's a format which provided tons of thrilling duels from start to finish today – including the battle for first and third as both heats featured some exciting head to head racing and were decided by the tiny mere of 0.03 seconds. Full Results Here

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Mens Under 18 Division III Group B World Championships 2017 in Mexico City (MEX) Day 2 (19th March 2017) GMT -6 20:00 South Africa vs Hong Kong 2-3