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Not good 1st runs from the slovaks tonight Petra DNF after a very dumb mistake and Veronika clearly still didn´t recover from illness and lost too much forces...

and btw we never won against african team in all history unbelievable but true. never. here all our matches https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoznam_zápasov_slovenského_národného_futbalového_mužstva 1994 - Egypt - SVK 1-0 (friendly tournament in UAE) 1994 - Morocco - SVK 2-1 (friendly tournament in UAE) 2001 - Algeria - SVK 1-1 friendly match in Algiers 2010 - Cameroon - SVK 1-1 test match in Austria for World Cup 2010 and now 2016 Uganda - SVK 3-1 friendly in UAE

well it wasn´t Team Slovakia, the team is called "Ligový výber" Team of Slovak league, so I assume it´s the reason why it will not be counted.

After one day break Tomorrow Tuesday will continue the battles in the womens Under 18 top division with the last day of the preliminary round. also the 3rd day of the mens Under 20 division II B. The womens Under 18 divisions I A and I B will have their first of two programmed rest days. Mens Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships in Logroňo (ESP) Day 3 Schedule (10th January 2017) GMT +1 13:00 South Korea vs Australia 16:30 Serbia vs Belgium 20:00 Spain vs Mexico Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Top Division World Championships in Czech Republic Day 3 Schedule (10th January 2017) GMT +1 Preliminary Round last day Group A in Zlín 15:30 USA vs Canada *Traditional Match of the two top favorites, both countries are already qualified for the semifinals, tomorrows game will just determinate the 1st and 2nd place of the group and thus teorethically better opponent in the semifinals. 19:30 Russia vs Sweden *Both Teams already know that they will must play the quarterfinals, tomorrow they will fight for the 3rd and 4th place in the group, and for a "easier" opponent in the QF. Group B in Přerov 16:15 Czech Republic vs Finland *Finland already qualified for the Quarterfinals will want to top the group and avoid the 3rd placed team of Group A, The Host team still fight for the quarters in case of win they will qualify, if it will be a win in regulation time they will advance from 1st place if it will be a win after overtime/GWS from 2nd place behind Finland. 20:15 Japan - Switzerland *The match may be important for Switzerland, If Finland will beat Czech Republic, Switzerland will still fight for the quarterfinals and in case of win will accompany Finland in the play-offs, For Japan this match hasn´t any big meaning, the Japanese girls might take this game as another practice, because they already know that they will play the relegation round, their opponent will be known after tomorrows games and it will be one of the Czech Republic/Switzerland. Livestreams

Womens Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships in Budapest (HUN) Day 2 (9th January 2017) 12:00 France vs Norway 2-3 after OT 15:30 Slovakia vs Austria 3-2 19:00 Germany vs Hungary 3-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships in Katowice (POL) Day 2 (9th January 2017) 13:00 Italy vs China 4-2 16:30 Denmark vs Great Britain 5-1 20:00 Kazakhstan vs Poland 2-4

yes they mentioned it in the article (Mandic and Jaksic), but still Serbia is huge favorite, maybe the chances aren´t now 100%-0% but some 90%-10% also I read that we will play without our best goalkeeper Kozmer and best scorer Faměra, so the chances are probably again 100-0

This is just insane how we need some 100000000000 shoots to score a goal

So tomorrow is scheduled a great day in SVK. we will host the worlds, european, olympic etc... champions Unbelievable thing, even in our medias we can find today articles about a water polo match with both rosters http://sport.aktuality.sk/c/255297/vodne-polo-sl-silu-slovakov-preveria-v-novakoch-favorizovani-srbi/ Hope our Serbian friends will be friendly with us and will show some mercy

our league team lost yesterday in UAE with Uganda 3-1. even the fact that it was the last test for Uganda before the upcomming African Cup of Nations and they are visibly in the final preparation mode and our players are already some 2 months in the hibernation mood it´s another prove how fantastic and strong is our football league. better to cancel all this joke and save money only good point of the match, a ton of our young players experienced yesterday their National Team debut btw it looks like there many Ugandans in Abu Dhabi

Tomorrow Monday will offer a day off in the womens Under 18 Top division and in the mens Under 20 Division II B as well, but the womens Under 18 divisions I A and I B will continue with their second playing day. Womens Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships in Budapest (HUN) Day 2 Schedule (9th January 2017) GMT +1 12:00 France vs Norway 15:30 Slovakia vs Austria 19:00 Germany vs Hungary Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships in Katowice (POL) Day 2 Schedule (9th January 2017) GMT +1 13:00 Italy vs China 16:30 Denmark vs Great Britain 20:00 Kazakhstan vs Poland Livestreams

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finland - Japan 2-0 Finns win vs pesky Japanese Nieminen provides both goals in a Finnish win Petra Nieminen scored twice and Jenna Silvanen made 17 saves for the shutout as Finland edged a feisty Japanese team 2-0. Petra Nieminen scored twice and Jenna Silvanen made 17 saves for the shutout as Finland edged a feisty Japanese team 2-0. Japan was just promoted to the top division of the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship this year, but in two games they have given fits to two countries that have won medals in this tournament before. After falling 3-2 to the host Czech Republic yesterday, they played Finland close tonight, and were within a goal into the last period. Remarkable was not just that they kept the score close, but again the play was not one-sided. The first period was scoreless, with the Finns managing a slim 7-6 shots advantage. The Finns opened the scoring just 23 seconds into the second period, with Nieminen receiving the pass in the high slot, swooping down low and firing a wrist shot over the glove of Ayu Tonasaki, who was playing her first game of the tournament. But if anyone expected the floodgates to open at that point, they were mistaken. The Finns did get a couple of decent chances, but Tonasaki made some good saves. Once again, the Finns started the third period with jump and nearly scored another first-minute goal, but couldn't jam the puck in at the side of the net. Nieminen did add her second goal of the game six minutes later with another nice shot. That was all the scoring, however. With six points in two games, Finland now leads Group B, and a single point on Tuesday against the Czech Republic will be enough to secure top spot. As for the Japanese, they'll be in the relegation series, but Tuesday's action will determine their opponent.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden - USA 0-4 Americans keep going Reideborn kept it close in 4-0 loss Team USA scored three second-period goals to blow open a close game and skate to a 4-0 win over Sweden at PSG Arena in Zlin. The win keeps the Americans tied with Canada for first place in Group A while Sweden is now winless in two games. The Americans poured on the shots and could have won by many more goals, but goaltender Sofia Reideborn was sensational. She stopped 57 of 61 shots while Sweden fired 23 shots at Lindsay Reed. "We have a good goalie," Sweden's coach Ylva Lindberg said, "so it’s okay to give up shots on goal. But what we can’t do is give them good scoring chances. We did in the second, but in the third we were much better." The Americans have yet to lose to Sweden in WW18 play, a string of success that includes eight previous wins (now nine) and a goals for-against ratio of 56-4 (now 60-4). In fact, the last time Sweden so much as scored one goal against the U.S. was in 2009, a period that now includes seven straight shutouts. The Americans got the only goal of the first and could have had several more except for Reideborn, who faced an incredible 27 shots. Delaney Drake found the net, though, on a great play, coming out of the corner with a deke and beating Reideborn to the short side with a quick shot. The period might have gone differently had Sweden not cashed in on an early two-man advantage, but the American penalty kill was aggressive and put too much pressure on the Swedes’ playmaking abilities. "I thought we played really well," said Anneke Linser. "We played like a team and had a lot of positive energy on the bench. And I think killing those two penalties off right away was a big factor in how the game developed." The Swedes played their best hockey in the first half of the second period. They forechecked well, pressured the American defence, and pressured the puck carrier effectively. The only thing they couldn’t do was create many decent scoring chances on Reed. When Linser knocked in a back-side rebound at 9:51, it felt as though Sweden had lost its chance. Less than a minute later, captain Cayla Barnes scored from the point on a power play, and at 17:23 Natalie Heising made it 4-0 on a nice end-to-end rush off a turnover at the U.S. blue line. "They move the puck so well," Lndberg acknowledged. "When we make the right decisions, we do well, but later in the second period we gave them too many chances. It was a big down for us and a big up for them." Teams have a day off tomorrow, but on Tuesday it wil be the United States facing Canada and the Swedes taking on Russia. The U.S. might well have the upper hand in the game given that the players arrived for today's game when the Canada-Russia game was tied 2-2 eary in the third period. "It gives us the thought that we have to step on them right away, get them behind and have a quick start," Linser said.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Switzerland - Czech Republic 3-2 after GWS Ruedi scores shootout winner 'Maurer Power' backstops Swiss to shootout win Lisa Ruedi scored the only goal of the shootout and was credited with her second goal of the game as Switzerland beat the Czech Republic 3-2. However, the real hero of the game was goaltender Saskia Maurer, without whom the game would have got nowhere near overtime. Through 65 minutes of hockey the shots on goal were 46-14 in favour of the Czechs, but Mauer was unbeatable for nearly two periods as her team built up a two-goal lead. The Czechs battled back, but in the end the Swiss take the extra point. “The hardest part was the traffic in front,” Maurer said afterward. “I couldn't see some of the shots.” It was the second straight game where Switzerland was out-shot by more than 2-1. When asked the difference between the two games, Maurer said that “there were more shots in this one.” “We are very happy and very proud that we could win this type of game,” said Swiss head coach Andrea Kroni. When asked about Maurer, Kroni replied, “Oh, she did a great job! She's really young – not even 16 yet – but she's a really good goalkeeper and that's why she's here.” For Czech goaltender Kristyna Blahova, the game was also challenging, but in a different way. "It was very difficult to stay sharp with so few shots," she said afterward. "For a goalie, the hardest thing might be if you only get two shots in a period.” “We're disappointed with the outcome,” said Czech coach Jan Fidrmuc. “The way we played for two periods, it never should have gone to a shootout. We made a nice comeback, but unfortunately it didn't lead to a victory. The Swiss goalie played very well.” It was another large and enthusiastic gathering in Prerov as 2230 came out to support the Czech team, but Noemi Ryhner silenced them less than three minutes in, converting Shannon Sigrist's pass and quickly firing it between Blahova's legs. The Czechs shook it off and dominated the rest of the first period but were unable to score a goal, and the Swiss got a lucky bounce in the 16th minute to double their lead. Ryhner's shot deflected over the net and took a strange bounce off the end boards. Blahova took just long enough to find the puck to give the chance to Ruedi, who was parked right at the side of the net as the puck came to her. Overall the shots were 11-6 in favour of the Czechs in the first period, but the tournament hosts completely took over the game in the second period in all aspects but on the scoreboard. They fired 23 shots at Mauer in the middle frame, and they would need all of them before they found an opening. “In the second period we took a step back,” said Kroni. “We stopped playing aggressively and backed off and allowed the Czech Republic to have a lot of chances.” The best chance was a clear-cut breakaway by Noemi Neubauerova just past the game's midpoint. The Czech forward made a great move and appeared to freeze Maurer before going to the forehand deke, but the Swiss goalie managed to stretch her left skate back to the goalpost and take away the room that Neubauerova appeared to have. Asked if it was her best save of the game, Maurer grinned and replied, “It was one of them.” “We played better than yesterday and out-skated our opponents, but we didn't score enough goals,” Neubauerova sighed. “After the first period we came on strong, we didn't quit, and that's important.” After driving to the net in ever-increasing waves, it was finally a fortunate bounce for the Czechs that got them on the board. On the power play with just over a minute left in the period, Adela Skrdlova barely kept the puck onside at the point, then let go a wrister toward the crowd of players in front. It hit Aneta Cornova, who wasn't even facing the play, and deflected over the shoulder of Maurer, who didn't see a thing. Following the shooting gallery on Maurer that was the second period, the Swiss tidied up their team defence somewhat in the third period and greatly reduced the number of shots against, but they didn't prevent the tying goal. Magdalena Erbenova pounced on a loose puck in the neutral zone, made a couple of nice moves to get into a good shooting position and fired a wrister just inside the far post with 8:23 to play in regulation time. After a scoreless overtime, the game was decided in a shootout, where Maurer made three more saves. Blahova stopped the first two shots she faced, but in the third round was beaten by a perfect shot by Ruedi, which went off the back bar and out so quickly that the goal wasn't awarded until referee Yana Zueva consulted a linesman and the goal judge. The Czechs momentarily lead Group B now with four points, while the Swiss are third with two. After two games in two days, the teams will have Monday off before finishing off the group stage on Tuesday – the Czechs against Finland with first place on the line, and Switzerland against Japan. “We'll celebrate this win but that will only last one hour,” Kroni asserted. “After that we'll start looking ahead to Japan, and we have to win that game.”

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canada - Russia 4-2 Canada survives scare Russians were 2-2 in 3rd before falling, 4-2 Canada scored two goals in the third to break a 2-2 tie and defeat Russia in a game that was fiercely competitive throughout. The score should come as lttile surprise. Although Canada had won all six previous meetings in WW18 play by a cumulative score of 22-8, there were several close games, notably a 1-0 overtime win in 2014 and a narrow 3-2 win in 2015. Russian goalie Valeria Merkusheva was sensational in keeping the score close. The Canadians peppered her with 45 shots while facing only 14, but Amy Potomak and Brette Pettet managed to bang pucks by her in the third to create the margin of victory. Potomak's goal came on the power play after three sparkling saves by Merkusheva, while Pettet's was a close-in shot off a scramble. "It’s going to be hard to score pretty goals here, so one important thing for us is get to the net and pound pucks in," Pettet said. "It worked out for me at the end, which is great." "We were faster on offense and played well defensively today compared to yesterday [6-1 loss to the U.S.], and, of course, we didn’t make as many bad mistakes as we did against the U.S.," Merkusheva noted. Indeed, both teams incurred only two minor penalties each. Yesterday, the Russians had five short-handed situations to deal with. "They’re just a good team, plain and simple," said Canada's coach, Troy Ryan. "There’s not one thing in particular they did well today. They played well in the neutral zone. They play a 1-3-1 and try to clog things up. But they compete, play physical. We had the luxury of watching them play the U.S., so we knew what we were getting ourselves into." Both teams have a day off before a critical final slate of games in the round robin. Canada will play the United States in one and Russia will face Sweden in the other. The top two teams in Group A get a bye directly to the semi-finals while the third and fourth teams play the top two teams in Group B (playing in Prerov) in the quarter-finals. The first period for Russia today was much the same as yesterday against the U.S. They came out of it trailing, this time, 1-0, but they kept their opponents largely to the periphery and played a physical game. The only goal was not a highlight-reel gem, but they all count. Alexa Vasko banged home a loose puck at 8:25 after goalie Merkusheva failed to cover up the initial shot. Shots favoured Canada, 15-2, and Edith D’Astous-Moreau had only two long shots to contend with. But the Russians came out flying in the second, and they were rewarded for their skating and tenacious play. Alina Orlova’s long shot was tipped in front by Oxana Bratisheva at 4:17, tying the game. More incredibly, the Russians took a 2-1 lead some four minutes later, executing a two-on-one perfectly. Alyona Starovoitova, a left-hand shot, skated down the right wing and instead of passing opted to shoot. She beat D’Astous-Moreau over the glove on the short side, stunning the Canadians. This marked only the third time Russia has ever had a lead on Canada in WW18 play and it was the latest in a game as well. Both previous occasions (2010, 2015) were 1-0 leads in the first period. Despite this moment of importance, Canada got down to business and tied the score a scant 38 seconds later. Gabrielle David’s shot was blocked by Merkusheva, but Audrey-Anne Veillette smacked in the rebound, her first goal in a Canada sweater. Captain Ashton Bell collected the puck for her, but Canada was in a fight. The rest of the period was evenly played, and soon after a Russia power play almost resulted in a third goal and another lead. As it stood, the Russians skated with the Canadians, blocked shots, and played an even game throughout. They lacked the necessary firepower to test D'Astous-Moreau regularly, but they sure gave Canada plenty to think about. "I think both teams got off to a good start," Pettet summarized. "It was a physical game, but the biggest thing for us was getting better throughout the game, which I think we did. Hopefully we’ll do the same throughout the tournament."

Mens Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships in Logroňo (ESP) Day 2 (8th January 2017) 13:00 South Korea vs Belgium 3-1 16:30 Australia vs Mexico 5-6 after OT 20:00 Spain vs Serbia 4-2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Womens Under 18 Top Division World Championships in Czech Republic Day 2 (8th January 2017) Group A in Zlín 15:30 Canada vs Russia 4-2 19:30 Sweden vs USA 0-4 Group B in Přerov 16:15 Switzerland vs Czech Republic 3-2 after GWS 20:15 Finland vs Japan 2-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Womens Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships in Budapest (HUN) Day 1 (8th January 2017) 12:00 Austria vs France 2-1 15:30 Norway vs Germany 3-2 19:00 Hungary vs Slovakia 0-4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Womens Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships in Katowice (POL) Day 1 (8th January 2017) 13:00 Great Britain vs Italy 0-3 16:30 China vs Kazakhstan 4-1 20:00 Poland vs Denmark 0-2

Takanashi unbeatable again Sara Takanashi also won the second competition on the big hill in Oberstdorf. In partly heavy snowfall in Bavaria the Japanese remained unimpressed with the conditions and set her jumps to 124,0 and 129,0 meters. 263,0 points gave her a more then solid advance of 28,9 points ahead of Slovenia’s Ema Klinec. The third place went to Irina Avvakumova of Russia. Difficult conditions Takanashi said afterwards: „The conditions where tricky today. But first of all I am grateful to everyone who helped to make the competition possible. I am very happy with my weekend. Now I am looking forward to the competitions in Japan.“ After the first round it was still a tight race between Takanashi and Klinec with the Japanese in the lead by only three points. After her first jump to 127,5 meters Klinec could not pull of such a distance in the final round again. 115,5 meters and 234,1 points put her on second place and for the first time this season on the World Cup podium. Klinec said: „This result is extremely important for me. I’ve had a tough summer with some mental issues. But I feel stronger now and hope I can hang on with this level of my jumps in Japan.“ Tight race for third place Irina Avvakumova, who already was second on Saturday, did not seem to be able to make it to the podium again. With 112,5 meters she was only on 11th place after the first round. A great final jump to 124,5 meters and 223,7 points had been just enough for another big success for the Russian team. Avvakumova said: „This weekend went very good for me. The conditions did not bother me. In Russia we are jumping no matter how the conditions are. And usually they are bad. I am curious if I can jump that god on the normal hill next week.“ Behind Avvakumova Japans Yuki Ito came back from 12th place after the first round and missed the podium by only 0,1 point. The other way around things went for Austria’s Daniela Iraschko-Stolz. Iraschko-Stolz can´t hold her position On third place after the first round her final jump to 117,5 meters was a little too short for the podium. 0,3 point where lagging to the podium. Norway’s Maren Lundby got back in track after a disappointing 14th place on Saturday and finished sixth this time ahead of the best Germans Svenja Wuerth and Carina Vogt. Chiara Hoelzl of Austria climbed up the ladder in the final round from 15th to 9th place, local hero Katharina Althaus finished on 10th place. Nita Englund, who won the qualification round, was still in touch with the podium on 4th place after the first round and finished on a still very decent 12th place behind Yuka Seto of Japan. Slovenia’s Maja Vtic, Japans Kaori Iwabuchi and Taylor Henrich of Canada completed the top 15. For the Italian team Elena Runggaldier and Manuela Malsiner on places 17 and 21 scored, Julia Kykkaenen finished 19th for Finland ahead of the best French lady Lea Lemare. The Czech one-lady team with Barbora Blazkova came in on 23rd place. Full Results Here

Ustiugov wins Tour de Ski in record fashion Sergey Ustiugov of Russia, a World champion at the Junior and U23 levels is now a winner of the FIS Tour de Ski. Ustiugov impressively won 5 of 7 stages - a record for the Tour - in the 11th edition of the Tour de Ski to finish with a 1:02.9 minute lead over Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby. Sundby managed to pull back only 9 seconds on the final stage climb up Alpe Cermis. Perhaps the most exciting part of the men's competition was the battle for places 3rd - 7th which featured some of the World's fastest climbers. Switzerland's Dario Cologna began the day in third place roughly 30 seconds ahead of Finland's Matti Heikkinen and France's Maurice Manificat and was at one point with less than one kilometer remaining joined by Manificat. Despite Manificat and Heikkinen recording the first and second fastest times of the day, Cologna held on for third place in the Tour overall finishing +1:19.1 behind Ustiugov and 7.8 seconds ahead of Manificat. Heikkinen crossed the finish line another 4.4 seconds later for 5th place. After finishing second place on time twice before Manificat completed the 9 km final stage in a time of 29:20.0 for the best of the day. Norway's Hans Christer Holund recorded the third fastest time of the day +15.8 seconds back. Heikkinen in second place was just +6.1 behind Manificat. Sweden's Marcus Hellner who moved from 7th to 6th place on the final stage was the 4th fastest on the day +19.0, just ahead of Cologna in 5th +22.7. Ustiugov recorded the 16th (1:07.7), Sundby 12th (58.7) and Canada's Alex Harvey who started the day in 3rd slipped to 7th with the 14th (1:04.9) time on the stage. Full Results Here Tour de Ski 2016/17 Final Standings Here

Kristoffersen takes the win with a 1.83 margin The slalom season is in full swing in January, with the 5th race of the season being held on the traditional Chuenisbärgli in Adelboden. After cleaning the hill from approximately 10 cm of fresh snow in the morning, the course crew was rewarded with a brief moment of sunshine, which quickly disappeared behind a dense fog right after the beginning of the race. In the lead after the first run, with a portion of luck with the weather and impressive slalom skills, Henrik Kristoffersen was even able to raise the level in second run. The Norwegian wins with a +1.83 advantage over his main contenders, which is the biggest gap in slalom since 2002, and claims his 12th podium, including 9 wins, in the 14 last races he participated in. "This was really good. This was really cool. I had a bit of luck with the light in the first run, but I don't think I had luck with the skiing. In the second run, even though it was tough, I still did really good. Today was an awesome day for sure. I don't think you can expect the same as last year, last year was pretty outstanding but I hope I can ski good, keep skiing the way I did today; as long as I can do that, I'm happy." Manfred Moelgg, who won the slalom in Zagreb three days ago, laid down another strong performance and takes 3rd place, his 20th World Cup podium in career. The Italian broke the record of second oldest slalom winner in Zagreb and proved that experience can also be a huge advantage in the ski racing world. "Tough race. The conditions were not so easy. Adelboden is always the same, it's difficult. Fantastic people here and I'm very happy about second place and compliments to Henrik, one second eighty, it's a lot but it was not so easy. He skied very fast in the second run." Third place goes to Marcel Hirscher, who is now sharing the lead of the slalom standings with Kristoffersen. The Austrian had bad luck with the weather in the first run but charged the course in second run to lay down the third fastest time of second run and grab 3rd place on the podium. "I think a third place is for today absolutely the maximum. 140 points for this weekend is not too bad, let's keep on going. Second run was nearly the same for everyone; first run was a big difference between the numbers but we are outside and this is what you have to deal with. This is skiing, not ice hockey." After a great racing week-end in Adelboden, with over 40’000 spectators in total, the men’s World Cup Tour will move to Wengen, also located in the Swiss Alps approximately two hours away, for an Alpine Combined on Friday, a Downhill on Saturday and another Slalom on Sunday. Full Results Here Henrik Kristoffersen 1st Run Henrik Kristoffersen 2nd Run

Shiffrin strikes again as Hansdotter hits first podium of the season Mikaela Shiffrin sat in the lead by 0.17 seconds ahead of Swiss Wendy Holdener and 0.38 up on Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter after the first run of slalom in Maribor, Slovenia, on Sunday. The podium would remain unchanged in the second run, though the times did tighten up as Shiffrin claimed her 27th career World Cup victory and second Golden Fox Award for the weekend overall. “When I was a kid, I dreamed about being the best in the world in all the different events, so it’s always a step in the right direction to be performing well in two, at least,” Shiffrin said. Veronika Velez Zuzulova, starting bib 7, posted green light splits on Shiffrin in the first run but then skied out without finishing. She has been struggling with illness since her victory in Zagreb and missed the public bib draw on Saturday night. “It was really nice to ski. It was a quick course and the surface is awesome, so definitely fun. High fun factor, and I think I can move quicker,” Shiffrin said after first run. “I’m motivated by others, for sure, but I was motivated just as much last year as I am right now. I just like seeing good skiing, like Zuzu, her skiing is so nice right now. She’s so clean and powerful, so I think that’s really cool.” Holdener put down an impressive second run to hold the lead as Shiffrin took to the course. A broken gate slid between Shiffrin’s legs before passing beneath her skis, and she dropped to 0.09 seconds behind Holdener at one point following the mishap. “I skied over it a couple times,” Shiffrin said in reference to the broken gate. “It just kept coming. It was OK. I made all the gates, and that’s what matters.” But she rallied through the final interval to ultimately take the win by 0.19 seconds over Holdener. Hansdotter claimed the final podium spot in third for her first podium appearance of the season, at 0.31 seconds back. “I’ve been working so hard to get back, and I really love Maribor. It was like a good feeling from the start, so I’m really satisfied.” Holdener added her fifth slalom podium of the season without a victory in the discipline, but she was pleased to even be able to fight for the win after suffering from illness during the week. “I had a cold,” Holdener shared. “I had to rest two days because I had pain in my throat. …Then with the race and the cold temperature and everything, I had some problems yesterday afternoon. But I’m really happy with my race that I could ski that fast and not 100 percent fit, so everything is OK.” The women move on to Flachau, Austria, to race slalom on Tuesday evening, 10 January. Full Results Here Mikaela Shiffrin 1st Run Mikaela Shiffrin 2nd Run

Germany unstoppable: Rießle leads another sweep Also in 2017, the German team seems to be in unstoppable shape. This time, it was Fabian Rießle who stepped up and took his fourth career victory. He distanced his teammates Eric Frenzel by 4.6 and Johannes Rydzek by 11.6 seconds, making it into yet another complete podium sweep for the German team. In the absence of jumping sensation Jarl Riiber, who only competed on one day upon his return to the World Cup, Eric Frenzel took a clear jumping win on the HS 130. 130.5 metres gave him 137.1 points and a six-second lead on Italy’s Samuel Costa who continued in strong shape also today. After a disastrous jump yesterday, Akito Watabe was back with 126 metres. 134.6 points put him 10 seconds behind Frenzel on the track. The day already had the potential to be another glory day for the German team after the jumping part, as several athletes held good starting positions for the race. The hottest candidate for the win was Fabian Rießle who had a very good jump of 125.5 metres. 133.1 point meant only 16 seconds to catch up on his teammate Frenzel. Also veteran Björn Kircheisen positioned himself well and had 39 seconds to make up, Johannes Rydzek started at +0:59. A leading group of five athletes formed around World Cup leader Frenzel on the first uphill out of the stadium and until the intermediate point of the race, Frenzel, Rießle and Watabe alternated with the leading work while Italy’s Samuel Costa and Austrian Franz-Josef Rehrl tried their best to hang on to the group. Ultimately, these two were not up to the speed of the leaders and so the two Germans and one Japanese plus Björn Kircheisen, who had closed the gap to the leading group in the first third of the race, continued the fight for the podium positions as a group of four. As yesterday, Johannes Rydzek was the fastest man on the track and closed the 59-second gap to the group on the uphill going out of the stadium on the last lap. But Fabian Rießle was having none of it. By the intermediate time of the last lap, he accelerated the speed, broke away from Eric Frenzel, Akito Watabe and also Johannes Rydzek. While Frenzel was strong enough to fend Rydzek off, the Japanese fell to the greater stamina of the German, so that yet another complete German podium sweep became reality. Björn Kircheisen on rank five completed another great team result. But also for the local heroes from Finland, the second competition of the weekend held great achievements. Ilkka Herola finished eight, Leevi Mutru from Lahti accomplished another career-best as tenth. Only Hannu Manninen did not get the chance to improve on his 18th place from yesterday as he did not make it through the qualification held before the jumping round in the morning. 91 metres and 66.4 points meant rank 52 and an early end to the day for the Nordic Combined legend. Full Results Here

Heidi Weng wins 11th FIS Tour de Ski Norway's Heidi Weng has won the 11th edition of the FIS Tour de Ski. To do so she recorded the fastest time of the day by 38 seconds ahead of the USA's Liz Stephen. This was the first stage win of this Tour for Weng and she is now the only female winner of the Tour de Ski with less than two stage victories in a single Tour. In the battle for the final Tour podium Weng - starting with bib 2 - was able to erase her 19.2 second deficit to Sweden's Stina Nilsson by the bottom of Alpe Cermis and powered away for a clear victory in a time of 33:34.3. Finland's Krista Paramoski who was 3-times a 4th place finisher in the Tour de Ski also caught Nilsson roughly three quarters of the way up Alpe Cermis to finish in second place +1:37.0 behind Weng. Nilsson who looked to be struggling and possibly at risk of also being caught by Norway's Ingvild Flugstad hung on for 3rd place +1:54.4 back from the lead. Oestberg crossed the line just 10 seconds later. In the race for Fastest of the Day which counts for World Cup points it was Weng ahead of Stephen with Finland's Kerttu Niskanen in third +46.0. Austria's Teresa Stadlober was just 3.7 seconds behind Niskanen for 4th with yesterday's second place finisher Anne Kylloenen in 5th +1:00.1. Nilsson ended up with the 18th (+2:13.6) fastest time of the day, with Oestberg in 6th (+1:00.2) and Parmakoski 7th (+1:02.3). Full Results Here Tour De Ski 2016/17 Final Standing Here

and the fog is back. lol Hirscher will not be happy

so the crazy podiums streak is over. for the first time this season no podium for us in womens slalom

haha yes this was epic

Adam with a disappointing result once again, like all season so far..maybe time to take some time off and clear the head before the WCh. a guy with such interesting potential and not even able to qualify for second round