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anyone know why Sweden has this star reminder before their flag ? Did they missed a penalty loop?

Serbia in 2nd round

now 29th going to be very tight for her

Melanie Meillard 9th with BIB 43 !!! and Nevena Ignjatovic currently 27th

Lara Gut 17th in slalom so far

Mesotisch in summer biathlon mode a la USA womens cross country team in Sochi

Adam Žampa in 2nd round. Hopefully he will be able to finish the race and FINALLY win his first this seasons points

Armand Marchand of Belgium with BIB 65 in 2nd Round !!!

what a tight race so far !

Day D of the IIHF World Championships tournaments. Today Starting the Under 20 Division I A, Under 20 Division I B and Under 20 Division II A. Todays schedule 11th December 2016 Men's U20 Div. I A in Bremerhaven (GER) (GMT +1) 13:00 France - Belarus 16:30 Germany - Kazakhstan 20:00 Norway - Austria Men's U20 Div I B in Budapest (HUN) (GMT +1) 13:00 Ukraine - Poland 16:30 Hungary - Italy 20:00 Slovenia - Great Britain Men's U20 Div II A in Tallinn (EST) (GMT +2) 13:00 Romania - Croatia 16:30 Estonia - Japan 20:00 Lithuania - Netherlands Same systems as each year, Round-Robin tournaments, tournament winner will be promoted into higher division next year, the last team will be relegated for lower division next year. teams ranked 2-5 remains in the same division also for the next edition.

Cox and Kingsbury victorious in Ruka Mikael Kingsbury competing at the finals in Ruka The Freestyle Ski Opening officially kicked off the World Cup season 2016/2017 with a single moguls competition that saw Britteny Cox (AUS) and Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) taking big wins under the lights in Ruka Ski Resort. In the ladies competition Australian Britteny Cox stormed through the course today, with style and grace, for her first-ever World Cup win. All this happening seven years after she first entered the World Cup circuit back in 2010 in Deer Valley. While Cox has already stood several times on the World Cup podium before, also taking the third place at the World Championships in Kreischberg in 2015, today’s results is without a doubt the biggest one in her career. “I’m just over the moon to have my first win. It’s been my goal for a long time now and I was really hungry for it. I’m super happy to put some solid runs in the finals especially here in Ruka, where I love competing”. Second place went to Perrine Laffont (FRA) who ended up with a score of 73.13, falling behind the winner Britteny Cox by less than 0.5 point. Perceived as one of the favorites for the overall World Cup ranking, Laffont gained some precious points advantage over her last year’s biggest rivals Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe. Canadian skiers finished the competition on fifth and eighth place respectively. “I’m feeling so good to start the season with a place on the podium. I was really stressed at the start, but everything worked out just fine and I’m really happy with my result today”. 2013 and 2014 FIS Junior World Champion from Valmalenco (ITA), Keaton McCargo (USA) scored big today as she claimed her first World Cup podium with a third place finish in Ruka. “I’m still in shock, but also very excited about it. I’m glad I have a chance to share the podium with two of my good friends from the World Cup tour”. On the men’s side unstoppable Mikael Kingsbury went for his 34 World Cup victory and simply dominated the competition. Kingsbury was fast and kept stomping his tricks all day long repeating his last year’s result from Ruka and finishing the day on top of the podium. “It always feels amazing to win. I had a good feeling today when I woke up. I saw a little bit of fresh snow on the course and I think I picked the good line. Before dropping in for the final run I knew Ben and Matt scored in the 80s. I did 82 and 83 in the previous run so I knew that I had to stay clean and not to push too much. It worked out and it feels unbelievable”. Matt Graham (AUS) inspired by a phenomenal performance by his teammate Britteny Cox, also gave his best and ended up taking the second spot, falling short only to Kingsbury. “I’m very happy to start the season with second place. My best result here in the past was fourth so it’s nice to finally step on the podium and share it with my teammate Britt. It’s a very good day for Australia”. Third place on the day belonged to Benjamin Cavet (FRA) who rounded up the podium with his first-ever single moguls World Cup top 3 result. “I’m very happy with today’s results. I like skiing fast and do big jumps and this is how it is here in Ruka, so all in all it’s a perfect day for me”. The moguls World Cup now takes a holiday break and will come back after the New Years Eve with the next competition taking place in Lake Placid on 13th of January. Full Results Women and Men

maybe yes 6 nations will play the World Games tournament. Top 3 (all medalist) of the Riga World Championships 2016, 1 host quota, 1 best non-european team in top 12 of the 2016 world championships, and 1 best ranked Poland neighbor. so 3 medalists (SWE, FIN and one of CZE/SUI) 1 host quota (POL) 1 best non european in top 12 WCH 2016 (USA) and 1 best ranked Poland Neighbor (CZE if not in top 3/GER if CZE will be in top 3) hope it´s more understandable, now

World Floorball championships Semifinals Sweden - Switzerland 7-2 Finland - Czech Republic 4-3 5th-8th Semifinals Denmark - Estonia 6-5 after OT Norway - Germany 6-5 after OT 9th Place Match Slovakia - Latvia 6-5 after OT.....so 9th place is the best ever result for our mens NT in the men´s world Championships history. unfortunately the WCH are unsuccesful for us, since we failed to qualify for the World Games. If CZE will win tomorrow the bronze medal match against SUI they will qualify directly as one of the top 3 spots and Germany will win the Poland neighbors spot, if SUI will win so CZE will qualify via POL neighbors spot.

Outstanding performance by Domen Prevc Domen Prevc is the "Man of the Hour" among the world's best ski jumpers. In Lillehammer the 17-year-old took his third win this winter and he now leads the overall World Cup with 320 points, clearly ahead of Norway's Daniel Andre Tande (258 points) and Severin Freund (228 points). Daniel Andre Tande (NOR) and Austria's Stefan Kraft came in second and third in Lillehammer. Domen Prevc on an extremely high level After the third win of Domen Prevc this winter it's clear that the 17-year-old Slovene is the one to beat. The youngest of the three Prevc brothers is consistently jumping on an extremely high level and can only defeat himself at the moment. "It went really well for me today and I'm very satisfied with my jumps. The conditions were good and it was the same for all the competitors today. Sure, I'm the dominating athlete right now, but I know that it can change tomorrow or next week", Domen Prevc said after his win. Peter Prevc clueless Things are looking totally different for his brother Peter Prevc at the moment. Last winter's highflyer is struggling right now and for the second time this season, after Klingenthal, he seemed clueless. "I really don't know what's the problem at the moment", Peter Prevc said after his disappointing 30th place in Lillehammer on Saturday. Tande and Kraft very strong Daniel Andre Tande of Norway and Austria's Stefan Kraft are getting better and better. Second-placed Tande was happy after the competition: "I'm very satisfied after it didn't go that well for me yesterday when I didn't find the right feeling for the hill with the strong tail wind. That's why I was a bit nervous today. But I showed that I'm jumping on a high level right now, although I had a small mistake at the take-off in the second round. So there's still room for improvement for tomorrow. Today's result was the best for our team this winter and it's great to see that the others are also jumping better and better." Stefan Kraft is also gaining momentum: "I'm very satisfied. Today I achieved what was possible. Domen and Daniel and very, very good at the moment. So far I didn't really like this hill, but that changed today and now I'm looking forward to Sunday's competition." Polish duo strong again Again very strong, again as a duo and again with no podium result: Kamil Stoch and Maciej Kot of Poland came in fourth and fifth today. It's only a matter of time, maybe less than 24 hours, until they can achieve their first podium finishes. The level of the Polish jumpers is very high, but so is the level of the competitions. This winter everything has to work out great for an athlete in order to be on the podium. Eisenbichler best German again Behind the remarkably strong Norwegian Andreas Stjernen, Markus Eisenbichler was the best German in seventh. "I made a stupid mistake in my first jump", Eisenbichler said after the competition. With the seventh place he achieved yet another top result, but, like in Klingenthal, he lost an even better result due to a mistake. But still Eisenbichler is the discovery for Germany this season. Severin Freund in 11th, Karl Geiger in 12th, Stephan Leyhe in 15th, Andreas Wellinger in 17th and Richard Freitag in 24th showed solid performances, but currently they are not capable of fighting for the top spots against athletes like Prevc, Tande and Kraft. Vincent Descombes Sevoie of France achieved another Top 10 result in eighth. Descombes Sevoie is having the best winter of his career and is currently seventh in the overall World Cup. The second competition in Lillehammer already starts at 3:00 pm CET on Sunday. Full Results Here

So..not so much succesful day for SVK as yesterday, but well, we can not expect a top 10 each race Unfortunately Anastasiya missed 3 targets already in her first shooting today and the pursuit was over for her, at least she gained another few points for the world cup standing. thats ok. next time it will be better. Ivona was close to the points, but once again she missed it "thanks" her last shooting Our legs order for tomorrows relay: 1- Paulína Fialková ---- 2- Anastasiya Kuzmina ---- 3- Terézia Poliaková ---- 4- Ivona Fialková Among mens Tomáš Hasilla again on points, for 3rd race in a row by far our best racer so far, but this run...oh dear this run...he didn´t missed any target in last 9 standings shooting but with this run he´ll never reach any huge success... Otčenáš with one missed target in each shooting was without chances for points.. Tomorrows relay order 1- Hasilla ---- 2- Kazár ---- 3- Otčenáš ---- 4- Šíma No special goals for our relays tomorrow, but we hope for to be the much close to top 10 as it will be possible for both relays...important races for Nations Cup, so good luck guys and babes ! and to finish todays review a special mention to Eva Puskarčíková and her great first career podium. Bravo Eva Czech Republic has an incredible strong group of great biathletes right now , really looking forward for Czech womens relay tomorrow. Also 6th todays place in IBU cup sprint for Jana Gereková will mean she will be back in team SVK for 3rd world cup stage in NMNM, we will see who she will replace after yesterdays relay.

Lundby takes the victory, Takanashi takes the record Maren Lundby celebrated her first world cup victory at today´s competition in Nizhny Tagil (RUS). The 22-year old Norwegian performed a great comeback and climbed up the ranking from 6th to first place in the final round. Jumps to 91,5 and 95,5 meters brought her 229,6 points and the win ahead of Daniela Iraschko-Stolz and Sara Takanashi. Lundby´s dream comes true Lundby said afterwards: „Im am very happy today and a little bit nervous. This was my dream and my goal for many years. I didn’t expect to win after the first round but my second jump was really good.“ Austria´s Daniela Iraschko-Stolz was not less happy after her performance with jumps to 96,0 and 92,0 meters. 5,5 points where missing to the top. „I’m feeling very good right now. My jumps are getting better and better since Lillehammer and my knee feels better then i expected. But I am also glad that we will have a little break now before the next competitions.“ Takanashi with new hill record Sara Takanashi seemed on the best way to the third victory of the season after setting a new hill record with 102,0 meters in the first round. Only 86,0 meters in the final took her advantage away. With a score of 218,3 points Takanashi finished third. „I was surprised after the first round because I did not know it was a new hill record. My second jump was not that good. I will try to do better tomorrow again.“ Teammate Yuki Ito, twice second in Lillehammer, came in fourth this time with her best jump to 88,0 meters in the final round. Japan and Austria very strong Jaqueline Seifriedsberger on 5th place with 208,4 points underlined the Austrian-Japanese dominance. Ema Klinec confirmed her good training performance and was the best Slovenian on 6th place, Coline Mattel from France performed very steady and came in 7th. German team steady Even though a few meters where missing to the podium, the German team still is on a good way with Katharina Althaus coming in 8th and Svenja Wuerth, Carina Vogt and Anna Rupprecht on places 11, 12 and 13. The Russian athletes could not quite satisfy the hopes of the home ground. After a very strong first jump and place four Anastasiya Barannikova still dropped down to 19 place. So Irina Avvakumova was the best Russian on 9th place. Japan´s Yuka Seto completed the top ten. Sarah Hendrickson from USA struggled a little with the Nizhny Tagil hill and came 14th, just ahead of the three Slovenians Maja Vtic, Nika Kriznar and Spela Rogelj. Manuela Malsiner was the best Italian, finishing 21st followed by the best French jumper Lea Lemare and Romania´s Daniela Haralambie. Henrich and Kykkaenen scoring Taylor Henrich on 26th place and Julia Kykkaenen on 27th place secured points for Canada and Finland. The second competition in Nizhny Tagil is starting on Sunday at 2.30 pm (10.30 am CET) with the qualification. Full Results Here

exactly the same top 5 like in the last race

Holmlund and Fiva win in Val Thorens, lead Cross Alps Tour The second of the back-to-back competitions to kick off the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup season, and the first two races of this December’s six-race Cross Alps Tour took to the endlessly sunny slopes of France’s Val Thorens on Saturday, with Anna Holmlund (SWE) getting a redemption win in the ladies’ event and Alex Fiva (SUI) climbing to the top of the podium for the first time in almost three years after a win on the men’s side. Competition ended in crushing disappointment for the Swedish squad in the previous day’s competition, as Holmlund and her teammate Sandra Naelsund got tangled up while battling for the lead into the final corner, where Holmlund missed a gate before crashing into Naeslund and taking them both out of the race. While Naelsund would still earn a podium after being awarded third due to to Holmlund’s missed gate, Holmlund would end the day with a bruised arm, a bruised ego, and thoughts of what might have been. Holmlund, however, has not been the ski cross crystal globe winner for the past two seasons for no reason, and the powerful Swede returned to competition on Saturday focused and ready to make amends for Friday’s mistakes. This she did in convincing fashion, only really getting challenge through her first two heats when Marielle Thompson (CAN) nearly landed on her tails in the semifinal, resulting in Thompson - yesterday’s Val Thorens winner - being forced to dump speed and fall back to third place in the heat and out of contention. In the big final it was again Holmlund and Naeslund who took to the front early and stayed there. Behind them, 20 year old German upstart Daniella Maier - competing in her first big final - and Canadian veteran Kesley Serwa locked into a back-and-forth battle for third. Holmlund and Naeslund once again went into the final turn separated by less than a meter, but this time there would be no fireworks, as Holmlund would hold off young Naeslund to take the victory and top spot on the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup leaderboard, while the speedy Maier would close the door on Serwa to take her first career podium. Combined with their teammates on the men’s side, the Swedish squad was able to take home five podiums in the two Val Thorens races, and Holmlund was justifiably proud of her team. “We’re a small team, only five skiers, so to get five podiums means we’re putting on a great performance. And my good friend Fiva wins (in the men’s race), so it’s a great day.” “I was really pissed at myself (for the crash) yesterday,” Holmlund said, going on, “So it’s good to be able to come back today and take the victory.” The first-time World Cup podium winner Maier, meanwhile, still seemed to be in shock following the awards ceremony. “I never though I would get on the World Cup podium. I trained very hard this summer and I spent some time with a mental coach to get over the nervousness I had last season in the start gate. Now I know that even if my start is not good, I can still get out there and get back in the fight.” Fiva holds off surging Leman for first victory since 2014 It was the men’s side, meanwhile, that gave what was perhaps the feel-good story of the Val Thorens weekend, as Alex Fiva - one of the tour veterans and one of the most well-liked and well-respected athletes on the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup - proving he’s still got what it takes, fending off charges from all sides on his way to his first World Cup win since March 2014. After yesterday’s winner Jean Frederic Chapuis (FRA) went out early in the competition after missing a gate the way was cleared for a new winner on the young 2016/17 season. However, with the likes of Armin Niederer (SUI), Christoph Wahrstoetter (AUT), Brady Leman (CAN) and a handful of others all absolutely charging the Val Thorens course, it wasn’t going to be easy for anyone. In the end, it came down to Fiva, Leman, Wahstoetter, and Viktor Andersson (SWE). On his ay to the final Andersson was the recipient of not one, but two gifts of good luck when skiers ahead of him crashed out to give him a free pass through to the next heats, including a semi final heat where Andersson himself went down near the top of the course, only to collect himself, set back off on his run, and find himself blowing by Niederer and Sebastian Lepage (FRA) after they both crashed, giving him a berth in his second career big final. In the end though, Fiva would prevail, with his strong starts and unmatched gliding giving him an early lead that Leman wouldn’t be able to overcome. For a moment it looked like Andersson would take second after passing Leman on the negative, but in the final turn Leman was able to reel him back in hold on to second place, with Andersson in third and Wahstoetter in fourth. “It’s a long time ago since I was on top,” said Fiva, the 2012/13 ski cross crystal globe winner, “but to get a win in the second race of the season, at Val Thorens where I’ve never been very good, it’s really special for me. And now to be sitting on top of the World Cup and especially to be sitting in front on the Cross Alps Tour - it’s a great boost for our sport and I’m happy to be leading it right now.” Leman, meanwhile, wasn’t lamenting a missed opportunity at a win he desperately wanted. “It took some of my best skiing to come in second today. I didn’t have the best start in the finals and when you’re up against someone skiing like Alex was it’s going to be tough no matter what, so I’m happy with second, for sure.” From Val Thorens, the Cross Alps Tour now jumps quickly over to Arosa (SUI), for a first-of-its-kind nighttime sprint event in the Plesseur Alps on Tuesday, December 13. Full Results Here and Here

Puskarčíková vs Dorin ? well, yeah thts pretty weird gap, but cmon for Eva it´s her first podium ever and Marie will win more next time and this 3rd place make a perfect day also for us, so everyone should be happy, and the day is really perfect

Almost perfect ? I don't even dare to imagine what must be a perfect day for you then

Worley wins second consecutive GS at Sestriere An incredibly tight giant slalom race unfolded on the legendary Kandahar Giovanni A. Agnelli slope in Sestriere, Italy, on Saturday as mere hundredths separated the leaders after the first run, and second run provided excitement for the 12,000 fans assembled in the finish area. American Mikaela Shiffrin held the slimmest of margins over Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather with only a 0.01-second lead heading into the second run. Sölden winner Lara Gut and Killington victor Tessa Worley sat tied for third just 0.05 seconds from Shiffrin. Prime racing conditions created an opportunity where even athletes outside the top 15 could threaten for the podium. "[The race is] so tight, it's going to be like a new race so I'll just try to take the same mentality. I felt like I really tried to ski aggressive that run, and that's sort of different for me," said Shiffrin after first run. "But it was fun and it worked out, so I'll try to do the same thing." But second run proved challenging for the top two contenders. Weirather battled down the hill into fourth position as a critical mistake robbed Shiffrin of the podium and she ultimately finished sixth. Rising to the challenge was Worley, who admitted after the race that she watched Alexis Pinturault's win in Val d'Isere on TV before her second run and was inspired to deliver a similar performance. “It feels really awesome,” the Frenchwoman said about her back-to-back GS victories. “It’s great to be able to ski just like you're used to doing in training and just have to think about pushing really hard in the races. And that was clearly the only thing that I needed to think about today because all the girls were fighting very hard. It was a tight race, so I’m happy I won it.” Worley's victory over Sofia Goggia by a 0.15-second margin, the 10th of her career in GS, now ties her with Carole Merle for the French women's GS win record. Goggia was the clear crowd favorite, and her teammate Marta Bassino finished fifth to contribute to four Italians cracking the top 15. It marked Goggia's fourth podium finish in two weeks. “I’m going to say the same words I already said in Killington,” Goggia noted with conviction. “We are the fastest team in giant slalom on the World Cup.” Gut, meanwhile, was just happy to salvage a podium finish on the day. “The first run was a nightmare,” Gut remarked. “I did not ski the way I wanted, always too early in the turn. That wasn’t really skiing. I tried to ski a little more aggressive, tighter lines, but it didn’t really work the way I was hoping. I’m happy to be on the podium. It’s always great to be on the podium, and it’s a good thing that I’m third even if I’m not skiing well.” The 2016 overall champion will compete in Sunday's slalom as preparation for the alpine combined next week in Val d'Isere. Full Results Here Tessa Worley 1st and 2nd Run

Pinturault claims the win on "La Face" at Val d'Isère Just like last week, the suspense around the second run of the Giant Slalom at Val d’Isère was big, with local Alexis Pinturault in the lead after first run, more than half a second ahead, and holding on in second run to claim his first GS win on “La Face”. Globe winner Marcel Hirscher is the only one that came close being +0.33 off the pace. Henrik Kristoffersen grabbed his first podium spot of the podium this season. The French winning streak in Giant Slalom went on at the Criterium de la Première Neige in Val d’Isère, with Alexis Pinturault taking the 8th win in the 9 last giant slaloms for France! The Alpine Combined globe winner and second of last year’s overall standings got injured in training on Wednesday, but it didn’t stop him from charging the course and taking the win, the 17th of his career. "I won my first World Cup in Val d'Isere. It was in slalom and then I was always on the first place so I wanted to be on the podium today and at least I am on the top of the podium, so, perfect. It was difficult because for the warmup, I get so much problem with my hand and finally with adrenaline the pain went out." Second place came to Marcel Hirscher. The Austrian is the only one that could challenge Pinturault in his strongest discipline, skiing stronger and stronger, to finally lay down the fastest second run. Three Giant Slalom, three podium placements for Marcel Hirscher this season. Even though he didn’t grab a win yet, there is no frustration for the discipline globe winner from last year. "The only thing I can say is that my first run was definitely not what I was expecting. I had a really great feeling before this race and the first run was a really big 'wow' effect for myself, but the second run was way better. I tried my best and finally reached the podium for another time and I'm very happy with today's result in general but I'm a little bit pissed off about the first run." Henrik Kristoffersen had a difficult start in the season, finishing 8th in Sölden and Val d’Isère last week, and skipping the Levi slalom race because of a conflict with his federation. Today was a step in the right direction, with an impressive second run that brought him back from 12th position to the podium. "My first run was not good. Second run didn't feel much better but I think it was way faster, so I'm a little surprised to be sitting here, honestly. I think it feels bad for everybody on this hill. It's the toughest GS in the world so that's pretty natural, but I feel like I'm missing something a little bit. The second run was a step in the right direction, but we're not there yet but getting closer I guess." The tech racers will be in action again tomorrow, with a slalom on “La Face” starting at 09.30 / 12.30 CET. Full Results Here Alexis Pinturault 2nd run

what a day for 1st in Biathon 1st in GS mens, 1st in GS womens...the superior class

He was 23rd in Alpine Combined last season in Kitzbuehel, but yes his first ever in GS , pitty for this mistake just before the hardest slope, but well still first points so yipi

Dude I thougth Andreas will be out but well, finally first points for our mens