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Surprise podium at opening Lake Louise downhill The new speed starting order that was unveiled on the ladies' tour on Friday was designed to keep television fans tuned into the broadcast longer than in the past. But anyone who stopped watching the opening downhill at Lake Louise after the top 20 starters would have missed the majority of the podium. Sofia Goggia, the Italian who one week earlier picked up the first podium of her career, took over the lead from Sweden's Kajsa Kling sporting bib 28. And the very next athlete on course, Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec, blasted into the lead with the 29th start. When the snow spray settled, Stuhec claimed her career-first podium and victory with a 0.22-second lead over Goggia. Kling held onto the third-place position, 0.31 seconds back. All three athletes were ecstatic with their results. "I had a feeling that I could show some more than just average [results] around 10th to 15th place, that I could ski good and I could ski fast and apparently, today, the fastest," Stuhec said. "I knew I could ski fast and I just needed to put it in a race and I did." Kling was eyeing her career-first victory before the later runners bumped her to third, but it still marks a solid start to the season for the Swede. She has only one previous podium from the St. Moritz super-G in 2013. "I think I was pretty stable the whole training week and it felt good during the preseason as well, so I am happy with this," said Kling. "I feel like I can do some parts better, so hopefully I can nail it tomorrow." For Goggia, the result at Lake Louise was a bit of retribution against a mountain that hasn't been so kind in the past. "This was really unexpected even if Killington was a little bit more [unexpected] because I feel more confident in downhill and in super-G than in giant slalom. ... I just tried to ski without any expectations," remarked Goggia. Three years ago she suffered a torn ACL in a crash at Lake Louise. "I had to face my demons on these days. ... It was a big surprise when I saw the green light. I was like, 'Oh my God' that I'm going to do that on this slope." The ladies will contest another downhill at Lake Louise on Saturday. Full race results are available Here Ilka Stuhec

oh man, thats a beautiful disease. I have it as well, and hope they will never find a cure for it

thats a beautiful name

the czech national public sport channel ČT sport is a briliant channel. absolutely briliant. well so that you are lucky then, you have a nice amount of hockey available, Nova sport with NHL, Sport TV with KHL, and national TV ČT and STV for international Czech and Slovak matches

yes Sport 2 is the KHL TV rights owner in SVK, they broadcast all Slovan matches also a couple of others too

Ester Ledecká 21st with BIB 52

btw I don´t know in which stream/TV did you watched this and if you noticed that, but today the speaker was awesome, I couldn´t stop laughing, he caled almost each announcement the host as Metalurg Magnitogorsk even during theshoot outs he announced 2nd attempt for Magnitogorsk going player number ... In fact Magnitogorsk played today as well, just the detail is that not in Bratislava but in Riga

No they definitely will never but again wasted this power play in over time...so typically slovak

don´t know, but it´s really a strange schedulling, not usual at all. but nevermind whenever whatever will be I´ll be ready

Japanese double victory at the opening Takanashi ahead of Ito and Rupprecht Sara Takanashi and Yuki Ito delivered a double victory for Japan at the opening of the FIS World Cup Ladies Ski Jumping in Lillehammer. Last years world cup overall winner Sara Takanashi performed the longest jumps in both rounds with 95,0 and 99,5 meters, scoring 271,3 points. Takanashi said: „It ist he start of a new season and I was able to perform very good jumps and to achieve a great result. I am very happy about that. The level of ladies ski jumping is getting higher and higher so I also have to get better. We still have great events coming up this season like the World Championships and I need to stay focused.“ Ito not fully satisfied 19,9 points behind team mate Yuki Ito completed the perfect start fort he Japanese team with 94,5 and 92,5 meters. Ito stated: „All in all I am very happy with my performance. But my second jump was a little late. So there are still some details I need to work on.“ On third place Germany´s Anna Rupprecht took her first ever World Cup podium with two jumps to 90,5 meters and 243,8 points. Rupprecht happy Rupprecht said: „Right now I am feeling very good. It was a great day. My jumps where solid with still some room for improvement. Now I can´t wait to call my mom.“ Mixed feelings in Austrian team While Jaqueline Seifriedsberger and Daniela Iraschko-Stolz showed a descent performance fort he Austrian team, finishing 4th and 6th, team mates Eva Pinkelnig and Chiara Hölzl failed to qualify for the final round. Maja Vtic finished 5th and was the best Slovenian athlete. Katharina Althaus and Svenja Würth came in 7th and 9th and put a ribbon on a good German perfromance. Russia´s Irina Avvakumova can already look forward to her home ground competition next week in Nizhny Tagil after the 8th place in Lillehammer. Solid comeback for Hendrickson Sarah Hendrickson finished her World Cup comeback on 11th place and was the only US girl to qualify fort he final round, Lucile Morat celebrated a great World Cup debut on 12th place. Elena Runggaldier came in 14th and was the best Italien jumper. Romania´s Daniela Haralambie and Julia Kykkänen from Finland secured a couple of points for their nations on places 25 and 28. Full Results and Standings Here

2019 WJC hosts announced Tournament coming to Vancouver, Victoria Sidney Crosby celebrates the gold-winning overtime goal at the 2010 Olympics. Rogers Arena in Vancouver will host the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship together with Victoria. Hockey Canada announced on December 1 that the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship has been allocated to Vancouver and Victoria. It is the second time in history that the World Juniors will take place in the Western province of British Columbia. In 2006, Vancouver co-hosted the tournament along with Kelowna and Kamloops. That year, Victoria, the provincial capital, got two exhibition games (USA-Sweden and Sweden-Norway) at Bear Mountain Arena. The announcement came at Rogers Arena, the site of the 2010 Olympic hockey tournament (known then as “Canada Hockey Place”). Also the home of the Vancouver Canucks, it will host 19 games, including the medal round. “This is symbolic of what the game should really be at the end of the day – the experience of a lifetime,” said Hockey Canada CEO Tom Renney. “We want to make it an athletic experience like none other, so that children continue to want to try to play hockey. That is the bigger game we play.” The Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre will host 14 games in Victoria. The 2005-completed building, with a capacity of 7,400, is home to the WHL’s Victoria Royals. “It was just an automatic to go to Victoria,” said Barry Petrachenko, the Victoria-based CEO of BC Hockey and a co-chair of the organizing committee along with Vancouver Giants majority owner Ron Toigo. “I think it’s going to mean a lot to the city. Victoria is a hockey town, and it’ll be great to bring this event to our city.” Toigo reminisced nostalgically about Canada’s second straight gold medal in 2006 under head coach Brent Sutter: “To win in the manner they did – in this building here, against Russia, 5-0 – it was just a great experience for everybody. When that was over, we said: ‘That was a lot of fun. We’d like to do this again.’” The 2006 tournament enjoyed a then-record attendance of 325,138. The current record is 455,342 from the 2012 tournament in Edmonton and Calgary. Others on hand for the announcement included Hockey Canada COO Scott Smith, acting Vancouver mayor Raymond Louie, British Columbia deputy premier Rich Coleman, and Vancouver Canucks president and 1988 World Junior gold medalist Trevor Linden. Coleman said the provincial government would provide $2.3 million CAD to the tournament, with $300,000 allocated for legacy programs for BC youth hockey. As in 2006, the government will also supply a $10-million guarantee to the event. “Last time, it wasn’t called on because of TV revenues and the success in Vancouver,” said Coleman. “It was never touched. But for the success of an event like this, it’s important to know that governments will step up and be partners. Vancouver and Victoria beat out three strong competing bids: Edmonton-Calgary, London-Windsor, and Winnipeg-Saskatoon. “When you put on an international event of this magnitude, everybody’s wearing Canadian jerseys,” Toigo said. “Everybody’s proud of being Canadian. It’s just a real good event for the community at large. It’s good for the economy as well.” The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship will also take place in Canada. Sites will be announced at a future date.

Kjetil Jansrud takes the first SG win of the season This Friday 2nd December marks the day of the introduction of the new starting order, with a super-g held on the “O.K.” course in Val d’Isère, and as often on historical premieres, Kjetil Jansrud is to be found at the very top of the ranking. He is followed by his teammate Aksel Lund Svinal in second and Italy’s Dominik Paris in third. Historical days work pretty well for Norways Kjetil Janrud. To mention only last year’s premières, he topped the newly introduced PGS in Alta Badia and the first downhill ever in Korea on the future Olympic course. In Val d’Isère, the super-g and downhill globe winner of 2015 proved once again that he is a serious contender, by mastering this first speed race of the season with the fastest time. Already last season Aksel Lund Svindal impressed with an extraordinary come-back, and he is doing it again this year. Last season ended abruptly with a torn ACL in the downhill in Kitzbuehel, after he dominated the first half of the season, but the lack of training before this season didn’t seem to stop the extraordinary Norwegian. The first speed race of the season ended in a second place for him, only +0.17 behind his teammate. In third, South Tyrolean Dominik Paris laid down a strong run and could grab third place +0.40 off Janrud’s pace. With now 16 podiums in the speed disciplines, Paris is happy to start the season in a good way, especially since last season he reached his top shape only later in the season. Tomorrow, a downhill will be held on the “O.K.” course in Val d’Isère. Full Results and Cup Standings Here Kjetil Jansrud

Team Germany gala performance in Lillehammer Team Germany delighted their fans with a gala performance in Lillehammer today. Björn Kircheisen, Eric Frenzel, Fabian Rießle and Johannes Rydzek beat Team Norway consisting of Kokslien, Andersen, Klemetsen and Graabak by 31.5 seconds. The Austrian team (Pommer, Seidl, Denifl, Orter) finished one minute and 23 second later. In the jumping round, all four German athletes showed extremely solid performances, taking the team into the pole position for the race by 13 seconds. Eric Frenzel won his group with 98 metres and 128.9 points, Rießle and Rydzek were second each (101.5 m and 95 metres; 127.9 and 121.4 points) and also Björn Kircheisen was very satisfied with his 99.5 metres and 129.8 points. 508 points in total meant a narrow advantage on the Austrian team which was on start with three young athletes and veteran Willi Denifl. The Austrians accumulated 498.6 points by 101, 100, 96 and 96-metre jumps set by Denifl, Pommer, Orter and Mario Seidl. On rank three, the Japanese team followed with a little gap at +0:48 seconds after Aguri Shimizu, Hideaki Nagai and Yoshito Watabe had solid jumps and brother Akito shone with the longest jump of the day (ex aequo with Finland’s Eero Hirvonen) of 103 metres. The Finnish team had a strong day on the hill, taking them to the fourth position, +0:58 seconds behind the Germans while the Norwegian local heroes had to be satisfied with rank five and one minute and four seconds to make up after Mikko Kokslien and especially Jørgen Graabak had struggled with their jumps. Team Germany was never in any position to have to fight for their victory. From the first lap on, starting skier Björn Kircheisen picked up the pace and increased the distance to the young Austrian skier David Pommer who had started with 13 seconds of time disadvantage and finished with +36.4. Mikko Kokslien brought Team Norway on the third position and teammate Espen Andersen continued the positive trend and closed the gap to the second Austrian skier, Mario Seidl. With a small gap opening up at the end of Andersen’s lap, Håvard Klemetsen extended the lead and worked successfully on securing the silver position, a feat that teammate Jørgen Graabak finished. Austria had to be satisfied with rank three, finishing over a minute after the winner from Germany in the end. The 2015/16 Nations Cup winners continued with a strong team effort and in the end, Johannes Rydzek even had time for a spectacular jump over the last bump leading into Lillehammer’s cross-country stadium before ending his team’s gala performance with the appropriate bow. The young team from Finland finished on a great fourth rank, +1:44 behind Germany, continuing the upward trend from Ruka. Japan captured position five, France ended up on the sixth rank. Full Results Here

Weng and Halfvarsson win Lillehammer sprints Heidi Weng Heidi Weng of Norway and Calle Halfvarsson of Sweden have won the classic sprint competition on stage one of the Lillehammer mini-tour. Both athletes will have the overall World Cup leaders yellow bib heading into tomorrow's 5/10 km free technique competitions. Halfvarsson arrived in Lillehammer already with the yellow and Weng earned it with her win today after two 3rd place finishes in Ruka. For Weng it was her first ever World Cup victory in a sprint competition after recording 10 sprint podiums in previous World Cups. In second place for the second weekend in a row from Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla +0.48 behind. Falla has not finished worse than second place in the last 6 World Cup classic sprints. Hanna Falk of Sweden took third place +1.06 off the lead for her first podium since Jan 2011 in Liberec, CZE where she placed second in the free technique sprint. In the men's 1.6 km classic sprint Halfvarsson increased his overall World Cup lead with his victory today. It was only his second ever career individual World Cup win. His last came in 2013 in the free technique sprint in the Tour de Ski in Oberhof, Germany. Halfvarsson after three World Cup competitions leads the World Cup standings by 26 points over Finland's Iivo Niskanen who was 4th place in today's sprint, a career best sprint result for him. In second place was Norway's Emil Iversen who literally finished on the the tails of Halfvarsson skis just +0.12 behind. Teodor Peterson of Sweden took third +0.54 back for his first podium since Falun 2014 during World Cup finals mini tour. Full Results and Standings Here

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also very atypical to finish the games with a womens 30km instead of the mens 50k.

Interesting that womens alpine skiing program will start with Giant slalom and slalom. womens slalom already on first wednesday is quite unusual. Also surprised to see so many things in the opening ceremony day, and figure skating in morning is also very unusual. Many events (Alpine skiing, curling, snowboarding, figure skating) will start very early at 01:00, 02:00 our time. at least the hockey times are better, except the matches scheduled at 12:00 local time so 03:00 AM here ...but we are speaking about olympics and especially the winter olympics, so I´ll watch even if I´ll not sleep anything

Alena again on points

Finally points for us, and surprisingly 3 slovaks won points today, finally some positive things. I think to have 3 athletes between 20th and 40th place is our maximum, but still I think we can keep and repeat these ranks in next races and hopefully also during the entire season. Actually our mens are 17th in the Nations Cup, we have to at least mantain it untill the end of the season.

Positive snow control for Val d'Isère (FRA) This is to inform you that the men's Audi FIS Ski World Cup races in Val d'Isère (FRA) are confirmed following the official snow control from today 1st December 2016. As scheduled, the giant slalom and the slalom will take place on 10th - 11th December 2016 on "La Face de Bellevarde".

Interesting group and we will play the opening match

A version. all the way

Official schedule for the Winter Universiade 2017, including both hockey tournaments schedules. http://almaty2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16.11.03_WU2017-Timetable-of-Competition-Schedule.pdf

Positive snow control for Sestriere (ITA) This is to inform you that the Ladies' Audi FIS Ski World Cup races in Sestriere (ITA) are confirmed following the official snow control. As scheduled, the races will take place on 10th - 11th December 2016.

It was the last NT training camp which ended 2 weeks ago.