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Stage 15 in Madonna di Campiglio (ITA) Men´s Slalom: 1. Marco Schwarz 1:40.51 2. Clement Noel 1:40.76 3. Dave Ryding 1:40.90 Full Final Results HERE

Šport awards. Main Slovak newspaper awards have been handed out last night The Top 3 this year was clearly dominated by women our women occupied all the podium positions: From left the world hockey new 15 years old phenom Nela Lopušanová (Silver), Petra Vlhová the uncontested queen of Slovak sport of last years (Gold) and Danka Barteková our IOC member and this year World and European Champion and absolute World Cup winner in W Skeet (Bronze) Athlete of the Year 2023 1. Petra Vlhová (Alpine Skiing) 2. Nela Lopušanová (Ice Hockey) - Also the Youth Athlete of the Year & Breakthrough of the Year 3. Danka Barteková (Shooting - Skeet) Top 15 Remaining nominations in Alphabetical order: Matej Beňuš (Canoe Slalom) Monika Chochlíková (Muay Thai) Martin Dúbravka (Football) Viktória Forster (athletics) Adam Gajan (Ice Hockey) Dávid Hancko (Football) Marián Kovačócy (Shooting - Trap) Stanislav Lobotka (Football) Eliška Mintálová (Canoe Slalom) Ronald Paradeiser (MMA) Tajmuraz Salkazanov (Wrestling Freestyle) Martin Vaculík (Speedway) Team of the Year 2023 1. Men´s Football National Team 2. Men´s Under 18 Ice Hockey National Team - Also the Youth Team of the Year 3. Slovan Bratislava Football Club Paralympic Athlete of the Year 2023 1. Jozef Metelka (Track Cycling, Road Cycling) 2. Alexandra Rexová (Alpine Skiing) 3. Veronika Vadovičová (Shooting)

Exhibition Games (Thursday 21.12.2023) - 3-5 - 4-1 - 2-6

Stage 14 in Courchevel (FRA) Women´s Slalom: 1. Petra Vlhova 1:48.14 2. Mikaela Shiffrin 1:48.38 3. Katharina Truppe 1:50.20 Full Final Results HERE Petra Vlhová 71st careers WC Podium, 30th Win (30-22-19), Season 2023/24 WC 5th Podium, 2nd Win (2-2-1) 44th Careers WC Slalom Podium, 21st Win (21-14-9), Season 2023/24 WC Slalom 3rd Podium, 2nd Win (2-1-0)

Mass shooting in Prague 11 people died in the shooting, including the suspect. About 30 people are injured. Nine people are in serious condition, five to six with moderate injuries and ten lightly injured according Czech TV

picked Mainz and its hotel Hyatt regency as its basecamp during the Euro. Mainz is 30km from frankfurt where we will play 2 of our 3 group matches so it looks like logic decision.

Today was pulled the very last ever cart with brown coal in main coal mine. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23259294/news-digest-final-coal-mining-cart-pulled-from-novaky-mine.html The last coal-fired power plant in the whole country, will be definitely shut down early next year.

Erik "Drago" Černák had some feeding for Tyler Tucker last night, That´s my Košice boy

Nick Ponzio Athletics (Shot Put) 18 months https://apnews.com/article/ponzio-doping-olympics-shot-put-36d85e884acca6ab8f4cba9f037e7a4a Apparently the guy has a old phone or something which can not receive SMS

accepted all 3 reallocations Boys Snowboard Cross and both 3rd boy + 3rd Girl in Alpine Skiing so in FIS Sports it should be all for us 20 Quotas (18 Athletes) 12 boys (10 athletes) + 8 Girls Alpine Skiing 3 + 3 Cross-Country Skiing 2 + 2 Ski Jumping 2* + 1 Nordic Combined 2* + 0 Freestyle Skiing 1 + 1 both in Ski Cross Snowboarding 2 + 1 (1+1 in Snowboard Cross and 1 boy in Pipe events (Slopestyle & Big Air)) * Both male ski jumpers including Hektor Kapustík will apparently compete in both sports (Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined, so no idea how the 2 quotas will be counted)

Exhibition Games (Tuesday 19.12.2023) - 4-2 - 5-1 - 3-4 - 5-4 After Overtime "B" - 0-8

A stuff you do not see often, but, yeah Slovakia is a land of unlimited possibilities I guess, so why not ? Yesterday the barely 16 years old Patrícia Tománková competing still in Youth category won the Slovak Judo Award sort of Slovak Judoka of the year competition ahead of all senior judokas That tells you a lot about the state of our Judo ... yeah, nothing to be so epochally proud of ... I mean you know Our Paris 2024 hope Márius Fízel (5th from last ECh) ended 2nd (However he obvioulsy won at least the Male Award Category by big gap)

It is still too early to make guesses, All will depend on the actual rosters, current form of the important players, eventual injuries etc... If the tournaments were played next weekend I would say in Group G. Should be the favorite on home ice, but must stay focused in its games against Lithuania and Japan, especially the one against may be a tricky one and I can see Japan doing the upset in this group. but at the start if I had to bet my money, I would be more willing to put one penny on the Magyars. Group H Everything will depend on roster, if at least half of their naturalized north-americans, Russians & co. will be still there, then there no competition for them. If China will play with mostly chinese-born roster then on home ice should pass the group quite easily. Group J Is the most open Group. vs can be a real do-or-die thriller and anyone´s game to win. S. Korea at home can be a threat, but PC 2018 hype is far gone and today´s roster is considerably inferior to both above mentioned neighboring countries.

Surprised we will go with 2 M + 1 W in Ski Jumping, I expected the opposite with 2 girls Tamara Mesíková & Kira Kapustíková + 1 boy Hektor Kapustík, Now it is only Mesíková I guess and 2 boys I have no idea who is the second boy Also 2 Boys in NC, I have no idea who, this is a complete mystery

Stage 13 in Alta Badia (ITA) Men´s Giant Slalom: 1. Marco Odermatt 2:28.14 2. Marco Schwarz 2:29.19 3. Zan Kranjec 2:29.36 Full Final Results HERE

Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. South Korea 5 5(0) 0(0) 29 10 +19 15 Lithuania 5 4(1) 1(0) 27 13 +14 11 Great Britain 5 3(0) 2(1) 21 12 +9 10 China 5 1(0) 4(0) 13 20 -7 3 Netherlands 5 1(0) 4(0) 10 25 -15 3 Spain 5 1(0) 4(0) 8 28 -20 3 The following Nation have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group B World Championship 2025 South Korea The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division II Group A World Championship 2025 China Great Britain Lithuania Netherlands The following Nation has been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division II Group B World Championship 2025 Spain

Sunday December 17th, 2023 - Round-Robin Last Day Results (GMT) 13:00 Spain 3 - 2 Netherlands 16:30 South Korea 4 - 3 Great Britain 20:00 Lithuania 6 - 2 China

The first ever European Record in the Mixed Race Walking Marathon 2x2 crap was today established by The notoriously famous newly (Budapest WCh finish line proposal) engaged couple Dominik Černý/Hana Burzalová won today´s first Marathon Race Walk relay competition involoving European nations in Dublin with clock of 3:11:17 So perhaps there a chance to qualify for Paris in the end Let´s hope, remember 22 best teams (Max 5 NOC can qualify 2) from Antalya will qualify directly and best 3 already non-qualified NOCs via ranking...

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND LAST DAY RESULTS Round-Robin December 14th - December 17th, 2023 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT ) South Africa 4 - 1 Bulgaria Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 3-1 December 17th 2023, h. 13:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Estonia 6 - 0 Iceland Period-by-Period: 3-0, 2-0, 1-0 December 17th 2023, h. 17:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Group K Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Estonia 3 3(0) 0(0) 36 2 +34 9 Iceland 3 2(0) 1(0) 13 9 +4 6 South Africa 3 1(0) 2(0) 6 19 -13 3 Bulgaria 3 0(0) 3(0) 4 29 -25 0 Group L Central European Time (GMT +1) Netherlands 3 - 4 Spain Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-3, 0-1 December 17th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Georgia 10 - 0 Thailand Period-by-Period: 3-0, 4-0, 3-0 December 17th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg Group L Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Spain 3 3(0) 0(0) 24 6 +18 9 Netherlands 3 2(0) 1(0) 34 7 +27 6 Georgia 3 1(0) 2(0) 13 13 0 3 Thailand 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 48 -45 0 Group M Central European Time (GMT +1) Turkiye 1 - 3 Chinese Taipei Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 0-0 December 17th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Serbia 4 - 0 Croatia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 3-0 December 17th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Group M Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Serbia 3 3(0) 0(0) 15 0 +15 9 Croatia 3 2(0) 1(0) 12 7 +5 6 Chinese Taipei 3 1(0) 2(0) 4 13 -9 3 Turkiye 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 14 -11 0 The following Nations have qualified for the Third Qualifying Round Estonia Serbia Spain

Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Slovenia 5 5(0) 0(0) 25 6 +19 15 Ukraine 5 4(1) 1(0) 23 13 +10 11 Italy 5 2(0) 3(1) 24 17 +7 7 Estonia 5 2(0) 3(0) 15 18 -3 6 Poland 5 1(0) 4(1) 9 19 -10 4 Croatia 5 1(1) 4(0) 12 35 -23 2 The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2025 Slovenia The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group B World Championship 2025 Estonia Italy Poland Ukraine The following Nation has been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division II Group A World Championship 2025 Croatia

Sunday December 17th, 2023 - Round-Robin Last Day Results (GMT +1) 12:30 Estonia 8 - 3 Croatia 16:00 Italy 3 - 4 Poland 19:30 Slovenia 5 - 3 Ukraine

December 2023 International Break Sunday 17th December, 2023 --------------------------------- EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2023/24 Stage 2 in Switzerland (Swiss Ice Hockey Games) Last Day - 3-5 - 3-4 After Overtime Swiss Ice Hockey Games Final Standing: 1. SWE 9, 2. CZE 5, 3. FIN 2, 4. SUI 2 EURO-HOCKEY TOUR cumulative Standing After Day 6/12: 1. SWE 15, 2. CZE 14, 3. FIN 5, 4. SUI 2

Stage 4 in Engelberg (SUI) Men´s Individual Large Hill: 1. Stefan Kraft 327.9 2. Jan Hoerl 323.9 3. Pius Paschke 320.1 Full Final Result HERE

beat 4-3 and progress to Round 3. Was a real hard battled game, I watched the whole last period and despite the very low speed and a few really silly decisions by players here and there it was a fun match to watch is already leading 3-0 after 1st frame. One sided game as expected

Pre-Tournament Exhibition (Test) Matches Schedule You can find tickets for the exhibition games following these links: Halmstad Arena, Halmstad: Finland – Slovakia https://clubs.yourclubmate.com/hammers/?id=qFAlpRAyxaycotBQMrlp Finland – Czechia https://clubs.yourclubmate.com/hammers/?id=kXv56jBXbDQn2t17Km8n Catena Arena, Ängelholm: Pre Camp 2024 IIHF Junior-VM - Tickster Åby Ishall, Mölndal: Tickets for sale at the entrance Lassalyckans Ishall, Ulricehamn: https://clubs.clubmate.co/uif?onSite=true Kungsbacka Ishall, Kungsbacka: Exhibition Game Kanada - USA (ticketco.events) Limhamns Ishall, Malmö: No tickets for sale