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yeah, well, who know what is exactly behind it. Maybe Lukashenko in sort of agreement reciprocally agreed to lost the hosting rights in favor of some further compensations but at the same time refused to send BLR team to Latvia if the tournament would be only there...but it is just my conspiracy me thinking about it off course, which is certainly not true However, that is a heck of weird situation now. IIHF insist the tournament to be played, they cannot afford to cancel another tournament. There a lot of money involved from the sponsors like infront and Škoda on the table. So the tournament will be held at any cost, they will even go so far they already promised to reimburse all the costs for the tournament. Now they just have to find if SVK or DEN will agree to host the whole tourney without spectators, which is obviously not exactly very profitable for any of the countries.

They changed the criterias later, in 2011 I believe or 2012, not sure now

Skonto Riga has 6.500 capacity. IIHF conditions of hosting World Championship is 1 arena with +10.000 and 1 arena with +8.000 capacities However the logic to strictly pay attention to it during a covid pandemic when very likely the tournament will be held without spectators is kinda weird though I admit.. maybe it is trully some "hidden" Fasel vendetta via Latvia

well, that was something remind me of the epic Nagano 1998 Cross-Country M 30km race. That blizzard Thumbs up and respect Foss-Solevaag keeping his calm and finished the race without glasses

The final decision should be made next Tuesday or Wednesday From our medias... The Council of the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) was supposed to decide on the fate of the 2021 World Championship on Monday or at last on Tuesday, but we will not find out the final response about the host of the senior championship until next week, IIHF President René Fasel revealed. Originally, the tournament was planed to take place in Riga, Latvia, and Minsk, Belarus, but the IIHF withdrew the championship from the latter country due to political unrest, the unstable and dangerous situation in the country. The IIHF has announced three options to consider. The whole World Championships only in Riga, or only one Preliminary Round group there (+ the Knockout round) and the other group to be played in Bratislava, Slovakia or Herning, Denmark. However, IIHF President René Fasel revealed that they would prefer a 4th option and it is to hold the entire championship in one place, which is why the final decision is postponed. "We need more time to understand all the details and technical issues, we need to get more information. Given the coronavirus situation, it is better for us to host the World Cup in one country than in two. We will decide next week on Tuesday or Wednesday," Fasel told TASS agency. Paradoxically, in this scenario, the original host city of Riga has the least chance. "We are communicating with Bratislava and Herning whether they will be able to organize the whole championship with 16 teams. In Latvia it would not be so easy, because we would have to solve the problem with the arena there, we would have to build a new temporary one," Fasel revealed that has only one suitable arena. However, he added that all three cities are still well in the game, as well as the previous options with tournament played in two countries. "We are still negotiating with all three parties. However, we do not rule out that the championships will take place in two states. However, because of the corona, it is not easy to move between countries, which is another important issue we need to address. We need to evaluate all details, analyze all options and do for hockey the best decision, "added the head of the IIHF for TASS. The Latvian government has already announced that it is interested in organizing the entire tournament, but only one suitable arena speaks against them, they would have to build the other temporarily, with which the IIHF should help financially. The hockey federation will probably take over all the financial costs associated with the championship. According to the Latvian website sportacentrs.com, René Fasel is mostly inclined to the possibility that the entire tournament will take place in Bratislava. The capital of Slovakia has the biggest advantage in terms of financial costs compared to Denmark. Organizing a championship in Slovakia would cost the IIHF less than in Denmark. However without citing any source in the article.

We have an unexpected Twist ! Apparently IIHF is considering to take away the tournament also from Latvia...

Sure this is another advantage. + the support of your governement is another major advantage. I definitely would not eliminate Herning from the competition too early.

Right now, the Council of the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) is meeting and deciding where the 2021 World Hockey Championships will take place. There 3 officially known options A- The whole tournament being played in Riga ( ) The advantage: The whole tournament in 1 country, in 1 City, possibility to have all participants in 1 big "bubble" the disadvantage: There is only one suitable venue meeting the IIHF criteria for this event (Riga Arena) if the second preliminary round group have to be played there as well, the schedule would need to be quite extended. B- The second Preliminary Group being played in Herning ( ) The advantage: The place has experience of hosting such tournament in 2018. the disadvantage: The rink is not really used for ice hockey in late May/early June, The accommodation capacities are located further from the hall, which would mean the creation of several "bubbles". C- The second Preliminary Group being played in Bratislava ( ) The advantage: The place has experience of hosting such tournament in 2011 and the last played IIHF WCh in 2019. The Hotel is part of the Ice Hockey Arena which consist also of a training rink, so a "Bubble" is really easy to be formed in the Ondrej Nepela Ice Stadium area. the disadvantage: The accomodations capacity is however for limited amount of guests, some other staff like IIHF officials, special guests or journalists will have to be accomotaded somewhere else in the city.

Stage 23 Kronplatz (ITA) - 26 January 2021 Women's Giant Slalom (6/8) Final Results WORLEY Tessa 2:11.381:05.11+1:06.27 GUT-BEHRAMI Lara 2:11.651:05.01+1:06.64 BASSINO Marta 2:12.111:05.42+1:06.69 Full Results HERE

Women's Giant Slalom (6/8) Final Results WORLEY Tessa 2:11.381:05.11+1:06.27 GUT-BEHRAMI Lara 2:11.651:05.01+1:06.64 BASSINO Marta 2:12.111:05.42+1:06.69 Rank Athletes Nation Run 1 Run 2 Result 4 SHIFFRIN Mikaela 1:04.89 1:07.57 2:12.46 5 HROVAT Meta 1:05.20 1:07.41 2:12.61 6 GISIN Michelle 1:04.33 1:08.37 2:12.70 7 GOGGIA Sofia 1:06.17 1:06.58 2:12.75 8 BRIGNONE Federica 1:05.00 1:07.82 2:12.82 9 ROBINSON Alice 1:06.15 1:06.75 2:12.90 10 HECTOR Sara 1:05.74 1:07.29 2:13.03 11 GASIENICA-DANIEL Maryna 1:07.46 1:05.85 2:13.31 12 VLHOVA Petra 1:05.82 1:07.61 2:13.43 13 HOLTMANN Mina Fuerst 1:07.25 1:06.41 2:13.66 14 BUCIK Ana 1:07.32 1:06.43 2:13.75 15 BRUNNER Stephanie 1:06.43 1:07.55 2:13.98 16 SIEBENHOFER Ramona 1:07.51 1:06.61 2:14.12 17 LIENSBERGER Katharina 1:07.27 1:07.32 2:14.59 18 MOWINCKEL Ragnhild 1:08.06 1:06.70 2:14.76 19 TRUPPE Katharina 1:07.15 1:07.70 2:14.85 20 MOERZINGER Elisa 1:07.62 1:07.45 2:15.07 21 RAST Camille 1:06.88 1:08.31 2:15.19 22 CURTONI Elena 1:07.39 1:07.87 2:15.26 23 FRASSE SOMBET Coralie 1:07.01 1:08.34 2:15.35 24 GRITSCH Franziska 1:08.03 1:07.37 2:15.40 25 O BRIEN Nina 1:07.29 1:08.14 2:15.43 26 MIDALI Roberta 1:07.46 1:08.06 2:15.52 27 SUTER Corinne 1:07.97 1:07.66 2:15.63 28 TILLEY Alex 1:07.02 1:09.03 2:16.05 29 ALPHAND Estelle 1:06.53 1:17.02 2:23.55 MOLTZAN Paula - - DNF2 PAU Nuria 1:13.42 - DNQ2 NUFER Priska 1:09.39 - DNQ2 GRAY Cassidy 1:09.99 - DNQ2 PICHLER Karoline 1:08.61 - DNQ2 SILANTEVA Anastasiia 1:10.05 - DNQ2 DVORNIK Neja 1:08.19 - DNQ2 WILD Simone 1:08.88 - DNQ2 SCHNEEBERGER Rosina 1:10.24 - DNQ2 HILZINGER Jessica 1:10.01 - DNQ2 LYSDAHL Kristin 1:10.02 - DNQ2 MELESI Roberta 1:09.67 - DNQ2 BREM Eva-Maria 1:10.94 - DNQ2 NORBYE Kaja 1:09.53 - DNQ2 FILSER Andrea 1:08.84 - DNQ2 LOEVBLOM Hilma 1:08.36 - DNQ2 MEILLARD Melanie 1:09.52 - DNQ2 ESCANE Doriane 1:08.57 - DNQ2 ROBNIK Tina 1:08.38 - DNQ2 HAASER Ricarda 1:09.10 - DNQ2 TSIKLAURI Nino - - DNF1 TKACHENKO Ekaterina - - DNF1 PYKALAINEN Erika - - DNF1 CHEVRIER Axelle - - DNF1 NOVA Tereza - - DNF1 FLOETGEN Leonie - - DNF1 LOIPETSSPERGER Lisa Marie - - DNF1 RIIS-JOHANNESSEN Kristina - - DNF1 STJERNESUND Thea Louise - - DNF1 HUDSON Piera - - DNF1 HURT A J - - DNF1 SCHEIB Julia - - DNF1 GRENIER Valerie - - DNF1 TVIBERG Maria Therese - - DNF1 HOLDENER Wendy - - DNF1

Legend. what a moment for him and his girlfriend Tessa who won in his last race day

Incredible how Petra is suddenly totally out of form in GS

Heard that Julien Lizeroux will retire tonight in Schladming

"The Great One" celebrate 60 today. Happy Birthday Wayne Gretzky, arguably the best player of the history of the best sport ever. Happy Birthday #99 ! Even IIHF.com did not forget it https://www.iihf.com/en/news/24288/gretzky_at_60

[hide] Knockout Round January 27th, 2021 8 Nations, Winners from each Quarterfinal will qualify for the Semifinals Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 27th 2021, 18:30 Denmark 2 Egypt January 27th 2021, 21:30 Sweden 1 Qatar January 27th 2021, 21:30 Spain 1 Norway January 27th 2021, 21:30 France 2 Hungary [/hide]

Not sure if it was specifically directed to me, but if you meant that EURO U21 football qualification farce in 2014 ? then, sorry but yes, this was...well, more than suspicious

yay a medal in w field hockey

if true, the only positive thing from this should be no more clapping during the anthem

Events Men's Slalom (8/11) Men's Slalom (9/11) Official Schedule Central European Time (GMT +1) Olympic Event Final | Non-Olympic Event Final Saturday, January 30th 09:30 Men's Slalom Run 1 12:30 Men's Slalom Run 2 Sunday, January 31st 09:30 Men's Slalom Run 1 12:30 Men's Slalom Run 2

Events Women's Super-G (4/7) Women's Super-G (5/7) Official Schedule Central European Time (GMT +1) Olympic Event Final | Non-Olympic Event Final Saturday, January 30th 11:00 Women's Super-G Monday, February 1st 10:50 Women's Super-G

Events Men's Slalom (7/11) Official Schedule Central European Time (GMT +1) Olympic Event Final | Non-Olympic Event Final Tuesday, January 26th 17:45 Men's Slalom Run 1 20:45 Men's Slalom Run 2

Events Women's Giant Slalom (6/8) Official Schedule Central European Time (GMT +1) Olympic Event Final | Non-Olympic Event Final Tuesday, January 26th 10:30 Women's Giant Slalom Run 1 13:30 Women's Giant Slalom Run 2

Stage 21 Kitzbühel (AUT) - 20 January 2021 - 24 January 2021 Men's Super-G (4/7) Final Results KRIECHMAYR Vincent 1:12.58 ODERMATT Marco 1:12.70 MAYER Matthias 1:13.13 Full Results HERE

Men's Super-G (4/7) Final Results KRIECHMAYR Vincent 1:12.58 ODERMATT Marco 1:12.70 MAYER Matthias 1:13.13 Rank Athletes Nation Result 4 INNERHOFER Christof 1:13.17 5 WALDER Christian 1:13.28 6 CRAWFORD James 1:13.69 7 BABINSKY Stefan 1:13.77 8 BAILET Matthieu 1:13.92 9 SANDER Andreas 1:13.99 9 MEILLARD Loic 1:13.99 11 BAUMANN Romed 1:14.10 12 PINTURAULT Alexis 1:14.14 13 FERSTL Josef 1:14.18 14 CLAREY Johan 1:14.28 15 MONSEN Felix 1:14.31 16 HEMETSBERGER Daniel 1:14.33 17 SCHWAIGER Dominik 1:14.36 18 READ Jeffrey 1:14.40 19 ROGER Brice 1:14.55 20 FRANZ Max 1:14.60 21 SEGER Brodie 1:14.61 22 CAVIEZEL Gino 1:14.62 23 MARSAGLIA Matteo 1:14.69 24 GIEZENDANNER Blaise 1:14.74 25 PARIS Dominik 1:14.76 26 THEAUX Adrien 1:14.79 27 GANONG Travis 1:14.82 28 ROGENTIN Stefan 1:14.83 29 REICHELT Hannes 1:14.88 30 GOLDBERG Jared 1:15.06 31 KLINE Bostjan 1:15.28 32 HROBAT Miha 1:15.66 33 WEBER Ralph 1:15.70 34 ROULIN Gilles 1:15.72 35 DANKLMAIER Daniel 1:15.95 36 BENNETT Bryce 1:16.09 37 GOWER Jack 1:17.68 ROEA Henrik DNF SCHMID Manuel DNF CAZZANIGA Davide DNF MANI Nils DNF SCHIEDER Florian DNF PICCARD Roy DNF CATER Martin DNF HAASER Raphael DNF JOCHER Simon DNF ALLEGRE Nils DNF FEUZ Beat DNF BUZZI Emanuele DNF JANSRUD Kjetil DNF

Matthieu Bailet the last racer in todays Super-G with bib 50 finished 8th, how often you see that