English is not the first language of many of us, we do our best but we make mistakes especially when encountering words that are not common. The message of the poster was perfectly clear, I do not see why you felt this comment was necessary.
2021 Worlds are still on
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The IBU worlds finals 2021 has moved the venue from Holmenkollen in Norway to Ôstersund in Sweden. The government in Norway decided to cancel it last week, and apparently Sweden want to host the last event instead. This will be the week before WC in Stockholm. I guess if Sweden wants to host biathlon at this point, they would still want to host WC. They also have more athletes in biathlon, and so far it has been going really well this season.
I doubt Sweden will cancel WC at this point if they allow to host the last biathlon event of the season. If WC will be cancelled now, it will be ISU making the call.
I doubt Sweden will cancel WC at this point if they allow to host the last biathlon event of the season. If WC will be cancelled now, it will be ISU making the call.
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I'm telling you, this is why we need "Grammar Check" as well as spell check. Hopefully, people understood what I meant but, thank you for the correction.
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And biathlon is outdoors.
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Exactly. If the event were to be cancelled at this late date, I imagine it will be for financial reasons. The AO is currently running without a crowd but, they are running full ads. It will be interesting to see how companies will sponsor this event. Fingers crossed for success.
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The lockdown is only 5 days (for now). They still made money from crowds on the other non-lockdown days, I guess.
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Don't give us that garbage. There is absolutely no way that anyone could possibly be confused by what mrrice was saying.
I respectfully disagree.
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I looked but didn't see it in the announcement they posted. They only say you need a negative test prior to arrival to register. They don't say anything about any other testing? I'm still confused due to the contradictions now.
Edit: I was looking at this announcement. Is your source newer than mine?
Re testing upon arrival, it is said again on Worlds website (on page dated today, Feb 15, 2021):
"... all skaters and their team members are tested before they travel to Sweden and again on arrival. ..."
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The Speed Skating World event just wrapped up in Heerenveen, and according to the ISU, they did not have one positive COVID test, so the bubble can work. Hopefully things go just as well in Stockholm!
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This isn't a comment on the decision to hold worlds, just a general question: how many days before the competition does everyone have to be there and go into the bubble/how long after arrival are they going to test them? Cuz if someone gets it on the plane or something, it can take a few days to show up on a test.
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Everyone has to be there by the 21st, but it looks like most skaters will arrive by the 20th. Assuming the same thing happens with Stockholm that happened at Heerenveen, the skaters will be immediately tested, and quarantine until the results come in. After the all-clear, they can move around in the bubble while wearing masks while the sample is retested to prevent any false tests. At any rate, there's some breathing room before the event begins. And the ISU appears to still be doing the daily temperature checks, so hopefully they'll catch anything before it can spread, assuming contact tracing doesn't notify the ISU of a positive test on a plane already. The planes will (hopefully) be at a lower capacity with mainly the team on board, all of whom will have had to test negative, so the bigger issue will be it spreading at the airports. However, with the travel restrictions in place, hopefully the airports will be less busy and have proper restrictions in place. Basically, if someone does have COVID-19 and is travelling on a plane with the team, ideally it wouldn't spread in the bubble because proper sanitization, mask-wearing, and temperature and health checks are being done daily. Plus, each skater will keep a journal of everyone they came is close contact with, and the ISU will have a testing laboratory on site in case someone is in close contact with a positive test. And, it looks like skaters will be tested on their off/rest days, although this could be different with the competition format of figure skating and not speed skating, and it's not a requirement. Your question does represent the one place I could see COVID entering the bubble, but the ISU seems to be ready for that scenario, and will hopefully take immediate action if someone develops symptoms.
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It is going even better than I thought. New strains? Whatever. The worldwide number of new cases as shown by 7 day moving average has dropped by half since January 10. At 367K it is at mid October level now. I see absolutely no point in cancelling the worlds let alone banning Russian team.
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That's normal. The epidemic of "normal strains" where there had been fewer cases a year ago, is at its end, and a finishing epidemic is nothing but a finishing epidemic, it won't be rekindled. And the epidemic of new strains is not in great numbers yet, except in their countries of origin (and even there, not that high). Remember last winter : it took 3 full months to get to real epidemic levels. There is a bit of a natural herd immunity to contain it a bit, but not that much. And people who got jabs may remember they are very little immunised against these new strains. Swedes are quite right to be cautious on their borders. Fortunately, for Sweden and most of Europe this epidemic is likely to happen at a time of reasonable sun, that is, with less people lacking vitamin D, which I hope will shorten it. After the cold wave these last days, migratory birds are starting to come back (well, "only" cranes yet), which means there won't be another strong cold wave this end of Winter.
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I can´t see this have been mentioned, but yesterday the government in Sweden warned there could be tighter Covid-measures.
More from the article.
I don´t know if Worlds would be in danger because of this, but I read that the ski-event Vasaloppet is being evaluated.
The government is worried because of increase of new cases in several regions:
More from the article.
I don´t know if Worlds would be in danger because of this, but I read that the ski-event Vasaloppet is being evaluated.
It’s going ahead, as per news e-mail.
No audience.
“The Championships will be broadcast on TV and partially on the Skating ISU YouTube Channel. In the run-up to the Championships, we will publish details of which channels will be broadcasting the Championships in respective countries.”
Well, that is... confusing. Partially on ISU youtube, hhhmmm... Sounds like Eurosport should air it over here, but I’m leaning towards livestream mostly.
No audience.
“The Championships will be broadcast on TV and partially on the Skating ISU YouTube Channel. In the run-up to the Championships, we will publish details of which channels will be broadcasting the Championships in respective countries.”
Well, that is... confusing. Partially on ISU youtube, hhhmmm... Sounds like Eurosport should air it over here, but I’m leaning towards livestream mostly.
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Hopefully the ISU broadcasts the entire thing, even if it's geoblocked, because if they don't I'm going to have to pay for a TV subscription.
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Official Worlds song now released
Circles and squares
by Eurovision stars
Måns Zelmerlöw & Polina Gagarina
(Måns won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for Sweden, and Polina came 2nd for Russia in the same contest)
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A bit too cheesy for me...but hey, we got a song!
Circles and squares
by Eurovision stars
Måns Zelmerlöw & Polina Gagarina
(Måns won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for Sweden, and Polina came 2nd for Russia in the same contest)
Circles and Squares
Provided to YouTube by IngroovesCircles and Squares · Måns Zelmerlöw · Polina GagarinaCircles and Squares℗ 2021 Argle Bargle StudiosReleased on: 2021-02-19Co...
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A bit too cheesy for me...but hey, we got a song!
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I am disappointed in ISU for not having a complete live streaming available everywhere - I would have gladly paid even if it was a PPV.
I wonder the Swedish TV could be convinced into offering that option, and maybe invite Ted for English commentary??? Russia did it, why not the Swedes
I wonder the Swedish TV could be convinced into offering that option, and maybe invite Ted for English commentary??? Russia did it, why not the Swedes
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