NationStates Jolt Archive

As it says, RPing and Results go here.
Link to Signups/rosters (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14338758&postcount=23)
Link to Schedule (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14338855&postcount=24)
Winter Festival Wiki Page (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/1st_Qazoxian_Winter_Sports_Festival)

RESULTS:
Day 1 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14357542&postcount=10)
Day 2 (http://http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14360714&postcount=17)
Day 3 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14363436&postcount=21)
Day 4 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14366777&postcount=25)
Day 5 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14369440&postcount=28)
Day 6 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14372431&postcount=33)
Day 7 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14376003&postcount=37)
Day 8 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14379878&postcount=41)
Day 9 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14382990&postcount=45)
Day 10 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14387030&postcount=50)
Day 11 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14389886&postcount=54)
Day 12 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14393384&postcount=59)
Day 13 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14396579&postcount=61)

The Region in and around New Bruxen will be filled with cheers, jeers, crashes, speed and medals as the First Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival nears its opening ceremonies.

A staggering 42 events will have medals, in the lead up to next year's Olympic Games in Kelssek. While the majority of competitiors in the Olympics will not be making an appearance in Qazox, many of Qazox' Olympic team members will take a trip up Route 15 to the oft-neglected areas of Northern Qazox.

We here at QBC will bring you live coverage of many events and the Gold medal finals of all events LIVE, either on QBC or MSQBC.

Kaye Dallas, Oksana Passinova and Handiskya Renee Roshina Kanisov had arrive in Qazox for the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival. Due to the total lack of any real winter in Jeruselem, the winter sports were restricted to indoor ice skating. Only women took it up due to the perception male ice skaters were all Gays. The three girls turned up to a welcoming crowd organised by the Dallas Fan Club due to Kaye being a Dallas.

Kaye was an ordinary looking girl without the sex appeal of a normal Dallas. She was more experienced of all the girls but the least talented. Technically sound but not the most creative of the girls on the ice.

Oksana was quite pretty but a bit skinny. Although talented she had a fragile personality and was prone to breaking down under pressure. The most creative of the girls and can be spectacular at times but also prone to major mistakes.

Young Handiskya had a mature body for her age and wasn't called "Little Dazza" for nothing. She always gave 150% and never gives up the fight. The most excitable of the girls and her personality wins over crowds.

THE ROCKET REPORT

ATHLETES PREPARE FOR QAZOX SPORTS FESTIVAL

Pocono City, Newmanistan- Shortly after bringing in the New Year, several Newmanistan athletes will be heading to Qazox for what is essentially a preparatory competition for the main Winter Olympics which will be taking place in Kelssek later this winter. They are used to seeing the sky blue and white in Qazox, and they weren’t about to get away with not seeing it in their Winter Sports Festival. However, Newmanistan’s participation is generally going to be limited. The Empire will be sending two curling teams, one of each gender, as well as entrants in the luge, and in short-track speed skating. Of course, you cannot forget about women’s figure skating, either. There is an imbalance towards female athletes, which was the result of a misinterpretation of the sign up rules, as Empress Jessica explains, “We misinterpreted what was provided to us. We thought the numbers, at the time, that were next to each event were a limit on the amount of athletes that one nation could send to the event. It turns out, that number actually represented the amount of athletes that had already signed up for the event. Since there had been more female entrants signed up to that point, we signed more women up, which created even more of imbalance for the Festival, actually. It turns out we could have added more men. We apologize to those athletes that felt they were left out.” So why didn’t the Empire go back and change their entry after the error was discovered? “At that point we just felt as though we stay with what we did to avoid further confusion.”

The Rocket Report will provide more information and results as the Festival goes on.

The athletes from Bears Armed chattered excitedly amongst themselves as they got off of the plane: only a few of them had been abroad before this, and even fewer had ever flown before...

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National Winter Sports team heads to Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival.


By. A.L. Cruse

Early this morning a Oiseauian Winter Team landed in Qazox prepped and ready to compete in the local Winter Festival. Unlike the team training to compete in the Olympics, the Qazoxian bound athletes were all chosen based on their status in the Aui Training Centers with a necessary requirement of also attending a Oiseaui University.

The team sent to Qazox will be competing in 16 events total; some of the events chosen were due to the nations lack of experience however the Sports Commissioner also decided to send both a male & female to compete in the Luge, the Oiseauian National Winter Sport. This is of course the sport with the highest expectations, however, many commentators have stated that due to the athletic international isolation the chances of a Oiseaui win do not look all that high.

Win or lose, this festival is now the 3rd publicly announced international sporting event to occur in Oiseaui in many decades. It may take time to cultivate the Oiseaui international teams but this is most definitely the first necessary step.

Expect event by event news next week.

Brian Hundley had done a number of things en route to Qazox, but one thing he never had much time for was practicing holding the Sarzonian flag.

He would have to get his "practice" in front of a large audience at the opening ceremonies. The Sarzonian athletes assembled voted him as the flag bearer. The flag shook slightly as one of Sarzonia's bobsledders walked with the flag flying high at the head of the delegation.

The athletes followed Hundley in double-file with cross country skier Marlie Benson flanking Hundley. "You're doing fine," she whispered to Hundley. He whispered a hardly convinced "thanks" back, trying like heck to make sure the flag didn't flop around in the breeze into the stadium.

Alvin Nottingham, one of Benson's teammates on the mixed four-by-five kilometre relay looked around with wide, wondering eyes at the magnificence of the stadium. Qazox's rich sporting history included a large national stadium which the locals spared no expense to construct.

Except for Hundley, all the Sarzonian athletes looked up when they saw Qazoxian air force fighters flying overhead. Security was an issue here, all the Sarzonians knew that. Hundley figured he would be watched over, but some of the younger athletes, including figure skater Tim Jensen, were particularly nervous about the presence of military aircraft.

Finally, it came time to put the flag in its appointed spot as the various national anthems began to play. When the heavy guitar rock of Sarzonia's anthem "Freedom" began to play, right hands touched gently onto chests. One of the attendants for the Sarzonian delegation caught a quick glimpse of a Qazoxian usher reacting with bemusement over the aggressive sounding anthem. He wanted to explain the tie-in with Stevie Nicks but figured there might be a better time for that.

And even if there weren't, tough cheese.

Albavona Capitol Sentinel

Beretanians ready for Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival

Albavona, Unified Beretania- An embarrassing controversy erupted when one overzealous staffer tried unsuccessfully to register five female figure skaters when Unified Beretania’s selection committee couldn’t decide on the three skaters they wanted to send to the upcoming Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival. Many wanted Olympic bound Cathleen Kim, Kitti Lori Vang and Katie Yang to represent Unified Beretania, but up and coming stars Amber Fong and Chrystalee Kwong remained popular enough to muddy the results during committee voting. In the end, Kim, Fong, and Kwong were accepted.

Despite the mixup, most everyone is ready to go and eager to put the misstep behind them.

“It’s showtime. We have an opportunity to make a good impression before we head to Kelssek for the Olympics, and we really should be focused on making the best of things while we’re here in Qazox,” Kim told reporters yesterday.

For Kim, this is the first test of her ability on the international level, a golden opportunity to perfect her performance and add all the finishing touches to her routines before Kelssek. For Fong and Kwong, this is a chance to show that they too are capable of making a future Olympic team.

On the men’s side of figure skating, there really wasn’t much of a debate for the selection committee as there isn’t much depth these days in the talent pool. Corey Morgan, Elray Santos, and Bob Noble all were selected to represent Unified Beretania unanimously.

The only other athletes Unified Beretania will be sending are Branden Donaldson and Colleen Bryd in the Snocross 25k Ice Track event.

Unified Beretania's slim participation is largely due to potential athletes preparing for the Olympics as well as financial restrictions. But the small delegation has the support of Unified Beretania National Olympic Committee president Sofia Waldeck.

"I think this is a great opportunity to develop talent on the international level, and though these folks don't have the funding our Olympic athletes do, maybe with exposure, participation can expand in the future. I encourage participation on all fronts, not just what we do in the Olympics," Waldeck said.

DAY 1 Results up shortly
(RP Cutoff.. Yes RP is gong to factor in the results!)

DAY ONE RESULTS

CURLING: (Winners In Bold)
Qazox men 7
Qazox Women 5

Newmanistan Men 6
Newmanistan Women 7

Bears Armed Men 4
Bears Armed Women 1

Oiseaui 3
Sarzonia 4
(Standings will be provided after Day 2)

BOBSLED
(TR: Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
Men's 2-man Run 1

(Teammates) RUN1
Nate Churchill/Brian Hundley (Sarzonia) 57.93 TR
Nikolai Pencherkov/Slava Sukhovksy (Myedvedeya) 58.03
Christoph Langen/Gunther Eger (Lovisa) 58.21
Ken Isaacs/Kirk Isaacs (Oiseaui) 58.71
David Schuls/Victor Seriang (Qazox) 58.74
Mike Lee/Andrew Whit (Taeshan) 58.74
Men's 2-man Run 2

(Teammates) RUN1 RUN2 TIME
Christoph Langen/Gunther Eger (Lovisa) 58.21 58.05 1:56.26
Nate Churchill/Brian Hundley (Sarzonia) 57.93 58.61 1:56.54
Nikolai Pencherkov/Slava Sukhovksy (Myedvedeya) 58.03 58.74 1:56.77
David Schuls/Victor Seriang (Qazox) 58.74 58.11 1:56.85
Mike Lee/Andrew Whit (Taeshan) 58.74 58.36 1:57.10
Ken Isaacs/Kirk Isaacs (Oiseaui) 58.71 58.43 1:57.14


4-person Run 1

Team RUN1
Qazox 57.45 TR
Taeshan 57.62
Oiseaui Men 57.75
Myedvedeya 57.85
Lovisa 58.15
Oiseaui Women 58.27

4 person Run 2

Team RUN1 RUN2 TIME
Qazox 57.45 57.91 1:55.36
Oiseaui Men 57.75 57.66 1:55.41
Taeshan 57.62 57.81 1:55.43
Myedvedeya 57.85 57.62 1:55.47
Lovisa 58.15 57.82 1:55.97
Oiseaui Women 58.27 57.84 1:56.11


ALPINE SKIING
(ooc: YES i know that in RL Olympics, there is one 1 run for the downhill.. But I decided to have 2 runs, just to make it interesting, as there were so few competitiors)
DOWNHILL
Men's Run 1
Matt Moore (Sarzonia) 1:46.18
Marc Berthod (Lovisa) 1:46.41
Paul Haverill (Qazox) 1:46.57
Ilya Ivanovitch Solyekov (Myedvedeya) 1:46.61


Women's Run 1
Laina Carlson (Sarzonia) 1:55.41
Denise Potluck (Qazox) 1:55.64
Petra Kronberg (Lovisa) 1:56.06


SNOCROSS
Qualifying Runs:
10K OpenField Time (Behind)
Perrarn ar Perrarn o 'Prydwern' (Bears Armed) 1:12.51 (-----)
Stefan Könnecke (Tocrowkia) 1:13.51 (+1.00)
John DeAngelo (Qazox) 1:15.36 (+2.85)
Wendy Avica (Qazox) 1:17.23 (+4.72)
Rarffe Far-Rubert (Bears Armed) 1:18.42 (+5.91)
Katrin Herrlein (Tocrowkia) 1:18.56 (+6.05)
Joe Garner (Sarzonia) 1:18.82 (+6.31)
Nikolai Pencherkov (Myedvedeya) 1:19.66 (+7.15)
Slava Sukhovksy (Myedvedeya) 1:22.33 (+9.82)



15K OpenField Time (Behind)
Mike Wilson (Sarzonia) 1:14.22 (-----)
John DeAngelo (Qazox) 1:15.36 (+1.14)
Albarrd o Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 1:15.54 (+1.32)
Wendy Avica (Qazox) 1:17.23 (+3.01)
Urrsa 'Wheels' o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 1:17.41 (+3.19)
Daniel München (Tocrowkia) 1:18.46 (+4.24)
Kristin Riethmüller (Tocrowkia) 1:21.15 (+6.93)


NOTE1: In OpenField events, The racer with the fastest qualifying time leaves last. The other racers leave in inverted qualifying order, based on time behind the best qualifer. (ie: if the last place rider was 15 seconds behind, they'd leave 15 seconds before the best qualifer).

NOTE2: Both of Qazox' riders qualifying times for the 10k were used for the 15k qualifiers, since it was on the same course, and having them ride it twice would have given them an unfair advantage.

NOTE3: The 1.5km qualifying run was 3 flags placed in an equilateral triangle, each 500 meters apart and racers had to go either clockwise or counter-clockwise to reach all 3 flags.

MSQBC QWSF Recap

After yesterday's thrilling opening ceremony, the competition began in earnest today and Qazox has postitioned themselves well for a good medal tally early.


Curling:
Qazox Men v. Qazox Women.
a battle of the sexes as the University of Qazox-Pika City men's and women's team battled it out on the ice and despite falling behind 2-0 in the first inning and down 4-2 after 5 innings, the Men of UQ-PC rallied to defeat their univerisity sisters 7-5.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
QMen 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
QWomen 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5


On the Bobsled track, the 2-man team of David Schuls/Victor Seriang sits in 4th place, just .08 seconds out of a medal, while the 4-man team of Eric Chandel/Issac Symons/Craig Tyre/Jack Haller sits in first place by only .05 seconds.

On the slopes, Paul Haverill and Denise Potluck sit in medal position after 1 run of the downhill and on the openfield, John DeAngelo and Wendy Avica sit in good position to win in the 10k and 15k openfield events after great qualifying runs.

Tommorrow's schedule on MSQBC and QBC (all LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

MSQBC schedule

11:45am: Curling (Qazox men vs. Bears Armed Women)
1:00pm: Curling (Newmanistan Men vs. Sarzonia) (TAPE)
2:00pm: FREESTYLE SKIING: (Mogul Exhibition)
2:45pm: Curling Curling (Bears Armed Men vs. Qazox Women)
4:00pm: (Oiseaui vs. Newmanistan Women) (TAPE)


QBC schedule

7:00pm: SNOCROSS Qualifying Runs: 10K Track
7:45pm: Downhill Run 2: Women (MEDAL EVENT)
8:00pm: SNOCROSS Qualifying Runs: 15K Track
8:45pm: Downhill Run 2: Men (MEDAL EVENT)
9:00pm: FREESTYLE SKIING: (Mogul Exhibition) (TAPE)
9:45pm: Bobsled Run 3: 2-person MEN
10:00pm: Bobsled Run 4: 2-person MEN (MEDAL EVENT)

Joe Garner looked dejectedly at the scoreboard. Unlike many of his compatriots, he finished poorly in his event, the 10K Snocross. Six of the other eight competitors finished ahead of Garner.

He walked slowly toward the room where Sarzonians were gathering to discuss the results. He saw people high-fiving and hugging Mike Wilson, who'd come in first in his qualifying event. He knew none of that was forthcoming for him. He slowly grabbed a paper cup and poured himself some Gatorade.

Meanwhile, other results pouring in showed more successes. Alpine skiers brought in first place finishers for Matt Moore and Laina Carlson in the first of two runs. Nate Churchill and Brian Hundley brought silver medals for the two-man bobsled team, plus the Sarzonian curling side won its opening match, 4-3.

"Typical result for Sarzonian curling," someone said with a laugh, remembering when Sarzonia was one of the most defensive-minded teams in an Atlantian Oceania curling competition some years ago.

Day 3 of the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival would bring more excitement, perhaps some gold for the Sarzonians. But Day 2 was definitely exciting in its own right. Unless you were Joe Garner.

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First Day Results of Qazox Winter Festival In


By. A.L. Cruse

After arriving in Qazox to compete in the national winter festival, there had been high hopes amongst Oiseauian people. The team, while formed quickly, contained the best college athletes in the nation and while internationally Oiseauian sports had been stunted, nationally sports was the pride of the nation. This would also be the first international team to compete since the ban was lifted.

However after Day 1 of the Festival things do not look so bright. In curling the Oiseauian Men's team was to face Sarzonia. Sarzonia has been an international competitor for many years and while skip Mark Rasmussen had high hopes he knew they would be a worthy competitor. One so worthy that today they left the Curling team defeated 3 to 4. This team of Curlers had been competing together in national competition for years, they had swept the curling circuits and were without question the best group of men in this sport. Many sports commentators are noting that the failure seen today is due to stress, the stress of competing for the first time on an international scale; the stress of no longer beyond "number 1." If this is true this writer looks forward to seeing an upward progression for the team from this point on.

The other disappointment in the sports world today was seen by in the Men's 2-man bobsled. Bobsled brother team, The Isaacs (Ken Isaacs/Kirk Isaacs) had gone to Qazox to prove that they were undisputed champions of Bobsled a title which they had held for 2 years in Oiseaui. Today in sports though their ego was handed back to them on a platter of despair and disappointment. Finishing last in the event, the brothers were only able to muster a meager time of 1:57.14 after two runs. This disappointment though is more of karma finally hitting the brothers after years of unsportsmanlike conduct and egotistical behavior often unseen in Oiseauian athletes.

The one light today was found in the Men's 4-man Bobsled. While the women's team ended up finishing last, the men's team finished in second with a time of 1:55.41 after two runs. Originally seen as the underdog they've proven that they were the right choice to send to the festival and now all of Oiseaui sits hopefully behind them.

(ooc to Oiseaui: You do know that the Bobsled has FOUR runs total right? your just last halfway through...)

(ooc to Qazox: Yes I am, hence the reason I said Oiseaui sits hopefully behind them... i.e. The entire nation is waiting to see what happens next, hopeful for a positive response.)

The 1st 3 Gold medals (and to an extent the first 3 silver and bronze ones, but we all 'bout da' BLING-BLING, a'right?) are due to be awarded soon, so RP cutoff is now. Day 2 results up shortly.

DAY TWO RESULTS

CURLING: (Winners In Bold)
Qazox men 2
Bears Armed Women 3

Newmanistan Men 4
Sarzonia 5

Bears Armed Men 5
Qazox Women 6

Oiseaui 4
Newmanistan Women 2

CURLING STANDINGS
TEAM W-L PTS PF PA PD
Sarzonia 2-0 4 9 7 +2
Bears Armed Men 1-1 2 9 7 +2
Qazox Men 1-1 2 9 8 +1
Oiseaui 1-1 2 7 6 +1
Qazox Women 1-1 2 11 12 -1
Newmanistan Women 1-1 2 9 10 -1
Bears Armed Women 1-1 2 4 6 -2
Newmanistan Men 0-2 0 10 12 -2



BOBSLED
(TR: NEW Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
TR: Nate Churchill/Brian Hundley (Sarzonia): 57.93
Men's 2-person Run 3

(Teammates) RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 TIME
Christoph Langen/Gunther Eger (Lovisa) 58.21 58.05 58.22 2:54.48
Nate Churchill/Brian Hundley (Sarzonia) 57.93 58.61 57.94 2:54.48
Nikolai Pencherkov/Slava Sukhovksy (Myedvedeya) 58.03 58.74 57.90 2:54.67
David Schuls/Victor Seriang (Qazox) 58.74 58.11 57.82 2:54.67
Mike Lee/Andrew Whit (Taeshan) 58.74 58.36 57.74TR 2:54.84
Ken Isaacs/Kirk Isaacs (Oiseaui) 58.71 58.43 57.76 2:54.90

Men's 2-person Run 4

(Teammates) RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 RUN4 TIME
Nate Churchill/Brian Hundley (Sarzonia) 57.93 58.61 57.94 58.96 3:53.34
Christoph Langen/Gunther Eger (Lovisa) 58.21 58.05 58.22 59.06 3:53.44
Nikolai Pencherkov/Slava Sukhovksy (Myedvedeya) 58.03 57.90 57.84 58.85 3:53.52
Ken Isaacs/Kirk Isaacs (Oiseaui) 58.71 58.43 57.76 58.62 3:53.52
David Schuls/Victor Seriang (Qazox) 58.74 58.11 57.82 59.02 3:53.69
Mike Lee/Andrew Whit (Taeshan) 58.74 58.36 57.74 59.01 3:53.85



ALPINE SKIING
(ooc: YES i know that in RL Olympics, there is one 1 run for the downhill.. But I decided to have 2 runs, just to make it interesting, as there were so few competitiors)
DOWNHILL Run 2
Men's Run 1 Run 2 Total
Matt Moore (Sarzonia) 1:46.18 1:47.78 3:33.96
Paul Haverill (Qazox) 1:46.57 1:47.46 3:34.03
Ilya Ivanovitch Solyekov (Myedvedeya) 1:46.61 1:47.56 3:34.17
Marc Berthod (Lovisa) 1:46.41 1:47.85 3:34.26


Women's Run 1 Run 2 Total
Laina Carlson (Sarzonia) 1:55.41 1:58.23 3:53.64
Denise Potluck (Qazox) 1:55.64 1:58.66 3:54.30
Petra Kronberg (Lovisa) 1:56.06 1:58.32 3:54.38


FREESTYLE SKIING (Mogul Exhibition):
Todd Olivo (Oiseaui): 25.65
Veronique Carlos (Oiseaui): 22.81

SNOCROSS
Qualifying Runs:
10K Track Time (Lane #)
Siggryn o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 1:40.82 (1A)
Ryan DeAngelo (Qazox) 1:41.64 (1B)
Katrin Herrlein (Tocrowkia) 1:43.25 (2A)
Siggur o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 1:43.63 (2B)
Stefan Könnecke (Tocrowkia) 1:44.42 (3A)
Joe Garner (Sarzonia) 1:45.13 (3B)
Shawna Avica (Qazox) 1:45.41 (4A)



15K Track Time (Lane #)
Ryan DeAngelo (Qazox) 1:41.64 (1A)
Blarzh Far-Rubert (Bears Armed) 1:42.51 (1B)
Daniel München (Tocrowkia) 1:42.61 (2A)
Kristin Riethmüller (Tocrowkia) 1:42.66 (2B)
Arin Little (Taeshan) 1:44.12 (3A)
Mike Wilson (Sarzonia) 1:44.25 (3B)
Barran o GreenRiver (Bears Armed) 1:45.12 (4A)
Shawna Avica (Qazox) 1:45.41 (4B)


Note: In SnoCross Track events, the best qualifing time gets the "pole position" and starts closest to the inside on lane 1, with the 2nd best time getting the outside on lane 1. (Listed as 1A and 1B respectively) The rest of the riders will be sorted into lanes based on their times. and as with the Open Field, both of Qazox' riders times will count for both qualifying runs.


MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Sarzonia 3 0 0 3
Qazox 0 2 0 2
Lovisa 0 1 1 2
Myedvedeya 0 0 2 2
Oiseaui 0 0 1 1


Winter Festival Wiki Page (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/1st_Qazoxian_Winter_Sports_Festival)

MSQBC QWSF Recap

A good 2nd day as Qazox picked up 2 medals, both Silver in the Downhill, but a lousy day on the Bobsled track as the team of David Schuls/Victor Seriang slid going around the next-to-turn on the final run, dropping them into 5th place in the 2-person Men's bobsled. Sarzonia was the big winner of the day, winning all 3 golds up for grabs today. Sarzonia's last medal of the day came from Nate Churchill/Brian Hundley's win in the 2-man Bobsled, just edging out Lovisa's Christoph Langen/Gunther Eger by 0.10 seconds while Myedvedeya's Nikolai Pencherkov/Slava Sukhovksy and Oiseaui's Ken Isaacs/Kirk Isaacs tied for the bronze.


Curling:
Qazox Men v. Bears Armed Women
A great throw by the Bears Armed women's team skip got the Lady Ursines a stunning 3-2 win in the final inning.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
QMen 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
BAWomen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3


Qazox Women v. Bears Armed Men
Qazox' women got revenge of a sort defeating the Bears Armed Men 6-5, hold them off with a brilliant throw by Skip Jenny O'Hallan. Her final throw knocked out 2 BA stones either one of which would have tied the match up at 6-all.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
BAMen 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5
QWomen 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 6


On the slopes, Paul Haverill and Denise Potluck each won silver, while Sarzonia's duo of Matt Moore and Laina Carlson each won the gold. Myedvedeya's Ilya Ivanovitch Solyekov took Bronze in the men's, while Lovisa's Petra Kronberg took home the women's bronze.

On the SnoTrack, Ryan DeAngelo's qualifying time was good enough to earn him a front row spot in both the 10k and 15k events, while Shawna Avica will start from the back in each event.

Tommorrow's schedule on MSQBC and QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

MSQBC schedule

1:00pm: Curling: Qazox Women vs. Newmanistan Women
2:15pm: Bobsled Run 1: 2-Person WOMEN
2:30pm: Curling: Bears Armed Women vs. Sarzonia (TAPE)
4:00pm: Bobsled Run 2: 2-Person WOMEN
4:15pm: Curling: Bears Armed Men vs. Oiseaui


QBC schedule

7:00pm: Giant Slalom Run 1
7:25pm: Slalom Run 1
7:50pm: SNOCROSS 10k Openfield (MEDAL EVENT)
8:45pm: Curling: Qazox Men vs. Newmanistan Men (TAPE)
10:00pm: Bobsled Run 3: 4-person (TAPE)
10:20pm: Bobsled Run 4 4-person (MEDAL EVENT)

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Qazoxian Winter Festival Results prove to be another disappointment


By. A.L. Cruse

While some say medaling at all is great, Oiseaui has always prided itself on its athletics so after today's Qazoxian Winter Festival results the sports fans of the nation proved to be less than enthused. Finishing with one Bronze medal, Oiseaui redeemed themselves after yesterday's Curling and proved they were still a team worthy of international competition. However when asked for an interview, Rasmussen still declined.

Instead this reporter went to Sports Commissioner Vince Dobson:

ALC: Thanks for interviewing with us Commissioner Dobson.

CVD: The pleasure is mine.

ALC: While the Qazoxian Winter Festival has only gone on for two days, how do you feel thus far about our performance?

CVD: Well, I'm proud of our boys in Curling. Yesterday was a disappointment, the first international sporting event we've competed in in decades and we lost. However, I feel that today they've redeemed themselves and considering their the first step in a grand direction they should be proud of themselves.

ALC: And how do you feel about the Isaacs brothers' performance in 2-Man bobsled?

CVD: Lets be honest here, those boys have always proved more of a nuisance than anything but today they too redeemed themselves and while they didn't medal at least they didn't come in last. I suppose they saw your last article and had a broken ego to clean up.

ALC: Hah! What do foresee for this competition, do you think this upward success will continue?

CVD: Murphy's Law dictates as soon as I'm positive we'll have the floor whiped with our noses so instead of making any predictions I'm just going to wish our guys and gals luck and hope that they bring home the Gold. Lets face it... we've been away from international sports so long that it was silly for us to come in and expect to run away with it all. It's opened our eyes though and you can bet that regardless of what happens this year, next time we'll come back stronger and better for having learned what it is to lose.

ALC: Well thanks Commissioner, here's a good luck to our athletes.

CVD: Indeed.

Our athletes also competed in a Mogul Exhibition. For those die-hard fans out there Todd Olivo finished with 25.65, and Veronique Carlos finished with 22.81.

Cross your fingers Oiseaui, and wish our athletes good luck as they try to further establish our nation in the international world of sports.

Alpine skiers Matt Moore and Laina Carlson walked back into the room where the Sarzonian delegation to the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival assembled after the day's events and heard a lot of applause and celebration.

They each brought home gold medals for the Sarzonians in the country's first extended foray into multi-event competition. So did Nate Churchill and Brian Hundley in the two-man bobsled. They narrowly defeated a Lovisa pairing by one tenth of a second to capture the gold.

"Hip hip HUZZAH!" "Hip hip HUZZAH!"

Sarzonians gathered in the centre of the room and celebrated by hopping up and down as if the collective team had just captured the overall championship. After a few minutes of high fives and hugs, the team finally settled down to eat dinner.

Standing by and watching this unfurl was Mike Wilson. No, he wasn't as dejected as Joe Garner was just the day before, but piling on top of each other and celebrating, especially before the final event, was not his scene. He watched with a detached smile as even Garner joined the celebration. Garner was not going to be considered an outcast among his teammates, even if his results were nowhere near as successful as the three gold medalists.

As for the curling team, they brought a 2-0 record into Day 3. The team barely missed out on advancing past the qualifying stages of the Atlantian Oceania curling competition hosted by Pacitalia, but this team seemed to score at just the right moments. Still, defence seemed to be the Sarzonian calling card in what normally is a rather high scoring sport.

Looking up at the leaderboard, the athletes could see that Sarzonia currently led in gold medals and overall medals with three. They all began to feel a little pressure to keep that success going and cart home some hardware for the nation to feel good about as it started to make the Great Isolation and a deep and painfule economic recession a memory.

DAY THREE RESULTS

CURLING: (Winners In Bold)
Qazox men vs. Newmanistan Men 9-6
Bears Armed Women vs. Sarzonia 9-5
Bears Armed Men vs. Oiseaui 6-5
Qazox Women vs. Newmanistan Women 7-3

CURLING STANDINGS
TEAM W-L PTS PF PA PD
Sarzonia 3-0 6 18 12 +6
Qazox Men 2-1 4 18 14 +4
Newmanistan Women 2-1 4 16 13 +3
Bears Armed Men 2-1 4 15 12 +3
Oiseaui 1-2 2 12 12 --
Qazox Women 1-2 2 14 19 -5
Bears Armed Women 1-2 2 9 15 -6
Newmanistan Men 0-3 0 16 21 -5



BOBSLED
(TR: NEW Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
Women's 2-person Run 1

(Teammates) RUN1
Paula Sean/Heather Seba (Qazox) 1:04.02TR
Ashley Isaacs/Gwyneth Isaacs (Oiseaui) 1:04.16
Maya Bamert/Martina Feusi (Lovisa) 1:04.23
Clarissa Stocks/Lori Knight (Sarzonia) 1:04.56

Women's 2-person Run 2

(Teammates) RUN1 RUN2 TIME
Paula Sean/Heather Seba (Qazox) 1:04.02 1:03.71 2:07.73
Ashley Isaacs/Gwyneth Isaacs (Oiseaui) 1:04.16 1:03.61TR 2:07.77
Maya Bamert/Martina Feusi (Lovisa) 1:04.23 1:03.93 2:08.16
Clarissa Stocks/Lori Knight (Sarzonia) 1:04.56 1:03.84 2:08.40


TR: Eric Chandel/Issac Symons/Craig Tyre/Jack Haller (Qazox): 57.45
4-person Run 3

Team RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 TIME
Myedvedeya 57.85 57.62 56.75 2:52.22
Qazox 57.45 57.91 56.89 2:52.25
Oiseaui Men 57.75 57.66 56.91 2:52.32
Taeshan 57.62 57.81 56.95 2:52.38
Oiseaui Women 58.27 57.84 56.74TR 2:52.85
Lovisa 58.15 57.82 57.05 2:53.02

4 person Run 4

Team RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 RUN4 TIME
Myedvedeya 57.85 57.62 56.75 57.62 3:49.84
Qazox 57.45 57.91 56.89 57.61 3:49.86
Taeshan 57.62 57.81 56.95 57.63 3:50.01
Oiseaui Men 57.75 57.66 56.91 57.75 3:50.07
Oiseaui Women 58.27 57.84 56.74 57.44 3:50.29
Lovisa 58.15 57.82 57.05 57.62 3:50.64



ALPINE SKIING
GIANT SLALOM RUN1
Walter Asimov (Qazox) 1:12.15
Peer Svindal (Lovisa) 1:12.51
Ilya Ivanovitch Solyekov (Myedvedeya) 1:12.66
Ulrike Maier (Lovisa) 1:12.82


SLALOM RUN1
Ilya Ivanovitch Solyekov (Myedvedeya) 53.12
Gustav Goch (Lovisa) 53.14
Petra Kronberg (Lovisa) 53.41
Erica Deneen (Qazox) 53.46


NOTE: Both men and women competed in these events. The Men ran a normal Men's course, while the women ran the same course, but started 1 gate ahead. (ooc: In RL the women run about 3 gates less then the men in each event, and men's times are usally in the low-to-mid 50's for slalom 1:10 for Giant, while women's times are in the mid-to-upper 40's slalom, 1:05 in Giant, so this evened out the slopes a bit more.)

SNOCROSS
10K OpenField FINAL:
Time (Behind)
John DeAngelo (Qazox) 11:31.86 (-----)
Stefan Könnecke (Tocrowkia) 11:32.25 (+0.39)
Perrarn ar Perrarn o 'Prydwern' (Bears Armed) 11:41.15 (+9.29)
Wendy Avica (Qazox) 11:46.44 (+14.58)
Slava Sukhovksy (Myedvedeya) 11:51.45 (+19.59)
Rarffe Far-Rubert (Bears Armed) 12:07.52 (+35.66)
Nikolai Pencherkov (Myedvedeya) 12:11.02 (+39.16)
Joe Garner (Sarzonia) 12:15.01 (+43.15)
Katrin Herrlein (Tocrowkia) 12:21.62 (+49.76)




MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Qazox 1 3 0 4
Sarzonia 3 0 0 3
Myedvedeya 1 0 2 3
Lovisa 0 1 1 2
Tocrowkia 0 1 0 1
Oiseaui 0 0 1 1
Taeshan 0 0 1 1
Bears Armed 0 0 1 1


Winter Festival Wiki Page (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/1st_Qazoxian_Winter_Sports_Festival)

MSQBC QWSF Recap

Qazox got it's first gold of this festival, as John DeAngelo edged out Tocrowkia's Stefan Könnecke by 0.39 seconds. Könnecke started almost 2 full seconds before DeAngelo, but by the time the two men reached their first checkpoint, they were neack-and-neck. Könnecke used great strategy, follwing DeAngelo to every checkpoint, therefore setting up a sprint back to the finish line. DeAngelo's snomobile was just a bit faster as both reached the finish in great time (11:31.86 to 11:32.25). The fastest qualifer, Perrarn ar Perrarn o 'Prydwern' of Bears Armed took home the bronze.

On the Bobsled track, Qazox just lost out on a 2nd gold today by 0.02 seconds as the team of Nikolai Pencherkov/Slava Sukhovsky/Pasha Kurayin/Vladimir Volyodov from Myedvedeya took the gold in a total time of 3:49.84 to Qazox' time of 3:49.86. The suprising news was the Oiseaui women's team, who finished in 5th, but set a new track record in their 3rd run.


Curling:
Qazox Men v. Newmanistan Men
Defense went to the wayside in this match as there was a score in every inning, but Qazox took a 4-0 lead after 2 innings and held on for the win.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
NMen 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
QMen 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 9


Qazox Women v. Newmanistan women
Unlike the Qazox men, the women trailed 5-0 after 3 innings before losing to the Newmanistan women 7-3.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
QWomen 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
NWomen 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7


Tommorrow's schedule on MSQBC and QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

MSQBC schedule

12:30pm: Curling: Qazox Women vs. Oiseaui
1:45pm: Curling: Bears Armed Women vs. Newmanistan Men (TAPE)
3:00pm: Curling: Qazox men vs. Bears Armed Men
4:15pm: Curling: Sarzonia vs. Newmanistan Women (TAPE)


QBC schedule

7:30pm: SNOCROSS 15k Openfield (MEDAL EVENT)
8:15pm: FREESTYLE SKIING (Mogul Exhibition 2)
8:30pm: Slalom Run 2 (MEDAL EVENT)
9:00pm: Bobsled Run 3: 2-person Women (TAPE)
9:30pm: Giant Slalom Run 2 (MEDAL EVENT)
10:00pm: Bobsled Run 4: 2-person Women (MEDAL EVENT)

Mixed emotions were felt after the SnoCross finished. On one hand, Stefan Könnecke did finish second, gaining a silver medal and the Reich's first medal overall in the Qazox winter games. On the other, Katrin Herrlein finished dead last. The young woman declined the opportunity to speak to reporters after the event finished, and instead stormed off back to her hotel room to sulk. Most Tocrowkians are still anticipating the beginning of the snowboarding events however, especially the performance of Snowboarding sensation Keira Sylar.

When we asked her how she was enjoying her stay, she nodded and proclaimed. "It's a really beautiful country, Qazox. But I'm not letting anything distract me from what I came here to do...and that's win."

Sarzonia's athletes didn't get the results today that they did yesterday. It was hard to top the three gold medals they got on Day 2 of the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival.

Except, of course, for the Sarzonian curling team. They picked up their third win in as many matches, this time against the Bears Armed women.

During their only previous curling competition, the Sarzonians barely missed out on qualifying for the second round of the Atlantian Oceania Curling Championship. They won three of six matches during qualifying. This time, they've won all three matches and currently sit at 3-0.

"We're pleased to be doing this well," said Coach Patrick Conway. "Curling is considered a niche sport in Sarzonia. For us to sit in first place right now is a thrill."

Sarzonia's next match is against the Newmanistan women, who are tied with the Qazox men's team for second place at 2-1. However, the host nation's men's side is in second place by scoring differential. That fact means little, said skip Mathew Renney.

"They're a good side," Renney said. "We need to play well to win this match, like we've had to play well to win each of the matches before this."

DAY FOUR RESULTS

CURLING: (Winners In Bold)
Qazox men vs. Bears Armed Men 6-3
Bears Armed Women vs. Newmanistan Men 5-3
Qazox Women vs. Oiseaui 6-5 11 innings
(ooc: Yes curling can go into extra innings, in case you didn't know)
Sarzonia vs. Newmanistan Women 6-5

CURLING STANDINGS
TEAM W-L PTS PF PA PD
Qazox Men 3-1 6 24 17 +7
Sarzonia 3-1 6 23 18 +5
Newmanistan Women 3-1 6 22 18 +4
Oiseaui 2-2 4 18 17 +1
Bears Armed Men 2-2 4 18 18 --
Newmanistan Men 1-3 2 21 24 -3
Qazox Women 1-3 2 19 25 -6
Bears Armed Women 1-3 2 12 20 -8

Note: Until the final MD, the standings are by PD. After the final MD, H2H will be used to determine tiebreakers

BOBSLED
(TR: NEW Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
TR: Ashley Isaacs/Gwyneth Isaacs (Oiseaui) 1:03.61
Women's 2-person Run 3

(Teammates) RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 TIME
Ashley Isaacs/Gwyneth Isaacs (Oiseaui) 1:04.16 1:03.61 1:03.81 3:11.56
Paula Sean/Heather Seba (Qazox) 1:04.02 1:03.71 1:03.96 3:11.69
Maya Bamert/Martina Feusi (Lovisa) 1:04.23 1:03.93 1:03.69 3:11.85
Clarissa Stocks/Lori Knight (Sarzonia) 1:04.56 1:03.84 1:03.65 3:12.05

Women's 2-person Run 4

(Teammates) RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 RUN4 TIME
Ashley Isaacs/Gwyneth Isaacs (Oiseaui) 1:04.16 1:03.61 1:03.81 1:04.70 4:16.26
Maya Bamert/Martina Feusi (Lovisa) 1:04.23 1:03.93 1:03.69 1:04.46 4:16.31
Paula Sean/Heather Seba (Qazox) 1:04.02 1:03.71 1:03.96 1:04.64 4:16.33
Clarissa Stocks/Lori Knight (Sarzonia) 1:04.56 1:03.84 1:03.65 1:04.55 4:16.60


ALPINE SKIING
GIANT SLALOM RUN1 RUN2 TIME
Walter Asimov (Qazox) 1:12.15 1:13.06 2:25.21
Peer Svindal (Lovisa) 1:12.51 1:12.71 2:25.22
Ilya Ivanovitch Solyekov (Myedvedeya) 1:12.66 1:12.83 2:25.49
Ulrike Maier (Lovisa) 1:12.82 1:12.77 2:25.59


SLALOM RUN1 RUN2 TIME
Ilya Ivanovitch Solyekov (Myedvedeya) 53.12 51.79 1:44.91
Gustav Goch (Lovisa) 53.14 51.94 1:45.08
Erica Deneen (Qazox) 53.46 51.74 1:45.20
Petra Kronberg (Lovisa) 53.41 52.08 1:45.49


FREESTYLE SKIING (Mogul Exhibition 2):
Todd Olivo (Oiseaui): 28.89
Veronique Carlos (Oiseaui): 27.05

SNOCROSS
15K OpenField FINAL:
Time (Behind)
Mike Wilson (Sarzonia) 18:33.73 (-----)
Kristin Riethmüller (Tocrowkia) 18:41.71 (+7.98)
Albarrd o Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 18:52.61 (+18.88)
Urrsa 'Wheels' o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 19:12.01 (+38.28)
Daniel München (Tocrowkia) 19:36.34 (+1:02.51)
Wendy Avica (Qazox) 19:36.54 (+1:02.71)
John DeAngelo (Qazox) DNF (DNF)




MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Qazox 2 3 2 7
Myedvedeya 2 0 3 5
Lovisa 0 4 1 5
Sarzonia 4 0 0 4
Oiseaui 1 0 1 2
Tocrowkia 0 2 0 2
Bears Armed 0 0 2 2
Taeshan 0 0 1 1


Winter Festival Wiki Page (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/1st_Qazoxian_Winter_Sports_Festival)

MSQBC QWSF Recap

Qazox gathered together 3 more medals today, giving them a total of 7 so far in the festival. A gold to Walter Asimov, who dominated the Giant Slalom, despite having the worst of the final runs, he edged out Lovisa's Peer Svindal for the gold. Erica Deneen had the best 2nd run which moved her into the bronze, but Ilya Ivanovitch Solyekov of Myedvedeya finally got a gold in his 3rd try, easily winning the Slalom by almost 2/10ths of a second.

In the 15k openfield event, Wendy Avica finished nearly last over a minute behind the winner, Mike Wilson of Sarzonia. John DeAngelo had the fastest time through 5 of the 7 checkpoints, but an engine failure on his way to the sixth checkpoint left him out of the race and his chance at an open-field double was ended.


Curling:
Qazox Men v. Bears Armed Men
Trailing 3-0 after 4 innings, Qazox rallied for the 6-3 win, and coupled with Sarzonia's loss, the men are now tied for first with 3 matches remaining.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
QMen 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 6
BAMen 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3


Qazox Women v. Oiseaui
The women blew two 2-stone leads and Oiseaui won in 11 innings, the first extra-inning game of the festival to send the women to 1-3.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 F
QWomen 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Oiseaui 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6


Tommorrow's schedule on MSQBC and QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

MSQBC schedule

12:00pm: Curling: Sarzonia vs. Qazox Women
1:15pm: LUGE: Men's Run 1
1:25pm: LUGE: Women's Run 1
1:35pm: LUGE: Men's Run 2
1:45pm: LUGE: Women's Run 2
2:00pm: Curling: Newmanistan Men vs. Bears Armed Men
3:15pm: Curling: Bears Armed Women vs. Oiseaui (TAPE)


QBC schedule

7:00pm: Curling: Newmanistan Women vs. Qazox Men (TAPE)
8:20pm: SNOCROSS 10k Track (MEDAL EVENT)
8:45pm: LUGE: Men's and Women's Runs 1 and 2 (TAPE)
9:15pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track) Qualifying: Men's 500m
9:45pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track) Qualifying: Women's 500m
10:15pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track) Qualifying: Mixed 4 X 750m relay

Mike Wilson staggered off his snowmobile after his run. To say he was exhausted would be to make a massive understatement. Sarzonia's Health and Athetics Department officials had to support Wilson as he slowly made his way inside to watch the results.

He felt pessimistic about his chances of winning after that final run. The Reich's Kristin Riethmüller was hot on his tail and he figured he'd lose some time to her over a tough stretch of space. When he walked in and saw the results, he collapsed to the floor in tears.

However, they were tears of joy. He'd lapped the field, earning Sarzonia's fourth gold medal of the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival. After he was helped up to a seated position, he accepted congratulations from teammates of all sports.

Even Sarzonia's 6-5 loss to Newmanistan's women in curling didn't dampen Sarzonian athletes' enthusiasm over Wilson's victory. They eagerly looked forward to the medal ceremony when the jarring rock guitars would play the Sarzonian national anthem and raise the navy and silver of Sarzonia's flag higher than those of the Reich or of those sentient ursines.

As for the curling team, their first loss after opening the competition with three straight wins did not sit well. A controversial call by the Taseshani born referee in the 10th end resulted in Newmanistan's women earning the sixth point and sending Sarzonia to the loss.

However, Sarzonia could have rued other chances to score, for example, in the third inning when Sarzonia missed a chance to stretch its 3-1 lead to 4-1. The Newmanistani women took advantage of the Sarzonian gaffe to cut the lead to 3-2, but more importantly, they stole momentum away from the Sarzonian team.

Sarzonia's next match would be against the Qazoxian women, a match skip Mathew Renney called "vital."

"We've got to bounce back from this loss," he said. "Otherwise, we're in big trouble."

Even though the Qazox women are currently 1-3 and Sarzonia is 3-1, the team to a man said the match would be important. After all, the team is coming off its first loss since Milchama knocked them out of the second Atlantian Oceania Curling Championship in Pacitalia. Coach Patrick Conway called the team's response the most important aspect.

"We're not worried about records here," Conway said. "We're more worried about how we focus as a team and how we respond to adversity." He said he would not protest the outcome of the match against Newmanistan in spite of his arguing during the match.

"What's done is done," he said. "We missed our chances to put them away. It never should have gone down to that last inning."

DAY FIVE RESULTS

CURLING: (Winners In Bold)
Newmanistan Women vs. Qazox Men 3-1
Sarzonia vs. Qazox Women 6-3
Newmanistan Men vs. Bears Armed Men 4-2
Bears Armed Women vs. Oiseaui 6-2

CURLING STANDINGS
TEAM W-L PTS PF PA PD
Sarzonia 4-1 8 29 21 +8
Newmanistan Women 4-1 8 25 19 +6
Qazox Men 3-2 6 25 20 +5
Oiseaui 3-2 6 24 19 +5
Newmanistan Men 2-3 4 25 26 -1
Bears Armed Men 2-3 4 20 22 -2
Qazox Women 1-4 2 22 31 -9
Bears Armed Women 1-4 2 14 26 -12

Note: Until the final MD, the standings are by PD. After the final MD, H2H will be used to determine tiebreakers

LUGE
(TR: NEW Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
Men's Run 1

RUN1
Jens Muller (Lovisa) 53.352TR
Andy Kellogg (Oiseaui) 53.424
Pascal Lamoureux (Newmanistan) 53.431
Olivier Desjardins (Newmanistan) 53.624

Men's Run 2

RUN1 RUN2 TIME
Jens Muller (Lovisa) 53.352 53.334 1:46.686
Andy Kellogg (Oiseaui) 53.424 53.343 1:46.767
Olivier Desjardins (Newmanistan) 53.624 53.165TR 1:46.789
Pascal Lamoureux (Newmanistan) 53.431 53.455 1:46.886


(TR: NEW Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
Women's Run 1

RUN1
Julie Karagina (Myedvedeya) 54.734TR
Ashley Dagenais (Newmanistan) 54.763
Jennifer Paiement (Newmanistan) 54.831
Coleen Back (Oiseaui) 54.933
Angelica Neuner (Lovisa) 54.944
Amy LaTourette (Newmanistan) 54.963

Women's Run 2

RUN1 RUN2 TIME
Ashley Dagenais (Newmanistan) 54.763 54.323 1:49.086
Julie Karagina (Myedvedeya) 54.734 54.521 1:49.255
Angelica Neuner (Lovisa) 54.944 54.316TR 1:49.260
Coleen Back (Oiseaui) 54.933 54.333 1:49.266
Amy LaTourette (Newmanistan) 54.963 54.325 1:49.288
Jennifer Paiement (Newmanistan) 54.831 54.516 1:49.347


SPEEDSKATING (Short Track)
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)

Men's 500m Qualifying

Brian Kinser (Newmanistan) 42.444 FR
Mike Quinlan (Qazox) 42.645


Women's 500m Qualifying (TOP 4 to final, bottom 2 to Race B)

Bonnie Salieri (Sarzonia) 44.215FR
Jessica Coventry (Newmanistan) 44.219
Heather Benjamin (Newmanistan) 44.251
Natasha Istayenkerova (Myedvedeya) 44.316
Denise Rubens (Qazox) 44.464
Christine Stevens (Newmanistan) 44.625


Men's 1000m Qualifying

Joseph Mikal (Qazox) 1:28.136 FR, QR
Brian Kinser (Newmanistan) 1:28.231


Women's 1000m Qualifying

Jessica Coventry (Newmanistan) 1:30.231 FR
Natasha Istayenkerova (Myedvedeya) 1:30.311
Dorothy Jensen (Qazox) 1:30.446 QR
Heather Benjamin (Newmanistan) 1:30.516


Mixed 4 X 750m relay Qualifying

(Qazox) 2:25.713 WR
(Newmanistan 2) 2:25.942
(Sarzonia) 2:26.031
(Newmanistan 1) 2:26.062


Note about the men's 500m and 1000m qualifying: The difference in qualifying times is used to determine inside postion only. In the actual match races, the winner of the first race will start ahead of the 2nd place skater by the amount of time difference. If the winner of the 1st race wins the 2nd race, they win the gold; if the 2nd place skater wins, then they will race a third time, with the winner of the 2nd race on the inside position. If either skater falls during any of the 3 races, the other skater will automatically win that race.

SNOCROSS
10K Track FINAL:
Time (Behind)
Stefan Könnecke (Tocrowkia) 8:43.22 (-----)
Ryan DeAngelo (Qazox) 8:45.15 (+1.93)
Siggur o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 8:46.11 (+2.89)
Siggryn o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 8:46.23 (+3.01)
Joe Garner (Sarzonia) 8:49.65 (+6.43)
Shawna Avica (Qazox) 8:51.32 (+8.10)
Katrin Herrlein (Tocrowkia) 8:53.63 (+10.41)




MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Qazox 2 4 2 8
Myedvedeya 2 0 3 5
Lovisa 0 4 1 5
Sarzonia 4 0 0 4
Tocrowkia 1 2 0 3
Bears Armed 0 0 3 3
Oiseaui 1 0 1 2
Taeshan 0 0 1 1


Winter Festival Wiki Page (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/1st_Qazoxian_Winter_Sports_Festival)

MSQBC QWSF Recap

Quite a busy day 5 today as the Luge and ShortTrack speedskating events began today.

In luge, No Qazoxian luger particiapted, but with Newmanistan have multiple entries in the events, they are almost assured of at least a podium finish in those events.

On the shortrack, Brian Kinser (Newmanistan) has impressed the crowds so far, easily winning his qualifying heat in the 500m, and having great times in the 1000m and the 4x750m relay. But Qazox's skaters did just a bit better, as
Joseph Mikal set a new Qazoxian record in the 1000m as did Dorothy Jensen. Denise Rubens failed to qualify for the Medal race in the 500m but the 4x750m relay team set a new world record with a time of 2:25.713; the old record being 2:25.836, set just last year by the same team in the Qazox national championships.

On the 10k Snocross Track, Stefan Könnecke avanged his close loss to Ryan DeAngelo by edging DeAngelo on the final turn of Lap 5 and beating him by 2 lengths for Tocrowkia's 1st gold at these games.

Curling:
Qazox Men v. Newmanistan Women
A very ugly curling match as niether side scored until the final 4 innings, and the Women of Newmanistan did what their menfolk couldn't, beat Qazox's men.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
QMen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
NWomen 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3


Qazox Women v. Sarzonia
Sarzonia took a 4-0 lead early and move closer to the top seed in the knockouts, while the Qazox women lose their 3rd in a row, almost assuring themselves of a bottom seed.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
QWomen 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Sarzonia 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6


Tommorrow's schedule on MSQBC and QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

MSQBC schedule

12:00pm: Curling: Bears Armed Women vs. Qazox Women
1:15pm: Curling: Bears Armed Men vs. Newmanistan Women (TAPE)
2:30pm: Curling: Oiseaui vs. Newmanistan Men
3:45pm: FREESTYLE SKIING (Aerial Exhibition 1)


QBC schedule

7:00pm: Curling: Sarzonia vs. Qazox men (TAPE)
8:20pm: LUGE: Men's and Women's Run 3
8:45pm: SNOCROSS 15k Track (MEDAL EVENT)
9:15pm: LUGE: Men's and Women's Run 4 (MEDAL EVENTS)
9:30pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track) Qualifying: Women's 750m
10:00pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track) Qualifying: Men's 1500m
10:30pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track) Mixed 4 X 750m relay (MEDAL EVENT)

Short track speed skater Bonnie Salieri woke up on the morning of Day 5 competition and promptly ran into her bathroom to throw up. She was normally nervous on the day of competition, but this was over and beyond.

After spending several minutes bowing to the porcelain god, she stood up and looked in the mirror. She looked like someone who'd caught a massive virus. She wasn't feeling well at all.

She almost decided to call her coach and beg out of competing in the 500 kilometre qualifying race. She figured golds, silvers or bronzes were worth nothing compared to her overall health. But she decided she'd get her uniform on and her clothes and see where that took her. After taking her shower, she got dressed thusly.

When she got to the site of the competition, she ran into the women's athletes' restroom and threw up again. And again. Finally, though, she asked a Qazoxian doctor for some legal medication she could take to help her fight this sudden sickness off. When she found some, she took it.

Within 15 minutes, still feeling like shit, she lined up to take her spot and start the competition. Then, a funny thing happened. As soon as the starting gun fired, she sliced ably through the ice and felt better than she had all day. She knew what it was: Once the adrenaline kicked in, it pushed the virus aside.

That didn't prepare her for when she looked up and saw that she'd won the qualifying heat and advanced to the finals. Even though her adrenaline had run her course by then, she felt a little bit better. She knew whatever medicine the Qazoxian doctor gave her must have started to work.

As for medicine, the Sarzonian curling side seemed to have found whatever it was and it bounced back from its loss to the Newmanistani women by defeating Qazox's women 6-3. After taking a 4-0 lead after the third end, the Sarzonian team held on.

As for Joe Garner, his nightmare of a Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival came to a merciful end when he finished fifth in the 10K snocross final. He knew he'd have to get back at it once he returned to Sarzonia for the next winter competition. Hopefully then, he'd do better.

THE ROCKET REPORT

LUGE FINALLY UNDERWAY

Qazox- Ahhh, yes. Now finally we have stuff to inform you about from the Winter Sports Festival being played in Qazox. Yes, we could have devoted an entire article to curling, but that wouldn’t have been enough. One of the most exciting Winter Olympics sports began last night, and that would be the luge. The Empress was rather disappointed in the poor turnout from other nations from this competition, and we are guaranteed at least one medal simply by showing up. Some of the early results haven’t been that great, but now that our athletes know the course, look for them to shine when the pressure is on. Said Ashley Dagenais, “The course was a little unfamiliar, but now that we’ve learned it we all feel that we will make up the time that we need to and that we will pick up several medals in these events, and not just because we’re showing up, but because we performed well.” Fellow luger Pascal Lamoreux was very disappointed in the turnout, saying, “So the four of us are ready to go, I look at Olivier and we see the people from two other countries and it was really appalling. How could only four people participate? It was a major letdown, I came here looking to compete against the best, but now if I win a medal it won’t feel like I’ve accomplished anything. No disrespect meant to Olivier or to Jens or Andy. I think all four of are still wondering when they other twenty or so people will make their run.” Olivier Desjardins commented, “The bobsled is the more sexy sport, unfortunately. Real men and women do it solo. Luge is ten times more difficult then the bobsled.”

Elsewhere, we’ve seen the preliminary races begin to take place in short track speed skating, and even hear the fields aren’t the greatest. In the men’s 500m for example, there are just two people. Newmanistan’s Brian Kinser and Qazox’s Mike Quinlan. Instead of racing a field, like you would want to see, these two men are confined to heat races against one another. “It’s a slap in the face to Mike and I.” said Kinser. Now for that curling, our women are 4-1 and the men are 2-3.

(from the 'Sports' section of 'The Bear Necessities'...)


LUCK RUNS COLD FOR BEARS IN QAZOX

Our contestants' performance in the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival continues to be underwhelming. Neither of the Curling teams looks at all likely to medal at all, apparently being the best in NorthPort University's inter-Hall games doesn't make you worth much the inter-national scale, and so far the only medals that we have are three Bronzes from 'Snowcross' events. All of our Snowcross entrants are not only students at NorethPort U, they're candidates for members in the 'Cold Warriors' society too, and that organisation's war-leader had this to say_


(Full deatils inside, on page S-9).

DAY SIX RESULTS

CURLING: (Winners In Bold)
Sarzonia vs. Qazox men 5-4
Bears Armed Women vs. Qazox Women 5-2
Oiseaui vs. Newmanistan Men 6-5 (11 innings)
Bears Armed Men vs. Newmanistan Women 6-4

CURLING STANDINGS
TEAM W-L PTS PF PA PD
Sarzonia 4-2 8 33 26 +7
Qazox Men 4-2 8 30 24 +6
Newmanistan Women 4-2 8 29 25 +4
Oiseaui 3-3 6 29 25 +4
Newmanistan Men 3-3 6 31 31 --
Bears Armed Men 3-3 6 26 26 --
Bears Armed Women 2-4 4 19 28 -9
Qazox Women 1-5 2 22 34 -12

Note: Until the final MD, the standings are by PD. After the final MD, H2H will be used to determine tiebreakers

LUGE
(TR: NEW Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
TR: Olivier Desjardins (Newmanistan) 53.165
Men's Run 3

RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 TIME
Pascal Lamoureux (Newmanistan) 53.431 53.455 53.266 2:40.152
Olivier Desjardins (Newmanistan) 53.624 53.165 53.455 2:40.244
Jens Muller (Lovisa) 53.352 53.334 53.579 2:40.265
Andy Kellogg (Oiseaui) 53.424 53.343 53.501 2:40.268

Men's Run 4

RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 RUN4 TIME
Pascal Lamoureux (Newmanistan) 53.431 53.455 53.266 53.236 3:33.388
Andy Kellogg (Oiseaui) 53.424 53.343 53.501 53.344 3:33.612
Olivier Desjardins (Newmanistan) 53.624 53.165 53.455 53.466 3:33.710
Jens Muller (Lovisa) 53.352 53.334 53.579 53.626 3:33.891


(TR: NEW Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
TR: Angelica Neuner (Lovisa) 54.316
Women's Run 3

RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 TIME
Ashley Dagenais (Newmanistan) 54.763 54.323 54.215TR 2:43.301
Julie Karagina (Myedvedeya) 54.734 54.521 54.365 2:43.620
Amy LaTourette (Newmanistan) 54.963 54.325 54.342 2:43.630
Coleen Back (Oiseaui) 54.933 54.333 54.451 2:43.717
Angelica Neuner (Lovisa) 54.944 54.316 54.562 2:43.822
Jennifer Paiement (Newmanistan) 54.831 54.516 54.535 2:43.882

Women's Run 4

RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 RUN4 TIME
Ashley Dagenais (Newmanistan) 54.763 54.323 54.215 54.345 3:37.646
Amy LaTourette (Newmanistan) 54.963 54.325 54.342 54.412 3:38.042
Coleen Back (Oiseaui) 54.933 54.333 54.451 54.464 3:38.181
Julie Karagina (Myedvedeya) 54.734 54.521 54.365 54.662 3:38.315
Angelica Neuner (Lovisa) 54.944 54.316 54.562 54.543 3:38.365
Jennifer Paiement (Newmanistan) 54.831 54.516 54.535 54.611 3:38.493


FREESTYLE SKIING (Aerial Exhibition 1):
Joaquin Warner (Oiseaui) 256.60
Kristi Trevino (Oiseaui) 214.63

SPEEDSKATING (Short Track)
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)

Women's 750m Qualifying

Jessica Coventry (Newmanistan) 1:02.162 WR
Heather Benjamin (Newmanistan) 1:02.355
Denise Rubens (Qazox) 1:02.426
Bonnie Salieri (Sarzonia) 1:02.634


Men's 1500m Qualifying

George Gould (Sarzonia) 2:29.153
Harold E. Smith (Qazox) 2:29.225


Mixed 4 X 750m relay FINAL
WR: Qazox 2:25.713

(Qazox) 2:25.533 WR
(Newmanistan 1) 2:25.564
(Sarzonia) 2:25.636
(Newmanistan 2) 2:25.822


SNOCROSS
15K Track FINAL:
Time (Behind)
Daniel München (Tocrowkia) 13:43.62 (-----)
Kristin Riethmüller (Tocrowkia) 13:46.56 (+2.94)
Mike Wilson (Sarzonia) 13:51.26 (+7.64)
Barran o GreenRiver (Bears Armed) 13:51.35 (+7.73)
Blarzh Far-Rubert (Bears Armed) 14:05.23 (+21.61)
Ryan DeAngelo (Qazox) 14:08.61 (+24.99)
Arin Little (Taeshan) 14:09.26 (+25.64)
Shawna Avica (Qazox) 14:16.32 (+32.70)


MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Qazox 3 4 2 9
Sarzonia 4 0 2 6
Tocrowkia 2 3 0 5
Newmanistan 2 2 1 5
Myedvedeya 2 0 3 5
Lovisa 0 4 1 5
Oiseaui 1 1 2 4
Bears Armed 0 0 3 3
Taeshan 0 0 1 1


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MSQBC QWSF Recap

Day 6, the unoffical half-way point of the Sports Fesival was today as the Snocross field events ended. A crash on Lap 4 in the 15K track, caught up Barran o GreenRiver, Blarzh Far-Rubert, Ryan DeAngelo, and Arin Little, which allowed both the Tocrowkia riders to pull away, in what had been a close race. Mike Wilson of Sarzonia finally got his 1st medal, edging out Barran o GreenRiver for the bronze.

In luge, Newmanistan won 4 of the 6 medals, including both golds, as they look to the upcoming Olympics to dominate.

On the shortrack, Jessica Coventry of Newmanistan set a new World Record in the women's 750m with a time of 1:02.162, beating the record by almost a half second. In fact all 4 skaters broke the old record. In the 4x750m relay, Qazox set another World Record, edging out Newmanistan for the gold by about 4 feet.

Curling:
Qazox Men v. Sarzonia
A back-and-forth match which saw 6 ties in the match, until Qazox managed to get 2 stones in the circle in the 9th inning, giving them the lead for the first and final time.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
Sarzonia 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
QMen 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 6


Qazox Women v. Bears Armed Women
The 5-2 loss clinched last place for the Women of Qazox.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
QWomen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
BAwomen 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5


Tommorrow's schedule on MSQBC and QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

MSQBC schedule

12:00pm: Curling: Oiseaui vs. Qazox men
1:15pm: Curling: Newmanistan Women vs. bears Armed Women (TAPE)
2:30pm: Curling: Bears Armed Men vs. Sarzonia
3:45pm: Curling: Newmanistan Men vs. Qazox Women (TAPE)


QBC schedule

7:00pm: Skeleton: Run 1
7:20pm: Skeleton: Run 2
7:45pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Women's 500m Race B
8:00pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Women's 500m Race A (MEDAL EVENT)
8:15pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 500m Race 1
8:30pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 1000m Race 1
8:45pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Women's 1000m (MEDAL EVENT)
9:00pm: SNOWBOARDING (Half-Pipe): Men's Run 1
9:15pm: SNOWBOARDING (Half-Pipe): Women's Run 1
9:30pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 500m Race 2 (MEDAL EVENT)
9:45pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 1000m Race 2 (MEDAL EVENT)
10:00pm: SNOWBOARDING (Half-Pipe): Men's Run 2 (MEDAL EVENT)
10:15pm: SNOWBOARDING (Half-Pipe): Women's Run 2 (MEDAL EVENT)
10:30pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 500m/1000m Race 3 (if needed) (MEDAL EVENT)
10:45pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 1000m Race 3 (if needed) (MEDAL EVENT)

Programming Note: If neither the men's 500m or 1000m needs a 3rd race, the final half hour will repeat the first two runs of Skeleton. If the 500m doesn't need a third race, the 1000m third race will be moved up to 10:30pm, with local news starting at 10:45pm.

Good news and bad news. Bad news first, of course. In the 10k SnoCross final Katrin Herrlein finished dead last again. The 20-year old was obviously extremely disappointed and once again declined to comment. And now for the good news! In the same competition, Stefan Könnecke got revenge for his close second place finish to Ryan DeAngelo by edging out the other rider to seize his first gold medal, and second medal all together in the games. "Obviously, I'm very excited. It was really hard fought, right until the end. But I'm happy I was able to get it done for my nation."

And in the 15k Track, the Reich seized two more medals as it's riders got both the first and second place spots. Daniel München & Kristin Riethmüller, whom we both interviewed were quick to point out their concern for their fellow riders, as a crash caught up pretty much everyone else. "I just hope they're all right." Daniel said. Kristin nodded in agreement, saying "You obviously want to win when you go out there, but you also wish everyone else well. And for something like that to happen isn't good at all." She was of course, happy that she won her second medal of the games though!

Sarzonia picked up two more medals in Day 6 of the inaugural Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival as Mike Wilson secured bronze in the snocross 15K track and Sarzonia's mixed 4 X 750m relay speed skating team also took third.

The news for the Sarzonian curling side was bad, however, as the host Qazoxian men rallied to defeat Sarzonia 6-5 by getting two stones in the ninth end. Sarzonia could only answer with one in the 10th. They needed two to tie and three to pull ahead.

Meanwhile, Bonnie Salieri finished fourth in the women's 750 metre short track speed skating qualifying competition, one day after falling ill, but winning in the 500 metre qualifying run.

"I felt better today than I did yesterday," she said. "I also wasn't as nervous for some reason. Perhaps I need to lose my dinner for me to do well here? I don't know."

Sarzonian doctors denied rumours that Salieri came down with food poisoning, saying Salieri's illness was the result of a "nasty" virus they said she caught from a spectator.

"I knew I shouldn't have gone into [the stands]," Salieri said.

Sarzonia currently sits in second place in the overall medals table, but retains its gold medal lead with four golds in six medals. Host nation Qazox leads the overall medal count with nine medals (three gold, four silver and two bronze.)

DAY SEVEN RESULTS

CURLING: (Winners In Bold)
Oiseaui vs. Qazox men 6-5
Newmanistan Men vs. Qazox Women 4-3 (12 innings)
Newmanistan Women vs. Bears Armed Women 6-4
Bears Armed Men vs. Sarzonia 4-1

CURLING STANDINGS
TEAM W-L PTS PF PA PD
Newmanistan Women 5-2 10 35 29 +6
Qazox Men 5-2 10 36 29 +7
Sarzonia 5-2 10 37 27 +10
Newmanistan Men 4-3 8 35 34 +1
Bears Armed Men 3-4 6 27 30 -3
Oiseaui 3-4 6 34 32 +2
Bears Armed Women 2-5 4 19 28 -9
Qazox Women 1-6 2 22 35 -13

TieBreakers: H2H, PD, PF
Newmanistan women (#1), based on 2-0 record vs. Qazox Men and Sarzonia.
Qazox Men (#2), based on H2H win vs. Sarzonia.
Bears Armed Men (#5), based on H2H win over Oiseaui.

CURLING QUARTERFINAL Matches:
QF1: #6 Oiseaui vs. #3 Sarzonia (previous match: Sarzonia 4-3 MD1)
QF2: #7 Bears Armed Women vs. #2 Qazox Men (previous match: Bears Armed Women 3-2 MD2)
QF3: #5 Bears Armed Men vs. #4 Newmanistan Men (previous match: Newmanistan Men 4-2 MD5)
QF4: #8 Qazox Women vs. #1 Newmanistan Women (previous match: Newmanistan Women 7-3 MD3)
The highest remaining seed will play the lowest remaining seed in the semis.

SKELETON CO-ED EVENT
(TR: NEW Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
Run 1

RUN1
Gregor Staeli (Lovisa) 59.33TR
Pasha Kurayin (Myedvedeya) 59.61
Amanda Scorzi (Lovisa) 1:00.13

Run 2

RUN1 RUN2 TIME
Gregor Staeli (Lovisa) 59.33 59.94 1:59.27
Pasha Kurayin (Myedvedeya) 59.61 59.71 1:59.32
Amanda Scorzi (Lovisa) 1:00.13 59.75 1:59.88


SPEEDSKATING (Short Track)
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)

Men's 500m Race 1

Brian Kinser (Newmanistan) 42.366 FR (leads 1-0)
Mike Quinlan (Qazox) 42.515

Men's 500m Race 2

Brian Kinser (Newmanistan) 42.261 FR
Mike Quinlan (Qazox) 42.439

Note: Kinser won match 2-0.

Women's 500m Race B

Denise Rubens (Qazox) 44.671 (5th)
Christine Stevens (Newmanistan) 45.086 (6th)


Women's 500m Final

Bonnie Salieri (Sarzonia) 44.341
Jessica Coventry (Newmanistan) 44.415
Natasha Istayenkerova (Myedvedeya) 44.624
Heather Benjamin (Newmanistan) 45.006


Men's 1000m Race 1

Joseph Mikal (Qazox) 1:28.421
Brian Kinser (Newmanistan) 1:28.610

Men's 1000m Race 2

Joseph Mikal (Qazox) 1:28.416
Brian Kinser (Newmanistan) 1:28.462

Note: Mikal won match 2-0.

Women's 1000m Final

Jessica Coventry (Newmanistan) 1:30.775
Dorothy Jensen (Qazox) 1:30.956
Natasha Istayenkerova (Myedvedeya) 1:31.351
Heather Benjamin (Newmanistan) 1:31.362


SNOWBOARDING

Men's Halfpipe Run 1
Sean Wulven (Tocrowkia) 45.1
Jerrell Carswell (Oiseaui) 44.9
Sebastian Kuhlberg (Lovisa) 43.6
Mike Wirthington (Taeshan) 43.5


Men's Halfpipe Run 1 Run 2 BEST
Mike Wirthington (Taeshan) 43.5 45.3 45.3
Sean Wulven (Tocrowkia) 45.1 44.9 45.1
Jerrell Carswell (Oiseaui) 44.9 45.1 45.1
Sebastian Kuhlberg (Lovisa) 43.6 44.7 44.7



Women's Halfpipe Run 1
Laura Everhart (Oiseaui) 46.1
Jenny Jonsson (Lovisa) 45.9
Keira Sylar (Tocrowkia) 44.4



Women's Halfpipe Run 1 Run 2 BEST
Laura Everhart (Oiseaui) 46.1 46.0 46.1
Jenny Jonsson (Lovisa) 45.9 42.9 45.9
Keira Sylar (Tocrowkia) 44.4 45.4 45.4



MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Qazox 4 6 2 12
Newmanistan 4 4 1 9
Sarzonia 5 0 2 7
Tocrowkia 2 4 1 7
Myedvedeya 2 0 5 7
Lovisa 0 5 2 7
Oiseaui 2 2 2 6
Bears Armed 0 0 3 3
Taeshan 1 0 1 2


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MSQBC QWSF Recap

Day 7 and Qazox's lead atop the medal standings were trimmed a bit thanks to 4 Newmanistan medals in shorttrack. 2 golds and 2 silvers for them while Qazox got 2, although the men's 500m and 1000m had only 1 Qazoxian and 1 Newmanistani skater in each, so those medals washed out.


Curling:
Qazox Men v. Oiseaui
With the6-5 win, in which the men almost blew a 5-0 lead after 5 innings, the Men take the #2 seed in the medal round. They will face Bears Armed Women, and try to avange a MD2 loss.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
Oiseaui 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
QMen 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6


Qazox Women v. Bears Armed Women
A very back-and forth match saw the women take the Newmanistan men to 12 innings, but the advantage of the last throw gave the women a 1-6 mark. They will ahve to face the Newmanistan women in the medal round.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 F
QWomen 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
NMen 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4


Tommorrow's schedule on MSQBC and QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

MSQBC schedule

12:00pm: ICETRACK Qualifying: 10k
1:30pm: ICETRACK Qualifying: 15k
3:00pm: ICETRACK Qualifying: 25k
4:30pm: CURLING QF1: #6 Oiseaui vs. #3 Sarzonia
5:45pm: CURLING QF2: #7 Bears Armed Women vs. #2 Qazox Men
7:00pm: CURLING QF3: #5 Bears Armed Men vs. #4 Newmanistan Men
8:15pm: CURLING QF4: #8 Qazox Women vs. #1 Newmanistan Women


QBC schedule

11:00am: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Qualifying: Women's 1500m
11:45pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Qualifying: Men's 1500m
12:30pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Qualifying: Women's 3km
1:15pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Qualifying: Men's 5km
2:00pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 1500m Race 1
2:20pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Women's 750m (MEDAL EVENT)
2:50pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 1500m Race 2 (MEDAL EVENT)
3:20pm: CURLING Preliminary round Recap
3:50pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 1500m Race 3 (if needed (MEDAL EVENT))
(Local programming from 4:00pm until 7:30pm)
7:30pm: SKELETON Run 3
7:50pm: SKELETON Run 4 (MEDAL EVENT)
8:10pm: FIGURE SKATING: Men's Preliminary #1-5
9:10pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Women's 750m (MEDAL EVENT) TAPE
9:20pm: SPEEDSKATING (Short Track): Men's 1500m Race 2/3 (MEDAL EVENT) TAPE
9:30pm: FIGURE SKATING: Men's Preliminary #6-9

Programming Note: If the men's 1500m third race is not needed, then the Curling recap will conclude at 4:00 pm.

Maybe Bonnie Salieri should get sick before a major competition more often.

According to Sarzonian and Qazoxian team doctors, Salieri suffered flu-like symptoms before the final race of the 500K speedskating competition. Salieri said she vomited "four times" just an hour before the race and "basically had to threaten to "yank the balls off" Sarzonia's team doctor to allow her to compete.

When the starting gun sounded, Salieri started slowly, but poured it on late, catching Newmanistan's Jessica Coventry with half a lap to go and figuratively turning on the jets to capture Sarzonia's fifth gold medal of the Festival.

After she returned from the medal platform, she headed to the trainers to get medication and some chicken soup.

As for Sarzonia's curling team, they routed Bears Armed's male ursines 4-1 to finish the qualifying round with a 5-2 record. However, they earned the No. 3 seed as a result of head-to-head tiebreakers favouring both the Qazoxian men and the Newmanistani women. Even though Sarzonia had the highest point differential of any of the three teams in the bracket, they were the No. 3 seed, meaning they would start the championship bracket by facing Oiseaui, whom they defeated 4-3 on Matchday 1.

"We're not even thinking about that," skip Mathew Renney said of their rematch against Oiseaui. "We're just focusing on one match at a time. We're not worried about how the tiebreakers work. Fact is, we lost those matches to those teams."

Oiseaui finished the group stage with a 3-4 record and were the lowest seed to have a positive point differential, scoring 34 points and allowing 32. Meanwhile, Sarzonia led all other curling sides in scoring with 37 points and allowed the fewest with 27.

However, Renney said none of that matters.

"You lose one match at this stage, everything good you did goes out the window," he said. "Our goal now is to win the gold medal, period. Anything less is a disappointment."

Albavona Capitol Sentinel

Beretanian skaters ready to make magic on ice

Qazox- They have spent countless hours perfecting their routines in preparation for the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival. They’ve put on fundraising events in the heart of Albavona just to raise the money to get here. They’ve resisted the voices in their heads telling them to turn back because they just might not be good enough to make it on the world stage. They have sacrificed much for this opportunity.

For Cathleen Kim, this is one last warmup before heading to Alvaria, Kelssek and the Fourth Winter Olympics. Perhaps she can take some much needed momentum with her if she performs well. For Chrystalee Kwong, Amber Fong, Corey Morgan, Elray Santos, and Bob Noble, it’s as much about national pride as it is making a case for consideration on a future Olympic delegation.

Now the time has come. This is it. Beretania’s figure skaters have to show the world what they’re capable of or go home empty handed.

“I’m going to use this opportunity to test myself and get my confidence up for Kelssek. It’s definitely a challenge, I’m going to give it all I’ve got,” Kim said. Kim is the top ranked ladies figure skater in Beretania.

International competitions such as this are key places to showcase ability for future endeavors, and Beretanian figure skating officials will be in attendance to see firsthand how Kwong and Fong in particular do.

“I’m extra nervous because I’ve now got all this pressure on me to impress the Olympic scouts. I’m not even worried about winning a medal because I don’t expect it. I’m just concerned with placing well enough in the standings when it’s all said and done,” Kwong said.

But before the ladies take to the ice Friday night, Santos, Morgan, and Noble will have the first crack at the preliminary round tonight. Kim, Kwong, and Fong all plan to take the day to enjoy themselves before focusing their attention on tomorrow’s opening competition.

And in addition to men’s ice skating, qualifying for the men’s Snocross Icetrack 25k is being held today, in which Beretanians Branden Donaldson and Colleen Byrd are participating.

Donaldson and Byrd, roommates and students at Century University in West Westworth, have entirely funded their own entries in the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival.

“You know, we’re just a couple of crazy, fun loving college kids and we’re the best of friends. We both love to race snowmobiles, so I kept thinking to myself we have nothing to lose. It’s fun just doing something in the spur of the moment,” Byrd said.

Unlike Beretania’s figure skaters, who have limited funding from various figure skating organizations (but still require additional funding), most other athletes in almost every sport have no funding for international competition outside of the Olympics. Just being here is a sweet accomplishment in itself.

“I had to put in quite a bit of hours of overtime just to help pay my way to get here. I’ll see what I can do, but don’t expect any medals. We’re just doing this for the fun of it,” Byrd said.

DAY EIGHT RESULTS

CURLING:

QUARTERFINAL RESULTS (Winners In Bold):
QF1: #6 Oiseaui vs. #3 Sarzonia 6-3
QF2: #7 Bears Armed Women vs. #2 Qazox Men 5-4
QF3: #5 Bears Armed Men vs. #4 Newmanistan Men 5-3
QF4: #8 Qazox Women vs. #1 Newmanistan Women 5-2

SEMIFINALS:
SF1: #5 Bear Armed Men vs. #3 Sarzonia (previous match: Sarzonia 4-1 MD7)
SF2: #7 Bears Armed Women vs. #1 Newmanistan Women (previous match: Newmanistan Women 6-4 MD7)


SKELETON CO-ED EVENT
(TR: NEW Track/QSF Record
WR: World Record)
TR: Gregor Staeli (Lovisa): 59.33
Run 3

RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 TIME
Gregor Staeli (Lovisa) 59.33 59.94 58.93 2:58.20
Pasha Kurayin (Myedvedeya) 59.61 59.71 58.91TR 2:58.23
Amanda Scorzi (Lovisa) 1:00.13 59.75 59.32 2:59.20

Run 2

RUN1 RUN2 RUN3 RUN4 TIME
Gregor Staeli (Lovisa) 59.33 59.94 58.93 59.23 3:57.43
Pasha Kurayin (Myedvedeya) 59.61 59.71 58.91 59.59 3:57.82
Amanda Scorzi (Lovisa) 1:00.13 59.75 59.32 59.75 3:58.95


SPEEDSKATING (Short Track)
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)

Men's 1500m Race 1

George Gould (Sarzonia) 2:30.245 (leads 1-0)
Harold E. Smith (Qazox) 2:30.267

Men's 1500m Race 2

Harold E. Smith (Qazox) 2:29.623 (tied 1-1)
George Gould (Sarzonia) 2:29.663

Men's 1500m Race 2

Harold E. Smith (Qazox) 2:29.996
George Gould (Sarzonia) 2:30.084

Note: Smith won match 2-1

Women's 750m Final

Jessica Coventry (Newmanistan) 1:02.927
Bonnie Salieri (Sarzonia) 1:03.122
Heather Benjamin (Newmanistan) 1:03.324
Denise Rubens (Qazox) 1:03.463


SPEED SKATING (Long Track):
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)

Qualifying: Men's 1500m

Pettar Verpur (Bears Armed) 1:47.26FR
Paul Hayens (Qazox) 1:47.32
Ben Edwards (Sarzonia) 1:47.64
Harror 'Harefoot' o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 1:48.16


Qualifying: Women's 1500m

LaToya Lewis (Sarzonia) 1:58.75FR
Tiffary Stoer (Qazox) 1:59.15
Hirra o Norrlant (Bears Armed) 1:59.21
Rowan o BlueForest (Bears Armed) 1:59.33


Qualifying: Men's 5km

Paul Hayens (Qazox) 6:16.72FR
Tarn-Sarn (Bears Armed) 6:17.25
Fred Johnson (Sarzonia) 6:17.61
Lemmar ui Karmain (Bears Armed) 6:17.64


Qualifying: Women's 3km

Yarn-Heray (Bears Armed) 4:02.54FR
Helen Patrick (Sarzonia) 4:02.66
Tiffary Stoer (Qazox) 4:03.21
Errma o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 4:03.32
LaToya Lewis (Sarzonia) 4:03.63


NOTE: For Speed Skating Longtrack, the fastest 2 times will be paired with each other in the finals, then the next 2 fastest. The slowest time in the Women's 3k will skate by herself in the final.

FIGURE SKATING
Men's Preliminary Round (ie: Short Skate)

Corey Morgan (Unified Beretania) 76.45
Bob Noble (Unified Beretania) 75.55
Garror o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 75.22
Brian Collins (Sarzonia) 74.12
Nikolai Evgenev (Myedvedeya) 71.45
Therdarr ar Gwerrn o 'Victory' (Bears Armed) 69.65
Tim Jensen (Sarzonia) 68.21
Marrarn SunChild (Bears Armed) 66.61
Elray Santos (Unified Beretania) 65.12


SNOCROSS
10k IceTRack Qualifying:
TIME (Lane)
Li Sun-Pak (Qazox) 28.652 (1A)
Farid ali-Hadani (Sarzonia) 28.766 (1B)
Kurt Stockmann (Tocrowkia) 28.844 (2A)
Nathan Zyfs (Qazox) 29.315 (2B)
Harrvon 'Wolfsbane' o TwistedWater (Bears Armed) 29.539 (3A)
Harrvon SunDaughter (Bears Armed) 29.552 (3B)


15k IceTRack Qualifying:
TIME (Lane)
Jason Langemeyer (Tocrowkia) 28.563 (1A)
Li Sun-Pak (Qazox) 28.652 (1B)
Torm o RedSun (Bears Armed) 28.863 (2A)
Nathan Zyfs (Qazox) 29.315 (2B)
Marcellus Benedici (Sarzonia) 29.342 (3A)
Uwwern pa Marrgwan (Bears Armed) 29.264 (3B)


25k IceTRack Qualifying:
TIME (Lane)
Colleen Byrd (Unified Beretania) 28.635 (1A)
Li Sun-Pak (Qazox) 28.652 (1B)
Alexander Todt (Tocrowkia) 28.734 (2A)
Farid ali-Hadani (Sarzonia) 28.766 (2B)
Korra Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 28.911 (3A)
Branden Donaldson (Unified Beretania) 29.043 (3B)
Gerro 'BlueTooth' o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 29.161 (4A)
Nathan Zyfs (Qazox) 29.315 (4B)


NOTE: Both Li Sun-Pak's and Nathan Zyfs (Qazox) time were used for all 3 qualifying events and Farid ali-Hadani (Sarzonia) time was used for both the 10k and 25k events.

MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Qazox 5 6 2 13
Newmanistan 5 4 2 11
Sarzonia 5 2 2 9
Lovisa 1 5 3 9
Myedvedeya 2 1 5 8
Tocrowkia 2 4 1 7
Oiseaui 2 2 2 6
Bears Armed 0 0 3 3
Taeshan 1 0 1 2


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Curling: Bad day for Qazox curling as both the men and women were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Qazox Men v. Bears Armed Women.
The Men couldn't avenge their previous loss, falling behind 3-0 and 4-1 before tying it in the 9th, but the Women of Bears Armed won when SKip Mike Reginald fouled on his last throw, giving the opponents the win.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
BAWomen 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
QMen 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4


Qazox Women v. Newmanistan Women
Once again the Newmanistani women jumped out to an early lead and crusied to the easy victory.


SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F
QWomen 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
NWomen 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5


In the men's 1500m shorttrack, Harold E. Smith and George Gould of Sarzonia had a classic battle, with each man winning in the first two races, setting up a 3rd and final race to determine the champion. In the first two, each man had won by less than 4 feet, but in the final, Smith passed Gould on the penultimate lap and won by almost a second, earnign Qazox' 5th gold of the festival. Denise Rubens however alomst slipped twice during the 750m final and finished a disappointing 4th.

On the Long track, Qazox had a rather good day in qualifying, as Tiffary Stoer and Paul Hayens each made it to the fianl pair in the 1500m, Hayens will start there as well in the 5km, while Stoer will be in the 2nd pairing for the 3km.

The snowmobiles took to the ice today and Li Sun-Pak will start on the front row in all 3 events, while her teammate Nathan Zyfs will start in the 2nd row for the 10k and 15k races, and the back for the 25k.



Tommorrow's schedule on MSQBC and QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

MSQBC schedule

3:00pm: FIGURE SKATING: Men's Short Skate (TAPE)
4:30pm: CURLING SF1: #5 Bears Armed Men vs. #3 Sarzonia
5:45pm: CURLING SF2: #7 Bears Armed Women vs. #1 Newmanistan Women


QBC schedule

11:00am: CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: Women's 7.5 km Pursuit (MEDAL EVENT)
12:00pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Women's 1000m qualifying
12:30pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Men's 500m qualifying
1:00pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Mixed 4x1000m Relay qualifying
1:30pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Men's Qualifying
2:15pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Women's Qualifying
(Local programming from 3:00pm until 7:00pm)
7:00pm: FIGURE SKATING: Women's Short Skate #1-7
8:20pm: SNOCROSS (Ice Track) 10k Final (MEDAL EVENT)
9:00pm: FIGURE SKATING: Women's Short Skate #8-14

The quarterfinal matchup between Sarzonia and Oiseaui in the curling competition was a rematch of the first Matchday. Skip Mathew Renney and everyone else involved with the Sarzonian team said the results of Matchday 1 would have no bearing on the quarterfinal match.

They were right. At least in part.

Unlike the first match when Sarzonia (6-2) barely escaped, this one was a far more dominant performance, with the Navy and Silver leading 6-1 heading into the ninth inning. Even though Oiseaui scored the last two points of the match, they basically made the score look more respectable.

Sarzonia's next match is against the Bears Armed men, whom Sarzonia defeated 4-1 on Matchday 7. The Bears Armed men defeated the Newmanistani men 5-3.

The Bears Armed women knocked off the tournament's second seeded Qazox men in a back-and-forth battle that only ended when the host country's skip Mike Reginald fouled on his last throw.

The top seeded Newmanistani women easily defeated the eighth seeded Qazox women 5-2 and get set to face the Bears Armed women. Sarzonia's two losses in the tournament came by one point each against the top two seeds, but Renney said the team wouldn't take Bears Armed's men lightly.

"They're a number five seed for a reason," Renney said. "They also beat a good number four seed from Newmanistan. It's going to be a tough match, but then again, we expect each match at this stage to be tough."

As for the other results, Bonnie Salieri and George Gould each brought home speedskating silver medals for Sarzonia. Gould engaged in a pitched battle with Harold E. Smith of Qazox, winning the first race in a best-of-three before dropping the final two. The final results gave the Qazox the gold by less than a second. However, Gould said he was proud of his effort.

"Harold Smith is an excellent competitor," Gould said. "I think we both gave the crowd their money's worth."

Albavona Capitol Sentinel
Noble and Morgan turn in good numbers, ladies up next

QAZOX- It turns out the spirited college girl just out having some fun, is off to a great start in the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival. Colleen Byrd topped the field in the SnoCross 25k IceTRack event. The result was a pleasant surprise to all but Byrd’s closest circle of friends. However, Byrd was quick to caution that this was only qualifying.

“Colleen is just amazing. She’s doing what she loves to do, and I’m really proud of her. She can do whatever she puts her mind to,” close friend Amanda Ting said.

Ting said she found out about Byrd’s top qualifying after getting a phone call from Byrd. TV networks in Beretania aren’t airing live coverage of the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival, and a taped delay of all Beretanian participation thus far will be aired this afternoon, including Byrd’s performance.

Byrd’s close companion and fellow Century University student Branden Donaldson didn’t fare so well, finishing sixth out of eighth in qualifying.

“He’s like a brother to me, so it’s kind of like disappointing to see him finish that low, but we’re doing this for the fun of it, you know? We’re out here enjoying life,” Bryd remarked shortly after qualifying finished. Donaldson declined to comment.

In men’s figure skating, Elray Santos left much to be desired, finishing last in the preliminary round. Fortunately, Bob Noble and Corey Morgan turned in decent scores, and Morgan topped the preliminaries.

“I’m pretty satisfied with my performance and as long as I stay focused, I’m pretty confident in what I know I can do,” Morgan said.

Next up for the trio is the men’s free skate which takes place tomorrow. In the meantime, focus will shift to the women’s side of figure skating as the ladies short program gets underway this evening. All eyes are on top ranked figure skater Cathleen Kim and with the attention, comes expectations of Olympic caliber performance.

“I know I have a lot of fans out there, and I don’t want to let anyone down. I want to show them that I’m ready for Kelssek. You know, everything in my life is coming together right now and I’m doing things now that I could only dream of before,” Kim told reporters in a phone interview yesterday.

“And I don’t want this to be all about me either. Chrystalee and Amber are here too, and I’m sure this is the biggest moment of their lives as well,” Kim said.

Fans won’t be able to see tonight’s ladies short program live, but a taped delay will air the following day.

DAY NINE RESULTS

CURLING:

SEMIFINAL RESULTS (Winners In Bold):
SF1: #5 Bear Armed Men vs. #3 Sarzonia 7-5
SF2: #7 Bears Armed Women vs. #1 Newmanistan Women 5-4 (12 innings)

BRONZE MEDAL MATCH:
SF1: #5 Bear Armed Men vs. #7 Bears Armed Women (previous match: Bears Armed Men 4-1 MD1)

GOLD MEDAL MATCH:
SF2: #3 Sarzonia vs. #1 Newmanistan Women (previous match: Newmanistan Women 6-5 MD4)


CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Women's 7.5 km Pursuit

Olga o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 21:57.8
Connie Sanderson (Sarzonia) 22:01.6
Urrsa Grimmr-o-Darkdale (Bears Armed) 22:03.7
Nina Sander (Lovisa) 22:06.4


SPEED SKATING (Long Track):
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)

Men's 500m Run 1

Fred Johnson (Sarzonia) 34.65WR
Paul Hayens (Qazox) 34.75
Iffarn pa Owerrn (Bears Armed) 34.82
Jorro 'Giant' o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 34.82


Qualifying: Women's 1000m

Gyrrtha o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 1:16.82
Ilga o RedSun (Bears Armed) 1:16.83
Tiffary Stoer (Qazox) 1:17.05
Paulette Washington (Sarzonia) 1:17.11


Qualifying: 4x1k Relay

(Bears Armed 2) 4:31.84
(Qazox) 4:32.12
(Sarzonia) 4:32.33
(Bears Armed 1) 4:32.50


NOTE: For Speed Skating Longtrack, the fastest 2 times will be paired with each other in the finals, then the next 2 fastest. The 500m is a two-leg race, total combined time event.

FIGURE SKATING
Women's Preliminary Round (ie: Short Skate) TOP 9 to Final

Athelwarma o Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 61.21
Allyson Murray (Newmanistan) 61.13
Kelly Bianchi (Newmanistan) 60.50
Oksana Passinova (Jeruselem) 60.06
Cathleen Kim (Unified Beretania) 59.85
Amber Fong (Unified Beretania) 59.82
Nancy Grayson (Sarzonia) 59.75
Kaye Dallas (Jeruselem) 59.52
Chrystalee Kwong (Unified Beretania) 59.45

Did Not Advance:

Handiskya Renee Roshina Kanisov (Jeruselem) 58.32
Polarra (Bears Armed) 57.43
Tamera Banks (Sarzonia) 57.12
Ilsa o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 55.11
Nicole Harber (Newmanistan) 54.54


SNOWBOARDING
(Slowest combined time eliminated.
Boarders will race on Blue side for 1st run, Red Side for 2nd run.)
Parallel Giant Slalom

Men's Qualifying Run 1
Amabarr o RedSun (Bears Armed) 35.33
Ronald Schroeder (Tocrowkia) 35.35
Martin Freinandemetz (Lovisa) 35.35
Leo Ontiveros (Oiseaui) 35.41
Carror o RedSun (Bears Armed) 35.53


Men's Qualifying Run 1 Run 2 TOTAL
Martin Freinandemetz (Lovisa) 35.35 34.64 1:09.99
Amabarr o RedSun (Bears Armed) 35.33 34.73 1:10.06
Ronald Schroeder (Tocrowkia) 35.35 34.74 1:10.09
Leo Ontiveros (Oiseaui) 35.41 34.73 1:10.14
Carror o RedSun (Bears Armed) 35.53 34.61 1:10.14

RACEOFF between Leo Ontiveros and Carror o RedSun for 4th position.
Ontiveros was in Blue lane for Run 1, RedSun was in Blue lane for 2nd run.

Leo Ontiveros (Oiseaui) 35.56 34.75 1:10.31
Carror o RedSun (Bears Armed) 34.66 35.66 1:10.32
(ooc: this is what the Semifinals and Medal races will look like)


Semifinal Runs (Boarder listed first gets lane choice for Run 1):
Martin Freinandemetz (Lovisa) vs. Leo Ontiveros (Oiseaui)
Amabarr o RedSun (Bears Armed) vs. Ronald Schroeder (Tocrowkia)


Women's Qualifying Run 1
Jenny Thiesen (Tocrowkia) 36.26
Kristy Putnam (Oiseaui) 36.31
Elga o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 36.31
Marra o RedSun (Bears Armed) 36.44
Kersti Bjuaas (Lovisa) 36.45


Women's Qualifying Run 1 Run 2 TOTAL
Jenny Thiesen (Tocrowkia) 36.26 35.78 1:12.04
Kristy Putnam (Oiseaui) 36.31 35.74 1:12.05
Elga o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 36.31 35.75 1:12.06
Kersti Bjuaas (Lovisa) 36.45 35.68 1:12.13
Marra o RedSun (Bears Armed) 36.44 35.71 1:12.15

Semifinal Runs (Boarder listed first get lane choice):
Jenny Thiesen (Tocrowkia) vs. Kersti Bjuaas (Lovisa)
Kristy Putnam (Oiseaui) vs. Elga o Thuleann (Bears Armed)


SNOCROSS
10k IceTRack FINAL:
TIME (Behind)
Li Sun-Pak (Qazox) 9:37.64 (-----)
Harrvon 'Wolfsbane' o TwistedWater (Bears Armed) 9:39.65 (+2.01)
Farid ali-Hadani (Sarzonia) 9:41.42 (+3.78)
Harrvon SunDaughter (Bears Armed) 9:45.53 (+7.89)
Nathan Zyfs (Qazox) 9:46.64 (+9.00)
Kurt Stockmann (Tocrowkia) 9:55.33 (+17.69)



MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Qazox 6 6 2 14
Newmanistan 5 4 2 11
Sarzonia 5 3 3 11
Lovisa 1 5 3 9
Myedvedeya 2 1 5 8
Tocrowkia 2 4 1 7
Oiseaui 2 2 2 6
Bears Armed 1 1 4 6
Taeshan 1 0 1 2


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MSQBC QWSF Recap

Qazox added another gold, as Li Sun-Pak lead from start to finish in the 10k IceTrack event. Nathan Zyfs finished 5th, despite being in 2nd place with 3 laps to go. Zyfs slid around turn 3 and that dropped him back enough not to medal.


Tommorrow's schedule on MSQBC and QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

MSQBC schedule
(Final day of MSQBC's coverage)

4:00pm: FIGURE SKATING: Women's Short Skate (TAPE)


QBC schedule

11:00am: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Men's Semifinal Run 1
11:20am: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Women's Semifinal Run 1
11:40am: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Men's Semifinal Run 2
12:00pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Women's Semifinal Run 2 12:30pm: CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: Men's 10km Pursuit (MEDAL EVENT)
1:30pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Men's Bronze Medal Run 1
1:50pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Women's Bronze Medal Run 1
2:10pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Men's Bronze Medal Run 2
2:30pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Women's Bronze Medal Run 2
2:50pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Women's Gold Medal Run 1
3:10pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Men's Gold Medal Run 1
3:30pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Women's Gold Medal Run 2
3:50pm: SNOWBOARDING (Parallel Giant Slalom) Men's Gold Medal Run 2
(Local programming from 4:00pm until 7:00pm)
7:00pm: SNOCROSS (Ice Track) 15k Final (MEDAL EVENT)
7:40pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Men's 1000m qualifying
8:00pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Women's 500m Run 1
8:20pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) Mixed 4x1000m Relay (MEDAL EVENT)
9:00pm: FIGURE SKATING: Men's Long Program (MEDAL EVENT)

Albavona Capitol Sentinel

Tough night for ladies, Kim mediocre

QAZOX- It was no surprise that Cathleen Kim had the best night of the Beretanian ladies figure skaters. Yet Kim finished dead center of the skaters that advanced to the final. That’s not the result most fans were hoping for. To compound matters, Chrystalee Kwong barely made the cut, taking the ninth spot in the finals. Cathleen Kim and Amber Fong were fifth and sixth respectively following the women’s preliminary round.

“I credit the immense talent that we were up against. It’s nice to be humbled every once in a while. I’m hoping to rebound in the final,” Kim said.

The results might even instill a hint of doubt in Kim with the Winter Olympics in Kelssek looming on the horizon. It’s important to stress however, that there’s still the free skate to come, and that’s an opportunity to make up for the underwhelming performances of our lady skaters.

Kwong and Fong were the subject of a harshly critical eye as they were both being scouted as potential future Olympians. And the pressure is not going anywhere. The Olympic scouts will be on hand for the final. For Kwong, those Olympic dreams may have been all but dashed unless she can turn things around. But Fong just about matched Kim’s performance, and even that isn’t exactly encouraging news.

“It could have been better, but what are we supposed to do? Mope around feeling sorry for ourselves? That’s not what I intend to do,” Kwong said.

Realistically, Kwong will essentially have to be flawless in order to reverse her luck. And Kim and Fong will have to step it up a few notches. To be fair, this is the first international competition that any Beretanian figure skater, male or female, have seen. And all things considered, Kim’s fifth place out of fourteen in ranking after the short program is respectable. It’s just not enough to be a true contender.

Allyson Murray and Kelly Bianchi, both of Newmanistan, were second and third respectively in the standings. That’s the kind of strong showing everybody wants, the kind that Beretanians were hoping for. While there is no lack of respect on the part of Kim & Co. For their Newmanistan counterparts, our girls are most certainly questioning their own ability to match the skill displayed by Newmanistan.

Hopefully they’ll take the day to regroup, clear their minds, and get focused for the final.

Jeruselem Government News

Princesses in ice make impact in figure skating in Qazox

Two of Jeruselem's figure skaters made the top 9 in the figure skating in the Qazox Winter Sports Festival today. Young Handiskya was unlucky finishing 10th and could not join her teammates. Oksana Passinova lead the way for our girls with an impressive 4th spot while Kaye struggled in 8th.

Handiskya made too many mistakes and they were enough to nudge her out of the top 9 behind Chrystalee Kwong from Unified Beretania. Kaye Dallas didn't really impress but her lack of errors allowed her to scrape into the top 9 scoring and she fights on for another day. Oksana impressed for someone who lives in a country with a lack of water and ice, and showed she was a real contender today.

Athelwarma o Errhabarra from Bears Armed lead the girls as the current leader but two girls from Newmanistan are looking are real competition. Unified Beretania has all three girls in the top 9 still and cannot be discounted. Nancy Grayson is Sarzonia's lone girl in the top 9.

Still, the scores were tight and any of the remaining girls could win. Given Jeruselem's total lack of winter sports, we are doing well with our girls showing the world they can do their thing on the ice as well. Young Handiskya might not have made the grade today but she's only 14. She'll just get better with age and experience like the more famous Handiskya with first name Dazza.

Oksana Passinova 60.06
Kaye Dallas 59.52
Handiskya Renee Roshina 58.32 (OUT)

Revenge.

Even though Sarzonian curling team skip Mathew Renney wouldn't say it, revenge was on the mind of his teammates. The Newmanistani women, whom Sarzonia would face in the curling finals of the inaugural Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival, were one of just two teams to defeat Sarzonia during the group stage.

The Rockets delivered Sarzonia's first loss of the competition after Sarzonia started 3-0. The loss, coupled with a loss to Qazox's men, ensured that Sarzonia would be seeded third in the tournament.

"We had to focus on the Bears Armed men's team," Renney told a reporter after Sarzonia defeated the male ursines 7-5 to clinch a spot in the gold medal match. "Newmanistan's women weren't on our minds at all."

Both of Sarzonia's losses in curling came to the teams ranked ahead of them in the standings, which Coach Patrick Conway said was a source of concern.

"We were able to defeat teams that ended up lower than us in the standings," Conway said. "However, we're 0-2 against the two teams ranked higher than us. That's going to have to change if we want to bring the gold home to Sarzonia."

As for gold medals, Sarzonia lost its early lead in gold medals as host nation Qazox now has six to Sarzonia's five. Newmanistan also has five gold medals. Sarzonia currently sits in a tie for second place in overall medals with 11.

Sarzonian men's speed skater Fred Johnson claimed a world record in the first run of the 500 meter long track speed skating competition with a time of 34.65, a full tenth of a second faster than Qazox's Paul Hayens. Sarzonian cross-country skier Connie Sanderson finished the 7.5 kilometre pursuit with a silver medal and a time of 22:01.6 as Bears Armed's Olga o Thuleann took the gold medal with a time of 21:57.8.

Farid ali-Hadani won Sarzonia a bronze medal in the SnoCross 10K icetrack final with a time of 9:41.42, 3.78 seconds behind gold medalist Li-Sun Pak of Qazox, who won with a time of 9:37.64. Bears Armed's Harrvon 'Wolfsbane' o TwistedWater took silver with a time of 9:39.65.

DAY TEN RESULTS

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Men's 10km Pursuit

Mark Jeremy (Sarzonia) 38:58.7
Harrard o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 39:03.4
Orrlarf o Marrl-Thuleann (Bears Armed) 39:04.2
Marco Allbarello (Lovisa) 39:08.4


SPEED SKATING (Long Track):
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)

Women's 500m Run 1

Marra Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 38.81
Paulette Washington (Sarzonia) 38.95
Marra 'Eagle-eyes' SunDaughter (Bears Armed) 39.07
Tiffary Stoer (Qazox) 39.24


Qualifying: Men's 1000m

Paul Hayens (Qazox) 1:09.61
Ben Edwards (Sarzonia) 1:09.82
Garron o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 1:10.08
Tibbern ar Perrebarr o 'Royal Oak' (Bears Armed) 1:10.23


4x1k Relay FINAL

(Bears Armed 2) 4:29.96
(Sarzonia) 4:30.22
(Bears Armed 1) 4:30.64
(Qazox) 4:30.68


NOTE: For Speed Skating Longtrack, the fastest 2 times will be paired with each other in the finals, then the next 2 fastest. The 500m is a two-leg race, total combined time event.

FIGURE SKATING
Men's Free Skate

Nikolai Evgenev (Myedvedeya) 154.15
Marrarn SunChild (Bears Armed) 152.42
Tim Jensen (Sarzonia) 151.44
Corey Morgan (Unified Beretania) 151.14
Brian Collins (Sarzonia) 150.76
Bob Noble (Unified Beretania) 150.66
Garror o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 148.00
Therdarr ar Gwerrn o 'Victory' (Bears Armed) 144.83
Elray Santos (Unified Beretania) 144.54


FINAL STANDINGS

Short Long TOTAL
Corey Morgan (Unified Beretania) 76.45 151.14 227.59
Bob Noble (Unified Beretania) 75.55 150.66 226.21
Nikolai Evgenev (Myedvedeya) 71.45 154.15 225.60
Brian Collins (Sarzonia) 74.12 150.76 224.88
Garror o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 75.22 148.00 223.22
Tim Jensen (Sarzonia) 68.21 151.44 219.65
Marrarn SunChild (Bears Armed) 66.61 152.42 219.03
Therdarr ar Gwerrn o 'Victory' (Bears Armed) 69.65 144.83 214.48
Elray Santos (Unified Beretania) 65.12 144.54 209.66



SNOWBOARDING
Parallel Giant Slalom
(Winners of Semifinals in BOLD, winners of Medal races in respective Medal color or black for 4th; Color of time was color of course run)

WOMEN'S SEMIFINALS
SF1:
Jenny Thiesen (Tocrowkia) 36.26 37.64 1:13.90
Kersti Bjuaas (Lovisa) 37.62 36.46 1:14.08

SF2:
Kristy Putnam (Oiseaui) 37.42 36.32 1:13.74
Elga o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 36.25 37.54 1:13.79

MEN'S SEMIFINALS
SF1:
Martin Freinandemetz (Lovisa) 35.32 36.22 1:11.54
Leo Ontiveros (Oiseaui) 36.46 35.35 1:11.81

SF2:
Amabarr o RedSun (Bears Armed) 35.52 36.42 1:11.94
Ronald Schroeder (Tocrowkia) 36.53 36.10 1:12.63

WOMEN'S BRONZE MEDAL
(o Thuleann on Red Course for Race 1, Schroeder for Race 2)

Elga o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 36.53 37.51 1:14.04
Kersti Bjuaas (Lovisa) 37.69 36.54 1:14.23


MEN'S BRONZE MEDAL
(Ontiveros on Red Course for race 1, Schroeder for Race 2)

Leo Ontiveros (Oiseaui) 35.44 36.33 1:11.77
Ronald Schroeder (Tocrowkia) 36.55 35.16 1:11.71


WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL
(Thiesen on Red Course for race 1, Putnam for Race 2)

Kristy Putnam (Oiseaui) 37.11 36.56 1:13.67
Jenny Thiesen (Tocrowkia) 36.25 37.45 1:13.70


MEN'S GOLD MEDAL
(Freinandemetz on Red Course for Race 1, o RedSun for Race 2)

Martin Freinandemetz (Lovisa) 35.42 36.65 1:12.07
Amabarr o RedSun (Bears Armed) 36.14 35.55 1:11.69



SNOCROSS
15k IceTRack FINAL:
TIME (Behind)
Jason Langemeyer (Tocrowkia) 14:43.17 (-----)
Torm o RedSun (Bears Armed) 14:44.62 (+1.45)
Marcellus Benedici (Sarzonia) 14:52.14 (+8.97)
Li Sun-Pak (Qazox) 14:53.26 (+10.09)
Uwwern pa Marrgwan (Bears Armed) 15:05.64 (+22.47)
Nathan Zyfs (Qazox) 15:06.41 (+23.24)



MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Qazox 6 6 2 14
Sarzonia 6 4 4 14
Bears Armed 3 3 7 13
Newmanistan 5 4 2 11
Tocrowkia 3 5 2 10
Lovisa 1 6 3 10
Myedvedeya 2 1 6 9
Oiseaui 3 2 2 7
Unified Beretania 1 1 0 2
Taeshan 1 0 1 2


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No a good day of Qazox as the 4x1000m relay team was beaten by 0.04 of a second for bronze, and Li Sun-Pak and Nathan Zyfs each had problems in the 15k IceTrack event. The big winners of the day was the Bears Armed delegation, as they earned 7 medals today (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze), to move into 3rd place on the overall medal standings.


Tommorrow's schedule on QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

QBC schedule

12:00pm: CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: Women's 7.5 km Classical (MEDAL EVENT)
1:00pm: SNOWBOARDING (Snowboard Cross): Women's Qualifying Run 1
1:30pm: SNOWBOARDING (Snowboard Cross): Men's Qualifying Run 1
2:00pm: SNOWBOARDING (Snowboard Cross): Women's Qualifying Run 2
3:30pm: SNOWBOARDING (Snowboard Cross): Men's Qualifying Run 2
3:00pm: CURLING: BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
4:30pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) 1000m Women's FINAL
5:00pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) 500m Women's Run 2 (MEDAL EVENT)
5:30pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) 1000m Men's FINAL
6:00pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track) 500m Men's Run 2 (MEDAL EVENT)
6:30pm: FIGURE SKATING: Men's Long Program (TAPE)
9:00pm: FIGURE SKATING: Women's Long Program (MEDAL EVENT)

Sarzonia's men's curling team got a rare day off. The bronze medal match would be its second day off, allowing Coach Patrick Conway an opportunity to spend more time preparing for the Newmanistani women.

For a Sarzonia curling side that barely missed out on qualifying for the knockout stages during the second Atlantian Oceania Curling Cup championship, getting to play in the gold medal match in itself was a great accomplishment. No matter whether they tasted victory or were sent to defeat, they would still come home with some kind of medal.

"It's a great feeling to know we've come this far," said skip Mathew Renney. "Still, we haven't lost sight of our goal, which is to bring a gold medal home for Sarzonia.

Meanwhile, cross country skier Mark Jeremy was able to do just that. He won the gold in the men's 10 kilometre pursuit. The Sarzonian four-by-one-kilometre relay team won a speed skating silver medal, losing out on gold by .26 seconds to the second Bears Armed team.

Those results tied Sarzonia with host nation Qazox for the most gold medals (six) and the most overall medals (14). Sarzonia has four silvers and four bronzes, while Qazox has six silvers and two bronzes.

As for the bronze medal match between the Bears Armed women and the Bears Armed men, Renney said he and his teammates would watch the match.

"It'll give us an opportunity to bond," he said. "That, and we figure we'll get a chance to discuss what we need to do to win our match against the Newmanistani women."

Albavona Capitol Sentinel

One-two finish for Beretanian men’s figure skaters, Kim & Co. face uphill battle

QAZOX- It was a great night for Unified Beretania figure skating as Corey Morgan and Bob Noble followed up great performances in their short programs with decent ones in the free skate. The end result was Morgan took gold, while Noble took silver. Nikolai Evgenev of Myedvedeya won bronze.

“This is such an incredible result for us. I knew I had it in me coming here to Qazox but now I can say I actually did it. And it’s just you know, it’s just- this is my moment. It’s my moment to shine,” Morgan told reporters.

The one-two finish illustrates just how serious Beretanians take figure skating, but the success of Morgan and Noble looks unlikely to be matched by Cathleen Kim, Amber Fong, and Chrystalee Kwong.

“It’s great because all of us, we’re a tight group. It was nice to see them so triumphant,” Kim said after watching Morgan and Noble medal.

Credit must be given where it’d due. Morgan had the fourth best score of the free skate, while Noble had the sixth best. Yet both hung onto leads they held from their short programs. That’s a testament to their skill. Especially when considering that Morgan and Noble generally aren’t regarded as top tier skaters.

For the ladies however, all things considered, a medal is out of reach for Kwong, and more than likely Fong, and Kim has only an outside chance at a bronze against Newmanistan’s best in particular. Kim’s underwhelming short program has fueled a wealth of speculation regarding her preparedness for Kelssek and is an upsetting disappointment to her fans, used to seeing Kim’s commanding presence on the ice.

Mistakes and average execution have constituted most of the trouble for Kim. But flawlessness in her free skate might just be too little, too late, depending on what kind of night the top contenders have.

“It would be nice, if nothing else, to leave Qazox with momentum I can bring to Kelssek. I feel like I’m ready, and at this point, I’ll take any advantage I can gain in Qazox,” Kim said.

As for Fong, her night is all about impressing Olympic scouts on hand. She has much more to gain- or lose- from tonight than Kim. An up and coming talent and Red River native, Fong is the standing West Valley County figure skating champion. And she has lofty Olympic dreams for her future. A good, error free night means one step closer toward fulfilling that dream.

Fong describes herself by saying “I’m just a country girl from the West Valley with a lot of heart and a goal.”

Those are the stakes in tonight’s ladies free skate. And with that, so much opportunity to gain.

(ooc: Just in case ya'll didn't know, any WR i'm basing off of previous NS Olympic records. If it's a WR here, it beat the OR, which I'm using as a base for all Records set)

DAY ELEVEN RESULTS


CURLING:
BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
Bears Armed Women vs. Bears Armed Men 7-4

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Women's 7.5 km Classical

Werrna Far-Rubert (Bears Armed) 20:49.4
Marlie Benson (Sarzonia) 20:54.9
Anita Moen (Lovisa) 20:56.2
Harrnra Far-Rubert (Bears Armed) 20:56.8


SPEED SKATING (Long Track):
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)

Women's 500m Run 2

RUN1 RUN2 FINAL
Marra Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 38.81 38.75 1:17.56
Tiffary Stoer (Qazox) 39.24 38.86 1:18.10
Paulette Washington (Sarzonia) 38.95 39.17 1:18.12
Marra 'Eagle-eyes' SunDaughter (Bears Armed) 39.07 39.10 1:18.17


WR: Fred Johnson (Sarzonia: 34.65)
Men's 500m Run 2

RUN1 RUN2 FINAL
Fred Johnson (Sarzonia) 34.65 34.63WR 1:09.28
Paul Hayens (Qazox) 34.75 34.76 1:09.51
Jorro 'Giant' o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 34.82 34.71 1:09.53
Iffarn pa Owerrn (Bears Armed) 34.82 34.73 1:09:55

Note: Johnson's combined time would be a WR for 1000m.

Men's 1000m FINAL

Paul Hayens (Qazox) 1:09.92
Ben Edwards (Sarzonia) 1:10.10
Garron o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 1:10.32
Tibbern ar Perrebarr o 'Royal Oak' (Bears Armed) 1:10.34


Women's 1000m FINAL

Ilga o RedSun (Bears Armed) 1:16.63
Gyrrtha o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 1:16.84
Tiffary Stoer (Qazox) 1:16.84
Paulette Washington (Sarzonia) 1:17.26



FIGURE SKATING
Women's Free Skate

Oksana Passinova (Jeruselem) 148.63
Amber Fong (Unified Beretania) 148.51
Kelly Bianchi (Newmanistan) 147.85
Nancy Grayson (Sarzonia) 147.56
Athelwarma o Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 147.46
Cathleen Kim (Unified Beretania) 147.23
Kaye Dallas (Jeruselem) 147.33
Allyson Murray (Newmanistan) 146.24
Chrystalee Kwong (Unified Beretania) 145.44


FINAL STANDINGS

Short Long TOTAL
Oksana Passinova (Jeruselem) 60.06 148.63 208.69
Kelly Bianchi (Newmanistan) 60.50 147.85 208.35
Amber Fong (Unified Beretania) 59.82 148.51 208.33
Athelwarma o Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 61.21 147.00 208.21
Allyson Murray (Newmanistan) 61.13 146.24 207.37
Nancy Grayson (Sarzonia) 59.75 147.56 207.31
Cathleen Kim (Unified Beretania) 59.85 147.23 207.08
Kaye Dallas (Jeruselem) 59.52 147.33 206.85
Chrystalee Kwong (Unified Beretania) 59.45 145.44 204.89

Did Not Advance:

Handiskya Renee Roshina Kanisov (Jeruselem) 58.32
Polarra (Bears Armed) 57.43
Tamera Banks (Sarzonia) 57.12
Ilsa o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 55.11
Nicole Harber (Newmanistan) 54.54



SNOWBOARDING
Snowboard Cross:
Men's Qualifying Run 1
Zack Hope (Taeshan) 1:20.65
Vladimir Dolohov (Myedvedeya) 1:20.74
Leonie Melcher (Tocrowkia) 1:21.12
Maxwell Beyer (Oiseaui) 1:21.33
Berrolf o RedSun (Bears Armed) 1:21.36
Harro o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 1:21.42
Claus Klug (Lovisa) 1:21.46


(TOP 4 TO Semifinal 1 and in italics, Bottom 3 to Repecharge)

Men's Qualifying Run 1 Run 2 TOTAL
Vladimir Dolohov (Myedvedeya) 1:20.74 1:20.15 2:40.89
Leonie Melcher (Tocrowkia) 1:21.12 1:19.85 2:40.97
Zack Hope (Taeshan) 1:20.65 1:20.34 2:40.99
Maxwell Beyer (Oiseaui) 1:21.33 1:19.81 2:41.14
Berrolf o RedSun (Bears Armed) 1:21.36 1:20.11 2:41.47
Claus Klug (Lovisa) 1:21.46 1:20.25 2:41.71
Harro o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 1:21.42 1:20.42 2:41.84

NOTE: In the men's event, the top 2 finishers in SF1 will advance to the finals, while the 3rd and 4th placed racers will race against the top 2 from the Repecharge in SF2.
The top 2 finishers from SF2 will then advance to the Final. For the women, with only 5 racers, no repecharge is needed.


Women's Qualifying Run 1
Wirrifred o Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 1:30.92
Rebecca Jaberg (Tocrowkia) 1:31.16
Jeanetta Osborn (Oiseaui) 1:31.26
Urralinda o RedSun (Bears Armed) 1:31.34
Marbrit Skovdal (Lovisa) 1:31.63


(TOP 4 TO Final and in italics, 5th place eliminated)
Women's Qualifying Run 1 Run 2 TOTAL
Wirrifred o Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 1:30.92 1:30.45 3:01.37
Marbrit Skovdal (Lovisa) 1:31.63 1:29.83 3:01.46
Jeanetta Osborn (Oiseaui) 1:31.26 1:30.22 3:01.48
Rebecca Jaberg (Tocrowkia) 1:31.16 1:30.34 3:01.50
Urralinda o RedSun (Bears Armed) 1:31.34 1:30.23 3:01.57



MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Bears Armed 6 4 10 20
Qazox 7 9 2 18
Sarzonia 7 6 5 18
Newmanistan 5 5 2 12
Lovisa 1 6 4 11
Tocrowkia 3 5 2 10
Myedvedeya 2 1 6 9
Oiseaui 3 2 2 7
Unified Beretania 1 1 1 3
Taeshan 1 0 1 2
Jeruselem 1 0 0 1


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MSQBC QWSF Recap

First the good:
Qazox won 4 medals today, 3 silvers and a Gold, in the 500m and 1000m Speed Skating events, bringing their medal total to 18; 7 of which are gold.

Now the bad news:
Bears Armed continued their medal tear winning another 7 medals today, and now they lead the overall medal standings with 20 total medals, with 10 of them being bronze. Sarzonia picked up 4 medals today as well, as they kept pace with Qazox.

As the end of the Festival nears, local businesses and the QOC, who are sponsoring this event, have declared that the Festival has brough in over 12 million Zaqs so far. Projections are that the QWSF will finish in the black.


Tommorrow's schedule on QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

QBC schedule

12:00pm: SNOWBOARDING (Snowboard Cross): Men's Repecharge
12:30pm: SNOWBOARDING (Snowboard Cross): Men's Semifinal 1
1:00pm: SNOWBOARDING (Snowboard Cross): Women's FINAL (MEDAL EVENT)
1:30pm: SNOWBOARDING (Snowboard Cross): Men's SemiFinal 2
2:00pm: CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: Mixed 4 X 5 km Relay (MEDAL EVENT)
3:15pm: SNOWBOARDING (Snowboard Cross): Men's FINAL (MEDAL EVENT)
3:45pm: FIGURE SKATING: Women's Long Program (TAPE)
Local programming from 6:30pm to 7:00pm
7:00pm: CURLING GOLD MEDAL MATCH
8:15pm: FIGURE SKATING: Medalists Exhibition
9:15pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track): Women's 3k (MEDAL EVENT)
10:00pm: SPEED SKATING (Long Track): Men's 5k (MEDAL EVENT)

Checking today's news ...

The Office of the First Gentleman announced today that First Gentleman Brian Patrick would make the trip to Qazox for the closing ceremonies of the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival.

"I am going to take the opportunity to congratulate Sarzonia's athletes on their outstanding performance in the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival," Patrick said in a statement. "While President Jay Tyler attends to matters of pressing importance for the Sarzonian people, I will attend as his emissary."

Patrick is attending the ceremony because Lieutenant President Nicole Lewis and Senior Vice President and External Affairs Officer Grant Haffner are both in Timiocato to discuss the current state of Paci-Sarzonian relations. Gray House policy prohibits the holders of all three senior positions (President, Lieutenant President and Senior Vice President and External Affairs Officer) from being out of the country simultaneously.

"It's a good thing for Patrick," said Neguro Santisismo, a senior analyst at the Colin Powell Centre in Woodstock. "He is learning the particulars of being the spouse of a head of state, and he will congratulate Sarzonian athletes on a job well done in this outstanding international competition."

Carter Marshall, the Vice President for Health and Athletics, announced while on travel with the Sarzonian national football side that he was pleased that Patrick would convey Tyler's congratulations.

"It's important that our government recognise the hard work of our athletes," Marshall said. "We are very pleased with the results and hope they lead to more success in the years ahead."

Sarzonia currently sits in a second place tie with host nation Qazox for the most overall medals with 18. Both nations are also tied for the most gold medals with seven. Accomplishments for Sarzonia include a world record for speed skater Fred Johnson in the men's 500 meter long track speed skating competition.

"It's great," Johnson said of his gold medal. "I'm pleased to bring home the gold for Sarzonia."

Patrick said he would take Sarzonia One to Qazox later today.

Jeruselem Goverment News

GOLD for Jeruselem at Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival

Oksana Passinova won a Gold medal for the figure skating in Qazox. Jeruselem winning a Gold medal let alone at a winter sport is something novel but it's happened. With nine fantastic girls putting out their best Oksana somehow did enough to beat them all. She scored the best score in the free skate with 148.63, not much above Amber Fong from Unified Beretania who scored 148.51. Our Kaye Dallas was scored 147.33 - meaning the scoring was incredibly tight with all girls being of high standard and no one was real failure.

On combined scores, Kelly Bianchi from Newmanistan was pipped out of Gold by a mere 0.34 points scoring 208.35 with Oksana scoring 208.69. The difference between 1st and 4th was less than one point. Kaye Dallas was 8th but she never expected a medal finish from her first score.

Oksana has Jeruselem's first Gold medal in any sport (football is not counted here with regard to Gold medals). Her Facebook was been flooded with new admirers and she's won a few friends along the way.

Albavona Capitol Sentinel

Fong takes home bronze

QAZOX- Amber Fong won the bronze medal in women’s figure skating behind silver medalist Kelly Bianchi of Newmanistan and gold medal winner Oksana Passinova of Jeruselem. Fong’s bronze medal finish meant that Unified Beretania had won half of the six figure skating medals up for grabs at the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival following Corey Morgan and Bob Noble’s one-two finish on the men’s side.

“This is a big day for Beretanian sports. We’re establishing ourselves in figure skating on the international level and I’m proud to be a part of that," Fong said.

What came as a surprise however is the fact that Kelssek bound Cathleen Kim was outmatched by Fong. Many see it as an alarm of sorts, that perhaps Kim is not quite ready for the upcoming Olympic Games. But Fong has nothing but praise for Kim.

“You know, Cathleen is such an inspiration. She didn’t skate her best but you know I think she’s saving everything for the Olympics. I think we’ll see more of her. Definitely, we’ll see more from her,” Fong said.

Prior to the ladies free skate last night, Kim was seen as having an outside shot at a bronze. Few gave Fong that same consideration. That makes the result that much sweeter for Fong. And she has all but accelerated her chances at making a future Olympic figure skating team, though Olympic scouts on hand refused to comment.

Kim finished seventh in the final standings, feeling quite a bit of dejection, saying she cracked under the pressure to succeed.

“I feel like I let my country down. I have to keep my chin up and remember that tomorrow is a new day. I have to get ready for Kelssek,” Kim said in a written statement released to Beretanian reporters early this morning.

What is especially hard for Kim is the fact that in Alvaria, Kelssek, Kim will be overshadowed by Katie Yang, so the added pressure to perform as well as Yang may ultimately become too much to bear.

Winning half the figure skating medals was certainly an accomplishment for Unified Beretania, and the success of up-and-comer Fong was certainly a plus, but for some, Kim’s falling short of a medal is considered absolute failure.

The third Beretanian ladies skater, Chrystalee Kwong, continued her dismal appearance at the Qazoxian Winter Sports Festival, finishing last in the women’s free skate and last in the final standings among the finalists. She too undoubtedly feels the pressure to succeed and the dejection Kim is experiencing.

In the end though, most everyone can be proud of the athletes representing us in Qazox.

DAY TWELVE RESULTS


CURLING:
GOLD MEDAL MATCH
Sarzonia vs. Newmanistan Women 6-3

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Mixed 4 X 5 km Relay

(Bears Armed 1) 1:06.23.1
(Sarzonia) 1:06:36.2
(Lovisa) 1:08.16.3
(Bears Armed 2) 1:09.26.6


SPEED SKATING (Long Track):
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)

Women's 3000m

Helen Patrick (Sarzonia) 4:02.15 WR
Tiffary Stoer (Qazox) 4:02.41
LaToya Lewis (Sarzonia) 4:02.51
Yarn-Heray (Bears Armed) 4:02.76
Errma o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 4:03.07


Men's 5000m

Paul Hayens (Qazox) 6:16.63
Tarn-Sarn (Bears Armed) 6:16.82
Fred Johnson (Sarzonia) 6:17.14
Lemmar ui Karmain (Bears Armed) 6:17.32



SNOWBOARDING
Snowboard Cross:
Men's Repecharge
TOP 2 to Semifinal 2 and in italics
Harro o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 1:21.11
Claus Klug (Lovisa) 1:21.25
Berrolf o RedSun (Bears Armed) 1:21.53




Men's Semifinal 1
TOP 2 to FINAL and in italics; bottom 2 to Semifinal #2
Maxwell Beyer (Oiseaui) 1:20.64
Vladimir Dolohov (Myedvedeya) 1:20.85
Zack Hope (Taeshan) 1:21.09
Leonie Melcher (Tocrowkia) 1:21.13



Men's Semifinal 2
TOP 2 to FINAL and in italics
Claus Klug (Lovisa) 1:20.63
Zack Hope (Taeshan) 1:20.81
Harro o SeaBear (Bears Armed) 1:21.12
Leonie Melcher (Tocrowkia) 1:21.16



Men's FINAL
Maxwell Beyer (Oiseaui) 1:20.68
Claus Klug (Lovisa) 1:20.71
Zack Hope (Taeshan) 1:21.03
Vladimir Dolohov (Myedvedeya) 1:21.27


Women's FINAL
Marbrit Skovdal (Lovisa) 1:30.41
Jeanetta Osborn (Oiseaui) 1:30.41
Rebecca Jaberg (Tocrowkia) 1:30.62
Wirrifred o Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 1:30.83

NOTE: There was a Dead Heat for the GOLD Medal.


MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Sarzonia 8 8 7 23
Bears Armed 7 5 10 22
Qazox 8 10 2 20
Lovisa 2 7 5 14
Newmanistan 6 5 2 13
Tocrowkia 3 5 3 11
Oiseaui 5 2 2 9
Myedvedeya 2 1 6 9
Unified Beretania 1 1 1 3
Taeshan 1 0 2 3
Jeruselem 1 0 0 1


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MSQBC QWSF Recap

The final day of competition awaits, and Qazox has slim chance to still earn the overall medal title from either Bears Armed or Sarzonia. Tiffary Stoer has been the silver girl of the games, earning silver in 3 of the 4 events she has competed in. Can she finally win gold in the 1500m, her best event; or will she have to settle for another silver? The final event of the Festival will be the 25k IceTrack event, where Qazox has a chance to earn 2 medals. If they do earn those two medals, then they might win the overall title, but with Sarzonia and Bears Armed athletes in all 4 finals tommorrow, the chances are one of those nations will earn the most medals.


Tommorrow's schedule on QBC (all events LIVE, unless noted; times are approximate):

QBC schedule

9:00am: CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: Men's 10km Classical (MEDAL EVENT)
10:00am: SPEED SKATING (Long Track): Women's 1500m FINAL (MEDAL EVENT)
10:40am: SPEED SKATING (Long Track): Men's 1500m FINAL (MEDAL EVENT)
11:30am: SNOCROSS (ICETRACK): 25km FINAL (MEDAL EVENT)
1:00pm: Festival Recap and Highlight Show/(Local Programming in Foreign nations)
3:00pm: Closing Ceremony @ New Bruxen IceDome, New Bruxen.

DAY THIRTEEN RESULTS


CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Men's 10km Classical

Alvin Nottingham (Sarzonia) 26:58.2
Marrort Far-Rubert (Bears Armed) 27:00.2
Marco Allbarello (Lovisa) 27:12.4
Gerrart Far-Gerrart (Bears Armed) 27.14.6


SPEED SKATING (Long Track):
(FR: QSF Record
WR: World Record)
Women's 1500m

Tiffary Stoer (Qazox) 1:58.35 FR
LaToya Lewis (Sarzonia) 1:58.43
Rowan o BlueForest (Bears Armed) 1:58.70
Hirra o Norrlant (Bears Armed) 1:59.03


FR: Pettar Verpur (Bears Armed) 1:47.26
Men's 1500m

Pettar Verpur (Bears Armed) 1:47.07 FR
Paul Hayens (Qazox) 1:47.10
Ben Edwards (Sarzonia) 1:47.12
Harror 'Harefoot' o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 1:47.51



SNOCROSS
25k IceTRack FINAL:


TIME (Behind)
Colleen Byrd (Unified Beretania) 23:30.65 (-----)
Li Sun-Pak (Qazox) 23:36.12 (+5.47)
Alexander Todt (Tocrowkia) 23:41.45 (+10.80)
Branden Donaldson (Unified Beretania) 23:42.66 (+12.01)
Korra Errhabarra (Bears Armed) 23:43.62 (+12.97)
Farid ali-Hadani (Sarzonia) 23:55.10 (+24.45)
Nathan Zyfs (Qazox) 24:13.36 (+42.71) -1lap
Gerro 'BlueTooth' o Thuleann (Bears Armed) 24:14.42 (+43.77) -1lap


FINAL MEDAL STANDINGS
Note: Listed by # of Total Medals, then # of Gold, # of Silver, # of Bronze.

NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Sarzonia 9 9 8 26
Bears Armed 8 6 11 25
Qazox 9 12 2 23
Lovisa 2 7 6 15
Newmanistan 6 5 2 13
Tocrowkia 3 5 4 12
Oiseaui 5 2 2 9
Myedvedeya 2 1 6 9
Unified Beretania 2 1 1 4
Taeshan 1 0 2 3
Jeruselem 1 0 0 1


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MSQBC QWSF Recap

Qazox, Bears Armed and Sarzonia each took home 3 medals on the final day of competition, Earning Sarzonia the overall medal championship with 26. Qazox and Sarzonia tied for the most gold with 9 each, followed by Bears Armed's 8, and Newmanistan's 6. For Silver medals, Qazox easily took home the most silver, with 12, followed by Sarzonia's 9, and Lovisa's 7. In bronze, Bears Armed took home 11, followed by 8 from Sarzonia and 6 each from Myedvedeya and Lovisa.

As for the actual final events, Tiffany Stoer finally broke through in the 1500m and earned her 1st gold edging out Sarzonia's LaToya Lewis by 0.08 seconds. Two more silver came in the men's 1500m as Paul Hayens edged out Ben Edwards of Sarzonia and was edged out by Bear's Armed Pettar Verpur. The top 3 were separated by only 0.05 seconds, quite possibly the closest finish in 1500m history.

On the icetrack, Colleen Byrd of Unified Beretania lead all but 2 laps winning her country's 2nd gold, while Li Sun-Pak earned her 2nd medal finishing in a decent 2nd place.

The closing ceremony saw the remaining athletes march within the New Bruxen IceDome, and a special Golden Cup was awarded to the flagbearer of the Sarzonian delegation, for the overall Medal Championship. The festival was a commerical, financial and ratings sucess, as every night QBC averaged a 15.3 rating. The highest rated-night: Night 11 (Women's Figure Skating final: 23.8 rating); lowest rated night: Night 6 (SNOCROSS 15K Track FINAL); 9.8 rating.

COMPLETE MEDAL BREAKDOWN by Disipline:

CURLING:
Newmanistan: 1 Gold
Sarzonia: 1 Silver
Bears Armed: 1 Bronze

BOBSLED:
Oiseaui: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Myedvedeya: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Sarzonia: 1 Gold
Lovisa: 2 Silvers
Qazox: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Taeshan: 1 Bronze

LUGE:
Newmanistan: 2 Golds, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Oiseaui: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

ALPINE SKIING
Sarzonia: 2 Golds
Qazox: 1 Gold, 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze
Myedvedeya: 1 Gold, 2 Bronzes
Lovisa: 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Bears Armed: 3 Golds, 2 Silvers, 2 Bronze
Sarzonia: 2 Golds, 3 Silvers
Lovisa: 3 Bronzes

FREESTYLE SKIING (were exhibition events)
Oiseaui: (4 wins)

FIGURE SKATING
Unified Beretania: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Jeruselem: 1 Gold
Newmanistan: 1 Silver
Myedvedeya: 1 Bronze

SKELETON
Lovisa: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Myedvedeya: 1 Silver

SPEEDSKATING (Short Track)
Newmanistan: 3 Golds, 3 Silvers, 1 Bronze
Qazox: 3 Golds, 2 Silvers
Sarzonia: 1 Gold, 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze
Myedvedeya: 2 Bronzes

SPEED SKATING (Long Track)
Bears Armed: 4 Golds, 2 Silvers, 4 Bronzes
Qazox: 3 Golds, 5 Silvers
Sarzonia: 2 Golds, 3 Silvers, 4 Bronzes

SNOWBOARDING
Oiseaui: 4 Golds, 1 Silver
Lovisa: 1 Gold, 3 Silvers
Bears Armed: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Taeshan: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Tocrowkia: 2 Silver, 3 Bronze

SNOCROSS
Tocrowkia: 3 Golds, 3 Silvers, 1 Bronze
Qazox: 2 Golds, 2 Silvers
Sarzonia: 1 Gold, 3 Bronze
Unified Beretania: 1 Gold
Bears Armed: 2 Silver, 3 Bronze


Qazox's top Medalists:
MEN: Paul Hayens: 2 Gold, 2 silver (long track)
WOMEN: Tiffary Stoer: 1 gold, 3 silver (long track)

OOC: My thanks to Qazox for organising and hosting these games, and my congratulations to everybody who took part... and my apologies for not doing any RP worth mentioning during this contest. Various factors in RL unfortunately cut rather heavily into the time that I'd planned to spend in NS, and after considering the situation I decided to concentrate my efforts on the World Cup qualifiers instead...