NS Iced runnings-everything thread

[Mattijana]

Welcome to the everything thread for the inaugural iced runnings sliding competition taking place in Mattijana. For those of you signed up, this is where to post your IC posts as well as any comments or questions you have about the competition.

Schedule:

Friday, day 1: Opening ceremony
Saturday, day 2: Bobsleigh run 1 (Mattijana sliding centre), skeleton run 1 (Slonske Lidenburg)
Sunday day 3: Bobsleigh run 2 (Mattijana sliding centre), luge, run 1 (Slonske Lidenburg), skeleton run 2 (Slonske Lidenburg)
Monday, day 4: Luge run 2, (Slonske Lidenburg), skeleton finals (Mattijana sliding centre)
Tuesday, day 5: Luge finals (Slonske Lidenburg).
Wednesday, day 6: Bobsleigh finals (Mattijana sliding centre).

[The Serbian Empire]

"Hey, why are we sending all these women to Mattijana?" a bespectacled man asked the Olympiad head of the Serbian Empire.

The head looked at the man in glasses and sighed. "The women in question are Olympics hopefuls who need to prove themselves in international competition before the Winter Olympics. That's why all of them are going there," The head stated with a smile.

Then an entry sheet of the short list of viable contenders was revealed. The names mentioned a few remaining competitors from the Olympic effort several years ago. Some of the others were new and young. One of them, Karine Hoxha only recently had turned eighteen. "She displays a lot of promise and will serve this nation proudly for many years," the head explained.

"But she's only eighteen. Couldn't we get someone a bit older?" another individual asked the head. This one was a journalist from the Serbian Sporting News.

"Remember what I said earlier. She's good enough now and she'll only continue to improve in the future. That's my hopes for Karine," the head explained.

[Mattijana]

OOC: Xkorinate is loaded up and ready to go, so we are ready to race on Saturday.

[Mattijana]

Friday 30th October, The Hollesbirjke, Central Mattijana

The valja stadium in Skopjana, part of which was cut into the side of the mountainnear to the Slonske-Lidenburg sliding centre, had just about filled up with Mattijanans and foreign supporters. The Stadium was normally used for ice skating and hockey and the some of the ice rink had been kept intact. The remainder had been carpeted over and a oval track formed around the outside. As the last spectators filtered in, the lights were dimmed and spotlights directed at the central area. An orchestra began to play a Mattijanan folk song with a pair of figure skaters taking to the ice and performing the accompanying dance. After the first verse and chorus, the music took a slightly more modern and dramatic mood with a heavy beat and sharper and increasingly more acrobatic moves from the skaters, who had been joined by another couple of pairs.

The tune ended with a flourish and the skaters bowed and exited the stage amidst warm applause. Whilst on the plinth in the centre of the stadium floor, Mattijanan radio presenter, Tony Japnaž stepped up.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the opening ceremony of the NS Iced runnings sliding competition here at the Hollesbirjke in Mattijana. Over the next few days, we will see some of the best sliders around the world compete on the two tracks here, the traditional Slonske-Lidenburg centre and the sleek and modern Mattijana Sliding Centre. Before we welcome the athletes, there will be a short piece about the history of Mattijanan and regional sliding."

The film showed the first pioneers of Mattijanan winter sport sliding down the hill where the Slonske-Lidenburg track now stands and moved forwards to the design of sleds and tracks in the modern era. It ended with a bobsleigh sliding into white mist.

The camera switched to the entrance of the stadium floor which had now filled with white smoke.
"And now for the main event. Please welcome the athletes!
First up, Aqullian!

The four man bobsleigh team sent by Aquillian to the games walked into the arena, prompting a cheer from those who had made the journey as well as respectful applause from the other supporters in the stadium.

Avercari!

Elejamie! The athletes followed going onto their own lap of honour before settling in the centre of the floor.

Frenline Delpha!

Gim!

Kaboomlandia!

Natanians and Nosts!

Neu Engollon!

Sjovenia!

Thaldor!

The Transalpine Republic!

The Serbian Empire!
As the final group of visiting athletes made their way around the stadium, all cheered on by their respective supporters. The biggest cheer of all rose around the ground.

And finally, please welcome the host nation. Mattijana!

The Mattijanan athletes jogged round the stadium with the minister of sport, responsible for organising the games, following at a more sedate pace behind. The athletes eventually found their way to the middle and prepared for a few short speeches.

The minister of sport was first to move to the plinth in the middle.

"I want to keep this fairly short, but thank you all for coming and welcome especially to the athletes and supporters of all the visiting nations who I hope feel welcome in here in Mattijana. I would like to thank the union of winter sport in Mattijana for helping to organise the games here in the central Alps and the volunteers who will help staff the events themselves.
Secondly to the sports departments of Sjovenia and Frenline Delpha who helped especially to get this event off the ground in the first place and to provide the crucial admin tasks such as signups and the host vote.
Finally, I wish good luck to all of the teams competing and enjoy our wonderful food and hospitality, especially the sausages. Thank you and goodnight!

The other person to make a speech was the captain of the Mattijanan four man bobsleigh team. He promised fair and clean racing as well as that he and his fellow athletes would try their hardest to create a memorable spectacle for the home fans as well as for visitors.

With that, a smooth opening ceremony ended with some fireworks popping out of the roof and all the fans and athletes headed back to their accomodation to prepare for the action.

[Aquillian]

"Dem nuh like we bredda." Jerani Murray said with a scowl. "Yuh nuh see 'ow dem a look pon we? Dem feel seh we nuh bizniz, an' dis a joke ting. Mi nuh come 'ere fi deal wid dis fuckery." He had a point. The luke-warm reception the Aquilliano team had received at the opening ceremony was, as Jordan Broderick put it, "even colder than Christmas day in Genesia."

In a way, it was to be expected. Aquillian had a tropical climate, and their bobsleigh team was made up of four elite sprinters. They'd not had to undergo any qualifying races or anything of the sort. It gave the impression, to some at least, that they couldn't be entirely serious.

"Relax nuh man?! Yuh always come wid yuh negative vibes." Jordan Broderick was the team's unofficial leader -- probably a result of his status as the nation's premier sprinter of the past decade -- and nothing ever seemed to faze him. "All we gotta do is relax, an' race. Every ting else follow, yuh nuh 'ear wha' coach tell us?" Jerani only sucked his teeth in reply, and an awkward silence followed.

"A weh di coach deh anyway Jordan?" said Kyron Grant. Kyron was the youngest of the four, and the most excited about traveling abroad -- he'd only ever left the island twice in his entire life; both time for the Rushmori Games -- until he'd been informed of the likely weather conditions. "Hol' up. Yuh mean fi tell mi seh we a go travel inna snow, to some high-up-mountain-top village fi slide down ice?" He'd exclaimed. When it was pointed out that bobsleigh was a winter sport, and sort of required snow and ice, he'd shrugged and said "cha! Me gaan tek two string ves' an' every ting irie nuh rass. Yuh feel seh a likkle snow come drop from de sky an' stop me win tings? Cha!"

The only member of the team who remained silent the whole time was DeMarion Morrison, the driver. He was sitting quietly on his bed, studying photos of the track's turns. Unlike the others, he'd not been fortunate enough to medal in athletics at any other time. He'd failed to qualify for the national finals six months ago, and at thirty-three, it was probably his last chance. He likely wouldn't be representing his nation again. "Yo, D!" Jordan called to him as he made toward the door with the other two. "We gaan fi ketch a couple drinks, yuh waan fi come wid?"

"Nah man, mi gaan finish preparations."

"Yuh nuh look too hard pon de photo dem, bredda. Yuh gaan tun blin' an' we nuh bring no substitute, seen?"

DeMarion chuckled a little. "Gwaan guh ketch drink, man. But nuh badda chase nuh panty, mi know how unu stay."

Jordan stumbled out of the door still laughing.

[Sjovenia]

ooc: I will be really busy....I might not be able to post but know that I will try and that Id still love to see the results!!!

Run down: Outprocessing from one base while packing up my luggage. Soon to be driving to another base and unpacking my luggage. Followed by in processing for the new base as well as starting school at the new base. And currently....the base Im at has horrible wifi and horrible cell service but lately the wifi has been pretty much stagnant. Again sorry if I don't get to post but I will try and post when I can!!!

[Mattijana]

The first action from the mountain this morning comes from the Mattijana Sliding Centre where the two man bobsled competition gets underway. Jozefa Gorski and Tatyana Rudaski of Sjovenia lead the way after run 1 with Emily Dayton and Chelsea Smith just a tenth of a second down. The highest home runners sit in third, Janz Alzaska and Andrez Igolov 11 hundresths of a second off the pace.
Runners below the line are not yet eliminated, but must try and get themselves above by the end of the next run. However, there is definitely room for improvement with all of the field within one second of the fastest time.

1 Jozefa Gorski/Tatyana Rudaski (Sjovenia) 52.17
2 Emily Dayton/Chelsea Smith (Kaboomlandia) 52.27
3 Janz Alzaska/ Andrez Igolov (Mattijana) 52.28
4 Alexandra Regensbogen/Alina Albrecht (Transalpine Republic) 52.35
5 Brad Berg/Nicklas Watson (Kaboomlandia) 52.37
6 Dave Mitchell/ Frank Stewart (Elejamie) 52.40
7 Isobel Gurnica/Katerina Lubolja (Mattijana) 52.43
8 Ion Mihai Cessar/ Ion Carolus Cesar (Natanians and Nosts) 52.46
9 Aristide de Sauveterre/Jean-Baptiste de Sauveterre (Transalpine Republic) 52.50
10 Justina Mladic/Mirela Dusanovic (The Serbian Empire) 52.56
11 Michelle Sheridan/Fernanda Escalante (Elejamie) 52.60
12 Arkady Jakolin/ Dragoslav Filipov (Thaldor) 52.66
13 Mara Grbac/ Kira Mihaljovic (The Serbian Empire) 52.68
14 Jeong Soo Jong/ Oh Byeong Seon (Gim) 52.69
15 Adrienne Kriez/Clarisse Merveille (New Engollon) 52.78
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16 Stacy Trintonwego/Pelsby Larkis (Frenline Delpha) 52.79
17 Zhenya Sokolov/ Grzegorz Skala (Sjovenia) 52.80
18 Akala Baganuh/ Yarran Jupangati (Avercari) 52.81
19 Marty Peterson/Samuel Hitchcok (Frenline Delpha) 52.83
20 Esmeraldo Vinicius Varro/ Joao Gabriel Marao (Natanians and Nosts) 52.84
21 Giuseppi D'Arturrio/ Luc Ternier (New Engollon) 52.95
22 Jarrah Warai/ Binda Araba (Avercari) 53.00
23 Jeong Joo Wan/ Gong Seung Wook (Gim) 53.15
— Natalia Stojanovic/ Marina Kozlov (Thaldor) DSQ

[Mattijana]

Skeleton Run 1: Results
Skarsgren of Kaboomlandia leads with a calm and more inportantly quick first run of the Slonske-Lidenburg track. At least a tenth of a second must be gained if those currently in the drop zone are to make it through.

1 Alexander Skarsgren (Kaboomlandia) 53.07
2 Genevieve Renaud (Transalpine Republic) 53.25
3 Mogo Ngurlu (Avercari) 53.26
4 Moon Joon Hyeong (Gim) 53.33
5 Lauren Galindo (Elejamie) 53.37
6 Chloe Renaud (Transalpine Republic) 53.40
7 Kilpert Dourgins (Frenline Delpha) 53.58
8 Romana Brankovic (Sjovenia) 53.94
9 Sara Marika (Mattijana) 54.20
10 Ajaz Ofija (Mattijana) 54.39
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11 Reinhard Feinlau (New Engollon) 54.49
12 Ljlljana Nemanjic (The Serbian Empire) 54.71
13 Valery Markovic (Thaldor) 54.75
14 Caius Caeso dos Santos (Natanians and Nosts) 55.12

[Kaboomlandia]

Day 1 - NS Iced Runnings

Two-man bobsled

The two Kaboomlandian two-man bobsled teams are off to a great start. Emily Dayton and Chelsea Smith are placed second in the two-man event with a time of 52.27 seconds, only one-tenth of a second behind the first-place team of Jozefa Gorski and Tatyana Rudaski of Sjovenia. Meanwhile, Brad Berg and Nicklas Watson are placed fifth, only a tenth of a second behind Dayton and Smith and only two-tenths of a second behind the leaders in a very tight race.

Skeleton

Alexander Skårsgren is placed first after the first day with a wicked 53.07 second run on the Slonske-Lidenburg track. He is currently nursing a lead of 0.18 seconds over the second-place racer, Genevieve Renaud of the Transalpine Republic, while Mogo Ngurlu of Avercari rounds out the top three.

[Mattijana]

Four Man Bobsled: run 1 results.

The evening session on the first day of action came from the Mattijana sliding centre where Frenline Delpha's team of David Marsten, Travis Coughencamp, Sally Terpen and Alex Billing lead.

1 David Marsten/ Travis Coughencamp/ Sally Terpen/ Alex Billing (Frenline Delpha) 51.46
2 Konol Araba/ Oola Giya/ Nowra Jangaa/ Pangari Kanolu (Avercari) 51.56
3 Charlotte Alana/ Sophia Velezia/ Lara Tulisov/ Katija Velezia (Mattijana) 51.65
4 Ira Jordan/Nataliya Struna/Bianca Zdunowski/ Danica Janda (Sjovenia) 51.66
5 Paul Clair/ Jon Hayden/ Jorge Goncalves de Freitas/ Diego Hernandez (Elejamie) 51.67
6 Simon Schust/ Connor Jensen/ Bo Montgomery/ Jon Harris (Kaboomlandia) 51.85
7 Sabine Merskim/Conciatta Heinzler/Giselle Denard/Maria Solari (New Engollon) 52.17
8 Asmir Jaranica/ Tomas Petrov/ Danil Skojana/ Alex Raja (Mattijana) 52.25
Mara Grbac/Kira Mihaljovic/Marina Hemsky/Karine Hoxha (The Serbian Empire) 52.25
10 Gi In Pyo/ In Gil Ho/ Ha Seo Ho/ Moon Woo Shik (Gim) 52.28
11 Ben Messer/ Viktor Kaufer/ Stefan Westerberg/ Lanzo Kauffman (Transalpine Republic) 52.29
12 Choo Jong Ho/ Kang Do Hwan/ Ji Jae Ho/ Seo Gi Seong (Gim) 52.49
13 Michel Arglauer/Reinhard Feinlau/Oskar Rogglietto/Jean-Philippe St. Vincent (New Engollon) 52.50
14 Marius Rafael Danielescu/ Mihai Ion Enderssen/ Mihai Numido Souza/ Marcus Guillaume North (Natanians and Nosts) 52.59
15 Alexandra Regensbogen/ Alina Albrecht/ Eve Lachance/ Seraphine Lachance (Transalpine Republic) 52.61
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16 Marcius Tulius Priscus/ Caius Claudius Numidio/ Ion Victor North/ Mihai Caeso da Silva (Natanians and Nosts) 52.67
17 Hannah Rowan/ Alexandra Massina/ Kate Archer/ Alicia Caballero (Elejamie) 52.71
18 Luka Kaspar/ Zdravko Novak/ Stevan Kopitar/ Slavomir Kovac (Sjovenia) 52.74
19 Jordan Broderick/ DeMarion Morrison/ Jerani Murray/Kyron Grant (Aquillian) 52.91
20 Tanja Krupin/Draga Kovak/Carmen Vlasic/ Nadia Luska (Thaldor) 52.96
21 Roman Orlov/Miro Kaspar/Alexei Novak/ Valentin Pulnik (Thaldor) 53.07
22 Uwan Gamberre/ Warra Koa/ Yani Kija/ Yungara Lotiga (Avercari) 53.10
23 Martyn Loughencamp/ Damon Hertwin/ Carter Freez/ Freddy Timers (Frenline Delpha) 54.65

[Mattijana]

Day 2:
Skeleton run 2, results:
The first session on day 2 took place at the Slonske-Lidenburg centre where the skeleton competition has reached the halfway stage. Genevieve Renaud is the new leader after a poor second run from run 1 leader Alexander Skarsgren saw him drop to second. A 3-way battle for the final podium place is also building up nicely, but there is still a lot of sliding to come in the finals tomorrow. However it's the end of the competition for Romana Brankovic, Reinhard Feinlau, Caius Caeso dos Santos and Ljlljana Nemanjic as they could not find a way into the top ten and are eliminated.

1 Genevieve Renaud (Transalpine Republic) 53.25 53.11 1:46.36
2 Alexander Skarsgren (Kaboomlandia) 53.07 53.41 1:46.48
3 Lauren Galindo (Elejamie) 53.37 53.27 1:46.64
4 Chloe Renaud (Transalpine Republic) 53.40 53.29 1:46.69
5 Kilpert Dourgins (Frenline Delpha) 53.58 53.21 1:46.79
6 Mogo Ngurlu (Avercari) 53.26 53.86 1:47.12
7 Moon Joon Hyeong (Gim) 53.33 53.81 1:47.14
8 Valery Markovic (Thaldor) 54.75 53.78 1:48.53
9 Sara Marika (Mattijana) 54.20 54.45 1:48.65
10 Ajaz Ofija (Mattijana) 54.39 54.31 1:48.70
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11 Romana Brankovic (Sjovenia) 53.94 54.80 1:48.74
12 Reinhard Feinlau (New Engollon) 54.49 54.26 1:48.75
13 Caius Caeso dos Santos (Natanians and Nosts) 55.12 54.02 1:49.14
14 Ljlljana Nemanjic (The Serbian Empire) 54.71 54.55 1:49.26

[Mattijana]

Two man Bobsled: Run 2 results.

1: Jozefa Gorski/Tatyana Rudaski (Sjovenia) 52.17 52.45 1:44.62
2: Justina Mladic/Mirela Dusanovic (The Serbian Empire) 52.56 52.18 1:44.74
3: Aristide de Sauveterre/Jean-Baptiste de Sauveterre (Transalpine Republic) 52.50 52.43 1:44.93
4: Isobel Gurnica/Katerina Lubolja (Mattijana) 52.43 52.55 1:44.98
5: Emily Dayton/Chelsea Smith (Kaboomlandia) 52.27 52.74 1:45.01
6: Akala Baganuh/ Yarran Jupangati (Avercari) 52.81 52.28 1:45.09
7: Alexandra Regensbogen/Alina Albrecht (Transalpine Republic) 52.35 52.74 1:45.09
8: Janz Alzaska/ Andrez Igolov (Mattijana) 52.28 52.83 1:45.11
9: Mara Grbac/ Kira Mihaljovic (The Serbian Empire) 52.68 52.45 1:45.13
10: Ion Mihai Cessar/ Ion Carolus Cesar (Natanians and Nosts) 52.46 52.67 1:45.13
11: Brad Berg/Nicklas Watson (Kaboomlandia) 52.37 52.77 1:45.14
12: Dave Mitchell/ Frank Stewart (Elejamie) 52.40 52.82 1:45.22
13: Zhenya Sokolov/ Grzegorz Skala (Sjovenia) 52.80 52.42 1:45.22
14: Jeong Joo Wan/ Gong Seung Wook (Gim) 53.15 52.18 1:45.33
15: Stacy Trintonwego/Pelsby Larkis (Frenline Delpha) 52.79 52.70 1:45.49
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16: Jarrah Warai/ Binda Araba (Avercari) 53.00 52.61 1:45.61
17: Arkady Jakolin/ Dragoslav Filipov (Thaldor) 52.66 52.97 1:45.63
18: Michelle Sheridan/Fernanda Escalante (Elejamie) 52.60 53.13 1:45.73
19: Marty Peterson/Samuel Hitchcok (Frenline Delpha) 52.83 52.97 1:45.80
20: Adrienne Kriez/Clarisse Merveille (New Engollon) 52.78 53.19 1:45.97
21: Esmeraldo Vinicius Varro/ Joao Gabriel Marao (Natanians and Nosts) 52.84 55.35 1:48.19
— Jeong Soo Jong/ Oh Byeong Seon (Gim) 52.69 DSQ DSQ
Giuseppi D'Arturrio/ Luc Ternier (New Engollon) 52.95 DSQ DSQ
Natalia Stojanovic/ Marina Kozlov (Thaldor). DSQ. DSQ. DSQ

[Mattijana]

Luge, run 1 results:

Day 2 of action also saw the first luge run at the Mattijana Sliding Centre. It was a good session for Neu Engollon and Michel Arglauer, who leads the pack with three runs to go.

1 Michel Arglauer (New Engollon) 51.926
2 Mical Aleman (Elejamie) 52.111
3 Do Gook Jin (Gim) 52.258
4 Luca Banik (Thaldor) 52.310
5 Axel Kassmeyer (Transalpine Republic) 52.441
6 Izara Alina (Mattijana) 52.668
7 Caeso Mihai North (Natanians and Nosts) 52.831
8 Ivan Zitnik (Sjovenia) 52.836
9 Philip Kaufman (Transalpine republic) 52.994
10 Myall Tagalag (Avercari) 53.461
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11 Jussi Harpen (Kaboomlandia) 53.700
12 Mikael Anderson (Mattijana) 54.068
13 Rahel Rancic (The Serbian Empire) 55.905
— Grant Tripotans (Frenline Delpha) DNF

[Mattijana]

Four man Bobsled run 2 results:

The final session on day 2 was the second run in the four man bobsled. The Avercarian team lead after a lightning first run backed up by a solid second. Meanwhile at the bottom end of the leaderboard, The team from Aquillian, captained by Jordan Broderick, put in an excellent second run to haul their way into the top 15 by 0.08 of a second.
That means that Alexandra Regensbogen/ Alina Albrecht/ Eve Lachance/ Seraphine Lachance (Transalpine Republic), Choo Jong Ho/ Kang Do Hwan/ Ji Jae Ho/ Seo Gi Seong (Gim), Michel Arglauer/Reinhard Feinlau/Oskar Rogglietto/Jean-Philippe St. Vincent (New Engollon), Roman Orlov/Miro Kaspar/Alexei Novak/ Valentin Pulnik (Thaldor), Uwan Gamberre/ Warra Koa/ Yani Kija/ Yungara Lotiga (Avercari),Martyn Loughencamp/ Damon Hertwin/ Carter Freez/ Freddy Timers (Frenline Delpha), Luka Kaspar/ Zdravko Novak/ Stevan Kopitar/ Slavomir Kovac (Sjovenia) and Hannah Rowan/ Alexandra Massina/ Kate Archer/ Alicia Caballero (Elejamie) are eliminated.

1 Konol Araba/ Oola Giya/ Nowra Jangaa/ Pangari Kanolu (Avercari) 51.56 52.19 1:43.75
2 Ira Jordan/Nataliya Struna/Bianca Zdunowski/ Danica Janda (Sjovenia) 51.66 52.19 1:43.85
3 Ben Messer/ Viktor Kaufer/ Stefan Westerberg/ Lanzo Kauffman (Transalpine Republic) 52.29 51.70 1:43.99
4 Paul Clair/ Jon Hayden/ Jorge Goncalves de Freitas/ Diego Hernandez (Elejamie) 51.67 52.36 1:44.03
5 David Marsten/ Travis Coughencamp/ Sally Terpen/ Alex Billing (Frenline Delpha) 51.46 52.58 1:44.04
6 Asmir Jaranica/ Tomas Petrov/ Danil Skojana/ Alex Raja (Mattijana) 52.25 51.94 1:44.19
7 Mara Grbac/Kira Mihaljovic/Marina Hemsky/Karine Hoxha (The Serbian Empire) 52.25 51.97 1:44.22
8 Charlotte Alana/ Sophia Velezia/ Lara Tulisov/ Katija Velezia (Mattijana) 51.65 52.60 1:44.25
9 Simon Schust/ Connor Jensen/ Bo Montgomery/ Jon Harris (Kaboomlandia) 51.85 52.41 1:44.26
10 Sabine Merskim/Conciatta Heinzler/Giselle Denard/Maria Solari (New Engollon) 52.17 52.16 1:44.33
11 Marius Rafael Danielescu/ Mihai Ion Enderssen/ Mihai Numido Souza/ Marcus Guillaume North (Natanians and Nosts) 52.59 51.86 1:44.45
12 Gi In Pyo/ In Gil Ho/ Ha Seo Ho/ Moon Woo Shik (Gim) 52.28 52.20 1:44.48
13 Marcius Tulius Priscus/ Caius Claudius Numidio/ Ion Victor North/ Mihai Caeso da Silva (Natanians and Nosts) 52.67 51.89 1:44.56
14 Tanja Krupin/Draga Kovak/Carmen Vlasic/ Nadia Luska (Thaldor) 52.96 51.82 1:44.78
15 Jordan Broderick/ DeMarion Morrison/ Jerani Murray/Kyron Grant (Aquillian) 52.91 51.91 1:44.82
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16 Alexandra Regensbogen/ Alina Albrecht/ Eve Lachance/ Seraphine Lachance (Transalpine Republic) 52.61 52.29 1:44.90
17 Choo Jong Ho/ Kang Do Hwan/ Ji Jae Ho/ Seo Gi Seong (Gim) 52.49 53.01 1:45.50
18 Michel Arglauer/Reinhard Feinlau/Oskar Rogglietto/Jean-Philippe St. Vincent (New Engollon) 52.50 53.10 1:45.60
19 Roman Orlov/Miro Kaspar/Alexei Novak/ Valentin Pulnik (Thaldor) 53.07 52.60 1:45.67
20 Uwan Gamberre/ Warra Koa/ Yani Kija/ Yungara Lotiga (Avercari) 53.10 52.64 1:45.74
21 Martyn Loughencamp/ Damon Hertwin/ Carter Freez/ Freddy Timers (Frenline Delpha) 54.65 51.62 1:46.27
22 Luka Kaspar/ Zdravko Novak/ Stevan Kopitar/ Slavomir Kovac (Sjovenia) 52.74 54.05 1:46.79
— Hannah Rowan/ Alexandra Massina/ Kate Archer/ Alicia Caballero (Elejamie) 52.71 DSQ DSQ

[Mattijana]

Luge run 2, results:

The second run of the Luge competition came from the Mattijana Sliding Centre this morning. Overnight leader Michel Arglauer put in another brilliant run to remain top with Do Gook Jin of Gim rising to second place. Home hope, Mikael Anderson sneaked into the top 10 with a good second run, displacing Luca Banik, who's scrappy second run saw him drop from 4th to 11th. Also missing out are Rahel Rancic, Myall Tagalag and Grant Tripotans.

1 Michel Arglauer (New Engollon) 51.926 51.969 1:43.895
2 Do Gook Jin (Gim) 52.258 52.080 1:44.338
3 Philip Kaufman (Transalpine republic) 52.994 52.537 1:45.531
4 Izara Alina (Mattijana) 52.668 53.165 1:45.833
5 Axel Kassmeyer (Transalpine Republic) 52.441 53.557 1:45.998
6 Caeso Mihai North (Natanians and Nosts) 52.831 53.257 1:46.088
7 Jussi Harpen (Kaboomlandia) 53.700 52.498 1:46.198
8 Ivan Zitnik (Sjovenia) 52.836 53.466 1:46.302
9 Mical Aleman (Elejamie) 52.111 54.416 1:46.527
10 Mikael Anderson (Mattijana) 54.068 52.824 1:46.892
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11 Luca Banik (Thaldor) 52.310 54.595 1:46.905
12 Rahel Rancic (The Serbian Empire) 55.905 52.421 1:48.326
13 Myall Tagalag (Avercari) 53.461 56.731 1:50.192
— Grant Tripotans (Frenline Delpha) DNF DNF

[Mattijana]

Skeleton finals, Slonske Lidenburg Centre, run 3 results:

The final ten sliders go into the finals. Both final two runs happen tonight and immediately, the two Renauds from the Transalpine Republic take control.

1 Genevieve Renaud (Transalpine Republic) 53.25 53.11 53.16 2:39.52
2 Chloe Renaud (Transalpine Republic) 53.40 53.29 53.32 2:40.01
3 Alexander Skarsgren (Kaboomlandia) 53.07 53.41 53.70 2:40.18
4 Moon Joon Hyeong (Gim) 53.33 53.81 53.43 2:40.57
5 Lauren Galindo (Elejamie) 53.37 53.27 54.63 2:41.27
6 Mogo Ngurlu (Avercari) 53.26 53.86 54.18 2:41.30
7 Valery Markovic (Thaldor) 54.75 53.78 53.16 2:41.69
8 Ajaz Ofija (Mattijana) 54.39 54.31 53.41 2:42.11
9 Kilpert Dourgins (Frenline Delpha) 53.58 53.21 57.78 2:44.57
10 Sara Marika (Mattijana) 54.20 54.45 56.06 2:44.71

[Frenline Delpha]

David Marsten's team fell to fifth place after a mediocre second run. They weren't sharp on their turns, and their push off was out of synch. The team had previously won the first race, but that was but a distant memory as they fell down the leaderboards. We asked Marsten what he thought of the fall and how he and his team were preparing for the next run.

"We were just not clicking. We had been squabbling before the race, and it transfered to poor race results. We didn't do the push-off right, and the start doomed us. The run down the track didn't help matters either, as our turns weren't on point. I blame myself for that aspect. Overall, the nerves were running high before the race started. As expected, that didn't translate well into a solid run. We hope to improve in our mext run, and maybe win this thing."

In other news, Dourgins finds himself down in the ninth hole after the first finals run. Will he be able to secure at least a bronze medal? Only time will tell. The skeletoner from Ice Peak started Skeleton at the age of 16. He first started at the Kilpert D. Training Academy for Winter Disciplines. After about a week, his coach and his dad both saw potential in this child that they had never seen before. His dad had onvested thousands of dollars into his son, and he trained woth him every day. It wasn't long before Dourgins was noticed by Frenlinian scouts. After being recruited to join the winter olympics team, Dourgins was personally invited at the age of 23 to participate in this tournament. We wish him the best of luck for his final run later tonight.

In two-man, Stacey and Pelsby are on the verge of eleimination as they stand at the fifthteenth spot. We are rooting for them all the way, and wish them good luck. Trotans also did not finish both of his luge runs, eliminating him from the competition. We wish all our remaining athletes good luck with the remainder of the Iced Runnings event.

[Mattijana]

Skeleton finals, Slonske Lidenburg Centre, final results:

Congratulations to Genevieve Renaud of the Transalpine republic who wins the first Gold medal of the tournament. Sister, Chloe Renaud finished a strong second with Alexander Skarsgren fairly comfortable for the bronze medal position. Mogo Ngurlu and Valery Markovic were also strong performers and made up 2 places each over the final run.

1 Genevieve Renaud (Transalpine Republic) 53.25 53.11 53.16 53.66 3:33.18
2 Chloe Renaud (Transalpine Republic) 53.40 53.29 53.32 53.27 3:33.28
3 Alexander Skarsgren (Kaboomlandia) 53.07 53.41 53.70 53.30 3:33.48
4 Mogo Ngurlu (Avercari) 53.26 53.86 54.18 53.34 3:34.64
5 Valery Markovic (Thaldor) 54.75 53.78 53.16 53.00 3:34.69
6 Lauren Galindo (Elejamie) 53.37 53.27 54.63 53.43 3:34.70
7 Moon Joon Hyeong (Gim) 53.33 53.81 53.43 54.21 3:34.78
8 Ajaz Ofija (Mattijana) 54.39 54.31 53.41 54.24 3:36.35
9 Kilpert Dourgins (Frenline Delpha) 53.58 53.21 57.78 53.20 3:37.77
10 Sara Marika (Mattijana) 54.20 54.45 56.06 54.09 3:38.80

[Natanians and Nosts]

Good news from the Iced Runnings!Both of our 4-men bobsleigh teams have qualified for the finals!Caeso Mihai North our "golden boy" from the lunge finnished in 6th and goes to the finals,but Caius Caeso dos Santos from the skeleton was eliminated as did Esmeraldo e João Gabriel,one of our 2-men bobsleigh team,but on the other side,the brothers Cesar qualified!And congratulations to G. Renauld from the Transalpine Republic for winning the first medal of the first Iced Runnings.
Stay here for more Iced Runnings,live transmissions and news.

[Mattijana]

Luge run 3 results:

It's Luge finals day at the Mattijana sliding centre. Do Gook Jin of Gim finds himself in first with just one run to go, however it's all to play for behind with less than a tenth of a second between 2nd and Home woman, Izara Alina, in 3rd. Furthur down, Caeso Mihai North has an outside chance of a podium whilst 5th place is still up for grabs.

1 Do Gook Jin (Gim) 52.258 52.080 52.639 2:36.977
2 Axel Kassmeyer (Transalpine Republic) 52.441 53.557 52.410 2:38.408
3 Izara Alina (Mattijana) 52.668 53.165 52.666 2:38.499
4 Caeso Mihai North (Natanians and Nosts) 52.831 53.257 52.609 2:38.697
5 Jussi Harpen (Kaboomlandia) 53.700 52.498 53.264 2:39.462
6 Mical Aleman (Elejamie) 52.111 54.416 53.157 2:39.684
7 Ivan Zitnik (Sjovenia) 52.836 53.466 53.668 2:39.970
8 Philip Kaufman (Transalpine republic) 52.994 52.537 54.991 2:40.522
9 Mikael Anderson (Mattijana) 54.068 52.824 55.003 2:41.895
10 Michel Arglauer (New Engollon) 51.926 51.969 1:04.909 2:48.804

[Mattijana]

Luge, final run results:

Congratulations to Do Gook Jin, who wins the Luge gold. A stunning run from Izara Alina means host nation Mattijana have their first medal whilst Caeso Mihai North gets the bronze for Natanians and Nosts. Axel Kassmeyer narrowly misses out denying the Transalpine republic another medal. Ivan Zitnik of Sjovenia does well to take fifth position.in front of Philip Kaufman and Mikael Anderson.

1 Do Gook Jin (Gim) 52.258 52.080 52.639 52.452 3:29.429-------------(GOLD)
2 Izara Alina (Mattijana) 52.668 53.165 52.666 52.167 3:30.666------------(SILVER)
3 Caeso Mihai North (Natanians and Nosts) 52.831 53.257 52.609 52.575 3:31.272---(BRONZE)
4 Axel Kassmeyer (Transalpine Republic) 52.441 53.557 52.410 53.313 3:31.721
5 Ivan Zitnik (Sjovenia) 52.836 53.466 53.668 52.348 3:32.318
6 Philip Kaufman (Transalpine republic) 52.994 52.537 54.991 52.733 3:33.255
7 Mikael Anderson (Mattijana) 54.068 52.824 55.003 52.505 3:34.400
8 Jussi Harpen (Kaboomlandia) 53.700 52.498 53.264 55.090 3:34.552
19 Mical Aleman (Elejamie) 52.111 54.416 53.157 55.602 3:35.286
10 Michel Arglauer (New Engollon) 51.926 51.969 1:04.909 53.756 3:42.560

[Aquillian]

After a disappointing first run -- "who's bright idea was it to drink copious amounts of rum the day before you race?" Coach had... well not so much asked as demanded -- the Aquilliano bobsled team had taken to the slope for a training run late in the evening. It hadn't gone well. Nervous, tense, anxious? Something like that. Between DeMarion Morrison's tenseness [is that even a word? - Ed.] and Kyron Grant's tightly-wound-ready-to-explode nature -- there had been a "minor incident" at the bar the previous night, apparently -- the team just couldn't get focused.

After an earful from their coach, the four men had sat silently in the hotel room, stewing in their own failure. Until Jordan Broderick spoke up, anyway. "Yuh know wha' rang?" He asked. "We need fi nyam propah food, seen? Come mek wi guh fry up two fish an' curry a bloodclaat goat an' nyam like king."

His natural ability to cut tension was amazing. It was probably the main reason he'd largely dominated the 100m and 200m events at Champs¹. Among all the sprinters who had impressed in events organised by the Asociación Atlética de Administración Aquilliano (Quad-A) Broderick was easily the most successful, most popular and most marketable. Something he'd made the most of until suffering back to back ligament injuries two years ago. The road to recovery had been long and painful, and the former superstar sprinter had failed to qualify for Champs this time around, stunning quite literally everyone. When he'd got the call from the coach, he'd snatched at it. It was a chance to show that he wasn't finished. He wasn't letting that slip away.

The others... harder to tell. It mattered most to DeMarion, probably. He'd stumbled in the final qualifying heat for the 200m, and failed to reach Champs, too. Jordan remembered him from the high school championship races, though. He'd always been chasing the pack. Not close enough to threaten, but not far enough away to be entirely forgotten. No man's land. He'd only be in that limbo space for a few seconds at a time, but a few seconds can be an eternity to some.

"Yo, D..." Jordan nudged the driver. "Wha yuh seh? We gaan guh 'ave a team cookout like we back 'ome?"

He knew the answer before DeMarion spoke. It was written all over his face, a huge grin. "Yah, mon."

* * * * *

Aquillian's second run had been much improved. After relaxing with some traditional Aquilliano food -- and it's natural "performance enhancing" effects -- the night before, the team had slept well; a known side effect of these particular PEDs, perhaps. Instead of nervousness, there was swagger. Instead of intense focus, there was a calmness in DeMarion that washed over the whole team. Even Kyron smiled a couple times on the approach to the hill.

Clocking a sub-52 time on their second run, Aquillian barely scraped into the finals, but in doing so, they changed a few opinions. It's difficult to argue that many would expect to see four sprinters from a tropical island nation competing in a winter sports event. It's easy to believe that many would have seen the entire thing as some kind of joke... not any more.

¹ "Champs" is the name given by Aquilliano to the national athletics championships, organised by Quad-A every year. It generally takes place a month after the Track and Field League of Osarius completes, in late summer. The event normally lasts about a week, and showcases the best Aquilliano athletic talent from high school age groups up to full senior level.

[Natanians and Nosts]

Congratulations to Caeso Mihai North who won the bronze medal on the finals of the Iced Runnings!Now we hope that he can win a medal on the Winter Olympics,and more medals on future Iced Runnings.

[Mattijana]

Two man bobsled, run 3 results:

Josefa Gorski and Tatyana Rudaski retain the lead for Sjovenia with Mladic and Dusanovic in second. Just one more run to come.

1 Jozefa Gorski/Tatyana Rudaski (Sjovenia) 52.17 52.45 52.57 2:37.19
2 Justina Mladic/Mirela Dusanovic (The Serbian Empire) 52.56 52.18 52.56 2:37.30
3 Aristide de Sauveterre/Jean-Baptiste de Sauveterre (Transalpine Republic) 52.50 52.43 52.41 2:37.34
4 Akala Baganuh/ Yarran Jupangati (Avercari) 52.81 52.28 52.26 2:37.35
5 Emily Dayton/Chelsea Smith (Kaboomlandia) 52.27 52.74 52.53 2:37.54
6 Ion Mihai Cessar/ Ion Carolus Cesar (Natanians and Nosts) 52.46 52.67 52.45 2:37.58
7 Janz Alzaska/ Andrez Igolov (Mattijana) 52.28 52.83 52.50 2:37.61
8 Stacy Trintonwego/Pelsby Larkis (Frenline Delpha) 52.79 52.70 52.25 2:37.74
9 Zhenya Sokolov/ Grzegorz Skala (Sjovenia) 52.80 52.42 52.57 2:37.79
10 Mara Grbac/ Kira Mihaljovic (The Serbian Empire) 52.68 52.45 52.68 2:37.81
11 Alexandra Regensbogen/Alina Albrecht (Transalpine Republic) 52.35 52.74 52.75 2:37.84
12 Isobel Gurnica/Katerina Lubolja (Mattijana) 52.43 52.55 53.08 2:38.06
13 Jeong Joo Wan/ Gong Seung Wook (Gim) 53.15 52.18 52.97 2:38.30
14 Brad Berg/Nicklas Watson (Kaboomlandia) 52.37 52.77 53.18 2:38.32
15 Dave Mitchell/ Frank Stewart (Elejamie) 52.40 52.82 53.14 2:38.36

[Mattijana]

Two man bobsled, final results.

Congratulations to Justina Mladic and Mirela Dusanovic who overturned their run 3 deficit to take the gold medal. Previous leaders, Gorski and Rudaski who take the silver. Akala Baganuh and Yarran Jupangati win the first medal for Avercari, the bronze.

1 Justina Mladic/Mirela Dusanovic (The Serbian Empire) 52.56 52.18 52.56 52.46 3:29.76----------GOLD
2 Jozefa Gorski/Tatyana Rudaski (Sjovenia) 52.17 52.45 52.57 52.71 3:29.90--------------SILVER
3 Akala Baganuh/ Yarran Jupangati (Avercari) 52.81 52.28 52.26 52.58 3:29.93-------------BRONZE
4 Alexandra Regensbogen/Alina Albrecht (Transalpine Republic) 52.35 52.74 52.75 52.43 3:30.27
5 Zhenya Sokolov/ Grzegorz Skala (Sjovenia) 52.80 52.42 52.57 52.50 3:30.29
6 Ion Mihai Cessar/ Ion Carolus Cesar (Natanians and Nosts) 52.46 52.67 52.45 52.79 3:30.37
7 Emily Dayton/Chelsea Smith (Kaboomlandia) 52.27 52.74 52.53 53.00 3:30.54
8 Janz Alzaska/ Andrez Igolov (Mattijana) 52.28 52.83 52.50 53.05 3:30.66
9 Brad Berg/Nicklas Watson (Kaboomlandia) 52.37 52.77 53.18 52.45 3:30.77
10 Mara Grbac/ Kira Mihaljovic (The Serbian Empire) 52.68 52.45 52.68 53.00 3:30.81
11 Jeong Joo Wan/ Gong Seung Wook (Gim) 53.15 52.18 52.97 52.78 3:31.08
12 Isobel Gurnica/Katerina Lubolja (Mattijana) 52.43 52.55 53.08 53.05 3:31.11
13 Dave Mitchell/ Frank Stewart (Elejamie) 52.40 52.82 53.14 52.84 3:31.20
14 Aristide de Sauveterre/Jean-Baptiste de Sauveterre (Transalpine Republic) 52.50 52.43 52.41 55.54 3:32.88
15 Stacy Trintonwego/Pelsby Larkis (Frenline Delpha) 52.79 52.70 52.25 55.34 3:33.08