Saturday Sport (Rexswimguy, the first pics for you...) | | | The godfather of luge, Georg Hackl | Winter sports is very much on tap this weekend, withskating, luge, bobsled, skiing, all in international competition. FigureSkating is being contested this Saturday in the Four Continents Championships pairs free competition inTaipei City, Chinese Taipei. Four Continents Championships men's free skatecompetition will also be held in Gangneung, South Korea. Alsoin South Korea, the Luge World Cup from Pyeongchang. Pyeongchang hosts an International LugeFederation (FIL) World Cup for the first time this weekend, with the slidersset to take on the Alpensia Sliding Centre track, only the second officiallycertified track in Asia. The Luge World Cup on Saturday includes final rounds of the men'sevent followed by the team relay event. World Cup competition is due to take placeover two days at the venue, which will host 7,000 spectators during next year’sOlympics. In Germany, Bobsledding will be contest today at the IBSF WorldChampionships. The 2 man bobsleighcompetition will be held today, in Königsseein Bavaria. Inthe USA, in College Basketball: the KansasJayhawks will travel to the Baylor Bears. These nationally-ranked teams met onFeb. 1, with the Jayhawks winning 73-68 in Lawrence, Kansas. Kansas has wonnine straight in the series. The ColoradoBuffaloes will meet the Oregon Ducks in Oregon. Colorado beat Oregon a fewweeks ago in Boulder. Oregon had won 17straight before the loss. The Kentucky Wildcatswill travel to take on the Georgia Bulldogs. On January 31st, the Bulldogspushed Kentucky to overtime before succumbing 90-81. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ramps up this weekendin Daytona Beach, Florida. The AdvanceAuto Parts Clash at Daytona gets the season started at Daytona InternationalSpeedway. The elite field for the 75-lap event includes last year's polesittersand playoff drivers, plus former Daytona500 and Clash winners. The National Basketball Association All Star Weekendwill include many events tonight from New Orleans. Tonight's NBA Events in the buildup totomorrow's big game in New Orleans include the Slam Dunk Contest, Three-PointContest and Skills Challenge, won last year by Zach LaVine, Klay Thompson andKarl-Anthony Towns -- Posted By Rex to Speed o Rex at 2/18/2017 12:15:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
