Майкл 542 Posted January 10, 2017 #791 Share Posted January 10, 2017 1 minute ago, dareza said: btw she canceled AC for few days. So, not good news I hope she will be ready for WC. Really pity She should all the rest she needs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Майкл 542 Posted January 10, 2017 #792 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Truppe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted January 10, 2017 #793 Share Posted January 10, 2017 What a run for Shiffrin If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted January 10, 2017 #794 Share Posted January 10, 2017 So, Nina Loeseth is the first one to actually beat Shiffrin on time since...forever? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,140 Posted January 10, 2017 #795 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Someone beats Shiffrin when she finishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted January 10, 2017 #796 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hansdotter thought she was 15th and had to make up 2 seconds or something? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Майкл 542 Posted January 10, 2017 #797 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hasdotter's skiing She risked too much, but made it in the end. Well done. Glad to see her back winning races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,243 Posted January 10, 2017 Author #798 Share Posted January 10, 2017 the moment whe you realize that it was the worst slalom of the season for us...in other hand finally a break for Veronika to rest a bit and fully recover from ths flu she got at the worst moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,243 Posted January 10, 2017 Author #799 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hansdotter named Snow Space Princess at Flachau slalom with crowded podium Audi FIS Alpine World Cup 2016 slalom title winner Frida Hansdotter started the night slalom in Flachau, Austria, with the same lucky number as she had when she last won Snow Space Princess race in 2015 and her last World Cup victory in Lienz: bib 6. The Swede laid down a head-turning first run that shocked those in attendance if only for the fact that she just claimed her first podium of the season two days earlier after an otherwise up-and-down winter. “No, actually [I didn’t know it was] that fast, but for sure I felt I had a good run. But I got a little bit scared when in the banana [delay gate] because I hooked a little bit the skis. I was like ‘Oh no!’ I didn’t get that speed over the last roller. But it was really good, so I’m satisfied,” Hansdotter said after finishing the turny first-run course set with a nearly one-second advantage over Wendy Holdener. “Actually, I’m better when it’s a little bit straighter because I get more speed in, but I for sure saw it in inspection that you really need to work it every gate. So that was my only goal, so maybe that’s the secret.” Attacking Viking Nina Loeseth sat third after the first run at 1.08 seconds off Hansdotter. Despite not making any major mistakes, Mikaela Shiffrin was 1.38 seconds back in fifth, which she said was the result of turning too much in the first run. “I really overskied it. Just I went way too far. I mean my coach set first run and I thought he set a spectacular course. It looked just so fun to ski and I got a little too excited about turning and I just kept going. I just kept turning. When I got to the finish and I felt my legs, they were really tired and that’s never a good sign. It means that you’re not being efficient, so that was sort of part of the issue,” Shiffrin said. In the second run, Shiffrin charged hard to make up a fair chunk of the deficit, but she ultimately finished third for the night tied with Holdener, who had an impressive run, at 0.78 seconds from the lead. Loeseth also took her best shot at Hansdotter, but nobody could pass the Swede who was simply on point all night long. Hansdotter took the win 0.58 seconds ahead of the Norwegian in second. “It’s really exciting because a lot of girls can stand on the podium and it makes it hard for us because you have to push and go to see the green light in the finish,” said Holdener, who now has collected six podiums this season in slalom but has yet to win. “I hope you will [see my best skiing] because I have a little better skiing in my bag, so hopefully I can show it.” Shiffrin, meanwhile, was pleased with her effort to push for the podium and also congratulated the winner on the night. “It felt a lot better the second run. For sure, I was disappointed with my first run, but to be honest, I try to learn from it. I really, really enjoyed watching Frida ski today. It was incredible and it looked like she had fun, and I’m really happy for her.” Loeseth collected her second podium of the season and first in slalom for the year. “I kind of thought, ‘It’s all or nothing. It’s kill or be killed here,’ because it was pretty easy course, and I felt pretty strong. I didn’t have any big mistakes. But I watched Zuzu on top from her start up there, and I was just thinking ‘Oh my god.’ So it was pretty intimidating. The strong girls that were starting behind me or before me in the second run, so that’s why I probably was super excited when I saw that green light,” said Loeseth. “I feel it’s kind of been a build up in slalom because it’s been pretty stable the whole season. And then after Maribor, I was a bit like ‘OK, it’s time to go now, to push a little harder.’ My GS has been a little difficult lately, but I’m going to find it pretty soon, just in time for Kronplatz and St. Mortiz. It’s good, it feels really good to be on the podium.” But the true star of the night, all agreed, was Hansdotter who built on her Maribor podium and turned in a lights out performance at Flachau. “It’s the night atmosphere. I think night slalom is so fun. And the crowd, you can see it from the start. It’s so much fun for racing,” she said. “Actually, I had number six when I was young playing football, so it’s been following me my whole life and also Lienz I had number six when I won, so six is my lucky number.” As for what’s suddenly started working for her again in slalom, she admitted, “I can be more relaxed and now I know I’m skiing fast, so it’s just go with the flow.” With 175,000 EUR up for grabs in prize money divided among the top 30 finishers, Flachau remains the highest paying race on the ladies’ World Cup circuit again this season, to the delight of the podium and other second-run finishers. The World Cup ladies’ tour moves on to nearby Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, for downhill and alpine combined races this coming weekend. Full results Here Frida Hansdotter 1st Run Frida Hansdotter 2nd Run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahjfcshfghb 285 Posted January 13, 2017 #800 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) Found a provisional list of nations registered for the 2017 World Championships (from the organizers). Definitely some interesting ones in here! 1 AFG Afghanistan 2 ALB Albania 3 AND Andorra 4 ARG Argentina 5 ARM Armenia 6 AUS Australia 7 AUT Austria 8 AZE Azerbaijan 9 BEL Belgium 10 BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 BOL Bolivia 12 BRA Brazil 13 BUL Bulgaria 14 CAN Canada 15 CHI Chile 16 CHN P.R. China 17 COL Colombia 18 CRO Croatia 19 CYP Cyprus 20 CZE Czech Republic 21 DEN Denmark 22 ESP Spain 23 EST Estonia 24 FIN Finland 25 FRA France 26 GBR Great Britain 27 GEO Georgia 28 GER Germany 29 GRE Greece 30 HAI Haiti 31 HUN Hungary 32 IND India 33 IRI Iran 34 IRL Ireland 35 ISL Iceland 36 ISR Israel 37 ITA Italy 38 JPN Japan 39 KAZ Kazakhstan 40 KEN Kenya 41 KGZ Kyrgyzstan 42 KOS Kosovo 43 LAT Latvia 44 LBN Lebanon 45 LIE Liechtenstein 46 LTU Lithuania 47 LUX Luxembourg 48 MAD Madagascar 49 MAR Morocco 50 MAS Malaysia 51 MEX Mexico 52 MKD FYR Macedonia 53 MLT Malta 54 MNE Montenegro 55 MON Monaco 56 NED Netherlands 57 NOR Norway 58 NZL New Zealand 59 PER Peru 60 POL Poland 61 POR Portugal 62 ROU Romania 63 RSA South Africa 64 RUS Russia 65 SLO Slovenia 66 SMR San Marino 67 SRB Serbia 68 SUI Switzerland 69 SVK Slovakia 70 SWE Sweden 71 TGA Tonga 72 UKR Ukraine 73 USA United States of America 74 UZB Uzbekistan EDIT just got the official list, Kenya is out, Virgin Islands are in. Edited January 23, 2017 by ahjfcshfghb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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