dcro 10,179 Posted January 31, 2017 #941 Share Posted January 31, 2017 4 minutes ago, hckosice said: poor Petra, very stupid format . Congrats Veronika Why is it stupid? Skiers are simply seeded by their rankings, certainly better than a random draw. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 31, 2017 Author #942 Share Posted January 31, 2017 6 minutes ago, dcro said: Why is it stupid? Skiers are simply seeded by their rankings, certainly better than a random draw. yes but they should make some exceptions to not allow skiers from the same country meet each other in the first 2 rounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 31, 2017 Author #943 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Don´t know but at first viewc Veronika looks in interesting form before the world championships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 31, 2017 Author #944 Share Posted January 31, 2017 podium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 31, 2017 Author #945 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Strasser in final wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,134 Posted January 31, 2017 #946 Share Posted January 31, 2017 These city events always have some strange winner/finalist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 31, 2017 Author #947 Share Posted January 31, 2017 meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 31, 2017 Author #948 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Shiffrin and Strasser storm Stockholm It was a tale of two victories at tonight’s parallel city event in Stockholm, Sweden. On the men’s side, German Linus Strasser emerged as victor among a field loaded with the top names to claim his first-ever World Cup victory and podium. Meanwhile American tech ace Mikaela Shiffrin earned her 28th Audi FIS World Cup win and her 40th podium. Strasser, who was a late replacement for teammate Felix Neureuther, entered the competition with bib 15, setting up a tough first round match-up against Norwegian slalom king Henrik Kristoffersen. But Kristoffersen went down in the first round, just like his main slalom rival Marcel Hirscher (AUT), paving the way for the rest of the field. Strasser had yet another had test in the semi-finals against hometown hero Mattias Hargin, but he made it past that obstacle, much to the disappointment of the massive sell out crowd, to move onto the finals. One last hurdle awaited Strasser, Frenchman Alexi Pinturault, who was his toughest match of the evening as the two matched each other turn for turn. In the end, Strasser edged Pinturault and skied away with his first World Cup win. Hargin ultimately finished third. "I am here instead of Felix because of his knee and he said, ‘Come on, boy. That’s your chance. You’re in it to win it,’ and I took my chance," said Strasser. “Yeah, you know, it goes so fast, and then in the next moment you’re standing in the finals against Alexis (Pinturault) and that feels amazing. And then I thought, ‘Alright, now you’re in the final. Now, you have a chance to win it’ and yeah, so I did.” Shiffrin had an equally difficult path to her win. In the first round, Shiffrin had to swerve to avoid a near collision with Adeline Baud Mugnier (FRA). After surviving that scare, Marie-Michele Gagnon (CAN) was Shiffrin’s next victim, setting up the semi-final showdown against crowd favorite Frida Hansdotter (SWE). Once again, the Swedish fans had to settle for the disappointment of seeing their favorite knocked out of the finals. Shiffrin met Veronika Velez Zuzulova (SVK) in the final and continued to be flawless as she cruised to her first ever City Event victory. Additionally, Shiffrin picked up valuable points in the hunt for the overall World Cup title as her biggest competition Lara Gut (SUI) sat out tonight’s race. Nina Loeseth of Norway finished third. “Yeah, I mean, it was a great show tonight. I think everybody enjoyed it. We could here you (the fans) screaming. It was really fun," said Shiffrin. "I trained a little bit of slalom and trained a little super-G in the same day and then I went and raced and the conditions there (Cortina) were perfect, so it was a great day to just go for it. Today, yeah, I don’t know, I just trained a little this morning, and tried to do it. I came here for a reason, so happy to get that crossed off the list." Tonight’s city event was the last on the World Cup tour before the World Championships begin in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Two weeks of action await the alpine ski world when action kicks off on February 6th. Full Results Men and Women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted February 19, 2017 #949 Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) So if these Ukrainians had a DNF, or if they had (a lot slower) a little slower times, then the Pakistani girl would have been well inside the Olympic qualification points... Edited February 19, 2017 by dcro #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted February 19, 2017 #950 Share Posted February 19, 2017 9 minutes ago, dcro said: So if these Ukrainians had a DNF, or if they had (a lot slower) a little slower times, then the Pakistani girl would have been well inside the Olympic qualification points... If only the Pakistani's had Vanessa Mae's money... 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...
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