NearPup 2,164 Posted January 17, 2018 #41 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Maxim Fastovsky said: Damn! i didnt even know israel competes in skeleton, where would they even train?? it's not like there is a track anywhere around..... I mean almost all of Israel's winter athletes come from either the US or Ukraine, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted January 17, 2018 #42 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Nate River said: I mean almost all of Israel's winter athletes come from either the US or Ukraine, so... What is not surprising considering that Israel is not a winter nation... It's the same for almost all exotic nations. Very similar to Ireland, whose home born athletes were a minority in 2014 and will be again in 2018. However, I don't see them getting bashed for this reasons... Edited January 17, 2018 by dcro #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,164 Posted January 17, 2018 #43 Share Posted January 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, dcro said: What is not surprising considering that Israel is not a winter nation... It's the same for almost all exotic nations. Very similar to Ireland, whose home born athletes were a minority in 2014 and will be again in 2018. However, I don't see them getting bashed for this reasons... I don't mean to bash either, it's not like Ireland and Israel make buy athletes, they just have very permissive citizenship laws. I have no issues with their citizens living abroad taking advantage of that. It's just that when you see a winter athlete from Israel (or Ireland) and you wonder how they practice X sport in Israel / Ireland, the obvious answer is "they don't". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted January 22, 2018 #44 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Final quotas... http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/OWG_Olympic_Winter_Games_KOREA_2018/IBSF_PyeongChang2018_participating_Nations_Skeleton.pdf Austria declined, but Norway surpringly didn't. Too bad for Luxembourg. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,164 Posted January 22, 2018 #45 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Huh, we all assumed Israel got the Netherland’s spot because Norway declined, apparently we where wrong. This is the only Scandinavian sled across all sliding sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,164 Posted January 25, 2018 #46 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Olympic team Kevin Boyer Dave Greszczyszyn Barrett Martineau Jane Channel Mirela Rahneva Elisabeth Vathje The whole team is made up of Olympic rookies, even 38 year old Greszczyszyn (who narrowly missed out on Sochi). The best part of this team? Hearing commentators have to pronounce Greszczyszyn. Edited January 25, 2018 by NearPup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted January 25, 2018 #47 Share Posted January 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Nate River said: Olympic team Kevin Boyer Dave Greszczyszyn Barrett Martineau Jane Channel Mirela Rahneva Elisabeth Vathje The whole team is made up of Olympic rookies, even 38 year old Greszczyszyn (who narrowly missed out on Sochi). The best part of this team? Hearing commentators have to pronounce Greszczyszyn. Too bad IBSF won't be allowed to use their usual YouTube live streams, since Martin Haven never has any troubles with that name (which he basically simply says in two syllables) 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...
IoNuTzZ 289 Posted January 27, 2018 #48 Share Posted January 27, 2018 got a reallocation so Maria Marinela Mazilu is going to Olympics DaniSRB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vovanA 53 Posted January 27, 2018 #49 Share Posted January 27, 2018 В 25.01.2018 в 06:18, Nate River сказал: Olympic team Kevin Boyer Dave Greszczyszyn Barrett Martineau Jane Channel Mirela Rahneva Elisabeth Vathje The whole team is made up of Olympic rookies, even 38 year old Greszczyszyn (who narrowly missed out on Sochi). The best part of this team? Hearing commentators have to pronounce Greszczyszyn. In Russian it's a very simple surname. Personally I still can't imagine how to pronounce Vathje Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,701 Posted January 29, 2018 #50 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Been told Jamaica will announce their male skeleton slider will go to the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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