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5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

FIS wants to kill off the combined event and doesn't even host it on the World Cup. They want to promote parallel events instead. IOC still keeps combined in the programme but I won't be surprised if it's axed after 2026 and makes way for the parallel event (which might be the most unfair event ever due to clear difference between courses as evident by last year's Alpine World Champs).

I know, pal. Couldn't agree more.

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32 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

What the heck is that with the combined? Why is there only one Norwegian, one Italian, one French, one German? Where is everybody? This is the event, where small nations can say, they were top 15 at the Olympics. Has FIS tightened the requirements for the downhill and none if the slalom guys want the hustle? I see no reason why our 2 skiers are not participating....

As much as I personally like the combined (esp. compared to events like team parallel GS), how can it be contested at the Olympics with ZERO world cup combined competitions this year? It's practically non-existent these days.

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Just now, heywoodu said:

Generally in most sports you can say that choking is only the case when someone is giving away something big in a kind of stupid way. Say, an alpine skier who is in gold medal position and then goes down after 5 seconds in the deciding run. Or a tennis player on match point who smashes it in the net and then gets his serve broken and loses the match. Those kind of things  

 

Not even Shiffrin really choked actually, since she didn't actually have anything in hand yet.

Maybe Mikaela and Alex Kilde should consider breaking up or something. Things haven't really gone Alex's way either in these Olympics.

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Just now, Ted said:

Yayyyyy! Yet another correct prediction 4 me. Hand me the prize now.

Hahaaa. Congrats Slovakia (& Austria and Switzerland). So happy for all three medalists. So sorry for Lena, Sara, Andreja and Michelle though... But I'm sure they'll get plenty of chances to win medals in the near future, especially the younger ones. And oc Sara and Michelle are already Olympic gold medalists.

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Yayyyyy! Yet another correct prediction 4 me. Hand me the prize now.

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Sofia Goggia will be going to the Olympics after all!

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1 minute ago, maestro said:

 

Any doctors on our forum to tell us what this type of injury usually means?

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16 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

I can only use google translate. Sprained left knee & ACL strain?

 

 

Yes. And -according to the journalist- the doctors and physiotherapists will be trying their best to get Sofia ready for the women's downhill race on Feb 15 (which is very hard and not that likely...)

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Last-minute addition to the Norwegian Alpine skiing team for Beijing...none other than...Kjetil Jansrud! Shocker.

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4 minutes ago, phelps said:

not on that Olympic track...

Give us some details on the Chinese piste.

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3 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

At this rate Kristoffersen will have to make a chase from 29th after 1st run

If he qualifies in the 1st place, that is.

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26 minutes ago, dcro said:

And the race is on for tomorrow!

 

Projected start time is set at 13:00 CET.

It says 15.45 CET on the FIS website...

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2 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Yes, it is

Buon compleanno, Alberto La Bomba.

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5 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Goggia dedicates her victory to Albertone Tomba!

It's his birthday today, right? 

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Just now, hckošice said:

Yes

 

Not so many, but I have some

Nice!

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6 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Petra

 

She did it again.  our wonderwoman

 

#Team SlovenskoBeijing2022

 

 

Huge 6th place and PB for Martina Dubovská /   Way to Go Czechoslovakia !

Were you born in Czechoslovakia? Do you have fond memories?

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19 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Gut lost it at the bottom. Shiffrin wins.

 

Kilde is Shiffrin's new BF? Polish ES indicated that.

Yes. For a couple of months now.