Finnish so stupid 
ExpandIs it though? Sure, she is their best classic skier, but her freestyle is probably better than that of the other two, so overall it'd be smarter to let Niskanen do freestyle..
Kyllonen was in the Skiathlon the fastest Finnish freestyle skier compared to her classic time, so I was quite sure she will be on the third leg.
And there she is:
https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/CC/2697/2022CC2697SL.pdf
Niskanen not racing Classic, that is a huge shock. And Russians with Stepanova 
Tiril Udnes Weng
Therese Johaug
Helene Marie Fossesholm
Ranghild Haga
Maja Dahlqvist
Ebba Andersson
Frida Karlsson
Jonna Sundling
ExpandNo team sprint for her?
She is a sprinter so no chance in the team sprint. Niskanen and Paramakoski will probably be the team.
ExpandJohaug might compete in the teamsprint according to the Norwegian coach. Interesting!
That was clear, I said it!
Russians and Fins definitely favorites for the relay. Norwegian and Sweden really poor. I think we will see Sundling in the relay.
Paal Golberg
Hans Crister Holund
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo
Erik Valnes
15K Classic
Hugo Lapalus
Maurice Manificat
Richard Jouve
For Manificat and Jouve it should be about the last relay place. Lapalus, Lappiere and Parisse are supposedly seeded, although this can be assumed after the skiathlon.
Norway's women's team is so decimated that even Tiril Eckhoff should run the relay. But the biathletes refused
Individual Classic:
Emma Andersson
Charlotte Kalla
Frida Karlsson
Emma Ribom
Therese Johaug
Mathilde Myhrvold
Lotta Udnes Weng
Tiril Udnes Weng
ExpandYou can’t be serious? You think 1,2km and 1,5km is big difference but not 1,5km and 5km or more?
So you think 1,5km from 1,2km will affect the pure sprinters but not 5km or more to 1,5km for long distance specialists? Hmm.
Agree with the difference between classic and skating tough.
In the end, it adds up whether you have to run 7.2km or 9km. Add to that the altitude and the slow conditions.
We will see next week Tuesday how many distance runners are on the start list in the end.
ExpandSo the reigning world champions in Women team sprint has no chance because they are pure sprinters?
Or have the format drastically changed since World Championships 2021?
At the world championships 2021 it was an relatively easy 1.2km sprint course in skating, here it will be a hard 1.5km sprint in classic. And Dahlqvist and Sundling would be still the favorites, because they are also very good in classic and have some distance skills.
Jochen Behle said that he would even go for two distance runners on the difficult course because it is simply too demanding.
ExpandNo, Johaug could easily lose a couple of hundred metres over 1500m to a sprint: just would not work. Once your team is detached by more than 20m there’s no way back onto the group.
After all, it's not about her completing the lap faster than the pure sprinters. As the start runner in the team sprint, it's simply a matter of setting as high a pace as possible all three laps in order to give the final runner, optimally a sprinter, as much of a lead as possible. Because every meter that the start runner loses, the second runner must first make up, so that he may lack strength on the last lap. It is clear that Johaug would have no chance in the finish sprint, but that is not the task of the start runner.
Just watch here Olympia 2018 how the distance runners in the second lap (from about 12:00) increase the pace so that the pure sprinters already get clear problems and in the third lap the pure sprinters then break away completely.: https://olympics.com/de/video/herren-team-sprint-finale-skilanglauf-pyeongchang-2018-wiederholung
In this format you just don't stand a chance with two pure sprinters. You need at least one who is also top in the distance range. That's why relay teams like Finland with Niskanen and Parmakoski are highly rated, even though neither of them are pure sprinters.
No Olympics for Heidi Weng
https://www.nrk.no/sport/ol-ryker-for-weng_-_-drommen-om-ol-revansje-ble-knust-1.15847204
ExpandWhere do you get that info from?
My scource says the team sprint loop is 1,5km.
Loop: 1.5km, three time in the semis and three time in the final: 3x2x1.5km = 9km
ExpandIt is 6km for each skier. It’s still sprint since they go 1-2km each lap. Do you really think Johaug, Karlsson ect can act as it is distance race?
So Karlsson should be in the team ahead of Sundling, Dahlqvist or even Ribom? Are you serious?
Yes. A distance skiier only has to take the pace high over the loops, that the sprinters get in trouble in the third loop. 3x4.5km x 2 is the program for the Team Sprint for each athlete with Semis and Final.
In 2018 also Sundby was in the Norwegian team and he is definitely not a sprinter. Likewise the French, Manificat.
We will see on Tuesday, but I’m pretty sure many teams will have at least one distance skiier in their team.
ExpandIs Johaug even considered to go the team sprint? Even if you are the best long distance skier it doesn’t mean you are the best in sprint. The same for the Finns. Why didn’t they take part in the individual sprint if they are so good and considered favorites?
Btw Karlsson will not go for Sweden in the team sprint. You need to see the difference between long distance and sprint.
I don’t count out any team but for now Sweden and USA should be the favorites
The team sprint is not a real sprint. The distance is 9 km for each skier. Niskanen and Parmakoski are classic specialists and would not have been medal contenders today. Their focus is on Thursday 10km classic. And why is Karlsson out? Apart from that she was already in the final in classic sprint this season.
And there's nothing against Johaug competing, the relay is on Saturday and the 30k only a week later on Sunday.
The result list of the last classic team sprint at the Olympic Games, on similarly difficult courses, already shows that there always has to be at least one distance runner in the team: https://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/CC/3063/2014CC3063RL.pdf
The Olympic champion in the individual sprint Falla, for example, was not put up at all, because she was too weak over the distance at that time.
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I’m talking about Women’s TEAM SPRINT. Are Norway, Russia and Finland better than Sweden and USA? I don’t think so. At least they haven’t show that yet.
Yes I am also talking about the Team Sprint. And yes the Swedes are certainly top favorite with Dahlqvist/Sundling or Karlsson/Sundling.
In the team sprint the running time for the women will probably be over 11 minutes per athlete, because the course is so difficult, means pure sprinters can't really be used and the distance runner is more in demand. And there the Finns with Niskanen and Parmakoski are very much in demand, although they did not start here in the individual sprint.
And in addition, the race is run in the classic technique, and Brennan and Diggins are one class weaker than in the skating technique. And the Russians Stupak and Nepryeva are much stronger in classic than in freestyle. And I'm pretty sure that Johaug will also run in Norway and she will already be able to tear gaps in the third round.
So the favorites will be more Sweden, Finland, Russia and Norway (with Johaug) than the USA.
ExpandIt was hard and not classic sprint course. In my opinion, Lampič did not dissapoint, she is not so well prepared this season as she was last year, still I hoped for the final, but those girls were simply stronger.
At least it is good, that Team Sprint is on programme next week, so maybe Urevc can get better.
Sorry, but the course for Urevc is far too hard. Any team need a least one distance athlete, maybe even two.
ExpandIs it me or will the Women’s team sprint be a epic fight between Sweden and USA?
Never ever. The Americans are not nearly as strong in classic as they are in skating. I don't even see them winning a medal. The Swedes yes, but then the Russians, Finns and Norway with Johaug are much stronger.
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Russia and Germany did everything right tactically, especially Stupak was the decisive athlete. And nobody knows why Finland put the two classical specialists on freestyle.
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