Biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[dcro 10,210]

11 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Do Croatian announcers get confused with the two?

No. That would be a little awkward since we shared a country (and a lot of history in general) with one of these.

[hckošice 14,838]

16 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Yeah, why it isn't Kanadsko like every other country  Just Kanada doesn't seem in line with everything else.

well, this fit more on the Language thread, but yeah.

 

The answer is. Rules of slovak grammar my friend. It is one of the most difficult and complicated grammars in the world. A real nightmare of every Slovak kid However in short, Canada ends with an "A". The suffixes "sko" or "cko" is given only if the name of the country ends with a consonant. for example Francúz - sko, Talian - sko, Bulhar - sko etc...

 

the names of countries ending with a vowel remain unchanged. India, Ukrajina, Čína, Kórea, Kanada etc... USA for example Spojené Štáty. Kapverdy, Tahiti, Bermudy etc...

[heywoodu 15,148]

14 hours ago, intoronto said:

I love how Canada is Kanada in almost every European language. 

Here it's Canada  

[hckošice 14,838]

Women Standing after Individual in Ostersund

 

If interested, you can find it updated after races on this link https://www.slovenskybiatlon.sk/1678-svetovy-pohar-21-22-oh-kvalifikacia-2022

 

1.		NÓRSKO	4573
2.		ŠVÉDSKO	4468	-105
3.		FRANCÚZSKO	4289	-284
4.		NEMECKO	4271	-302
5.		RUSKO	4019	-554
6.		BIELORUSKO	4003	-570
7.		UKRAJINA	3881	-692
8.		TALIANSKO	3776	-797
9.		RAKÚSKO	3729	-844
10.		ŠVAJČIARSKO	3441	-1132

11.		ČESKO	3360	-1213
12.		SPOJENÉ ŠTÁTY	3120	-1453
13.		POĽSKO	2905	-1668
14.		KANADA	2829	-1744
15.		FÍNSKO	2596	-1977
16.		ESTÓNSKO	2590	-1983
17.		JAPONSKO	2238	-2335
18.		SLOVENSKO	2147	-2426
19.		BULHARSKO	2137	-2436
20.		KAZACHSTAN	2014	-2559
21.		JUŽNÁ KÓREA	1829	-2744
22.		SLOVINSKO	1794	-2779
23.		LOTYŠSKO	1448	-3125
24.		MOLDAVSKO	1120	-3453
25.		LITVA	1096	-3477
26.		BELGICKO	945	-3628
27.		RUMUNSKO	862	-3711
28.		VEĽKÁ BRITÁNIA	427	-4146
29.		ČÍNA	344	-4229
30.		CHORVÁTSKO	337	-4236
31.	/	GRÓNSKO	291	-4282
32.		AUSTRÁLIA	154	-4419

[Swewi 384]

New Swedish Team selection today:
Women: Anna Magnusson, Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg

Men: Peppe Femling, Jesper Nelin

 

Already selected:
Women: Hanna Öberg

Men: Sebastian Samuelsson, Martin Ponsilouma

 

2 more women and 1-2 men to be selected.

[RobtheAggie 340]

Pretty good explanation of Olympic Spots here.

 

The US has four athletes qualified for Beijing.  

Men:

Jake Brown

Paul Schommer

 

Women:

Clare Egan

Susan Dunklee

 

Potential Qualifiers:

Max Durtschi (Ketchum, Idaho/Team Crosscut & USBA)

Vasek Cervenka (Grand Rapids, Minn./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

Maxime Germaine (Anchorage, Alaska/National Guard Biathlon)

 

Sean Doherty (Center Conway, N.H./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

Leif Nordgren (Hinesburg, Vt./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

 

Hallie Grossman (South Burlington, Vt./Craftsbury Green Racing Project)

Kelsey Dickinson (Winthrop, Wash./Craftsbury Green Racing Project)

Amanda Kautzer (Plymouth, Minnesota/Team Crosscut)

Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, Wis./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

Joanne Reid (Grand Junction, Colo.)

 

 

Process:

in a time trial qualification event in Arber, Germany, followed by the IBU Cup 4 in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia, Jan. 8-9. The final athlete nominations to the U.S. Olympic Team will be announced on Jan. 9.

 

[Topicmaster1010 4,182]

Don't know if this has been posted yet but Norway named it's first 7 athletes for the olympic team a few days ago.

 

Men:

Johannes Thingnes Bø

Tarjei Bø

Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen

Sturla Holm Lægreid

 

Women:

Tiril Eckhoff

Ida Lien

Marte Olsbu Røiseland

 

Interestingly, Tandrevold still hasn't been named to the team. Also apparently on the men's side, Dale and Bjøntegaard won't compete at the olympics.

 

[Jan Linha 590]

On 12/22/2021 at 7:26 PM, RobtheAggie said:

Pretty good explanation of Olympic Spots here.

 

The US has four athletes qualified for Beijing.  

Men:

Jake Brown

Paul Schommer

 

Women:

Clare Egan

Susan Dunklee

 

Potential Qualifiers:

Max Durtschi (Ketchum, Idaho/Team Crosscut & USBA)

Vasek Cervenka (Grand Rapids, Minn./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

Maxime Germaine (Anchorage, Alaska/National Guard Biathlon)

 

Sean Doherty (Center Conway, N.H./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

Leif Nordgren (Hinesburg, Vt./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

 

Hallie Grossman (South Burlington, Vt./Craftsbury Green Racing Project)

Kelsey Dickinson (Winthrop, Wash./Craftsbury Green Racing Project)

Amanda Kautzer (Plymouth, Minnesota/Team Crosscut)

Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, Wis./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

Joanne Reid (Grand Junction, Colo.)

 

 

Process:

in a time trial qualification event in Arber, Germany, followed by the IBU Cup 4 in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia, Jan. 8-9. The final athlete nominations to the U.S. Olympic Team will be announced on Jan. 9.

 

We all know where the origins of Vašek Červenka are 😂😂😂

[RobtheAggie 340]

37 minutes ago, Jan Linha said:

We all know where the origins of Vašek Červenka are 😂😂😂

His mom was a 1992 Olympian for the Czech National Team.  His father is a really well respected coach in the Minnesota area.  Thanks Czech Republic!

[Jan Linha 590]

9 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

His mom was a 1992 Olympian for the Czech National Team.  His father is a really well respected coach in the Minnesota area.  Thanks Czech Republic!

It was not supposed to be a sarcasm 🙂 .... But I didn't his family has such biathlon background 🙂 ..... No matter what, Czech blood flows through his vains, I will always be cheering for him💪💪