heywoodu 13,540 Posted February 14, 2022 #631 Share Posted February 14, 2022 14 hours ago, SalamAkhi said: Go anywhere else, any forum, and tell them you want the pursuit out of the Games. They will rebuff you, when they are not simply insulting The only other forum where I talk about a biathlon, a Dutch one (very active at least during the Olympics, decent outside of it), always agrees with it being utter nonsense to have a set of Olympic medals both for a qualifying event and the 'main' event It's kind of like giving Olympic medals for the short program in figure skating, and then also one for the overall, whilst still counting the short program scores. It's perfectly fine for the world championships of said sports, but not so much for the Olympics, where events should be as much as possible stand-alone events, with everyone who starts having 'equal' chances (as far as possible of course). SalamAkhi 1 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...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted February 14, 2022 #632 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Just now noticed the Tandrevold situation by the way, damn Hope she'll be fine.. 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...
Einarsen 28 Posted February 14, 2022 #633 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Tandrevold is traveling home.. unfortunately https://www.vg.no/sport/skiskyting/i/7d12WK/tandrevold-reiser-hjem-fra-ol-hjertet-mitt-er-knust maestro, heywoodu and Bohemia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPhi 246 Posted February 14, 2022 #634 Share Posted February 14, 2022 42 minutes ago, Einarsen said: Tandrevold is traveling home.. unfortunately https://www.vg.no/sport/skiskyting/i/7d12WK/tandrevold-reiser-hjem-fra-ol-hjertet-mitt-er-knust Relay will be Knotten, Eckhoff, Lien and Roeiseland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,684 Posted February 14, 2022 #635 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Tomorrow mens relay has been moved from 17:00 to 14:30 of Beijing time due to expecting too low temperatures in late evening. stepansevs, maestro and heywoodu 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPhi 246 Posted February 14, 2022 #636 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Relay Men https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2122/BT/SWRL/OG__/SMRL/C51B2_v1.pdf maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPhi 246 Posted February 14, 2022 #637 Share Posted February 14, 2022 50 minutes ago, rybak said: Tomorrow mens relay has been moved from 17:00 to 14:30 of Beijing time due to expecting too low temperatures in late evening. Temperature at 15:00 LOC: -14, feels like -17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalamAkhi 277 Posted February 14, 2022 #638 Share Posted February 14, 2022 6 hours ago, heywoodu said: The only other forum where I talk about a biathlon, a Dutch one (very active at least during the Olympics, decent outside of it), always agrees with it being utter nonsense to have a set of Olympic medals both for a qualifying event and the 'main' event It's kind of like giving Olympic medals for the short program in figure skating, and then also one for the overall, whilst still counting the short program scores. It's perfectly fine for the world championships of said sports, but not so much for the Olympics, where events should be as much as possible stand-alone events, with everyone who starts having 'equal' chances (as far as possible of course). I tried it on French or international "specific" forums, never seen anybody fully agree. Sometimes they admit it's pretty unfair but say "hey it's cool and historic now so we won't remove it", most of the times I get "downvoted" and considered strange or outrageous "hey other sports are the same, pursuit is EXCITING". I keep saying its status is unique and with nothing alike but they dodge the argument. heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted February 14, 2022 #639 Share Posted February 14, 2022 1 hour ago, SalamAkhi said: I tried it on French or international "specific" forums, never seen anybody fully agree. Sometimes they admit it's pretty unfair but say "hey it's cool and historic now so we won't remove it", most of the times I get "downvoted" and considered strange or outrageous "hey other sports are the same, pursuit is EXCITING". I keep saying its status is unique and with nothing alike but they dodge the argument. This is basically what the Dutch Eurosport commentator (a former World Cup biathlete) also often says: "Sure, there are the sprint gaps, but the races are still generally exciting and basically nobody finishes in the spot they started in!" Yeah. I mean... SalamAkhi 1 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...
JonPhi 246 Posted February 14, 2022 #640 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Weather Forecast for the Relays Men: Temperature: -14 degrees Wind: 4m/s, gust speed up to 7m/s Women: Temperature: -15 degrees Wind: 4m/s, gust speed up to 8m/s Pyeongchang 2018 sends its regards ... De_Gambassi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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