dcro 10,190 Posted February 17, 2022 #751 Share Posted February 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Monzanator said: Moreover most of these biathletes come from high altitude regions anyway? They should be best suited for this altitude by default Not for the altitudes in a desert. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,613 Posted February 17, 2022 #752 Share Posted February 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, dcro said: Not for the altitudes in a desert. Altitude is an altitude, period. The excuse doesn't hold any value. Cadurisch's home town is located at 500m higher elevation than the biathlon complex. It's a terrible excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,991 Posted February 17, 2022 #753 Share Posted February 17, 2022 tbh, this venue is at the same altitude of Antholz, where I've never seen anybody collapsing that way (actually, the previous collapse by Tandrevold was in Oberhof, one of the lowest places in Biathlon)... All the problems we've experienced in these Olympics are surely related to different factors (cold, well known and established sickness -Tandrevold's case- maybe some "treatment" not gone the right way)... p.s. moreover, many Scandinavian athletes who are not born in altitude places normally and regularly abuse of the hypobaric chamber all year long... so, altitude conditions shouldn't be an issue even for them... Monzanator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 340 Posted February 17, 2022 #754 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Just for comparison - The 1960 Olympic Biathlon was held at McKinney Creek just outside of Squaw Valley, CA at an elevation of 6700' or 2042 meters! Granted it was only one race, the Individual, and in a classic ski technique. I just wanted to add that historical fact there. Not sure if it really adds anything to the discussion, but who knows. hckošice and Ted 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swewi 305 Posted February 17, 2022 #755 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Stina Nilsson will fly home without starting in any race. But now they announce that she won several of their test events in Beijing. Magnusson might have been 7th in the sprint but I really wish Stina would have raced instead if it is true that she was in such great shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPhi 247 Posted February 17, 2022 #756 Share Posted February 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, Swewi said: Stina Nilsson will fly home without starting in any race. But now they announce that she won several of their test events in Beijing. Magnusson might have been 7th in the sprint but I really wish Stina would have raced instead if it is true that she was in such great shape. In cross-country skiing, they have already said that it was not so smart to change. Now a whole year of preparation was without success, no race ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPhi 247 Posted February 17, 2022 #757 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Tomorrow wind up to 11m/s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,761 Posted February 17, 2022 #758 Share Posted February 17, 2022 21 minutes ago, JonPhi said: Tomorrow wind up to 11m/s Well, it's good chance for Hojnisz-Staręga to broke our curse of always being close to medal at Olympics which started in Torino... Or other random result like medal for Stremous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,801 Posted February 18, 2022 #759 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Going to be cold & windy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,613 Posted February 18, 2022 #760 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Dzhima fell down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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