NearPup 2,095 Posted February 16, 2022 #451 Share Posted February 16, 2022 So after all the early struggles still ends up at the top of the short track medal table at these games thanks to wins in both 1500m events. Also, not sure if it was pointed out in this thread but all three women's individual event winners from 2018 successfully defended their titles. Truly astonishing. At least Choi and Shulting should be back to try defending it again in 2026 (Fontana apparently wants to retire due to a dispute with her federation). Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted February 16, 2022 #452 Share Posted February 16, 2022 What a chance missed for Valentina. 4th placed athlete from her QF qualified on time and she finished just behind. Turned out to be the 25th place in the final analysis. Considering she just barely qualified in both events (1500 m on reallocation), I'd say two Top 25 results are an amazing achievement for our debut. Hopefully it's a start of something good. EDIT: Apparently she broke both her PB and NR today, and by a margin. Couldn't have asked for more. NearPup 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,536 Posted February 16, 2022 #453 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, NearPup said: So after all the early struggles still ends up at the top of the short track medal table at these games thanks to wins in both 1500m events. Also, not sure if it was pointed out in this thread but all three women's individual event winners from 2018 successfully defended their titles. Truly astonishing. At least Choi and Shulting should be back to try defending it again in 2026 (Fontana apparently wants to retire due to a dispute with her federation). don't worry, our noc will fire all the ice federation's officials and coaches she wants to be replaced... and we'll find the way to cover her with money to keep on going until 2026... She and Goggia are not only the 2 most talented athletes we have, they're also the cover girls of our home Games... p.s. another amazing stat...Fontana, Schulting and Desmet made all 3 individual finals...I don't think we've never seen 3 girls at the same time being so dominant over the whole range of distances... Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,546 Posted February 17, 2022 #454 Share Posted February 17, 2022 10 hours ago, OlympicsFan said: Too bad, he could have gone for his 2nd home olympics. Having Confortola in Cortina 2026 could have meant losing Arianna Fontana... So, it's a fair compromise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,095 Posted February 17, 2022 #455 Share Posted February 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said: Having Confortola in Cortina 2026 could have meant losing Arianna Fontana... So, it's a fair compromise Feels like there is some drama that hasn't really been covered by English-language media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,546 Posted February 17, 2022 #456 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Just now, NearPup said: Feels like there is some drama that hasn't really been covered by English-language media. Today, immediately after the individual medal, Fontana accused in an interview "one of the medalists of the men's relay" (anyone who follows the Italian short track knows he was talking about Confortola) saying that, in agreement with the federation, he tried to do it in 2019/20 seriously injure causing her to fall in each training. That's why Fontana decided to go in Hungary some years ago NearPup and Ted 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,264 Posted February 18, 2022 #457 Share Posted February 18, 2022 phelps, dcro, Ted and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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