Orangehair43 233 Posted February 9, 2022 #381 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Just now, hmc16 said: I think the COVID pandemic has hit British athletes, especially in the snow sports, a lot more than other countries - travel restrictions have severely limited their ability to train over the last few years, compared to athletes from countries with natural snow & mountains. Nonetheless, Britain's current performances are very disappointing considering their strong World Cup results in the last 4-year cycle. I think the Summer Olympic approach of channeling funding to a smaller number of sports that deliver only during the Olympics isn't as effective for the Winter Games, when there are far more external factors at play that can affect performance. If Britain wants to consistently win 5+ medals at the Winter Olympics, it needs to develop a large base of talent across multiple sports. For example, what's happened to our figure skating & short track programmes - two sports where we actually have the facilities to practice in the UK? Why were the bobsleigh teams stripped of funding after PyeongChang, when now they're probably our best shot at a medal for these games? I'm hoping UK Sport won't be too strict about the medal targets for these games and won't cut funding too much heading into 2026. We have plenty of good talents - Kirsty Muir in freestyle, Mia Brookes in snowboard, a really good and developing alpine team - and would hate for them to lose out. I think Kirsty Muir will keep funding as she made fifth and still has another event to go. I think Alpine might lose out through depending on how close Dave Riding gets to the podium. But I suspect they will be major cuts overall particularly if zero medals are achieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 14,336 Posted February 9, 2022 #382 Share Posted February 9, 2022 M Halfpipe Finalists Ayumu Hirano Scotty James Ruka Hirano Shaun White Valentino Guseli Yuto Totsuka Taylor Gold Jan Scherrer Kaishu Hirano Andre Hoeflich Patrick Burgener Chase Josey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 14,336 Posted February 9, 2022 #383 Share Posted February 9, 2022 What a second run this was from Shaun White also huge effort of the Aussie Guseli. and Ayumu Hirano dear lord ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 14,336 Posted February 10, 2022 #384 Share Posted February 10, 2022 lol Ruki Tomita, First time I saw such fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi 105 Posted February 10, 2022 #385 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Just give Chloe the gold medal already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,768 Posted February 10, 2022 #386 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Just now, Joshi said: Just give Chloe the gold medal already. I concur, shut the contest down, nobody is touching that run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 4,198 Posted February 10, 2022 #387 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Women's half-pipe might be even less competitive than women's SBX. This is really a low-hanging fruit event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 4,198 Posted February 10, 2022 #388 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Liu Jiayu won a silver medal in Pyeongchang? Can't land anything today. Guess home pressure but yeah, this is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 4,198 Posted February 10, 2022 #389 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Queralt Castellet moves into 2nd place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topicmaster1010 3,790 Posted February 10, 2022 #390 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Castellet! Really hope Spain can get a medal here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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