Alpine Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[intoronto 6,604]

 male alpine skier tested positive for doping and is suspended for the time being...

[Monzanator 4,828]

6 hours ago, Ted said:

As much as I personally like the combined (esp. compared to events like team parallel GS), how can it be contested at the Olympics with ZERO world cup combined competitions this year? It's practically non-existent these days.

 

FIS wants to kill off the combined event and doesn't even host it on the World Cup. They want to promote parallel events instead. IOC still keeps combined in the programme but I won't be surprised if it's axed after 2026 and makes way for the parallel event (which might be the most unfair event ever due to clear difference between courses as evident by last year's Alpine World Champs).

[Jan Linha 622]

In alpine combined today are my favourites Pinturault, Schwarz and Innerhofer .... But at some point with this "strong competition".... Nearly anybody could medal today .... Dont forget what happened on the hill with the mixed event....

[NearPup 3,615]

49 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

FIS wants to kill off the combined event and doesn't even host it on the World Cup. They want to promote parallel events instead. IOC still keeps combined in the programme but I won't be surprised if it's axed after 2026 and makes way for the parallel event (which might be the most unfair event ever due to clear difference between courses as evident by last year's Alpine World Champs).

I feel like if the FIS were just a little smarter they would push to keep the combined *and* included the parallel event.

[Olympian1010 8,274]

Whelp, already lost one entry. Down to 26

[heywoodu 16,142]

So Schwarz and Strolz are using downhill skis from Kilde and Mayer, respectively, because they don't have a pair of their own. What kind of utter bullshit is it that two athletes in the by far largest alpine skiing team in the world don't have a single pair of skis for 50% of an event in which they are hot medal favourites?!

[dcro 10,210]

Thompson slower than the two slalom guys? That's just depressing for him.

[Olympian1010 8,274]

Down to 25.  success has hit a bit of road bump here.

[heywoodu 16,142]

Kilde not nearly getting a big enough advantage on the slalom guys.

[Monzanator 4,828]

Kilde 0,75 faster than Strolz. Obviously not enough for slalom IMO.