Alpine Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[Monzanator 4,769]

Start list for women's Super G is out. Ledecka bib #2, Shiffrin #11.

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3 hours ago, NearPup said:

Worth mentioning that his holiness, the more revered Thomas Bach, Olympic champion, Montreal 1976, Fencing is in attendance for this, the most prestigious event on the Alpine skiing calendar.

You forgot "Doctor of Law" in the list of distinctions for His Highness (also honorary doctor in corruption and hypocrisy, of course)

[phelps 8,287]

3 hours ago, NearPup said:

In that case we might as well get rid of the big globe too.

we really should...

 

I think 4 disciplines (Slalom, GS, super-G and Downhill) and their relative cristal globes are more than enough...

 

p.s. and there must be the same number of races in each discipline in every season...

[Dunadan 1,103]

14 minutes ago, phelps said:

p.s. and there must be the same number of races in each discipline in every season...

That won't make any difference if you want to get rid of the big globe.

[OlympicsFan 860]

3 hours ago, NearPup said:

In that case we might as well get rid of the big globe too.

I don't really see the connection. Crystal globe is just adding up points, it seems pretty fair as long as there is the same amount of races in every discipline while the combined always has favored slalom specialists. Someone who wins 8 out of 10 slaloms has a case to be considered a better athlete than someone who won 6 out of 10 downhills (and to get some kind of recognition for being the best athlete of the season).

 

You could say that the alpine combined, where the best slalom skiers are usually at the top, is a bit like nordic combined where the best cross-country skiers usually always end up at the top. The difference is that noone is specializing in the alpine combined, so basically you are just giving an extra medal chance to athletes who are already medal contenders in the downhill or the slalom. In the nordic combined no ski jumpers/cross-country skiers are competitive. If the alpine combined would be designed in a way that makes it (close to) impossible for slalom/downhill specialists to win medals, then it would make sense to keep it, but i don't see how you could do it. In this century (5 olympics) 60 % of the medalists in the alpine combined won a medal in one of the other events as well. Only 1/6 of the medalists in the combined didn't finish at least top 8 in an other event at the same olympics.

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Men's Alpine Combined
Final Results

 

  Johannes STROLZ

2:31.43 (1:43.87+47.56)

 

  Aleksander Aamodt KILDE

2:32.02 (1:43.12+48.90)

 

  James CRAWFORD

2:32.11 (1:43.14+48.97)

Full Final Result HERE

[phelps 8,287]

2 hours ago, Dunadan said:

That won't make any difference if you want to get rid of the big globe.

true, but it's a question of being fair to the skiers and to the single disciplines...

[dcro 10,210]

8 hours ago, NearPup said:

I really, really much prefer having the medal ceremonies immediately rather than having them at a medal plaza.

Medal plaza was the superior option back when the Winter Olympics had a small time atmosphere (Lillehammer etc). It stems from there.

[Jan Linha 597]

Ledecká with BIB 2 tomorrow. Not very good but still doable ..... But too short time to come from snowboard back on skis I am afraid ..... I am expecting a dark horse in Kira Weidle ..... Moreover, don't forget, she has the magical BIB 26 😅😅

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No Hector in the team event.