Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[Orangehair43 251]

3 hours ago, NearPup said:

The sleds definitively seem to be way, way better than any other sleds in the competition.

apparently the IOC is to demand a more equal playing field for 2026. 

[NearPup 3,045]

21 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

apparently the IOC is to demand a more equal playing field for 2026. 

That would certainly make it much more possible for countries with less resources than Germany to be more competitive. I know equipment is important in every winter sports, but I feel like in sliding sports it is close to reaching the point of absurdity.

[OlympicsFan 858]

2 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

apparently the IOC is to demand a more equal playing field for 2026. 

I am all for it, but only if they do the same in all other sports where the material is decisive (track cycling, cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, speed skating and so on).

[dcro 10,210]

Are the Germans trying to tie for gold on purpose?

More likely Friedrich is just trolling the competition. Purposely starting faster with each new heat. He must be bored out of his skin.

 

Hoping Kibermanis takes the bronze, but it's likely Hafer again.

[dcro 10,210]

IBSF just continues having one of the most unfair competition formats...

 

Sleds placed 20th and 21st after Heat 1 racing in completely different conditions in Heat 2 is some kind of insane.

[OlympicsFan 858]

2 hours ago, dcro said:

Are the Germans trying to tie for gold on purpose?

More likely Friedrich is just trolling the competition. Purposely starting faster with each new heat. He must be bored out of his skin.

 

Hoping Kibermanis takes the bronze, but it's likely Hafer again.

I asked myself that question yesterday (kind of*). I think even if it would be possible to do on purpose, noone in gold medal position would risk "only" winning silver by messing up.

 

* I asked myself if theoretically it would still be possible for Germany to win the medal table by winning multiple golds in the same event and then i asked myself in which sports/events it would be the easiest to tie for gold on purpose.

[dcro 10,210]

Hasler beats Humphries.

[NearPup 3,045]

First time since 2006 that a women’s bobsleigh podium won’t have both Humphries and Meyers Taylor. End of an era.

 

Fifth medal for Meyers Taylor.

[dcro 10,210]

Nobody has been this dominant in sliding since in the 1980s. And even they weren't winning everything, even if podium sweeps were common.

 

So to celebrate...
 

Spoiler

 

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Women's Two-Woman
Final Results

 

Germany

Laura Nolte

Deborah Levi

4:03.96

 

Germany

Mariama Jamanka

Alexandra Burghardt

4:04.73

 

United States

Elana Meyers-Taylor

Sylvia Hoffman

4:05.48

 

Full Final Result HERE