Curling Mixed Doubles Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022
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Yeah, in general, the freestyle/classical switches each Olympics. -
This was announced a few years ago. Sprint will be classical and team sprint will be freestyle. -
By copravolley · Posted
Not counting Colturi the last time an Italian women skier stood on the podium of the World Cup in a special slalom was in 2011: -Manuela Moelgg: 4.01.2011.. The last Italian victory was: -Chiara Costazza: 29.12.2007... In my opinion the best slalom skier on the Italian team is still Federica Brignone, who doesn`t trains in this discipline anymore. If she did, she would probably easily beat skiers like Peterlini, Rossetti or Della Mea. I don't understand why we have such problems in this competition? Bad training methods, bad coaches? I fear that Colturi would also be reduced to mediocrity by this hopeless Italian staff, who are unable to train an athlete for a dozen or so years to reach a single World Cup podium. Radical changes should have been implemented long ago, because the current state of affairs doesn`t guarantee any progress in the near future... -
Was an announcement which competitions will be on 2026 Olympics games? On Olympics Games site there is an information that for the first time men and women will competite on the same distances. 10 + 10 km skiathlon (men and women) - clear Sprint (men and women) - but what style? Freestyle team sprint (men and women) - clear Relay 4x7.5 km (men and women) - clear 10 km freestyle (men and women) - clear 50 km classical technique (men and women) - clear -
I'll give you the curling comments based on your expertise. But, I will say that GB have only ever not qualified a curling team once, the mixed pair in 2018. They just have a way of upping their game when the olympics come around. I hope I'm wrong but I have a funny feeling that Huw Nightingale won't qualify and as such neither will the Mixed Team. It feels a bit like the Mixed Team Skeet in Paris, where Ben Llewellin missed out on qualifying for the individual so the team couldn't compete, despite being World Champions 2 years prior. Again, you definately know more about ice hockey than me but I feel like, apart from vs Norway, the Team wasn't outplayed in the final qualifier. Albeit intermittently, the team has been in the top division of the world championships for a few years now, so they do have the quality to compete for an Olympic Berth -
Think you're you're being a little pessimistic here. In men's slalom the #3 GB skier is in the world top 40 and the 3 Carrick-Smith teenagers are jumping up the rankings too. I'd actually be slightly disappointed if we didn't have a full team of 4 slalom skiers plus 2 in the women's event. The speed events are going to be a big challenge though EDIT - Sorry, #3 GB slalom skier is actually ranked #41 in the world -
" There one kid trying the stuff, but no chance unless he swithc nationality to Benin or Tuvalu for the free pass" - There is no universality quotas at the WOG
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