Skeleton at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[NearPup 3,496]

14 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

How terrible.  Let us hope that, for example, pretty much any random Russian female curler over the last twenty years does not take this tawdry path to cheap fame. 

I really don't see what is "terrible" with any of this.

[hckošice 15,521]

Anna Fernstaedt 3rd  and Silveira 4th in 1st Training and 7th and 6th  in the 2nd one.

[LuizGuilherme 333]

A top 8 is a real goal. GO NICOLE!

[OlympicsFan 860]

I just looked at who had the fastest training runs:

Men:

Alexander Tretiakov 1:00.33

Wengang Yan 1:00.36

Christopher Grotheer 1:00.42

Axel Jungk 1:00.49

Zheng Yin 1:00.50

 

Women:

Janine Flock 1:01.75

Hannah Neise 1:01.88

Anna Fernstädt 1:01.94

Dan Zhao 1:01.96

Jacqueline Lölling 1:02.03

(Tina Hermann 1:02.08)

 

Would be quite fitting if Germany would have 4 women in the top 6 but no medal, especially if Fernstädt would win gold.

[heywoodu 16,004]

Martin Haven doing the commentary on the Eurosport Player!  

[dcro 10,210]

As expected, Martins is not winning anything. Same story as in Pyeongchang.

[NearPup 3,496]

Based on the first run I don't think either Dukurs will win a medal

[dcro 10,210]

Wow, Yan is even weaker than Montgomery was.

[NearPup 3,496]

Track record for !

 

(nevermind it’s the second official run on the track)

[NearPup 3,496]

21 hours ago, dcro said:

Wow, Yan is even weaker than Montgomery was.

Montgomery was a legit medal contender on a neutral track, just not a favorite. He was ranked fifth in the world coming into the Olympics and had won a world cup race in Europe.