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Skeleton at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

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19 minutes ago, NearPup said:

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.

Yeah, but my point is that he won the gold just barely compared to Tretiakov and Yun on their home tracks. The run will end with Yan who is not even safe for the podium, and therefore the "weakest" home contender since Montgomery.

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According to Ken Childs, the IBSF had allocated the last quota to Katie Tannenbaum , which would bring us back up to 91 nations in Beijing.

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Unless I screwed up the calculations (which is highly possible), I don't believe there were any quota changes from the past week or so.   Men:   3 quotas:    Germany

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IBSF released the official quota allocation list:   Men's Skeleton: https://www.ibsf.org/images/news/Images/2021-2022_Winter_Season/10_Olympic_Winter_Games_Beijing_2022/Quota_Beijing_2022/OW

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Some very interesting first run results. :CAN Rahneva in the lead with :AUS Narracott 0.02 behind. :CHN Zhao Dan using the home track advantage to get the 3rd fastest run with two Germans behind. On the other hand, the world cup overall winner :NED Bos is in 10th. Also have :AUT Flock in 14th and :ROC Nikitina in 18th. Also what a difference 4 years can make for the british program.

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9 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Some very interesting first run results. :CAN Rahneva in the lead with :AUS Narracott 0.02 behind. :CHN Zhao Dan using the home track advantage to get the 3rd fastest run with two Germans behind. On the other hand, the world cup overall winner :NED Bos is in 10th. Also have :AUT Flock in 14th and :ROC Nikitina in 18th. Also what a difference 4 years can make for the british program.

I think Narracot has to be the favourite at this point, she made an obvious mistake in the middle of her run and would have been first without it.

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I think Narracot has to be the favourite at this point, she made an obvious mistake in the middle of her run and would have been first without it.

As she showed in run two :bowdown: 

 

Bos moving up from 10th to 6th, there's hope. Basically everything is wide open between roughly 2nd and 6th or even 7th/8th. While of course keeping in mind Narracott has a good advantage, but not one that means she can make serious mistakes.

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The sunburnt country Australia will win 2 golds okay perhaps 2 medals and one will be 1 gold from sliding events. Who woulda thought???

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If german women don't win gold and silver/bronze, they should all instantly retire. They clearly had superior material today. Neise would have been in the lead without her big mistakes at the end of run 2, she clearly has the highest ceiling on this track. You really have to thank whoever designed this LONG track, it clearly helps athletes who aren't great at the start.

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12 minutes ago, Joshi said:

The sunburnt country Australia will win 2 golds okay perhaps 2 medals and one will be 1 gold from sliding events. Who woulda thought???

Good attempt at jinxing them.

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14 minutes ago, Joshi said:

The sunburnt country Australia will win 2 golds okay perhaps 2 medals and one will be 1 gold from sliding events. Who woulda thought???

Pretty smart of Australia to focus on technical sports (snowboard, freestyle skiing, bob, skeleton), seems like they "stole" GB's strategy. I think at some point Germany will have to adapt the same strategy. Interestingly neither GB nor Australia were/are remotely competitive in luge.

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