Nordic Combined at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[heywoodu 15,351]

  On 2/9/2022 at 11:33 AM, Vektor said:

I see that ski jumping seems just as pointless in this sport as it ever was.  

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Tell that to the many who had a bad jump and because of that never played any role in the race  

[dcro 10,210]

  On 2/9/2022 at 11:34 AM, hckošice said:

Vinogradovs lost even to the Chinese guy

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What's so surprising there? He qualified by virtue of being allowed to enter the USA in December 2020.

[dcro 10,210]

Geiger was impressive, but Greiderer stole the show.

 

Which is surprising, since I really wanted Herola to finally catch Greiderer, but looks like another 6th place for him. He finished 6th in all three events of Pyeongchang.

[LowerSaxony 205]

If Alessandro Pittin continues his career until Milano 2026, he will have competed at two home Olympic Games. I wonder if he would then become the first Winter Olympic athletes to do so?

There might be some Austrians competing at both 1964 and 1976, but I'm not sure. In Summer Olympics there are of course some Americans that competed in both LA and Atlanta, Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee just to name a few.

[Monzanator 4,611]

  On 2/10/2022 at 9:44 AM, LowerSaxony said:

If Alessandro Pittin continues his career until Milano 2026, he will have competed at two home Olympic Games. I wonder if he would then become the first Winter Olympic athletes to do so?

There might be some Austrians competing at both 1964 and 1976, but I'm not sure. In Summer Olympics there are of course some Americans that competed in both LA and Atlanta, Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee just to name a few.

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Manfred Schmid competed in luge in 1964 & 1976.

[LowerSaxony 205]

  On 2/10/2022 at 9:54 AM, Monzanator said:

 

Manfred Schmid competed in luge in 1964 & 1976.

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Thanks! Still a rather exclusive list

[phelps 7,827]

  On 2/10/2022 at 9:44 AM, LowerSaxony said:

If Alessandro Pittin continues his career until Milano 2026, he will have competed at two home Olympic Games. I wonder if he would then become the first Winter Olympic athletes to do so?

There might be some Austrians competing at both 1964 and 1976, but I'm not sure. In Summer Olympics there are of course some Americans that competed in both LA and Atlanta, Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee just to name a few.

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frankly, I hope we can find 5 athletes better than today's boiled Pittin in 4 years time...

 

by the way, once the political troubles are solved within our federation and national team, Arianna Fontana in short track will be the second athlete to compete and the first to medal in 2 consecutive home Games (in 2006 she got the bronze medal with our 3000m relay at the age of 15 years and 10 months)... 

[phelps 7,827]

  On 2/10/2022 at 9:54 AM, Monzanator said:

 

Manfred Schmid competed in luge in 1964 & 1976.

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curiously, he won a gold and a silver medal, but both of them in 1968, while he didn't get anything in both home Games...

[LowerSaxony 205]

  On 2/10/2022 at 10:02 AM, phelps said:

frankly, I hope we can find 5 athletes better than today's boiled Pittin in 4 years time...

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True. I doubt he'll ever improve in Jumping. But Buzzi and Bortolas do now look so bad, that should be two for 2026.

 

I forgot about Fontana and Retornaz (maybe missed somebody else) who could also compete in 2026.

[Monzanator 4,611]

  On 2/10/2022 at 10:09 AM, phelps said:

curiously, he won a gold and a silver medal, but both of them in 1968, while he didn't get anything in both home Games...

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He was probably too young to win one in 1964 and too old in 1976.

 

Moreover in 1968  was still the luge king however a judge DSQ all three female East German lugers for heating the runners so maybe the DDR men actually didn't do it which enabled Schmid to win on even terms.