Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2021 - 2022

[hckošice 15,522]

9 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

Quite strange, only two Slaloms left this season … Are and Meribel 

It is Olympic season, Usually there not more than 8-9 slaloms in the Olympic year. This time there 9. Today was already the 7th, whch is quite a lot considering we are 11th January...Also winning a globe the 11th January must be also a premiere... anyway, I would also be more than happy if they schedulled more slaloms this season, but it is how it is, we have the Olympics this time, so we got 9 in the world cup

[hckošice 15,522]

And obviously,

 

give credit where credit is due.

 

Mikaela Shiffrin won tonight her 47th WC Slalom careers race breaking the legendary Stenmark record. Unbelievable achievement for sure.

 

 

Now on the Beijing star wars battle

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2 hours ago, hckošice said:

Now on the Beijing star wars battle

What more could we ask for than the two best going at it.  Which is what the Olympics should be.

[Monzanator 4,769]

Common sense would suggest Shiffrin & Vlhova have two OG medals locked up but you never know with these one-off courses. I won't be surprised if someone else comes to win totally from the left-field in Beijing.

 

Chances of Liensberger getting hot are maybe smaller compared to last season?

[Monzanator 4,769]

Apparently Vincent Kriechmayr tested positive for COVID and will miss Wengen.

[hckošice 15,522]

Stage 21 in Wengen (SUI)

 

Men´s Super-G:

 

1. Marco Odermatt    1:29.00

2. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde    1:29.23

3. Matthias Mayer    1:29.58

 

Full Final Results HERE

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On 1/11/2022 at 9:24 PM, Monzanator said:

Common sense would suggest Shiffrin & Vlhova have two OG medals locked up but you never know with these one-off courses. I won't be surprised if someone else comes to win totally from the left-field in Beijing.

 

Chances of Liensberger getting hot are maybe smaller compared to last season?

If it's anyone else now, I'd bet on Holdener.  She had 2 great first runs in the last 2 races.   Plus, what a story it would be if she finally won her first slalom.     

[Shiffrin 33]

I like Kriechmayr, but this whole thing of FIS breaking their rule for him (mostly because he’s Austrian) is just so stupid. The fact that they even showed his “fake” training run and Austrians laughing about it shows that FIS doesn’t care about being clearly biased.

[Grassmarket 4,030]

Wengen start delayed to clear the broken remains of the first fore-runner from the course.  
 

Weather etc look fine. Swiss Narrow-Gauge railways preparing for their biggest day of the year.

 

F2 also crashes.  

[Monzanator 4,769]

Kriechmayr down in 4th after six skiers. The joke is over.