Alpine Skiing 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[Federer91 3,080]

1 minute ago, hckosice said:

 

oh, you too ? my mate

 

Who am i, not to take the opportunity for a laugh.  

[Wumo 3,035]

Aksel Lund Svindal has announced he is going to retire after the WCH. 

[Wumo 3,035]

Michelle Gisin's season is over. She has suffered cartilage damage and a cruciate ligament strain on the right knee. 

[Wumo 3,035]

Lindsey Vonn has annouced she will retire after the WCH in Are. 

 

 

[Monzanator 4,828]

She can always change her mind in the summer though? I wouldn't rule that out. It's still astonishing how much she has won when competing vs Riesch & Maze in her prime and how often she got injured along the way.

[heywoodu 16,145]

I doubt she'll change her mind and I really hope she won't, since all she will do is destroy her body entirely if she comes back again.

 

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At this point, arthritis is the least of my worries and I hope I can still ski with my kids some day.

 

If she truly has that hope, which one can imagine, I hope she stays away from racing after Are.

[Wumo 3,035]

FIS writes in a press release that the Alpine Combined will remain on the program for the next World Championships in Cortina in 2021. At the same time, FIS writes that individual parallel slalom will be a new discipline on the program in Cortina 2021. Additionally, a Council working group will review the alpine combined format. 

Edited February 13, 2019 by wumo26

[NearPup 3,615]

3 hours ago, wumo26 said:

FIS writes in a press release that the Alpine Combined will remain on the program for the next World Championships in Cortina in 2021. At the same time, FIS writes that individual parallel slalom will be a new discipline on the program in Cortina 2021. Additionally, a Council working group will review the alpine combined format. 

Glad to see the combined get a stay of execution.

 

There is apprently consideration of permanently changing the order, with slalom first followed by downhill.

Edited February 13, 2019 by NearPup

[intoronto 6,606]

https://www.fis-ski.com/en/international-ski-federation/news-multimedia/news/fis-alpine-junior-world-championships-to-begin-in-val-di-fassa-ita

 

Who writes releases for the FIS? Besides the grammatical errors, spacing issues and contradicting info (says 54 countries competing in the first paragraph, and later says 56, so which one is it?), the article lists "Taiwan". If the Chinese Taipei delegation sees that, there will be a huge problem (trust me, I have first hand experience with that lol).

[NearPup 3,615]

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

https://www.fis-ski.com/en/international-ski-federation/news-multimedia/news/fis-alpine-junior-world-championships-to-begin-in-val-di-fassa-ita

 

Who writes releases for the FIS? Besides the grammatical errors, spacing issues and contradicting info (says 54 countries competing in the first paragraph, and later says 56, so which one is it?), the article lists "Taiwan". If the Chinese Taipei delegation sees that, there will be a huge problem (trust me, I have first hand experience with that lol).

Not sure if you saw but the FIS live result system briefly used the Republic of China’s flag for athletes from the People's Republic of China earlier this year.

Edited February 13, 2019 by NearPup