Skeleton 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[George_D 1,206]

[heywoodu 15,357]

Former World Cup champion Zach Lund is the new high performance director of.....Ghana!

 

[Gianlu33 4,750]

Apparently Ghana starts to do some stage for improve the quality and the number of the atlete

 

[heywoodu 15,357]

It went well

 

 

[Function CR Lee 468]

Geng Wenqiang（CHN）won the gold medal in North American Cup Whistler.

 

He is the first Chinese athlete to win gold medal  in international competition.

[thepharoah 2,405]

  On 11/8/2018 at 11:31 AM, Function CR Lee said:

Geng Wenqiang（CHN）won the gold medal in North American Cup Whistler.

 

He is the first Chinese athlete to win gold medal  in international competition.

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the new olympic champion ....... loading  Congrats 

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 11/8/2018 at 11:31 AM, Function CR Lee said:

Geng Wenqiang（CHN）won the gold medal in North American Cup Whistler.

 

He is the first Chinese athlete to win gold medal  in international competition.

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Yeah he has been showing a few very impressive moments already in World Cup competition, this dude is coming  

[heywoodu 15,357]

Europa Cup Innsbruck men's race 1:

http://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/500052

Good to see a young Korean there, even after Pyeongchang.

 

And the women, with some serious talent and Fernstädt's debut for the Czech Republic:

http://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/500053

 

 

[NearPup 3,254]

  On 11/8/2018 at 11:33 AM, thepharoah said:

 

the new olympic champion ....... loading  Congrats 

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I kind of figured that was inevitable given his debut World Cup season last year. He looks better than Sung dis four years out of Pyeongchang.

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 11/15/2018 at 9:27 PM, Nate River said:

I kind of figured that was inevitable given his debut World Cup season last year. He looks better than Sung dis four years out of Pyeongchang.

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And still it is absolutely, completely, totally unbelievable China didn't finish their sliding track years ago...

 

Of course winning sliding gold is not easy, but it is definitely the 'easiest' gold medal to come up with out of relatively nothing. For any host nation, especially those new in sliding sports, a sliding track should be the absolute first priority in terms of finishing venues. Having a ski jump ready 2 or 5 years before the Olympics makes barely any difference, having a sliding track ready 5 years before the Olympics makes for an immensely bigger chance of gold than having it ready 2 years before.