Skeleton 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[Function CR Lee 468]

  On 12/7/2018 at 12:40 PM, heywoodu said:

@Function CR Lee

https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/193299

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Yes, I already know, Yan Wengang won the European Cup gold medal

[dcro 10,210]

  On 12/7/2018 at 12:40 PM, heywoodu said:

@Function CR Lee

https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/193299

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So I guess you are attempting to switch from Team Geng to Team Yan with nobody noticing?

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 12/7/2018 at 12:57 PM, dcro said:

 

So I guess you are attempting to switch from Team Geng to Team Yan with nobody noticing?

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Nope  

[heywoodu 15,354]

German 1-2 at the men's junior world champs, with Felix Keisinger as champion.

https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/193316

[heywoodu 15,354]

And there's Anna Fernstädt's expected first title for the Czech Republic  World junior champion, beating Kim Meylemans of Belgium.

https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/193317

[Olympian1010 8,074]

If you like supporting an underdog this may be for you. He’s a great guy by the way, gives great speeches

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 3/14/2019 at 9:31 PM, Olympian1010 said:

If you like supporting an underdog this may be for you. He’s a great guy by the way, gives great speeches

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Battling with Bram Zeegers for being the main Dutch skeleton hope  

[Olympian1010 8,074]

  On 3/14/2019 at 9:53 PM, heywoodu said:

Battling with Bram Zeegers for being the main Dutch skeleton hope  

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He’s privately funded and competes for Ghana (his birth country)

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 3/14/2019 at 10:55 PM, Olympian1010 said:

He’s privately funded and competes for Ghana (his birth country)

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I am aware, he has been doing so for quite some time now. It's pretty cool that he managed to convert his sprint training (from when he was in the Dutch athletics team, he's been having all his training here since he moved here when he was 8 and then was raised here) into a completely different sport.