Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2018 - 2019

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 10/29/2018 at 5:21 PM, Nate River said:

I mean they reschedueled the race for a Thursday in December. Before the Xmas vacation. Not a much better time surely.

 

Also I guess I don’t really care about the time of the week because most races are way outside of when I’m awake anyway. The Sölden races started at 3am local time for me.

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But they are/would have been in the weekend, so no problem to wake up for them  

[phelps 7,797]

it was a steal by the Austrian Federation ($$$) that goes against any logical scheduling and cost saving (both the previous and following weekends' races are located in Italy...why having a midweek trip in another Country in between? )...

but to be honest, it's also fair to say that the cancelled race was to be held in Austria, so I think it's also a correct decision to host the race that replaces it in the same Country...

[phelps 7,797]

  On 10/29/2018 at 4:57 PM, Federer91 said:

 

I think FIS doesn't want that. It's monday and there won't be a big enough audience, because people are at work. Before i started work, that was my thought too, but now i have to reconsider that.  

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the problem with ski races is not about audience...

 

the most important thing that many people don't know (or want to forget) is the fact that the sport (especially in the Alpine regions) is mainly a form of advertising for the tourism industry and in all the other days (before and after the original schedule) those villages have all the hotel rooms booked by tourists and the pistes themselves must be open to the public audience...

 

that's why most of those places never give FIS the chance to race in the immediately following days (and it's also the reason why sometimes, especially in the vacation high season, it's so difficult to find a place that really wants to host those extra races)...

[Wumo 3,016]

I think there must be a curse over Neureuther when he is in Levi. Luckily, it's not so bad as last year. 

 

Edited November 17, 2018 by wumo26

[Wumo 3,016]

 

 

 

[heywoodu 15,333]

Here we go  

[Wumo 3,016]

Neureuther will not start tomorrow due to his hand injury. 

https://www.sportschau.de/wintersport/ski-alpin/video-nach-ausfall---neureuther-will-sich-so-schnell-wie-moeglich-operieren-lassen-100.html (German)

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 11/17/2018 at 10:26 AM, wumo26 said:

Neureuther will not start tomorrow due to his hand injury. 

https://www.sportschau.de/wintersport/ski-alpin/video-nach-ausfall---neureuther-will-sich-so-schnell-wie-moeglich-operieren-lassen-100.html (German)

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Meh. There was a little documentary/interview with him and Miriam on German TV when the skiing was postponed this morning, it's hard to find two nicer people than them. I hope Neureuther finally gets a lucky break somewhere...(you know, apart from convincing Gössner to marry him and everything  )

[hckošice 15,093]

Marlene Schmotz with bib 64 just made it to the 2nd round

[Function CR Lee 468]

  On 11/17/2018 at 9:22 AM, wumo26 said:

 

 

 

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Is the second race still going on?