Federer91 2,282 Posted February 4, 2023 #391 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 hour ago, hckošice said: when was last time a BIB 45 on a WC Slalom podium ? Will have to check for slalom specifically, but i vividly remember Marc Berthod winning the Adelboden GS in 2007. With BIB 60 he was 27th in first run and then won the race maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,946 Posted February 4, 2023 #392 Share Posted February 4, 2023 It's too bad that Ginnis had to miss the Olympics last year due to injury, but I'm excited to see what he can do in 2026. Our best ever placing at the Winter Olympics (in any sport) was 13th, so I hope he can break that record maestro, Ted and Monzanator 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,876 Posted February 4, 2023 #393 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dragon said: Think there was a downhill race in the 80s or 90s where the TV cameras had stopped recording and gone home before someone with a start number in the 60s came down in 2nd place. I remember Josef Strobl winning Val d'Isere downhill with bib #61 in 1994. He won one of the training runs and Eurosport stayed with the live coverage until he was on start and he promptly won the race The situation you refer to was probably Katja Koren winning Flachau Super G with bib #66 in 1993. I don't remeber seeing that live on TV. One year later Koren won Olympic bronze in slalom with bib #33. Or maybe Markus Foser winning Val Gardena downhill with bib #66 in 1993? Edited February 4, 2023 by Monzanator hckošice and maestro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,467 Posted February 4, 2023 #394 Share Posted February 4, 2023 the highest winning bib ever was Markus Foser's #66 in Val Gardena in 1994. here's a complete list by discipline of the highest winning bibs: I can also tell you that in men's slalom there have been 3 wins with a bib higher than #45: #47, #60, #64 meanwhile #54, #63 and #65 made the podium once each, but they were not on the winner's shoulders. those stats have been taken "only" since the 1998/1999, though (therefore there might be more high "lucky numbers"). maestro and hckošice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,733 Posted February 24, 2023 #395 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) Vlhová competing in a speed event this season, definitely would not expect that. however, yeah it was still just a training so still will not be certain until she starts in the real race tomorrow https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=AL&raceid=114167 Edited February 24, 2023 by hckošice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,467 Posted February 24, 2023 #396 Share Posted February 24, 2023 and guess what? Sofia Goggia had a crash in today's official training run... once again!!! luckily, it looks she's OK, but I fear we've lost her mentally...and who knows if she can still put things together in the next days/weeks/months/years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,733 Posted February 24, 2023 #397 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Had to take a look to the map to find the Palisade Tahoe Is this the first Alpine Skiing WC near of a real desert ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,876 Posted February 24, 2023 #398 Share Posted February 24, 2023 It's literally Squaw Valley. World Cup was last held there in 2017 IIRC (Shiffrin won both GS & slalom) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,733 Posted February 24, 2023 #399 Share Posted February 24, 2023 16 minutes ago, Monzanator said: It's literally Squaw Valley. World Cup was last held there in 2017 IIRC (Shiffrin won both GS & slalom) Yeah, I realized it later myself as well Today is definitely not my brightest day at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,669 Posted February 24, 2023 #400 Share Posted February 24, 2023 California is getting blasted by snow right now too. LA area mountains had their first blizzard warning since 1989 this week. Tahoe is getting a decent amount of snow too from what I understand “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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