heywoodu 13,557 Posted March 17, 2023 #691 Share Posted March 17, 2023 48 minutes ago, BlueWhiteJerry said: Why must athletes' careers be so short It sometimes feel like they've just come into their prime...and boom, they're retiring. I don't wanna manifest anything, but if I had to guess as to the retirements on the men's side, seems Fak or Eder are most likely. Serafin Wiestner is also confirmed retiring. I'm still fairly confident about Eder continueing. He said he'll stay in the team as long as he isn't pushed out by younger guys who surpassed him, and so far he is definitely still one of the 4-5 best Austrians and so in the team on merit. The moment other guys pass him and he's the 5th or 6th Austrian is the moment he retires, I think. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireRun 179 Posted March 17, 2023 #692 Share Posted March 17, 2023 2 hours ago, BlueWhiteJerry said: Why must athletes' careers be so short It sometimes feel like they've just come into their prime...and boom, they're retiring. I don't wanna manifest anything, but if I had to guess as to the retirements on the men's side, seems Fak or Eder are most likely. Serafin Wiestner is also confirmed retiring. I doubt Fak will retire as long as he our number 1. He's also the most marketable biathlete here, which makes it financially beneficial for him to continue on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,140 Posted March 17, 2023 #693 Share Posted March 17, 2023 3 hours ago, BlueWhiteJerry said: Why must athletes' careers be so short It sometimes feel like they've just come into their prime...and boom, they're retiring. I don't wanna manifest anything, but if I had to guess as to the retirements on the men's side, seems Fak or Eder are most likely. Serafin Wiestner is also confirmed retiring. This seems like a specific problem to biathlon more so. We are seeing so many sports, where people are playing way over 35, up to 40 almost and you can't get rid of them. It was usually like team sport, where you can hide behind your teammates, but in the last decade it is visible in tennis, cycling, alpine skiing, other less popular Olympic sports. But biathlon is one, where top starts very easily call it quits at a youn age, or after 2-3 good seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireRun 179 Posted March 17, 2023 #694 Share Posted March 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, Federer91 said: This seems like a specific problem to biathlon more so. We are seeing so many sports, where people are playing way over 35, up to 40 almost and you can't get rid of them. It was usually like team sport, where you can hide behind your teammates, but in the last decade it is visible in tennis, cycling, alpine skiing, other less popular Olympic sports. But biathlon is one, where top starts very easily call it quits at a youn age, or after 2-3 good seasons. And then you have Bjorndalen and Gwizdon who continued well into their 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,595 Posted March 17, 2023 #695 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Women's sprint in Holmenkollen starts in 10 mins. Not many big names choosing Group 1 this time, Wierer #19 and Simon #28 are the only ones in the first 30 bibs. Vittozzi #54, Hanna Oeberg #67, Elvira Oeberg #78, Persson #81 and Herrmann #90 among others. Selina Grotian with #92 on the watch list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemia 1,259 Posted March 17, 2023 #696 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Looks like there could be no sprint today, visibility is getting worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,595 Posted March 17, 2023 #697 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Start postponed by 30 mins due to fog Here are the men's 2023/24 quota. Due to Russia and Belarus ban some teams obviously profited with extra quotas. On the flip side is Slovakia who had didn't even make Top 20 for the first time in XXI century @hckošice FireRun and hckošice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemia 1,259 Posted March 17, 2023 #698 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Yep, the women's sprint is postponed to tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,595 Posted March 17, 2023 #699 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Women's sprint is postponed for Saturday. Probably no pursuit then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted March 17, 2023 #700 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Another proof that most sport officials are completely braindead. They could have scheduled this race for earlier this day or they could have scheduled both sprints for yesterday, but instead they created a schedule that only would have worked if no race/only men's sprint had to be delayed. I guess just canceling women's pursuit/mass start doesn't matter, because it only hurts the athletes. The same has happened in ski jumping many times before. They schedule a competition as late as possible and then they are shocked when they have to cancel it because they can't postpone it. At the 2018 olympics one of the ski jumping competitions finished after midnight ... Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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