From this Sunday to next Tuesday will IIHF decide and reveal the final sentence about the participation of Russia ehm ROC ehm AIN ehm... well, you you know who, in the hockey tournament(s) in Milano/Cortina
I have the impression that even for the World Cup he will not be released earlier or someone from Italy or the Netherlands will simply keep an eye on him.
"Smart" move, IOC. Really smart.
Why should you keep shooting at all?
Its sooo historic sport.
I am sure they will surprise us with some Gen Z pastime.
Watching the X games which is much bigger than any WC. The NZ Park and Pipe athletes in both Snowboard and Freestyle have made massive progress and have shaken the tree as such. We've found new sensations in Luca Harrington and Rocco Jamieson. Along with the imperious Zoi Sadowski Synnott who looked scary good and buried her competition when coming off a year long injury. Hopefully not too long till Nico Porteous is back. His understudies are holding their own in Fin Melville Ives and Luke Harrold in the Freeski HP. It's looking rather exciting when you know they have a full year to improve more and those athletes coming off long injuries.
We agree on the outcome. Now calling Loubineaud mid is a bit of a stretch, 12'44 and 6'07 tell he's definitely no slouch. But he won't be able to fight with Bergsma or Swings in a sprint.
He was on a downward trajectory in Bejing looking at his 5000 time, so judging his abilities on this mere race isn't really fair. I hope he'll try and change his tactics, which can only lead you so far, in next WC races. He needs to have a back-up plan (and use his teammate, Belloir or an other).
Honestly, I think Loubineaud is a mid-level skater, but so far he has been very lucky. In both victories he started in the very early laps and a breakaway of mediocre skaters arrived. Things you only see in the World Cup and never in competitions with major medals at stake. In the only serious mass start Loubineaud finished 14th, failing to keep up with the lead group in the last two laps.
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