Bobsleigh 2019 - 2020 Discussion Thread

[Gianlu33 6,053]

53 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Well women’s monobob seems to be doing well for itself. 17 nations and 32 athletes are scheduled to compete in the first official race.

https://www.ibsf.org/en/news/8-bobsleigh/21365-first-ibsf-women-s-monobob-races-with-32-athletes-from-17-nations

Well, no. Monobob situation is quite depressing. They haven't an international appeal, they haven't a competitive circuits, they have nothing. Mononob deserved to be out from the Olympics, at last until a development (like FIS do with the women's nordic combined)

[Olympian1010 8,313]

28 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Well, no. Monobob situation is quite depressing. They haven't an international appeal, they haven't a competitive circuits, they have nothing. Mononob deserved to be out from the Olympics, at last until a development (like FIS do with the women's nordic combined)

But there is clearly more interest than women’s four. Plus, it takes less quotas, and it will reward a driver who can push fast and drive well.

[heywoodu 16,468]

9 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

But there is clearly more interest than women’s four. Plus, it takes less quotas, and it will reward a driver who can push fast and drive well.

Which all makes it a better option than women's four, but not a good option overall (yet). Give it 4-5 seasons of solid World Cup action before thinking about adding it.

[Gianlu33 6,053]

7 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

But there is clearly more interest than women’s four. Plus, it takes less quotas, and it will reward a driver who can push fast and drive well.

Onestly i don't care about it. You can't make a sport Olympic if the frist race is just 3 years before OG. And it wasn't a competitive race.

 

It's just a sh** for me.

[Olympian1010 8,313]

25 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Which all makes it a better option than women's four, but not a good option overall (yet). Give it 4-5 seasons of solid World Cup action before thinking about adding it.

Yes, that’s the point I meant to make.

[Grassmarket 4,313]

55 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Onestly i don't care about it. You can't make a sport Olympic if the frist race is just 3 years before OG. And it wasn't a competitive race.

 

It's just a sh** for me.

 

It would be like Women’s Ski Jumping. The first televised World Championships was just dreadful, with only about 4-5 able to do it properly.  Took about 6 years to develop.

[Olympian1010 8,313]

55 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

 

It would be like Women’s Ski Jumping. The first televised World Championships was just dreadful, with only about 4-5 able to do it properly.  Took about 6 years to develop.

Yeah it’s not fun to watch when it’s like that. That’s how I remember women’s freestyle skiing being when it was first included in the X Games and such. Now the quality is much better.

 

I think that’s what the IBSF needed to do here. I understand there’s 5 Federations trying to shove new events/disciplines into the games, but the likes of natural track luge should have been given priority. In the end, I think adding women’s mono bob will be much better than adding women’s four-man

[heywoodu 16,468]

7 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

 

It would be like Women’s Ski Jumping. The first televised World Championships was just dreadful, with only about 4-5 able to do it properly.  Took about 6 years to develop.

Same thing going to happen with women's Nordic combined.

[dcro 10,211]

Slovakian girl casually destroyed everyone at Lake Placid monobob event. @hckosice

 

https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/500755

[Olympian1010 8,313]

5 hours ago, dcro said:

Slovakian girl casually destroyed everyone at Lake Placid monobob event. @hckosice

 

https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/500755

She was the best by a mile there since the Germans and Romanians didn’t travel. She’ll be the highest ranked slider heading into 2020YOG