Cross-Country Skiing at the Nordic Skiing FIS World Championships 2023

[heywoodu 16,465]

One day to go, which means: tonight is Team Captain's Meeting night, with the start list being made up and then we finally know who are competing! Considering Bruna's injury status is over, she now has no FIS points in the most recent list, which either means she'll start very early or very late. As per usual rules, that should be very early for the 5k race, in Oberstdorf two years ago the two athletes with no FIS points were the first ones to start. That could mean Bruna might even have bib #1 tomorrow, which would be absolutely awesome  

 

First up is tonight's opening ceremony though!

[justony 511]

Which starts exactly at 20.23, they are trying to copy Beijing 2008 Olympics with this kind of symbolic. 😄

[heywoodu 16,465]

Y'all, guess who will carry the Brazilian flag in the opening ceremony tonight!  

 

I'm hoping this live stream is a real thing and not one of those gazillion fake YouTube 'live streams'  

 

[heywoodu 16,465]

Oh wow, looks like Eurosport.com will have a live stream of the opening ceremony  

[dcro 10,211]

11 hours ago, heywoodu said:

One day to go, which means: tonight is Team Captain's Meeting night, with the start list being made up and then we finally know who are competing! Considering Bruna's injury status is over, she now has no FIS points in the most recent list, which either means she'll start very early or very late. As per usual rules, that should be very early for the 5k race, in Oberstdorf two years ago the two athletes with no FIS points were the first ones to start. That could mean Bruna might even have bib #1 tomorrow, which would be absolutely awesome  

 

First up is tonight's opening ceremony though!

Bib #1 it is.

Should get plenty of air time, including some splits and quite likely the finish.

[justony 511]

@heywoodu, how did you know, Bruna will get no.1. Do you have connections or something? 😄

 

Hope you enjoy in Opening Ceremony. 😊

[heywoodu 16,465]

10 minutes ago, justony said:

@heywoodu, how did you know, Bruna will get no.1. Do you have connections or something? 😄

We live together (in my parents' house, but looking for our own place), that helps  

Edited February 21, 2023 by heywoodu

[Olympian1010 8,305]

 is back on the men’s side 

 

 with a potential debut at the world championships (I’d need to check results from the last few to confirm.) 
 

 all on the start list for the men’s 10km. Too bad the Winter Pan American Games no longer exist 

[heywoodu 16,465]

By the way, does anyone know actually what is necessary for athletes tomorrow to qualify for the main race? FIS documentation is poor, to say it in a very positive way.

[Grassmarket 4,310]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

By the way, does anyone know actually what is necessary for athletes tomorrow to qualify for the main race? FIS documentation is poor, to say it in a very positive way.

Historically, it has always been top 10.