Grassmarket 2,715 Posted February 19, 2023 #21 Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, phelps said: well, the Polish guys have done well all season long. the really surprising result is Tsubaki's gold. anything else is just among the range of the predictable achievements. unnecessary events? why? are there many other events in Winter Sports showing depth at the top level? if alpine and cross events in snowboard and freestyle have to go, then what about the actual freestyle disciplines (5 Nations at the start for the Aerials this morning) or Nordic Combined/Ski Jumping (4/5 Nations competing for the top 20 places in each event when we're lucky, not more than 10/12 in total at the start) or Luge or (for what concerns the top tier nations) the same Cross-Country Skiing? This was the funny thing about the FISU Games last month - very little competitor interest in the cool, happening youth events the IOC wants to promote. But huge interest in the boring old white guy events like alpine & biathlon. Edited February 19, 2023 by Grassmarket Monzanator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted February 19, 2023 #22 Share Posted February 19, 2023 36 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: This was the funny thing about the FISU Games last month - very little competitor interest in the cool, happening youth events the IOC wants to promote. But huge interest in the boring old white guy events like alpine & biathlon. Classic marketing problem for IOC and other organizations pretending they are chasing those mythical 'new fans' . They want to sell something that people simply don't want to buy (not enough people to make it a profit anyway). The Segway of global sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,417 Posted February 19, 2023 #23 Share Posted February 19, 2023 40 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: This was the funny thing about the FISU Games last month - very little competitor interest in the cool, happening youth events the IOC wants to promote. But huge interest in the boring old white guy events like alpine & biathlon. You could also chalk that up to the University Games being a well established, and somewhat notable, competition for biathlon and alpine events, as where that’s not really the case for freestyle events. They already have the X Games, Dew Tour, US Open, etc. “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...
NearPup 2,095 Posted February 19, 2023 #24 Share Posted February 19, 2023 46 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: This was the funny thing about the FISU Games last month - very little competitor interest in the cool, happening youth events the IOC wants to promote. But huge interest in the boring old white guy events like alpine & biathlon. If you don’t understand why there is no interest in the FISU Games’ Park and Pipe events then you don’t understand Park and Pipe. It’s just not a relevant competition for those sports. intoronto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted February 19, 2023 #25 Share Posted February 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: You could also chalk that up to the University Games being a well established, and somewhat notable, competition for biathlon and alpine events, as where that’s not really the case for freestyle events. They already have the X Games, Dew Tour, US Open, etc. In other words, the freestyle events might just as well be taken off the programme, because even the freestyle events don't want it 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...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted February 19, 2023 #26 Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) Today was a great example of why the one-run thing is absolute bullshit btw. The red course was visibly way worse than the blue course, Caviezel was the best in the final and only lost because he was on the wrong course... Anyhow, not like they're going to change it to a more logical format Edit: not to take anything away from Kwiatkowski btw, he was impressive today of course Edited February 19, 2023 by heywoodu 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...
justony 442 Posted February 21, 2023 #27 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Any news on what is happening in Georgia? According to FIS live app, 2nd qualification run is still on hold for quite a while, will there even be a race today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted February 21, 2023 #28 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,526 Posted February 21, 2023 #29 Share Posted February 21, 2023 1 hour ago, justony said: Any news on what is happening in Georgia? According to FIS live app, 2nd qualification run is still on hold for quite a while, will there even be a race today? races have started again. final block should be scheduled not before Noon CET, maybe even later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,071 Posted February 21, 2023 #30 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Surprise medal for Canada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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