hckošice 13,274 Posted March 13, 2020 #801 Share Posted March 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: Kind of like what happened in the 1950s when a player defected. Rest of team back to the Motherland under armed guard for interrogations & an unexpected change of career. yeah with all the borders closed, flights banned, markets closed...it´s really like pre1989 all over again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,127 Posted March 13, 2020 #802 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Yup, so the nail-biting relays are not going to happen. For the first time in Lithuanian history, we finish our season in 16th place on the men's side. This means that we will have 4 quotas for our men in every race now. 10 years ago our biathlon team was Diana Rasimovičiūtė, less than 10 years ago we had 1 quota for our men. It's truly an amazing feeling to see our small team achieve this, too bad that the women's team is slowly falling apart. Biathlonfan and RobtheAggie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemia 1,259 Posted March 13, 2020 #803 Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) Martin Fourcade is retiring, tomorrow will be his last race (if the pursuits aren't cancelled of course). Edited March 13, 2020 by Bohemia Wumo, NearPup, dcro and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 340 Posted March 13, 2020 #804 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Like him or not, I am grateful to have seen him compete. Two major stars retire in the last two years on the men's side. Some of the most decorated ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,140 Posted March 13, 2020 #805 Share Posted March 13, 2020 I have waited years for this news and i'm gonna leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,562 Posted March 13, 2020 #806 Share Posted March 13, 2020 3 hours ago, hckosice said: yeah with all the borders closed, flights banned, markets closed...it´s really like pre1989 all over again But why do they have to go back Saturday? I mean, what's the difference with going back Sunday if all foreign flights (with apparently a government exception) are finished anyway? 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 13,562 Posted March 13, 2020 #807 Share Posted March 13, 2020 As I've said plenty of times, I've never been a fan of Fourcade, but the guy is one of the most exception athletes (overall, especially winter of course) of the past two decades. I hope QFM and Jacquelin can step it up, or else Fourcade's dominance is going to look like nothing compared to JTB's. 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...
hckošice 13,274 Posted March 13, 2020 #808 Share Posted March 13, 2020 35 minutes ago, heywoodu said: But why do they have to go back Saturday? I mean, what's the difference with going back Sunday if all foreign flights (with apparently a government exception) are finished anyway? They wanted to do it obviously as soon as possible, with the athletes, coaches and staff the plane will bring back home also the 3 TV reporters of our TV in Kontiolahti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,562 Posted March 13, 2020 #809 Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, hckosice said: They wanted to do it obviously as soon as possible, with the athletes, coaches and staff the plane will bring back home also the 3 TV reporters of our TV in Kontiolahti. I still don't really know why they wouldn't go after the pursuits, since it doesn't seem to make an actual difference, but sure 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...
Bohemia 1,259 Posted March 14, 2020 #810 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) I'm confused, the last 2 days the sprints were at 17:30 Finnish time but 15:30 in most of Europe, so isn't the men's pursuit supposed to start now? (13:45 Finnish time) Because on TV right now they're saying it's in 2 hours. Edit: I'm guessing they changed the time of the races since they're the last ones of the season? Edited March 14, 2020 by Bohemia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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