Luge FIL World Cup 2019 - 2020

[Monzanator 4,502]

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Poland’s program has been showing some real signs of improvement in the last three seasons. I think it might be a few years, but I can see them finding the podium if they continue to improve.

 

Since it's Poland we're gonna find a way to fuck this up. Ewelina Staszulonek ended her career at age 26 because our federation couldn't even hire her a coach. The two-man bob team achieved some Top 10 results last season and it's on the verge of extinction because there's no money, no coaches and hell, our federation couldn't even book them a track to train during the off-season. Nobody gives a damn about luge & bobsleigh in Poland, all the millions are pumped into ski jumping and that's all. C/K have a bigger chance of retiring before the age of 30 than a World Cup podium.

[heywoodu 15,141]

3 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Since it's Poland we're gonna find a way to fuck this up. Ewelina Staszulonek ended her career at age 26 because our federation couldn't even hire her a coach. The two-man bob team achieved some Top 10 results last season and it's on the verge of extinction because there's no money, no coaches and hell, our federation couldn't even book them a track to train during the off-season. Nobody gives a damn about luge & bobsleigh in Poland, all the millions are pumped into ski jumping and that's all. C/K have a bigger chance of retiring before the age of 30 than a World Cup podium.

 

 Depending on their current age, I'd like money on that.

[Monzanator 4,502]

25 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

 Depending on their current age, I'd like money on that.

 

C/K are 24/25 yo. They will continue until WOG 2022 but after that it's basically game over IMO.

 

Two of our female lugers ended their careers after last season. Natalia Wojtusciszyn is 26 and Ewa Kuls 28. I mentioned Staszulonek who retired in 2011 at age 26 too.

 

Luge in Poland doesn't offer you any money to sustain this thing called living. Sooner or later you have to get a normal job. There's like zero competition anyway, Chmielewski was men's singles runner-up in national championships last March.

[heywoodu 15,141]

Just now, Monzanator said:

 

C/K are 24/25 yo. They will continue until WOG 2022 but after that it's basically game over IMO.

 

Two of our female lugers ended their careers after last season. Natalia Wojtusciszyn is 26 and Ewa Kuls 28. I mentioned Staszulonek who retired in 2011 at age 26 too.

 

Luge in Poland doesn't offer you any money to sustain this thing called living. Sooner or later you have to get a normal job. There's like zero competition anyway, Chmielewski was men's singles runner-up in national championships last March.

Despite this pessimism, I'd gladly find a bookmaker where I can place some money on C/K to get a World Cup podium before the end of the next Olympic season at odds of 2.

[dcro 10,210]

Emily Sweeney behind the mic.

[heywoodu 15,141]

Let's go  

[dcro 10,210]

I wonder who was that 'Heywood'?

[heywoodu 15,141]

Just now, dcro said:

I wonder who was that 'Heywood'?

 

 

[heywoodu 15,141]

Christian Oberstolz.

[dcro 10,210]

I hear that luge announcer is still pronouncing all non-English names as if they were Germans.

 

"Jakub Zimonak"