Luge FIL World Cup 2019 - 2020

[Gianlu33 6,020]

Track record for Kevin Fishnaller

[dcro 10,211]

It's interesting how Kindl completely dominated the early part of the last season and then got DQ'd in Lake Placid. He hasn't been anywhere near the podium ever since.

 

One has to wonder if he was doing something really shady with his sled...

[Gianlu33 6,020]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

Track record for Kevin Fishnaller

Aaand not more. Today the track was amazing, really really fast. Pavlichenko destroyed the TR

[phelps 8,716]

20 hours ago, dcro said:

None of the German doubles will be anywhere near the podium in Lillehammer!

 

Last doubles podium without Germans on it was more than 10 years ago.

 

should they race consistently year aftyer year in Lillehammer and Sigulda, we would likely see more races with no Germans on the podium (and hoping that soon also Cortina becomes one of those tracks)...

[dcro 10,211]

Ukrainians will be getting a shitload of funding following these memorable achievements at the European Championships.

 

 

[TomJa 64]

11 godzin temu, dcro napisał:

Ukrainians will be getting a shitload of funding following these memorable achievements at the European Championships.

 

 

Say what you want, but it's an honor for Dukach and Mandziy that they finished in the top ten as Bley and Egger .

[heywoodu 16,464]

Jakub Simonak and Daria Obratov both made their commentating debut I think, both were excellent as always  

 

I liked Simonak's English, with the best statement being about a crash: "But that's the luge of sport"  And Tim Singer had to explain to Obratov she doesn't need to call everyone 'Mr', but she was definitely trying to be as polite as possible  

 

Oh how I love the sliding sports and their use of still very much active athletes as guest commentators  

Edited January 21, 2020 by heywoodu

[dcro 10,211]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Jakub Simonak and Daria Obratov both made their commentating debut I think, both were excellent as always  

 

I liked Simonak's English, with the best statement being about a crash: "But that's the luge of sport"  And Tim Singer had to explain to Obratov she doesn't need to call everyone 'Mr', but she was definitely trying to be as polite as possible  

 

Oh how I love the sliding sports and their use of still very much active athletes as guest commentators  

 

Dania*

 

Mostly it was nice to hear some of the Slavic names pronounced correctly (for once). And, yes, we don't sound like Russians when speaking English (it's not just Dania).

[heywoodu 16,464]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Dania*

 

Mostly it was nice to hear some of the Slavic names pronounced correctly (for once). And, yes, we don't sound like Russians when speaking English (it's not just Dania).

I'm still hoping to hear Demchenko in the booth, but I'm not sure her English is good enough.

[TomJa 64]

48 minut temu, heywoodu napisał:

I'm still hoping to hear Demchenko in the booth, but I'm not sure her English is good enough.

It seems to me that there is a misleading stereotype that people from Russia or Ukraine cannot speak English. At my university there are a lot of students from Ukraine, which speaks English fluently and only in this language you can get along with them. And as Demchenko deals with English, to be honest I didn't have the opportunity to verify.