heywoodu 13,570 Posted February 21, 2020 #161 Share Posted February 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, dcro said: Austrian team will boycott the Winterberg stage. Apparently the track's profile was damaged in stormy mild weather conditions this week, what caused several nasty crashes in training. FIL must be run by a bunch of idiots at this point. Every season they put this horrid Winterberg track at the most inappropraite point of the season. Granted, this year there was no Winter in Europe, but nevertheless, Winterberg should only ever be scheduled in mid-January. That's it. Day 1 Aparjods and Aparjode The entire Ukrainian top team (best man, woman and doubles) Sochowicz Maag Ferlazzo Cretu Jung Slovak doubles Day 2 Aparjode again Ukrainian doubles again Nagler/Malleier twice (!) Jung again and again Korean doubles Triple DNS for all four German sleds Müller D Gleirscher followed by total DNS' of all Austrians Yeah those trainings were quite something dcro 1 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 13,570 Posted February 21, 2020 #162 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Not only the Austrian team will boycott, the German doubles aren't going to start the race - none of them, Eggert/Benecken have even already left Winterberg. Felix Loch has also announced he won't be starting. Biggest victim of the training seems to be Stepan Fedorov, who broke a leg. 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...
dcro 10,189 Posted February 21, 2020 #163 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Not only the Austrian team will boycott, the German doubles aren't going to start the race - none of them, Eggert/Benecken have even already left Winterberg. Felix Loch has also announced he won't be starting. Biggest victim of the training seems to be Stepan Fedorov, who broke a leg. Well, now we know who are the parasites of the luge scene (meaning everyone on start lists for tomorrow in spite of it all). #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,570 Posted February 21, 2020 #164 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, dcro said: Well, now we know who are the parasites of the luge scene (meaning everyone on start lists for tomorrow in spite of it all). That's a bit harsh I think. If I were a luger who had rather normal training runs without too many problems and I'd feel I could compete tomorrow, I wouldn't let yet another German-led decision change my plans (apart from cancellation obviously). If they're not going to cancel the races, it should be up to each luger whether or not they want to start. Whether or not they should cancel it is another discussion, considering all the problems - and the fact I've already got plenty of stuff to watch - I wouldn't be against it. Edited February 21, 2020 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...
phelps 6,950 Posted February 21, 2020 #165 Share Posted February 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, dcro said: Well, now we know who are the parasites of the luge scene (meaning everyone on start lists for tomorrow in spite of it all). so, they are all parasites except for the Germans themselves (those who always put this farce on the schedule, trying to get advantage of these conditions as much as they can) and a few Austrians... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,570 Posted February 21, 2020 #166 Share Posted February 21, 2020 By the way, apart from Loch and the doubles, all Germans are on the start lists, pretty much. Also no Mazdzer/Terdiman who DNS'ed in today's Nations Cup. 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 13,570 Posted February 21, 2020 #167 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Summer Britcher won't start neither and she's got quite some stuff going on on Instagram. NearPup 1 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 13,570 Posted February 21, 2020 #168 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Luckily FIL is finally reading to start taking some responsibility. Spoiler Hahahaha. Quote Winterberg (RWH) The President of the International Luge Federation (FIL), Josef Fendt of Germany, has announced that it is issuing a penalty to Summer Britcher. The reason for the US athlete’s penalty was her unsporting behaviour towards the FIL during proceedings at the Viessmann World Cup in Winterberg. The FIL Presidium will decide on the exact penalty at a later date but Fendt added that the disciplinary measure was inevitable. Summer Britcher posted a discreditable photograph on social media. During Team Captains Meeting on Friday (February 22, 2020), Bill Taveres, Head coach of the US team, apologized this behaviour officially. 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...
NearPup 2,220 Posted February 22, 2020 #169 Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: Luckily FIL is finally reading to start taking some responsibility. Hide contents Hahahaha. This will look so bad if an athlete has a major injury this week-end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,516 Posted February 22, 2020 #170 Share Posted February 22, 2020 6 hours ago, heywoodu said: Summer Britcher won't start neither and she's got quite some stuff going on on Instagram. God I love Summer. She’s a really fun athlete to follow on social media. Same can be said for Mazdzer. “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...
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