Winter Universiade 2017

[heywoodu 16,468]

1-2-4-5 for Kazakhstan, so surprising when sending their entire World Cup squad  

[heywoodu 16,468]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Well the course seems pretty hard too

 

Btw, it's as if Kazakhs expected the fog to come, since they all started early pretty much.

The course in Arber is hard too  (including a huge and steep uphill to start with, way bigger than the famous Wall of Kontiolahti, followed by a technical descent so not much room to gain a lot of speed) 

Edited January 31, 2017 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,468]

Ooh come on, we can't have an avalanche skiing competition?

 

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On Tuesday morning the Meteorological Office, Kazhydromet, issued a severe warning for snow. The text of the warning says that due to heavy snow in the Iliisky Alatau Mountains, snow avalanches are expected on 31 January – 1 February.  Meteorologists advise to stay away from steep, snowy slopes.

 

Due to the heavy snow and low visibility on the pistes of Shymbulak, the Organizing Committee of the 28th World Winter Universiade  made a decision to postpone the women’s super giant, which is part of Alpine skiing combined,  scheduled for 10:00 on 31 January. The new time and date for the race will be announced later.

 

[Gianlu33 6,055]

The women's 1500m was amazing! 

Btw, i'm very impressed by the Kazakhistan's biathlon team but I mistake or i see some biathlete that compete in WC?

[heywoodu 16,468]

4 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

The women's 1500m was amazing! 

Btw, i'm very impressed by the Kazakhistan's biathlon team but I mistake or i see some biathlete that compete in WC?

 

Kazakhstan is here with their complete World Cup team, yes  

 

Ussanova, Raikova, Vishnevskaya and Kistanova is basically the team they have in World Cup relays as well (sometimes with Poltoranina instead of Ussanova/Kistanova/Raikova). 

[dcro 10,211]

24 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The course in Arber is hard too  (including a huge and steep uphill to start with, way bigger than the famous Wall of Kontiolahti, followed by a technical descent so not much room to gain a lot of speed) 

 

Well, things usually look smaller on TV, so I wouldn't be so sure about Kontiolahti.

[dcro 10,211]

According to the current schedule, women's combined slalom will be held today, while super-G will be tomorrow.

[heywoodu 16,468]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

According to the current schedule, women's combined slalom will be held today, while super-G will be tomorrow.

That would be somewhat according to what they wrote:

 

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Due to the heavy snow and low visibility on the pistes of Shymbulak, the Organizing Committee of the 28th World Winter Universiade  made a decision to postpone the women’s super giant, which is part of Alpine skiing combined,  scheduled for 10:00 on 31 January. The new time and date for the race will be announced later.

 

Nothing about postponing the slalom.. 

[Gianlu33 6,055]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Kazakhstan is here with their complete World Cup team, yes  

 

Ussanova, Raikova, Vishnevskaya and Kistanova is basically the team they have in World Cup relays as well (sometimes with Poltoranina instead of Ussanova/Kistanova/Raikova). 

Oh cool, they put all they athlete in  universities

[hckošice 16,641]

Got a Day-off can watch the universiade --- and I see that 11:00 Ice Hockey SVK vs USA is streamed yipiiii