Cross-Country Skiing at the Nordic Skiing FIS World Championships 2021

[heywoodu 15,141]

8 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Well, they have a Thai surname, so presumably a father.  I am sure Bendika is not a personal stunt, a la Bjoerndalen or Berger, bur definitely an attempt to boost national rankings.

Plus she quite clearly said she was going for some post-world championships (biathlon) fun, so yeah, take what she can  

[heywoodu 15,141]

7 hours ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

If I understand correctly, it's ironic that while it seemed like Bruna and Jacqueline Mourao were competing against each other for the Olympic spot, Jacqueline is the main reason Bruna still has a chance? Because she was the only Brazilian to score under 300 FIS Points at the Championships, and participating in the skiathlon and team sprint will give Brazil extra nation ranking points. 

That is correct  If Jaque had for example been sick and couldn't start (or had a bad race), Brazil would have had no ticket and the whole thing would be over by now.

[JonPhi 250]

13 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Team sprint qualifying is different than in the World Cup  

 

Top-4 from both heats plus the two fastest losers. That's way better than the World Cup format.

This rule is only due to the war, weather. Because the second semi final could have a much slower course.

 

„Sunday schedule ? @oberstdorf2021

❗Since the course conditions from Semi Final 1 to Semi Final 2 can change a lot with the current snow, the qualification rules have been adapted under agreement with teams, Cross-Country and Rules & Control committee that top-4 teams from each Semi Final will be qualified plus 2 by the time. „

[heywoodu 15,141]

2 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

This rule is only due to the war, weather. Because the second semi final could have a much slower course.

 

„Sunday schedule ? @oberstdorf2021

❗Since the course conditions from Semi Final 1 to Semi Final 2 can change a lot with the current snow, the qualification rules have been adapted under agreement with teams, Cross-Country and Rules & Control committee that top-4 teams from each Semi Final will be qualified plus 2 by the time. „

Oh that's just fantastic....  

[justony 454]

It is going to be crowded on course. They should at least for men divide teams into 3 groups.

[heywoodu 15,141]

18 minutes ago, justony said:

It is going to be crowded on course. They should at least for men divide teams into 3 groups.

A good amount of teams won't really keep up though, no problem.

[Grassmarket 3,408]

Women’s Second Semi has  , The Grand Duchy of Muscovy &  in it - loaded. 

[heywoodu 15,141]

5 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Women’s Second Semi has  , The Grand Duchy of Muscovy &  in it - loaded. 

@brunamoura against the current world sprint champion and the 2017 and 2019 world and 2014 Olympic sprint champion?

 

[dcro 10,210]

Slovakia getting massive air time.

[heywoodu 15,141]

Dahlqvist and Sundling passing the Brazilian booth with a look of fear and rightly so.