Alpine Skiing FIS World Championships 2017

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

German coach on TV: "The winners are the deserved winners, because they were the fastest."

 

And that's how it is  

 

Oh come on, that's like saying Phelps is the best Olympian of all time (scoreboard journalism)

[Federer91 2,728]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

Once again men's alpine skiing proves to be the most conditions/weather dependent sport. And thus the most unfair.

 

 

No, that still is ski-jumping, though this season has been good with the weather conditions.

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

But then the good slalommers have a double disadvantage  

 

They are better in slalom so they should be faster regardless.

 

And they are more used to skiing on chopped up courses, they do it on every slalom. Every time when conditions like today's occur some slalom specialist, and "weekend downhiller", wins. Downhillers are chanceless.

[hckošice 14,794]

Klaudia Nemcová 26th in the GS qualification, thats what I call heartbreaking

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, Federer91 said:

 

No, that still is ski-jumping, though this season has been good with the weather conditions.

 

Ah yes, I forgot about that one.

[heywoodu 14,953]

2 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

 

No, that still is ski-jumping, though this season has been good with the weather conditions.

Or biathlon where one athlete gets a wind gust during the shooting and the other doesn't  

 

Any sport that is outside is by definition not completely fair, unless maybe it's sports where it's head-to-head.

Edited February 13, 2017 by heywoodu

[dcro 10,210]

9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Any sport that is outside is by definition not completely fair, unless maybe it's sports where it's head-to-head.

 

Solution, make slalom indoors or make mass start slalom (with athletes starting after their deficits - how exciting would that be!).

Edited February 13, 2017 by dcro

[heywoodu 14,953]

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Solution, make slalom indoors or make mass start slalom (with athletes starting after their deficits - how exciting would that be!).

[dcro 10,210]

Or, make slalom courses on the Northern side of the hills, where there is no sun. You know, like they are kind of required to do with sledding courses.

 

In any case, nice to see all of our girls qualifying for the giant slalom. Zbašnik had the fastest 2nd run (climbed from 12th to 4th).

Edited February 13, 2017 by dcro

[heywoodu 14,953]

But no, I'd rather have a weather-influenced slalom at the Ganslernhang or Chuenisbärgli than an indoor slalom

 

Maybe one indoor slalom on the calendar would be cool, like in Landgraaf