Cross-Country Skiing 2017 - 2018 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,174]

Oh and young Rhaick is impressing more and more every time he competes 

 

It's already several years ago since the Brazilian coach, Leandro Ribela, told me that Rhaick would be competing on a level never before seen for a Brazilian (or maybe even a South American) and so far he's still well on his way to make that a reality.

 

 

Small detail: Thomaz Moraes is a young Paralympic athlete, he only skis with one pole if I'm not mistaken, and he keeps getting closer and closer to the regular skiers in Brazil. This dude is impressive (and won a medal at the recent Junior World Para-Athletics Championships in Switzerland).

Edited September 5, 2017 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 15,174]

Don't know yet what happened (they're not back to their rooms yet, so no WiFi for now), but damn... 

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

Salcedo has ensured Olympic qualification for Chile, on the plus side.

[heywoodu 15,174]

8 minutes ago, dcro said:

Salcedo has ensured Olympic qualification for Chile, on the plus side.

Didn't she already do that with 220, 213 and 253 points last season?

[dcro 10,210]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Didn't she already do that with 220, 213 and 253 points last season?

 

Apparently not. You need the average of best 5 placings to be under 300.

[heywoodu 15,174]

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Apparently not. You need the average of best 5 placings to be under 300.

Right. 37 and finally making her Olympic debut then.

[Gianlu33 4,619]

Very strange qualification system.. impossible to follow whitout read all rules  

Edited September 5, 2017 by Gianlu33

[heywoodu 15,174]

Apparently today was a bad case of having a shit day in terms of technique, which just did not work, at all. Too bad, but Sunday in the sprint the technique was almost better than ever, so it's nothing too worrying, just a bad day like every athlete sometimes has a bad day.

[heywoodu 15,174]

275 FIS points for Samir Azzimani of Morocco today, bringing the average of his best five results (starting with last season) to 298

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=29697

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

275 FIS points for Samir Azzimani of Morocco today, bringing the average of his best five results (starting with last season) to 298

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=29697

 

That's great. Not many skiers make it to the Olympics in both alpine and cross-country skiing.

 

And it will be the first Morocco's participation in XC skiing since 1992.