Skeleton 2017 - 2018 Discussion Thread

[George_D 1,473]

[heywoodu 16,009]

 

[dcro 10,210]

That explains the cancellation.

[NearPup 3,503]

What a ridiculous situation. Those jury members should not be on a jury again. If it snows so badly that track workers can’t keep up then it’s just snowing too much.

Edited January 4, 2018 by NearPup

[dcro 10,210]

Puerto Rican male skeleton racer managed to be 10+ seconds slower than Nigerian female athlete in all of the training runs in Lake Placid.

[heywoodu 16,009]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

Puerto Rican male skeleton racer managed to be 10+ seconds slower than Nigerian female athlete in all of the training runs in Lake Placid.

Quick, take an Olympic ticket away from Grotheer or Gassner or Guggenberger or Parsons or something and give it to him!

[heywoodu 16,009]

M Dukurs will continue his career after all 

https://www.diena.lv/raksts/sports/ziemas-sports/martins-dukurs-merkis-ir-piedalities-pekinas-olimpiskajas-speles-14194219

[dcro 10,210]

52 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

M Dukurs will continue his career after all 

https://www.diena.lv/raksts/sports/ziemas-sports/martins-dukurs-merkis-ir-piedalities-pekinas-olimpiskajas-speles-14194219

 

Your surprise aurprises me, he is not old for a skeleton racer.

[heywoodu 16,009]

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Your surprise aurprises me, he is not old for a skeleton racer.

 

He is not, the surprise is that he said he'd retire and a month later came back on his decision  

[NearPup 3,503]

6 hours ago, heywoodu said:

 

He is not, the surprise is that he said he'd retire and a month later came back on his decision  

Because surely there is no way China will win in 2022...

 

...oh.