Biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[heywoodu 14,896]

3 hours ago, Dragon said:

Biathlon - Shipulin, Volkov, Garanichev, Loginov, Starykh,   Eliseev.  Tsvetkov, Shopin, Virolaynen, Mironova, Slivko, Uslugina, Yurlova-Percht

  EDIT - "Only three people are allowed from the whole biathlon team"

 

Hold on a minute, let's get some things straight here:

 

-  'Three people are allowed."

- Anton Babikov is not mentioned, that's 1.

- Tatiana Akimova is not mentioned, that's 2.

- Olga Podchufarova is not mentioned, that's 3.

 

Where the hell is Kaisheva? Don't tell me almost literally the entire team has been rejected from the Olympics and the assholes at the Russian federation still aren't letting her go?!

[heywoodu 14,896]

Never mind, not Podchufarova, but Kaisheva is specifically mentioned as being invited

http://www.sport-express.ru/olympics/pyeongchang2018/biathlon/news/smi-mok-napravil-priglasheniya-na-olimpiadu-babikovu-kayshevoy-i-akimovoy-1362697/

[Dragon 1,834]

30 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Never mind, not Podchufarova, but Kaisheva is specifically mentioned as being invited

http://www.sport-express.ru/olympics/pyeongchang2018/biathlon/news/smi-mok-napravil-priglasheniya-na-olimpiadu-babikovu-kayshevoy-i-akimovoy-1362697/

"Russian biathletes are considering the possibility of refusing to participate in the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, according to the "Soviet Sport" referring to the Russian Biathlon Union (UBR)"

[heywoodu 14,896]

46 minutes ago, Dragon said:

"Russian biathletes are considering the possibility of refusing to participate in the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, according to the "Soviet Sport" referring to the Russian Biathlon Union (UBR)"

I highly doubt they'd do so of their own will (although of course that would be the official story).

[vovanA 157]

17 минут назад, heywoodu сказал:

I highly doubt they'd do so of their own will (although of course that would be the official story).

 

I'd say it's very possible it'll be their own decision. They won't perform even in the mixed relay, none of aproved athletes is a medal contender in individual events. It really doesn't make much sense to go there for nothing and walk in grey uniform like a prisoner. If there was the whole team, it would be at least fun. 

[heywoodu 14,896]

9 minutes ago, vovanA said:

 

I'd say it's very possible it'll be their own decision. They won't perform even in the mixed relay, none of aproved athletes is a medal contender in individual events. It really doesn't make much sense to go there for nothing and walk in grey uniform like a prisoner. If there was the whole team, it would be at least fun. 

Babikov, Akimova and even Kaisheva are all outsiders for medals (three of the many, many outsiders in biathlon). Sure, not favourites (like Shipulin who had a pretty decent medal chance, or Yurlova in a lesser way), but definitely athletes with a chance on a good day.

Edited January 23, 2018 by heywoodu

[vovanA 157]

30 минут назад, heywoodu сказал:

Babikov, Akimova and even Kaisheva are all outsiders for medals (three of the many, many outsiders in biathlon). Sure, not favourites (like Shipulin who had a pretty decent medal chance, or Yurlova in a lesser way), but definitely athletes with a chance on a good day.

 

They will have the same prize money in Russia if they perform or not. So why spend 9 hours flying to Korea where the audience will only boo you?

[heywoodu 14,896]

11 minutes ago, vovanA said:

 

They will have the same prize money in Russia if they perform or not.

 

Lol.

 

 

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So why spend 9 hours flying to Korea where the audience will only boo you?

 

Because it's the Olympics and you have a chance to perform well there. And because if they have a set of balls, they could even use it to show they're not letting 'the big bad conspiracy west' (or whatever they are calling it, depending on whether or not they're conspiracy people) win. 

[vovanA 157]

Только что, heywoodu сказал:

 

Lol.

 

 

 

Because it's the Olympics and you have a chance to perform well there. And because if they have a set of balls, they could even use it to show they're not letting 'the big bad conspiracy west' (or whatever they are calling it, depending on whether or not they're conspiracy people) win. 

 

I hope they will go but many will consider them as traitors

[heywoodu 14,896]

Just now, vovanA said:

 

I hope they will go but many will consider them as traitors

I hope the same, and I especially hope to see Kaisheva perform great (maybe even medal), and show the Russian federation/coaches that ignoring her forever was an immensely stupid thing to do. She deserved to be a World Cup regular long ago and she's still being forced to (almost) only compete in IBU Cups, which are way below her level.