Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2017 - 2018

[dcro 10,210]

4 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

The combined is becoming such a joke I wonder how long it takes before FIS erases this event from World Cup? The speed speciallists stand no chance of even getting a random podium anymore.

 

In what book is Gisin not a speed specialist? Or Brignone?

 

Holdener and Shiffrin also have speed events podiums, so yeah, indeed it's the combiners that are getting the podium in this.

[heywoodu 15,174]

8 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

In what book is Gisin not a speed specialist? Or Brignone?

 

Holdener and Shiffrin also have speed events podiums, so yeah, indeed it's the combiners that are getting the podium in this.

Brignone is definitely not a speed specialist  

 

She's very good at it, yes, but so is Shiffrin on her day. 

[Майкл 561]

11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Brignone is definitely not a speed specialist  

 

She's very good at it, yes, but so is Shiffrin on her day. 

 

True. Fede's a GS specialist  

[Monzanator 4,525]

The fact Shiffrin and Holdener are scoring DH & SG podums speaks about the weak level of speed events in general. Vonn is pretty much the most athletic-looking speed speciallist but even she looked a size smaller than Brydon, Merighetti and Kamer.

[heywoodu 15,174]

2 minutes ago, Майкл said:

 

True. Fede's a GS specialist  

Exactly  

 

Gisin has made an impressive transformation from mediocre slalom specialist to good speed specialist  

[dcro 10,210]

19 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Brignone is definitely not a speed specialist  

 

She's very good at it, yes, but so is Shiffrin on her day. 

 

Not an exclusive speed specialist, but very successful in the speed events nevertheless.

Edited March 4, 2018 by dcro

[heywoodu 15,174]

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

The fact Shiffrin and Holdener are scoring DH & SG podums speaks about the weak level of speed events in general. Vonn is pretty much the most athletic-looking speed speciallist but even she looked a size smaller than Brydon, Merighetti and Kamer.

The large, 1,67m Merighetti...  

[Monzanator 4,525]

Przed chwilą, heywoodu napisał:

The large, 1,67m Merighetti...  

 

I meant the other size   She was quite bulky tbh.

[Майкл 561]

4 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

I meant the other size   She was quite bulky tbh.

 

Vonn probably had to lower muscle mass due to a lot of injuries  Back in the day, she used to be bulkier.

Edited March 4, 2018 by Майкл

[Monzanator 4,525]

Well, she was using the men's skis in training, right? I don't recall who said this about her training prgramme but it was supposedly impossible to follow for other women too.