Freestyle Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[heywoodu 15,997]

9 minutes ago, EselTheDonkey said:

Luitz might very well have been more than just an outsider, at least regarding the medals. He was on the podium in all Giant Slaloms this season before his injury and also counting last season, he was in the top 5 for five Giant Slaloms in a row. But one can't change it. But it's just awful.

 

True, but in terms of (gold) medal chances he wasn't up there with those other four. Anyway, losing five rather serious medal chances (of course not definitely losing some gold medals, we'll never know about that) is just so incredibly disappointing for any nation  

And disappointing for the neutral viewer as well.

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

il y a 54 minutes, heywoodu a déclaré:

This is just getting cruel. After Severin Freund (ski jumping), Felix Neureuther (alpine skiing) and Lisa Zimmermann (freestyle skiing), also Heidi Zacher (ski cross) is out of the Olympics. Germany losing 4 serious (gold) medal chances in the run-up to these Olympics, the Bad Luck Award already definitely goes to them  (not counting Stefan Luitz, who would be considered a medal outsider, but still)

 

Well, it's proportionnal to the gold medal chances you had in the first place. I'd argue losing Koukalova is a bigger blow for the Czech (their only gold medal chance, right ?)

 

The Olympics can be a ruthless machinery sometimes. All these athlete who lost 4 years for nothing and be forgotten for ever. Oh well...

[SalamAkhi 329]

il y a 10 minutes, De_Gambassi a déclaré:

 

Well, it's proportionnal to the gold medal chances you had in the first place. I'd argue losing Koukalova is a bigger blow for the Czech (their only gold medal chance, right ?)

Ester Ledecka ?

[EselTheDonkey 834]

vor 38 Minuten schrieb De_Gambassi:

 

Well, it's proportionnal to the gold medal chances you had in the first place.

 

Maybe. But while I like most other winter sports a lot as well, Alpine Skiing is my personal favourite, so losing Neureuther and Luitz was really a pretty hard blow for me.

Edited January 16, 2018 by EselTheDonkey

[heywoodu 15,997]

Well, I hope the skicross golds to go Näslund and especially Öhling Norberg, for Anna Holmlund  

 

[EselTheDonkey 834]

Oh right. This isn't the Alpine Skiing thread. Sorry.

[stamura84 18]

this could be the prospect of quota in freestyle competitions whitout riallocations.I don't know who will reject quota.canada and usa are obliged to refuse some (in red)

[Bearas 581]

So the marathon of confirming the quotas started. Sill a long way to go, but we already have some rejections:

• Ski Cross:  rejected one female spot. It should go to
• Halfpipe:  rejected one male spot. It should go to

[dcro 10,210]

That's the first ever Irish qualification in freestyle skiing.

[heywoodu 15,997]

44 minutes ago, Bearas said:

So the marathon of confirming the quotas started. Sill a long way to go, but we already have some rejections:

• Ski Cross:  rejected one female spot. It should go to
• Halfpipe:  rejected one male spot. It should go to

 I thought France already had like 78 ski cross spots in both men's and women's competitions