Alpine Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[heywoodu 15,253]

Just now, dcro said:

Depressing as hell.

At least this part in the 15km freestyle consists of people battling through on endurance  

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

At least this part in the 15km freestyle consists of people battling through on endurance  

And most importantly... FInishing!

[heywoodu 15,253]

Just now, dcro said:

And most importantly... FInishing!

Which, to be fair, is a lot easier there  

[dcro 10,210]

What shortened downhill?

[dcro 10,210]

Wow, well done Dinos. Only athlete, DNF in both races. Well done!

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Just now, dcro said:

What shortened downhill?

 

Organizers be like: Surprise bitch

[MHSN 3,645]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh well, he's not alone, considering he's only slightly slower than Breitfuss Kammerlander (who you might expect to make short work of any Iranian skier..)

 

unlike what you think , Iran has a long history in Alpine skiing (not any other winter sport, only this one) and there are so many Alpine skiing courses near Tehran. this is a popular sport here (but only for fun, not for a competitive sport) this is really shameful being still very weak in this sport the worst part is they are showing the competition live in TV and consider "finishing the race" as a great success.

[heywoodu 15,253]

The only talk about a shortened downhill I saw was one person (no idea who) here on Totallympics posting something about 'slalom skiers are the main favourites with this short downhill'....  

[heywoodu 15,253]

1 minute ago, MHSN said:

 

unlike what you think , Iran has a long history in Alpine skiing (not any other winter sport, only this one) and there are so many Alpine skiing courses near Tehran. this is a popular sport here (but only for fun, not for a competitive sport) this is really shameful being still very weak in this sport the worst part is they are showing the competition live in TV and consider "finishing the race" as a great success.

Oh I have no doubt with Iran's mountains there are quite a few skiers indeed, but Breitfuss Kammerlander is a World Cup regular...right, not in slalom, but still.

[dcro 10,210]

Well done organizers!!! This is exactly how you organize a slalom race!

 

(Connor Wilson runs by invisible gate, if you're wandering...)

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