Cross-Country Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[heywoodu 15,135]

Why would the Norwegians put Klaebo in the team sprint.....with Sundby? 

[hckošice 14,822]

Women´s Team Sprint Freestyle Semifinals Start List

 

Men´s Team Sprint Freestyle Semifinals Start List

[dareza 911]

Sweden, Norway, Russia in women's sprint

Norway, Russia and Italy in men's sprint

[dcro 10,210]

17 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Why would the Norwegians put Klaebo in the team sprint.....with Sundby? 

 

Because team sprint doesn't deserve to exist.

Sprinters may dominate this event at WC, but really it's a distance event. Every major event (Olympics in particular) it's the same old story, distance athletes enter their first team sprint ever and dominate...

Edited February 21, 2018 by dcro

[dcro 10,210]

Amazingly, Sundby's one and only team sprint competition was held on February 17th... 2008. Bjoergen isn't much better with her last being Sochi, and having only two in the last 10 years.

 

And yet they'll both become Olympic medalists today... Shame!

[heywoodu 15,135]

21 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Because team sprint doesn't deserve to exist.

Sprinters may dominate this event at WC, but really it's a distance event. Every major event (Olympics in particular) it's the same old story, distance athletes enter their first team sprint ever and dominate...

 

Personally I think of it in the same way as mass start in speed skating, but the exact opposite in terms of what should be different

 

Mass start should be way longer to be taken serious.

Team sprint should be way shorter to be taken serious (for example 6x500m, so you sort of have a double sprint, which makes more sense with two athletes).

[heywoodu 15,135]

Right, now to hope and pray somehow USA, Finland, Sweden and Russia (such a balanced semi-final..) will all look at each other, make it a slow race, and Australia qualifies on time  

[Kirkpatrick 144]

Didn't know Laukkanen was a cross-country skiier as well.

 

They should've asked for Kaisa if the need is there.

[heywoodu 15,135]

After 2.5km, hope for Australia is very much alive  

[heywoodu 15,135]

4 minutes ago, Kirkpatrick said:

Didn't know Laukkanen was a cross-country skiier as well.

 

They should've asked for Kaisa if the need is there.

They'd miss a medal again then