heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 20, 2018 #401 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Why would the Norwegians put Klaebo in the team sprint.....with Sundby? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted February 20, 2018 Author #402 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Women´s Team Sprint Freestyle Semifinals Start List Men´s Team Sprint Freestyle Semifinals Start List Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dareza 911 Posted February 20, 2018 #403 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Sweden, Norway, Russia in women's sprint Norway, Russia and Italy in men's sprint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted February 21, 2018 #404 Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) 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 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted February 21, 2018 #405 Share Posted February 21, 2018 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! #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 21, 2018 #406 Share Posted February 21, 2018 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). dcro 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 21, 2018 #407 Share Posted February 21, 2018 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 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkpatrick 144 Posted February 21, 2018 #408 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Didn't know Laukkanen was a cross-country skiier as well. They should've asked for Kaisa if the need is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 21, 2018 #409 Share Posted February 21, 2018 After 2.5km, hope for Australia is very much alive If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 21, 2018 #410 Share Posted February 21, 2018 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 Kirkpatrick 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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