Brazil National Thread

[heywoodu 15,355]

Dude's on fire, Michel Macedo has the 'Brazilian FIS points record' in 4 of the 5 alpine skiing disciplines now, this time breaking records from 2008 and 2006! 

 

http://www.cbdn.org.br/cbdn2/colecionador-de-recordes-michel-macedo-quebra-duas-novas-marcas-brasileiras-no-ski-alpino/

 

He seems to be the main contender for Brazil's Olympic ticket more and more, surpassing Guillerme Grahn 

Edited September 22, 2017 by heywoodu

[thiago_simoes 1,425]

  On 9/22/2017 at 7:03 AM, heywoodu said:

Dude's on fire, Michel Macedo has the 'Brazilian FIS points record' in 4 of the 5 alpine skiing disciplines now, this time breaking records from 2008 and 2006! 

 

http://www.cbdn.org.br/cbdn2/colecionador-de-recordes-michel-macedo-quebra-duas-novas-marcas-brasileiras-no-ski-alpino/

 

He seems to be the main contender for Brazil's Olympic ticket more and more, surpassing Guillerme Grahn 

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Nice. Winter sports athletes are virtually unknown here, unfortunately. 

 

Edited September 22, 2017 by thiago_simoes

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 9/22/2017 at 2:13 PM, thiago_simoes said:

 

Nice. Winter sports athletes are virtually unknown here, unfortunately. 

 

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Yep, it's already a big deal when Globo or something pays some attention to them (like Bruna Moura and Victor Santos who had a live Skype interview with SporTV last winter from Austria). I guess nearly all attention in the coming months will be on Jaque Mourão once again (and hopefully on Isabel Clark as well).

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 9/22/2017 at 2:22 PM, heywoodu said:

Yep, it's already a big deal when Globo or something pays some attention to them 

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Well, here we go, they made a short video about this week's competitions in São Carlos  

 

http://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-carlos-regiao/jornal-da-eptv/videos/t/edicoes/v/etapa-do-circuito-brasileiro-de-roller-ski-e-destaque-em-sao-carlos/6217898/

[heywoodu 15,355]

For those interested, Bruna (Moura, the number one Brazilian biathlete at the moment) will have a live interview on SporTV tomorrow at/around 12.30 Brasilia time

 

 

[vinipereira 3,421]

[vinipereira 3,421]

So after 4 days Globo is finally starting their live coverage of the Games (they had to wait for the end of Carnaval). It's their biggest ever for a Winter Games. They will show about 4-5 hours everyday - from midnight through dawn Still good considering it's a open channel.

 

 

[heywoodu 15,355]

Interesting to see Mika Picin is doing the commentary (or co-commentary? or the role as expert?) for biathlon and XC on SporTV  

 

It might be a paid channel so you'd sort of expect it, but I still like seeing how much they are showing of the Winter Olympics....pretty much all (Korean) day and even with a studio (where there's talk about more sports than on Dutch TV), that's nice

 

[vinipereira 3,421]

 

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 3/3/2018 at 7:10 PM, vinipereira said:

 

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They have been preparing in Livigno in Italy (where Brazil's cross-country/biathlon team has their base, except for Mourão who's not part of any team anyway), where it was a nice and chilly -25 degrees early this week  With a wind chill of -35 degrees there in Livigno...Pyeongchang will feel like São Paulo after that. 

Edited March 3, 2018 by heywoodu