Cross-Country Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[Vektor 3,326]

So it's not 30km. It's 28.4km. Shorter than the skiathlon. 

[JonPhi 250]

14 minutes ago, Pifta said:

Why do skiiers leave Beijing on saturday evening/sunday morning? The closing ceremony is on sunday evening, they should be there

Many athletes are already 3-4 weeks there and they want to be at home finally. 

[Federer91 2,793]

Athletes, coaches saying their disagreements on social media (as per our commentators) with Andrew Musgrave saying that the conditions are not that different, than what we had so far. Majority saying the race should have been postponed for tomorrow..

[Triplecast 156]

26 minutes ago, Pifta said:

Why do skiiers leave Beijing on saturday evening/sunday morning? The closing ceremony is on sunday evening, they should be there

In an ideal Olympic World, I would agree.  But these guys have WC races in a week in Finland, and with Covid, and with all the restrictions they face in the closed-bubble, they just want to get out of China ASAP.   

[Gianlu33 4,550]

Just 30km... 

[hckošice 14,822]

Kateřina Neumanová said in Czech TV that according rumors she got the last word about shortening the race  was made after discussion between FIS, organizers and IOC requested by a certain TV right holder company to avoid some important events collision...

 

Not sure how much it is believable though...

 

Anyway Koristek survived the first 5k. The longest he will be able to keep the lead group pace, it may be considered as a nice success

[Orangehair43 251]

18 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Athletes, coaches saying their disagreements on social media (as per our commentators) with Andrew Musgrave saying that the conditions are not that different, than what we had so far. Majority saying the race should have been postponed for tomorrow..

Could well see the person making the decision resigning very soon after the race. 

[dcro 10,210]

Our guy can't even beat and .

We used to have some pride in this sport. Nope, not anymore apparently.

[hckošice 14,822]

Boys finally found each other

 

[FireRun 192]

1 hour ago, Pifta said:

Why was 50k shortened and delayed? Wind has big effect in biathlon, but not in cross country skiing 

I mean it does though. It's the same as in cycling for example. The ones in front act as a shield to the ones in the peloton. The problem here is that the ones leading are almost always the favourites.