Vektor 3,177 Posted February 19, 2022 #851 Share Posted February 19, 2022 So it's not 30km. It's 28.4km. Shorter than the skiathlon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPhi 246 Posted February 19, 2022 #852 Share Posted February 19, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,114 Posted February 19, 2022 #853 Share Posted February 19, 2022 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplecast 110 Posted February 19, 2022 #854 Share Posted February 19, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,547 Posted February 19, 2022 #855 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Just 30km... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted February 19, 2022 #856 Share Posted February 19, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangehair43 169 Posted February 19, 2022 #857 Share Posted February 19, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted February 19, 2022 #858 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Our guy can't even beat and . We used to have some pride in this sport. Nope, not anymore apparently. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted February 19, 2022 #859 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Boys finally found each other maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireRun 179 Posted February 19, 2022 #860 Share Posted February 19, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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