Cross-Country Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[heywoodu 13,562]

Right, time for the most painful race of all in terms of watching it, emotionally speaking  

 

Still, curious to see if Duda can surprise Jaque, but of course probably Jaque will be the winner of the internal battle.

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As always with the women’s sprint semis, we have a decision after four laps. Six laps to go.

[heywoodu 13,562]

New Brazilian  

https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=CC&competitorid=266512&type=result

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And there it is: the course is too brutal for sprinters 

[Monzanator 3,600]

even lost to

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5 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

even lost to

With all the problems Eva had this was not bad. It was better than expected really. 

[Quaker2001 246]

 easily through to the final.  We'll see how those classic skis hold up

[Monzanator 3,600]

beats for the last LL spot! Into the final we go!

[heywoodu 13,562]

And Duda gets lapped  

 

Meaning Jaque - Bruna remains the only ever Brazilian duo to actually finish a team sprint race.

[heywoodu 13,562]

Athletes Moment on those screens works well by the way  Too bad our moment wasn't shown on TV