George_D 945 Posted August 17, 2017 #1 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Skeleton IBSF World Cup 2017 - 2018 Multi-Stage Event - 9 November 2017 - 19 January 2018 Totallympics Results Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,901 Posted November 10, 2017 #2 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Martins Dukurs won the first race, not surprisingly it was a three way battle with Yun Sung-bin and Alexander Tretiakov; Superman vs Iron Man vs The Russian Rocket Geng Wenqian became the first Chinese ever in the skeleton World Cup and boy, did he deliver...9th after the first run, finished 7th eventually! Jeff Pain is doing an awesome job with that guy. 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...
dcro 10,210 Posted November 10, 2017 #3 Share Posted November 10, 2017 9 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Geng Wenqian became the first Chinese ever in the skeleton World Cup and boy, did he deliver...9th after the first run, finished 7th eventually! Jeff Pain is doing an awesome job with that guy. Less than 2 years of international sliding... To be honest, Skeleton is the sliding sport with the least amount of skill involved. Results can't be achieved overnight in Luge for example, because lugers can actually control their sleds while skeleton racers' racing lines often include hitting the walls. If you invest a ton of money for equipment and whatnot in skeleton, then you can get instant results (China is just following Korea's footsteps...). #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,901 Posted November 10, 2017 #4 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Just now, dcro said: Less than 2 years of international sliding... To be honest, Skeleton is the sliding sport with the least amount of skill involved. Results can't be achieved overnight in Luge for example, because lugers can actually control their sleds while skeleton racers' racing lines often include hitting the walls. If you invest a ton of money for equipment and whatnot in skeleton, then you can get instant results (China is just following Korea's footsteps...). Same for bobsled, but if you've got a top sprinter (Ryan Bailey for example) behind you, you can make up a whole lot of that 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...
dcro 10,210 Posted November 10, 2017 #5 Share Posted November 10, 2017 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: Same for bobsled, but if you've got a top sprinter (Ryan Bailey for example) behind you, you can make up a whole lot of that But at least they have more control over sled, otherwise at those higher speeds they would hit the walls more often than the skeleton racers. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,739 Posted November 17, 2017 #6 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Women's skeleton was postponed. The race is now scheduled for tomorrow, we have a snow strom on Park City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted November 24, 2017 #7 Share Posted November 24, 2017 @heywoodu I saw you commentating the women's race on IBSF youtube channel. Maybe you can share link for Totallympics there. Surely the best bet of ever getting a user or two from Latvia. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,901 Posted November 25, 2017 #8 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, dcro said: @heywoodu I saw you commentating the women's race on IBSF youtube channel. Maybe you can share link for Totallympics there. Surely the best bet of ever getting a user or two from Latvia. I don't think spamming links is usually much appreciated But I might try next time Edited November 25, 2017 by heywoodu intoronto 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...
dcro 10,210 Posted November 25, 2017 #9 Share Posted November 25, 2017 4 hours ago, heywoodu said: I don't think spamming links is usually much appreciated But I might try next time There is no such thing as spamming Totallympics. hckošice and rybak 2 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,901 Posted November 25, 2017 #10 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Yun 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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