Skeleton IBSF World Cup 2017 - 2018

[George_D 1,474]

Skeleton IBSF World Cup 2017 - 2018

 

Multi-Stage Event - 9 November 2017 - 19 January 2018

 

 

Totallympics Results Thread

[heywoodu 16,059]

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.

[dcro 10,210]

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...).

[heywoodu 16,059]

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  

[dcro 10,210]

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.

[Gianlu33 5,303]

Women's skeleton was postponed. The race is now scheduled for tomorrow, we have a snow strom on Park City  

[dcro 10,210]

@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.

[heywoodu 16,059]

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

[dcro 10,210]

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.

[heywoodu 16,059]

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