heywoodu 13,555 Posted January 8, 2022 #111 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Zlatibor it is for our Totallympian (most likely at least), despite the team's coach trying everything to stop her from going there (because they know that her competing there will make it incredibly hard for the coach's favourite). Snow has been falling quite strongly the past few days and organizers are very confident about the races. And to give a bit of a sense of the atmosphere and professionalism in this so-called 'team': one of the athletes is sick, but trying to take care by staying away from said athlete, wearing a face mask and so on is only ridiculed and laughed at. Thank the lord they'll fuck off to Zakopane tomorrow, and hopefully from then on things will start falling the fair way. 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 10,179 Posted January 10, 2022 #112 Share Posted January 10, 2022 @heywoodu Looks like they are prepping the course in Ravna Gora. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=427777005800577&id=100057048447052 heywoodu 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,555 Posted January 10, 2022 #113 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, dcro said: @heywoodu Looks like they are prepping the course in Ravna Gora. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=427777005800577&id=100057048447052 Interesting, since earlier today 'we' were told that the races are likely to be cancelled.... Do you know if there is any way to contact this TSK Ravno Gorac/Ravnogorac? I tried an email last week, but got no answer. By the way, she arrived in Zlatibor last night after a 19-hour trip, and this morning was told she wasn't registered for the races by the Brazilian federation. Apparently the 'coach' of the team had told the federation's 'registration guy' "No, nobody is going to Serbia ". Luckily it seems she managed to solve this right on time with help of the (very friendly and very helpful!) Serbian organization, if she had arrived today it would have been too late... It's now going to come down to this for the second ticket, basically: 1) Bruna in Zlatibor vs Duda in Zakopane during the week 2) Whoever vs whoever (not sure yet) in Ravna Gora (if not cancelled), Bad Mitterndorf (AUT) or, most likely, Zweisimmen-Sparenmoos (SUI) during the final weekend Spoiler The attempt of the 'coach' to quite literally sabotage the Zatibor races for Bruna seem to have failed, but it also does look like Jaque will in fact be too late. Bruna tried everything she could to register Jaque as well this morning when she heard the situation, but wasn't allowed. Which luckily only seems to mean that Jaque came from Canada to Serbia for nothing...infuriating, massive waste of time and awfully annoying, but not an influence on Jaque's Olympic chances. ahjfcshfghb 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 10,179 Posted January 10, 2022 #114 Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Interesting, since earlier today 'we' were told that the races are likely to be cancelled.... Do you know if there is any way to contact this TSK Ravno Gorac/Ravnogorac? I tried an email last week, but got no answer. Maybe you should try the Facebook? Or try contacting one of the home skiers (for example, Tena Hadžić)? #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,555 Posted January 10, 2022 #115 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Just now, dcro said: Maybe you should try the Facebook? Right, I'll give that a try if I manage to dig up my password somewhere 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 10,179 Posted January 10, 2022 #116 Share Posted January 10, 2022 21 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Right, I'll give that a try if I manage to dig up my password somewhere Also, who told you about the races being cancelled? Is it the federation people? #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,555 Posted January 10, 2022 #117 Share Posted January 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, dcro said: Also, who told you about the races being cancelled? Is it the federation people? I think she overheard it (or rumours about it) somewhere, but it's important, so you know...trying to go after all available information 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...
ahjfcshfghb 285 Posted January 10, 2022 #118 Share Posted January 10, 2022 3 hours ago, heywoodu said: Interesting, since earlier today 'we' were told that the races are likely to be cancelled.... Do you know if there is any way to contact this TSK Ravno Gorac/Ravnogorac? I tried an email last week, but got no answer. By the way, she arrived in Zlatibor last night after a 19-hour trip, and this morning was told she wasn't registered for the races by the Brazilian federation. Apparently the 'coach' of the team had told the federation's 'registration guy' "No, nobody is going to Serbia ". Luckily it seems she managed to solve this right on time with help of the (very friendly and very helpful!) Serbian organization, if she had arrived today it would have been too late... It's now going to come down to this for the second ticket, basically: 1) Bruna in Zlatibor vs Duda in Zakopane during the week 2) Whoever vs whoever (not sure yet) in Ravna Gora (if not cancelled), Bad Mitterndorf (AUT) or, most likely, Zweisimmen-Sparenmoos (SUI) during the final weekend Reveal hidden contents The attempt of the 'coach' to quite literally sabotage the Zatibor races for Bruna seem to have failed, but it also does look like Jaque will in fact be too late. Bruna tried everything she could to register Jaque as well this morning when she heard the situation, but wasn't allowed. Which luckily only seems to mean that Jaque came from Canada to Serbia for nothing...infuriating, massive waste of time and awfully annoying, but not an influence on Jaque's Olympic chances. Try Robert Kerstajn the technical delegate? I messaged you his contact info I found. heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,555 Posted January 11, 2022 #119 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Sprint results in Zakopane: 292.28 for Duda, replacing her 608 points. 358.66 for Mika, replacing a 394 (but not getting significantly closer to ending up with a sprint average of under 300, and so not much changed there) Duda now passed Bruna and is 220 points or so ahead, but she was expected to do so after erasing the 608 points in the sprint. Just like Bruna will normally erase her 648 points in a distance race the first chance she gets (which should be tomorrow). Duda's main point of improvement now is a 481 sprint and a 333 distance, for Bruna it's a 648 distance and 421 sprint. 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...
heywoodu 13,555 Posted January 11, 2022 #120 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Wonderful. The next step is that the rest of the team is suddenly also going to Serbia.....which they explicitly said they wouldn't, and so was nothing but another sabotaging move. Thing is, they are too late with the entries (because of the earlier situation in which the federation didn't register anyone), and if they are indeed not allowed to start, according to the federation....neither is Bruna (allowed to start). Which would mean she would have gone to Serbia for literally nothing, other than to miss a race where she could have scored decent points (Zakopane) due to the federation/coach's moves. This is getting more unbelievable every day, seriously. 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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