Snowboarding FIS Alpine World Championships 2021

[justony 485]

Very bad start for the host nation, hope it will get better tomorrow.

[phelps 8,483]

once again, the qualification results proved to be the true decider...

 

the blue course, in fact, was a lot faster than the red one in the last 3/4 gates and basically helped almost all the riders coming down that side of the slope...

 

still, the great R-Fisch, "captain Fisch" (age 41 in a few months), almost managed to upset Loginov in the final run, losing only by 0.01 seconds...

 

fun fact...in the previous world champs, Loginov vs Fischnaller was the gold medal run in PSL (and Loginov won also in 2019)...

[Monzanator 4,888]

This parallel snowaboard is totally low-hanging fruit, Joerg & Dujmovits in the mid-30s, Riegler in her late 40s. It's hilarious that the much-maligned Russia is one nation that actually has found a new talent. Everyone else is set to die on the old name hill

 

Same for the men, two youngest prospects come from Russia, the rest is basically over 30 yo, Fischnaller and Prommegger probably won't retire before they hit 50 at this rate and why should they. There is zero competition in this sport.

[justony 485]

It was interesting to watch Dimitri Loginov on the podium not giving his hat down, when they played him FIS anthem.

[NearPup 3,700]

The one run format continues to be a joke.

[rybak 3,356]

Very good 8th place for Michał Nowaczyk, good job  

[OlympicsFan 860]

1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

This parallel snowaboard is totally low-hanging fruit, Joerg & Dujmovits in the mid-30s, Riegler in her late 40s. It's hilarious that the much-maligned Russia is one nation that actually has found a new talent. Everyone else is set to die on the old name hill

 

Same for the men, two youngest prospects come from Russia, the rest is basically over 30 yo, Fischnaller and Prommegger probably won't retire before they hit 50 at this rate and why should they. There is zero competition in this sport.

Yes, the two German grandmas Ramona Hofmeister (born in 1996, first in World Cup) and Cheyenne Loch (born in 1994, 3rd in World Cup) are about to retire as well.

[Monzanator 4,888]

3 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Yes, the two German grandmas Ramona Hofmeister (born in 1996, first in World Cup) and Cheyenne Loch (born in 1994, 3rd in World Cup) are about to retire as well.

 

I just made a point that nobody will retire anytime soon. Joerg has like 10 years on the tour left and Hofmeister & Loch probably 15.

[OlympicsFan 860]

1 minute ago, Monzanator said:

 

I just made a point that nobody will retire anytime soon. Joerg has like 10 years on the tour left and Hofmeister & Loch probably 15.

Okay and the fact that nobody will retire anytime soon is bad because? Also impressive that you know about the future planning of all of those women.

[Monzanator 4,888]

55 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Okay and the fact that nobody will retire anytime soon is bad because? Also impressive that you know about the future planning of all of those women.

 

It's not about retirement, it's about lack of competition. The fact Riegler, Pommegger, or Fischnaller are still active and in contention for medals at age 40+ tells me in ten years time Joerg and Hofmeister will be in the same bout. Hell, Dujmovits took two years off and she's back on the WC podum like she never retired to begin with.

 

The youth charge happens in other aspects of freestyle skiing, slopestyle, big air and all those events. Parallel slalom has to have the highest average age of competitors involved. This is like the geriatric home for seniors. And since those bad Russians are the only ones with some fresh talent this event will be willified by FIS and IOC for a little while yet.