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10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

How many go through to the final btw, top-5 I suppose? 

10 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

How the semifinals work? The top 4 team are qualified for the final, right? 

I think based on last year it's top 2 from each heat by right and then 6 fastest times. So Czechs aren't out of it yet, we just need one of the teams in the next heat to have a crisis of sorts. Since Novakova and Barton aren't racing (our best male and female sprinters respectively) any final would be a success. 

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

No doubt the finals will be, but the semi-finals are normally not shown...I had hoped it might be different for the world champs, but I guess not. 

I'm looking everywhere. Seriously it's like they're trying to keep it secret or something

13 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Literal quote: "Aah I am so happy!" (and imagine that being said with a laughing and almost jumping up and down kind of voice)

 

 

Is the team sprint not on Eurosport? Can't seem to find it on Czech TV website either..

9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Literal quote: "Aah I am so happy!" (and imagine that being said with a laughing and almost jumping up and down kind of voice)

 

 

About sums it up  

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Colombia  

 

Still unbelievable that the Brazilian federation chose not to let their women compete in the teamsprint. They could easily have let Bruna stay a couple of days (she arrived back home in Brazil yesterday morning) so she could compete with Mourão here. 

We would have seen Bruna again  

But at least we got to see her in the qualification and the sprint. Is she happy about the way things went? I should think so!

I guess I'll carry the Czech flag for this one. Dont live there or follow their music much, but I like this song quite a bit. 

1 minute ago, dcro said:

Bjoergen trolls her way to another gold.

 

For how long does she plan to do this? Another 10 years?

What else could you expect?

Good result from Berouskova, 27th place, WC points. 

At the curling events, they had a 'Scottish' band...

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Ah, I see. I actually tried that with my own roller skates few years ago, and I think I learned the skating technique rather well, considering that I used some odd wooden poles.

 

I even tried the classic technique with that.

Hahaha

Well if I do end up staying in NZ then rollerskates it is lol

Just now, heywoodu said:

Classic technique can most definitely be learned on rollerskis  

 

 

I meant on rollerskates  

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

I think just the regular roller skates and poles can do a trick. At least in the early stages.

Good point  Problem with that though is I'd rather buy one thing and stick with it as much as possible. Money is quite limited, and I don't own rollerskates of my own.

Also good luck learning classic technique like that... oh god. Maybe I can become like the Montenegrins and only ski freestyle lol

Guess for now I'll just go to the gym, I have a membership which is paid for anyway. 

Just now, heywoodu said:

Julius Yego learned javelin throwing through watching YouTube videos and became world champion, come on, 'there are no courses' is no excuse  

 

The expenses are the harder part then, but if I were you I'd seriously consider putting a few dollars and/or euros aside each month so you can buy yourself some decent equipment when you're back in Europe  

That is true! Great inspiration, he is. Not necessarily just sportswise.

If possible, I do have quite a bit in savings, though that's mostly going towards university or travel. There should definitely be some things I can put aside, we'll have to wait and see. I do plan to get to a place with snow eventually, hopefully America or Europe for college.

Have you ever thought about skiing? Do you actually have ties to Brazil? Or are you just a big fan

Just now, heywoodu said:

Get yourself some rollerskis now then and start working on the technique  

 

They're not even that expensive and as long as you've got a decent road somewhere, you can go out and train  

 

 

I thought about that. But well $200 min plus shipping to New Zealand... Keep in mind I'm still in highschool!  

And there isn't really anybody in my city who runs courses for this sort of thing. 

I actually went and wrote the Israeli Ski Federation- they said that if I fund myself and get Israeli citizenship (which I am eligible for) they will give me a platform to race in FIS races, and start funding me if I get 'elite'.

Time to hit the gym. And I might move to the Northern Hemisphere in the next year. 

10 hours ago, Jur said:

Solano's performance has gone viral in Spain; his video is in every TV show or zapping.

It was on Czech national news as well. The BBC, ESPN and all the major news networks are reporting about this. Unreal.

2 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

Pažout isn´t competing he had the shortest jumps of the czechs 5 during training sessions, so he was replaced by Vytrval for todays race. btw the czechs have the youngest team here 3 of the 4 guys starting today are among 7 youngest athletes competing in Nordic Combined at Lahti 2017 what a prospects for bright future

And yeah we've really worked on our junior team!  It's great to see, we have a strong base of athletes in the continental cups. I was a bit worried at first when the Churavy/Slavik generation died out, but we seem to be heading in the right direction. Hoping for good results in Pyongchang and here, particularly in the team sprint. 

Just now, hckosice said:

 

Pažout isn´t competing he had the shortest jumps of the czechs 5 during training sessions, so he was replaced by Vytrval for todays race. btw the czechs have the youngest team here 3 of the 4 guys starting today are among 7 youngest athletes competing in Nordic Combined at Lahti 2017 what a prospects for bright future

Oh you're right.. Hah. I assumed Pazout just because he's generally had better results. Surprises me a little. 

Does Slovakia have any athletes at all?

Here we go 

See if Germany could do a 1-2-3. Hoping Portyk and Dvorak  can make top 15 or 20, Pazout and Danek maybe top 35? 

Damn Solano. Wanted to see the Ecuadorians

Also there was another Venezuelan (only!) 5 minutes faster than Solano.

4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Yeeep there we go  

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Can always rely on the Russians 

Im hoping for a Eurosport replay at some point though. I like the commentators (and can understand them)

5 hours ago, heywoodu said:

And if you only want to see a compilation of Solano..

 

 

 

OK, I've seen enough. I'm getting my Israeli citizenship (because my grandfather is Jewish) and applying to join their World Championship ski team as soon as possible. 

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

You have the replays posted here

 

 

Ah, missed that. Thanks 

Oh and Paul Bragiel is that American entrepreneur who failed to qualify for Sochi for Colombia. Looks like he's back...

http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2014/02/06/after-olympic-dream-ends-bragiel-still-makes-waves-in-sochi/

I wake up and read all of this... If someone posts a replay on YouTube I will be eternally grateful  

Livestream of opening ceremony here: https://livestreaming.sapporo2017.org/index/live/sid/2a81d0097db5b3c5d5566445501687c5/lang/en/