heywoodu 13,547 Posted November 11, 2016 #21 Share Posted November 11, 2016 2 minutes ago, rybak said: So sad, we lost good skater Hopefully he will feel good among Czechs and will get more chances for competing in World Cups. Oh well, Szymanski, Niedzwiedski and Brodka are all (much) better to be honest. Druszkiewicz was/is not much more than just another name in the start lists: in the past 10 years he had only 32 individual World Cup starts and 31 of those were in the B-division. Poland actually loses...basically nothing in terms of results now that he's gone 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...
rybak 2,693 Posted November 11, 2016 #22 Share Posted November 11, 2016 4 minuty temu, heywoodu napisał: Oh well, Szymanski, Niedzwiedski and Brodka are all (much) better to be honest. Druszkiewicz was/is not much more than just another name in the start lists: in the past 10 years he had only 32 individual World Cup starts and 31 of those were in the B-division. Poland actually loses...basically nothing in terms of results now that he's gone Yes, those three skaters are better than him, but he always was first reserved skater to team pursuit races, he said after Sochi that consider change the nationality because in both Vancouver and Sochi Games he not compete in team races, despite this that coach assured him that will compete in at least few races. And he competed in just few World Cups because our federation doesn't want give him chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted November 11, 2016 #23 Share Posted November 11, 2016 1 minute ago, rybak said: Yes, those three skaters are better than him, but he always was first reserved skater to team pursuit races, he said after Sochi that consider change the nationality because in both Vancouver and Sochi Games he not compete in team races, despite this that coach assured him that will compete in at least few races. And he competed in just few World Cups because our federation doesn't want give him chance. But whenever he got his chance, he didn't take it. Always finishing like 10th-20th or even higher in B-divisions, then you're just really, really far away from being close to a top level.. Don't get me wrong, it's always good to have a decent back-up for the team pursuit, but if the three who are much better don't get injured/sick/whatever, he isn't needed Of course it's weird to assure someone he'll race in the Olympics and then not give him a chance, but that doesn't change that in 10 years he just never really showed that he would be good enough to be more than one of the many B-division skaters 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...
hckošice 13,243 Posted November 11, 2016 Author #24 Share Posted November 11, 2016 7 minutes ago, heywoodu said: But whenever he got his chance, he didn't take it. Always finishing like 10th-20th or even higher in B-divisions, then you're just really, really far away from being close to a top level.. Don't get me wrong, it's always good to have a decent back-up for the team pursuit, but if the three who are much better don't get injured/sick/whatever, he isn't needed Of course it's weird to assure someone he'll race in the Olympics and then not give him a chance, but that doesn't change that in 10 years he just never really showed that he would be good enough to be more than one of the many B-division skaters well, if he had chosen SVK, he would be already our most succesful and best speed skater of the whole history but yeah,,who would have chosen SVK ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted November 11, 2016 #25 Share Posted November 11, 2016 1 minute ago, hckosice said: well, if he had chosen SVK, he would be already our most succesful and best speed skater of the whole history but yeah,,who would have chosen SVK ? Anyone who wants to be the best speed skater ever of a certain country without having to improve a whole lot For Slovakia he would make a real difference, for Poland he wouldn't 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...
hckošice 13,243 Posted November 11, 2016 Author #26 Share Posted November 11, 2016 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: For Slovakia he would make a real difference, for Poland he wouldn't yeah sure, especially considering he will be the only one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted November 12, 2016 #27 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Roman Krech wins 500m from heat 1. Looks like this is too early for the favorites... #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted November 12, 2016 #28 Share Posted November 12, 2016 2 hours ago, dcro said: Roman Krech wins 500m from heat 1. Looks like this is too early for the favorites... In his entire career his best finishes were 6th, 6th, 8th and 10th And to be fair, his time is actually really good on this crappy ice 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...
VolleyRuller96 264 Posted November 12, 2016 #29 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Wow, pretty nice results for in men's team 1500 so far 2nd place of 5 teams so far in their historic debut (?) in group A My favourite Volleyball position: LIBERO. You ask why? Look here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIOarNAONk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted November 12, 2016 #30 Share Posted November 12, 2016 9 minutes ago, VolleyRuller96 said: Wow, pretty nice results for in men's team 1500 so far 2nd place of 5 teams so far in their historic debut (?) in group A I'm surprised that apparently it is their A-division debut They've got a seriuosly good team, especially if Kay can improve a bit more. Dobbin is already there for a while but seems to be on his way back a little, but especially Michael is seriously world class. It wouldn't even be a huge surprise if he medals in Pyeongchang VolleyRuller96 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...
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