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Samuel Kolega only wanted to finish that 2nd run. 2,87 behind Maurberger

Alize Cornet wins on her 32nd birthday and advances to R4. Still no GS QF for her and it might be impossible with Simona Halep next up.

Sorana Cirstea beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets and plays Iga Swiatek next.

Doll has 7 seconds on JTB after the last shoot.

Men's MS is underway. Smolski lost a ski, Strolia kindly picked it up.

Ester Ledecka goes 3rd

Goggia all over the place but still takes the lead. However the door is open.

Lara Gut is upset. The Super G course somehow didn't help her

Atle Lie McGrath lasted five seconds and managed to take out the camera man

At this rate Kristoffersen will have to make a chase from 29th after 1st run

2 hours ago, Triplecast said:

 

Funny, The USA TV biathlon commentator frequently says the individual is kept around because it's the oldest event, going back to the origins of the sport.  During yesterday's race, he and his commentating partner were describing the layout of the first Olympic biathlon course in 1960.  It was one loop only, 4 shooting stops along the way with differing distances and greater penalty minutes for a bad miss.

 

Agree, it's not like it needs an extra venue or anything, and they need events anyway to keep the Winter Games calendar full.  Plus we don't always get to dictate the Olympic TV program.

The freestyle skiing expansion indicates otherwise. But that's not a bad thing, USA seems to be focused on that so you might leave biathlon alone. Historically this is one sport where USA never had much success which is a blessing in disguise.

Quite a big upset in selctions as Decker Dean isn't one of the three nominated athletes. Kevin Bickner won the internal trials so he was safe but Casey Larson and Patrick Gasienica will be the other two in Beijing. Picking Gasienica (obviously of Polish heritage) over Dean looks downright insane. However since USA doesn't matter much in ski jumping I assume there will be no domestic media backlash over this.

Individual is my favorite event since shooting actually matters here. However I won't be surprised if it gets canned in the next 15 years due to TV demands. Thankfully USA isn't that strong in this sport or else that would have happened already IMO.

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

Here’s the system I’d recommend for the next qualification cycle. The FIS should create 2 Special Olympic Rankings per gender, one for speed events and one for tech events. The rankings consist of a combination of World Cup points earned in both events contained within the speed or tech program.
 

Criteria A - up to 60 quotas per gender: Top 30 from each ranking earns their country one quota place at the Olympics. There would be a limit of 4 quotas per ranking per country (so 8 per country via this criteria). Athletes cannot gain a quota from both rankings, and athletes placed outside the top 30 on either list cannot be allocated a quota via this criteria.
 

Criteria B - up to 80 quotas per gender: This would be the basic quota allocation, with the current rules in place. Countries who earned quota in criteria A would be ineligible to earn a quota through this method. If more than 80 countries have an athlete who meets the eligibility required, athletes will be ranked and chosen based on lower FIS Points.

 

Criteria C - number quota dependent on above criteria: The lowest ranked athlete in any individual event (according to either World Cup points, or FIS points) earns their country one quota, until there are no more quotas remaining. Any remaining unused quota from criteria A or B would be allocated using this method. This would also be the reallocation method. Countries could qualify a max of 4 quotas per gender under this method.

 

Maximum delegation size would be 12 per gender per country, for a total of 24. This system balances making sure the best athletes qualify, while also maximizing universality to the best possible degree. 

Since when IOC cares about balance? Alpine skiing might be one of the most popular winter sports but it doesn't matter. IOC is all about urban "new" sports and new fans. Alpine skiing is literally too old school to profit. Freestyle skiing needs to be expanded especially that's it's so much more popular in USA and we all know NBC is king when it comes to what should have priority.

PS. There is no way 80 countries get a quota in alpine skiing. This is not athletics or swimming.

Hildebrand finishead ahead of Weidel despite 3 more penalty minutes. Tell me again how Weidel must be the slowest German skier who ever made the A team in biathlon?

Maka 12th, Lightfoot 20th - both PB.

Also Gabriele Lescinskaite in 19th with another PB for our neighbours! @Werloc

11th place for Anna Maka.

Amanda Lightfoot 19/20 and should be World Cup points and probably a PB (31st in Ostersund Individual 2017 so far).

Anna Maka 19/20!!! PB on the way   Her PB was 26th in Antholz Individual last season

Braisaz 19/20. Could be the first win for women this season.

Slettemark 18/20! Maybe she's got a chance for some WC points? Probably not enough ski speed but you never know.

Vittozzi 12 misses   Clare Egan 18/20 so could be a SB result.

Lisa Vittozzi with four misses on the first shoot just like in Ruhpolding sprint

Ukaleq Slettemark with bib #3 so might get some extra screen time

Blaise Giezedanner with bib #43 is the one that finally takes advantage. He goes 3rd!

Looks like a better light for the late 30s numbers, Jeffrey Read sadly flagged on course when only 0,32 down and Christian Walder threw away a potential Top 5 with a crash at the bottom.

Johan Clarey into 2nd place!