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Everything evens out. The fluke gold medals Norway won with Rune Velta or Lars Bystoel at the Olympics shouldn't be forgotten. I mean Velta never won a single World Cup event and Bystoel only one

Why? Poland has more gold medals than Germany. That's the perfect therapy

Obviously not. Everyone had wind in the back in the second round today. Nobody takes Zyla seriously because of his Abbott & Costello antics off the hill but he just delivered a perfect kick in the teeth right there

Not quite. Zyla takes gold! Poland beats Germany... in Germany

Whatever happens here, it's nothing compared to the Seefeld shitshow two years ago

Wind died for the last four and all of them outside Top 10. Another gold for Norway looks unlikely. Sadreev 30th.

Sadreev 99.5 meters. Yeah, gate will come down pretty soon.

Svenja Wuerth down in 17th. I was a little off. She's doing worse than early Goessner in biathlon considering the zero competition level and the fact Geraghty-Moats actually gained 13 places in the cross country.

Marte Lund fell from 2nd! Finally some drama Still gets third. Worst & least competitive event of the Championships is done and dusted.

The lowest of all low-hanging fruits. Tara Geraghty-Moats is a World Cup overall winner after ONE frickin' race I see she completely blew the ski jumping here though? 18th? The biggest chance for gold medal looks toast. How low will Svenja Wuerth tumble? I'd say she finishes 14th

I know what you're talking about, It's the same when Justyna Kowalczyk battled the Norwegian power house in cross-country skiing. Norway had a special lab bus worth 5 million Euro with gazillion skis, waxes & engineers while Kowalczyk only had coach Veretelny and two Estonian waxmen who covered both classic & freestyle skis. And she didn't have a private jet like Vlhova does now She had a Mercedes minivan to travel around Europe.

Bolshunov kicks some Norwegian ass!!!

Yeah, Bolshunov's pace is too much for Musgrave. Klaebo getting tailed off too.

I skipped the predictably boring gold medal for Johaug. Waste of time but I'm happy Karlsson managed to win a silver medal. There is hope somewhere down the line - like in 2032 when Johaug retires aged 43 or something

Pinturault still 2nd despite skiing 80% of the course without a pole.

I feel like every ES commentator (even Polish ones) have said that it feels like Vlhova looks tired out there. It's obviously down to her chasing every single event this season. Shiffrin had a similar problem when she started doing speed races, when she only did tech she won slaloms by like 2 seconds and the gaps shrinked once she started doing speed events. But Shiffrin has actually skipped some speed rounds - and basically the more technical ones more often - and managed her own strenght a little better. Vlhova still has a chance to win the overall - even if Gut sweeps this weekend. But she'd need Gut to look crap in GS again - I have no idea how much confidence Gut has right now but she's clearly running hot while Vlhova seems to be stumbling towards the finish line after peaking in December and early January.

Austria wins. Kramer's distances made the difference.

Kramer has 12 pts to make up for gold. It's doable.

Spela Rogelj keeping Slovenia in the gold medal hunt. If Slovenia doesn't win, this could be on Klinec.

Klinec only 16,5 with telemark. Judges want to make this interesting? Poland 8th.

Blah. We put Szwab instead of Konderla and she swiftly jumped 24 meters shorter than Ulihrova

Czech Republic really struggling after two jumps which probably means Poland get 8th place.

Well, it's the normal hill so style marks are more important here. Austria were only 0,8 better than Slovenia in points. Kramer jumped 3,5 meters better than second best distance of Kriznar. Takanahsi & Bjoerseth skipped the trial round.

Predictable gold for Riiber and great silver for Herola.

Herola hits the front. Germans are gone.