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6 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

How the hell would Ertl make the team? Germany didn’t nominate anyone in giant slalom, because they have pretty strict standards. In order to make the team Ertl would have to be good enough to regularly make top 30, which is completely unrealistic.
 

Most nations have the same problem. USA has Shiffrin and Johnson, Norway has Lysdahl and Lie, Slovakia only has Vlhova, Canada has Gagnon, Slovenia has Stuhec and Hrovat, Sweden has Hector, Finland has no one, France has Worley. The only nations with any depth are Austria, Switzerland and Italy. I am not saying that Germany has great depth, but that it is unrealistic to expect Germany to have great depth and that Germany basically never had great depth, except for a short exception in (giant) slalom. Meanwhile the men’s speed team is easily the best it has ever been.

Most teams have regressed over the last 10+ years, it more or less started with French women's speed team, then Canadians went off the boil and hell, Austria has the worst depth on the women's side since I started watching alpine skiing. I believe the sport has gotten too expensive overall and even the traditional nations don't want to spend that much money anymore. USA & Canada have drifted into big success in freestyle skiing and quite frankly Germany is doing better in snowboard than alpine skiing as well. The rise of freestyle skiing in the last decade or so has shallowed the talent pool for alpine skiing IMO.

5 minutes ago, Dennis said:

So are Brittany Bowe and Martina Sablikova for example, who are both older than Fatkulina. 

Yeah, but sprinters are more vulnerable with age? Erbanova retired way too early for whatever reason. Sablikova will be winning WCh medals until she's 40yo and Bowe probably keeps going until she wins an individual Olympic medal (while Richardson also retired prematurely). I imagine Leenstra was feeling the heat from Dutch competition and she was never a pure winner to begin with. Always behind someone's back.

No meltdown... Jacquelin was in Wierer mode there.

Just now, JonPhi said:

2010 might be the last one.

Well, Bassino wasn't even in high school back then?

Still can't rule out a total meltdown on the last shoot

Cortina doesn't host GS races on World Cup so I can't really say that Bassino is looking vulnerable?

I see Olga Fatkulina is still winning WCh medals even after the age of 30

21 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Yes, really surprising, especially after you said that that German women’s team is a disaster. Now Germany has 3 silver medals while Norway, Italy, France and the US have 2 Bronze medals combined.

German's women "team" is Weidle & Duerr   Martina Ertl could probably make the 2021 Giant Slalom team if she wanted

And he's somehow up on his feet. I thought ACL is gone after the ski jammed the joint.

Well, it gets from bad to worse for Italy as Schieder looks to be injured badly.

3 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Bearing in mind the premises and the season that is ending, these world championships are a disaster for Italy

Bassino can't choke in GS that much? But anything other than gold would be a disappointement for her.

Muzaton with a Watts moment right there

Mayer blows it with an error too. And then goes out alltogether.

Sander misses Kriechmayr by 0,01.

Total failure for Paris.

@hckošice I bet you didn't forget Martina Hingis(ova) was born in Kosice after all?

Still it's 2-0 Trump in the impeachment games

5 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

I would like to know how Norway manages to develope so many great athletes. Speed skating isn’t exactly the most popular sport over there and still they produce tons of great talents while Germany hasn’t developed any in a long time. I get that most kids in Germany don’t care about speed skating, but the same is true in Norway and still they develope tons of talents despite having a much smaller population.

Norway is non-existent in traditionally popular sports in Europe - football or athletics to begin with. Hell, Norway is non-existent in any summer sports barring some one-hit wonders like the Ingebrigtsen siblings or Hattestad. Handball might be the only exception. Their most successful Summer OG sport is... sailing (I'd have never guessed that w/o checking)   Second best is shooting. I don't know any country in Europe that can say sailing & shooting are their best "summer" sports

Hanna Sola turns 25 yo on Tuesday. Guess she has her birthday present already. Found some info she's the only biathlete who didn't sign a letter of support for Alexander Lukashenko after last year's election fraud.

3 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

I wonder if they even bid for one?  I thought the EOC was great.  Maybe they will get an IBU Cup stop in the seasons that have not been announced yet,  There is also the Minsk stop that might be removed as well.

They want to host the World Cup but apparently the venue is too small for WC purpose. Maybe if Jakuszyce get an upgrade but that's really pushing it. It seems like Duszniki is a solid B-license and that's their ceiling.

Irene Lardschneider 10/10 and a massive PB incoming.

PB for Michela Carrara as well. Four Italians in Top 30.

1 minute ago, OlympicsFan said:

French women taking a baby break and then returning with superhuman skiing time ... nothing new sadly.

Maybe "world class" Hammerschmidt should take a baby break too?

TV director jinxed Lescinskaite

Little Slettermark 8/10

Anna Frolina 1/10

Wierer 8/10. Must be first race in like 8 years where she gets zero screen time

Vittozzi 10/10 but won't get a medal.

Chevalier 2nd, Sola 3rd.