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Hanna Sola 10/10... upset medal alert?

Geez, Preuss waited over 20 secs to fire that last shot. Hardly gained any time when she hit it.

Anyone who goes 10/10 should get a medal?

Eckhoff 10/10. Gold medal in the bag...

Rifle issue for Olsbu and that's medal gone. 8/10.

Customary Charvatova meltdown 2/5

Eckhoff 5/5

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

Of course we get useless shots of Davidova over Kočergina.

Kocergina getting screen time... and goes 1/5

Tomasz Sikora says wind is much worse than in the men's race. Could spoil a surprise or two. Herrmann 5/5.

Apparently Ponsiluoma is the first male to win World Championship gold in an individual race since 1958

Really happy for Suter. She seems like a likeable athlete and almost too shy for the big stage. I can only guess Lara Gut is the #1 celebrity in Swiss winter sports and gets all the media attention

Yeah, I have no idea why Germany has such huge depth issues in biathlon. Other than Army cutting down fundings which would be strange since biathlon is like very popular in Germany. The Horchlers becoming full-time World Cup starters at age 30 was the first strike, they're gone and we have Anna Weidel shooting 10/10 and finishing 49th in Oberhof which is basement level tbh. Hammerschmidt was always #5 or 6 at best, below relay-worthy but without the top performers she's like a stable number 4 now. Herrmann will turn 33 IIRC, Hinz keeps blowing hot & cold and there's only Preuss that has improved after Dahlmeier's retirement. It doesn't look good at all.

Over on the men's side there are Doll and Peiffer and well, Kuehn tends to do well from time to time and that would be it. What's up with Nawrath is anyone's guess and Schempp has succumbed to age.

1 minute ago, Makedonas said:

Maybe he should stop trying so hard to be hated. His attitude is disgusting and disgraceful. I used to support him because his father is Greek born in Greece but no thank you. This guy is an embarrassment to all Greeks worldwide with his childish behaviors.

Well, Hewitt pushed the envelope but he actually won some GS then came Tomic and things went sideways fast. Kyrgios seems to thrive on his enfant terrible image ever since the Donna Vekic comments BUT unlike Monfils who kinda went up with the clown show himself, nobody seems to find Kyrgios' antics funny at all.

21 minutes ago, dcro said:

Combined is Super-G + Slalom now.

But it's still the same Tofana course? It's not like Italians don't know it like the back of their hand. But then why even enter in DH training?

5 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Thanks, what a surprising result. Never heard of Brown before and tought that Desthieux already retired. How old is that guy?

Desthieux turned 29 yo in December. He's not that old. Actually the fact Jacquelin was the defending pursuit champion enabled France to field 5 men in the sprint. Polish ES argued if they could only field four then Desthieux would have been the odd man out.

Bassino & Brignone skipped the trainings - I suppose they don't believe the combine will take place or what?

KV Lie for once further back in training, I wonder if she can win a medal here? WIth Goggia out it's anyone's guess. Gut, Suter, Johnson & Lie are my four names to have the biggest chance.

14 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Who won the medals?

 

Also Peiffer and Lesser should retire on the spot. I can’t believe how far behind German athletes are in skiing. They only chance for them to win a medal would be if at least 8 out of the top 10 guys miss at least 2 more targets than them.

Yeah, Lesser finished behind Guzik with the same number of misses. I'd never thought I'll see a day when Germany fields a guy who is skiing slower than Guzik

Ponsiluoma - Desthieux - Jacquelin won the medals.

Jake Brown 12th in the end.

9 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Really sad to see the hate towards Kyrgios. Tennis needs entertainers like him and not boring guys like Thiem or Djokovic.

Being an idiot doesn't make you entertaining

Desthieux goes 2nd!

No medal for Norway   Could be the only race with no medal for them at these Champs.

Desthieux will probably deny Dale a medal.

Dale only 0,1 ahead of JTB.

Latypov 9/10 and RBU revenge looming!

Jake Brown 10/10 and 6th for the moment. Probably PB on the line? @RobtheAggie will probably be happy with this

Samuelsson with a bad last lap and only 4th.

Jacquelin 9/10 and in the medal contention.

Looks like no medal for Norway unless J.Dale saves them.

Laegreid lost 14 secs to Ponsiluoma on the last lap

Samuelsson 9/10 can still get a medal.

Laegreid 10/10 but 9 secs, behind Ponsiluoma.

JTB 3/5 in prone

There he goes! Ponsiluoma 10/10! Medal watch here!

Maybe Ponsiluoma finally hits 10/10 and gets among the medallists?