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In terms of Polish Olympic results the #1 upset is very simple - Wojciech Fortuna 1972 Sapporo. And it's not like he had two jumps, just one, the second one was a total wash but still won gold by 0,1 pts

13 minutes ago, George_D said:

what kind of prediction is "- Olympic Bet Prediction Contest"?

Yes/No aka Over/Under Contest

Yeah, Paris 0,13 back and only 4th.

Top 3 separated by 0,06

It's Germany. The locals will do us no favors. It's the ancient old issue. Besides FIS has a genuine excuse for sitting on their hands.

QB Dwayne Haskins has been released from Washington just a week after attending a stripper party on a night his team lost to the Seahawks. He backed that up with a horrible play vs 4-10 Panthers yesterday where he got benched. HC Ron Rivera had enough of him long before but injuries to Alex Smith and Kyle Allen pressed Haskins into service anyway. He'll go down as true bust after Washington selected him #15 overall in 2019.

Saints' Alvin Kamara had 6 rushing TD vs Vikings yesterday. That's the second time in NFL history a player had six rush TD in a single game. The only time that happened before was 1929!

Tampa Bay Buccaneers are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2007. They blew out the Lions 47-7 earlier today.

Well, we can't complain Camila's skirts are too short this time!

New York Jets have beaten LA Rams 23-20 and are 1-13. That means Jacksonville Jaguars are up to #1 overall draft pick in line for Trevor Lawrence

Hell, Jets even suck at losing!

Just now, LowerSaxony said:

You are mixing your cocktail of Ben Johnson, Justin Gatlin, the GDR, Kenya and NIKE in order to "prove" that some "Western World" countries is as bad as the Russian state doping. That's some nice mix of whataboutism and reframing the initial discussion.

Because the discussion isn't about the Russian punishment. That's being done already. I said before Comcast which sponsors the shady Team Sky cycling team among others is wealthier than the likes of Kenya and Ethiopia and it's the main financial backer of the IOC due to the NBC Universal deal, so yeah, it IS state doping-like if you're taking so much money from Comcast and look away to what the likes of Gatlin have done in terms of doping.

Who gives a fuck about these points anyway? Norway will sweep everything anyway

Just now, LowerSaxony said:

So what is your advice how to deal with the findings that Russia run state sponsored doping over years and years and mocked the evidence when the WADA was investigating? Ignore it because there might be other cheaters from - what you call - the Western world?

It's not what should be done about Russia - because that's been done already - but what to do with other cheaters. Kenya is obviously #1 target going forward.

As long as Justin Gatlin continues to profit from his Nike sponsorship and remains eligible for Olympic Games I'm gonna call WADA and IOC over these double standards and hypocrisy over and over again.

2 hours ago, hckosice said:

yeah Bassino clearly not going for the world cup. try to say that to our commentators and to Livio Magoni and the whole Petra team

 

 

Has Livio Magoni complained about the gate patterns this season yet?

Looks like Skottheim pulled a calf muscle?

@rybakApparently their fathers are distant cousins or something.

Btw, ex-alpine skier Christina Geiger who also comes from Oberstdorf is not related to either of them.

Just now, OlympicsFan said:

I don’t think that Japan will dominate. In my opinion it will absolutely be dominated by Norway. They are the only nation that is good in women‘s ski jumping and cross-country. I think Germany, Slovenia and Russia could also be good.

 

I am not a fan of this Sport becoming Olympic. Women’s ski jumping is already a fringe sport, so it will be even worse for Nordic combined. Not sure if any of those athletes will be able to finance themselves, so the question is whether a country like Germany will see this as an opportunity to get some more easy medals by pouring some money in this sport.

Well, Japan keeps hanging on in the men's NC so I assume they will give it a try on the women's side too. They have zero cross country presence so that will be reliant on ski jumping but Japan is one country which seems to avoid demolishing its ski jumping hills. Sapporo and Hakuba is as good base as one can hope for.

Norway will find its way to dominate - like with everything that includes cross country.

Germany is another NC powerhouse that will attack the low-hanging fruit. Wuerth's skiing might not be good enough but Jenny Nowak barely turned 18yo and looks like a future dominator.

This sport should evolve like the women's ski jumping did in the last decade with the usual suspects showing the way: Norway, Germany, Austria, Japan and fringe contenders from Russia and Slovenia.

Just now, intoronto said:

I'd like to know what drug you inebriated on  

 

 

I know the entire Canada would like to pretend Ben Johnson never existed but he's with you to stay forever

Just now, Federer91 said:

Like if there was state sponsored doping in the West it would be announced or prosecuted.  

The Comcast & Nike sponsorships serve as the West's state doping. Just ask Kara Goucher what she really thinks about NOP Oh, wait... she already said what she thinks about it

Just now, intoronto said:

Yea because one athlete doing 32 years ago is the same as state sponsored doping. Go. 

Ben Johnson is not one athlete. He's a poster boy to prove the Western countries are equally as dirty as Russia and East Germany was

Fialkova finished dead last so I presume Hasilla matched that feat?

And I thought Poland is having a bad biathlon year

I always find it hilarious that a country which gave us Ben Johnson is calling out people on applying doping standards

2 minutes ago, NearPup said:

It’s a shallow talent pool, but honestly it looks better than when women’s ski jumping got it’s first world championships. The big Nordic Combined athletes have started taking the women’s events seriously at the junior level so we can expect the level to get much better very quickly.

 

Today wasn’t a great competition but it was very encouraging.

Yeah, I presume Germany, Austria & Norway will eventually dominate another sport in women's nordic combined though. I hold out for Japan to maybe join them and form a big four. Everyone else will be reduced to also-runs. Geraghty-Moats should make the most of her time in the sun because I presume it will be short-lived.

Another ski jumping convert Svenja Wuerth had the second-slowest skiing time yesterday. Obviously it's looking bad for her but Germany will eventually get it right.

Prochazkova is actually younger than I thought

43 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Yes.

I just realized Bajcicak retired later than Batory

Ok, so Geraghty-Moats could barely make Top 30 in ski jumping and suddenly she's dominating nordic combined. Just how BAD are the Norwegian girls competing here if a ski jumper from USA can out-ski them?

Obviously it's a low-hanging fruit for women yet. USA has Geraghty-Moats and three others that finished in last three places after ski jumping. Depth equals zero. It's gonna take a few seasons where Geraghty-Moats will keep the pace before full-blown speciallists take over. USA used to be a powerhouse in women's ski jumping like 10 years ago and they can barely score a point in 2020. The days of Lindsey Van, Jessica Jerome and Sarah Hendrickson are gone, the traditional ski jumping powerhouses like Austria, Norway and Germany have taken over (plus Japan and Slovenia).

I'm gonna predict Japan eventually dominates the women's nordic combined within the next 5-6 years to follow on some of the men's success of the 90s.