Monzanator

It has to be said Shiffrin doesn't generate as much media buzz in the USA as Lindsey Vonn so this is the only chance this thing never takes off.

Yes, I'm shocked how I graduated from school without the aid of internet & cell phones I actually read real paper books in my life too!

I actually remember watching Gerda Weissensteiner on live TV. Does this qualify for the supercentanarian class?

That's the thing, you view this from European perspective. For Americans filming your opponents to gain an advantage IS a big deal. It's not about Magoni or Vlhova but about the actual process so they won't shut up. They came in hard on MLB and NFL-title winning teams so you think they will shut up over Magoni? Not a chance IMO.

99% of Italians competing in winter sports come from Sud Tirol and have a German heritage. I wasn't born yesterday, you know

Damian Waniczek & Andrzej Laszczak from Poland won the World Cup standings in 2002 and also won four World Championship medals during their career. They had 10 World Cup wins in the doubles as well. That was the high-water mark in Polish luge for sure, sadly it came at natural tracks which nobody cares about.

NFL generates 13 billion dollars per year. The most popular association football league in the world (English Premiership) generates 5.3 billion per year. You better take NFL seriously, buddy! There's so much money involved they are no mosquitos whatsoever.

I suppose you have never heard about the NFL spygate? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spygate_(NFL) Americans are VERY sensitive over this and they clamped down on NFL's most successful team of the last 20 years. Because Magoni filmed an American skier this will be controversial enough for shit to hit the fan.

Guess my German is better than yours so I'll translate: "Ich weiß, dass es nicht ganz korrekt ist. Aber andererseits zeigt das ja nur, dass die anderen Läuferinnen sehr intelligent sind und wir nur von den Besten lernen wollen. Das ist unser Job" "Es ist wichtig, dass wir uns Mikaela ansehen, denn sie ist die beste Skiläuferin der Welt", sagte Magoni. "Wir können uns kleine Verbesserungen abschauen. Wenn du gescheit bist, kannst du einiges dazulernen." "I know it's not exactly right. But it also shows that other athletes are very intelligent and we only want to learn from the best. This is our job. It is important that we see Mikaela because she is the best skier in the world. We can look up small improvements. By watching we can learn something." So his talk about not having time, resources or people to send to film Shiffrin's private runs is a flat out lie. Can't spin this any other way. He can shove his conspiracy theories down the drain. Btw, he was Tina Maze's coach before and this reminds me how he sold the image of Maze being the best skier in the world over Lindsey Vonn. I suppose he's trying to sell the same shtick with Vlhova over Shiffrin, just not enough wins yet since Maze had more than Vlhova for sure. In USA this could be blown up since they just grilled the Astros MLB team for stealling pitcher signs and New England Patriots got pantsed for filming the sidelines during games before. USA absolutely hates any form of cheating especially when it comes to filming other competitors.

Isn't like Italy the place where natural track luge is the most popular?

Right. And Poland is the "right" country in alpine skiing? I'm like the one guy who should always support Slovakia in these winter sports. However when someone pulls the "gate pattern was fixed to favor someone" bullshit then I'm OUT. I've been watching alpine skiing for 28 years to know better. I suspect Livio Magoni wants to play the mind games now that Vlhova has won two slaloms in a row but he's just making Vlhova look very sour in all of this. Lindsey Vonn was the last drama queen, do we really need Vlhova to fill that void? Btw, Livio Magoni has admitted to spying on Shiffrin's private training so hell yeah, it's been confirmed alright. January 6th (he admits it). It's said the interview was taken on January 3rd. https://www.spox.com/at/sport/mehrsport/wintersport/2001/Artikel/ski-news-petra-vlhova-spioniert-trainings-von-mikaela-shiffrin.html January 15th (he denies it and accusses everyone of conspiracy). https://www.skiracing.com/stories/ski-racing-media-releases-full-magoni-spying-interview Well, I'm sorry but Magoni has been caught with his pants down and exposed as a liar

Shiffrin hardly ever celebrates tbh. Her gold medal at Vail WC was like the most non-celebration I ever saw. You're obviously biased so for you Team Vlhova is the good guys and Team Shiffrin is evil personified. Vlhova is #2 so if anyone plays the mind games it's her camp. You always attack the leader not the other way around. Guess after two wins in a row her camp thinks she's ready to be crowned the real leader of the pack. I predict a failure in that effort Flachau is Shiffrin's worst slalom course on tour, even Hansdotter beat her there before when she could never beat her anywhere else

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Egan was 9/9 and threw away a Top 20 with her last missed shot

The look on her face during Shiffrin's wins said a lot already and now she wins two SL in a row and starts running her mouth? Really? The idea that a gate pattern helps the coach's athlete is just a huge fraud. Guess every slalom that Vlhova doesn't win from now on will be blamed on the guy who set the pattern?

Total bullshit. I see Vlhova's camp tries to play some mind games. Watch out if she wants to play the villain card! Strikes me as a very bitter loser now.

I read the same about Japan and that was many years ago.

Tiril Eckhoff destroyed the field once again. She was 15 secs faster than Denise Herrmann on skiing time alone. Kamila Zuk has firmly established herself as the number one. She finished 15 secs. ahead of Monika Hojnisz despite one penalty loop. She had 5th fastest skiing time only behind Ekchoff, Herrmann, Olsbu & Oeberg. I thought Hanna Sola's PB was better than 30th before today but she sure pulled the upset result of the day.

Does anyone speak Turkish here? I have a question for a native speaker

Oscars are a mess, nobody wants to host them again? There's just so much hypocrisy one can cover with jokes and even these comedians know it. It used to be a prime hosting gig, now nobody wants to touch it from a mile away. Ricky Gervais roasted these schmucks at Golden Globes and I loved it. Finally someone who had the nerve to stick it to them. I bet he won't be invited for another hosting job again Things change fast. Julian Castro stole the show during the Obama convention as the "future Obama" and he's a dead duck right now. Buttigieg will be a similar flame out before he turns 45yo IMO.

These entire primary debates take waaaay too long tbh. And there's little substance to them since the media focus on why there are no candidates of color or why women are supposedly at disadvantage. Not to mention the in-house fighting is useless when the enemy is sitting in the WH. This is just a gigantic waste of time. Unless you're a registered voter, most people actually make a decision right at the end of the campaign. There's a lot more emotion attached to these votes, nobody has time to analyze months of rallies or debates. Btw, Buttigieg would have a bigger chance if he run for Indiana governor first but WH is waaay above his league IMO. He kinda shot his load running for WH so early.

This is a major upset! Guess one of the best storylines in tennis in the last few years will crash & burn now

Zagreb & Flachau are like the two flattest slaloms on tour. I don't see Vlhova winning the globe esp. with that one DNF she has.

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Your generation supports break dance as Olympic sport. We couldn't view the world anymore different indeed