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Whatever, cheering for Norway in cross country is a joke. Do we really want this sport to be Norway & the sidekicks? Whoever cheers for the awfully rich to become even richer? I just don't get it. Anyone who beats Norway in CC will get my support!

On 20/02/2019 at 16:30, szy123 said:

Apart from men's team first time ever we're sending women. Kinga Rajda and Kamila Karpiel are going. 

Didn't our Fed get grilled for not sending any girls to WOG because there was a real shot at Top 5 or even a medal if he thought about it like 2 years before the Olympics?

5 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Like Eide, you mean?

https://video.eurosport.co.uk/cross-country-skiing/she-s-with-me-every-day-bronze-medallist-mari-eide-pays-tribute-to-support-after-death-of-sister_vid1165901/video.shtml

 

"I kept fighting and I was lucky" followed by "I kept fighting until the end" and "I was lucky".

But you said it was down to mentality, for me it was all down to luck... twice Won't lose any sleep over this, she probably won't win another individual medal and thankfully she didn't win gold.

Just now, heywoodu said:

Cool, we found like the one person in the world who hates the Steven Bradbury story  

Well, Bradbury admitted he was hanging back in SF & F and hoped for a crash in front of him so at least he was being honest. Many peope forget there was a three-way crash in his SF as well.

Alice Robinson didn't enter the slalom? That's strange given her Maribor run.

Dvornik 4th again? Poor girl is probably losing her mind now...

1 minute ago, hckosice said:

 

Špindleruv Mlyn (Špindlerovy Mlyn is in Slovak) ....I know, I know

I pick door #3 - Szpindlerowy Młyn   You asked for it!

Shiffrin will skip Crans Montana & Sochi. Will be back in Spindlerovy Mlyn.

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I could not give two f*cks if Eide 'deserved' the medal or not. She was behind, kept fighting despite being behind and it got paid off at the very best moment. That's the right mentality you need, instead of being in 5th or 6th place and 'giving up' because you're probably not gonna win anymore.

She got lucky twice at the biggest event of the year. I dislike athletes who win medals based on pure luck rather than performance. She barely beat out Sundling who broke a pole. Just how pathetic was that?

My take:

Mari Eide won't get more lucky even if she tried. Probably the least deserved medallist of the champs right away.

Skistad looked like she can outlast both Falla & Nilsson in the final straight. I thought she can win the gold here. A massive mistake but if she keeps this going Falla might as well retire like next week.

Speaking of Falla, this is probably her last hurrah. Can't see her going for the triple at age 31. I mean she will probably try but without a real chance.

If Skistad's mistake was down to her youth, the Swedish collapse was just epic. I bet there will be some harsh words tonight for Sundling who basically gifted Falla the gold. Can't even feel sorry for the broken pole. She deserved the 4th place after that bonehead move.

Klaebo & Pellegrino 1-2 like expected. Ustyugov is an idiot.

13 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

You know what? As silly as breakdancing is at least it’s a physically challenging and unique exercise. It’s not what anyone wanted, but it’s not e-sports. It’s not an affront to sport as a whole. I mean artistic events were even held in the Olympics before, and it’s not that unlike, say, gymnastics. And it’s not a permanent event either. Having rotating ‘innovative’ events while maintaining the 25+ core disciplines (let’s not forget, these new sports are a tiny FRACTION) is a good balance to have, I think.

Save the innovations for the World Games, period. How can you even judge breakdancing? I have no idea. Gymnastics have a code for every move and they're often repeated anyway. If breakdancing goes Olympics I'm not watching this crap for like 2 seconds even if you paid me to do it.

Some Chinese guy pushed Starega down to 31st

Well, I was down on squash but I wonder who the heck supports breakdancing now?

Pettersson 11 secs. behind Ustyugov already. Probably means he's out.

Laura Muir's spikes are under investigation

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/47309183

Ekaterina Glayzrina is back! She finished 10th in her first event in Russia Cup.

I read a TASS article last month she wants to be back on the national team next season.

Hey, I was just curious about African fans of winter sports

I'm surprised nordic sports are even followed in Tunisia?

Well, having seen Robinson in Maribor and Are I'd say she has a shot to establish herself as Top 30 skier on World Cup   Which is her preferred event?

I'm old enough to have seen Zali Steggall & Claudia Riegler and hell, even Annelise Coberger so maybe I'll cheer for this kid?

I didn't know Nilsson was injured in first place?

Olena Pidrushna has been diagnosed with myocarditis and is done for the season. I wonder if she retires alltogether now?

Legends Race in Raubichi

3 crashes in the last 7 laps. I count three cars that weren't in any wrecks so far: Busch, Hamlin & Preece. Classic NASCAR plate race shitshow...

2 minutes ago, Kirkpatrick said:

 

And I wondered a bit how can someone overtake one of the fastest on tour, Eckoff. Well, there's my answer, a guy can!

He didn't overtake her tbh and Polish crew tried to laugh through it

Estonia gets 9th!