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Loginov can catch Guigonnat?

I have zero faith in Eder. He's dog slow at these champs.

So Italy waited 22 years for a gold medal and now they can win two in space of 2 hours?

I have no idea what Windisch's ski speed is though...

Pidruchnyi can win this?

Windisch 5/5!

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

Mass start is only slightly better than pursuit.

 

Commentator said: "It's only reserved for the very best.". That's actually not something to be proud of...

It's much better than pursuit which is inflated due to sprint results

Epic meltdown on the third shoot. Garanichev 5/5 and everyone else with at least two misses. Very much Wierer-like case.

Top 10 for Esteve Altimiras

54 minutes ago, Kirkpatrick said:

Patrick and Mike on english ES mentioned conspiracy theory about that.

 

 

I've had enough of their bias at these Champs and turned back to Polish commentary

Btw, does anything think Wierer faked the illness yesterday to boost her chances for the mass start? And she clawed all the deficit back to Vittozzi in the standings. Do we have another Vitkova vs Koukalova catfight in the making now?

It was odd how Hirscher completely fell off in Bansko/Kranjska Gora/Soldeu. Maybe he begins to feel his age a little but I'd be shocked if he retires now. He's still won the overall by a solid margin albeit not as big as in years past.

This is the 7th gold medal for in World Champs history (all previous 6 by men) and only the third individual:

1990 Men's Relay

1991 Team Event

1993 Men's Relay

1993 Andreas Zingerle (individual)

1994 Team Event

1997 Wilfried Pallhuber (sprint)

This is the first WC gold medal for in women's events ever!

She's done it!!! 

400m and 7 secs.!

Still 10 secs. ahead! C'mon, Doro!

Yurlova can catch Wierer... but I hope she doesn't! Hell, maybe Herrmann has a bigger chance to catch Yurlova!

How close was that for Yurlova?

Herrmann blows the gold  chance away too!

Fuck! Door wide open for Yurlova!

1 minute ago, Kirkpatrick said:

Would be very cool if Yurlova and Hojnisz get medals.

Gonna be tough for Hojnisz. She needs 5/5 and have Kaisa, Herrmann & Olsbu all miss.

Well, Brorsson & Oeberg have blown golds away on the last shoot already. I hope Wierer doesn't follow suit!

Wierer 5/5 and everyone else completely blow it!

16 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

But that's the thing with burning out, it can come unexpectedly. You know, the brighter the flame the quicker it burns.

The days of top skiers retiring at the height of their prime is over though. And Shifrin has only expanded her skillset in speed events over the last two years. If she keeps winning races at this rate even Bjoergen's cross country record could be under threat

13 minutes ago, Shiffrin said:

Wow Alice! I knew she was going to be good when she was killing everyone in continental cup at the age of 15, but no idea she’s going to be this good this fast! Incredible and her technique is so smooth.

 

60th win for Mika! And 4 globes this season, it’s hard to realize how good her season was in this moment, but hopefully she continues this form for a couple of years. I like how she’s learning from Maze not to go for too much, but I still feel she’s going to burnout faster than people expect.

Quite frankly only the injuries can stop her tbh. And the level of competition isn't very good. Only Vlhova can challenge her here & there. Veith is basically done with injuries, Gut hasn't recovered from hers much better and the new names are not really there unless maybe Robinson becomes the fresh sensation going forward? Holdener is a well-known choker so who is gonna deny Shiffrin now?

Just now, heywoodu said:

Yeah, and rude. It's not just her, by the way  Way too many athletes don't get this rather simple bit of politeness

She was very shy for years though. It's only like in only the last two years she begins to laugh & enjoy it more. Remember her complete non-reaction to winning the gold in Vail when the crowd went nuts?

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Shiffrin, don't be rude and take off your sunglasses when doing an interview.. 

Neah, it's rock star attitude And now she will go shopping