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1 hour ago, hckosice said:

 

Buddy, do you wanna start comparing the Ski Jumping situation on the both sides of the Tatras ?

Ski jumping is exception from the rule in Poland. However when Stoch, Zyla  co. hang up their skis we can drop to the levels of Finland where any Top 30 placing will be a reason for success. We've wasted one generation already as our B team is errupting in flames. We don't have any staying power from boys born in the late 90s. Okay, this isn't a ski jumping thread but it's a really low-hanging fruit compared to alpine skiing.

We have ONE senior member in the alpine skiing team (Maryna G-D). The men's team has been disbanded and we have a bunch of no-name juniors. Maciej Bydlinski was told he's too old to be provided for by our fed and retired at age 28. He's an Eurosport expert now. Our most famous slalom piste at Nosal hasn't been renovated since the 1980s. We're lucky it hasn't been closed down despite various rumours over the years. Jasna is like a Rolls compared to this joint

Well, the Jasna complex has to provide some depth   Poland is like back in the stone age compared to Slovakia. Hell, every single infrastructure or renovation is funded by the Slovakians on our side of the border already

Just now, heywoodu said:

The library

Library ain't a modern thing

5 hours ago, phelps said:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio

I've heard about Caravaggio long before wikipedia was invented   I wonder how would these modern kids learn about stuff without the luxury of internet?

Janne Ahonen has announced his retirement... again

We need to make a list of sports which hasn't held their World Champs in Qatar already. Football, athletics, handball and gymnastics are off this list already

Money talks Arabic these days...

They probably didn't know any French painters' names then

Or was Caravaggio a sculptor?

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

 

Well, Eurosport commentators were talking during the first run how Norwegian skiers have to reach a really good level before they are allowed to make a WC debut. This pretty much supports that.

I think Mowinckel's otherwise unexpected success last season made the coaches a little bolder in selection. Besides the post-OG season usually throws up more new names than any other in the 4-year cycle.

Men's GS could be a mess based on the weather reports. It's supposed to snow all day and night in Solden and the wind could be stronger.

I understood them saying "extra ordinary" but I don't know whether they were talking about Brignone or Worley... probably the former

The Italians sound pretty hyped on Rai so I guess they're happy with Brignone's result

Mowinckel all over the place

...and still leads... that was Goggia-like for a GS run.

Polish team calls the new Norway girl Thea Louise and then jokes about having to learn a new name...

Marcin Szafranski says that Max Blardone is now Lara Gut's GS coach? How does that work? I guess Gut has a personal team rather than living off the Swiss Fed coaching tree?

Blardone is still Rai Sport studio expert so it's not like he will travel with Lara to any of the venues.

Name a part of the human body that can be used to hit a round-shaped object and let's make it a SPORT!

2002 World Champion Sara Anzanello died of liver failure aged 38

People complain about everything these days  

1 hour ago, thiago_simoes said:

This is exactly why I think the "summer" in Summer Olympic Games is a farce. Not only indoor sports (volleyball, gymnastics) do not depend on the weather, even sports that were supposed to be played on the beach can be replicated in an indoor environment. 

Excuse me but some sports can't be played outdoors during the entire calendar year in every corner of the globe. I'm sure there's no need to play beach volleyball indoors in Brazil but majority of the world doesn't have that luxury. Hence it's not really a farce.

Meanwhile Vettel blew another wheel-to-wheel situation. This guy will never win another title unless he's got a clearly superior car plus TO help 

Sylla with that epic spike let-off at 13-12   It could have gone either way if she killed it.

I guess Egonu is taking Italy where Diouf was supposed to take them few years ago?

Stil prefer the old team with Togut, Lo Bianco & Leggeri

Jabeur definitely profits from the fact nobody gives a rat's ass about Kremlin Cup these days (sans the Russian players)

It's still the old fashioned YEC for me

Elizabeth Yarnold (skeleton) announced her retirement.