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Uzbekistan pretty much blew the second straight qualies. They seem genuinely stronger than KSA.

3 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 

and guess what ? the mighty Australia let KSA qualify directly. and they needed extra time to score the winner against the 10-man Syria (who didn't have the chance to play 1st leg at home) to advance to the intercontinental playoff where they easily beat Honduras (from a very strong CONCACAF federation)

 

btw of course KSA is the only AFC team that I don't support, they can buy and cheat their way in Asia but that doesn't work here.

Qatar bought themselves the World Cup so it's not like KSA is the worst evil. I wonder how many foreign born players will represent Qatar in four years time   They had like two or three natives playing during the Handball WC.

Yeah, that second goal pretty much sums up how bad the SA defense is. That would look bad in the youth division let alone a World Cup.

I had better hopes for SA but they're trash so far.

It's funny, Haratyk as the short, bulky Adam Nelson-kind of a guy might well be the better prospect than Bukowiecki who followed the old school Polish pattern. I guess it's all in the technique

I don't think Mercedes put that much attention to wind tunnel results when following another car. They expect to be up front and rightfully so. But the dirty air influence remains the biggest F1 problem and it hasn't been solved. You must count on a driver error to get a solid shot at overtaking. This isn't the manual clutch and gear lever thing anymore. With so much electronics on the cars, drivers are less prone to make an error.

I was tired of the media frenzy here in Poland. Thank God the season is over! Horngacher only extended for one year so he's as good as gone after 2019 and then it's back to Kruczek most likely if that hack Tajner is still around.

5 godzin temu, Gianlu33 napisał:

Tessera! Amazing frist race of the year for Ferrari!

They got very lucky with the Safety Car and you just can't overtake in dirty air in modern F1. On pace alone, they got their butts kicked.

Kuzmina has all the Olympic gold medals to fall back on. Can't deny I was cheering for Kaisa to win the overall

40 minut temu, dcro napisał:

So to conclude, that information about Roger's achievement was very wrong.

For the record, here are all the high bib winners in WC history. Piero Gros, Chantal Bournissen, Renate Goetschl & Anja Paerson won two World Cups with bibs of 30+.

There's no way Vonn retires with Stenmark's record within her sights IMO.

One bad turn from Holdener prevented another upset podium?

Dnia 12.03.2018 o 20:48, De_Gambassi napisał:

If anyone wondered, Brice Roger is the higest bib to reach the podium since Hannes Trinkl who won a Super G race in 1993 with bib 51 

Josef Strobl won DH in Val d'Isere 1994 with bib 61. I remember watching that race live on Eurosport since Strobl won a training run and the coverage extended all the way until his run.

I have no idea how can anyone get excited with Bjoergen wins anymore... I'm only waiting for her to finally retire...

WIR for Poland!!!

Jamaica DQ.

Another bullshit medal for GB...

I say no. The most itchy thing was to get two Brits into the women's 400m final. Thankfully Kszczot testified in favour of Windle so GB missed the 800m medal.

Did the 2nd American step on the kerb?

With GB 4th I fancy another DQ

Justyna Swiety on the first leg? That's shocking! Holub will anchor it...

This could end ugly for Poland...

Well, she was using the men's skis in training, right? I don't recall who said this about her training prgramme but it was supposedly impossible to follow for other women too.

Lewandowski somehow wasn't outrun in a sprint finish despite being very poor at this...

Przed chwilą, heywoodu napisał:

The large, 1,67m Merighetti...  

I meant the other size   She was quite bulky tbh.

Maslak got go lucky here...

Niyonsaba wins 800m. Just freakin' shoot me....

The fact Shiffrin and Holdener are scoring DH & SG podums speaks about the weak level of speed events in general. Vonn is pretty much the most athletic-looking speed speciallist but even she looked a size smaller than Brydon, Merighetti and Kamer.

Przed chwilą, heywoodu napisał:

It's already out of the provisional calender for 2-3 years from now  

 

How do you know that? I don't read FIS press releases all that often