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Vlhova way back in this soft snow...

Liensberger missed the first gate and didn't even notice it...

She can always change her mind in the summer though? I wouldn't rule that out. It's still astonishing how much she has won when competing vs Riesch & Maze in her prime and how often she got injured along the way.

The London OG will go down in history as the dirtiest ever. Suits right up Sebastien Coe's KBE ass. I've stopped caring who won the medals and who got removed from the medal tables long time ago...

No real shock after the AO final, Kvitova would have never come here if she wasn't the defending champion

You can clearly see the likes of Vlhova & Worley are pushing it all the way down. Shiffrin looks very effortless and it's not like it's all down to her style tbh. I've seen her try much harder is past years in the GS. The GS standings took another hit with Worley's mistake & Rebensburg & Brignone DNF. Outside of Vlhova nobody is even trying to do sth about Shiffrin. Even Holdener has way too many off days this season.

Shiffrin almost took it too easy in the 2nd run. Hell, both her runs looked at 75-80%.

Shiffrin/Vlhova tied for 1st

Well, her PS best is 17th from Courchevel last season

Maryna!

Robinson was skiing for the lead but crashed out...

Well, Maryna G-D 17th after Maribor 1st run so this is pretty impressive for Polish alpine skiing Shiffrin seemed to take it easy and still almost 0,5 secs. ahead. Also New Zealand in 2nd run?

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Yes, these juniors from top biathlon nations like Germany, Norway or Russia are like destined to be left on the sidelines due to the strenght of the World Cup team. However those Russians for instance could think about changing nationality to Belarus or sth like that? I'm sure Germans or French could represent Belgium or Luxembourg for what it's worth? Of course there are some extreme cases like South Korea too (Frolina, Laphsin). Poland & Czech Republic or Slovakia are quite different for that matter, any successful junior faces very little competition in the seniors and has a clear shot at World Cup full-schedule. Davidova is making the most of that already but Zuk simply isn't (and that in a season where Guzik & Gwizdon are out of the WC squad).

IOC needs to make profit though. Who really cares about squash in first place? Badminton has a huge following in Asia but squash? I haven't seen like 5 secs. of this sport on any TV channel I've watched in my life. Hell, even cricket has more TV access even though it's only played by 10 countries in the world.

Schladming night slalom. Feller & Noel out in the 1st run already.

I'd rather have boxing & wrestling than squash tbh. Won't fight the fanboys of the sport here

Good for them. But I don't see it. Squash being an Olympic sport is a joke. We have tennis & badminton and that's more than enough IMO.

I can only imagine squash has a ton of failed tennis prospects to boost their status?

Poland will field the best team in USA/Canada. The plan was to take Anterselva easily (esp. in Hojnisz's case).

Squash? That's like a niche sport. Who actually plays that on pro level? IOC needed decades to have tennis back and squash is probably even less important than badminton?

Kamila Zuk 7th in the junior individual with 4 misses. She won this event last season and allthough her skiing time was 60 secs. faster than anyone else, the shooting was poor. Still, this is not the way to go given how her chief rival from last season Davidova has moved on in the World Cup.

Well, the WJC are held in Slovakia right now so where else would he be?

Poish Fed says the cost of this tunnel equals 100 years of salary for the snow blowers and of course it's dangerous with the side wind hitting the jumpers on take-off. The wind factor is assessed during the in-run and this tunnel would prevent that. All in all, a very dangerous idea according to several Polish experts. It would make more sense to have ski jumping indoors which is an idea floating around for years (and probably only the Germans have enough funds to build such an indoor hill tbh).

This is being ridiculed even by some Polish experts