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Did he say anything about Brignone? I think only Vlhova and her close people know where they stand, and I don't think any journalists from other countries have any special information on the matter.

People are different. I don't do this out of disrespect, but I don't always do to search different names. We're intelligent people, and I think everyone knows who we're talking about

https://www.neveitalia.it/sport/scialpino/femminile/news/vlhova-il-tempo-scorre-e-non-c-e-ancora-una-data-per-il-rientro-sto-bene-e-lavoro-duro-ogni-giorno Petra will be upset that you abandoned her and someone from another country has to post information about her

Yeah, bon't be angry if I sometimes mistakes some foreign names.

You also had escapes: Bloemen, Veldkamp? But probably because they were too weak for you? Kramer wouldn't have chosen Belgium in his prime time?

Remember Vorviej's face when he lost to Brodka from Poland in the 1500 in 2014 by 0.003 hundredths? Overall, Vorviej looked like some kind of cyborg, not a normal guy, even an athletic one...

I also have a question for the Dutch who live there: are your winters as cold now as they were 20-30 years ago, allowing for outdoor skating: on ice rinks, frozen canals, lakes, etc.? Or is everything now indoors? Could this mean fewer people will participate in this sport in the future?

The Netherlands invests millions in this sport and they have a large pool of athletes. They always need to be at the top and win medals, even if they don't have a phenomenon like Stolz or, once upon a time, Kramer. It's similar with Austria or Switzerland in alpine skiing: thanks to their know-how and significant financial resources, they can turn an average skier like Rast, Holdener, Gisin, etc., into an Olympic/World Championship medalist. Italy, on the other hand, doesn't have that kind of money, and it hurts even more that we're losing talents like Colturi. It hurts much more than Nor loss of Braathen, because there are another 4 or 5 at his level or slightly under.

Wellinger is out of form, but he'll probably be in fourth place at the Olympics... Because who else do Germany have besides Raimund, Hoffman, Pasche, and him? Geiger is in even worse form. The overall run of form from Wellinger and Geiger this season has been incredible. Overall, Germany has been very weak this season: two in the top three, but no wins, and outside the top three, there's a black hole.

For Germany, the Hannavald curse of 2002 still persists?

Stessa distanza, stesso stile, stessa fase TDS, solo esattamente quattro anni fa: dicembre 2021... Vedete qualche differenza? Solo allora ha gareggiato l'intera squadra Rus – una squadra forte – e se sottraiamo 4-5 posizioni, otteniamo esattamente lo stesso risultato per Ganz e peggio per il resto. Ha aggiunto che la competizione ora si svolge a Dobbiaco (Ita). Un professionista per un lavoro del genere sul libero mercato avrebbe dovuto ricevere un congedo disciplinare molto tempo fa... https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=39193

Purtroppo, lo sci di fondo femminile non ha fatto alcun progresso sulle distanze da anni. Una sola Ganz è al 24 posto, e le altre sono peggiori rispetto a Kuusamo a dicembre. È davvero difficile capire perché, con la TDS nel suo Paese, non si possano fare progressi mese dopo mese? Quattro anni di allenatore tedesco e niente. Nel frattempo, la Germania ha 5 ragazze tra le prime 30, e questo senza Carl... Ragazze come Comarella, di Centa, ecc., sono completamente impreparate per la stagione: basta guardare il loro fisico... Quindi chi, se non lo staff tecnico, è responsabile di tutto questo e di chi si prende i soldi? Dopotutto, non si tratta di dilettanti che corrono per divertimento. Un giovane russa arriva dopo 4 anni senza presenze da loro squadra e batte quasi tutta la nostra squadra dopo 4 anni di preparazione con lo staff dalla Germania e le Olimpiadi in casa in 1 mese... Non ci sono parole... È solo uno spreco di soldi, perché qualsiasi mediocre allenatore italiano avrebbe potuto ottenere questi risultati senza tutto lo staff, senza i ritiri all'estero, ecc, ecc. E questi soldi avrebbero potuto essere destinati a sport in cui ci sono maggiori possibilità di vincere medaglie, perché qui non c'è nemmeno la possibilità di un piazzamento tra i primi 8 in una staffetta con questa forma.

Il bilancio finale dell'Italia nell stagione estiva 2025. A mio parere, uno del due medaglie d'argento nel doppio misto nel tennis non dovrebbero essere conteggiate (il limite massimo per nazione è 1), ma non cambiano comunque l'equilibrio generale. Tutto il tennis è un po' ironico, ovviamente, e questo ha migliorato significativamente il nostro bilancio alla fine.

Barp and Pellegrino OK today. Graz was in the top 30 until the 8th km, but weakened significantly and now has no points – not good. Carollo's performance today was completely incomprehensible for me, but it's typical for Italians skier in recent years, apart maybe from Pellegrino, sameone can finish 9-10th in one day and then 50th the next day. De Fabiani? I don't think he'll ever return to even a decent level. Korostelev has probably already received some new vitamins? Maybe Cramer could get us something too for us, to be able to scare Nor more seriously

OK.

She could be a dark horse. But she has to be 100% good in 2 runs- she's always taking a huge risk and often exaggerates the risk. However, I wouldn't give her any less of a chance than, like Shiffrin in the giant slalom.

Even 2 years ago, I was hoping Ghiotto would be a second van der Poel from 2022, that he would simply go to OG and win 2 gold medals in the 5 and 10 km in Cortina and end his career with a great champion in glory. But this is Italy, and we don't know how to create great champions with truly strong mentalities. However, we are masters at creating alibis: injuries, a bad day, strong rivals, etc.

He might be a dark horse, but if Ghiotto, a 10k dominant force on his track for the last three seasons, is to be afraid of someone like that, then he has very little chance against Jilek. That's all. And that's unfortunately possible, because Italy lacks truly great champions who goes as favorites at the Olympics and won a gold medal: Zoegeller, Tomba, maybe Goggia in 2018 in the women's downhill. Not to much.

I'm no big expert, but I'm just comparing times and going by that my predictions. If you beat Bergsma in under 10 seconds, your time wasn't particularly fast, but I could be wrong. We will see.

It's certainly a more measurable sport than any other Alpine skiing event- even slalom with Shiffrin or giant slalom with Odermatt. If someone is a strong favorite and has shown the form van der Poel has in 2022, then two gold medals are very realistic. As of today, Jilek, in his December form, would have those two golds.

Okay, but all the top 10k guys, except Bergsma and Ghiotto, will be competing only once at the Olympics (Lubineaud was in 2022, because I don't remember?). And if I remember correctly, you wrote over a year ago that Jilek is a future phenomenon and that two gold medals in Milan are very likely.

She's quite well-known in the world of alpine skiing, and besides, she's had several serious injuries and always returned to a high level. Now, for me, she has a chance to win a medal in the giant slalom on OG.

Here you have statesmen and old leaders that's why we were the leaders back then, and the USSR fell apart. And who said I support Trump? I have never even been in USA in my life... Personally, I think he's a clown, but he unfortunately show the decline of our entire Western World- of which the USA was a leader for a long time.

My personal favorite in Canadian athlete is Valerie Grenier. She's so likeable and sweet

Canada had a great home-boost in 2010. Unfortunately, that's not the case in us – look at 2006... We won fewer medals in Torino 2006 than in 2002 (11 vs. 13)