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  1. NearPup
    More tragic news out of Alberta. 17 year old Max Burkhart from Germany has died due to injuries he sustained during a training run for a NorAm Downhill in Lake Louise.
  2. NearPup
    I wouldn’t be surprised it’s a concession the IOC made to avoid a Russian boycott. To be honnest it’s a bit academic. It’s a different IOC code, doesn’t really matter if the medals are counter for IOA or OAR. Everybody knows the athletes are Russian either way.
  3. NearPup
    Both mass start finals where just embarrassing. I think most of the field didn’t care, it’s like everyone agreed just making the finals (and the world cup points that came with it) was good enough.
  4. NearPup
    Now that I think about it, I don’t think there is a word for it in either English of French...
  5. NearPup
    Nice to see Lamy-Chappuis back. He's fun to watch.
  6. NearPup
    It kind of makes sense in the world cup, since minor placings matter there. But at the Olympics? If nothing else you want to *avoid* finishing fourth because finishing fourth sucks.
  7. NearPup
    It's for the same morons that think being second at Risk means you did better than the person who finished third so they play in a way that forecloses their chances of being first.
  8. NearPup
    Hot take: Mikaela Shiffrin should already be in the conversation for greatest ever.
  9. NearPup
    If a medalist gets disqualified for doping who gets the bronze medal? The person who was fourth at the line or the person that had the fourth most points?
  10. NearPup
    I mean I don't mind the length. I'd be okay with a real Marathon, I'm okay with 20-ish lap. I kind of like how both sprinters and long distance skaters can do well in the current mass start. But the points... all it does it make things confusing for no reason. The whole point of a mass start is the simplicity of the first person crossing the line winning.
  11. NearPup
    Could the ISU just get rid of the stupid, stupid, stupid sprints in the mass start? Just. Rank. People. By. Their. Finishing. Order. I actually think the Mass Start could be a great event if it was a couple laps longer (like 25?) and didn't have points.
  12. NearPup
    Well that's just disgusting.
  13. NearPup
    The men's team pursuit is a splatterfest. Canada, Russia and the US all have falls.
  14. NearPup
    Aye.
  15. NearPup
    Japan just set the world record in the women's team pursuit! Meanwhile Germany finished 0.03 seconds ahead of Canada for silver. The Netherlands failed to finish (fall on the last lap).
  16. NearPup
    Apparently she was in her best form ever. Too bad, these Olympics where probably going to be her best shot at ever getting a medal.
  17. NearPup
    Ya, it's a very impressive result from Yu-Ting Huang. She's not that young (30) so I'm not sure how much further she can go, but this is just another example that if good inline speed skaters transition to speed skating they can do very well even if their country doesn't have a speed skating tradition. Wouldn't be surprised to see more good speed skaters come out of Taiwan (and Colombia).
  18. NearPup
    There are 37 athletes with sub 1:18 just this world cup, and presumably more people will go under that in SLC. I don't think the time has to be achieved at a world cup either? Also it's just a minimum time, you have to be in the top 20 of the world cup or the top 12 of the world cup time ranking (excluding the top 20 in the world cup) (with the caveat that only the top 3 athletes per country count). It's unlikely you would qualify with a 1:18 flat.
  19. NearPup
    http://www.fis-ski.com/news-multimedia/news/article=fis-imposes-provisional-suspensions-six-russian-cross-country-skiers.html The FIS has finally (provisionally) suspended the six Russian cross country skiers the IOC disqualified, based on the detailed reasoning in the Legkov case.
  20. NearPup
    It’s kind of madening. The old format was fair, worked well and provided meaningful continental tournaments where teams could send their best players. This format is just... bleh.
  21. NearPup
    I think it's a shame there aren't tripartite invitations available for cases like this. Alternatively, the America's quota in IBSF events should not include Canada or the US. It's actually really hard to qualify for something like women's skeleton unless you can grab a continental quota.
  22. NearPup
    That post didn’t age well
  23. NearPup
    Can we take a moment to appreciate just how good of a race this is? Tons of great performances, seems kind of unusual for a season opener.
  24. NearPup
    The point is to try to add three new events at the Olympics xD
  25. NearPup
    There isn't a World Cup in La Plagne this year. Europa Cup?
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