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At the moment it doesn't show me the time comments were written at, does anyone else have this problem?

1) If you want to discuss, then ... a) Reply to my comment b) Read my comment before you reply 2) I said that Riiber deserved that gold medal, but Gruber winning a medal here is completely random (so is Germany not having anyone on the podium)

Hard to imagine Maja Ciric not being the most beautiful particpant ...

What? She won bronze in womens sprint last year ... The fact that she witnessed Vogel's accident live clearly took a toll on her (according to newspaper reports), but i have no doubt that she will be fine for 2020. In the end those world championships between olympics are rather unimportant, especially because GB never bothers to show up. I think the past couple olympics only very few world champions won the gold medal in their respective events and i don't think it will be different this time. I think the Netherlands will win gold in men's team sprint and GB will probably win both team pursuits, but apart from that i don't see anyone who can already be considered a big favorite for the olympics.

What a random result, although Riiber deserved it probably given the season he is having. The austrian grandpa winning a medal certainly is a bad sign, but not completely shocking given that the best german athletes are taking it easy this season. Must be nice for all the other nations to finally have a chance at winning something again. Have to say that i absolutely can't stand Riiber and Rehrl, easily the least likeable guys in nordic combined for me.

10.712 for Friedrich in women's sprint qualification! Would have been the 2nd fastest time at the world championships last year (let's see what it's worth this year, considering that the track seems extremely fast). If the german coaches know anything about track cycling, they will find a way to coach Friedrich/Grabosch to gold in the team sprint in 2020.

1) Takanashi severely declined already despite being 2 years younger than Lundby 2) Vogt won her last title in 2017, when she was as old as Lundby is now 3) Althaus is 2 years younger than Lundby Please don't let facts disturbe you ...

Completely agree, noone said that Lundby came out of nowhere today, but anyone who isn't completely biased has to admit that Althaus today was the better athlete. Lundby got clearly overscored + it's easier to make a telemark when you jump half a kilometer shorter in each round. Same conditions + fair judges -> Althaus wins the gold medal today in 99 out of 100 cases.

Vogt won 2 world championships and an olympic gold, Lundby was very lucky today to win her first world championships gold. Of course Lundby has one more overall world cup, but unlike Vogt she never had to compete against peak Takanashi (the best female ski jumper of all times).

Very sad day, Althaus was definitely the better athlete today, but the judges didn't want it to be. Lundby is bound to come down like Vogt did after a couple of years, hopefully that's when Althaus will be finally rewarded.

Weird question ... In NK/SJ we still have 5 events and in each of them Germany has maybe 50 % to win gold, in CC we have 4 events left and in each of them Norway has about 80 % to win them. I think a better question would be whether Norway is more likely to sweep the remaining CC events than Germany is to win 4 of the 5 remaining events in SJ/NK. I think Germany should win NK team, SJ mixed team and SJ men's individual, but NK men's individual and women's SJ individual are open.

Ouch ... third final for Germany and third missed quote place ... In the end i am sure that all important german athletes will qualify and that Germany will win at least 3 medals in Tokyo, but at the moment it's still frustrating.

Chill ... cadet team events are the worst predictor for success at senior level + Italy did great in the individual competitions.

At the beggining of those world championships i was very disappointed to not see River Radamus win a medal, but now he is finally performing at his best. Probably the best male talent those last couple of years together with Kristoffersen and Noel. Edit: Also amazing to see Belgium having a world-class talent, would be amazing if he could do well at senior level.

"The level has actually gone up to the point some hills struggle with the starting gates, some hills are already at Level 1 and can't be modified anymore." Yeah and the equipment surely has nothing to do with that ... The fact that guys like Kasai/Amann were/are able to compete well into their 50s/40s only allows one conclusion: The level has clearly decreased over the last couple of years.

Germany on a roll! Heatcock in the semifinal together with 3 italian guys. 2nd event on the mens side and 2nd gold for Germany? Without knowing anything about those 4 guys i would say that there is roughly a 25 % chance.

Of course right before the tournament started he was the favorite, but before the season started noone would have placed any bet on him. Back when Morgenstern/Schlierenzauer and so on were still active this guy would have been lucky to even make the 2nd round, but like i said many times before: The level has dramatically dropped, Austria is gone, Norway is gone, Slovenia is gone, Kasai is gone, Freund is gone ... nowadays you have a good shot at a podium if you can safely land 2 jumps in a row.

You seem to know his gf pretty well?

Peier winning a medal here would be the biggest shocker since Koboyashi winning the 4-hills tournament.

1) Schuster will leave after this season anyway, so he doesnt give a shit 2) Leyhe and Wellinger were on the same level the last couple of days, but Wellinger has more experience, so it wasnt a shocking decision. Tomorrow in the team Lehye will replace Wellinger, so Germany should be fine.

Ultra disappointing first round from a german perspective. The level of competition remains historically low, if it stays like that next year, then Ahonen/Kasai can probably win the overall world cup.

I feel you ... It makes me really sad that tax money is wasted on cross-country/speed skating, would be much better to completely shut down the financing for those sports.

Got all the medallists right, but completely wrong order ... I predicted 1) Bolshunov 2) Sundby 3) Roethe ...

What an interesting race on the womens side ... at least for the first 500 m ... Is Johaug the one who got caught or was that Bjoergen?

Bet contest: Cross-country: 1: Yes 2: No 3: No 4: No 5: Yes 17: Yes