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After all, it's not about her completing the lap faster than the pure sprinters. As the start runner in the team sprint, it's simply a matter of setting as high a pace as possible all three laps in order to give the final runner, optimally a sprinter, as much of a lead as possible. Because every meter that the start runner loses, the second runner must first make up, so that he may lack strength on the last lap. It is clear that Johaug would have no chance in the finish sprint, but that is not the task of the start runner. Just watch here Olympia 2018 how the distance runners in the second lap (from about 12:00) increase the pace so that the pure sprinters already get clear problems and in the third lap the pure sprinters then break away completely.: https://olympics.com/de/video/herren-team-sprint-finale-skilanglauf-pyeongchang-2018-wiederholung In this format you just don't stand a chance with two pure sprinters. You need at least one who is also top in the distance range. That's why relay teams like Finland with Niskanen and Parmakoski are highly rated, even though neither of them are pure sprinters.

No Olympics for Heidi Weng https://www.nrk.no/sport/ol-ryker-for-weng_-_-drommen-om-ol-revansje-ble-knust-1.15847204

Loop: 1.5km, three time in the semis and three time in the final: 3x2x1.5km = 9km

Yes. A distance skiier only has to take the pace high over the loops, that the sprinters get in trouble in the third loop. 3x4.5km x 2 is the program for the Team Sprint for each athlete with Semis and Final. In 2018 also Sundby was in the Norwegian team and he is definitely not a sprinter. Likewise the French, Manificat. We will see on Tuesday, but I’m pretty sure many teams will have at least one distance skiier in their team.

The team sprint is not a real sprint. The distance is 9 km for each skier. Niskanen and Parmakoski are classic specialists and would not have been medal contenders today. Their focus is on Thursday 10km classic. And why is Karlsson out? Apart from that she was already in the final in classic sprint this season. And there's nothing against Johaug competing, the relay is on Saturday and the 30k only a week later on Sunday. The result list of the last classic team sprint at the Olympic Games, on similarly difficult courses, already shows that there always has to be at least one distance runner in the team: https://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/CC/3063/2014CC3063RL.pdf The Olympic champion in the individual sprint Falla, for example, was not put up at all, because she was too weak over the distance at that time.

Yes I am also talking about the Team Sprint. And yes the Swedes are certainly top favorite with Dahlqvist/Sundling or Karlsson/Sundling. In the team sprint the running time for the women will probably be over 11 minutes per athlete, because the course is so difficult, means pure sprinters can't really be used and the distance runner is more in demand. And there the Finns with Niskanen and Parmakoski are very much in demand, although they did not start here in the individual sprint. And in addition, the race is run in the classic technique, and Brennan and Diggins are one class weaker than in the skating technique. And the Russians Stupak and Nepryeva are much stronger in classic than in freestyle. And I'm pretty sure that Johaug will also run in Norway and she will already be able to tear gaps in the third round. So the favorites will be more Sweden, Finland, Russia and Norway (with Johaug) than the USA.

Sorry, but the course for Urevc is far too hard. Any team need a least one distance athlete, maybe even two.

Never ever. The Americans are not nearly as strong in classic as they are in skating. I don't even see them winning a medal. The Swedes yes, but then the Russians, Finns and Norway with Johaug are much stronger.

What a demonstration

Jouve and Ustjugov out! And the Norwegians as well!

FIS is in real trouble now … I think there will be some positive tests in the next days. Against Goolberg …

4 places will come from the first semi

Neprayeva out because of a stupid mistake

3 minutes is quite normal.

Bolshunov will miss the Sprint

In the Individual, however, the gaps are generally greater. And as long as Eckhoff doesn't hit anything standing, even her great runtime won't help her. Tandrevold was okay, but they‘re pretty dependent on Roeiseland.

At the moment it is Herrmann + Top 15 in the World Cup total score, so 14 places are free at the Moment.

in really bad shape Germans and Norwegians were much faster

Much better conditions today at the moment, so no excuses

BIB 1 for Gold again https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2122/BT/SWRL/OG__/SWIN/C51A_v1.pdf

Ski Jumping, some Freestyle/Snowboard, Men‘s Slalom, Ski Mountaineering Sprint (probably), Luge/Bobsleigh and the indoor events will be probably in the evening, but definitely no Biathlon. The weather at the day is also too good for races under floodlights. They could time it at 3pm, then it is primetime in Asia and in the morning in the US, so optimal.

Is the skitime of the Norwegians that outstanding? Eckhoff was as fast as Herrmann, Oeberg and Simon on her lap. And also Roeiseland was not so dominatin, 13 seconds slower for example than the ladies from the second group and the course length was exactly the same. In the men's race Johannes Bö was for example slower than Loginov and also Nawrath was only 8 seconds slower. Tarjej Bö for example was 20 seconds slower than Loginov. I don't see any dominance there, especially since the four fastest Norwegians were skiing today and the rest tend to be a bit slower than the four. There is no gold preprogrammed, especially with that wind.

Yeah, I’m quite shocked by Sola. Oberhof was still good, than Ruhpolding bad and Antholz very Bad. Today at the beginning it looked better, but the last loop was again bad. And Wierer: she looked at her best in Antholz, maybe her shape is also going down. That Roeiseland will be strong clear at this profile was quite clear. I‘m really looking forward to see what Braisaz-Bouchet can do. This profile should also suit her very much.

The Swedes are traditionally never really strong at altitude, aren't they? At least I can never really remember any top performances. The Norwegians, French and Russians are traditionally strong in Antholz at altitude, so no surprise for me the result, even if it was constantly back and forth. The best have prevailed.

Norway have a big problem in the relay