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And there she is: https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/CC/2697/2022CC2697SL.pdf Niskanen not racing Classic, that is a huge shock. And Russians with Stepanova

I edited Sweden, but then it is the right composition.

Tiril Udnes Weng Therese Johaug Helene Marie Fossesholm Ranghild Haga Maja Dahlqvist Ebba Andersson Frida Karlsson Jonna Sundling

So poor! No pursuit for Chevalier is a disaster, and Braisaz ist a disaster again.

They may also want to have another run towards the relay. I'm curious about the running time, so far the plans and expectations of the Swedes did not work out so well.

She is a sprinter so no chance in the team sprint. Niskanen and Paramakoski will probably be the team.

Weather will be quite a problem in the Sprint and Pursuits. The wind is supposed to freshen and it is supposed to get very cold, Sunday we will also be in the critical range around -15 degrees and lower. So maybe we see conditions like in the Mixed Relay.

Magnusson is a real big surprise? She is definitely the slowest of the team.

BIB 1 and 5 for a glorious day?

That was clear, I said it!

Russians and Fins definitely favorites for the relay. Norwegian and Sweden really poor. I think we will see Sundling in the relay.

Paal Golberg Hans Crister Holund Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo Erik Valnes

15K Classic Hugo Lapalus Maurice Manificat Richard Jouve For Manificat and Jouve it should be about the last relay place. Lapalus, Lappiere and Parisse are supposedly seeded, although this can be assumed after the skiathlon.

Norway's women's team is so decimated that even Tiril Eckhoff should run the relay. But the biathletes refused

Nop, she is out

Individual Classic: Emma Andersson Charlotte Kalla Frida Karlsson Emma Ribom Therese Johaug Mathilde Myhrvold Lotta Udnes Weng Tiril Udnes Weng

This could be a medal

In the end, it adds up whether you have to run 7.2km or 9km. Add to that the altitude and the slow conditions. We will see next week Tuesday how many distance runners are on the start list in the end.

At the world championships 2021 it was an relatively easy 1.2km sprint course in skating, here it will be a hard 1.5km sprint in classic. And Dahlqvist and Sundling would be still the favorites, because they are also very good in classic and have some distance skills. Jochen Behle said that he would even go for two distance runners on the difficult course because it is simply too demanding.

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.