JonPhi

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

Does anyone have a reliable weather source for Zhangjiakou? On the page of the organizers it is never announced so cold, only around -5 degrees

Lanisek was pre-qualified in the Team

Startlist Skiathlon Women https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/static/owg2022/pdf/OWG2022/CCS/OWG2022_CCS_C51E_CCSWSKIATHLN----------FNL-000100--.pdf

START LIST MIXED RELAY https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/static/owg2022/pdf/OWG2022/BTH/OWG2022_BTH_C51B2_BTHXRELAY4------------FNL-000100--.pdf

Two in two days if you‘re already in China and four in four days if you‘re still in Europe

The other athletes are Falla, Myhrvold, Lotta Weng and Tiril Weng, so no one who is a potential starter for the skiathlon. They are mostly sprinters and have their main event on Tuesday.