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yeah but lapping the whole group is a huge thing in those events and deserves such huge reward. here they give max 5 pts for each sprint, we have 3 sprints, means max 15. yet they award 60-40-20 for top 3 finishers !!! what's the point of those sprints , they don't change the podium at all. they affect only from the 4th place

Hi guys, you can count me too, hope to not finish almost last this time

I don't know how much you guys are familiar with Harry Potter books and that so-called sport Quidditch but this mass start events remind me of that why ? because in that game, you have to score goals but they don't really matter , because you have to catch the "Golden Snitch" to win the match, (10 pts for each goal and 150 pts for the snitch) in this mass start. those sprint points are just for fun, after all the top 3 finishers in last lap get the podium

That was nice to see our Sabre guys on a World Cup podium after a while. even though Pakdaman lost a 12-9 lead in semifinal. I don't know why but they almost always lose to these two Koreans Kim and Gu. Abedini also had a good day beating Curatoli but he ran into Pakdaman and lost convincingly. another guy Rahbari also lost a close match to the world champion Szatmari, good results for all of them in general after failing to get good results in recent tournaments.

looks like after Frank Chamizo , Italy wlil have another world class freestyle wrestler, Shamil Kudiamagomedov 2016 Euro Champion just wrestled in Ukraine tournament under Italian flag.

and probably the Olympics. this World Cup is the main qualifier for the Olympics and the Olympic qualifying tournaments. Croatia still can gather a better team to beat Romania and Netherlands to at least make it to the second round.

for the World Cup ? no wild card this time. all 32 teams (31 + host China) have to qualify themselves.

The 2020 Olympic Host Japan probably won't qualify for the 2019 World Cup. as we know FIBA has to approve the host team's level to let them participate automatically. Japan lost to TPE at home today, they are last in the group and their chance is really slim to advance even to the next round !

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no because of blatant cheating they always do still I support them (like other Asian countries) when they don't host

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Wierer from 1st place to almost last place and then again the first place !

well done Wierer

I would wait for the confirmation, you are dealing with Korea, remember. edit: great. 3rd medal for Fontana

unlike what you think , Iran has a long history in Alpine skiing (not any other winter sport, only this one) and there are so many Alpine skiing courses near Tehran. this is a popular sport here (but only for fun, not for a competitive sport) this is really shameful being still very weak in this sport the worst part is they are showing the competition live in TV and consider "finishing the race" as a great success.

Really shameful to see Iranian skiers going like this, he could go much faster but he raced like a coward. just wanted to finish it. almost all skiers after him are getting DNF but I give them more credit for at least trying to do their best.

watching Germany vs Sweden, both shirts look a bit similar ! (specially in front where the German shirt is also yellow) sometimes hard to say who is who

looks like at the end of the day 3 DNF and one gold medal for Italy

looks like the first no-medal for Canada in this sport Korea, Sweden, GB and probably Japan made it to the semifinal. interesting to have both Asian teams in the semis

judges always help the host nation, and China is no innocent. but I can't compare any country to South Korea. whenever they host a tournament in Asia, we know are in trouble. btw my comment about Chinese skaters getting disqualification wasn't only about this Olympics. whenever I see a Short Track competition and when an accident happens they disqualify China (and maybe rightfully I'm no expert in this sport)

Chinese are not notorious for cheating at home. at least not as much as Korea. We know Korea a bit better since they compete in Asia, whenever they host a competition you know bad things will happen. 2002 and 2014 Asian Games were disastrous. I'm not talking about some few mistakes but blatant cheating. they even cheat in badminton, I still remember how they made Taufik Hidayat crying in the team final.

What China did wrong ?! btw I have to read the rules. looks like disqualifying China is written there, because whatever happens they always disqualify the Chinese skater

I'm no expert in this and don't know the rules exactly but how come they didn't disqualify Korea ?! for few seconds they had two skaters on the track !

That was my point, I know he is talented and deserves the gold for sure. but I mean why Korea couldn't create someone like him in Alpine or CC or Biathlon or even Ski Jumping. I'm sure they tried them too but eventually forced to buy foreign athletes to be at least a bit competitive.

Out of all these sports, Iran sport channel picked up Skeleton for live coverage today morning I wonder how many people woke up 5 am to watch Skeleton ! maybe zero (can't count myself, I was watching Alpine) Korea winning the gold here makes me think if Skeleton is easy to learn and improve ?! Korea probably was nobody in this sport 10 years ago. I'm sure they invested money in all winter sports , not just this one.