phelps

they do really fear to be sued by the athletes not making the cut if they don't give them theoretical chances to qualify... actually, they fear many probable protests in all the disciplines using rankings when not stated at the beginning of the qualifying process... if the Games go on, it's gonna be fun...there will be a lot complaints from many sides and many sports by all those who miss out on qualification...

not so unexpected... De Aliprandini was our secret weapon, we've been good at keeping him hidden enough until today... jokes, aside...obviously he wasn't among the favourites today, but he has shown more than once that on a given day he's capable of being a top GS specialist... unfortunately for him, he was never capable of doing it for 2 consecutive runs in the same day...but today finally it was the good one, he kept his heart rate at a reasonable level between the 2 runs and eventually got the podium he was only close to more than once in the last few seasons... luckily, it happened at the home worlds (and even more after his teammates have summed up epic fails in series so far)... p.s this is the 1st ever Silver medal in the men's GS for Italy (after 4 Gold and 3 Bronze medals)...

and I want Britons to be cancelled, instead... you should stop trolling around... this is a sport forum, made mainly of true sport lovers who want the Games to go on...so, it really looks that this is not the right place for you...

I didn't expect anything different... they even tried to produce false studies by some improbable biased (corrupted) doctors to support their plot... All WADA people, from their boss to the last bathroom cleaner, must be sent in jail for the rest of their life... they are just a criminal organization, worse than the worst mafia gangs around the world...

Justice has been done! (partially, there are things that will never be back in any case)... Alex Schwazer has been finally sentenced NOT GUILTY of doping in 2016, as the urine samples used to frame him were clearly manipulated by the people supposed to preserve the integrity of the sport... right now, news are only in Italian...but I think soon they'll hit the headlines also outside our Country... https://www.repubblica.it/sport/vari/2021/02/18/news/atletica_il_tribunale_di_bolzano_assolve_schwazer_nel_2016_non_ci_fu_doping_-288154560/?ref=RHTP-BH-I286519397-P1-S3-T1 https://www.corriere.it/sport/21_febbraio_18/schwazer-doping-gip-accoglie-richiesta-archiviazione-caso-chiuso-non-ci-sara-procedimento-penale-7850db80-71e5-11eb-893c-20b27ab3b588.shtml

betrayed...I just feel betrayed...

a 4th place, rather...

this is a well known (and old) sad and controversial story (not to say directly a farce)... we've discussed about that quite a lot at the time of the last world champs and of the following months (when all the script happened)...

why do you say that? I didn't check the online player, but Eurosport2 was live from 9.50 to 11.30 for the first run (they were live until no.50 more or less, before switching to the player online only)... and now they're live on Eurosport1 since the beginning of the 2nd run...

to end the perfect day, just look at the photo in the post #408... keep in mind that the time keeper had Bassino and Liensberger tied...

so, we (Italians) can call ourselves the lucky side in this case... our Eurosport commentators are by far the best I've ever listened to...and I have switched in the past 30 years or so from different Italian TV networks (public and private) to the German public TV, from the German Eurosport crew to the British Eurosport crew and occasionally also the Austrian ORF, the Swiss (Italian speaking) TV and the French guys on L'Equipe21 (not counting Czech and Slovak public networks, since I don't understand almost anything except for the numbers and very few words)... long live Dario Puppo and Max Ambesi...

no way... let's start the party!

and congrats to Faivre...he deserves today's gold...he's been basically the only one having decent runs also on the blue course...well done...

c'mon, man! once again winning because of those stupid rules! I can't even enjoy such kind of success... it's a farce no matter who wins it (even if it's the best GS specialist of the season without any doubt)...

yeah, and they changed the penalty time more than once... I'm asking myself how it can be a serious event if they change rules and formats every year and if they choose slopes that can't even guarantee a fair competition for all the starters?

oh, guys! I DIDN'T make the rule...it's FIS... I'm only trying to report what our broadcaster is reporting about this farce...

because their opponents inherited the advantage by beating the higher seed... so, actually it's not always the lower bib, but the skier filling the space of the supposed lower bib at the start of the knockout stage (if the no.16 beats the no., then it's like he gets the no.1 for the rest of the event, for instance)...

when they're tied, the fastest in the 2nd run goes through to the next round...

and Liensberger vs Bassino is the big final among the women... medal for Italy!!! now the snow can start falling...

I already told you...it's a farce, but that's what FIS decided for this race... at least we won't have anything like this in Beijing next year (still, we have the AC and the team event)...

basically, being the fastest in qualifying is the worst possible outcome for the actual competition... that says it all on what a farce this race is...

no, it's about the lower bib starting always on the red course...the skiers can't choose where to run first...

the alpine combined

I think they switched to some of the Fox Sports channels or rather to their website... for sure they stopped on the main FOX channel to keep up with their regular schedule... by the way, the international feed ran out of time and the european/middle east broadcasters had to stop their live coverage...

yes, Tandrevold gifted Wierer the crystal globe for the Individual race... very good team performance by the Swiss girls, too...