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Lipowitz on his way to gold ... depends how he finishes, since Cisar had a very good last lap. But if he hits 5 in the last standing, Emilien Claude will probably be favorite to get the win

Bened wins with the only perfect shooting, well deserved. She's shown some talent behind the rifle ... Hope she can bring a bit of precision in the A team

At least for the Russians we have some benchmarks (IBU Cup), Serokhvostov is probably the fastest athlete in the field but so unsure on the range. As for the Norwegians, not very much to compare to ...

Goreeva (Russia) and Chauveau (France) were amongst the fastest in the IBU Cup (juniors and seniors combined) in January, not to overlook. On this format Slettermark (Greenland) will be in the mix too. Look at Halvarsson and Johansson for Sweden too. For the men Bionaz is not here, but the same can be said for Giacomel and above all, Filip Andersen (Norway). Perrot (France) to follow also, keep an eye on Kireyev (Kazakhstan) and Stefansson (Sweden).

Seems pretty obvious ...

Great, you don't have to compare the two teams in the standings of your home WC then

What a performance from Claudel Did really well in classic and 4th time in the skating part of the race ! Very promising for the 10k

So the French Federation decided not to invite our best jumpers, whom, I guess, were given an invite from EA (R.Diallo 6th in the wTJ, H.Kpatcha 8th in the wLJ, JB Bertrand 10th in the mLJ) ... at least Celia Perron is now in for the pentathlon (Henriette Jaeger is out due to Covid), well deserved after she was "robbed" her spot by some obscure host-nation quota So 26 athletes, very limited roster, what a shame. Paris is 3 years from now and they're still reluctant to send young guns showing great promises. Those who make it to Poland have good chances to deliver though ...

Ahahahah, I HIGHLY doubt France will send an athlete in HJ ... If we do

Nah, we will see most of them. Mayer and Thiam are confirmed, mPV will be stacked, Ingebrigtsens, Mahuchikh, wLJ etc

Gutted ... why did they take that much of a risk before the first tournament in one year ... I guess we will not be part of the second one next week also. At least the girls can play and prepare for the OG qualifiers, but compared to their male counterparts the road to Tokyo is very clear considering the level of the repechages.

Lol, you're not a fine analyst are you ? It was probably the best pair for this format considering also Guigonnat didn't run yesterday ...

Good for Italy but quite undeserved gold.

Gold for Bassino ...

Kind of deserved for Faivre, he didn't looked as bad on the blue course as some others ...

No medal for her, not been tested positive either ... unlike a certain D.H

The King is dead, long live the King

Faivre starting on the blue -> very good Ok, I didn't read well

What at load of shit ... At least the gap was 0.48 here, and not the mandatory 0.50.

Actually the lower bib doesn't get to start on the blue first. Look at Liensberger here or Gstrein in the quarter ... So what makes the difference when they are even ?

Even worse But ... why did Liensberger start on the blue then ?

I guess the better Q time gets to choose his first course. So gold for Liensberger, silver for Worley, bronze for Moltzan

How unfair is this format ? Start with the blue -> Win

J'ai regardé, ça confirme ce que j'en pense. Montel sur des meetings, d'autant plus de niveau national comme celui là, c'est vraiment pas terrible. C'est la voix de l'athlé sur des grosses compétitions où on a besoin de folie et où la maîtrise des consultants (enfin dépend lesquels, Diagana très bon, Diniz très agréablement surpris, Tamgho sympa aussi, par contre Arron quelle horreur) assure les à-côté. Sur ce genre de compétitions ses lacunes ressortent, il n'a pas de belle histoire à raconter sur des athlètes très connus, pas d'enjeu nécessitant son grain de folie,et son absence de plus value technique est criante, de même que sa connaisance limitée des athlètes. C'est d'autant plus vrai quand le consultant est moyen comme ici même si le fameux Dorian de Koh Lanta n'est pas mauvais.

Of course rain influence the shot putters, how they handle it, the contact with the somehow wet ground etc