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First podium for Delphine Claudel 

Only the 3rd Frenchwoman to do so, the 4th podium, first since 2013 

On 20/12/2020 at 19:16, intoronto said:

 athlete of the year was a tie. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (football) and Alphonso Davies (soccer) were the winners.

 

 

https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/article/laurent-duvernay-tardif-alphonso-davies-named-co-winners-canadian-athlete-year/

You mean handegg and football ? 

I'd go with Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 

Good for France, as long as spectators are authorized ...  

So no Junior WC for 2001 athletes 

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Sad for Peiffer, it's never good when an athlete has to withdraw shortly before a race due to personal reasons (which aren't the birth of a baby, otherwise we'd probably have known)  

His wife is pregnant and seems to have some sort of stomach pain (courtesy of French TV).

45 minutes ago, Werloc said:

I don't know if I'd classify them as interesting changes, moreso I'd say logical changes.

 

Persson was never that behind in skill from Brorsson, so it is cool that she got the chance and we can only assume that Swedish coaching staff valued Skottheim's starting leg so they didn't replace her even if Brorsson ran a better sprint today.

 

For France, Julia Simon was very strong last season and after today's sprint it seems that she is yet again capable to put in a strong performance. It's just that the French team is such a wildcard everytime, you never know what's going to happen with the shooting.

 

Lastly for Germany, this is probably the saddest year for German women biathlon. The fact that Schneider hasn't landed in a top 80 this season, Hinz is absolutely irrelevant so far too, yet they're not replaced by German B team, because there's really no strong, suitable replacements, it's not that surprising that Hettich gets put in the relay after a good sprint. The depth of athletes is really screwed for Germany right now and I have no idea what happened. Early retirements on the women's field hit Germany so hard.

Herrmann is below her par and Hammerschmidt has not recovered the form she got before her injury.

We will probably see either Weidel or Juliane Frühwirth soon I guess, but what to expect from them in the short term ?

I guess the TV production has some problem with France, or ? 

Though they didn't show Alimbekava either, so I'd say they're just shit ...

So American Samoa have got more athlete (well men) than France in the Skeleton WC in the last 10 years or more. One is not much but at least they don't have any track down under 

21 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Ahem! Some of us were around when her parents were competing.  
 

Greenland is not an Olympic nation, though - they had to compete for Denmark.

I think everybody here was around when they were competing, unless we have some newborn lurking 

Just now, rybak said:

I'm very glad that Ukaleq will take part in World Cup race  It isn't her debut at this level?

Yes it is

7 hours ago, hckosice said:

Last year (the non-covid one) was her best 68.14, but this year she already threw 73.47 in September. That is what happen when you start training with the absolutely non suspicious NZL Shot Put training group

Actually her best was 63.12 before this year  So +6m in 10 months and +10 in 18 months 

To be fair she's not that old but that's a hell of a progression.

3 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

What the fuck are you talking about ? These sports don't drive the host country interest. Surfing will be held to the other place of the globe in a land that half of the population would be surprised to learn it's actually a part of the country, no one cares about BMX past puberty and certainly no one give a fuck about breakdancing.

 

What will drive host country interest are the usual suspects : Athletics, Swimming, team sports or any sport that will bring the medals and that will be forgotten two weeks later.

 

This additional sport selection had little to do with the host country, but mostly with the IOC trying to pretend it's something else.

 

 

Absolutely, the COJO would have tried for pétanque to draw host attention (and get some more medals) 

16 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Literally anyone who knows anything about French sports. These sports do fantastic in France. Breakdancing, Surfing, BMX Freestyle all generally draw great audiences in France.

Ahem, don't know which audiences you refer to but certainly not on television. Also I've barely seen any news about breakdancing and very few about BMX freestyle, though surfing do get way more interest. 

French Team for Hochfilzen :

Anais BESCOND – ARMÉES Morbier Bellefontaine (Massif Jurassien)

Justine BRAISAZ–BOUCHET – DOUANES Les Saisies (Savoie)

Chloé CHEVALIER – Les 7 Laux (Sports de Neige du Dauphiné)

Anaïs CHEVALIER-BOUCHET – DOUANES Les 7 Laux (Sports de Neige du Dauphiné

Caroline COLOMBO – Mouthe (Massif Jurassien)

Julia SIMON – DOUANES Les Saisies (Savoie)

Fabien CLAUDE – ARMEES Basse sur le Rupt (Massif des Vosges)

Simon DESTHIEUX – ARMÉES Lompnes (Lyonnais et pays de l’Ain)

Quentin FILLON MAILLET – DOUANES Grandvaux (Massif Jurassien)

Antonin GUIGONNAT – ARMÉES Morzine – Avoriaz (Mont-Blanc)

Emilien JACQUELIN – DOUANES Villard de Lans (Sports de Neige du Dauphiné)

Oscar LOMBARDOT – Entente sportive saugette (Massif Jurassien)

Alpha Bien Claude 

FINALLY a podium 

Lithuanian names don't sound utterly difficult to pronounce for me, Polish on the other side could prove to be VERY hard 

1 hour ago, JonPhi said:

Very poor Performance from Simon so far! It already has been shown in Wiesbaden and at France Championships that she is far a way from fast skiing, but that was so terrible These two Days. In My opinion she would not even make the Relay Team (Bescond - Brasiaz - Chevalier C. - Chevalier A.). That‘s so dissapointing After Last Season.

She reminds me a lot To Marie Laure Brunet. Fast and Good shooting, But so Slow on Skis.

 

By the way Great Performance from Anais Chevalier. Last Race in March 2019 and today fourth fastest ski Time. I‘m impressed ... could be the leading french Women this year, because Braisaz‘s shooting Time is ...

I was kind of expecting Simon to be the leader of the team since she's shown good consistency throughout last season (even catching a win in the end) and considering Braisaz lack of precision ... also she's not that slow, of course not as fast as Braisaz and others but nevertheless 11th mean speed last season (on par with H.Oeberg and before Tandrevold, Fialkova ...)

But her performances so far are quite disappointing, even her shooting fell apart today, which is not what you want to do when your speed is that disastrous. 

As for A.Chevalier, I was very eager to see whether she could produce Marie Dorinesque performances post-pregnancy. It seems she's in shape and her ability to shoot well is not the most concerning, so maybe the best surprise of the season on the French side 

Thanks to the brand new Blue Bib, we can look at the ages of the athletes a bit more closely ...

So for the women : 54 point scorers, 14 U25 (96+) within which only one U23  (98+) 

For the men : 48 point scorers, 5 U25, 1 U23 (Tuomas Harjula )

1 minute ago, Monzanator said:

Machyniakova 20/20 but 58th. I see Slovakian depth is ever worse than Polish @hckosice

Welcome to the Machyniakova 

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

You don't need to climb up if you're already in the lead  

You can only fall, I've watched too many Scorsese 

Just now, heywoodu said:

Sadly, no  

 

Norway is one of those nations where choices really have to be made and I still think JTB is a better choice on the long run  

I'm a bit of a gambler you know 

But how can you climb up the rankings in the pursuit if you're always first after the sprint ? 

Has everyone put Laegreid in his Fantasy Team ? Because I did 

2 hours ago, rybak said:

 

So ... which one of these will eventually win ? Face masks or condoms ?