Matteo92

In recent years I have gotten to know more and more sports, and I'm always amazed by the variety of forms that shameless refereeing/judging can take.

Thanks to South Korea's DQ, Italy gained a bronze medal, so if anything, we would have an incentive to support the decision. The reason we are criticizing it, even though we benefitted from it, is that it's a farce. This decision is a Salt Lake City 2002 level of ridicule and is the kind of thing that buries the credibility of the sport.

Aicher really blew a big chance with those 2 mistakes in Val di Fassa last week, given how strong she was today. Still, if she becomes consistently competitive in GS, and I'm sure she will, she will have plenty of chances in the next few years.

Laegreid has set a new record for the largest winning margin in a World Cup pursuit. The previous record belonged to Ole Einar Bjørndalen, who won in Hochfilzen in 2006 with 2.08 minutes over Dmitri Yaroshenko.

It's going to be an Oberg win, we just have to see whether it's Elvira or Hanna.

Looking at the Italians' skiing time, it looks like we brought the same set of skis we used in Antholz. You know, the ones for which they used jam and glue instead of wax.

So, the gap between Shiffrin and Aicher in the overall WC standings is now 219 points. The races left are: - DH x 3 - SG x 2 - GS x 2 - SL x 2 Could Aicher have a glimmer of a chance? She'd obviously need to avoid DNFs, which have been an issue this year, but she could potentially lead the table after next week's races in Val di Fassa, provided there are no cancellations (the weather forecast is very good at the moment).

I think Compagnoni is one of the biggest talents in the history of alpine skiing (in a different universe where she didn't have all those the dramatic injuries, she'd probably be a GOAT candidate), but in terms of career achievements, I believe Brignone is above her at this point.

I never thought I'd see the day Italy had a 30-medal and 10-gold edition of the Winter Olympics, so there are probably too many to choose from. Brignone winning the Super G, because to me that was the story of the Games from a human standpoint. Lollobrigida winning the 3000 meters, because it was the most jaw-dropping performance for me, as everybody — herself included— was saying she had a very rough preparation for the Olympics. The 1-2 in the men's skicross, because it was the one race in which I got to taste the excitement of gradually realizing that something unbelievable is about to happen. That's probably why the first moment that comes to mind when I think of that race is not the final, but the quarterfinal in which the Italians eliminated Howden. If I have to choose just one moment, I'll go with those 3 hours on Sunday February 15th in which I saw Federico Pellegrino realize his dream of a relay medal, then Federica Brignone win the giant slalom, and finally Lisa Vittozzi win the first ever Italian gold in biathlon, with a silver medal in snowboard in the middle.

Mi identifico al 100% in questo stato d'animo, pure io sono in stato semi-depressivo. Come sempre sto evitando qualsiasi immagine della cerimonia di chiusura.

This 3 vs. 3 thing is a pile of horseshit.

Comunque c'è una differenza tra dire 'è mancata la ciliegina sulla torta' e 'era un'occasione irripetibile' e fare un dramma.

Sì ma non capisco in che senso questo li renda "la nostra maledizione negli ultimi anni". Nelle ultime edizioni dei Giochi invernali sono sempre stati nettamente avanti nel medagliere e a Parigi hanno vinto 15 ori quindi non siamo andati neanche vicini a batterli. L'unico caso in cui siamo stati pressoché appaiati è stato a Tokyo, quando abbiamo finito con 10 ori a testa ma loro avevano due argenti in più. Però il fatto di finire dietro all'Olanda in quella occasione ha significato chiudere decimi anziché noni, che mi sembra uno dei più grandi 'sticazzi' della storia dell'olimpismo italiano.

Ma in che senso i Paesi Bassi sono stati la nostra maledizione negli ultimi anni?

That's actually a good way to remind me why nobody should be obsessed with the medal table.