Matteo92

I soldi spesi per Milano Cortina non c’entrano una totale mazza di niente con i risultati di Curtis, D’Ambrosio e chi vuoi tu agli assoluti di nuoto.

Al di là dei due record italiani, molto interessante il progresso di Cerasuolo sui 100. D'Ambrosio in staffetta ha nuotato 1.44.3 lanciato, che potrebbe già valere un tempo inferiore al suo record italiano (non ho il tempo di reazione). Spero abbia ancora margine, anche perché immagino abbia puntato le gare individuali e oggi ha fatto uno strappo notevole per recuperare subito il gap che le Fiamme Gialle avevano dall'Aniene (era 1 secondo e 8 e ha ricucito tutto nella prima vasca).

What an incredibily stupid idea . It is hard to mess up the most beautiful sport in the world, but they sure are giving it their best shot.

Meglio di niente, ma Milano deve avere anche un ovale per lo speed skating.

Well, it's possible that Italians may be more bitter towards short track officials after the robbery they perpetrated against Sighel at the Olympics and therefore more willing to comment and criticize them, but it doesn't make the decision any less ridiculous. Also, the fact we are Italians, and therefore used to the low standards of football refereeing, makes us especially qualified and trained to identify biased/crooked/incompetent judging

Certamente, più che altro mi intriga il miglioramento del personale di quasi un secondo, perché se tradotto in vasca lunga significa arrivare su tempi che l'anno scorso valevano il podio ai Mondiali (il bronzo era a 1.44.5).

D'Ambrosio ha tirato giù un secondo dal record italiano dei 200 sl in vasca corta

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.