Gianlu33

Well, everyone that knows me on the forum probably knows that I love stats and I love going back in time, so this time I was considering who is still active in the world cup from the previous winners that haven't won a race in a while and how long it's been since their success. I think that is fairly interesting, so let's start with the women:
 
Anna Frolina - - 2008/09 - Antholz - Pursuit (1)
Magdalena Gwizdon - - 2012/13 - Sochi - Sprint (2)
Selina Gasparin - - 2013/14 - Hochfilzen - Sprint (2)
Synnoeve Solemdal - - 2013/14 - Hochfilzen - Pursuit (2)
Anais Bescond - - 2013/14 - Antholz - Sprint (1)
Katharina Innerhofer - - 2013/14 - Pokljuka - Sprint (1)
Veronika Vitkova - - 2014/15 - Oberhof - Sprint (1)
Valj Semerenko - - 2014/15 - Kontiolahti - Mass Start (2)
Franziska Hildebrand - - 2015/16 - Rupholding - Sprint (2)
Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht -  - 2015/16 - Antholz - Pursuit (2)
Olena Pidrushina -  - 2015/16 - Canmore - Sprint (2)
Anais Chevalier - - 2016/17 - Nove Mesto - Pursuit (1)
Nadine Horchler - - 2016/17 - Antholz - Mass Start (1)
Denise Herrmann - - 2017/18 - Ostersund - Pursuit (2)
Justine Braisaz - - 2017/18 - Annecy - Mass Start (1)
Tiril Eckhoff - - 2017/18 - Antholz - Sprint (5)
Vanessa Hinz - - 2017/18 - Kontiolahti - Mass Start (1)
 
Well, you can mostly see a pattern that the athletes won only once or twice in their career, a lot of the wins came from Antholz and not a single (last recorded) win came from the individual. As for the men:
 
Michal Slesingr - - 2007/08 - Oslo - Mass Start (1)
Dominik Landertinger - - 2009/10 - Khantiy-Mansiysk - Mass Start (2)
Fredrik Lindstrom - - 2011/12 - Antholz - Sprint (1)
Evgeniy Garanichev - - 2011/12 - Oslo - Sprint (1)
Dmitry Malyshko - - 2012/13 - Oberhof - Pursuit (2)
Ondrej Moravec - - 2012/13 - Oslo - Mass Start (1)
Lukas Hofer - - 2013/14 - Antholz - Sprint (1)
Jakov Fak - - 2014/15 - Khantiy-Mansiysk - Mass Start (8)
Simon Eder - - 2015/16 - Rupholding - Pursuit (3)
Erik Lesser - - 2015/16 - Rupholding - Mass Start (2)
Dominik Windisch - - 2015/16 - Canmore - Mass Start (1)
Anton Babikov - - 2016/17 - Ostersund - Pursuit (1)
Benedikt Doll - - 2016/17 - Hochfilzen - Sprint (1)
Simon Schempp - - 2016/17 - Hochfilzen - Mass Start (12)
Arnd Peiffer - - 2016/17 - Kontiolahti - Pursuit (8)
Tarjei Boe - - 2017/18 - Ostersund - Sprint (9)
Julian Eberhardt - - 2017/18 - Kontiolahti - Mass Start (4)
Henrik L'abee-Lund - - 2017/18 - Oslo - Sprint (1)
 
Fairly evident that German hopes and dreams are destroyed by Johannes and Martin. Quite a few multi-winners like Tarjei, Arnd, Julian, Jakov, Simon with a year or more since last win. Some surprises for me: Bescond, Vitkova, Doll only on a single win. Lastly, it's been a very long time since Landertinger last had a win.
 
 
 

yes, they are brother and sister (and their father is the former speedskating all-round world champion Roberto Sighel)...

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Becouse it's awful and you hate it?

Try this
 

Aksel Lund Svindal has announced he is going to retire after the WCH. 

You need a VPN. After some hours they will go on "RaiSport Web 1"
http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raiSport/dirette/ContentItem-49340f1d-5246-4cf7-931f-75d65af039e7.html
 

Hi everyone,
After 2 or 3 years reading this forum anonymously  I finally decided to sign up. As many of you I'm a huge fan of the olympics and sports in general, supporting greek and french athletes. 
See you here!

sure...I've never seen a race in Winterberg not affected by weather conditions...
when it's cold, there are issues with wind and ice conditions...when it's warm, no need to say that's always a lottery...and when it's snowy, not only it's a mess, it's also a very dangerous track...
tbh, they should get rid of that track...actually, they should have done it a long, long time ago...
 
p.s. and yeeesssss!!!!! it's not gonna be 7 out of 7 for Germany...
I guess some heads are gonna swirl tonight in the German camp...

Italians were robbed. What else is new.

Getting ready for the main event of the evening ?

2019 Women´s World Championships in Neuchatel (SUI) qualifications upcomming in the next days
 
Qualifications
The IFF has received 30 registrations for the 12th IFF Women´s World Floorball Championships, to be held in December 2019 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Switzerland, as the host country, receive automatic qualification, while all other 29 countries must compete for the remaining 15 places. For Belgium and Philippines this will be their first ever WFC qualification event. The Final Round will be held with 16 teams, divided into 4 groups according to their ranking and ballot draw.
In Europe, there will be four qualification groups with two event locations - Gdansk (Poland) & Trencin (Slovakia)
The Asia-Oceania qualification will be held in Bangkok, Thailand
The Americas qualification will be played near Detroit, USA.
 
  EUR1
 
EUR3
 
30.01 - 3.02.2019
Gdansk, Poland
 
30.01 - 3.02.2019
Gdansk, Poland
Sweden (1)* Czech Republic Norway (9) Poland (7) Denmark (10) Estonia (16) Slovenia (25) Italy (21) France (27) Belgium (-)  
  EUR2
 
EUR4
 
30.01 - 3.02.2019
Trencin, Slovakia
 
31.01 - 3.02.2019
Trencin, Slovakia
Finland (2) Latvia (5) Germany (8) Slovakia (6) Russia (13) Hungary (17) Spain (23) Netherlands (18) Austria (29)      
 
 
AOFCss
     
27.01.-1.02.2019
Bangkok, Thailand
      Group A   Group B Australia (12) Japan (14) Thailand (19) Singapore (15) New Zealand (20) Republic of Korea (24) Philippines (32) Malaysia (26)  
  AMER   8.- 9.02.2019
Detroit, USA
USA (11) Canada (21) *Numbers in brackets show the current ranking based on the results from the last two WFC events, or according to participation in regional international tournaments. Countries with no ranking are participating in their first WFC and will receive a ranking after the event.
^Switzerland being the organiser is directly qualified.
 
Qualification System
In Europe, each team will play once against each of the other teams in their group. Based on the results from these group matches, a total of 10 teams will qualify according to the following:
- The two best teams from each qualification group will qualify; and
- The the two best 3rd placed teams will qualify.
The calculation of the best 3rd teams will follow this order: 1. Average number of points 2. Average goal difference 3. Average scored goals 4. Lottery drawing*
*Since the number of teams between the qualification groups differs, the group sizes will be equalised by removing the results from the matches against the lowest placed teams in the larger-sized group before comparing the average results.
 
In AOFC, the teams are divided into two groups and the teams will play once against each of the other teams in their group. Based on the results from these group matches the teams will progress to the play-off rounds, as follows and four teams will qualify:
- 1st in Group A & Group B progress to the final and qualify directly to the WFC Final round
- 2nd in each group play a quarter final against the 3rd placed team from the other group. The winners of this progress to the 3rd placed match and both qualify directly to the WFC Final round

In Americas, the teams will play each other twice and based on the results of these matches, one team will qualify.

MEN'S UNDER 20
IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
UNOFFICIAL FINAL STANDING
 
RANK NATION WCh2020 1 Finland A 2 United States A 3 Russia A 4 Switzerland A 5 Sweden A 6 Canada A 7 Czech Republic A 8 Slovakia A 9 Kazakhstan A 10 Denmark I A 11 Germany A 12 Belarus I A 13 Norway I A 14 Latvia I A 15 Austria I A 16 France I B 17 Slovenia I A 18 Poland I B 19 Hungary I B 20 Italy I B 21 Ukraine I B 22 Japan II A 23 Estonia
I B 24 Lithuania II A 25 Great Britain II A 26 Romania II A 27 Spain II A 28 South Korea II B 29 Serbia II A 30 Croatia II B 31 Netherlands II B 32 Belgium II B 33 Israel II B 34 Mexico III 35 China II B 36 Australia III 37 Turkey III 38 Bulgaria III 39 Iceland III 40 Chinese Taipei III 41 South Africa III 42 New Zealand III

Some of the results from the 1913 European Championships
https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/JDG_1913_02_24/3/article/5933762/bandy
The big question is whether it was bandy or ice hockey they were playing.

Unfortunately no.
 
And now that I say it, van Asten jumped clear and Klatte jumped almost clear (last fence down).

Buzzi fractured the tibial plate in his right leg (the same he injured at last season's finals)...
he's going to have an operation in the next few days to stabilize the bone and check possible ligament damages...
his season's over, of course...
definitely not the best way to celebrate the best result of your career...

Manca ancora la Giorgi ma se continua così in realtà tra un'oretta massimo è fuori anche lei.

Giorgi back at the AO's 3rd round after  4 years

Durante gli Stati Generali dello Sport gli atleti hanno letteralmente massacrato la riforma dello sport. Di seguito alcune dichiarazioni.
 
Angelo Cito (taekwondo): «Non c’era bisogno di smantellare tutto il sistema nell’anno preolimpico, potremmo trovarci in un potenziale marasma».
 
Mignardi (hockey prato): «Lo sport è un sistema complesso che il Coni ha saputo semplificare».
 
Alessandra Sensini (ex velista e vicepresidente del Coni). «Senza gli atleti non c’è lo sport. Difficile dire che non cambia nulla: cambia lo schema e i punti di riferimento. Questo disorienta».
 
Carlo Molfetta (taekwondo): «Il problema non sono i soldi che si ricevono, ma con chi rapportarsi».
 
Silvia Salis (consigliera Fidal e ex-atleta): «Siamo preoccupati, sappiamo che il Coni dovrà organizzare solo la preparazione olimpica: è come pensare che metà albero debba occuparsi delle radici e l’altra metà dei frutti…»
 
Giulia Quintavalle (ex-judoka): «Questa l’ho vinta grazie al Coni. È il mio tesoro. Non perdiamo di vista gli atleti, sono il nostro futuro».
 
Valentina Turisini (tiro) «La realtà legata a questa riforma è che nell’anno delle qualificazioni olimpiche non sappiamo su quali basi poggiare».

maybe you could try the Eurosport Player (if you have a decent internet broadband connection)...
it's very cheap (at least, here in Italy for our standard...until a few days ago we had it on offer for just 25€ for a full year, but even the standard 50€/year is absolutely worth the expense) and gives you full access to the 2 linear channels and many other contents...
 
p.s. for those who watch the Italian raisport channel...if you only could understand a word in Italian language, you would get away from it as quick as possible (98% of the Italian sport fans just can't stand any "journalist" from our public tv, most of which just don't understand anything about any sport they talk of -and, strange to be said, those who follow football are among the worst in the world)...

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Some news from the Estonian media... 
Estonia defeated China 45-23 in semifinals, final will be Estonia-Poland.
The team that will compete against China for the bronze is still unknown apparently...
 
Update: @phelps Italy lost against Russia. The bronze medal match will be China-Russia

nothing at the moment...no Federscherma twitter nor facebook updates...
 
if you are a subscriber of one of these social networks (I'm not...and never I will be), feel free to ask Federscherma if they can post some news...