Skeleton at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[OlympicsFan 783]

25 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Given the form in training should easily win at least the monobob and the two-man.

I don't see how the training results make Germany the clear favorite in those events. Also Friedrich didn't look good so far, so Germany might end up without a gold in men's bob.

[OlympicsFan 783]

Like i said before: Neise clearly has the biggest potential on this track. If she wouldn't contantly make the same mistake, she already would have secured gold. I fear that her inexperience/young age will get to her and that she will maybe even end up without a medal. 2nd place for Neise and 4th place for Hermann (behind Bos) is a very possible scenario.

[Monzanator 3,595]

5 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Or Latvia who cashed in during the Golden Age of Soviet concrete-pouring.

There was a time when was the third global powerhouse in luge behind and . If luge was an Olympic sport in the 1950s we'd win some medals for sure

 

We are still 5th in all-time World Championship medal table behind and /   despite our luge tracks being in ruins for 40 years

[Joshi 91]

11 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

This is a prime example why building a local sliding track is essential to having success in the sport. Same as velodromes in track cycling. I know it's very expensive and maintenance is high too but then you can have a bucket of medals at the championship events. Germany profits from the old days, they also added tracks in Bavaria and here we are some 50 years later Germany are winning everything left, right & center. And when they've won 3-4 golds it's deemed a failure. There are maybe five countries in the world which would say winning 4 golds at WOG is a failure

Which is interesting because Great Britain have won 9 medals in the Skeleton and a few Bobsled medals in its history and this country has no sliding tracks. How the heck does that work?

[Monzanator 3,595]

Just now, Joshi said:

Which is interesting because Great Britain have won 9 medals in the Skeleton and a few Bobsled medals in its history and this country has no sliding tracks. How the heck does that work?

Equipment. The same way Alice Robinson having access to Lindsey Vonn coaching "know how" AFAIK. Equipment in luge/bobsleigh/skeleton also matters.

[Joshi 91]

1 minute ago, Monzanator said:

Equipment. The same way Alice Robinson having access to Lindsey Vonn coaching "know how" AFAIK. Equipment in luge/bobsleigh/skeleton also matters.

Well Lindsay Vonn had a Kiwi coach so there's that as well. But no I get you, hence what we are seeing from Naracott shouldn't come as a surprise as she is based in the UK and happens to be the girlfriend of Dom Parsons who won a skeleton bronze for GB.

[Federer91 2,140]

I'm actually here for the German 10 gold sweep. The more i think about it, the more it sounds like an insane moment, which would be shown in those Olympic history recap shows 30 years from now.

[NearPup 2,164]

lol OBS commentators straight up plugging the tourism website.

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[Grassmarket 2,757]

20 minutes ago, Joshi said:

Which is interesting because Great Britain have won 9 medals in the Skeleton and a few Bobsled medals in its history and this country has no sliding tracks. How the heck does that work?

Model railways. You know those miniature narrow-gauge railway lines at seaside resorts that have working steam engines that children can ride behind?  Well, exactly the same technology is also used for bobsleigh start tracks.  Just lay a few hundred metres of miniature railway & you have a world class loading facility.