heywoodu 13,540 Posted January 19, 2020 #491 Share Posted January 19, 2020 52 minutes ago, Monzanator said: Well, the Polish anthem's lyrics were written in 1797 in Reggio Emilia so it's obvious Italy has a prominent place in the lyrics Even though that part of Italy was under French rule back then And when you go (way) further back in time, you find the Dutch anthem where the main verse - the one that's generally sung - ends with "The King of Spain....I've always honoured" If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted January 19, 2020 #492 Share Posted January 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, heywoodu said: And when you go (way) further back in time, you find the Dutch anthem where the main verse - the one that's generally sung - ends with "The King of Spain....I've always honoured" Technically speaking Wilhelm Orange was a German, right? Same shit as Poland's most famous epic poem that starts with: "O Lithuania, my homeland" The poet who wrote this was Polish but simply lived in Lithuania then under Russian Empire rule but currently his birth place is actually within Belarus borders Nothing like the geo-politics of centuries gone by! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,785 Posted January 19, 2020 #493 Share Posted January 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Monzanator said: Well, the Polish anthem's lyrics were written in 1797 in Reggio Emilia so it's obvious Italy has a prominent place in the lyrics Even though that part of Italy was under French rule back then yeah, but that area was also the main cradle of the Resistence against Napoleon and actually the Italian Flag as all the people know nowadays was created in Reggio Emilia on January 7th, 1797, in open opposition to all those who wanted to adopt the French Tricouleur following Napoleon's will... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted January 19, 2020 #494 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Our slalom team is beyond useless at this point. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 19, 2020 #495 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Shiffrin in rage mood, destroying everyone again, Vlhová with quite bad qualification runs and will have a very hard draw, if she pass Danioth, then probably she´ll have to face Brignone in 2nd round, Robinson in QF and Holdener/Rebensburg in semis, Shiffrin thanks her win in the qualifiers has basically no opposition until the final yes the clash of 1st round is certainly Holdener vs Rebensburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkpatrick 144 Posted January 19, 2020 #496 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Zubčić is in nice form though. And PGS is as dull as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 19, 2020 #497 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Vlhová out in 1st round. Great runs by Danioth, Kudos to the swiss, she beat her in both runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,785 Posted January 19, 2020 #498 Share Posted January 19, 2020 bad knee injury for Danioth good results for the Italian girls (3rd, 4th and 5th place at the end of the day)... and overall, very entertaining competition with a lot of surprises (if someone did dare to bet on a gold medal clash between Direz and Moerzinger, probably right now he/she'd be preparing his/her luggage to fly to the Caribbean for the rest of his/her life)... p.s. first ever WC podium for both the finalists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkpatrick 144 Posted January 19, 2020 #499 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Apparently, 20-3 for blue course. Even if it's boring, they should make it atleast more fair with two races from 1/8 finals. De_Gambassi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 19, 2020 #500 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Stage 21 in Sestriere (ITA) Women´s Parallel Giant Slalom: 1. Clara Direz 2. Elisa Moerzinger 3. Marta Bassino Full Final Result HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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