justony 444 Posted March 1, 2021 #11 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Very bad start for the host nation, hope it will get better tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,852 Posted March 1, 2021 #12 Share Posted March 1, 2021 once again, the qualification results proved to be the true decider... the blue course, in fact, was a lot faster than the red one in the last 3/4 gates and basically helped almost all the riders coming down that side of the slope... still, the great R-Fisch, "captain Fisch" (age 41 in a few months), almost managed to upset Loginov in the final run, losing only by 0.01 seconds... fun fact...in the previous world champs, Loginov vs Fischnaller was the gold medal run in PSL (and Loginov won also in 2019)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted March 1, 2021 #13 Share Posted March 1, 2021 This parallel snowaboard is totally low-hanging fruit, Joerg & Dujmovits in the mid-30s, Riegler in her late 40s. It's hilarious that the much-maligned Russia is one nation that actually has found a new talent. Everyone else is set to die on the old name hill Same for the men, two youngest prospects come from Russia, the rest is basically over 30 yo, Fischnaller and Prommegger probably won't retire before they hit 50 at this rate and why should they. There is zero competition in this sport. OlympicsFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justony 444 Posted March 1, 2021 #14 Share Posted March 1, 2021 It was interesting to watch Dimitri Loginov on the podium not giving his hat down, when they played him FIS anthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted March 1, 2021 #15 Share Posted March 1, 2021 The one run format continues to be a joke. Monzanator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,693 Posted March 1, 2021 #16 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Very good 8th place for Michał Nowaczyk, good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted March 1, 2021 #17 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Monzanator said: This parallel snowaboard is totally low-hanging fruit, Joerg & Dujmovits in the mid-30s, Riegler in her late 40s. It's hilarious that the much-maligned Russia is one nation that actually has found a new talent. Everyone else is set to die on the old name hill Same for the men, two youngest prospects come from Russia, the rest is basically over 30 yo, Fischnaller and Prommegger probably won't retire before they hit 50 at this rate and why should they. There is zero competition in this sport. Yes, the two German grandmas Ramona Hofmeister (born in 1996, first in World Cup) and Cheyenne Loch (born in 1994, 3rd in World Cup) are about to retire as well. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted March 1, 2021 #18 Share Posted March 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: Yes, the two German grandmas Ramona Hofmeister (born in 1996, first in World Cup) and Cheyenne Loch (born in 1994, 3rd in World Cup) are about to retire as well. I just made a point that nobody will retire anytime soon. Joerg has like 10 years on the tour left and Hofmeister & Loch probably 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted March 1, 2021 #19 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Monzanator said: I just made a point that nobody will retire anytime soon. Joerg has like 10 years on the tour left and Hofmeister & Loch probably 15. Okay and the fact that nobody will retire anytime soon is bad because? Also impressive that you know about the future planning of all of those women. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted March 1, 2021 #20 Share Posted March 1, 2021 55 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: Okay and the fact that nobody will retire anytime soon is bad because? Also impressive that you know about the future planning of all of those women. It's not about retirement, it's about lack of competition. The fact Riegler, Pommegger, or Fischnaller are still active and in contention for medals at age 40+ tells me in ten years time Joerg and Hofmeister will be in the same bout. Hell, Dujmovits took two years off and she's back on the WC podum like she never retired to begin with. The youth charge happens in other aspects of freestyle skiing, slopestyle, big air and all those events. Parallel slalom has to have the highest average age of competitors involved. This is like the geriatric home for seniors. And since those bad Russians are the only ones with some fresh talent this event will be willified by FIS and IOC for a little while yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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