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How are the rules on ski prep for the second pair of skis? One of the Norwegian commentators said they had to turn in the skis for testing before the start, but is it possible to adjust them in the later rounds? If not, that means you can't recover if you make a mistake and don't realize it...

I think all 3 would have skied a lot faster with new wax. But Nyenget probably wants to make the race as hard as possible, and the other two don't want to let him go alone.

He has been training with Klæbo this season. Makes you wonder what could have been if he had made those changes before.

I don't understand why we (Norway) keep putting in guys who haven't competed yet in the relay. We've done this too many times and I don't see why we need to do that this year unless Amundsen is sick again. It's always a risk even with athletes who have had a good season and we seem to prefer to...

That is putting it mildly. I remember several times when she either fell or almost fell in races and she always looks extremely uncomfortable in difficult downhills. Today she fell once and it's almost impossible to ski downhill if you're as terrified as she looked after that.

I didn't know him personally but he represented the tiny local club where I live. He was by all accounts a very nice guy. I didn't think he'd be competing again after his heart issues but he worked hard and this year he was back among the best, and now this. Just tragic.

After the race on sunday he said something like "I'm not going to the olympics unless half the deam dies", and "time to get a job". After a 6th place, ahead of every non-Norwegian ... The competition among the Norwegian men is extremely fierce at the moment. I just wonder how much it will hurt...

My memory of Tyldum is that he was a good shot, at times extremely fast compared to most others back then. His skiing was less impressive on an average day. He probably won the overall titles because of consistency.

I don't think I've seen anyone who loved competing more than OEB. If he had been healthy he would have kept going some more years.

I'm standing near one of the downhills in the course and there are extreme ski differences today. Ridiculously so, I don't understand how it's possible on a day like today.

JTB is a bit sick with a cold.

Graabak was disqualified for using a binding that was asymmetrical. The norwegian team put in a protest (I'm not sure just exactly what they protested against, possibly procedures or some other nonsense). The jury asks to see the ski. In the meantime somebody in the Norwegian team has replaced...

There is 0% chance this happened once. That would be like immaculate conception. Someone filmed this, and according to the journalist who published the video they told him they would have something for him before they filmed it... So how did that happen if this was something they suddenly...

Not just downhill either, Karlsson managed to look elegant even in the worst climbs where you had 30 cm of snow/slush. Johaug looked very awkward in the same uphills, and on the flats and over the crests she is definitely affected by not having the same core strength as before her break as...

I am inclined to believe that this is what he has been told by the coach and staff. I am not inclined to believe that this is the truth.