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yep, fighterVino attacks everyone said:And Nordthug is one hell of a fighter!
When Fak went, Fourcade was blocked by Birnbacher (who basically stood still) and lost 4-5 seconds only on that, which obviously were impossible to get back with only a descent remaining. More of a tactical defeat than anything else. Also, the course is a bit too small really, so it's way too hard to pass anyone, unless you go crazy in the descent like Tora Berger did vs Mäkarainen.Libertine Seguros said:My god, did we just see Martin Fourcade run out of gas on the final lap? What parallel universe is this? If Miri Gößner shoots 20/20 later, I'll know that dark forces are acting upon us.
When they went under the bridge I noticed Malyshko pushing up from 4th to 2nd, and thought that would be the catalyst Fak needed to attack as Fourcade was in a vulnerable position in the group, and indeed he went. Andi clearly had nothing left as he lost out big-time then (even being passed by Lindström on the run-in, who had been tailing off the group), but the gap to Martin was opened, and not only held but extended once he was around Birnbacher. I thought Malyshko would fall off Fak more than he did and thought Fourcade might have come back for 2nd, but he didn't seem to have anything left for that.maltiv said:When Fak went, Fourcade was blocked by Birnbacher (who basically stood still) and lost 4-5 seconds only on that, which obviously were impossible to get back with only a descent remaining. More of a tactical defeat than anything else. Also, the course is a bit too small really, so it's way too hard to pass anyone, unless you go crazy in the descent like Tora Berger did vs Mäkarainen.
Also, Fak seemed to save himself for the first half of the course, at least he seemed to lose time to Fourcade and Birnbacher.maltiv said:When Fak went, Fourcade was blocked by Birnbacher (who basically stood still) and lost 4-5 seconds only on that, which obviously were impossible to get back with only a descent remaining. More of a tactical defeat than anything else. Also, the course is a bit too small really, so it's way too hard to pass anyone, unless you go crazy in the descent like Tora Berger did vs Mäkarainen.
The Belarusian women's coach said that Dasha chose the wrong skis for the conditions, as they just couldn't make them work. Dubarezava and Skardino were fine, but Dasha was struggling with her skis all weekend. She was a long way off the fastest skiers of the weekend (Mäkäräinen and Gößner). Then again, this time last year she wasn't killing everyone on the skis. She was one of the best, but it was as the season went on that she went from being sometimes the best sometimes just off to basically killing everyone except Neuner for ski speed.jsem94 said:What's been the deal with Dasha's ski speed this weekend btw? She was even overtaken by Gregorin in the final lap. Did she have bad skiis? At one point it seemed like it, when Berger and Mäkäräinen took off in a descent and she didn't keep up.
I'm not sure the skis were the main issue, Berger seemed very tired last weekend as well. I'm guessing she will be back at competive speed after the christmas break.Libertine Seguros said:Yea, presumably a ski issue as the whole team was down.