Massive disaster for Germany, Vanessa Voigt has been so solid on leg 1 all season, but that's been against the opening leg likes of Knotten and Leshchanka, not against the likes of Røiseland and Alimbekava.
Now the problem that I would root for Tiril over Doro ordinarily, but her shooting is the only thing that stands between us and an extremely predictable and uninteresting Norwegian win now the field is spread out like this. It would take an implosion of the kind that Tarjei Bø doesn't really do, and Johannes has only done once or twice (and not in this kind of high profile situation since Östersund three years ago), for them to fall apart from here.
The wind is pretty unpredictable, mind, it seems to have calmed down somewhat now, but it was gusting like crazy a few minutes ago.
...not that that helped Rocket Tiril, who remembered what she used to be like before a couple of years ago and why I liked her in the first place.
Winterton: "who do you feel is still in the running to win this, Mike?"
Dixon: "I think we can't write Norway off"
Yes, they're in second place, only 13" behind, and with clearly faster skiers than any of the Italians on all three remaining legs. Anybody that was writing them off at that moment in time is colossally stupid.
USA as ever overperforming at the major championships, and the nice and objective commentators shout "YAY!" as Egan clears up.
Now the problem that I would root for Tiril over Doro ordinarily, but her shooting is the only thing that stands between us and an extremely predictable and uninteresting Norwegian win now the field is spread out like this. It would take an implosion of the kind that Tarjei Bø doesn't really do, and Johannes has only done once or twice (and not in this kind of high profile situation since Östersund three years ago), for them to fall apart from here.
The wind is pretty unpredictable, mind, it seems to have calmed down somewhat now, but it was gusting like crazy a few minutes ago.
...not that that helped Rocket Tiril, who remembered what she used to be like before a couple of years ago and why I liked her in the first place.
Winterton: "who do you feel is still in the running to win this, Mike?"
Dixon: "I think we can't write Norway off"
Yes, they're in second place, only 13" behind, and with clearly faster skiers than any of the Italians on all three remaining legs. Anybody that was writing them off at that moment in time is colossally stupid.
USA as ever overperforming at the major championships, and the nice and objective commentators shout "YAY!" as Egan clears up.
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