Nordic Skiing/Biathlon Thread

[kingjr]

Crazy finish from Heikkinen btw

 

[python]

interestigly, northug's pace behind was virtually the same as hellner's upfront...
both were maxed out, which means petter RECOVERED.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Fantastic race.

From next year on it'll only be 4x7,5km, so this was the last good relay. Oh boy Fis is such a bunch of morrons.

 

[kingjr]

Fantastic race.

From next year on it'll only be 4x7,5km, so this was the last good relay. Oh boy Fis is such a bunch of morrons.

You predicted a borefest for this race as well if i remember correctly.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Another exciting race. Damn, the Swedes are back in business.

And now for the waxing small talk.....

 

[Kokoso]

Sweden make it two

Bauer fastest classic leg?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

What the **** is going on with France, both yesterday and today they have 4 ****ty skiers and yet they are 4th and 3rd

Manificat and Gaillard are ****ty skiers? When did this happen?

 

[Bavarianrider]

You predicted a borefest for this race as well if i remember correctly.

Yeah, and i was horriblyy wrong. Which is great. But cutting the distance is awfull. 7,5km is too short for the men.

 

[jens_attacks]

What the **** is going on with France, both yesterday and today they have 4 ****ty skiers and yet they are 4th and 3rd

fourcade magic stuff

 

[jsem94]

What a race it was. And man, Legkov was beastly.

Norwegian media is going at it again with the waxing disaster, just like yesterday.

 

[python]

What a race it was. And man, Legkov was beastly.

means, the 50 skate is going to be his...or cologna's, but since dario is doing a team realay with his brother and is rarely good at 50 as at shorter distances, i nominate lego

Norwegian media is going at it again with the waxing disaster, just like yesterday.

at least in the skating legs, i did not see the waxing issues. also, at the beginning of roenning's leg i monitored his glide - i saw nothing, but of course his grip i did not get to analyses..still, if a fan or a media apologist want to whiten the white, they sure will blame it ALL on skis

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Ronning said that after the first 2-3 km he lost all speed, and that the skies would not move

 

[python]

what else is new when one is losing

 

[Tyler'sTwin]

I'm inclined to believe Jespersen had rubbish skis.

Men's 15km Classic
FRI 14 FEB 2014

3. RICHARDSSON Daniel 39:08.5
4. NISKANEN Iivo +00.2
5. BAUER Lukas +20.1
6. JESPERSEN Chris Andre +22.1
7. BESSMERTNYKH Alexander +29.2
8. TEICHMANN Axel +33.9
24. BAUMANN Jonas +1:24.7

Men's 4 x 10km Relay, 2nd leg
SUN 16 FEB 2014

1. BAUER Lukas 22:49.9
2. NISKANEN Iivo +9.4
3. RICHARDSSON Daniel +9.7
4. BESSMERTNYKH Alexander +23.7
4. MANIFICAT Maurice +23.7
6. di CENTA Giorgio +26.4
7. TEICHMANN Axel +28.6
8. BAUMANN Jonas +44.1
9. JESPERSEN Chris Andre +46.2

 

[Tyler'sTwin]

Relay

1. NELSON Lars 23:16.5
2. JAUHOJAERVI Sami +0.3
3. GAILLARD Jean Marc +9.6
4. PERL Curdin +21.5
5. NOECKLER Dietmar +25.0
6. ROENNING Eldar +26.3

15k, 2 days earlier

12. ROENNING Eldar 40:02.8
15. NELSON Lars 40:08.8
17. JAUHOJAERVI Sami 40:14.4
21. GAILLARD Jean Marc 40:22.8
22. PERL Curdin 40.27.8
32. NOECKLER Dietmar 41:11.9

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Relay

1. NELSON Lars 23:16.5
2. JAUHOJAERVI Sami +0.3
3. GAILLARD Jean Marc +9.6
4. PERL Curdin +21.5
5. NOECKLER Dietmar +25.0
6. ROENNING Eldar +26.3

15k, 2 days earlier

12. ROENNING Eldar 40:02.8
15. NELSON Lars 40:08.8
17. JAUHOJAERVI Sami 40:14.4
21. GAILLARD Jean Marc 40:22.8
22. PERL Curdin 40.27.8
32. NOECKLER Dietmar 41:11.9

I agree. Losing 1.02 after the first two legs cannot just be bad form. A shame for the competition, since both Sundby and Northug were decent. They were just inclined to use their powers to close an impossible gap... Nvm, after Sochi things will be back to normal and norwegians will yet again dominate

 

[roundabout]

What's the deal with Jespersen anyway? What's up with him taking the best part of 10 years to get to the top? And what's the deal with him suddenly learning to ski classic? Seemed like a skate specialist before?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

What's the deal with Jespersen anyway? What's up with him taking the best part of 10 years to get to the top? And what's the deal with him suddenly learning to ski classic? Seemed like a skate specialist before?

he has been training for the long races all year, togheter with Kjolstad and the other long distance Norwegians on Alsgaards team I think.

 

[roundabout]

Thanks.

Was he often sick or injured before? He is already 30 and this is pretty much his 1st year at the top.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Thanks.

Was he often sick or injured before? He is already 30 and this is pretty much his 1st year at the top.

he was not great at training consistently (the Rujano of skiing )

he has only had 2-3 very good races every year for the last 4 years as a result

 

[Dazed and Confused]

the 50k, classic style this time?

 

[kingjr]

the 50k, classic style this time?

Nope. In 2010 it was classic style.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nope. In 2010 it was classic style.

thanks.

jhhjhjhj

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Men's fellestart delayed until tomorrow due to poor visibility, going to get a biathlon double header tomorrow! Why couldn't the double header be at a weekend

 

[python]

the distance coach of today's silver winners, implied that the problem was not in skis...

'mountains are mountains. those who ran 15k did not recover for today. just look at the norwegians'

this does not make sense looking at the swedes.