Nordic Skiing/Biathlon Thread

[Vino attacks everyone]

Sundby is putting the hammer down after only 20 some minutes!

 

[Bavarianrider]

Where do you wach?

 

[python]

danny is putting a hurt into everyone lego and sundby seem barely hanging on, bauer ahead surviving, perhaps onothe 2km before danny will spit him out

danny just fell...

 

[Bavarianrider]

So Fis says they are doing mass starts because of German viwers. Yet the 50km Holmenkolle isn't even brodcasted in Germany. What a bunch of morrons

 

[Kokoso]

Where are you watching guys? And how is the situation?

 

[python]

sundby, legkov and richardsson just dropped niskanen, bauer is about 30 sec back. the rest are over a minute...cologna dropped out

 

[python]

8km to go, it is my impression that richardsson and legkov looked slightly fresher than sundby, but this is perhaps just an impression...

adding:danny just showed weakness, sundby and legkob head-to-head..just over 5k to go


legkov is dropped 500 m to go..

 

[python]

danny phenomenal !!!

 

[jsem94]

Wow. What ferocity in the double poling from Richardsson in the flat after the climb, fantastic. I thought Sundby would take it given how strong he was, but he apparently expended too much energy in the front.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Huge gaps Did they race like the girls today????

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Huge gaps Did they race like the girls today????

oh yea. It was quite awesome. Sorry I didn't see you asking for stream earlier. But I watched the TV, so doubt I could have helped.

Sundby put the hammer down after the first(!) round. But he and Legkov used alot of power on fighting for the sprints underways, while Richardsson could "rest" behind them.

 

[jsem94]

I don't understand his rush for the sprint points. A high placing in the finish in the overall 50km alone would pretty much have secured the yellow bib. Considering that there are races in Falun too, he would've taken the World Cup easily. He should have been thinking more about the entire race.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Ferry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fourcade

 

[roundabout]

So Fis says they are doing mass starts because of German viwers. Yet the 50km Holmenkolle isn't even brodcasted in Germany. What a bunch of morrons

And yet we got the next installment of the Norwegian Gewiss covered live.

Go figure.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

And yet we got the next installment of the Norwegian Gewiss covered live.

Go figure.

Johaug isn't bad looking though

 

[roundabout]

I should correct Norwegian Gewiss to a Björgen TT.

Will she win by 2 minutes or more?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I should correct Norwegian Gewiss to a Björgen TT.

Will she win by 2 minutes or more?

She will go the last lap on only 1 ski, so I doubt she will win with more than 3 min.

 

[Kokoso]

Ferry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fourcade

Absolutely no. If you look at their palmares, you'll see that Fourcade is much, much better biathlete. Using wikipedia is sufficient http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Fourcade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björn_Ferry

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Absolutely no. If you look at their palmares, you'll see that Fourcade is much, much better biathlete. Using wikipedia is sufficient http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Fourcade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björn_Ferry

No ****

 

[jsem94]

No one is disputing that Fourcade > Ferry performance wise. But in general, I'd rather hang out with Ferry than Fourcade.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Johaug is ripping Bjørgen apart in Falun! Let's hope for more of the same at the Worlds next year... World championships on Mördarbakken <3

 

[DenisMenchov]

Johaug was good all season long, but failed in Sochi IMO.

 

[python]

the lady's skiathlon was just as boring as all season. bjoergen and johaug trading their positions occasionally provides zero excitement for me..

the men's skiathlon should be more exciting. while only 48 are entered in the official start list - in reality it will probably even less - most of the heavy guns are there - sundby, hellner, vyleg, legkov, nelson, niskanen, manificat, bauer...

i think it will be between sundby and legkov, just as in most distance races of the late season..

 

[Libertine Seguros]

the lady's skiathlon was just as boring as all season. bjoergen and johaug trading their positions occasionally provides zero excitement for me..

I didn't say it was exciting, I said I hoped for more of the same. This was to refer to Johaug beating Bjørgen, not the quality of the race. Johaug in this form vs. Kalla in Sochi form and things could get interesting at the Worlds next year, given the difficulty of the Falun course and seeing as Bjørgen isn't getting any younger and it will surely not be long before she starts to decline? Another year of experience for Niskanen and hopefully it can be something more than the Bjørgen World Championships again.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Wow, seems like the men have learned to race mass start races.