Rider said:
MrRoboto said:
roundabout said:
Watch his right pole at about second 2 of the video
Yeah, I see, but it's kind of hard to tell since his snow guard is partly white. But since it seems to be partly missing when he exits the curve after that I think you must be right.
Rider said:
Thank you! And who is next to it?
That's it!
That doesn't help you nor your friend who claimed he broke his pole. Toenseth still isn't close when it happens, and to do that damage he must have run over Bolshunov's snow guard which clearly doesn't happen even when they are close in the curve.
Just look better. Seconds 2-4.
Second 1. Basket in place, you can see it against e-tron ad.
The moment (for me) is at 18/19 seconds. Bolshunov's basket snaps at 31:31.6 race time. That's either Harvey from behind or simply deep/soft/heavy snow that does the damage. Yes, something may have happened before to loosen the basket and/or pole, but the moment it happens clearly is at 18/19 seconds in that clip you shared. The first plant you can see that his right arm goes up as if something happened and the second time his right side sinks more, that's when it's apparent that his pole/basket is snapped. Then Harvey makes a pass.
The incident that you and your friend talk about happens pretty quickly in the first couple seconds when Toenseth comes beside Bolshunov before the left handed turn. He does get quite close to the Russian, and maybe something happened there, but it's very difficult to see. I could see his left basket is intact when they are double poling on the lower sections of the climb, but his right isn't as visible, but then again, you would see the difference right away if something broke before that. Maybe it was hit prior to that and then really broke at 18/19 seconds as mentioned. Poles and baskets don't always break after one contact, sometimes it takes several crunches in the snow or by another pole or ski for it to snap. It may have been loosened before it actually broke.
What's obvious is that Klaebo clearly sees the Russian coach running with the spare poles down the hill to get it to Bolshunov. Once he sees that, there is an injection of pace, clearly. Obviously there are no rules on that, and that's fine, it doesn't mean it isn't bush league. Aukland on NRK said that they didn't see what happened, but the Coach was running down the hill, not from behind, they absolutely knew what had happened.