Nordic Skiing/Biathlon Thread

[No Excuses]

Johaug and Klæbo winning their 4th TDS. Two absolut legends of this sport.

 

[Mayomaniac]

An Austrian (yes, I know his parents are Dutch) making the podium at a TDS after a big performance at Alpe Cermis…Oh lordy…

The Austrian fake news media are talking about the first Austrian gc podium at the TdS...

 

[Bavarianrider]

The Austrian fake news media are talking about the first Austrian gc podium at the TdS...

Well technically that`s true as Dürr`s results were ereased.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Also, the Italians need to give Lorenzo Romano more chances in harder skating races. Top 10 yesterday, beat Altimiras in the uphill rollerski skating mass start race on the Croce d'Aune pass at the Sportful festival this summer and he was already 14th at the Holmenkollen 50km in 2022 (against a depleted field, that has to be said).
Looking at how many chances Ventura is getting instead of him is almost comical, but Italian internal politics are as complicated as Russian ones...

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Also, the Italians need to give Lorenzo Romano more chances in harder skating races. Top 10 yesterday, beat Altimiras in the uphill rollerski skating mass start race on the Croce d'Aune pass at the Sportful festival this summer and he was already 14th at the Holmenkollen 50km in 2022 (against a depleted field, that has to be said).
Looking at how many chances Ventura is getting instead of him is almost comical, but Italian internal politics are as complicated as Russian ones...

With Romano being useless in classic he wont get many chances. There are actually only 5 more skate races this season (10 k Les Rousses, the two 20k mass starts in Engadin and Falun, the 50k in Trondheim and the 10k in Holmenkollen).

With his wins in the skate races in FESA Cup he should get to do most of these 5 races.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

With Romano being useless in classic he wont get many chances. There are actually only 5 more skate races this season (10 k Les Rousses, the two 20k mass starts in Engadin and Falun, the 50k in Trondheim and the 10k in Holmenkollen).

With his wins in the skate races in FESA Cup he should get to do most of these 5 races.

* 6 races, there‘s also a 10 km in Cogne, but I‘m doubtful that‘s even a real skiing venue.

 

[Mayomaniac]

With Romano being useless in classic he wont get many chances. There are actually only 5 more skate races this season (10 k Les Rousses, the two 20k mass starts in Engadin and Falun, the 50k in Trondheim and the 10k in Holmenkollen).

With his wins in the skate races in FESA Cup he should get to do most of these 5 races.

Yeah, I was mainly thinking about WC for 50k and potentially relay. If De Fabiani and Graz don't show something the'll need him and Carollo for the relay.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

* 6 races, there‘s also a 10 km in Cogne, but I‘m doubtful that‘s even a real skiing venue.

Oh yes i was thinking Cogne would be sprint skate and 10 km classic as in the World Champs, but it’s the opposite of the program in Trondheim. To be honest I find it very strange that the last two sprints before Worlds are in classic, but FIS gotta FIS.

 

[OJRvE]

Oh yes i was thinking Cogne would be sprint skate and 10 km classic as in the World Champs, but it’s the opposite of the program in Trondheim. To be honest I find it very strange that the last two sprints before Worlds are in classic, but FIS gotta FIS.

I think the rationale is that the big team will already make their selection a few weeks before so it’s a matter of allowing enough “trial runs” and a balanced program. Also I guess it’s nice for the norwegian coach not having to answer questions why the latest World Cup winner is not selected as was the case prior to Falun Worlds.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I think the rationale is that the big team will already make their selection a few weeks before so it’s a matter of allowing enough “trial runs” and a balanced program.

Probably, but I find it strange that there isn’t a single 10k classic between Ruka and the one in Falun just a couple of days before Worlds, and in this period there has been 3 times 10k skate..

 

[OJRvE]

Vittozzi out for the remainder of the season

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vittozzi out for the remainder of the season

Well that is a shame. I had hoped the rumour about her returning in Ruhpolding would be true.
At least Tandrevold should be making her comeback this week.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I've only paid attention to the podiums in the IBU Cup races this season, so I hadn't realised that Kuzmina had actually continued to compete after the EC in Slovakia last year.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I find it really confusing how the Germans can‘t prepare their skis for Oberhof conditions sometimes.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Dominant Botet victory over Kirkeeide and Todorova, just as I thought before the race.

 

[KZD]

Career best result for everyone on the podium.

Preuß with a bad day but she can still afford it.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Did the Swedes shoot with bent rifles or why did they all miss at least four shots?

 

[BigCoward]

I just had to check 3 times to see if that was an IBU cup race when i saw the results. Wtf happened?

 

[kingjr]

I just had to check 3 times to see if that was an IBU cup race when i saw the results. Wtf happened?

It's Chinato... Oberhof

 

[BullsFan22]

Dominant Botet victory over Kirkeeide and Todorova, just as I thought before the race.

Definitely had that on my bingo card this morning

 

[tao bleeding heart]

trivia Q.
is Patrick correct with his ''Shirka-ida'' pronunciation ?
or is he just being annoying, like he is with his Alpe Chera-meece/Michal Krish-marsh/Lou John-minnu?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

trivia Q.
is Patrick correct with his ''Shirka-ida'' pronunciation ?
or is he just being annoying, like he is with his Alpe Chera-meece/Michal Krish-marsh/Lou John-minnu?

His pronunciation is not right but it's not an unreasonable approximation, certainly not compared to many of his often very confusing pronunciations that have passed into common usage in the same way as Phil 'n' Paul gave us "Kreuzinger" and "Euskatel" for years on end:
- Franziska Preuz (he's insisted on that -ts final for over a decade now)
- Fabien/Florent/Émilien "Cloud"
- Hanna/Elvira Oiberg (he has at least corrected himself over the years on this one)
- Johannes Kern, brother of Julia
- Selina Grosjean, sister of Romain
- Dorothy Weir-uh, that well known Scot
- "Yirri... let's call him Stretchy"

From my understanding, the initial Ki- here should soften to something more akin to the soft German -ch (think the one in "ich" rather than the one in "acht"), that sound doesn't exist in English so replacing it with the "sh" sound as an approximation isn't unreasonable. Dialectal differences dictate how much of the hard 'k' should remain as affrication.

 

[tao bleeding heart]

His pronunciation is not right but it's not an unreasonable approximation, certainly not compared to many of his often very confusing pronunciations that have passed into common usage in the same way as Phil 'n' Paul gave us "Kreuzinger" and "Euskatel" for years on end:
- Franziska Preuz (he's insisted on that -ts final for over a decade now)
- Fabien/Florent/Émilien "Cloud"
- Hanna/Elvira Oiberg (he has at least corrected himself over the years on this one)
- Johannes Kern, brother of Julia
- Selina Grosjean, sister of Romain
- Dorothy Weir-uh, that well known Scot
- "Yirri... let's call him Stretchy"

From my understanding, the initial Ki- here should soften to something more akin to the soft German -ch (think the one in "ich" rather than the one in "acht"), that sound doesn't exist in English so replacing it with the "sh" sound as an approximation isn't unreasonable. Dialectal differences dictate how much of the hard 'k' should remain as affrication.

good answer, thx!

 

[KZD]

Another surprising result in Öberhof, this time a French triple with Fillon Maillet, Fabien Claude and Jacquelin.

 

[kingjr]

trivia Q.
is Patrick correct with his ''Shirka-ida'' pronunciation ?
or is he just being annoying, like he is with his Alpe Chera-meece/Michal Krish-marsh/Lou John-minnu?

Meanwhile, German Eurosport commentator Sigi Heinrich can't make up his mind between Shirkeyde and Kirsheyde