Nordic Skiing/Biathlon Thread

[BigCoward]

RIP Ribom

RIPom?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Slind does not seem to want Hennig with her.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Hennig is doing terribly here.

 

[DenisMenchov]

I think 30s is borderline what Sundling can get back for Sweden.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I think Norway has this one, 30sec should be enough.

 

[BigCoward]

I think Norway has this one, 30sec should be enough.

I think its going to be closer to 40. Shame as 25-30 would have been fun.

 

[DenisMenchov]

Wow, that's confident from Fosnaes

 

[BigCoward]

How has she lost 20 seconds?

 

[DenisMenchov]

How has she lost 20 seconds?

Saving energy

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Sundling going off like a steaming train in comparison, perhaps the plan for Fosnæs is to get Sundling to expend the energy of her sprint on the chase, but if so, she's letting her back on a little too easily you'd feel as Sundling should catch her quite quickly and have time to recover.

 

[DenisMenchov]

I want to see that meme of Karlsson laughing at Fosnaes' pace.

 

[BigCoward]

I want to see that meme of Karlsson laughing at Fosnaes' pace.

I'm guessing the Norwegians look like Wout and Dumoulin?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Fosnaes should have started decently hard and Sundling would have never had a chance, don‘t know what she‘s doing.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I think Norway has this one, 30sec should be enough.

My bad, JONNA SMASHES!

 

[DenisMenchov]

I'm guessing the Norwegians look like Wout and Dumoulin?

Carbon copy

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

This was just completely insane from Sundling. In the first 2,4 km she was 15 seconds faster than Johaug! Fosnæs didn’t do a great first lap, but it was made look a lot worse, because Sundling is skiing out of this world.

 

[BigCoward]

She's never ever getting a turn on the relay team again is she?

 

[BullsFan22]

Well, if Sundling doesn't drop Fosnaes with the first or second acceleration, she could possibly be in trouble.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Carl probably needs to drop Joensuu too in the battle for bronze, Carl obviously has got good sprint-to-the-line pedigree but Joensuu is a regular top qualifier in sprints and if not for her propensity to fall over would probably have a much bigger number of podiums to her name,

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Well, if Sundling doesn't drop Fosnaes with the first or second acceleration, she could possibly be in trouble.

Why would Sundling need to drop Fosnaes?

 

[BigCoward]

Goes from bad to worse for Norway, Graabak disqualified from NC so instead of a 20 second lead they have a 100 second deficit.

 

[BullsFan22]

Why would Sundling need to drop Fosnaes?

Well, if Fosnaes was being tactical, Sundling had to make up over 30 seconds, and if you don't drop your opponent the first or second time, you could feel it mentally later on. It happens in cycling all the time. I know Sundling is a class or two above, but that's why they do the races.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Well, if Fosnaes was being tactical, Sundling had to make up over 30 seconds, and if you don't drop your opponent the first or second time, you could feel it mentally later on. It happens in cycling all the time. I know Sundling is a class or two above, but that's why they do the races.

I don‘t think I‘ve seen Van der Poel catch Küng or something and then feel it mentally for no reason and he definitely wouldn‘t need to drop him before the sprint.

 

[BullsFan22]

Good stuff from Sundling. Had it not been for the crash in the skiathlon, she could very well be at 4 golds now. She’ll likely do the 50km, but if the conditions are soft and mushy, it’ll be tougher for her.

Emma Ribom should thank her teammates more than she usually does. Linn Svahn is probably punching the air somewhere.

 

[BullsFan22]

I don‘t think I‘ve seen Van der Poel catch Küng or something and then feel it mentally for no reason and he definitely wouldn‘t need to drop him before the sprint.

Have you ever done a cross country ski race?