Nordic Skiing/Biathlon Thread

[Mayomaniac]

Graabak was disqualified for using a binding that was asymmetrical. The norwegian team put in a protest (I'm not sure just exactly what they protested against, possibly procedures or some other nonsense).

The jury asks to see the ski.

In the meantime somebody in the Norwegian team has replaced the binding. The suspended coach takes the ski and shows it to the jury with a different and legal binding. He says he didn't know someone had replaced the binding. If he knew then they tried to manipulate evidence.

Just Norge things...

 

[BigCoward]

Preuss gaining a few points on Jeanmonnot so far.
Lien and Tandrevold wasted good legs today.

 

[BigCoward]

Jtb losing time to Laegreid, while both shooting clean, wtf?

 

[Silhouette]

Jtb losing time to Laegreid, while both shooting clean, wtf?

JTB is a bit sick with a cold.

 

[BigCoward]

Fak might have his first WC win for 10 years.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If Fak is retiring after this season, this is a great way to go out.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

The sprint is also a distance while not a very long one and also ahould be counted.

In the context of cross country skiing and the sport specific vocabulary it is not. The Overall World Cup is divided into the Distance Cup and the Sprint Cup and the sprint races does of course not count in the Distance cup.

Arguing that sprint races are distance races in the context of cross country skiing is just nonsense.

 

[BigCoward]

If Fak is retiring after this season, this is a great way to go out.

I'd call it a day today. Last race as a win.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'd call it a day today. Last race as a win.

Yeah, it would be even more of fairytale ending than Erik Lesser's.

 

[KZD]

Good day for biathlon, Fak getting one last win, Preuß extending her lead and Lægreid back into yellow.

 

[Lequack]

Biathlon is so refreshing after watching XC world cup just be dominated by two nations and like 3-4 people. You have a healthy mix of nationalizes and the racing is always exciting.

Great win for Fak today, after 10 years since his last win! And he did it on home soil, in front of his three daughters, who weren't even born for his other victories, amazing story!

Biathlon | « J'aimerais bien vieillir comme lui », « Je n'ai pas assez de mots pour décrire ça » : Emilien Jacquelin et Eric Perrot impressionnés par la victoire de Jakov Fak à Pokljuka à 37 ans | Nordic Mag | N°1 Biathlon | Ski nordique

Vainqueur de l'individuel court de la coupe du monde de biathlon de Pokljuka (Slovénie), Jakov Fak a impressionné la planète biathlon. A commencer par les Français Eric Perrot et Emilien Jacquelin.

www.nordicmag.info

 

[BullsFan22]

US media making excuses for Cringe is pretty hilarious

 

[Lequack]

Johannes Thingnes Bö withdraws from Pokljuka
Record world champion Johannes Thingnes Bö has had to leave the penultimate stage of his World Cup career early due to illness.

Ill Johannes Thingnes Bö withdraws from Pokljuka

Record-breaking world champion Johannes Thingnes Bö has had to leave the penultimate stage of his World Cup career early due to illness.

www.bluewin.ch

 

[search]

That 6k lap today doesn't look very challenging, and turns the 20k more into 18. Well, but what can you do...

Let's if anyone made it through the Worlds healthy and has something left in the tank. There could be some surprises, I guess.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Crazy to see Lampič hit 19/20 and still not winning.

 

[KZD]

Finally a weekend without any sprint race in XC skiing World Cup.

Johaug and Nyenget winning, the latter in a very dominant fashion.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Finally a weekend without any sprint race in XC skiing World Cup.

Johaug and Nyenget winning, the latter in a very dominant fashion.

Also lack of a personal salting team for Klaebo (who tbf is probably tired after the WC, him being so far down isn't normal)

 

[Mayomaniac]

Crazy to see Lampič hit 19/20 and still not winning.

Her skiing speed was already going down at the WC, her skiing form isn't what it used to be during the first half of the season.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Her skiing speed was already going down at the WC, her skiing form isn't what it used to be during the first half of the season.

She still had the the third fastest ski time in the individual the other day, so I would still have expected her to beat Todorova.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I want to someday have the power of Jens Filbrich as cc coach of the German men‘s biathlete, the longer he‘s near the skiers the worse they get at skiing.

 

[dobrien]

US media making excuses for Cringe is pretty hilarious

What's hilarious (sad really) is how she is living rent free in your head; you truly seem like you have mental health issues around it at this point.

 

[Bavarianrider]

So why not do a 30km intervall start instead of a 20km and a 10km one?. With a 30km you would at least somewhat honor the Tradition.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Gismondi in great shape, about to get her first wc top 10

 

[Silhouette]

I'm standing near one of the downhills in the course and there are extreme ski differences today. Ridiculously so, I don't understand how it's possible on a day like today.

 

[DonAragona]

I'm standing near one of the downhills in the course and there are extreme ski differences today. Ridiculously so, I don't understand how it's possible on a day like today.

Who did or didn't have good skis?