Let’s have a little competition. Pick your countries gold for the remainder of the Olympics and let’s see how close you can get.
Sweden:
- Sandra Näslund skicross
- Nils van der Poel 10000m speed skating
- Sundling/Dahlqvist sprintrelay
- Team Edin curling
- Biathlonrelay women
Also hoping for Tre Kronor but that can go anyway.
Come on, Pechstein. 4 more years. 9th in the mass start is too good to retire.
Not that I know of. Also, it looks like Claudia gained weightI love Pechstein...
But if she does it again...
You will just ask for 4 more years.
Eventually...
She will be a skeleton on ice.
Also...
Does Germany has no one in the pipeline?
The last good one was Stephanie Beckett...
But she basically fizzled out after 1 Olympics.
Not that I know of. Also, it looks like Claudia gained weight
I can see why you had her poster up.
I always wonder what happened to the German Skating Federation.
The pipeline is completely bare now.
Does no one wants to skate in Germany?
Was it ever much different? For a while there were some remnants of the GDR program, but there never was much federal German success.
Yeah, the easterners (including Pechstein and Niemann-Stirnemann) to an extent took over the federal German speed skating federation. That in turn didn't please all westerners (including Friesinger). Pechstein's partner Große is the current skating boss, in communist times he was a military officer and since then earned a reputation as a shady businessman.
best moment of these winter games?
Not a single medal for Mikaela Shiffrin if im correct?
Correct.
All the hype, and nothin but a goose egg.
It's streaming live on the Peacock app which I get for free via my internet provider. It's actually nice too as it's just the ceremonies with no annoying commentary.not sure why nbc isn't airing the closing ceremony live
Lindsey Jacobellis finally exorcising her demons from the Turin games then helping Nick Baumgartner another long term suffering US athlete get his first medal nevermind it being gold.best moment of these winter games?
To me Hennig/Carl. Nobody had them on the shortlist. Nobody.best moment of these winter games?
I'm still not used to monobob.Lindsey Jacobellis finally exorcising her demons from the Turin games then helping Nick Baumgartner another long term suffering US athlete get his first medal nevermind it being gold.
The US winning gold in the freestyle aerial team event after not even being expected to medal being complete underdogs.
The insanity of the men's giant slalom taking place in a blizzard wiping out half the field on the first run and allowing some smaller nations who might not have gotten a second run to qualify and get a chance in the spotlight.
Jessie Diggins shocking the world and actually earning two medals in cross country skiing, a sport we are traditionally terrible at.
Irish luger Elsa Desmond finishing last in women's luge and enjoying every minute of it. The important fact was she did indeed finish which can't be said for some of her fellow competitors who where medal favorites in a very brutal course for them.
The Japanese Women's Hockey team winning their pool stage for the first time and showing how far they've come in such a short amount of time.
The Japanese Women's curling team earning silver. They didn't get gold, but watching them make their run with all their enthusiasm and infectious spirit made them a joy to watch.
Monobob existing. Nuff said.
Watching Harri Sateri, a guy who I witnessed start his pro career in the AHL win the gold medal in hockey with Finland.
The crazy men's 1500 meter short track race that thanks to advancments saw ten skaters make the run for the gold. And none of them wiped out or were dq'ed which is a rarity in short track especially with that unprecedented amout of skaters taking part in the final.
Finally last but not least Erin Jackson winning gold in the 500 meter long form speedskating discipline. She wasn't even supposed to compete after she fell at the US qualifiers despite being the world champion at that distance, but her teammate gave up her position in the race to let her run in a true show of sportsmanship.
I'm still not used to monobob.
Indeed they aren't, I saw the first monobob competition. It was like a babygiraffe's first steps. And it's not a lot better now.Trust me, the competitors aren't either. They're still working out the kinks of the single person sleds. It should be much better next winter games.
The fact that it exists is enough for me though as it's an answer to a childish question I had ever since I was a kid wondering why if there were two man and four man sleds why can't there be a single person sled?