For some reason I thought Scladming was next because of the women.
Wengen. Yeah what’s up with this SG thing there?
Somewhere Bode talks about how basically after the Wengen downhill everyone pukes, and then they have to go on the bike for 4 hrs to get rid of the lactic acid. It’s not in this clip, but he does talk about getting close to passing out near the last two turns.
I saw , during the training runs, the italian racer Innerhofer "open" a wedge instead of performing an "hockey slide" or an "S" (L-R or R-L) turn to lose a bit of speed, like all others, right at the end of the Alpweg trail, entering the Kernen-S...was surprised by that, somehow. Has any other done that?
And was it, a test to prepare the best approach in the actual race, strategy (say, pokerwise not to sho one's own "cards"), or else? Haven't seen today's Innerhofer race, so, I am left wondering...
BTW just watching a replay of Paris run and he too threw (even if not to the same extent) the wedge in the same point...
Was it a rewarding move? (discuss, if you will, after the race will have finished airing for you all please, don't want to spoil the race)
A few did a wedge, most a classic speed check. Inmo not critical for the final outcome, more depending to find the right line and balance in the turn to not get pushed too far out after this passage.
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This bullshit with FIS, OSV, and the special treatment for Kriechmayr is, I hear very ugly. It will no doubt blow over, but it shows that FIS/WC is a very “old boys club” and that the oldest alpine nations, particularly Austria, are king. I have heard coaches saying that “money had to change hands on this one.” Half joking, half serious.
There are very good, sound reasons for requiring training runs. Safety. Regardless of your experience or world ranking. It sets a terrible precedent. Racers have died, or become vegetative crashing in the sport.
i don’t give a shit WHO it is, that he’s the defending FIS champ, or Austrian.
BAD call. Wrong decision.
I won't be holding my breath on that...
I saw , during the training runs, the italian racer Innerhofer "open" a wedge instead of performing an "hockey slide" or an "S" (L-R or R-L) turn to lose a bit of speed, like all others, right at the end of the Alpweg trail, entering the Kernen-S...was surprised by that, somehow. Has any other done that?
And was it, a test to prepare the best approach in the actual race, strategy (say, pokerwise not to sho one's own "cards"), or else? Haven't seen today's Innerhofer race, so, I am left wondering...
BTW just watching a replay of Paris run and he too threw (even if not to the same extent) the wedge in the same point...
Was it a rewarding move? (discuss, if you will, after the race will have finished airing for you all please, don't want to spoil the race)
I wrote this once already, and I will again. You guys have way too high expectation of Eliasch. Of course he didn't know about this, neither he would be interested in this. He's president of FIS, not some race director who would be running WC race, and his pretty much only job is to sit next to IOC president during Olympics opening, and declaring FIS WCH open (plus few other formal things).... oh and getting few million CHF a year salary for that. He has absolutely nothing to do with running WC races, nor with deciding about protocols on FIS races (or breach of them). This is job of exactly those people, who did run Zagreb SL race till bib #19, and those exact people, who let Kriechmayr have his "private training". It's not just that Eliasch of course didn't know about these arrangements, he most likely won't know it nor care about it, unless he will accidentally read some newspaper where some commentator will be bitching about breaching all the rules. What he will do about it? Turn the page in newspaper and forget all about this next second
But I guess it should be about skiing not tennis, vaccination and deportation
In terms of the decision the situation is a bit more complex than you make out.