Is Harjo still on the US team? I thought she left.
She's still with the team, assistant WC W's speed coach. Works for Alex Hoedlmoser.
Is Harjo still on the US team? I thought she left.
Good basic foundational stuff.Deb talks briefly with Karen Harjo, speed coach.
She's still with the team, assistant WC W's speed coach. Works for Alex Hoedlmoser.
Swedish coach Per Jonsson lurking in the backgrondDeb talks briefly with Karen Harjo, speed coach.
The guy with the camera?Swedish coach Per Jonsson lurking in the backgrond
Yes, then there're (I believe) members from the French, Slovenian and Italian coaching team too. Not 100% sure, difficult to see. It's on Copper, right?The guy with the camera?
Deb makes a bit of a mess with that talk when she says whatever she’s saying. This is what editing is for.
Agreed.I'm just posting to say that while it was a great race between Petra and Shiffy, I was way more excited about 7th for Paula! So much hard work for her to have gotten where she is now.
I often hear racers say “push” or “pushing on the ski” & I wish they would find a better descriptor. To me the word push is something I try to avoid unless it is to push with your poles out of the start. I think they are really talking about extending but then that also paints a picture of moving away from the ski & the hill. I would rather hear it as “pressing against the ski” or “pressing the edge of the ski into the snow” because the power down the hill really does come from that.A bit on release here with Travis Ganong some years ago.
I too am a huge Shiffrin fan but I have always tuned in to watch the race & all the racers. I think I watched all 70 racers in the first run at Levi!Agreed.
One of the things I'm liking about this season is, we're not just tuning in to watch Mikaela dominate. We're tuning in to watch several athletes in the field.
When Mikaela was interviewed I was impressed with her acknowledgement that there were some amazing competitors in the ranks.
This is a long-standing theme in US coverage of sports. During his heyday, golf commentators would follow Tiger Woods and show his every shot even if he was many strokes behind the leader and bringing up the rear in the tournament. They’d rather show Woods taking a dump than cover a lesser known player, especially if that player wasn’t an American.I just hope the new fans stick around & that the commentators would give some time to some of the others & realize it is not all about Shiffrin.
There's a bit of a chicken-and-egg effect that happens with things like that. Broadcasters will say they are showing what people want and what brings in the highest ratings. But the fact that they focus on one person so much helps create that demand.They’d rather show Woods taking a dump than cover a lesser known player, especially if that player wasn’t an American.
Stenmark had a long lull away from his days of huge margins then came back at the end of his career & showed us some amazing skiing in both SL & GS against the likes of Tomba, Girardelli, Zurbriggen & a few other young rippers. I don’t think we’ll see Shiffrin hang around to do that back issues or not. Once her winning ways wane I think she’ll be done. That’s why I totally get your head shaking when Ligety talks about 100 wins, that’s fairy tale stuff. A great fairytale we’d all like to witness, I just hope she can go long enough to get the 87 wins but that would even be beyond my expectations.Before the back began to be problematic, think about MS in SL. This is 4-5 years ago. She would win a run, consistently by a second or more. Wow.
Yeah, they were saying 5’9” last weekend. I’m not buying it, I had always heard 5’11”.PV is a serious athlete. Some say 6’ tall, 165 lbs plus. Not LV big, but she has morphed into a very strong lady.
I hear you with the “push” word. But at that level, is it really any different than “pressing against the ski”? You’re talking 60mph, edge angles well beyond 45 deg, the ski flopping all over sometimes while in the arc. @S.H. , and @Swede , what do you say?I often hear racers say “push” or “pushing on the ski” & I wish they would find a better descriptor. To me the word push is something I try to avoid unless it is to push with your poles out of the start. I think they are really talking about extending but then that also paints a picture of moving away from the ski & the hill. I would rather hear it as “pressing against the ski” or “pressing the edge of the ski into the snow” because the power down the hill really does come from that.