Winter Beijing 2022 4th Feb to 22nd preview and general discussion thread

[myblueroan]

Shes had some glory days

Born to run apparently
Practices down at the river

 

[LukeParkerno1]

OK thanks, any chance we get 7 medals?

Ariels is quite a bit of luck on the day but with any luck our girl qualifies reasonably safely then it’s pot luck as they are all good at the top in that sport.

 

[toxic]

Humphries with an almost perfect drive

 

[AdelaideGT]

Bree's driving as bad as some people I saw in the supermarket car park this morning..

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Medal over for Bobsled Bree I think.

 

[drd23]

 

[Satan]

thought that was a college prank

 

[myblueroan]

Medal over for Bobsled Bree I think.

Build ups are the kiss of death.
Remember Magnussengate?

 

[BigVic]

Watched the Skeleton replay this morning. Lying face-down on a small sled and sliding down at more than 100km/h down a slope. Scariest sport in the world.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Build ups are the kiss of death.
Remember Magnussengate?

Not as bad. She never was world champ and world record holder.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Not as bad. She never was world champ and world record holder.

Any top 10 finish is good

 

[drd23]

7+ stream of the Men's GS is over 1 minute behind the action - the official website is showing the times of skiers who haven't even started yet on stream

 

[JackNah_8]

Watched the Skeleton replay this morning. Lying face-down on a small sled and sliding down at more than 100km/h down a slope. Scariest sport in the world.

It's crazy. Very dangerous

 

[JackNah_8]

Visibility is poor today

 

[AdelaideGT]

Better run for Bree there - can she pull herself back into medal contention?

 

[drd23]

Better run for Bree there - can she pull herself back into medal contention?

Effectively the same time as run 1 though 1:05.55 vs 1:05.54

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

An improvement of only 0.01 on the first run confirming both these runs are 0.3X worse than her poorest run in her 6 training runs

No medal for Bobsled Bree even with 2 runs tomorrow.

6th or 7th will probably be the best she will end up with, but only if she can crack 1.05 tomorrow on both runs.

 

[drd23]

Will take an absolute disaster for Humphries to not win Gold.

Walker needs to make up 0.8sec on everyone else to get bronze

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Bobsled Bree went from 10th to 7th because 8th and 9th after their first run had 1.06.xx runs.

Of the top 10 after the first run, only 2 went quicker in their 2nd run, Bree by 0.01 and current 2nd placed de Bruin by 0.22. Humphries was slower but with a 1.04.66 she increaded her lead over de Bruin by 0.36.

At the moment Bree is 1.99 behind gold and 0.77 behind bronze.

Only way she gets a medal is if she does a couple of 1.04.5x runs like she did in her first 3 training runs where she did 3 runs between 1.04.40 and 1.04.66 and the rest do 1.05s.

 

[AdelaideGT]

i reckon I've seen Alisa Camplin jump more these last coupla weeks than in the Salt Lake City coverage..

 

[LukeParkerno1]

i reckon I've seen Alisa Camplin jump more these last coupla weeks than in the Salt Lake City coverage..

Watching the ice hockey so much better

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

Why do they keep showing this Alisa Camplin montage every single day???

 

[AdelaideGT]

Oh Gawd. I just glanced up at the TV and it's on again...

 

[LukeParkerno1]

This ice dance has to be the cure for insomnia

 

[JackNah_8]

Why do they keep showing this Alisa Camplin montage every single day???

It's played every hour.