Alpine Skiing

[Manitou]

If the Olympic gods let Hirscher win then maybe they are kind to the favorites this time. So maybe Mikaela has a chance tomorrow too...

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

OK, so hopefully the weather won't stop the Olympics kicking off for the Women this time.

Going to bed now, so putting this up as a placeholder, and will add the links tomorrow.

First Run of the Women's Slalom

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 3h 40m from now):
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And here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Player (starts in 3h 10m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/channel/e1br

Here is the Start List for the First Run:
http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/5211/2018AL5211SLR1.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
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Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

(but particularly Estelle )

CaroLiza_fan

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Going to bed now, so putting this up as a placeholder, and will add the links tomorrow.

Second Run of the Women's Slalom

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 7h 10m from now):
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And here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Player (starts in 7h 10m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/channel/e1br

Here is the Start List for the Second Run:
http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/5211/2018AL5211SLR2.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
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Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Oh come on! Not again!

The wind is still playing havoc with the Alpine.

So, here's the score.


The Women's Giant Slalom, which was supposed to be on Monday, will now be held on Thursday, either side of the Men's Downhill, which was supposed to be on Sunday.

Thursday 15[SUP]th[/SUP] February 2018

10:00 KST (01:00 GMT / 02:00 CET): 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Run of Women's GS
11:30 KST (02:30 GMT / 03:30 CET): Men's Downhill
13:45 KST (04:45 GMT / 05:45 CET): 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Run of Women's GS


And the Women's Slalom, which was supposed to be on Wednesday, will now be held on Friday, either side of the Men's Super G, which has been pushed back a day from Thursday.

Friday 16[SUP]th[/SUP] February 2018

10:00 KST (01:00 GMT / 02:00 CET): 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Run of Women's Slalom
11:00 KST (02:00 GMT / 03:00 CET): Men's Super G
13:15 KST (04:15 GMT / 05:15 CET): 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Run of Women's Slalom


FIS Alpine calendar:

http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/events-and-places/calendar/

It's going to be a very busy 10 days. Particularly for the girls, who are now scheduled to be in action EVERY DAY until the end of the Olympics.

Let's hope things calm down and we can get some racing in.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[somelikeitpink]

Does anyone know what would happen if they had to cancel another time?

Would they be cancelled? Postponed and held after the games? Whats the procedure there?

 

[MelDee]

Does anyone know what would happen if they had to cancel another time?

Would they be cancelled? Postponed and held after the games? Whats the procedure there?

Czech journalists reported today that it may influence the duration of the Games.

 

[Manitou]

Czech journalists reported today that it may influence the duration of the Games.

Hey, what happened to Sarka Strachova? Why is she not skiing?

This Olympics is total chaos.

 

[MelDee]

Hey, what happened to Sarka Strachova? Why is she not skiing?

This Olympics is total chaos.

Šárka Strachová retired last season (it was reported in early 2017). She stated that she no longer enjoyed competing as much, as her priorities had shifted.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Right, third time lucky.

Going to bed earlier tonight, because I am totally wrecked after the past few nights. So putting this up as a placeholder, and will add the links tomorrow.

First Run of the Women's Giant Slalom

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 4h 20m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-1st-leg/add72999-f22d-43e2-aced-b1e80e2d0836

And here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Player (starts at 5m 30s. Part of the Alpine Skiing edition of The Eurosport Cube at the start):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-1st-leg/c4fdf88c-e3b1-4593-b5f7-40aa56b4e167

Here is the Start List for the First Run:
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/5210/2018AL5210SLR1.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
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Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

(but particularly Tina , Anna , Estelle , Ester ... yeah, I have a lot of particular favourites! )

CaroLiza_fan

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Going to bed earlier tonight, because I am totally wrecked after the past few nights. So putting this up as a placeholder, and will add the links tomorrow.

Men's Downhill

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 6h 10m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/mens-downhill/2bf89aaf-0c63-4236-ade1-6ddb44b36a9d

And here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Player (starts at 12m 10s. End of the First Run of Women's GS at the start):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...downhill/144a16ec-d2fd-44fb-8db1-5cb37e042006

Here is the Start List for the First Run:
medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/0227/2018AL0227SLR0.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
http://live.fis-ski.com/liveal0227.htm

Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

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Going to bed earlier tonight, because I am totally wrecked after the past few nights. So putting this up as a placeholder, and will add the links tomorrow.

Second Run of the Women's Giant Slalom

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 7h 50m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-2nd-leg/98971bca-d44c-47cb-8e30-6129a1975a87

And here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Player (starts in 8h from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/channel/e1br

Here is the Start List for the Second Run:
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/5210/2018AL5210SLR2.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
http://live.fis-ski.com/liveal5210.htm

Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Manitou]

Šárka Strachová retired last season (it was reported in early 2017). She stated that she no longer enjoyed competing as much, as her priorities had shifted.

Too bad. I liked her. I remember her competing against Mikaela Shiffrin.

 

[Winnie_20]

It's really nice to see some actual skiing take place after all the delays. Nice background entertainment on the laptop while the figure skating is on the big telly screen. :agree:

 

[Manitou]

It's really nice to see some actual skiing take place after all the delays. Nice background entertainment on the laptop while the figure skating is on the big telly screen. :agree:

I am at work, so I am just looking at live results, I will watch it later, but I am surprised Tessa Worley is 14th and Tina Weirather 24th after the 1st run. That's a disaster for Tessa, who was considered one of the favorites to gold. And what the heck happened to Tina? She is in danger of not qualifying for the final 30.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Coverage of the Second Run of the Women's Giant Slalom is starting now.

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 10m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-2nd-leg/98971bca-d44c-47cb-8e30-6129a1975a87

And here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Player:
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/channel/e1br

Here is the Start List for the Second Run:
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/5210/2018AL5210SLR2.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
http://live.fis-ski.com/liveal5210.htm

Hope this helps.

I am going to watch the first run now, and then hopefully get some of the second run in before the Cross-Country and Biathlon start.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Manitou]

OMG! Yessss!! Mikaela!!!

 

[moonvine]

Maybe someone who is a regular Alpine watcher that can answer this for me. There's a guy named Wiley Maple who skis for the US, but is not on the US team. Bode Miller mentioned he had paid his own way. I was not aware a person could do this. His name is Wiley Maple. http://www.wileymaple.com/index.html

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Yay! We got a day's racing completed! Hopefully this one will be the same!

Putting this up as a placeholder, and will add the links tomorrow.

First Run of the Women's Slalom

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 4h 30m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-1st-leg/79af065d-8380-4337-8b63-b5454863714d

And here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Player (starts at 6m 48s. Emma Carrick Anderson talking to Jonathan Edwards at start.):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-1st-leg/4b800291-1f37-4015-a8b4-41eac0c50e09

Here is the Start List for the First Run:
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/5211/2018AL5211SLR1.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
XXXX

Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

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Putting this up as a placeholder, and will add the links tomorrow.

Men's Super Giant Slalom

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 5h 30m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/mens-superg/96dab568-3bd8-493d-abda-2cdfe887113c

And here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Player (starts at 1h 29m 19s. Women's Slalom at start):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-1st-leg/4b800291-1f37-4015-a8b4-41eac0c50e09

Here is the Start List for the First Run:
http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/0231/2018AL0231SLR0.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
XXXX

Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

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Putting this up as a placeholder, and will add the links tomorrow.

Second Run of the Women's Slalom

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 7h 45m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-2nd-leg/14cd2be0-4627-4690-a1a8-d82f414468a1

And here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Player (starts in 7h 30m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/channel/e1br

Here is the Start List for the Second Run:
http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/5211/2018AL5211SLR2.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
http://live.fis-ski.com/liveal5211.htm

Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Maybe someone who is a regular Alpine watcher that can answer this for me. There's a guy named Wiley Maple who skis for the US, but is not on the US team. Bode Miller mentioned he had paid his own way. I was not aware a person could do this. His name is Wiley Maple. http://www.wileymaple.com/index.html

Yep, the same was the case for Ilka Štuhec of Slovenia. The Fed had no faith in her after she suffered an injury a few years ago, and her family ended up having to set up a privateer team so that she could continue competing.

She won the crystal globes in Combined and Downhill last season.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[moonvine]

Yep, the same was the case for Ilka Štuhec of Slovenia. The Fed had no faith in her after she suffered an injury a few years ago, and her family ended up having to set up a privateer team so that she could continue competing.

She won the crystal globes in Combined and Downhill last season.

CaroLiza_fan

But it's the Olympics. I can't go and just say I'm competing for the US, can I?

 

[Manitou]

But it's the Olympics. I can't go and just say I'm competing for the US, can I?

US has a qualification process for the Olympics, so you are correct. You cannot go the Olympics for your own money representing US. You must qualify. The talk is probably about the World Cup.
There are skiers who don't have any support of their federations, but they still compete on the World Cup for their own resources. The Kostelic siblings were basically trained using their own resources. Tina Maze was on her own too. In the Eastern European countries there is no government supported system or money like in Austria, Switzerland or Italy.
I never heard of the name Wiley Maple. I watch the World Cup, but not deep enough to know every name.

 

[moonvine]

US has a qualification process for the Olympics, so you are correct. You cannot go the Olympics for your own money representing US. You must qualify. The talk is probably about the World Cup.
There are skiers who don't have any support of their federations, but they still compete on the World Cup for their own resources. The Kostelic siblings were basically trained using their own resources. Tina Maze was on her own too. In the Eastern European countries there is no government supported system or money like in Austria, Switzerland or Italy.
I never heard of the name Wiley Maple. I watch the World Cup, but not deep enough to know every name.

Ok, that clears up my confusion. Apparently he's been a story this Olympics. i sure never would have heard of him if Bode Miller hadn't been talking about it. I guess it is a good story. He travels with the team and pays his own way, then makes the Olympic team. What a thrill for him! Hopefully he won't have to pay his own way next year.

 

[Manitou]

Watching live results from work and I see Mikaela is 0.5 seconds behind Holdener after the first run. Something must have happened. Or just Mikaela run too cautiously. She will have to attack and risk in the second run, because 0.5 sec is a lot when you go against Holdener.