2018 Pyeongchang Olympics | BIATHLON | Feb 10th - 23rd

[Filppula]

Belarus in a very good position here.

 

[Eisen]

Dahlmeier, I never counted on you like I do now!

 

[Filppula]

Whenever you think a country is in a position of strength, they throw it away. This is crazy. More twists and turns still to come I'm sure but Belarus leading with Domracheva to come look very tough to beat.

 

[Filppula]

Hmmmm the Belarussian just fell apart over the last km.

 

[Bure80]

This race is a farce. Shouldnt be started.

 

[Filppula]

Domracheva shows her class.

This race is a farce. Shouldnt be started.

Why?

 

[Eisen]

And the wind again...

 

[shortshorts]

Everyone is shooting terribly. Domrachova imploded her lead.

 

[Eisen]

Everyone is shooting terribly. Domrachova imploded her lead.

It's a short lap. Unless Bescond grows wings, this should be over.

 

[Bure80]

To much wind. Shooting is crapsoot. Athletes trained 4 years for this you cant start such a race with irregular conditions. Think they never started this in World Cup.

 

[Filppula]

Oh wow. Darya opens the door.

I'm scared about Oeberg.

 

[shortshorts]

Lets go Oeberg!!!

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Hanna Öberg is amazing!

 

[Eisen]

.....

 

[Eisen]

To much wind. Shooting is crapsoot. Athletes trained 4 years for this you cant start such a race with irregular conditions. Think they never started this in World Cup.

They did delay a women's race earlier for similar conditions. But when the race started, it didn't look bad.

 

[Filppula]

Darya did well to hold her nerve. 2/5 then hitting all her spare sounds, that was massive. A loop and it's good night as far as gold is concerned. Huge resolve to knock them down.

A star has well and truly been born at these games in the form of Oeberg.

 

[SirKillalot]

It's these kinds of races that makes legends and stories. Everyone has equal crappy conditions for the most part. So in a way you get a fair winner. Good thing every race isn't the same, at the same time. Starting a race in these kinds of conditions shouldn't really be done.

It was the same in snowboard slopestyle for women, even more so given they actually have to do their tricks in high altitude with throwing winds.

So, yeah in a way its good and bad.

 

[Eisen]

It's an outside sport and things like that can happen. Team Belarus managed just fine and team Pichler, too.

 

[Filppula]

Only three girls shot clean and required no spare rounds, one of which was Oeberg. She took 16:56 to complete her leg, seriously quick. At the final exchange Sweden were in 8th position so for them to grab silver is amazing, Oeberg virtually single-handedly got them there.

Quickest leg of the night was Vittozzi who went 16:49 to open.

 

[Bure80]

It's an outside sport and things like that can happen. Team Belarus managed just fine and team Pichler, too.

Sure but atleast at Olympics they should try to start the race at good conditions. They had enough time to postpone the race. If really good shooters like Wierer or Hildebrand take a penalty Loop, conditions are not fair in my opinion.

 

[Eisen]

Sure but atleast at Olympics they should try to start the race at good conditions. They had enough time to postpone the race. If really good shooters like Wierer or Hildebrand take a penalty Loop, conditions are not fair in my opinion.

I get that. And conditions were far from good. But at least they were equally crappy for everyone. Again, at the beginning of the race it looked OK. I must have happened shortly before the first shoot. Sven Fischer made a point saying that conditions are manageable. Wait, that would mean the forecast stank.

 

[Hybbe]

Öberg is amazing, shades of Forsberg.

 

[LiveeviL]

To much wind. Shooting is crapsoot. Athletes trained 4 years for this you cant start such a race with irregular conditions. Think they never started this in World Cup.

It is an outdoor sport and you have to deal with the wind. Further with wind shooting skill (including estimating wind) becomes more important than without wind. Anyone coming from a shooting sport perspective sees this as totally integral of the sport and nonsense as a motive to post-phone the race. Deal with the wind and shoot well despite adversaries.

 

[Eisen]

German media reports that Dahlmeier is thinking about retirement. She is not sure yet, she didn't think about it enough. "Everything is possible", she says. That would be quite the blow after Neuner.

 

[Filppula]

German media reports that Dahlmeier is thinking about retirement. She is not sure yet, she didn't think about it enough. "Everything is possible", she says. That would be quite the blow after Neuner.

Wow. Surely not? I'm still upset about Neuner!