2018 Pyeongchang Olympics | CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING | Feb 10th - 25th

[Eisen]

Both keeping it slower now.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Here we go

 

[Eisen]

Nilsson couldn`t get ahead on the hill. That should be it.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Noo

 

[Eisen]

Björgen reminiscient of her early sprinting days. What a race. My pulse is about 140

 

[Name Nameless]

Starting to think the Swedes will have this.

Happy to be wrong

 

[shortshorts]

Nilsson did everything she could to keep contact on that hill. She had nothing left.

 

[Filppula]

Great effort Nilsson, absolutely gave it everything.

Super exciting relay. Loved it.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

I blame Anna Haag

 

[Name Nameless]

1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. OAR
4. Finland
5. USA

Very impressed with USA, even if a country with 320 mill citizens should be able to find a good relay-team

 

[Prntscrn]

Anna Haag

Me right now

 

[Eisen]

Anna Haag

Me right now

When Nilsson is right there with a 37 year old Björgen on the last hill, you can hardly blame Haag.

 

[Prntscrn]

When Nilsson is right there with a 37 year old Björgen on the last hill, you can hardly blame Haag.

I don't really blame Haag, I blame Grip the Swedish coach. Haag has been terrible this season and it should have been Ingermarsdotter instead of her.

Stina did more than I expected, me and probably most people didn't think she would be able to hang with Björgen for 5km. She probably needed about 10 seconds so she could go easy that first lap.

 

[Name Nameless]

I don't really blame Haag, I blame Grip the Swedish coach. Haag has been terrible this season and it should have been Ingermarsdotter instead of her.

Stina did more than I expected, me and probably most people didn't think she would be able to hang with Björgen for 5km. She probably needed about 10 seconds so she could go easy that first lap.

If you could go back in time and change it, we might have swapped Jacobsen for Weng. So don't go there, dude-

Bjørgen now got 7 Olympic gold, Bjørndalen has 8. They are even on the medal count, with 13.

 

[Prntscrn]

If you could go back in time and change it, we might have swapped Jacobsen for Weng. So don't go there, dude-

Bjørgen now got 7 Olympic gold, Bjørndalen has 8. They are even on the medal count, with 13.

I know. But didn't people in Norway want Weng out of this? I didn't see any swede who thought Haag was the right choice, everyone was questioning her

Marit and Stina held a similiar pace to Haga(a few seconds more but also a little longer track with the finnish) which is very impressive by Stina who is a sprinter. Another year or two and she would have been strong enough to sprint her down

 

[Eisen]

I can get behind that. I don`t know why he picked Haag. Perhaps her supposedly better endurance compared to the sprinter Ingemarsdotter.
And I don`t blame Nilsson as well, Björgen is a cannibal. Kept the pace high except the short distance right before the sprint. You could see that Nilsson was done.

 

[Eisen]

Can someone give any insight to what`s up with Weng? She has a great season, then comes in 9th in the skiathlon, doesn`t qualify for the sprint, rank 11 in the 10km and is scratched for the relay. Too many races, is she tired? Injury? German telly said nothing.

 

[Prntscrn]

Can someone give any insight to what`s up with Weng? She has a great season, then comes in 9th in the skiathlon, doesn`t qualify for the sprint, rank 11 in the 10km and is scratched for the relay. Too many rraces, is she tired? Injury? German telly said nothing.

I think so. Specially doing tour de ski do I think was a big mistake. the Swedes, Björgen and I think Haga aswell have been very picky with which races they have been doing and basically only focused on being in the best possible shape for the olympics

 

[Eisen]

I know. But didn't people in Norway want Weng out of this? I didn't see any swede who thought Haag was the right choice, everyone was questioning her

Marit and Stina held a similiar pace to Haga(a few seconds more but also a little longer track with the finnish) which is very impressive by Stina who is a sprinter. Another year or two and she would have been strong enough to sprint her down

Lets see how she develops, often when getter better endurance cross country athletes lose their ability to be on top of the sprint. She is still sooo young for a top cross country skier.

 

[Havre]

Haag finished her stage in 13:50. Jacobsen (obviously the stage after) 14:15.

Haag´s stage wasn´t that bad. Just that the first 3 did really well on the first stage.

 

[Eisen]

I think so. Specially doing tour de ski do I think was a big mistake. the Swedes, Björgen and I think Haga aswell have been very picky with what races they have been doing and basically only focused on being in the best possible shape for the olympics

That would be bitter if that six races bit her in the end. Because she would have peaked at the right time. But I can see that.

 

[Havre]

And by the way the Russian went 2s faster on the 1st compared to Kalla on the 2nd. I´m assuming the track is a bit slower on the 2nd, but still....

Haga is the stand out. Especially since freestyle is around 2min faster (so less time for her to catch up to the others).

 

[Name Nameless]

Can someone give any insight to what`s up with Weng? She has a great season, then comes in 9th in the skiathlon, doesn`t qualify for the sprint, rank 11 in the 10km and is scratched for the relay. Too many races, is she tired? Injury? German telly said nothing.

The difficulty in making a Norwegian relay team in cross-country skiing, or even making the national team in cross-country skiing, could probably be compared to making the US realy team in 4* 100 meter sprint. Even if the comparision has limitations, I don't mean to say we excpect a win or medal with the same probability. But the depth in Norway on cross-country skiing is fantastic.

 

[Eisen]

The difficulty in making a Norwegian relay team in cross-country skiing, or even making the national team in cross-country skiing, could probably be compared to making the US realy team in 4* 100 meter sprint. Even if the comparision has limitations, I don't mean to say we excpect a win or medal with the same probability. But the depth in Norway on cross-country skiing is fantastic.

I get that, but Weng is no1 in the World Cup and generally considered a very good athlete. As seen, Norway doesn`t need her but when an athlete like her is cut, it`s not an everyday decision.

 

[Eisen]

Edit: wrong thread