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

[Havre]

Wonderful. One person in Norway (the coach) wanted Sundby to go. The rest didn't. Looks like the rest were correct. Even if I don't think Sundby cares about the American.

 

[Filppula]

"Put your hands in the air. Put your hands up in the air". I swear if I hear the PA guy say this one more time I'm gonna lose the plot.

 

[Filppula]

Wonderful. One person in Norway (the coach) wanted Sundby to go. The rest didn't. Looks like the rest were correct. Even if I don't think Sundby cares about the American.

Genuinely surprised he was selected over Iversen.

 

[Havre]

Genuinely surprised he was selected over Iversen.

Or Krüger.

We'll see. Hopefully it is just Sundby's "diesel engine" that needs a bit of time. I don't think so, but not impossible. Kalla also looked a bit sluggish so....

 

[Eisen]

Cross country wins out!

Klaebo is such an effortless skater, he really is amazing.

It does.

 

[Eisen]

Fessel is in bad shape. Seems she didn't recuberate enough.

 

[Eisen]

Top three no surpises going into the final lap.

 

[Filppula]

This is intense, what a race!!

 

[Havre]

Disappointing from a Norwegian point of view. Cool if the US wins though. Good for the sport.

 

[Eisen]

Disappointing from a Norwegian point of view. Cool if the US wins though. Good for the sport.

How come? Did you expect them to run away?

 

[shortshorts]

This is going to be a heck of a finish.

 

[Eisen]

Wow. Randall/Diggins with the win.

 

[shortshorts]

Wow USA. That's an amazing result.

 

[Prntscrn]

Wow..

 

[Filppula]

USA wow. Can't believe that.

There was some serious jostling for position towards the end.

 

[Albatros]

Norway was surprisingly weak coming from the 1st semifinal.

 

[mjlee]

Holy hell. That was.... unexpected. But yay at least no Norway.

 

[Eisen]

Norway was surprisingly weak coming from the 1st semifinal.

You'd have expected that they could save some strength compared to the 2nd semi participants.

 

[Havre]

Norway were crap. Bjørgen is too old and Falla isn't in the same shape as last season.

Not much that could have been done differently though. Considering racers like Weng aren't in great form either.

Happy to see the Americans win. Seems like great girls and good for the sport going forward (not that I dislike the Swedes).

 

[BMOK33]

LMAO they are playing Barbie Girl in the stadium

 

[Havre]

Like the headline at aftonbladet.se now "we beat Norway, but xxxx"

Haha.

 

[Eisen]

Norway were crap. Bjørgen is too old and Falla isn't in the same shape as last season.

Not much that could have been done differently though. Considering racers like Weng aren't in great form either.

Happy to see the Americans win. Seems like great girls and good for the sport going forward (not that I dislike the Swedes).

Björgen just won three medals during these very games. She is not what she used to be but she's hardly crap. And Falla just won a sprint silver. But agreed, who else would you have put on that team?

 

[LiveeviL]

Good for the sport. I hope it get economical consequences for US cross-country.

 

[Filppula]

Nilsson was the disappointing one. Sprint champion and although she was serviceable, didn't really do anything overly impressive.

 

[Havre]

Björgen just won three medals during these very games. She is not what she used to be but she's hardly crap. And Falla just won a sprint silver. But agreed, who else would you have put on that team?

Crap relative to their potential.

Bjørgen would normally absolutely crush Randall (not that Randall is bad, but she is not what she used to be either).

Falla isn't necessarily better than Diggins in freestyle (or Nilsson for that matter). You could see up the last hill that Falla didn't have the "punch" she has in peak condition though.

I didn't expect Norway to win before the event, but got a bit more optimistic after the semi. Expected 2nd though.