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Was she a bit loose in the knees as she usually is? There are non-landing deductions

I agree - I was expecting them to go up a mountain on skis like the cross country skiers sometimes do when they zigzag from the bottom to the top of an alpine hill. The running part just seemed a bit meh

But she wanted to be on the team as a first choice

Surely the US would have been better off with Jade on the team? :D

Alysa!!!! 🥇

Whenever I hear this music I always think of Boginskaya (who did it better)

Yeah - what was that all about when they took off their skis to run up some stairs!

I found the ski-mountaineering to be rather underwhelming with max 65 metres of climbing. I think I was expecting them to ski up big mountains like when the cross country skiers climb 400+m in the final 3.5km up the Alpe Cermis with gradients up to 28% at the end of the Tour de Ski - the big...

The dog that got onto the cross country course was a star 🌟 - although one of the skiers said afterwards that she thought she was being chased by a wolf! 🐺

There is also a rather bizarre scandal in the French women's biathlon team with one of the team, Julia Simon, recently back from a ban after she was criminally convicted (suspended prison sentence + $18,000 in fines) of stealing her teammate's, Justine Braisaz Bouchet, credit card and going on a...

Yes - fluorocarbon waxes were banned in competition several years ago for the 2023-24 season. During the first year there were a lot of DQs because (apparently) it is really difficult to get them off the ski-base unless you know what you are doing and most of the big teams just got new skis.

As far as I understand it penisgate is hypothetical - no one is admitting to actually trying this - although it was a rumour circulating in Germany. I guess the 4 year press jumped on it - especially after "crotch gate" last year where a Norwegian assistent coach stretched the crotch area of the...

In Britain 90 minutes is an unremarkable commute especially into London - it's around 50-60 on the tube minutes from the outer zones before you count your travel at each end. I once worked with someone who commuted to London from York.

I thought the issue was about her previous training facility not having a pit?

Could you even do a mixed team final on the same night? Is it possible to set up for all of the AG apparatuses, tramp and tumbling in the same arena on the same night? I thought this was the reason for the limited selection at the WAG/MAG team comp at Euros last year.