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Old February 22nd 06, 01:27 PM
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Roddy Darragon - who's he? What happened to Sara Renner and Andy
Newell between quarters and semis (they appeared to qualify)? Another
tough day for Norway. Now when Chandra learns to ski with the best for
more than 1.8k intervals... France's appeal vs. Sweden on the relay
turned down again.

GG
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Old February 22nd 06, 01:53 PM
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Andy came in 4th in his heat. Only top 2 advance to the semis from the
quarters. Andy was in front at about the 3/4 mark then something happened.
THe CBC cameras didn't show it too well but they mentioned the slingshot
effect. Andy did appear to stumble as people skied by him and he went from
1 to 5 very quickly but made up one spot in the end.

Kikkan Randall had a great quarter, pretty solidly in 2nd behind Beckie.
Her semi didn't go that well but she came in 10th, incredible result for
her.

The US has to be happy about today. 2 men in the quarters and Kikkan in the
semis. Andy probably had higher hopes but he is young. Those three skiers
are young, the fututre does look bright for us at least in the sprints.

Dave

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Roddy Darragon - who's he? What happened to Sara Renner and Andy
Newell between quarters and semis (they appeared to qualify)? Another
tough day for Norway. Now when Chandra learns to ski with the best for
more than 1.8k intervals... France's appeal vs. Sweden on the relay
turned down again.

GG



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Old February 22nd 06, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Gene Goldenfeld
Roddy Darragon - who's he? What happened to Sara Renner and Andy
Newell between quarters and semis (they appeared to qualify)? Another
tough day for Norway. Now when Chandra learns to ski with the best for
more than 1.8k intervals... France's appeal vs. Sweden on the relay
turned down again.

GG
Roddy Darragon has actually had a 6th in Dusseldorf this year. He is also very young. He is only 22, so he still has a while til he hits his peak.
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Old February 22nd 06, 11:21 PM
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This is cool. First World Cup podium a few weeks ago, and then
Olympic gold:

http://www.skifaster.net/article.asp?DocumentID=1490

JFT

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Old February 23rd 06, 02:03 AM
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NBC had the order wrong in at least two semifinal heats.

"DMK" wrote:

Andy came in 4th in his heat. Only top 2 advance to the semis from
the quarters. Andy was in front at about the 3/4 mark then something
happened. THe CBC cameras didn't show it too well but they mentioned
the slingshot effect. Andy did appear to stumble as people skied by
him and he went from 1 to 5 very quickly but made up one spot in the
end.

Kikkan Randall had a great quarter, pretty solidly in 2nd behind
Beckie. Her semi didn't go that well but she came in 10th, incredible
result for her.

The US has to be happy about today. 2 men in the quarters and Kikkan
in the semis. Andy probably had higher hopes but he is young. Those
three skiers are young, the fututre does look bright for us at least
in the sprints.

Dave

"Gene Goldenfeld" wrote in message
et...
Roddy Darragon - who's he? What happened to Sara Renner and Andy
Newell between quarters and semis (they appeared to qualify)?
Another tough day for Norway. Now when Chandra learns to ski with
the best for more than 1.8k intervals... France's appeal vs.
Sweden on the relay turned down again.

GG



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Old February 23rd 06, 05:17 AM
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Anybody who was at the Sovereign Lake world cup and watched Chandra
race wasn't totally surprised by her progress throught the heats this
morning. The only reason she didn't make the finals at Vernon was
because she got into an altercation with Claudia Kuenzel going down the
hill before the final bend and went off-balance. I had her pegged for a
bronze medal in Torino but she obviously had other designs. Marit
Bjoergen started off as primarily a sprinter and built endurance on top
of that base.

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Old February 23rd 06, 10:55 AM
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cpella wrote:
Anybody who was at the Sovereign Lake world cup and watched Chandra
race wasn't totally surprised by her progress throught the heats this
morning. The only reason she didn't make the finals at Vernon was
because she got into an altercation with Claudia Kuenzel going down
the hill before the final bend and went off-balance. I had her pegged
for a bronze medal in Torino but she obviously had other designs.
Marit Bjoergen started off as primarily a sprinter and built
endurance on top of that base.


No, they never start up as sprinters, they start as normal cross-country
skiers. I think she first succeeded as a sprinter and after a few years of
hard training she also succeeded in normal races.

--
Terje Henriksen
Kirkenes


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Old March 2nd 06, 10:58 PM
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Scott Elliot wrote:
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cpella wrote:
Anybody who was at the Sovereign Lake world cup and watched Chandra
race wasn't totally surprised by her progress throught the heats
this morning. The only reason she didn't make the finals at Vernon
was because she got into an altercation with Claudia Kuenzel going
down the hill before the final bend and went off-balance. I had her
pegged for a bronze medal in Torino but she obviously had other
designs. Marit Bjoergen started off as primarily a sprinter and
built endurance on top of that base.


No, they never start up as sprinters, they start as normal
cross-country skiers. I think she first succeeded as a sprinter and
after a few years of hard training she also succeeded in normal
races.


I believe that Chandra started out as a biathlete, but has had more
success as a cross country skier. This is only her second year on
the Canadian team, so it will be interesting to see what her long
term potential is with some international level coaching.

The World Cup at Sovereign was a good experience for Chandra. She
made the semi-final which is two heats with five in each. The first
two in each heat advance to the A final and the third and forth place
finishers to the B final. The fifth place finishers place 9th and
10th overall, base on the qualifying time. Since Chandra's
qualifying time was slower than the other fifth place finisher she
was ranked 10th for the race.
In the semi-final heat she seemed to be in a fight between 2nd and
3rd place when they rounded a fast curve and started a short climb. From
where I was standing it looked like "the hand of God" reached
out and grabbed Chandra's left elbow, turning her around backwards. This
seems to have been a good experience for Chandra since she
learned to keep out of the crowds to avoid interference. There is
nothing like learning from your mistakes.


Isn't it better to learn from others mistakes?

--
Terje Henriksen
Kirkenes




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Old March 3rd 06, 03:11 AM
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"Terje Henriksen" wrote in message
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Isn't it better to learn from others mistakes?


Much better, but I find I remember the lessons from my own mistakes better.

Scott


 




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