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On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:59:38 -0500, Mary Malmros
wrote: Alex Heney wrote in : snip Although most countries entering will have enough skiers that they don't *need* to enter any one in all events :-) None of them *need* to. Some (US, Sweden for example) have some who can perform in all five events; others (Austria for example) don't. Pardon? Only two male skiers have points in all five disciplines in the WC this season, one of whom is Benni Raich. the other being Axel Lund Svindal. So I hardly think you can say Austria don't. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenious To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom |
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On Feb 5, 2:16 am, Alex Heney wrote:
On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:59:38 -0500, Mary Malmros wrote: Alex Heney wrote in : snip Although most countries entering will have enough skiers that they don't *need* to enter any one in all events :-) None of them *need* to. Some (US, Sweden for example) have some who can perform in all five events; others (Austria for example) don't. Pardon? Only two male skiers have points in all five disciplines in the WC this season, one of whom is Benni Raich. the other being Axel Lund Svindal. So I hardly think you can say Austria don't. I think "perform" means "chance at the podium": Benni: - SL (yes) - GS (yes) - Combined (yes) - SG (maybe) - DH (no) Aksel: - SL (maybe) - GS (yes) - Combined (yes) - SG (yes) - DH (maybe) Bode: - SL (not likely, though he has done very well there in the past) - GS (yes) - Combined (yes) - SG (yes) - DH (yes) I'd pick all of these guys to do all events IF they were up to it. -- Marty |
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On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:09:14 -0500, "Marty" wrote:
On Feb 5, 2:16 am, Alex Heney wrote: On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:59:38 -0500, Mary Malmros wrote: Alex Heney wrote in : snip Although most countries entering will have enough skiers that they don't *need* to enter any one in all events :-) None of them *need* to. Some (US, Sweden for example) have some who can perform in all five events; others (Austria for example) don't. Pardon? Only two male skiers have points in all five disciplines in the WC this season, one of whom is Benni Raich. the other being Axel Lund Svindal. So I hardly think you can say Austria don't. I think "perform" means "chance at the podium": Benni: - SL (yes) - GS (yes) - Combined (yes) - SG (maybe) - DH (no) You are probably right, but I wouldn't be certain. His best DH finish at WC level is 10th (last season - 11th is his best this season). By the time you are getting close to top 10 reasonably often, margins are small enough that an extra good day could mean a podium. At the last world championships, he got a podium in four events (all those he entered), and did not enter the DH. Aksel: - SL (maybe) - GS (yes) - Combined (yes) - SG (yes) - DH (maybe) Well the only events he has achieved WC podium finishes are DH SG and Combined. In the last world championships he was second in the combined, with no other podium. Bode: - SL (not likely, though he has done very well there in the past) - GS (yes) - Combined (yes) - SG (yes) - DH (yes) He is just not reliable enough in the SL or GS. He has only finished three SL in the current or last WC seasons. In the last world championships, he entered all five, won the DH and SG, and failed to finish any of the others. I'd pick all of these guys to do all events IF they were up to it. Yes, I would agree, but I would be more dubious about Bode in SL than the others in any of their events. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager So simple, a child could do it. (Child sold separately) To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom |
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Aksel:
- SL (maybe) - GS (yes) - Combined (yes) - SG (yes) - DH (maybe) Well the only events he has achieved WC podium finishes are DH SG and Combined. Actually, Aksel leads the GS WC points at the moment. He's got 3 podiums this year (2nd, 1st and 3rd) and a 10th. He is just not reliable enough in the SL or GS. He has only finished three SL in the current or last WC seasons. In the last world championships, he entered all five, won the DH and SG, and failed to finish any of the others. SL, I agree. Man, if only it were 3 Worlds ago. GS - he can be unbeatable. This year he has a 12th, 2nd, 4th, and DNF. -- Marty |
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"Marty" wrote in message
. .. Of course we Brits don't have more than two skiers with points in any discipline :-( That reminds me. I'm still ****ed about Baxter getting his Olympic Bronze taken away. He was robbed! -- Marty Where does he train? And, assuming there is one, what's the best place to ski in Britain? |
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"Mike" wrote in message
... "Marty" wrote in message . .. Of course we Brits don't have more than two skiers with points in any discipline :-( That reminds me. I'm still ****ed about Baxter getting his Olympic Bronze taken away. He was robbed! -- Marty Where does he train? And, assuming there is one, what's the best place to ski in Britain? http://www.alainbaxter.co.uk/alain/ I didn't check, but maybe it's in there. -- Marty |
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