Biathlon: How is Norway going to find a fourth man for the relayteam?

Today Ole Einar was back on his previous totally unstoppable form,
winning by about two penalty laps (not that he actually missed anything,
though!), in front of Halvard Hanevoll who's back in great shape. Seeing
our third clear relay candidate sneak into third place a little later
was just icing on the case, but for Emil it was his very first podium
finish.

The only problem is that pesky fourth relay leg: All the possible
candidates kept missing the targets, ending up in 20th+ place. :-(

Two hours later NRK1 showed Anders Jacobsen winning his first ever Ski
Flying competition, in Vikersund which is his home town, but where he's
never been allowed to take part in any kind of ski flying competitions.
:-)

Before driving 3-4 hours into the Telemark mountains on friday I
programmed my Dreambox to capture the most interesting parts of today's
NRK1 schedule, which was easy: Just get everything from 10:00 to 18:00.
:-)

BTW, the skiing is great here now, 120 km of beautiful trails, all set
with a classic track on one side and plenty of room for skating.

Terje
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Yesterday I wrote:
Today Ole Einar was back on his previous totally unstoppable form,
winning by about two penalty laps (not that he actually missed anything,
though!), in front of Halvard Hanevoll who's back in great shape. Seeing
our third clear relay candidate sneak into third place a little later
was just icing on the case, but for Emil it was his very first podium
finish.

Continuing the saga today, Ole Einar shot perfectly (4x5 hits, on the
last 5 standing shots all were inside or within a cm of the prone
position bullseye!), and after the third shoot he simply left the entire
field behind by about 30-40 seconds in just one lap before that last shoot.

After spending quite a bit of time on the finish lap greeting the
spectators, he still won by about 50 seconds. The best part was the way
Emil Hegle Svendsen finished: He entered the last shoot well behind,
around 8th-10th place, then shot all 5 in 20 seconds and advanced to
second place at the finish line.

Terje

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He is fantastic - the most dominant athlete in nordic skiing when he's
on good (or even mediocre) form. Is he still talking about skiing in
the XC worlds next month? It'd be interesting to see him take on
Angerer, Northug, Vittoz, et al in the 15km on 2/28, and maybe even in
the relay.

Hint, hint: I really miss *seeing* the biathlon races, which are always
thrilling.

Christopher

Terje Mathisen wrote:
Yesterday I wrote:
Today Ole Einar was back on his previous totally unstoppable form,
winning by about two penalty laps (not that he actually missed anything,
though!), in front of Halvard Hanevoll who's back in great shape. Seeing
our third clear relay candidate sneak into third place a little later
was just icing on the case, but for Emil it was his very first podium
finish.

Continuing the saga today, Ole Einar shot perfectly (4x5 hits, on the
last 5 standing shots all were inside or within a cm of the prone
position bullseye!), and after the third shoot he simply left the entire
field behind by about 30-40 seconds in just one lap before that last shoot.

After spending quite a bit of time on the finish lap greeting the
spectators, he still won by about 50 seconds. The best part was the way
Emil Hegle Svendsen finished: He entered the last shoot well behind,
around 8th-10th place, then shot all 5 in 20 seconds and advanced to
second place at the finish line.

Terje

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"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

tassava wrote:
He is fantastic - the most dominant athlete in nordic skiing when he's
on good (or even mediocre) form. Is he still talking about skiing in
the XC worlds next month? It'd be interesting to see him take on

He'll be there as long as he doesn't catch a cold or something like that.

Angerer, Northug, Vittoz, et al in the 15km on 2/28, and maybe even in
the relay.

The relay is the sure part: Norway's team have used to be two great
classic legs, then two more problematical skate legs, but this year it
seems like it could be the opposite.

Ole Einar on the third leg can catch up 15-30 seconds on almost anyone,
even if he cannot leave them behind: He is much more of a stayer than a
sprinter.

Petter Northug otoh is the relay finisher we've been missing since the
'Lillehammer generation' retired.

Hint, hint: I really miss *seeing* the biathlon races, which are always
thrilling.

I really cannot host/upload them, but I can burn a few dvds worth of
Dreambox capture files, who's the best person to send them to?

Terje

PS. I programmed the Dreambox to capture everything on Saturday &
Sunday, and it seems like it generated a single capture file/day, i.e.
well above both the 2GB and 4 GB limits. It might be hard to find a way
to safely ftp/copy these files to a system where I can edit them. :-(


Christopher

Terje Mathisen wrote:
Yesterday I wrote:
Today Ole Einar was back on his previous totally unstoppable form,
winning by about two penalty laps (not that he actually missed anything,
though!), in front of Halvard Hanevoll who's back in great shape. Seeing
our third clear relay candidate sneak into third place a little later
was just icing on the case, but for Emil it was his very first podium
finish.
Continuing the saga today, Ole Einar shot perfectly (4x5 hits, on the
last 5 standing shots all were inside or within a cm of the prone
position bullseye!), and after the third shoot he simply left the entire
field behind by about 30-40 seconds in just one lap before that last shoot.

After spending quite a bit of time on the finish lap greeting the
spectators, he still won by about 50 seconds. The best part was the way
Emil Hegle Svendsen finished: He entered the last shoot well behind,
around 8th-10th place, then shot all 5 in 20 seconds and advanced to
second place at the finish line.

Terje

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"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"