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Olympic Downhill 2018

Sun, 7 Feb 2016 18:51:14 GMT

Just watched test event of Ski Sunday.

Disappointing course for a World Cup event, let alone an Olympics.

An Olympic downhill should be the ultimate test, this is anything but.

Hardly worth cutting a piste through a national park to produce that!

Re:Olympic Downhill 2018

Sun, 7 Feb 2016 19:32:00 GMT

Yep blue with a few red sections, great for gliders. Looks like a low intermediate could gun it top to bottom which is definitely not case for any other course.

Re:Olympic Downhill 2018

Sun, 7 Feb 2016 20:00:13 GMT

I'm not sure I'd be hitting 115kph to be honest! They can only ski what's in front of them.

Didn't seem to be much snow there other than on the piste....

Re:Olympic Downhill 2018

Sun, 7 Feb 2016 20:06:51 GMT

Have faith BB, long skis and some Genepi and 120 kph no problem.

Re:Olympic Downhill 2018

Sun, 7 Feb 2016 20:31:28 GMT

It'll never happen. I didn't start skiing until until my 40's and I have a much keener sense of mortality than I had in my teens.

I hit nearly 80kph in Zermatt (on the glacier) and that was fast enough thank you.....

Re:Olympic Downhill 2018

Sun, 7 Feb 2016 20:38:22 GMT

Completely agree, when you look at youtube, things seem to go bad very quickly once the speed builds.

80kph is faster than you will be allowed go in Norway surrounded by a car.

Re:Olympic Downhill 2018

Sun, 7 Feb 2016 22:30:48 GMT

In the piece about Olympic preparations, they said the particular Korean region gets, on average, 37cm of snow a year. Man-made or bust, it would appear.

Re:Olympic Downhill 2018

Mon, 8 Feb 2016 18:03:18 GMT

Was a bit of a dull course. Not exactly the Streif.