 Poster: A snowHead
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So does GBR still only get one place or do both DC and TJ get to actually race?
Have either of them already qualified for Olympic team? If not, what do they need to do to qualify?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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gryphea, Dougie 74th and TJ 79th in first training run. Not sure if both get a start or if they are having a shoot-out. I don't think either are officially qualified yet for Sochi.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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gryphea, Bode Swiller, GBR still only have 1 start in WC Downhill, Super G & Super Combi.
Neither have qualified as yet for Sochi. They are 1/2 way there, being in the top 100 in the world. Both now need either a top 30 in World Cup or 2 x top 10 in Europa cup to make the GB qualification criteria, which is by far the most difficult for any non alpine nation.
Lake Louise is not a good course for either of them as it is a gliding course which favours the bigger guys. neither of them are what you call large, in fact TJ is probably one of the smallest on the WC tour, being only 5' 8 1/2" & 80kg!
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Plugboy,
Thanks
It seems so unfair that we set far higher criteria than most other nations
met them both at LL before- they weren't big, but then I am often surprised at how small a few of them are. Saw jan Hudec and John Kucera in the fall and I was surprised at JK's size and even Jan, who I've always thought of as big doesn't come across as that big.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Austrians look like they had explosive diarrhea. Not a flattering outfit. 
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meh, But their suits are very fast. They whistle when they go past you and make up to 1 1/2 secs time difference compared to the suits that the lesser teams have, like team GB! They have a lot of money to spend on them, also having a new suit for every race for each athlete. Our boys have to make 1 suit last all season. So I would think that they rather look like explosive diarhea and be 1 1/2 secs faster!
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Back from LL. We had a good day, although disappointing to see Dougie DNF. Also disappointing to not see Andreas Romar ski as I caught the chairlift with him last week.
Kids got tonnes of helmet sigs.............
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