 Poster: A snowHead
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No, not Alain, younger brother Noel starts with bib no. 3 at 12 (CET) in the Downhill leg of the Men's Combined.
No Finlay (you'd understand if you'd seen him try to ski the slalom!)
Today's results here (but although Noel did well to finish close to Raich, some big names were missing and racers were taking it easy, so don't expect too much  ....)
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 15-02-06 9:42; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Baxter on his way>.....
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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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Have I missed news about Alain? He doesn't appear in the start list?
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rob@rar.org.uk, you stupid boy! Alain doesn't race downhill, and this is the first leg of the combined. Duh!
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At least Noel made it to the finish, but it's a tough course and even Raich came close to coming out... Baxter will have a lot of seconds to make up in slalom though...
Two big crashes already....
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PG, I thought Noel's time was pretty good in comparision to Raich, but as I only have the live timings rather than TV pictures it's difficult to tell how good a time Raich posted!
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Tue 14-02-06 12:45; edited 1 time in total
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rob@rar.org.uk, Raich skied badly, reckon he's a good second or maybe more down on his normal standards...
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The combined downhill course is usually a lot easier than the 'real thing' but with the course having been injected with water they're reaching speeds almost as fast as a couple days ago, despite the lowered start. For non-downhill specialists it's a bit scary... and it shows.
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with the result that the surface is concrete hard, difficult to do these turns. There will be more crashes, I think!. It's currently Live on British Eurosport.
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Bode! 
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Right on his game. You could tell be the way he was brushing virtually all the gates how perfect his line was in the bottom half of the course, just one wide turn in the first section. Now, can he actually finish two successive slalom runs? Unlike WC combined, where the single run slalom leg was introduced to make it fairer on the downhillers, the Olympics has the 'traditional' format.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I thought Lasse Kjus had withdrawn from this race? Didn't he pick up an injury in the downhill on Sunday?
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Aamodt did, but didn't hear of any problems for Kjus
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You know it makes sense.
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PG, must be getting my Norwegians confused 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Its Bode again - 2 out of 3 - he is ahead at the moment in the slalom
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Poster: A snowHead
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Bold hold on - it now appears that Bode Miller has straddled a gate and is now disqualified. It was only seen on replay. The Austrian, Benny Reich, now takes the lead.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Blimey, that's a very respectable time from Noel in the 1st slalom run! Quicker than Schoenfelder, 4/100ths off Mario Matt's time, and 3/10ths off Bode. Currently lying 16th. Good luck to him for the 2nd slalom run. A top 20 finish in the Combined would be a HUGE result for him
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rob@rar.org.uk,
second run is going to be mighty interesting
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hibernia, shame for Bode 
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What order do they start in the 1st slalom run? Is it based on their DH times? I thought that the 'big guns' had skied already if we had already seen Noel's time, but there are several top rank skiers still to come 
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rob@rar.org.uk,
second run is going to be mighty interesting |
6:30pm this evening ( UK time ) and Noel Baxter is 16th I think
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That's a good performance by Noel. 12th in the 1st slalom run, and 21st overall. At least half a dozen of the guys ahead of him are downhill specialists, so if Noel can have another good run on the 2nd slalom he should be in with a solid top 20 result. How well does he ski under floodlights? Good luck to him
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Just started on BBC2.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Not a bad run from Noel; a bit hesitant on the top but seemed to flow through the gates at the bottom. Let's hope some of the next runners ski out, or slowly!
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he is 4th at the moment and probably guaranteed to finish in the top 20.
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You know it makes sense.
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Bode Miller disqualified.
Presumably for having a mouth larger than his brain.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Amazing run from Ligety!
I love the "GateCam" in the verticale; really gives you a sense of how fast they are going.
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Tue 14-02-06 20:26; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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raich straddle
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Oops - Benni didn't make it. Ligety takes Gold! Great second run from him.
14th for Noel Baxter - a terrific result for him in the Combined
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ugh, the yank Ligety got it, but it was exciting 
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Emma Carrick-Anderson Grrr. 
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Well done noel
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pistenbully, shouldn't that be "SMOOTHES"?
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I put that there a long while ago just to see how observent you lot were , 
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Storming run from Ligety....!!
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hyweljenkins, well done
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