 Poster: A snowHead
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All very up in the air and announcements due in teh next couple of hours....... Forecast as everyone knows is pretty grim, and the snowpack on both the men's and women's course is very changeable between the top and bottom. That will be one of the key deciding factor about the programme with safety uppermost in everyones minds. More news after Team Captains meetings.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just heard Brian Stemmle (ex CAN national team) saying " the courses are too dangerous in some instances but there is always going to be a huge element of risk involved just due to the very nature of the sport". Tough out there and tomorrow will be tougher than most anywhere else so far this year because of the lack of time on the course for everyone and the difficult snow and weather conditions......
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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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Well, Men's DH is the only Alpine event scheduled for tomorrow. As per original plan - Start at 11:45.
No real insider news regarding the women's programme organisers are taking things one day at a time and hoping the predicted improvement in tthe weather will arrive at the start of the week. Whistler is jumping now though with a mix of Friday night good feeling and the opening ceremony anthem blasting out from most of the bars in town, still raining though!
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Back to the business in hand however.
Weather worries
Freezing level at 1500m rain on the lower part tomorrow, similar Sunday but Monday onward should be a lot better from
the rest of the week.
Work planned throught he night and early shout regardingt the programme, poss pre-dawn....
Quote from jury: The 'Olympic Scenario' dictates that there can't be any early predictions about (re-)schedules just yet.....
Sounds like there will be some serious re-jigging of the programme since therre's a strong chance of losing tomorrows
Men's Downhill.
UK interest and expectsations lie with Ed Drake at number 43.
The favourites, or top ranked 7 skiers go as per the World Cup start order, they're drawn 16 - 22 and they go as follows:
17 Cuche
21 Janka
18 Walchofer
20 Osborne-Paradis
22 Defago
16 Heel
19 Svindal
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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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Don't forget Bode! What altitude is the start and finish of the downhill?
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What strikes me is the lone Austrian in that list, funny how things change.
Vancouver Insider, Great stuff by the way!
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Mens DH will NOT happen today... Too much snow and/or rain through the night.... No decisions yet about rescheuling - Watch this space....
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Good point Peter, my short list there is of the top SEEDED racers, Bode could cetrtainly be someone to watch here since the lack of training time now might favour a racer who is prepared to take extra risk...
Tech stuff
Start Altitude is 1678m (c.5,500')
Finish is at 825m (c.2,700')
Whilst the resort is pretty low compared to say anywhere in The Rockies of
Alps, the biggest factor affecting the weather here and in particular the temperature is Whistler's proximity to the Pacific ocean. The good things though is that there's space in the overall Olympic programme to reschedule and there is tonnes of snow on the track. 
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Downhill BBC2 programme starts 18.00, race at 18.30
So the vertical on the track is 853m - that means they can't cut it significantly (the rules say it must be between 800 - 1,100m)
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