Steffen Hoos, aka "Hoosie", Toko's International Race Service Manager
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Today everything
went smoothly both in terms of the conditions for the racers as well as the
weather. Those
who followed the Olympics on TV, saw that we were treated to a radiantly beautiful
winter day.
The combination of the Alpine
women's competition was held under ideal conditions. Fortunately,
the Rennläuferinnen were spared from bad falls this time. It is noteworthy to mention that
Anja Persson, who had a bad fall yesterday on the descent, fought and won the
bronze medal today. Just as with the cross-country
skier Petra Majdic, who won a bronze medal just after having broken four ribs. Anja managed a similar feat after a horrific
fall yesterday. Hats off to those with such a
competitive spirit. Unfortunately for Petra the Olympics are over!
The individual biathlon races of
men and women were dominated by the Norwegians. Safe shooting and fast running were
their trademark today as it has been so often in recent years.
Between the ladies race held in
the morning and the men's race in the early afternoon, technicians were forced change
the ski and wax choice. The ladies' race was held on raw
coarse grained snow which was a little moist only on the surface . With increasing solar elevation,
the track was became somewhat wet except, of
course, in the sections which are located in the forest. Between races, it was called for
the technical teams to test different grinds and waxes. The art was to find a good
balance between the wet sunny areas and the dry sections in the forest. The tendancy was here, as
previously reported by me, to be primarily finer grinds than what we would have
ran in comparable conditions in Europe.
For the next 5 days of Toko
weather report from Bern predicts more nice weather.
Let us look forward therefore to
the 15 km Pursuit race in the women's cross country and the super-G Men's
Alpine competition.
From Whistler nordic Park
Steffen
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