Steffen Hoos, aka "Hoosie", Toko's International Race Service Manager
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What a day for America! Bode Miller won the Men's Alpine
Combined. What a great story the Olympics
write. After Bode was no longer in the National
team last year, he was allowed to return only on condition of coming into the
team if he is completely at the service of the team and really part of the team.
This he has done and has been rewarded
now even with a complete set of medals. The race took place in hard and
compact snow similar to the last races.
At Whistler Nordic Park, there
was also the question of the Biathlon Mass Start races. This morning, except for the
temperatures being 2 degrees colder than the last few days, there had been
little change in the spectacular weather. In the morning, the men used
slightly different products than the ladies who started 2 hours later. Of course between the races, the
waxes (and structures) were tested again. In these predictable and firm conditions, the
ski choice was easy.
Finally, the highly esteemed
Russians got their first medals in biathlon. Ustyugov confidently won the men's
and Zaitseva won silver in the women. Germany's Magdalena Neuner was
able win in this race; her second gold medal at the games. Congratulations.
It looks like the weather will
remain similar except for a disruption on Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday should be predictable like
the last few days have been.
Cross-country skiers had the day
off today.
The Toko
team will now go and celebrate a little in Whistler. After getting up early every day
and having very long days, we have well deserved it :-) A lot of teams with
which we have good cooperation will also be present. In the World Cup scene, we know
each other for many years. There are many technicians and
coaches here with whom I used to compete.We're all one big family that is
dedicated to the sport. Everyone is working their
hardest in their areas of responsibility so as to make a big event like the
Olympics successful and interesting.
Until tomorrow, then again
Steffen
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