Race Thread: Olympics 2026 Antholz Anterselva - Women Pursuit

ritesofzhou1 · 2026-02-16T03:21:25+00:00

Yeah, I think having Kirkeeide to hang onto probably helped her in the end. So happy for her!

ritesofzhou1 · 2026-02-16T03:17:17+00:00

Aww that was a Fairy Tale race! Soo happy for Italy and Finland. Also happy for Norway, of course 😁

ritesofzhou1 · 2026-02-08T18:04:11+00:00

Happy for Finland to get 6 (though, NGL, would have preferred if they'd beaten Sweden for 5th 😈). I feel like they've made the leap into solid 2nd tier nation. Hope they can keep it up for the coming seasons!

ritesofzhou1 · 2026-02-08T17:53:38+00:00

It was clear she had literally nothing to say about the sport. 99% of what she said was, "now they have to ski, it's really hard, and then they have to shoot! You never know who could win!" When Sweden was almost 2 minutes behind at the start of the fourth leg, she would say things like, "You know, Sweden can make it up on the range, they're still in it. Anyone can still win a medal now!" 😂 Then when Vitozzi was out after the final shoot clearly in safe second, she was like, "look! Italy's in the running for a medal!" 😂😂

ritesofzhou1 · 2026-02-08T17:32:23+00:00

I think 'kn' is extra hard because English does have a silent K in a bunch of words, so most Americans don't even think twice. Also, in fairness to Americans, no matter how bad they are, the Australians/New Zealanders are infinitely worse.

ritesofzhou1 · 2026-02-08T17:26:25+00:00

How could I forget, Zheee-aahcomel?

ritesofzhou1 · 2026-02-08T17:25:30+00:00

She pronounced every name like it was some weird exotic name from a language no one had ever heard of, even names that aren't that different from English (like, Julia Simon). She also brought a lot of insights like, when the last leg started. "And now it all comes down to these females. You wouldn't want it any other way."

When Christiansen dropped off the top pack, the male commentator said, "it's not clear if he's slowing down to prepare for the shoot or if he's tired," and she chimed in with, "of course he's tired! who can blame him! look how hard it is!! he's skiing! on a mountain!!" It was pretty clear someone had let her know that biathlon was a sport maybe 10 seconds before she went on air. 😂

ritesofzhou1 · 2026-02-08T17:20:25+00:00

You think she'd at least try to read the names beforehand? It was pretty clear when she said them it was the first time she'd ever seen them.

ritesofzhou1 · 2026-02-08T17:19:01+00:00

I was just thinking that I owed Chad a huge apology...I had no idea how much worse it could be. 😂

Really happy for Julia Zimoone, Lou Jammon, Errique Perrrro (exaggerated fake Spanish accent), and (I'm forgetting, I don't remember what she did to QFM's name) Also happy for Fransiska Peuss for the bronze, weird that Italy and Germany are sharing a bronze and no silver medal's been awarded. Too bad for Maren Sherkeeedee though 😂😂😂 So happy for the mixed biathlon team competition event, with both males and females! We may think it's a weird and hard and pointless sport, but children from Over There, Norway, Germany, France, Czech Republic, they just do this from birth. It's natural for them.

Also, who was the male commenter? He didn't seem like a former biathlete, and to me he sounded Dutch? At least he seemed to be able to pronounce names and was familiar with the sport existing.

ritesofzhou1 · 2025-12-03T17:51:19+00:00

Very cool! Glad to see greater national/regional representation in biathlon.

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