Posts
ZHANGJIAKOU — Five fearless women ski jumpers were disqualified from Tuesday's mixed team jump event for insisting they planned to jump higher, faster and further than the Chines Communist ski jumpers and thus steal away the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals from the host Communists.
Chinese spokesman Hoo Flung Dong said that the host nation has gone out of its way to provide the best experience possible for foreign athletes and that China, in turn, should at least win.
“The [International Ski Federation] destroyed everything with this operation. I think they have destroyed women’s ski jumping,” said Katharina Althaus, a three-time Olympian and 2018 silver medalist, after the disqualifications were issued. “I have been checked so many times in 11 years of ski jumping, and I have never been disqualified once. I know my suit was compliant.”
Althaus later shared her frustration on Instagram. “160 World Cup starts, 5x World Championships, 3x Olympic Games and I got DSQ for the first time,” she wrote. “My heart is broken.”
“We stick together no matter what!” fellow German jumper Karl Geiger wrote on social media. Geiger was counting on a good showing. “Nevertheless, I have to ask myself whether the regulations for the women were changed overnight, with so many disqualifications?!? It was neither the right time nor the right place to disqualify so many athletes from different nations.”
“It is just strange that they have been using the same suits yesterday and there was no problem,” German coach Stefan Horngacher said. “It is annoying that this happens at the Winter Olympic Games. This should all be cleared before.”
“I am sorry on behalf of ski jumping,” Norwegian ski jumping chief of sports Clas Brede Braathen said. “This is something we should have cleaned up in before the Olympics. The sport of ski jumping has experienced one of its darker days today.”
He noted that the DQs threaten to undo all the recent forward strides made by ski jumping, which has a less-than-stellar record of accommodating women, especially women who are afraid of heights.
"I'm lost for words, really," Braathen added with words he just found. "This is very painful for the athletes. I'm in pain on behalf of our sport. We were going to introduce a new event. The girls were to get a new event in the Olympics, and that's how it ends. And why are only girls being disqualified?"
The women represent Austria, Germany, Japan and Norway in alphabetical order.
The women were disqualified because they wore loose fitting clothing that Chinese "experts" deemed that it gave them more lift and therefore extra distance down the hill. But evidently, the "experts" were okay with the loose fitting suits on previous jumps. Maybe they were saving the best part for last.
“The [International Ski Federation] destroyed everything with this operation. I think they have destroyed women’s ski jumping,” said Katharina Althaus, a three-time Olympian and 2018 silver medalist, after the disqualifications were issued. “I have been checked so many times in 11 years of ski jumping, and I have never been disqualified once. I know my suit was compliant.”
Rumor has it the brand of ski suit worn by some of the jumpers was MyJumpSuit by Mike Lindell. The first layer keeps the jumper warm, the second layer wicks away sweat, the third layer collects the sweat and shoots it out the rear back portion of the suit, and the fourth layer is just for looks.
Althaus later shared her frustration on Instagram. “160 World Cup starts, 5x World Championships, 3x Olympic Games and I got DSQ for the first time,” she wrote. “My heart is broken.”
“We stick together no matter what!” fellow German jumper Karl Geiger wrote on social media. Geiger was counting on a good showing. “Nevertheless, I have to ask myself whether the regulations for the women were changed overnight, with so many disqualifications?!? It was neither the right time nor the right place to disqualify so many athletes from different nations.”
“It is just strange that they have been using the same suits yesterday and there was no problem,” German coach Stefan Horngacher said. “It is annoying that this happens at the Winter Olympic Games. This should all be cleared before.”
“I am sorry on behalf of ski jumping,” Norwegian ski jumping chief of sports Clas Brede Braathen said. “This is something we should have cleaned up in before the Olympics. The sport of ski jumping has experienced one of its darker days today.”
* * *
Why not subscribe to Brain Flushings and check out the ads on these pages. It costs nothing to subscribe and it's worth every penny. And remember, every time you click on an ad, you help in the fight against the tech giants.
* * *
He noted that the DQs threaten to undo all the recent forward strides made by ski jumping, which has a less-than-stellar record of accommodating women, especially women who are afraid of heights.
"I'm lost for words, really," Braathen added with words he just found. "This is very painful for the athletes. I'm in pain on behalf of our sport. We were going to introduce a new event. The girls were to get a new event in the Olympics, and that's how it ends. And why are only girls being disqualified?"
Hey, skiiers. Got Commie?
Don't watch even one minute of this crap.
No comments:
Post a Comment