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Originally Posted by grambo
Race on Whistler every day? They might have grown up there, but Whistler is not frequently used as a training centre, especially at the National Team level (aka where they have been for years). Whistler has also not been a world cup stop for 10+ years (due to too many weather cancelations in the 90's) until it was decided for olympics (so 2008 had a tour stop). The home course advantage is very, very limited and overhyped by the media who don't understand ski racing. Manny and Erik had a legit shot, but just a shot, they were not favourites in anyones books who follows world cup and knows the course. The women were not even outside favourites except for stupid CTV commercials. Janyk should be very happy with her performance as should Erik.
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Ya they grew up on that hill and should have a significant advantage over most of their competition. I never said that they were "the favorite" but for them not even to be in contention on a hill they know like the back of their hand should return better results.
For all the hype of "Own the Podium" and all the stupid CTV commercials hyping up our athletes and saying they were favorites to get a medal is failing miserably. I'm no expert on Skiing or admit to watching and following our Canadian skiers in World Cup events but when the media shoves it down our throats saying that it's their home hill and they ski on it everyday, bla bla bla, us Canadians are going to believe it and hope for a better result. I guess I fell into the hype like most Canadians.
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Originally Posted by grambo
Janyk should be very happy with her performance as should Erik.
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Sure, I guess. 6th in the world is nothing to sneeze at but my grief is when I watch Janyk's post ski interview saying how she was really proud of her performance and she skied the best she could've. I guess I want more of athletes to have Melissa Holingsworth's attitude and how she was absolutely crushed with her performance even though she finished 4th.