Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ncsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!mauney From: mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: USA Nordic Combined RIPOFF! Message-ID: <2499@ncsu.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 16:36:40 EST Article-I.D.: ncsu.2499 Posted: Thu Feb 16 16:36:40 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 01:44:22 EST References: <1014@proper.UUCP> Organization: N.C. State University, Raleigh Lines: 24 I do not have any information on the Nordic Combined competition in the Winter Olympics beyond that presented by proper!kip, but... 1) If conditions, such as windspeed, were different on the two days of ski flying then it would be unfair to compare results achieved on different days. Assuming that the event had to be postponed, forcing everyone to jump again seems fair. 2) In a two-part combined event, placing low in the first part usually wrecks your chances of winning in the combined standings. That's the nature of the game. 3) If the American competitors were so great, why did they only place 16 and 24 on the second day of jumping? Sounds like they were done out of a chance at an upset, but not cheated out of a richly deserved medal. I am willing to believe that the decision to delay the Nordic Combined event was influenced *in part* by the standings, but that's it. It's a heartbreaker for the athletes involved, but not a major conspiracy or injustice. -- _Doctor_ Jon Mauney, mcnc!ncsu!mauney \__Mu__/ North Carolina State University