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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
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Posted: Thu Feb 16 16:36:40 1984
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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.

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_Doctor_                           Jon Mauney,    mcnc!ncsu!mauney
\__Mu__/                           North Carolina State University