Comments on: Kowalczyk Upsets Majdic for Sprint Win http://fasterskier.com/2009/11/kowalczyk-upsets-majdic-for-sprint-win/ FasterSkier: Cross-Country Ski, Biathlon, and Nordic Combined Racing, Training and News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Larshttp://fasterskier.com/2009/11/kowalczyk-upsets-majdic-for-sprint-win/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Lars Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:24:38 +0000 http://fasterskier.com/?p=68672#comment-932 If anything i think the sprints shud be shorter. I mean when a heat takes 4 min its no longer a sprint. But yeah i see no reason why men and women cant race the same distance. If anything i think the sprints shud be shorter. I mean when a heat takes 4 min its no longer a sprint.
But yeah i see no reason why men and women cant race the same distance.

]]> By: Tim Kelleyhttp://fasterskier.com/2009/11/kowalczyk-upsets-majdic-for-sprint-win/comment-page-1/#comment-898 Tim Kelley Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:16:06 +0000 http://fasterskier.com/?p=68672#comment-898 Cloxxki ... your rant has merit. But I've never heard a women xc skier do this rant. Eliminating "hurdle[s] in female emancipation of or winter sports" needs to start with the female competitors (the jumper girls have shown this). Not the organizers. And not us guys. No noise from the xc girls means that the sexist status quo is acceptable to them. Cloxxki … your rant has merit. But I’ve never heard a women xc skier do this rant. Eliminating “hurdle[s] in female emancipation of or winter sports” needs to start with the female competitors (the jumper girls have shown this). Not the organizers. And not us guys. No noise from the xc girls means that the sexist status quo is acceptable to them.

]]> By: Cloxxkihttp://fasterskier.com/2009/11/kowalczyk-upsets-majdic-for-sprint-win/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Cloxxki Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:29:37 +0000 http://fasterskier.com/?p=68672#comment-892 Someone tell me why the organizers went through all the trouble to design and use a separate, 200m shorter course for the ladies races? [rant] Can't ladies possibly have a sprint race that takes them 10-15% longer to complete? Will audiences walk away in boredom? I think this is SO sexist, it makes me feel sick. And FYI, I'm a 6'4" broad shouldered guy. Just, I'm a fan of fast girls. Just like with ski jumping, are the old men afraid the girls might match up? In speed skating, it would be relatively low effort to make the straightaways shorter for ladies, or use a 3rd inner lane to make the laps shorter that way. But there, they give the ladies the 3,000m in stead of the 10,000, making 5,000 their longer non-marathon distance. Like girl can't go fast for 14 minutes, let alone 15. Anyone who's even been on a skiing, cycling, running, or whatever tour with a fit lady, knows better. Ladies kick butt over the longer haul. They don't need a shorter course, spectators just get 10% more action for their money. How hard it is for skiing to NOT make sexist point at every ski race? Let the ladies do the same 15km, rather than a 10km. Even in Northern Finland, there is enough daytime light to accomodate such. Let them use the same course, with the same "tough" hills. If I treat a girl that way in everyday life, I'm going to get heat from her. But forbid, the winning girl might take shorter over 15km than the big time sponsored 6 foot chuck of masculin speed holding the red lantern. I KNOW that in biathlon, this is already the case. Backfielder guys lap slower than top level girls. Sometimes organizer can't get around it, and use the same course for the same distance, and it becomes apparent. Ski jumping is NOT the last hurdle in female emancipation of winter sports. [/rant] Someone tell me why the organizers went through all the trouble to design and use a separate, 200m shorter course for the ladies races?

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Can’t ladies possibly have a sprint race that takes them 10-15% longer to complete? Will audiences walk away in boredom?
I think this is SO sexist, it makes me feel sick. And FYI, I’m a 6’4″ broad shouldered guy. Just, I’m a fan of fast girls.
Just like with ski jumping, are the old men afraid the girls might match up? In speed skating, it would be relatively low effort to make the straightaways shorter for ladies, or use a 3rd inner lane to make the laps shorter that way. But there, they give the ladies the 3,000m in stead of the 10,000, making 5,000 their longer non-marathon distance. Like girl can’t go fast for 14 minutes, let alone 15.
Anyone who’s even been on a skiing, cycling, running, or whatever tour with a fit lady, knows better. Ladies kick butt over the longer haul. They don’t need a shorter course, spectators just get 10% more action for their money.

How hard it is for skiing to NOT make sexist point at every ski race? Let the ladies do the same 15km, rather than a 10km. Even in Northern Finland, there is enough daytime light to accomodate such.
Let them use the same course, with the same “tough” hills. If I treat a girl that way in everyday life, I’m going to get heat from her.
But forbid, the winning girl might take shorter over 15km than the big time sponsored 6 foot chuck of masculin speed holding the red lantern. I KNOW that in biathlon, this is already the case. Backfielder guys lap slower than top level girls. Sometimes organizer can’t get around it, and use the same course for the same distance, and it becomes apparent.

Ski jumping is NOT the last hurdle in female emancipation of winter sports.

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