Four Hills Tournament: Conspiracy theories

Domen Prevc dominated ski jumping heading into the Four Hills Tournament, so hopes were high. But Domen had never even been on the podium there before.

 

 

Oberstdorf

Last year, Domen did not make it to the second round of the competition.

Andreas Wellinger is back to lose again. Domen was second in both practice rounds. Domen won the qualifying round. Viaplay cut the broadcast before the duel pairs were shown.

Domen second in the trial round. Domen in a clear lead after the first round, Wellinger second to last.

Domen won by a landslide. I cheered in both rounds when Domen did not fall. I am constantly afraid that Domen will suffer the same fate as Mika Laitinen did exactly 30 years ago. 

Timi, who finished in joint second place, was disqualified. :( People didn't really like it, they claim that FIS wants a German or an Austrian to win. #justice4Timi

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

In the first second training round, Timi and Domen DNS, should I be worried? I really thought that was the first. Domen had been sixth in the first training round, Timi third. Artti fell and got injured, his Olympics are in danger.

A qualification win for Domen.

On New Year's Day, Domen won everything. Buu to Yle's online broadcast that didn't show the award ceremony. Now I can't even trust that Yle would show it.

Timi NPS, meaning a red card and a two-race ban.

Innsbruck

Dome first and second in the training rounds, Hörl scares me.

Dome 30th in the qualification and Wellinger last to make it to the race, meaning the dream couple still didn't come true. For Austria quadruple victory, no one can do anything to the Austrian mafia. Except that after Wasek's disqualification (fluoride on skis), Wellinger was only second to last, and was faced by his old rival Kraft.

 

"The Polish are ready for the race"

 

Twitter seems to know everything. It was known there that Kraft would never make it in Garmisch, but he would on the other hills of the hill week. And the fact that the only thing that could still threaten Domen's victory is the wind conditions in Innsbruck. +27 points from the wind in qualifying. I decided not to dare to watch Domen's first round jump in the competition, because defeat is completely possible. The tailwind could destroy Domen.

 

"I forgot that I have to brake" 

 

Domen's jump in the trial round was good, is there hope? I finally dared to watch Domen's jump, fourth after the first round, a jump 5 meters shorter than on the trial round.

First win for Ren, Domen second and Embacher third. Top3 within 0.7 points. Domen's lead in the Four Hills Tournament only grew, it is already 41.4 points. Only Domen himself can now screw up the Four Hills Tournament win. That is, to do a Tande, as my spouse has been jinxing all week. (Tande forgot to attach his ski boot to his ski in the last race while leading the Four Hills Tournament)

Domen didn't make it to the top in both jumps, I guess he was traumatized from the qualifying when he hit the wall.

 

 

Domen has an 11-race podium streak. Ahonen's record is 13, and Peter also has 12...

I realized a terrible thing: if Domen wins, I won't see the victory ceremony, because Viaplay is what it is.

Bischofshofen

Domen was second in both practice rounds, losing about 10 points to Hörl, which is 20 points in the race.

Domen won the qualifying round ahead of Embacher and Hörl.

Domen second in the practice round, 1.4 points behind Hörl.

Domen in the lead after the first round. Tschofenig won the competition, Domen second.

Domen wins the Four hills tournament!

 

 

"The last jump today was super tough for me. I had a lot of pressure, even during the inrun I felt: this is for real now. I was like: don’t screw it up."

 

  

 

The victory ceremony I guess I'll never see...

 

 

It's also a shame that I forgot to record the end of the race.

 

The Domenator...
 

The futility of it all

End of year wellness report. Or of course nausea report.

In early December, just when I thought I had been feeling strangely well lately, a vague feeling of unease hit me in the stomach. Then nausea and pain.

And my neck, eyes and fingers hurt from playing. In Red Dead Redemption, just holding X down put a strain on my thumb.

My tooth enamel is so worn that eating kiwi, for example, causes pain, too sour. As I already said, I didn't even buy mulled wine for Christmas because of that.

A while ago, one night, I had a terrible stabbing back pain when I made the mistake of lying on my stomach for a while. Luckily, it got better, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to sleep.

 

 

I get annoyed by all the time I have to waste on maintaining this body. Cooking, eating, exercising, showering. When that time could be used more efficiently, for example surfing the internet, playing games or watching TV.

All the time spent on this body is just a waste of time, because soon it will just be a pile of ashes anyway.

Yet my legs dare to complain immediately if they don't get enough exercise...

 

 

And what happens when all the food starts to taste bad? The last time it happened was with saithe and tuna... I wanted to cry when I couldn't get the ground beef I ordered from Prisma at the store, the industrial stuff tastes bad and isn't good. The food runs out when nothing tastes good.

Christmas 2025

Is this an altar to my deceased cats? Three angel cats on a Christmas tree guarded by wingless angels. I've always thought that tree is ugly, it's from Animal Rescue.

 

Black Christmas threatened, but in the end there were 3 cm of snow. On a walk in the forest a few days before Christmas, I passed the Christmas Trail, and there was a song that my mother hates, Snowman's Walking in the air. On Christmas day, the same song was playing there again. Is there a one-song tactic there like in Red Dead Online? I haven't been able to get into the forest at Christmas before because of the rage of the skiing people, but now we set a local temperature record, even though it was a little windy.

There's no glögi either because my tooth enamel can't handle acidic drinks. I had my evening tea after a long time, Clipper green tea + lemon, and my teeth started to complain. That tea has real lemon in it, which my teeth apparently can't handle anymore. There was no red wine either, and I haven't bought any sparkling wine for New Year's.

On Christmas Eve morning, I woke up at nine, and managed to watch the rest of Mog's Christmas. On the way to my mother's place, I watched The Snowman online.

 

 

The Christmas Eve, I lost The Star of Africa and The Mysteries of Peking. On Christmas Day, I thought I would win Hotel when my opponent stayed in my Waikiki for 11,000 marks in a row. But the game continued for almost 2 hours, and I finally lost. I didn't know that Waikiki is the second most expensive hotel in the game after President. At the same time, the myth that the one who gets the Boomerang always wins was shattered. One player is missing from the group, Olivia always wanted her own piece.

 

 

Home Alone 2 is only shown on TV after Christmas, three times. What's the point? In 2020, it was shown on Christmas Eve, as it should be. I was supposed to watch it on Christmas Eve eve, but then I realized that I wouldn't have time because it's a jogging day. So I watched it on Monday.

Die Hard, on the other hand, was exceptionally on TV on Christmas Eve. And Die Hard 3 on Christmas Day, and Die Hard 2 on Boxing Day. We watched them all.

I got two books from my mother as a gift, one of which, Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, was on my library wish list. It's a popular book, with 73 reservations at the local library and an incredible number of copies, 36.