GTWS/2019/Ep 4 Sierre-Zinal 24min/Eng

[@annaspringbear]

Loving these longer recaps, and the mixing together of the men's and women's races is cool, gives a sense of the race as a whole without losing the timeline, great stuff, thanks folks!

[@cskct]

What an extraordinary episode. Too many legends in this single one ep !!!

[@alexvivi]

Kilian - What a LEGEND!

[@matteofavre2273]

Very happy to see some of my drone footages in this video 🙈 (at hotel Weisshorn) 😄🔥

[@varietylife6847]

It’s amazing race! They were so strong. Unbelievable!

[@Mr1998dd]

That's definitely one of my favorite video on KZbin

[@pimveldhuijzen969]

Thanks for the Good report Salomon!

[@ioannisproteus7286]

I was there and i did it in under 4 hours. min.Lucky to run this historical race and i was the only greek runner with all the top runners! Happy to represent Greece!!

[@hugolopes7654]

Great Video, thank you.

[@brunospasta]

The trail running organizers need to be careful and not ignore the word "doping". We have seen this exact progression in many other sports such as cycling or rugby. You ignore the whole thing and hope for the best only to find yourself trapped in the corner because at some point most of your top athletes and ambassadors for your sport are dopers. Then, of course, you do not have any more interest in catching them, cause that would mean huge damage to your sport, sponsors might pull the plug and with that a lot of money. But ultimately it will always blow up in your face. Therefore, please, please, act now! Tackle doping now and have a sophisticated testing strategy. Athletes that are clean will be more than happy to go along with it. After all, they are getting cheated on.

[@goldentrailseries7022]

Hello, Many thanks for your message, You should consult our website to see how we are active on our health policy www.goldentrailseries.com/health-policy/ For your information, the Top10 best men&women before Sierre-ZInal get a capilary control, this is the most efficient (and expensive) anti-doping control we can do to be able to know what an athlete took the past 6 months. The only constraint is that we will have the results only when we will have a free slot at the police scientific laboratory, who's taking care of crimes analyses. It could takes some times, but no one can hide anything in the hairs. Of course, as it's expensive, we are not taking the hairs at each race. Before Pikes Peak, athletes will have blood tests. And the Top5 M&W after Sierre-Zinal get an official anti-doping control from the WADA. Thanks, The GTS Team.

[@kofuzi]

in europe, Walmsley is considered a road runner? 18:23

[@owencavok1912]

Honestly, Philipp and Martina are so funny. Love the running already but they make this so hilarious.

[@shorerocks]

I guess most agree that the presenters are, ahem, overpacing. :-) Then again, this is great content, so thx everyone involved!

[@joshschwam9060]

Jim Walmsley is one of the best trail runners in the world. He's far from a "well know road runner." Some research and less bias could help

[@benvanop]

Chill now, following the 50-mile record he set earlier in the year on a flat course it shouldn't be surprising that he's known for flat terrain pace in the EU.

[@joshschwam9060]

benvanop with no professional marathon, one professional half marathon, 2 western states wins, 3 time JFK 50 champ and more, im confused as to how he’s a road runner. Yes he’s had success on flatter ultras but they’re all trails and very different than road, but flat and road can be different things.

[@benvanop]

​@@joshschwam9060 cool thanks for that breakdown, they write this script in three languages though so just cut them some slack. I'm not spending any more of my day on this topic - have a good one.

[@mitchellmclaughlin6360]

@@joshschwam9060 Yeah mate, he's got an incredible trail repertoire as well as a road one, but it really wasn't a big deal. I'm just stoked they make these videos in the first place. They do a pretty damn good job with these.

[@tommyle628]

yeah, I personally think the commentators of Golden Trail Series are a bit "less" educated, they don't want the to call the Western States 100 champ by his full title.

[@DerekBoy27]

Great watch !

[@louisvno7649]

nice mixing in the old footage

[@deseraeclarke4300]

The footage was great, the athlete commentary was great, but the announcers and the music were over the top.

[@jakubzak1798]

Great work Salomon

[@tobiasbrunner4720]

Kilian on a track? What is this, a crossover episode?

[@FlorianNeuland]

Nice Video 👌💪🏽

[@DaPaGu96]

What song is it 12:13? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Izmyhitman]

darude sandstorm

[@brich744]

What’s the song at 16:20?

[@Ru1M]

string theories - jordan gagne

[@RyanLongP]

20:10 almost looks like Ruth Croft threw an elbow.

[@matyasurban36]

nah, just didnt want to get blocked

[@michaeleverest3487]

I love Martina!😍😂

[@KeithB]

6:04 Robbie Simpson is not English!! (He's Scottish....)

[@goldentrailseries7022]

Keith Black yes true sorry for this mistake...

[@jamesKelly_photo]

I noticed this as well. Shocking :-D

[@dudleypowell7658]

Please don't legitimise and promote convicted dopers by interviewing them! We need adequate funding to bring in decent testing to clean up this sport, giving dopers a platform just makes it worse.

[@goldentrailseries7022]

Hello, Many thanks for your message, You should consult our website to see how we are active on our health policy @t For your information, the Top10 best men&women before Sierre-ZInal get a capilary control, this is the most efficient (and expensive) anti-doping control we can do to be able to know what an athlete took the past 6 months. The only constraint is that we will have the results only when we will have a free slot at the police scientific laboratory, who's taking care of crimes analyses. It could takes some times, but no one can hide anything in the hairs. Of course, as it's expensive, we are not taking the hairs at each race. Before Pikes Peak, athletes will have blood tests. And the Top5 M&W after Sierre-Zinal get an official anti-doping control from the WADA. Thanks, The GTS Team.

[@tradejs]

@@goldentrailseries7022 that doesn't mean anything, really. he was invited to race and then you are promoting his race performance. it's a stain on the race and even moreso on the sport.

[@goldentrailseries7022]

@@tradejs The Golden Trail World Series has established, since the first edition in 2018, the strictest doping controls that can be found in a sport today. We work with 2 different independent agencies to develop a specific program dedicated to our private series. - The Quartz program takes care of all the controls before the races o One test, one month before the race, in a laboratory, and one day before the race, by the Quartz team.  If the difference between the 2 tests is abnormal, there is a "no-start rule" and the athlete's name is given to the Wada for external and extra checks.  Tests can be on urine / blood / saliva or hair, depending on the research  Depending on the history of the athletes, the tests maybe in more complexe to analyze more substances. In Sierre-ZInal, the top 10 athletes participating in M & W have their hair analyzed the day before the race. This is the most expensive order, but also the most interesting because you can see what has happened during the athlete’s last 6 months. The results of these hairs showed absolutely no abnormal pattern for all the athletes involved in the controls, including Maude Mathys, Elisa Desco and Petro Mamu. - The Wada controls the Top5 M & W after the race  This is an official check to ensure that no one takes any substances on the day of the race.  During this control, the athletes declare the substances they use and if the athletes does not want to be caught positive by a prohibited substance, they must show a therapeutic exemption (TUE) of the substances used. The Golden Trail World Series is a private series with private rules. So, to avoid "authorized doping", the TUE is not allowed on the series. - If an athlete is sick, it is best if the athlete stays at home to heal the sickness instead of winning a race under "TUE"… - Athletes must declare if they have a TUE during the Quartz Controls, which is compared to the Wada Control Report. - In Sierre-Zinal, it's the Swiss Olympic who came to do the controls after the finish for the Top5 M & W. To correctly understand, if an athlete has an abnormal profile, a "no-start rule" will be applied, but a team will take care of the athlete to understand what happened, why It Happened. Information, discussion and education are essential to mentally support the athlete and avoid any abnormal analysis in the future. Protecting a sport does not mean "only" banning those who have used banned substances, but also educating them to a healthy sport without medication.

[@tradejs]

@@goldentrailseries7022 Sure, educating is important. That's not the issue with convicted dopers. How do you deal with prior convicted dopers and the gains they have accumulated through that process? They're not going to test positive on raceday or on a scheduled test a month out, come on. Do better (i.e. lifetime bans). If an athlete has been convicted for doping before, you should apply that "no-start rule" to them because if you think about it, by your own words that should be considered as abnormal.

[@burhanisulthon]

17:50 😂😂😂🏃🙅🙈🚫

[@francescodefendi3201]

If Kilian had lost the record for a few seconds 😡🤬🤬. I’m tired of those people with their children. In particular if they don’t pay attention to the others..

[@fliaceballoscerda6906]

Song 12:13 please

[@Mr1998dd]

Into the wild by Lorenzo De Feo

[@danielbalmer8138]

I love seeing Kilian race and I also love what Salomon are trying to do with these episodes; However the presenters have massive room for improvement.... Perhaps replace them with people who know and love the sport so they know what they are talking about or make sure these guys do their research better. I love this sport.

[@goldentrailseries7022]

Hello Daniel. Thanks for your comments. Our commentators know perfectly the sport as they are themselves really good runners and know the athletes for a long time (you can make research on them). Believe us we try our best to deliver the best content we can and we wish people could just be happy of what we try to do for the sport. Happy runs!

[@danielbalmer8138]

@@goldentrailseries7022 Please do not take my comment as bashing what you are doing because that is really not the case, I absolutely love the video content and production etc.. my opinion and it will definitely differ from others is that I feel the commentary could be toned to more professional and analytical standpoint? Guess it was the well known road runner Jim Walmsley comment etc as hes a bit better than a well known road runner if you understand where you are coming from! It was just a where to improve comment and not meant to set a negative tone on the production as a whole as I look forward to the next episodes each time. Thank you for your reply it is greatly appreciated!

[@Sanko1960]

I truly enjoy this coverage, except for the music (so not necessary).

[@gorangaby1094]

did she say the kenyan was 3rd???

[@petersavage9938]

Why do the presenters feel the need to sound like overexcited 13yr olds?

[@francescodefendi3201]

I totally agree with you. I can’t understand why that behaviour should be considered a positive approach...it sounds fake and it’s annoying..... by the way...Martina...such a beautiful voice..lovely! 🙈🙉🙉🤣

[@burhanisulthon]

i think he intended to dramatize like the commentator of MotoGP race, i used to it :))

[@petersavage9938]

@@burhanisulthon 'intended ' being the word.

[@ROSER6410]

I agree. it is really off putting and sounds completely fake.

[@bipmix]

change commentators and music editors!!!!

[@TW-fv2zu]

Maude Mathys - D.O.P.E.R. Elisa Desco - DOPER - & - BIG LooSER$

[@antxyz]

18:54🤘

[@owendavies4086]

I think we all appreciate Salomon bringing us viewers race content, but they really need to consider production style. The presenters mannerisms and narration are off-putting (to put it lightly). The narration is often repetitive, redundant and at times betrays an alarming ignorance of the sport. E.g. "Jim Walmsley the well known road runner" !!! Come on Salomon, stop trying to appeal to a perceived target audience that doesn't exist. You can do better!

[@randallvargas5315]

Visuals are great but the people speaking and narrating are really bad!

[@22wakedude]

tbh I thought it was pretty fun

[@fambacalp8917]

When the presenters are trying to be funny it looks like kids TV show but a BIG Kudos to the running and biking camera men making it possible to see the action on the trail

[@charliestozz]

I thought the narrators were full of enthusiasm and made it a joy to watch I don't agree at all.

[@xorcst]

the last girl (host) sounds (style of reporting) a lot like Will Buxton.

[@Mechanicsville804]

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

[@Mechanicsville804]

John 14:6 Jesus saith, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me.

[@jl121982]

ffs!!!! why on earth do you have this annoying american commenting!?!?!?! Sounds like nascar racing commentaries....

[@georgerichard6946]

Not American, European with annoying American-like accent

[@jl121982]

@@georgerichard6946 I thought so too.... but even worse then.... :)

[@goldentrailseries7022]

Thanks for your feedbacks! Happy runs!

[@HigherSofia]

Whats the song playing at 12:11 ???