Today starts the Biathlon weekend in finnish Kontilahti. Besides a higher density of memes the competition in Binland promises a major increase in quality comparing to the dead stands of Pyongyang. Why is this? Well, it's based on multiple aspects.
One of the fewer is the fact that this years schedule comes slowly to an end. Thus, the fights for the top-positioning will also gain a lot more intensity and drama. On top of that – and looking hereby on the main event, the ladies' race – it's a home game for Kontiolahtis most prominent step-daughter and leader in the Sprint discipline Kaisa Mäkäräinen. After a long winning streak of """German""" Laura Dahlmeier the sports barometer now predicts high pressure on the emotional Rookie from the way more mature and experienced routinier which hopefully results in the Hampster finally getting dragged down into Kaisa's dungeon and raped hard.
And now the biggest surprise: Norgay getting straight again and supposedly starting to get their shit back on track with the first start in this year's Cup by former non-chocking #1 after Tora's retirement, Synnöve Solemdal. The two-times winner is coming back after long absence due to long term struggling with her form. Unfortunetly Synnove did not manage to recover as well as Darya since both went sick with the Kissing Disease after sharing nearby dorms around 2014 (everybody can draw his own picture at this point). Unlike Darya, Synnove assumably refused to undergo the High-Bjorn-Injection treatment. Therefore her performance today shall be considered more as a pointer for her next season's chances to catch up with the top athletes. Hoping for her to seriously challenge the Reigning Queen would be unrealistic expectation. Nonetheless, you should look out for #78 this time.
The schedule of this weekends competition is shown below with the warm up beginning at 14:30 and the main event, the girl's Sprint, to follow at around three hours later.
10 MAR 2017 14:40Men 10 km Sprint 10 MAR 2017 17:45 Women 7.5 km Sprint 11 MAR 2017 12:00 Men 12.5 km Pursuit 11 MAR 2017 15:15 Women 10 km Pursuit 12 MAR 2017 13:30 Single Mixed Relay 12 MAR 2017 16:15 2x6 + 2x7.5 Mixed Relay
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Brandon Stewart
Start list for the Men's Sprint 1/2
1 GRAF Florian GER 1988 15:30:30 1 2 KRCMAR Michal CZE 1991 15:31:00 3 BOE Johannes Thingnes NOR 1993 15:31:30 4 ELISEEV Matvey RUS 1993 15:32:00 5 KAUKENAS Tomas LTU 1990 15:32:30 6 SAMUELSSON Sebastian SWE 1997 15:33:00 7 BOCHARNIKOV Sergey BLR 1988 15:33:30 8 PIDRUCHNYI Dmytro UKR 1991 15:34:00 9 HASILLA Tomas SVK 1990 15:34:30 10 LANDERTINGER Dominik AUT 1988 15:35:00 11 GUZIK Grzegorz POL 1991 15:35:30 12 SEMENOV Sergey UKR 1988 15:36:00 13 MESOTITSCH Daniel AUT 1976 15:36:30 14 NORDGREN Leif USA 1989 15:37:00 15 BOE Tarjei NOR 1988 15:37:30 16 GRONMAN Tuomas FIN 1991 15:38:00 17 DOLDER Mario SUI 1990 15:38:30 18 DESTHIEUX Simon FRA 1991 15:39:00 19 SINAPOV Anton BUL 1993 15:39:30 20 SVENDSEN Emil Hegle NOR 1985 15:40:00 21 GREEN Brendan CAN 1986 15:40:30 22 PEIFFER Arnd GER 1987 15:41:00 23 BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar NOR 1974 15:41:30 2 24 MORAVEC Ondrej CZE 1984 15:42:00 25 BIRKELAND Lars Helge NOR 1988 15:42:30 26 WEGER Benjamin SUI 1989 15:43:00 27 SHIPULIN Anton RUS 1987 15:43:30 28 BAILEY Lowell USA 1981 15:44:00 29 WINDISCH Dominik ITA 1989 15:44:30 30 GARANICHEV Evgeniy RUS 1988 15:45:00 31 SLESINGR Michal CZE 1983 15:45:30 32 LINDSTROEM Fredrik SWE 1989 15:46:00 33 TSVETKOV Maxim RUS 1992 15:46:30 34 SAVITSKIY Yan KAZ 1987 15:47:00 35 PUCHIANU Cornel ROU 1989 15:47:30 36 BEATRIX Jean Guillaume FRA 1988 15:48:00 37 REES Roman GER 1993 15:48:30 38 yr FOURCADE Martin FRA 1988 15:49:00 39 GOW Scott CAN 1990 15:49:30 40 EBERHARD Julian AUT 1986 15:50:00 41 DOLL Benedikt GER 1990 15:50:30 42 RASTORGUJEVS Andrejs LAT 1988 15:51:00 43 FILLON MAILLET Quentin FRA 1992 15:51:30 44 HOFER Lukas ITA 1989 15:52:00 45 EDER Simon AUT 1983 15:52:30 46 PRYMA Artem UKR 1987 15:53:00 47 ILIEV Vladimir BUL 1987 15:53:30 48 ROESCH Michael BEL 1983 15:54:00 49 CHEPELIN Vladimir BLR 1988 15:54:30 50 BAUER Klemen SLO 1986 15:55:00 51 OTCENAS Martin SVK 1987 15:55:30
Nolan Ortiz
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52 FOURCADE Simon FRA 1984 15:56:00 3 53 DOMBROVSKI Karol LTU 1991 15:56:30 54 MONTELLO Giuseppe ITA 1992 15:57:00 55 DOVZAN Miha SLO 1994 15:57:30 56 ANGELIS Apostolos GRE 1993 15:58:00 57 ANEV Krasimir BUL 1987 15:58:30 58 SEMAKOV Vladimir UKR 1985 15:59:00 59 STENERSEN Torstein SWE 1988 15:59:30 60 WAEGER Lorenz AUT 1991 16:00:00 61 CHRISTIANSEN Vetle Sjastad NOR 1992 16:00:30 62 TRSAN Rok SLO 1992 16:01:00 63 VACLAVIK Adam CZE 1994 16:01:30 64 KAZAR Matej SVK 1983 16:02:00 65 PODKORYTOV Vassiliy KAZ 1994 16:02:30 66 ZAHKNA Rene EST 1994 16:03:00 67 HIIDENSALO Olli FIN 1991 16:03:30 68 WIESTNER Serafin SUI 1990 16:04:00 69 SZCZUREK Lukasz POL 1988 16:04:30 70 VARABEI Maksim BLR 1995 16:05:00 71 DOHERTY Sean USA 1995 16:05:30 72 TACHIZAKI Mikito JPN 1988 16:06:00 73 YEREMIN Roman KAZ 1997 16:06:30 74 BABIKOV Anton RUS 1991 16:07:00 75 NAWRATH Philipp GER 1993 16:07:30 76 FAUR Remus ROU 1989 16:08:00 77 GOW Christian CAN 1993 16:08:30 78 LESSING Roland EST 1978 16:09:00 79 BRICIS Ilmars LAT 1970 16:09:30 80 LAPSHIN Timofey KOR 1988 16:10:00 81 BRAUN Maxim KAZ 1993 16:10:30 4 82 LUSA Daumants LAT 1992 16:11:00 83 HOERL Fabian AUT 1992 16:11:30 84 ABASHEU Dzmitry BLR 1991 16:12:00 85 STROLIA Vytautas LTU 1992 16:12:30 86 OBLAK Lenart SLO 1991 16:13:00 87 ZHYRNYI Oleksander UKR 1987 16:13:30 88 SOUKUP Jaroslav CZE 1982 16:14:00 89 REMMELG Martin EST 1989 16:14:30 90 BUTA George ROU 1993 16:15:00 91 SEPPAELAE Tero FIN 1996 16:15:30 92 KOBONOKI Tsukasa JPN 1991 16:16:00 93 CLAUDE Fabien FRA 1994 16:16:30 94 BORMOLINI Thomas ITA 1991 16:17:00 95 KIM Jongmin KOR 1993 16:17:30 96 GERDZHIKOV Dimitar BUL 1992 16:18:00 97 MALYSHKO Dmitry RUS 1987 16:18:30 98 NEDZA-KUBINIEC Andrzej POL 1991 16:19:00 99 FINELLO Jeremy SUI 1992 16:19:30 100 SCHOMMER Paul USA 1992 16:20:00 101 SODERHIELM Tiio SWE 1984 16:20:30
Xavier Robinson
So much shitpost that I almost forgot essential information: Darya Virolaynen also starting. #94
Adam Turner
>lesser sick
you can't job if you don't compete
Xavier Anderson
lets go boys
Brayden Murphy
Men's competion is even more pointless than it usually is. Fucktard through and otherwise a chokefest
Erric Jobber surely made the right decision.
Betfag pls
Liam Adams
YES!!!
Noah Miller
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Dominic Diaz
Nice shooting from J.Boe in the pursuit
Carson Harris
I mean Sprint
John Peterson
where is my favorite austrian ski autist who can't shoot for shit?
Alexander Roberts
>emil
damn son
Jaxon Adams
wtf is this 2009
John Green
woah what's happening, is peiffer actually having a decent run?
Michael Wright
>tfw they will never show Koukalova from this angle
Parker Robinson
are the biathlon cameramen not allowed to show ass anymore? the cross country were reprimanded and shamed for showing the women changing one time so i've noticed they've become much more conservative with their filming
William Scott
Nice job from Svendsen, he'll be on the podium maybe first
Juan Allen
czech'd
Cameron Bailey
I think they have some rules regarding it, I've literally never seen them show women's asses, and I watch a lot of biathlon. It's sad really ;_;
Asher Morales
damn does bailey shoot 100% every time?
Nicholas Evans
then I'm not watching this shit
Henry Lopez
Fourcade 0.6 seconds
Adrian Gomez
fourcadewinslol
Brody Bailey
I don't like Fourcade, but I also don't want him to win because he will beat Bjorndalen's record. Stahp winning
Adam Morgan
>impying some girls like Heidi Weng didn't show themself on purpose in such poses whenever a camara was near
Leo Adams
Heidi does it on purpose, she is a massive slut.
>tfw no slutty skiing gf
James Edwards
I'm interested. Tell me more. What does the norwegian rainbow press say regarding this topic?
Ryder Brown
Why is this allowed?
Colton Adams
They don't say anything abou it, I just get the impression she likes to show off, partly because she strips in front of the camera whenever she gets the chance.
Hudson Ramirez
Too bad he's not fast on ski
Kayden Murphy
Is biathlon the steeplechase of skiing? Are these second rate skiers compared to pure skiers or are they still pretty good?
Austin Davis
The same reason as to why this was allowed Biathlete Lars Berger won an individual gold medal in the regular ski world championship back in 2007, but I doubt it would be possible for any of the biathletes to compete with regular skiers these days.
Ayden Rogers
They are pretty good, some have made some cross-country races like Fourcade or Bjorndalen, Bjorndalen finish 2nd a couple of time and even won (a 15km i think).
Elijah Wright
i was lazy to post weeg ago but i will post now: lth's bf just has his first wc podium(relay) in korea
Hunter Hughes
in norway and sweden classic skiing probab;y more 'elite', just a littttle bit more elite. In Russia it's probably the same, both are cool(actually ustygov started as baithlet and wanted to be a biathlet and changed to pre skiing only in late teen age. he was on in reserve team of his region in biathlon, but he was first team(first junior team) in skiing and even so he wanted to be biathlet more than skiier) in germany, france, italy, czech i think biathlon is more popular and regarded. in belarus and ukraine there are no strong skiiers team, but biathlon are pretty OK
Jacob Adams
You can't really compare biathlon to skiing. You can't use the same tactics in these two sports.
Wyatt Smith
>changed to pure skiing
Ian Gutierrez
Hinz bf?
Henry Evans
Start list Girls' Sprint:
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>1 BRAISAZ Justine FRA 1996 18:45:30 1 >2 KOUKALOVA Gabriela CZE 1989 18:46:00 3 USLUGINA Irina RUS 1988 18:46:30 4 BENDIKA Baiba LAT 1991 18:47:00 >5 WIERER Dorothea ITA 1990 18:47:30 6 FIALKOVA Ivona SVK 1994 18:48:00 7 TACHIZAKI Fuyuko JPN 1989 18:48:30 >8 GASPARIN Selina SUI 1984 18:49:00 9 RUNGGALDIER Alexia ITA 1991 18:49:30 10 HAECKI Lena SUI 1995 18:50:00 11 RANSOM Julia CAN 1993 18:50:30 12 HILDEBRAND Franziska GER 1987 18:51:00 13 DZHIMA Yuliia UKR 1990 18:51:30 >14 LAUKKANEN Mari FIN 1987 18:52:00 15 CHEVALIER Anais FRA 1993 18:52:30 16 VITKOVA Veronika CZE 1988 18:53:00 17 VARVYNETS Iryna UKR 1992 18:53:30 >18 HAUSER Lisa Theresa AUT 1993 18:54:00 >19 r KAISA FIN 1983 18:54:30 20 VISHNEVSKAYA Galina KAZ 1994 18:55:00 >21 DORIN HABERT Marie FRA 1986 18:55:30 22 REID Joanne USA 1992 18:56:00 >23 PUSKARCIKOVA Eva CZE 1991 18:56:30 24 OLSBU Marte NOR 1990 18:57:00 >25 SLOOF Chardine SWE 1992 18:57:30 >26 ECKHOFF Tiril NOR 1990 18:58:00 >27 y DAHLMEIER Laura GER 1993 18:58:30 28 KRYUKO Iryna BLR 1991 18:59:00 29 GREGORIN Teja SLO 1980 18:59:30 >30 HONZ Vanessa GER 1992 19:00:00 31 HOJNISZ Monika POL 1991 19:00:30 >32 DOMRACHEVA Darya BLR 1986 19:01:00 33 DUNKLEE Susan USA 1986 19:01:30 2 >34 HAMMERSCHMIDT Maren GER 1989 19:02:00 35 MERKUSHYNA Anastasiya UKR 1995 19:02:30 36 EGAN Clare USA 1987 19:03:00 >37 OEBERG Hanna SWE 1995 19:03:30 >38 FIALKOVA Paulina SVK 1992 19:04:00 39 ZDOUC Dunja AUT 1994 19:04:30 40 MAGNUSSON Anna SWE 1995 19:05:00 41 AVVAKUMOVA Ekaterina KOR 1990 19:05:30 42 GWIZDON Magdalena POL 1979 19:06:00 43 BESCOND Anais FRA 1987 19:06:30 44 SANFILIPPO Federica ITA 1990 19:07:00 >45 CHARVATOVA Lucie CZE 1993 19:07:30 46 RAIKOVA Alina KAZ 1991 19:08:00 47 TENDIES Megan CAN 1988 19:08:30 48 STARYKH Irina RUS 1987 19:09:00 49 SKARDINO Nadezhda BLR 1985 19:09:30 50 HUBER Marion Roenning NOR 1991 19:10:00 3
Ian Flores
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51 GUZIK Krystyna POL 1983 19:10:30 52 AYMONIER Celia FRA 1991 19:11:00 53 YURKEVICH Darya BLR 1988 19:11:30 54 PADIAL HERNANDEZ Victoria ESP 1988 19:12:00 55 RASIMOVICIUTE-BRICE Diana LTU 1984 19:12:30 56 JISLOVA Jessica CZE 1994 19:13:00 57 SHUMILOVA Ekaterina RUS 1986 19:13:30 58 ERZEN Anja SLO 1992 19:14:00 59 BRORSSON Mona SWE 1990 19:14:30 60 HORCHLER Nadine GER 1986 19:15:00 61 PISCORAN Luminita ROU 1988 19:15:30 62 VITTOZZI Lisa ITA 1995 19:16:00 63 ABRAMOVA Olga UKR 1988 19:16:30 64 BEILMANN Meril EST 1995 19:17:00 65 KUZMINA Anastasiya SVK 1984 19:17:30 66 KOCERGINA Natalija LTU 1985 19:18:00 67 FENNE Hilde NOR 1993 19:18:30 68 LUNDER Emma CAN 1991 19:19:00 69 RIEDER Christina AUT 1993 19:19:30 70 TOFALVI Eva ROU 1978 19:20:00 71 TOIVANEN Laura FIN 1988 19:20:30 72 FURUYA Sari JPN 1990 19:21:00 73 POLTORANINA Olga KAZ 1987 19:21:30 74 STOYANOVA Desislava BUL 1992 19:22:00 >75 GASPARIN Aita SUI 1994 19:22:30 76 LEHTLA Kadri EST 1985 19:23:00 77 YORDANOVA Emilia BUL 1989 19:23:30 >78 SOLEMDAL Synnoeve NOR 1989 19:24:00 4 79 BIELKINA Nadiia UKR 1990 19:24:30 >80 GASPARIN Elisa SUI 1991 19:25:00 81 USANOVA Darya KAZ 1989 19:25:30 82 SALMAN Diana ROU 1993 19:26:00 83 NILSSON Emma SWE 1993 19:26:30 84 KUELM Susan EST 1996 19:27:00 85 POPOVA Stefani BUL 1993 19:27:30 86 HARTWEGER Fabienne AUT 1992 19:28:00 87 SLIVKO Victoria RUS 1994 19:28:30 88 FROLINA Anna KOR 1984 19:29:00 89 MARKKANEN Sanna FIN 1990 19:29:30 90 PAULAUSKAITE Natalija LTU 1991 19:30:00 91 POJE Urska SLO 1997 19:30:30 92 TANAKA Yurie JPN 1989 19:31:00 >93 HERRMANN Denise GER 1988 19:31:30 >94 VIROLAYNEN Daria RUS 1989 19:32:00 95 PISAREVA Nadzeya BLR 1988 19:32:30 96 BANKES Megan CAN 1997 19:33:00 97 MITORAJ Kinga POL 1995 19:33:30
Starting at 17:45 (1 bong 15 bings)
Evan Davis
comfy
i remember season 13-14, one of the lsast stages is Lahi, and kaisa did temendously good on this climb in every race the racetrack, btw, was different and before the climb was not right, but left turn
Lucas Butler
this you?
Jacob Sullivan
no, me wasnt in pol for a lot of weeks
Cameron Davis
omg, sehr romantisch!
btw finns turned on some Retro FM song on the stadium, it is all now 100% comfy
Chase Brown
ok, sorry, kek. i'm always unsure how many russian posters there are on here and then when there's a russian who seems intimately knowledgeable and interested in germany i think its you, lol
Isaac Anderson
i wish i was knowledgeable of germany, but too lazy!
so i just post and save hinz(and as u can see i am lazy even to psot her too often)
Wyatt Watson
ok, but you want to learn more!
Nolan Kelly
maren and laura
btw who are this guys in front of them? service team or men team who do warm up after race?
girl from uni dont know exactly where is she from, but found her in vk. her thumnbail picture draw my attention because she looked a bit like lth
Brody Clark
LTH!
Ayden Morales
...
Xavier Garcia
Funny, how german television never misses the ceremony when a frog won but instantly has some "more important" things to covert after a german victory.
lel, just saw this too and thought of our Ivan. I wanted to post it and then saw that I am late.
>inb4 Breitbart, do your homework and just google the name of the """expert""" if you want it from another source
Could be worse. I heard they unironically played darude sandstorm somewhere during the langrenn WC.
Ayden Reed
...
Nathaniel Walker
Kaisa! (and her bf/husband? 'full service' at 14th february)
Carson Jackson
c-cute. is she ethnic russian? does't seem to have typical slavic facial structure, but i could be wrong
Christopher Myers
laura practice
idk, 'ethnic russian' is a complicated term and i dont remeber her name/surname and haven't saw her parents and dont even know what part of coutnry is she from. i smell some nordic genes i can not help now, because i downloaded this pic in sept-november 2016 and forgot the roots. will try later, after the race maybe i will find her on vk again, i hope
Jaxon Adams
>lel, just saw this too and thought of our Ivan.
kek. yea this is one of the reasons winter sports is still a big draw for me because it really reflects the real diversity of the nations. you have real norwegians skiing for norway, finns skiing for finland, etc. not the same in the track and field sports, football, etc where it's like a team from an international airport. it's like they might as well just be club teams playing because you can't even distinguish what country is playing by looking at the players. it then begs the question of countries even competing against each other anymore beacause its just one big mish mash. truly sad. but at the same time it's then nice to see when an actual native of a country does well in a sport where the competition is stacked against them
Gavin Carter
Hi all good people
Chase Smith
are any brave Slovakian girls decent at this sport nowadays?
Tyler Morgan
maybe the guys who are preparing the skis for the women? As for as I know they do their own "testing" and see which ski will fit the track/track-conditions best.
Mason Watson
Teja Gregorin, but she dont have many good days for a pretty many years already
Joshua Jackson
probably service-mens
tought picrealted is hinz but vanessa is slimmer
Leo White
>ZDOUC Dunja AUT She is not ethnic german, right? Dunja is pretty Slav name and her surname is Slovakian or Slovenian or Czech.
Jose Long
Any germanbros already dreading the incoming hampster-circlejerk? At least ZDF is showing the races so I don't have to see Kati Wilhelms ugly mug.
Owen Adams
Dunja/Дyня - also (pretty rare nowadays) Russian name
Ayden Anderson
maybe i am not watching very preciesly, but i did not saw vanessa on shooting training(so far only laura and hammersmidt) and on the uphill camera
Ryder Hill
Teja looks like a lezzy to me though. I forgot the name but I think Slovakia had a solid milf.
Dunja is slavic? I always thought it was Persian or something. You can look up """german""" TV personality Dunja Hayali. But yes, the name is under no circumstances ethnic germanic.
Joseph Smith
very slavic
Ryder Rogers
yes, hi! Mari or Kaisa? nice trips btw
Cooper Green
lovely lighting on the track romantic would like holding to have a romantic evening ride with honz
stadium dictor talking about smth on Suomi language
Joseph Walker
>stadium dictor talking about smth on Suomi language and then Russian dictor takes his time
RUSKIED (i recalled just - it should've been Tumen' stage today, but it was cancelled and moved to Kontiolahti. But if i remmeber correctly, previous year there also was a russian dictor(because russian border is close))
Nathan Ross
>would like to have a romantic evening ride with vanessa fix
Nathaniel Morales
Both! Thanks, I dedicate these digits for LTH however.
Oh it's held in here. Had no idea to be honest. Sweet.
Hudson Turner
Where can I watch the live stream? I'm too lazy to google.
Asher Bennett
>37 OEBERG Hanna SWE 1995 19:03:30 my 3rd waifu btw! been busy and did not waifusmed her much, but will later. she's so cute
omg she is tall(178, well hinz is almost liek her) also! (just like my 1st swedish waifu named Carolina Kluft, who is real life Valkyria and 178cm/70kg)
also there is her pic where she looks like that russian sailor girl(1997 born?) who won bronze in Rio
Anthony Ross
hinz not starting ;_;
Jason Green
hmm.... i suspected smth bad when did not saw on practice shooting and on the warm up lap Still ill?
Isaiah White
yep
Hudson Baker
>ek. yea this is one of the reasons winter sports is still a big draw for me because it really reflects the real diversity of the nations.
This! in addition to that, the sports with high financial revenue are ruining the athletes. Just look at football. The male team where the big money is made is full of school drop-outs and borderline idiots, while the the girls are mostly far better educated than the average because they are ambitious due to their hobbies and they know they can achieve their financial goals only through education because the sport itself does not pay off and once you're thirty-something you have to do something else either way.
Thomas Morgan
qt
Carson Hill
Wierer starting! Need more wierer pics.
Kevin Garcia
...
Ian Diaz
She's back
Jaxon Russell
Doro doesn't need much. A chance for one of us?
>she's back... >...and red!
Logan Butler
Miri when?
Caleb Mitchell
Spot Lena Häcki. Yeah it's the thicc one.
Michael Jackson
>Hampster misses one again. Still lucky!
Why is this allowed?
Yes, I liek the swiss team. I also think Lena has a facial resemblance with the Gasparins.
Also, consider your trips checked, Mr. Satan.
Daniel Morgan
wtf Kaisa
Mason Nguyen
JAJSJAJAJA!!!
>Hamster
Parker Watson
I don't know... is she pretty?
Joshua Miller
>swiss team Bunch of teases, I see.
My second trips in this thread, the hell is going on. (pun intended)
Samuel Russell
WE WON SOMETHING
Justin Nelson
wtf, they turned off starting camera after nomber 33 and i did not screenshooted OBERG!!!!!!
only lth
but i wanted oberg, she is cute and her hair is 10/10