When I watched the XC Olympics I was shocked at the riding.

Me too, I figured good old Trimix from STW could outride most of them………………… 🙄

Looks easy on video but bet it’s tricky.

Maybe the riders are knackered from racing?

They’re obviously not racing, just practising that bit. Most are static at the top, lack of rolling in speed causes a couple of them problems. As mentioned earlier the real issue is a combo of greasy conditions and the tree/corner on the run out. As such they’re having to control speed down what is a rollable drop, which makes it much more difficult. Regardless they’re much better riders than the vast majority of us