Biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[OlympicsFan 860]

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

@OlympicsFanThere is slow and there is Anna Weidel-slow

The one that always frustrated me the most is Janina Hettich, but you could probably name a dozen women who all weren't remotely competitive thanks to their lack of skiing speed.

 

Skiing speed is the problem that is obviously holding back german biathlon. Even our juniors are lightyears behind the russian/norwegian/french juniors. I think german biathlon focuses too much on shooting. They should try to focus more on skiing speed and maybe develop a system where the best cross-country skiing talents also practice shooting in order to maybe switch to biathlon later on. A former cross-country skier possibly winning germany's only medal isn't a coincidence.

[OlympicsFan 860]

2 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

 in really bad shape  Germans and Norwegians were much faster 

Might have been a problem with the material or maybe they just didn't bother anymore after being out of it relatively early. I guess we will see.

[OlympicsFan 860]

Denise Herrmann joins a rather short list of athletes who won a medal in two different sports at the olympics. I think 16 athletes have won medals in two different winter sports and apparently only 5 women (Reztsova, ter Mors, Ledecka, Weissensteiner and Erdmann) have done it. Reztsova is the only woman who has done it in biathlon and cross-country skiing before.

[Adriano 625]

Ahhh. Alimbekava i Davidova... Medals for German, France, Norway - standard.

[rafalgorka 1,808]

9 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Gibraltar? Inside joke?

You don't get it, do you? This joke is actually really funny. 

[hckošice 15,522]

Ivona with 6 is still whole minute ahead of Horvátová with 3 misses

 

not even mentioning Machyniaková. jesus we sucks, I knew we sucks, but this is just another level...

 

at least there still canoe slalom

[Grassmarket 4,030]

10 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

 in really bad shape  Germans and Norwegians were much faster 

Suffering from having too many good athletes in the team therefore everyone had to work hard pre-Christmas to get selected. Then they blow out.

[Grassmarket 4,030]

2 minutes ago, Adriano said:

Ahhh. Alimbekava i Davidova... Medals for German, France, Norway - standard.

I think France concentrate on having a strong team rather than star individuals. Every single Olympics at least one is guaranteed to do well, even if others flop.

[Adriano 625]

Can someone make a list for mass start after this final?

[Grassmarket 4,030]

1 minute ago, Adriano said:

Can someone make a list for mass start after this final?

We don’t know yet: places are reserved for medal winners then world cup position.