Biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[Grassmarket 3,388]

2 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

Bronze is a success for Germany under the circumstances, but i am bit sad thinking about what would have been possible with Preuß in normal shape. Who would have thought that neither Norway nor France would win a medal? Also an interesting thought i just had: Laura Dahlmeier would have been younger at the 2026 olympics than Denise Herrmann is now.

Overall 2 medals seems like a fair result for Germany, the only hope that it will get better in 2026 is Selina Grotian.

That’s the question German biathlon fans need to ask.  Why did Neuner & Dahlmeier retire early, at the height of their skill?  Was something wrong in the team that drove them away?

[dcro 10,210]

10 hours ago, phelps said:

 

no, most likely she fell down in a downhill section...

That seems highly unlikely imo (just watched the race now). The downhills are way too easy on this course to cause some serious accident.

[LowerSaxony 205]

16 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

That’s the question German biathlon fans need to ask.  Why did Neuner & Dahlmeier retire early, at the height of their skill?  Was something wrong in the team that drove them away?

The vast amount of media attention. Both Neuner and Dahlmeier were hyped to the max since their early World Cup days. And yes, this is really a question especially the media should be asked (ofc, they don't )

[phelps 7,667]

9 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

According to LeMatin.ch

 

 Irene Cadurisch (30) experienced circulatory problems and was unable to reach the transition zone.  Swiss Olympic is reassuring about the state of health of Irene Cadurisch (30 years old): “She is back in the Olympic village, her circulatory problems are under control, and she is better. From now on, disappointment prevails."

our broadcasters explained that because they saw her on the stretcher talking with the doctor seemingly in pain for a physical injury rather than collapsed like Tandrevold the previous race...

 

of course they're not even on site, so they misread the real situation...

[dcro 10,210]

At any rate, hopefully something will be learnt from all this. Maximum altitude has to be capped for endurance events. Especially if there are other risk factors involved such as extreme low temperature, low humidity.

[FireRun 191]

34 minutes ago, phelps said:

our broadcasters explained that because they saw her on the stretcher talking with the doctor seemingly in pain for a physical injury rather than collapsed like Tandrevold the previous race...

 

of course they're not even on site, so they misread the real situation...

Better than our guy who thought it was Häcki on the ground, when she was shown just a few seconds before running from the exchange area. 

[Monzanator 4,490]

Women's Mass Start moved to 8:00 CET tomorrow due to bad weather forecast for Saturday.

[heywoodu 15,124]

8 hours ago, dcro said:

At any rate, hopefully something will be learnt from all this. Maximum altitude has to be capped for endurance events. Especially if there are other risk factors involved such as extreme low temperature, low humidity.

South American biathlon and cross-country championships in 2500+ meters Portillo are laughing at your suggestion  

 

Spoiler

Obviously you're right though.

 

[heywoodu 15,124]

Whatever it was exactly, it definitely was a scary moment. Biathlon simply isn't a sport where you see people down on the ground that often, other than relatively minor falls where people get back up quickly. Hopefully Cadurisch will be checked well, but I have no doubt she will.

 

And Anna Weidel being Anna Weidel, comforting Cadurisch while she was being attended to.

[Monzanator 4,490]

8 hours ago, dcro said:

At any rate, hopefully something will be learnt from all this. Maximum altitude has to be capped for endurance events. Especially if there are other risk factors involved such as extreme low temperature, low humidity.

Tandrevold had heart beat issues before. If the doctors allow her to compete despite those red flags then then altitude of the course doesn't have anything to do with it. Of course it's Norway where almost everyone has asthma yet is allowed to compete in endurance sports with TUE rescue. That is a bigger issue but obviously it's the altitude problem. Yeah, right...

 

Moreover most of these biathletes come from high altitude regions anyway? They should be best suited for this altitude by default