Biathlon IBU World Cup 2021 - 2022

[Werloc 3,164]

Spain without the S

[SalamAkhi 315]

4 minutes ago, Werloc said:

Spain without the S

Real bread.

[Werloc 3,164]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Strolia is just utterly exhausted and exploded. Respect for the attempt though, saving energy earlier to have a better pace now would most likely have simply not put him in the position to fight for a podium. So all in all, fantastic effort for him, again  

It's weird though, he is not a slouch on the skis, posted top 20 ski times in many many races this season. Laps 2 through 4 he looked great, absolutely nothing left for the last lap. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

Just now, Werloc said:

It's weird though, he is not a slouch on the skis, posted top 20 ski times in many many races this season. Laps 2 through 4 he looked great, absolutely nothing left for the last lap. 

The adrenaline of really fighting for an actual World Cup podium, I guess  (in a 'mass start' race, so you can actually see the podium/win in front of you)

[hckošice 14,822]

Stage 6 in Ruhpolding (GER)

 

Men´s 12.5km Pursuit:

 

1. Quentin Fillon Maillet    31:30.6  (1+0+0+1)

2. Alexandr Loginov    +8.8 (0+0+1+0)

3. Anton Smolski    +13.1 (1+1+0+0)

 

Full Final Result HERE

[justony 454]

So, no one is talking about lack of shooting places in first shooting. I believe it was first time that tight, or at least first time after very long time.  

[JonPhi 250]

 Team for Antholz:

 

Women

Individual/Relay: Hettich, Hildebrand, Kebinger, Schneider, Weidel, Wiesensarter

Mass Start: Herrmann, Voigt (+qualifiers from Individual)

 

Men

Individual: Doll, Fratzscher, Horn, Kühn, Strelow, Zobel

Relay: Fratzscher, Horn, Strelow, Zobel (Replacement: Kühn, Rees)

Mass Start: Doll, Kühn, Rees (+ qualifiers from Individual)

[hckošice 14,822]

#TeamSlovensko for Stage 7 in Antholz/Anterselva (Individuals, Mass Starts and Team Relays)

 

The whole Olympic squad is already together, this weekend will compete in Anterselva and then imediately enter a special "bubble" closed preparation camp where they will stay until the departure for Beijing

 

Šíma, Bartko, Sklenárik and Baloga among men (Still not known who of them will not compete in the Individual, so far only Šíma is officially in, the names of the other 2 will be revealed by Wednesday).

 

Ivona and Paulína Fialková´s, Horvátová and  Veronika Machyniaková among women, (Henritea Horvátová will compete alongside the Fialková sisters in the Individual)

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

[Grassmarket 3,403]

3 hours ago, justony said:

So, no one is talking about lack of shooting places in first shooting. I believe it was first time that tight, or at least first time after very long time.  

Been watching 20+ years, don’t remember ever seeing such a pile-up before.

[SalamAkhi 315]

1 hour ago, JonPhi said:

 Team for Antholz:

 

Women

Individual/Relay: Hettich, Hildebrand, Kebinger, Schneider, Weidel, Wiesensarter

Mass Start: Herrmann, Voigt (+qualifiers from Individual)

 

Men

Individual: Doll, Fratzscher, Horn, Kühn, Strelow, Zobel

Relay: Fratzscher, Horn, Strelow, Zobel (Replacement: Kühn, Rees)

Mass Start: Doll, Kühn, Rees (+ qualifiers from Individual)

The women's list is kinda worrying Look at this : Hildebrand (enough said) ; Wiesensarter or Weidel would have been undying journewomen a few years back, now they almost have a WC regular status ; Hettich is probably the most promising of the lot, which speaks for itself  ; Schneider and Kebinger are already 24 and their IBU Cup performances are not particularly thrilling.

Of course Preuss is still recovering, Voigt not included, but Herrmann and Hinz are reaching the end of the path with downward trajectories.