Biathlon 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 16,000]

4 minuten geleden, hckosice zei:

Just to be sure, you guys will not be confused this season, when this name will appear near the  flag. 

 

Mari Eder http://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/mari-eder-austria-finland-biathlon-cross-country-marriage-and-motivation

Yeah, it'd have been easier if she had found some Finnish guy like, I don't know, Jari Lauranen or something  Soukalova/Koukalova-style

[Wumo 3,023]

 

Direct financial payments from IOC to IBU will resume after all restrictions placed on the governing body were lifted today.

https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-decision-on-the-international-biathlon-union-1?esi=true

[heywoodu 16,000]

 

[hckošice 15,518]

Welcome to Slovakia !

 

The Fialková sisters are banned from competing in international competitions under the Slovak flag ....

 

 

 

[rybak 3,302]

5 minut temu, hckosice napisał:

Welcome to Slovakia !

 

The Fialková sisters are banned from competing in international competitions under the Slovak flag ....

 

 

 

I read about this already yesterday, too bad  What is reason?

[hckošice 15,518]

27 minutes ago, rybak said:

I read about this already yesterday, too bad  What is reason?

 

they refused to sign the new 4 years contract with the national federation. nothing more specifical is known yet, they said they will reveil more in the next week.

 

All what was medialized and speculated during the last days was they disagreed with some points in this new deal, for example they wanted apparently only a 1 year deal, but the federation arguing every athlete have to sign the same contract, including 4 years duration of the agreement, and + obviously some marketing and funding things were other disputed matters I guess...but it´s really only speculations, we´ll see their statement next week. the only sure thing is they will not compete this season for sure (at least not for Slovakia, there some rumors about Austria showing some interest...but again, it´s only rumors and speculations)

 

here one article from last week were they partly revealed what the dispute is about. (in SVK, but I guess you can understand it)

https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/366753/preco-sa-nevedia-dohodnut-slovensky-zvaz-biatlonu-a-sestry-fialkove-na-podpise-zmluvy-o-statnej-reprezentacii/

[Olympian1010 8,229]

22 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

they refused to sign the new 4 years contract with the national federation. nothing more specifical is known yet, they said they will reveil more in the next week.

 

All what was medialized and speculated during the last days was they disagreed with some points in this new deal, for example they wanted apparently only a 1 year deal, but the federation arguing every athlete have to sign the same contract, including 4 years duration of the agreement, and + obviously some marketing and funding things were other disputed matters I guess...but it´s really only speculations, we´ll see their statement next week. the only sure thing is they will not compete this season for sure (at least not for Slovakia, there some rumors about Austria showing some interest...but again, it´s only rumors and speculations)

 

here one article from last week were they partly revealed what the dispute is about. (in SVK, but I guess you can understand it)

https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/366753/preco-sa-nevedia-dohodnut-slovensky-zvaz-biatlonu-a-sestry-fialkove-na-podpise-zmluvy-o-statnej-reprezentacii/

I think they should some random African country to keep for to make Olympic qualification intersting

[heywoodu 16,000]

Much as I hate to say it, I hope the Slovaks get 0 results this season. Nothing against Slovakia, nothing against the athletes, but 100% because I would love to see the federation be in trouble by a complete and utter lack of results. Banning athletes from competing because they won't sign your little contract...the fuck do you think you are? The Emperor of the World?

[Col_Frost 179]

1 godzinę temu, heywoodu napisał:

Much as I hate to say it, I hope the Slovaks get 0 results this season. Nothing against Slovakia, nothing against the athletes, but 100% because I would love to see the federation be in trouble by a complete and utter lack of results. Banning athletes from competing because they won't sign your little contract...the fuck do you think you are? The Emperor of the World?

Agree but they have Kuzmina so... 

Edited November 16, 2018 by Col_Frost

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Much as I hate to say it, I hope the Slovaks get 0 results this season. Nothing against Slovakia, nothing against the athletes, but 100% because I would love to see the federation be in trouble by a complete and utter lack of results. Banning athletes from competing because they won't sign your little contract...the fuck do you think you are? The Emperor of the World?

 

Yes, athletes themselves couldn't possibly be a problem. It's a federation by default.

 

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