Biathlon 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[Dragon 1,844]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Amanda Lightfoot disapproves of your post.

Uh - oh. How well is she shooting these days? I want to know how far away to stand...

[Werloc 3,164]

12 hours ago, justony said:

Question for @heywoodu: If our former XC skier Lea Einfalt got 142,82 IBU points on Thursday in Idre, is that enough to put her in the team for World Cup in Pokljuka?

 

Problem is, among women, there are currently only two eligible athletes to compete in World Cup (Urška Poje, Polona Klemenčič), therefore we need another one to be represented on both Sunday mixed races.

No, that is not enough for her to be put in the team for Pokljuka. She can still get an automatic qualification if she goes under 125 in the next sprint that she can use for one world cup trimester.

 

I believe that if she does not go below 125 points needed for the AQ to the WC, then she can only start in Oberhof, if she has an average of below 150 with three of her best races.

 

PS: If she does not finish the sprint tomorrow with under 125, she's missing Pokljuka and Hochfilzen, but if she gets an under 125 in Ridnaun, she could still start in Nove Mesto. Other than that, 150 average from three races during a trimester for Oberhof.

Edited November 30, 2018 by Werloc

[justony 454]

12 hours ago, Werloc said:

No, that is not enough for her to be put in the team for Pokljuka. She can still get an automatic qualification if she goes under 125 in the next sprint that she can use for one world cup trimester.

 

I believe that if she does not go below 125 points needed for the AQ to the WC, then she can only start in Oberhof, if she has an average of below 150 with three of her best races.

 

PS: If she does not finish the sprint tomorrow with under 125, she's missing Pokljuka and Hochfilzen, but if she gets an under 125 in Ridnaun, she could still start in Nove Mesto. Other than that, 150 average from three races during a trimester for Oberhof.

OK, thank you so much. According to her 1st shoot (3 misses), that is probably not gonna happen, but maybe our youngster (Tais Vozelj) will come through with total of 3 misses, though chances are very slim.

 

So, it looks like tomorrow there will be no  team at the start of Single Mixed Relay infront of home crowd, which is weird.

 

EDIT: Hey, maybe it will work, Lea just fired all 5 in the stand, amazing

Edited December 1, 2018 by justony

[justony 454]

Lea Einfalt got 124,43 points, therefore according to your decription, @Werloc, she will be on the start tomorrow in Pokljuka.

[SalamAkhi 316]

There will be two Slovenian relays tomorrow, U.Poje will double 

The same with V.Vitenko for Kazakhstan

[SalamAkhi 316]

First WC start for  Horn,  Akhatova,  Hachisuka (though she already has one OWG start),  Usov and  Yan, and YOG champion Zhu

[heywoodu 15,135]

Just now, SalamAkhi said:

 YOG champion Zhu

That was one of the most awesome bits of biathlon I have ever seen, that single mixed in Lillehammer  

 

Right up there with Lowell Bailey's world title.

Edited December 1, 2018 by heywoodu

[justony 454]

It is really weird that suddenly they allow double starts. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

Just now, justony said:

It is really weird that suddenly they allow double starts. 

Suddenly? I'm pretty sure I saw the same thing last season (with Japan for example). 

[justony 454]

Not that I would know, this is why there was a lot of talk in our team, how to put both relays, when there are only two eligible ladies.