Biathlon 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 16,000]

3 minutes ago, RobtheAggie said:

A few more interesting tidbits of information:

 

US is rebuilding the biathlon and nordic skiing facility in Lake Placid, along with hiring recently retired Tim Burke and Lowell Bailey to help with the National Teams.  In addition the most interesting piece from this article was this tidbit - "the sport’s global leaders are warming up to the idea of a World Cup mini-tour that might include Lake Placid, Utah and Canmore, Alberta."

 

Claire Egan is not going to retire.  She was so frustrated after the last Olympics, that she almost retired and eventually agreed to one additional season.  She has now decided to come back for more.

 

And one buried in this article about Biathlon in Montana - Head Coach Rob Rosser served 21 years in the army and was an Olympian in the biathlon in 1998. Olympic coach Andy Liebner, a veteran based out of Michigan who coaches Mexico and Peru’s biathletes, also helps with the training.

Who knew that Peru had a biathlon team.  I had guessed that Mexico did, but Peru, that makes two is South America!  

 

EDIT - Actually there are quite a few countries that have a biathlon federation  - see this list.  https://www.biathlonworld.com/about-ibu/member-federations/

 

 

Two in South America?  Well-established Brazil, Argentina and Chile make three, doesn't Peru make four then?

[RobtheAggie 340]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Two in South America?  Well-established Brazil, Argentina and Chile make three, doesn't Peru make four then?

 

It would make four, but Peru is not listed on the IBU list.  Hmm, neither is Mexico.  

[Monzanator 4,768]

Kaisa Makarainen finished 5th in the Finnish cross country Champs today (10km Free). 1min 11 secs back from winner Parmakoski but only 13 secs. off the podium (and ahead of World Cup regulars Roponen & Mononen).

[RobtheAggie 340]

And Simon Fourcade is coming back...at least he announced it here  But it was only a April fools joke. See this one.

 

US National - Susan Dunklee won 3 gold medals, Sean Doherty won 2.

[RobtheAggie 340]

One more, Ukraine and their coach have parted ways.  They have expressed a desire to have a more "Ukrainian coach" instead of the Russian one they had. 

[RobtheAggie 340]

So i came across this in discussion about the 2026 Olympic bid for Italy.  It is talking about the bobsled/luge/skeleton track in Cortina, but there was this nugget:

“We are very clear that there are enough tracks around the globe, and the two federations are very clear as well,” IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi said at a stop in the South Tyrol community of Rasen-Antholz Tuesday, where he was inspecting the new biathlon venue."

Are they looking to build a new course in Antholz?

 

EDIT::  Looks like they were visiting Antholz to see the new stadium being built for the World Championships next season, not a new course.

[heywoodu 16,000]

The best awards of the year are out  

https://biathlon23.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/the-biathlon23-awards-2018-19/

 

Some interesting searches on the list  

 

 

@hckosice Is this true?  

[hckošice 15,518]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The best awards of the year are out  

https://biathlon23.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/the-biathlon23-awards-2018-19/

 

Some interesting searches on the list  

 

 

@hckosice Is this true?  

 

what is this ? I´ve never heard of it

[heywoodu 16,000]

6 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

what is this ? I´ve never heard of it

The yearly awards from pretty much the nicest biathlon blog I know  

[hckošice 15,518]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

The yearly awards from pretty much the nicest biathlon blog I know  

 

Cool, thanks for sharing