Biathlon IBU Junior & Youth World Championships 2022

[Grassmarket 3,408]

Good news is that ALL the races, both Youth & Junior are streaming live.

 

https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/youth-junior-champs-preview/QnptnvV0E4OEWcLBBCf5B

[OlympicsFan 858]

Hoping for a Repinc vs. Grotian battle on the women's side. A bit surprised that those two won't compete at junior level. The italians also look good as usual and the norwegians are unpredictable since none of them have any recent results.

On the men's side things look less predictable, although Betemps should be the favorite. Engelmann from Germany and Trojer from Slovenia look like interesting talents as well. Also a guy named "Sivert Björndalen" will be competing as well ...

[RobtheAggie 340]

Youth Individual today.  Only 59 in the Youth Women 10k, and 62 in the Youth Men 12.5k.    For comparison, there were 96 who finished the Youth Women Individual last year, with 99 who started.  The Youth Men Individual had 112 last year.  Notable absent nations are France, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine on the Youth side of things.  Multiple other smaller nations are not attending.

 

2022 Youth Nations - Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Germany, Greenland,  Italy, Japan, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, United States.  

 

2021 Youth Nations - Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, United States

 

When the Junior lists come out later today I will post the same for that.

[Grassmarket 3,408]

2 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

Hoping for a Repinc vs. Grotian battle on the women's side. A bit surprised that those two won't compete at junior level. The italians also look good as usual and the norwegians are unpredictable since none of them have any recent results.

On the men's side things look less predictable, although Betemps should be the favorite. Engelmann from Germany and Trojer from Slovenia look like interesting talents as well. Also a guy named "Sivert Björndalen" will be competing as well ...

Think he might be Dag’s son, not O-E’s

[RobtheAggie 340]

I did see a Guro Femsteinevik for Norway.  I am going to assume she is a sister of Martin and Ragnhid.

[Monzanator 4,502]

1 hour ago, RobtheAggie said:

I did see a Guro Femsteinevik for Norway.  I am going to assume she is a sister of Martin and Ragnhid.

That is correct. She is their younger sister

[RobtheAggie 340]

2 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Think he might be Dag’s son, not O-E’s

I think their daughter would be around 8 now.  Xenia might be her name?  It will be interesting to see if she takes up biathlon like her parents.  

[Monzanator 4,502]

Sivert Bjoerndalen is Dag's son indeed.

 

Ole Einar has posted several vids of his nephew Sivert on FB few years ago.

 

 

[SalamAkhi 316]

5 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

Hoping for a Repinc vs. Grotian battle on the women's side. A bit surprised that those two won't compete at junior level.

Considering Repinc's form lately I fear thr Youth ranks suit better for her.

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1 hour ago, RobtheAggie said:

I think their daughter would be around 8 now.  Xenia might be her name?  It will be interesting to see if she takes up biathlon like her parents.  

Ole-Einar was first married to biathlete Natalie Santer; don't know if there were children.