Biathlon 2022 - 2023 Discussion Thread

[RobtheAggie 340]

Belgium will inaugurate their new biathlon/cross country arena at Elsenborn.

 

Fabien Claude, Thierry Langer, Michael Roesch, Lotte Lie, Haavard Gutuboe Bogetveit, and Jean-Guillaume Beatrix will all be there.

 

25 June Schedule

12:00 : Youth Biathlon (2003/2006) and (2007/2009)

14:00: Junior and Senior Prologues (2000/2022) and (1999 et avant)

16:00: Children's races 

17:00: Junior and Senior Mass-start

[Grassmarket 4,047]

59 minutes ago, RobtheAggie said:

Belgium will inaugurate their new biathlon/cross country arena at Elsenborn.

 

Fabien Claude, Thierry Langer, Michael Roesch, Lotte Lie, Haavard Gutuboe Bogetveit, and Jean-Guillaume Beatrix will all be there.

 

 

It certainly got plenty snow at one time.

 

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Elsenborn_Ridge

[JonPhi 250]

Some shocking news to me:

• the IBU World Championships will no longer be included in the World Cup Total Score. Thus, there are no more World Cup points collected at World Championship events. This is in line with IBU’s general direction to make the World Championships a stand-alone flagship event

• there will be no more dropped results in the World Cup Total Score. Every competition in the World Cup will count toward the Total Score

• the point system for the Total Score and the Discipline Scores will be adjusted to increase the value between the top results ensuring that if athletes are forced to miss a race due to sickness they will still have the possibility of being able to win the Crystal Globes
 

https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/carlsson-2022-biathlon-rules/7zLHlnECP6Ggp3VxDf1HQp

[Werloc 3,191]

42 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

Some shocking news to me:

• the IBU World Championships will no longer be included in the World Cup Total Score. Thus, there are no more World Cup points collected at World Championship events. This is in line with IBU’s general direction to make the World Championships a stand-alone flagship event

• there will be no more dropped results in the World Cup Total Score. Every competition in the World Cup will count toward the Total Score

• the point system for the Total Score and the Discipline Scores will be adjusted to increase the value between the top results ensuring that if athletes are forced to miss a race due to sickness they will still have the possibility of being able to win the Crystal Globes
 

https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/carlsson-2022-biathlon-rules/7zLHlnECP6Ggp3VxDf1HQp

Weird, I remember always hating the fact that the Olympic Games don't count towards the World Cup total score. 

 

Since we're not a medal winning nation, the World Championships are going to be reduced to funding games for us, which is sad, because we usually got quite a few world cup points since we were timing our form for the championships every year. Now, those rare top 20s won't feel that much special without any points behind them. 

[RobtheAggie 340]

2027 World Championships will be either in Estonia or Finland.

 

New point system:

 

[Grassmarket 4,047]

Former biathlete Miriam Goessner, now Miriam Neureuther, turns up in a completely unexpected context in the Daily Mail!

 

Keeping it casual! Carrie Johnson and Brigitte Macron lead the stylish G7 wives | Daily Mail Online

[heywoodu 16,010]

On 6/21/2022 at 2:42 PM, JonPhi said:

Some shocking news to me:

• the IBU World Championships will no longer be included in the World Cup Total Score. Thus, there are no more World Cup points collected at World Championship events. This is in line with IBU’s general direction to make the World Championships a stand-alone flagship event

• there will be no more dropped results in the World Cup Total Score. Every competition in the World Cup will count toward the Total Score

• the point system for the Total Score and the Discipline Scores will be adjusted to increase the value between the top results ensuring that if athletes are forced to miss a race due to sickness they will still have the possibility of being able to win the Crystal Globes
 

https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/carlsson-2022-biathlon-rules/7zLHlnECP6Ggp3VxDf1HQp

Wow, a federation making systematic changes that actually make sense  

 

Hope is not yet gone from the world. Especially the world championships no longer counting for the World Cup is fantastic. It's the world championships, after all, one fights for world titles there and for World Cup points in World Cup races.

[phelps 8,292]

On 6/21/2022 at 2:42 PM, JonPhi said:

Some shocking news to me:

• the IBU World Championships will no longer be included in the World Cup Total Score. Thus, there are no more World Cup points collected at World Championship events. This is in line with IBU’s general direction to make the World Championships a stand-alone flagship event

• there will be no more dropped results in the World Cup Total Score. Every competition in the World Cup will count toward the Total Score

• the point system for the Total Score and the Discipline Scores will be adjusted to increase the value between the top results ensuring that if athletes are forced to miss a race due to sickness they will still have the possibility of being able to win the Crystal Globes
 

https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/carlsson-2022-biathlon-rules/7zLHlnECP6Ggp3VxDf1HQp

points a) and b) are great (and logical)...

 

point c) well, let's see how they manage to adjust the scores before giving any opinion...

[RobtheAggie 340]

So with the failure of Norway to even submit a bid for the 2027 World Championships, it looks like both Boe's will retire at the latest by 2026.

[RobtheAggie 340]

Sweden will attend the Summer World Biathlon Championships.

 

Maya Cloetens, a French junior biathlete, has received her Belgian passport and will race for Belgium.

 

Report from last week's race in Belgium.