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Biathlon 2022 - 2023 Discussion Thread


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On 7/17/2022 at 6:33 AM, RobtheAggie said:

Former multiple Junior World Champion Igor Malinovshy is feared dead in a helicopter crash.

Some more news has come out.  They found the bodies, but a bear or bears appear to have mauled/eaten the bodies.

 

This weekend is also the Victorian Biathlon Championships in Australia.

 

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20 hours ago, JonPhi said:

Countries for Summer World Championships in Ruhpolding:

:AUT  :CZE  :GER  :ITA  :POL  :SLO  :SWE  :SUI

Is that provisional, or the final entry list in terms of nations?

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1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Is that provisional, or the final entry list in terms of nations?

The organizer called it so in the German press. I don't know whether teams will follow. But I can't think of any spontaneously. Russia and Belarus are blocked.
And I mean the final entries for the nations are always about 4 weeks before.

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29 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

The organizer called it so in the German press. I don't know whether teams will follow. But I can't think of any spontaneously. Russia and Belarus are blocked.
And I mean the final entries for the nations are always about 4 weeks before.

Thanks. I'm kind of hoping something else pops up, because this seems smaller than usual even for summer biathlon, but anyhow I'm looking forward to it :d 

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4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Thanks. I'm kind of hoping something else pops up, because this seems smaller than usual even for summer biathlon, but anyhow I'm looking forward to it :d 

You do sometimes get freelancers as well though, even from big teams.

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I know that some of the smaller teams like the summer biathlon better as the rollerskis are only given out a few minutes prior to the race.  As a result of this they feel like they have a better chance to compete.  I would assume Belgium might show up, Denmark as well.

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Lithuania gets a female biathlete - 23-year-old Lidia Zhurauskaite.  Her great-grandfather was Lithuanian, but she was born in Murmansk. It seems like she started this process about 12 months ago, and it is now finalized.

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