Biathlon 2022 - 2023 Discussion Thread

[RobtheAggie 340]

 

Congrats to Koellner for shooting clean.  

[heywoodu 15,135]

Fantastic example of why IBU's pursuit rules are such an incredible waste for the sport.

 

 

That's 15 (!) athletes who could have started today due to withdrawals of athletes ahead of them. Damn.

[RobtheAggie 340]

It looks like entire teams simply left early.  That is amazing.

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

Paul Schommer of the US has announced that the knee injury that kept him out of the first few weeks will be operated on soon.  He will be missing the remainder of the races, plus the US Championships.

 

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

Emilien Jacquelin has announced that he will end his season.  Lots of speculation that this is Roiselend's last season.

[RobtheAggie 340]

Jake Brown of the US has been dealing with sickness for quite a while.  He will not be in the Czech Republic and the other two races are still up in the air.  WIth the World Juniors up ahead, I have no idea what US biathletes will be in Nova Mesto.

[RobtheAggie 340]

Lucas Hoffer has decided to stop competing for the rest of the season.

 

[BlueWhiteJerry 20]

10 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

Lucas Hoffer has decided to stop competing for the rest of the season.

 

So many awesome biathletes of the past suffering from illnesses and on the verge of retirement  Eckhoff, Roeisland, Hofer... 

[hckošice 14,823]

It took only 9 years but bronze medal from Sochi 2014 Womens Biathlon Relay finally arrived to its rightful owners

 

Veronika Vítková, Jitka Landová, Gabriela Soukalová and Eva Puskarčíková

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

I think the timing of the three competitions this weekend could have been scheduled a little better.  Let me explain, when an WC or IBU Cup stop are in North America, there are always fewer who attend.  But combine that with the World Youth/Junior Championships also along way from central Europe and you get even fewer younger biathletes able to attend.  I love the spreading out of the races, but I think that this schedule did not permit the IBU Cup in Canmore to see a full field.