Biathlon 2022 - 2023 Discussion Thread

[RobtheAggie 340]

Irene Lardschneider of Italy has announced her retirement in the middle of summer training.  She cited "medical reasons" as for the reason.

[Grassmarket 3,626]

Two good races today at the FourcadeFest, well worth watching, even if the course is flatter than Dutch roadkill.

[RobtheAggie 340]

  On 9/3/2022 at 1:50 PM, Grassmarket said:

Two good races today at the FourcadeFest, well worth watching, even if the course is flatter than Dutch roadkill.

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Maybe true, but it is a whole lot more beautiful!  Also, the US did pretty well.  I was just wishing that they would not get dead last.

[JonPhi 250]

 Hildebrand is also pregnant and so ends her career.

[RobtheAggie 340]

Two more women have announced they are pregnant.  Both will miss the season, but return next year. 

 

 Anna Sola and Irina Leshchenko of the Belarus team will miss the upcoming season.  

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 9/12/2022 at 11:19 AM, RobtheAggie said:

Two more women have announced they are pregnant.  Both will miss the season, but return next year. 

 

 Anna Sola and Irina Leshchenko of the Belarus team will miss the upcoming season.  

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Convenient timing  

 

I also doubt they are the only ones from the Belarus team who will miss the upcoming season.

[Bearas 542]

  On 9/12/2022 at 11:19 AM, RobtheAggie said:

Two more women have announced they are pregnant.  Both will miss the season, but return next year. 

 

 Anna Sola and Irina Leshchenko of the Belarus team will miss the upcoming season.  

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Belarus won't be competing in any championships anyways, they suspended alongside Russia.

[RobtheAggie 340]

  On 9/12/2022 at 11:25 AM, Bearas said:

Belarus won't be competing in any championships anyways, they suspended alongside Russia.

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I know.  I wonder when both Belarus and Russia are able to compete in IBU races again, what number of slots will they have.  Ukraine was able to retain their previous number.  Will Russia and Belarus be able to do the same?  It will be interesting to see how that side of things is resolved.  

[Grassmarket 3,626]

  On 9/12/2022 at 11:25 AM, Bearas said:

Belarus won't be competing in any championships anyways, they suspended alongside Russia.

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I think the Russians said they’d be organising an international (well, not very international) competition in addition to the usual Russia Cup.

[Monzanator 4,611]

Word is Kazakhstan secretly approached Dzinara Alimbekava over a nationality change but she declined it. Her father comes from Kazakhstan and she was born there too.