Biathlon IBU Cup 2018 - 2019

[heywoodu 14,969]

Just now, Werloc said:

Pursuit is also an important experience, plus can't really deny it would be a great one with so many athletes close. But I know where you're coming from when hating the pursuit format

That's in general (one Olympic medal event being SO influenced by another Olympic medal event), but as for the IBU Cup I just want to see as many points giving races as possible since it's a qualifying competition  

[Werloc 3,161]

Just now, heywoodu said:

That's in general (one Olympic medal event being SO influenced by another Olympic medal event), but as for the IBU Cup I just want to see as many points giving races as possible since it's a qualifying competition  

For some lucky athletes like Nadine Horchler it's a competition of life.

[intoronto 5,629]

gold and bronze in one race  

[heywoodu 14,969]

14 hours ago, intoronto said:

gold and bronze in one race  

Especially Moser winning is kinda insane, in senior competition she never got close to a podium or something yet and then she won

 

And check the competitiveness of the race, more than a handful within 7 seconds and the entire podium within one second

[heywoodu 14,969]

Alright, first of two sprints in Duszniki coming up. I'm not saying I'm nervous, but boy, am I nervous  

[heywoodu 14,969]

Top-80 is important. I've counted around 6-7 women possible to beat on the start list of 88, and Abramova apparently didn't start, so top-80 is possible  

[heywoodu 14,969]

Damn it, missed the last two shots in prone  

[Wumo 3,001]

What happened with  Drndic?  How can she be faster?

[heywoodu 14,969]

And two more misses in standing. Right, on to tomorrow  

[heywoodu 14,969]

4 minutes ago, wumo26 said:

What happened with  Drndic?  How can she be faster?

I can think of only one explanation, since we know she shot 0+5 and not 2+3 or something. My suggestion: she hit all five targets in standing, and so did not enter the penalty loop (explaining her good split time)....but didn't realize she hit all five targets on the wrong target. I'm going for crossfire.