website statistics
Jump to content

Biathlon IBU Junior & Youth World Championships 2019


Totallympics
 Share

Recommended Posts

I agree that Dougherty and his generation are still a few years away from making a real impact on the World Cup.  With the retirement of Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke, Dougherty has been thrust to the head of the US team.  

 

This is what makes youth/junior Worlds so much fun.  As much as I would love to see Ukaleq Astri Slettemark make a major impact on the Womens biathlon world, it will still be about 5 years before we can see what she will really become.  It does make for a great story.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Especially with the fact that not every single winner is destined for crystal globes, but when you see someone special, you just know. For example, Laura Dahlmeier's relay performance demonstrated that she is a winner and that she will be big.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

So, since we sparked the discussion, I thought I would look this up for funsies:

 

How many junior category medalists we actually lost in Biathlon since 2009/10 season

 

2010

Yann Guigonnet (France) - individual gold (quit in 2015)

Michael Galassi (Italy) - individual silver (quit in 2013)

Tom Barth (Germany) - individual bronze, sprint bronze (quit in 2013)

Reka Forika (Romania) - individual gold (quit in 2016)

Leslie Mercier (France) - individual bronze) (quit in 2011)

Evgeny Petrov (Russia) - sprint gold, pursuit bronze (quit in 2011)

Manuel Muller (Germany) - sprint silver, pursuit gold (quit in 2011)

Sophie Boilley (France) - sprint silver, pursuit gold (quit in 2015)

Vladimir Alenishko (Russia) - pursuit silver (quit in 2014)

Nastassia Kalina (Russia) - pursuit silver (quit in 2015)

2011

Aleksandra Alikina (Russia) - sprint silver, pursuit silver (quit in 2013)

Tom Barth (Germany) - sprint gold, pursuit bronze (quit in 2013)

Ludwig Ehrhart (France) - sprint bronze, pursuit silver (quit in 2012)

Nikolay Yakushov (Russia) - individual bronze (quit in 2012)

Florie Vigneron (France) - individual bronze (quit in 2011)

2012

Elena Badanina (Russia) - individual bronze (quit in 2013)

Kurtis Wenzel (Canada) - individual gold (quit in 2013)

Marius Hol (Norway) - individual silver (quit in 2012)

Elena Ankudinova (Russia) - sprint gold (quit in 2015)

2013

Dino Butkovic (Croatia) - individual silver (quit in 2014)

2014

Jarle Gjoerven (Norway) - pursuit silver (quit in 2014)

Dany Chavoutier (France) - individual bronze (quit in 2014)

2015

Aleksandr Dediukhin (Russia) - individual silver, sprint gold (quit in 2015)

Vemund Gurigard (Norway) - individual bronze, sprint silver (quit in 2015)

Lena Arnaud (France) - sprint gold (quit in 2018)

2016

Susanna Kurzthaler (Austria) - individual gold (quit in 2016)

Andrea Baretto (Italy) - individual silver (quit in 2017)

2017

Nikita Lobastov (Russia) - individual bronze (quit in 2018)

Kirill Streltsov (Russia) - sprint silver (quit in 2018)

2018

Sturla Laegreid (Norway) - individual silver (quit in 2018)

Sverre Aspenes (Norway) - sprint bronze, pursuit gold (quit in 2018)

 

A lot of these cases, the juniors dropped the sport mostly after the junior championships, some of them trying a couple of IBU races. A lot of Russians and Norwegians, I think some might have quit since it's very hard making the team and most of others left the sport, because it was their hobby and they did not want that as a career after university. Lastly, a lot of them are medalists from the individual race. Sidenote: Tom Barth looked like he had a lot of potential.

 

 

 

Edited by Werloc
Link to comment
Share on other sites

23 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

Finish 

Germany

Slovenia

Italy

One quick story posted here about the race.

The Slovenian skier, Alex Cisar, actually lost his pole on the last lap, managed to catch back up and pulled ahead in the last 50 m to get the Silver.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

13 hours ago, Werloc said:

So, since we sparked the discussion, I thought I would look this up for funsies:

 

How many junior category medalists we actually lost in Biathlon since 2009/10 season

 

2010

Yann Guigonnet (France) - individual gold (quit in 2015)

Michael Galassi (Italy) - individual silver (quit in 2013)

Tom Barth (Germany) - individual bronze, sprint bronze (quit in 2013)

Reka Forika (Romania) - individual gold (quit in 2016)

Leslie Mercier (France) - individual bronze) (quit in 2011)

Evgeny Petrov (Russia) - sprint gold, pursuit bronze (quit in 2011)

Manuel Muller (Germany) - sprint silver, pursuit gold (quit in 2011)

Sophie Boilley (France) - sprint silver, pursuit gold (quit in 2015)

Vladimir Alenishko (Russia) - pursuit silver (quit in 2014)

Nastassia Kalina (Russia) - pursuit silver (quit in 2015)

2011

Aleksandra Alikina (Russia) - sprint silver, pursuit silver (quit in 2013)

Tom Barth (Germany) - sprint gold, pursuit bronze (quit in 2013)

Ludwig Ehrhart (France) - sprint bronze, pursuit silver (quit in 2012)

Nikolay Yakushov (Russia) - individual bronze (quit in 2012)

Florie Vigneron (France) - individual bronze (quit in 2011)

2012

Elena Badanina (Russia) - individual bronze (quit in 2013)

Kurtis Wenzel (Canada) - individual gold (quit in 2013)

Marius Hol (Norway) - individual silver (quit in 2012)

Elena Ankudinova (Russia) - sprint gold (quit in 2015)

2013

Dino Butkovic (Croatia) - individual silver (quit in 2014)

2014

Jarle Gjoerven (Norway) - pursuit silver (quit in 2014)

Dany Chavoutier (France) - individual bronze (quit in 2014)

2015

Aleksandr Dediukhin (Russia) - individual silver, sprint gold (quit in 2015)

Vemund Gurigard (Norway) - individual bronze, sprint silver (quit in 2015)

Lena Arnaud (France) - sprint gold (quit in 2018)

2016

Susanna Kurzthaler (Austria) - individual gold (quit in 2016)

Andrea Baretto (Italy) - individual silver (quit in 2017)

2017

Nikita Lobastov (Russia) - individual bronze (quit in 2018)

Kirill Streltsov (Russia) - sprint silver (quit in 2018)

2018

Sturla Laegreid (Norway) - individual silver (quit in 2018)

Sverre Aspenes (Norway) - sprint bronze, pursuit gold (quit in 2018)

 

A lot of these cases, the juniors dropped the sport mostly after the junior championships, some of them trying a couple of IBU races. A lot of Russians and Norwegians, I think some might have quit since it's very hard making the team and most of others left the sport, because it was their hobby and they did not want that as a career after university. Lastly, a lot of them are medalists from the individual race. Sidenote: Tom Barth looked like he had a lot of potential.

 

 

 

 

Yes, these juniors from top biathlon nations like Germany, Norway or Russia are like destined to be left on the sidelines due to the strenght of the World Cup team. However those Russians for instance could think about changing nationality to Belarus or sth like that? I'm sure Germans or French could represent Belgium or Luxembourg for what it's worth? Of course there are some extreme cases like South Korea too (Frolina, Laphsin).

 

Poland & Czech Republic or Slovakia are quite different for that matter, any successful junior faces very little competition in the seniors and has a clear shot at World Cup full-schedule. Davidova is making the most of that already but Zuk simply isn't (and that in a season where Guzik & Gwizdon are out of the WC squad).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

  • Latest Posts around Totallympics

    • Not yet although around half of the territory is filled with snowy mountains during winter.   But hey at least we got our first medal in Winter sports, thanks Italy    
    • day 11   75. SPEED SKATING - M Team Pursuit   1. Italy 2. United States 3. Norway   76. SPEED SKATING - W Team Pursuit   1. Netherlands 2. Japan 3. United States   77. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Big Air   1. Alexander Hall USA 2. Marc Forehand USA 3. Birk Ruud NOR   78. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Slopestyle   1. Kokomo Murase JPN 2. Reira Iwabuchi JPN 3. Julia Marino USA   79. BOBSLEIGH - M Two   1. Francesco Friedrich GER 2. Johannes Lochner GER 3. Michael Vogt SUI   80. BIATHLON - M 4x7.5km Relay   1. Norway 2. France 3. Germany   81. NORDIC COMBINED - M 10km Individual (Large Hill)   1. Jan Magnus Riiber NOR 2. Kristjan Ilves EST 3. Stefan Rettenegger AUT       12-9-10---31 11-9-7---27 10-7-10---27 7-8-5---20 6-5-11---22 6-4-3---13 5-10-9---24 5-6-2---13 5-4-3---12 4-7-3---14 3-2-4---9 2-1-1---4 2-1-1---4 1-2-1---4 1-1-1---3 1-0-0---1 0-1-3---4 0-1-3---4 0-1-1---2 0-1-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1
    • Unfortunate, but it doesn't change the fact that I'm looking forward to Thursday evening, when the team captain's meeting is over and we have our very first World Cup start list of the season. Always a cool moment to see who's there and everything  
    • Today I unpacked some of the boxes in which we have put my way too many books to move to our house, and I came across these beauty's I hadn't seen for a while     Absolutely recommended, tough to get for a decent price, but they are such an interesting read with lots of very interesting little stories! Still looking for at least 1900, 1904 and 1906, but not really in the right moment to spend money on that now, so the wait goes on  
    • Which I guess is part of why unfortunately 'our' first wild card attempt of the season was rejected last week  
    • The next chapter in the Krasnobaeva saga is upon us.   Looks like  Armenia have cut ties with her after only a few weeks. A person from their Federation has said, that they won't continue the relationship, because of her unprofessional and rude attitude towards the coaches and other officials. That includes: - having no respect to the coaches and their advise; - training without any motivation; - stops doing the routine and throws objects without any reason; - just lays on the floor and ignores the music.   When this was escalated with her mother, she mentioned that "Elvira has a strong temper and she was the same in Bulgaria and they tolerated her". Which of course is complete BS. If anyone attempted this shit here, they would be thrown out immediately.   And now  are wanting from her mother to return all finances they gave them, which she is refusing, so they will probably sue them. They will also inform other RG Federations about this situation, so they don't hire them.   My 2 cents on this is most likely Krasnobaeva was happy in BG and was forced out by her mother, so now she is sabotaging the move and be done with it.
    • Honestly Ruka is my favourite World Cup event of the whole season. Everybody is there. Later on there is always someone who skips one weekend or another . Not everybody takes part in Tour de ski. But here everyone shows up.
×
×
  • Create New...