website statistics
Jump to content

Biathlon IBU Junior & Youth World Championships 2019


Totallympics
 Share

Recommended Posts

We often forget how many outside factors actually impact the athletes that we see on TV, one of the biggest factors why it is difficult to see a stable progression from junior-to-senior is the unexpected thing that we call life.

 

Some athletes don't have good training conditions (especially in smaller Biathlon nations, it is easier to win with talent when you are younger, but senior level is all about infrastructure)

Some athletes are full time government supported athletes, other athletes support themselves or their families with additional jobs, leaving them with less energy or less frequent training

Some great athletes are stopped by multiple injuries, they miss seasons of training etc.

Some athletes lose motivation, we have to remember that we're talking about young indecisive people. I am 24 and I still sometimes have no idea what I am doing and here we are talking about 20-22 year olds at university.

Training staff - some training staff can bring the best out of their athletes, some just have a reputation of not producing the best from their athletes. Best example: Sweden under Pichler and how atrociously bad Sweden was without Pichler.

 

And these are only some of the factors, there are a lot more, because every single journey is different and every single problem affects every individual in different ways.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

20 minutes ago, Werloc said:

She was on her way towards good results, but she missed an entire season, I assume to injury?

 

Edit: as for showing talent, it is a positive thing for most athletes, but quite detrimental to some. When you easily beat everyone around your age and are immediately thrust into senior environment with 70th-80th places, some people are motivated through it and some people don't work hard enough and quit.

Sloof missed a season due to, surprise, mono. She was in rather good shape in Arber though, there's hope.

If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, heywoodu said:

Sloof missed a season due to, surprise, mono. She was in rather good shape in Arber though, there's hope.

Sweden is very strict with their team this year. They gave Hogberg and Andersson one chance this year even though they have been breezing through the ibu cup this season. I still think that Hogberg would be a better bet than Nilsson and perhaps Magnusson as well.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

30 minutes ago, Werloc said:

Sweden is very strict with their team this year. They gave Hogberg and Andersson one chance this year even though they have been breezing through the ibu cup this season. I still think that Hogberg would be a better bet than Nilsson and perhaps Magnusson as well.

They absolutely need to be given more chances, yes.

If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here!

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

    • From a quick look it appears that all the players in the Filipino men's and women's teams are all based in Switzerland and are Swiss-Filipino dual citizens.
    • That is absolutely certain. Any somewhat reasonable politician should be good enough to win against someone like Trump, even with the unfortunate timing (for the Democrats) of having to carry the brunt of the COVID pandemic consequences and so any Republic having a bit of a head start anyway.   But yeah, dreadful performance overall from Harris, who seemed to start quite positively, but then just lowered herself to Trump's level in terms of throwing shit at each other. That was a terribly dumb choice, nobody is going to beat Trump at the insult game, as we have seen.
    • Sorry for missing the draw, I was getting ready for bed when it began and just saw it now     Nice to see it so filled with local sports facts though  
    • It was never a priority to stop the war but to prolong it to offload the old weapons systems and keep Russia occupied in a conflict. But the West's strategy backfired as it pushed Russia to friendship with China. Many don't realize as Russia and China are actually adversaries even when they shared a common ideology during the Soviet era
    • Team Shropshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0   Shropshire is an English county situated in between the North West and West Midlands areas of the UK. It's biggest settlements include Shrewsbury, Telford, Whitchurch and Oswestry. The county is best known for it's countryside and scenery, with some of it even spilling into Worchestershire and parts of eastern Wales.    Team Durham Rank #   Total 0 0 0 0 0 0     Durham is an English county situated in the North East region of the UK. It's biggest settlements are Durham (the city of the same name), Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees. The county is also home to Barnard Castle, where chief advisor to then Prime Minister Boris Johnson Dominic Cummings infamously drove 300+ miles from London to go and visit and broke COVID rules     Team  Flintshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0   Flintshire in a Welsh county situated in the most northern part of Wales and the North West of the UK. It's biggest settlements are Connahs Quay, Flint, Buckley and Mold. Flintshire is best known for it's coastline and it's tourist destinations along it, which are particularly popular for those wanting to go on a "budget holiday".    Team Cheshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0     Cheshire is an English county in the North West region of the UK. The biggest settlements are Warrington, Chester, Crewe and Widnes. Like Merseyside, the county is famous for it's music and sport with artists such as Gary Barlow and Nicola Roberts and athletes such as Tyson Fury and Ian Botham.    Team  Derry/Londonderry Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0     Derry/Londonderry is a Northern Irish county situated in the North West region of Northern Ireland. It's biggest settlements are Derry, Limavady, Magherafelt and Coleraine. The county is best known for garlic football and hurling with both sports being widely popular within the Derry/Londonderry area.    Team Wigtownshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0     Wigtownshire is a Scottish county located in the South West region of Scotland and the Northern region of the UK. It's biggest settlements are Stranraer, Wigtown, Newton Stewart and Portpatrick. The county is best known for it's port crossing via ferry to Northern Irish locations such as Larne and Belfast.   
    • Thanks to this choice they are not a "Free World" and Chiba easilg will continiou the way to be superpower with this weak US. It's  a great video when his quotas are compared to quotas from this canous painter. This is shocking.
    • Whelp, I'm playing against Ja'Marr Chase in fantasy this week so my week is already over 
×
×
  • Create New...