Biathlon IBU World Cup 2022 - 2023

[RobtheAggie 340]

4 hours ago, Werloc said:

Rough for Mona Brorsson  Swedish women's team is the hardest to get into at this moment. 

I think she is still recovering from illness.  I might be mistaking her with someone else ... but I did remember reading an article about her.

[JonPhi 250]

Roeiseland is out for Kontiolahti 

https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/roeiseland-skips-season-opening/4hKxNaQ2Nj1VL74BcGhicV?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=article&utm_term&utm_content=kon22&utm_campaign=RD&fbclid=IwAR1MI38NTR8bKKMGr4Rj6_iUaJpVTuDl87FmiP92SlNnKG-0wi1VlNvnGnQ

[JonPhi 250]

16 hours ago, Werloc said:

Vanessa Hinz quit, injured or demoted?

 

Edit: nevermind, saw her in ibu cup thread

Hinz was sick and injured in the preparation, and could not prevail against Frühwirth, Schneider and Weidel in the test races now. Therefore, she must first in the IBU Cup.
 

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

US Team

Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, WI) - National Guard Biathlon Team

Joanne Reid (Grand Junction, CO)

Kelsey Dickinson (Winthrop, WA) - Craftsbury Green Racing Project

Chloe Levins (Rutland, VT)

Tara Geraghty-Moats (West Fairlee, VT) - Craftsbury Green Racing Project

 

Jake Brown (St. Paul, MN) - Craftsbury Green Racing Project

Sean Doherty (Center Conway, NH) - National Guard Biathlon

Vaclav Cervenka (Grand Rapids, MN) - National Guard Biathlon

Maxime Germain (Chamonix-Mont Blanc, FRA) - National Guard Biathlon

 

Paul Schommer is out of the first few weeks due to a bone bruise.

 

Edited November 26, 2022 by RobtheAggie

[Grassmarket 3,529]

On 11/21/2022 at 7:02 PM, Grassmarket said:

This is weird - Eurosport / Discovery schedules for next week do not show any biathlon.  Surely nobody is going to do anything stupid….

Seems there have been intense last minute negotiations going on.  Think of the cemetery gunfight scene in The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.  Anyway, deal done.  

 

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/international-biathlon-union-world-cup-tv-rights-eurosport-discovery/

[Federer91 2,860]

49 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Seems there have been intense last minute negotiations going on.  Think of the cemetery gunfight scene in The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.  Anyway, deal done.  

 

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/international-biathlon-union-world-cup-tv-rights-eurosport-discovery/

Discovery have done a lot of stupid things, so it wouldn't have been surprising for me. Thankfully we have dodged the gunslinger this time, but the article didn't specify how long is the "multi-year deal"

[Grassmarket 3,529]

Rule changes, mostly affecting the points system for the overall World Cup. 

 

https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/bi18-institutional-rule-changes/IC2xOiQt6bhRKSWm1uZwt

Edited November 24, 2022 by Grassmarket

[phelps 7,740]

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

Seems there have been intense last minute negotiations going on.  Think of the cemetery gunfight scene in The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.  Anyway, deal done.  

 

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/international-biathlon-union-world-cup-tv-rights-eurosport-discovery/

it should be 4 years, through the 2025/2026 season (but the only article naming the lenght of the agreement is behind a pay-wall, so I can't read it in its entirety).

[phelps 7,740]

 Lukas Hofer is out of the 1st World Cup stage (and maybe even more than that) because he has an inflammation of the tibial tendon of the left leg. 

 

he also had a lot of troubles through the whole Summer, so I fear it's gonna be a very difficult season for him (and considering that Windisch and Bormolini stopped their career at the end of last season, I fear it's gonna be a very difficult season for the whole Italian men's team). 

[Grassmarket 3,529]

Terrible news, guys.    Biathlon on Eurosport this season in the UK will be highlights only.  Nothing live.
 

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasting/warner-bros-discovery-ties-up-biathlon-renewal/5176781.article