Biathlon IBU World Cup 2022 - 2023

[Biathlonfan 710]

  On 12/8/2022 at 1:56 PM, FireRun said:

Finally we have someone after Teja Gregorin. 

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 wasn't a bad one to start it off for the women of slovenian biathlon....until you know vancouver doping. 

Edited December 8, 2022 by Biathlonfan

[Grassmarket 3,624]

  On 12/8/2022 at 1:54 PM, justony said:

What good, amazing, I have not seen anything quite like this. Incredible.

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Going back some time, I remember Miriam Gossner & Katja Wilhelm who did the same thing in their first year post-transfer.  Wilhem’s shooting got better, but Gossner never did.

[Grassmarket 3,624]

  On 12/8/2022 at 1:56 PM, FireRun said:

Finally we have someone after Teja Gregorin. 

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So, what position do you put her in the relay team?  

[FireRun 197]

  On 12/8/2022 at 2:03 PM, Grassmarket said:

So, what position do you put her in the relay team?  

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Repinc, Ž. Klemenčič, Lampič, P. Klemenčič

[justony 460]

I would put Polona first, then Živa or Anamarija and Lena in the end.

[justony 460]

  On 12/8/2022 at 2:00 PM, Grassmarket said:

Going back some time, I remember Miriam Gossner & Katja Wilhelm who did the same thing in their first year post-transfer.  Wilhem’s shooting got better, but Gossner never did.

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Yes, but tell me, if you know, how good were on first race ever ?

[JonPhi 250]

For the Germans it didn't work at all today in terms of running. The Swedish and French skaters were compactly ahead. 
Lampic was outstanding, of course.

[SalamAkhi 323]

  On 12/8/2022 at 8:24 AM, SalamAkhi said:

Well, I think points with a 7/10 is maybe a bit far-fetched. She impressed in IBU Cup, skiing-wise, that's for sure, but the field was not as strong as usual. It was more or less a very strong Junior Cup. Without the Russians and with most of the Norwegian B-team in WC, only the Germans were fielding their "journeywomen", who are not the fastest out there. 

My call is she will be within 30-50s of the best ski time today. Considering her pedestrian shooting speed (44s in Idre) it's like she's starting with only 9 bullets, so "6/10" would be short of the top 40.

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I was so wrong 

Very very impressive indeed on the skis, and above all her shooting may not be as erratic as it could. Didn't see her prone but 5/5, 36s, that's fair enough. Then the standing, with three mistakes of course but look at how she managed to put the last two, in 31s total which is quite decent. 

Will be very interesting to see her in a peloton (or alone then) and shooting in confrontation, but this performance is encouraging. 

Also really exciting as for the skiing abilities of the young IBU Cup guns 

[justony 460]

By the way, our first great women biathlete was Andreja Grašič (later Koblar), she is still the only World cup winner for Slovenia, and finished 5th in Individual race at Nagano 98 Olympics, missing medal on final shoot. 🙂

[FireRun 197]

  On 12/8/2022 at 2:24 PM, justony said:

By the way, our first great women biathlete was Andreja Grašič (later Koblar), she is still the only World cup winner for Slovenia, and finished 5th in Individual race at Nagano 98 Olympics, missing medal on final shoot. 🙂

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Speaking of nearly misses. Bauer's 4th place in 2010 still haunts me. I still think if he got that bronze instead of Fak, he would have made a much bigger career. It always felt like that wooden medal broke him. He's an excellent commentator though.