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Biathlon 2019 Off Season Discussion


RobtheAggie

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Martin Foucade is hosting a Nordic Festival in Annecy - seems to be gathering some big names.  Scheduled to compete are - Johannes Thingnes Bø, Benedikt Doll, Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Dorothea Wierer and Finland's Kaisa Mäkäräinen.

 

Lucas Yokhannes is the new coach of Sweden

 

IBU Calendar is out including start times for races.

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1 hour ago, RobtheAggie said:

Lucas Yokhannes is the new coach of Sweden

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Never ever ever heard of the guy, not even in any kind of support role for the IBU Cup/Junior team a few years ago.

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OK, so now this source is talking about Anders Byström as the new Sweden manager.  He previously was skidskyttelandslagets, I have no idea what that is, but it sounds cool. :)

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31 minutes ago, RobtheAggie said:

OK, so now this source is talking about Anders Byström as the new Sweden manager.  He previously was skidskyttelandslagets, I have no idea what that is, but it sounds cool. :)

Skidskyttelandslagets translates to "biathlon national team". Byström comes from the Norwegian national cross-country team, though he has worked for the Swedish national biathlon team before as a coordinator. 

 

The Swedish national biathlon team has reconstructed its organisation. They did not have a national team manager before, which Anders Byström has been appointed to. The new head coach, as you have written, is Johannes Lukas. 

According to Secretary General, Ingemar Arwidson -  "The National Team Manager is a new role that we now establish. The idea is that Anders will be responsible for a leading and coordinating role for the A-, Development and Youth teams in order to maximize our resources. He will also be responsible for the national team selection and long-term planning. Anders is a really good leader and I am happy to bring him to the team". 

 

National Team Manager      Anders Byström

Head Coach A-team           Johannes Lukas

Coach A-team                     Mattias Nilsson

Shooting Coach                  Johan Hagström

Coaches for Youth/Development team              Jonas Johansson

                                                                           Anna-Maria Uusitalo

 

 

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9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

So Mattias Nilsson has moved up as well?

Last season he was "responsible for logistics and federation coach". The logistic part will be Byström's responsibility now, so Nilsson can focus on coaching. Nilsson will replace Lukas as coach for the A-team, as Lukas has been promoted to head coach for the A-team. 

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Interesting news here:

Anton Shipulin has announced that he was offered illegal stimulants.  According to him, he turned it down.

 

Ekaterina Ivanovna Glazyrina supposedly owes the IBU money from events that she won money in, but was DQ for them.  She has not returned the money yet.

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Meanwhile it's starting to look less and less likely Brazil will have any sort of significant presence next (European) season. The focus will most likely be mostly or entirely on cross-country skiing.

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