Biathlon 2019 Off Season Discussion

[Monzanator 4,611]

I fully expect IBU to blow the individual race within the next Olympic cycle instead The last event where shooting REALLY matters...

[RobtheAggie 340]

It will be interesting to see what happens to the individual.  It is the original race, and for a long time, the only race.  But in terms of viewership and attendance, it is at the bottom.  I could see either the M-60 or super sprint moved into its place.  I do like how the IBU is using the IBU Cup as a trial place, but I really like the Individual.  

 

Other things in the news - 

 

Canada has announced the location and dates for their National Championship.  It will be in Valcartier, Quebec.  A site that has hosted numerous NORAM events.  The funny thing, as an American, the US did not announce their location until almost December 2018 for the 2019 event in March.  Hopefully a little earlier next year. 

 

 

 

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

And for a little fun, see how you do on this quiz on non-famous biathletes.

 

I got 6 of 10.

 

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

  On 7/4/2019 at 3:05 PM, heywoodu said:

The friendliest biathlon blog in the world had an interview with the friendliest biathlete in the world

https://biathlon23.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/bruna-de-moura-the-interview/

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Does she really like the US uniform the best?  I really did not like it, I much preferred the orange one from a few years ago. 

 

 

The stars on the calf from the 2018-2019 one just looked odd to me.

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 7/8/2019 at 9:55 AM, RobtheAggie said:

And for a little fun, see how you do on this quiz on non-famous biathletes.

 

I got 6 of 10.

 

 

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Marten Fourcade

Nadine Korchler

Andrey Rastorguev 

 

Don't know those

 

I'd like to see Kimi's biathlon skills.

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 7/8/2019 at 10:01 AM, RobtheAggie said:

Does she really like the US uniform the best?  I really did not like it, I much preferred the orange one from a few years ago. 

 

 

The stars on the calf from the 2018-2019 one just looked odd to me.

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The main problem here was that there's not really any suit she likes the past season, same for me. At least USA showed it's colors and flag and stuff. Almost all others were so generic and boring.

[RobtheAggie 340]

Dates and locations for the NorAm Cup Races

 

Nov. 30 - Dec. 01, 2019 NorAm Cup 1 Canmore, Canada

Dec. 14 - 15, 2019 NorAm Cup 2 - Rendezvous Trails West Yellowstone MT West Yellowstone, Montana

Jan. 11 - 12, 2020 NorAm Cup 3 - EAST - Craftsbury Outdoor Center VT Craftsbury Common, Vermont

Jan. 11 - 12, 2020 NorAm Cup 3 - WEST- Hinton, Alberta CAN Hinton, Canada

Feb. 01 - 02, 2020 NorAm Cup 4 - Fort Kent Maine Fort Kent, Maine

Feb. 08 - 09, 2020 NorAm Cup 5 - Valcartier Quebec CAN Valcartier-Village, Canada

March 26 - 29, 2020 US Biathlon & NorAm Cup National Championships

 

 

 

[Gianlu33 4,750]

Eckhoff had an injury, again. This time he broke a finger of the right feet

[heywoodu 15,354]

I didn't expect to ever see biathlon on phys.org  

 

"Best male biathletes 'more attractive'"

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-male-biathletes.html

[RobtheAggie 340]

"The biathletes rated as most attractive were US Olympian Lowell Bailey and Czech Olympian Eva Puskarčíková."

 

That is an interesting result to that study.  Very interesting.