Biathlon 2019 - 2020 Discussion Thread

[brunamoura 251]

2 minutos atrás, Olympian1010 disse:

Yeah but then you actually need 5 in case of injury 

Probably we are going for DNS then ??

[Olympian1010 8,053]

3 minutes ago, brunamoura said:

Probably we are going for DNS then ??

So...6 then?

[brunamoura 251]

1 minuto atrás, Olympian1010 disse:

So...6 then?

Nah, better focus on a single mixed team ?

[heywoodu 15,253]

New Zealand's Campbell Wright taking the win among Italy's best juniors in Forni Avoltri  

http://www.fondoitalia.it/2020/01/04/notizie/argomenti/biathlon/articolo/biathlon-campionati-italiani-giovani-vittorie-tricolori-per-stefano-canavese-e-linda-zingerle.html

[RobtheAggie 340]

Sorry for the delay in some of these results:

 

AlpenCup #2 from Valdidentro, Italy

 

14 December - full results here

Women Sprint 

Martina Zappa - Italy  (2000) 26:50  0-0

Selina Gurschler - Italy (2000) 27:10  1-0

Marielle Progin - Switzerland (1998) 27:41  0-0

 

Men's Sprint

Nicola Romanin - Italy (1994) 26:55 1-1

Luca Ghiglione - Italy (1996) 27:08 1-2

Simon Leitgeb - Italy (1997) 27:25  0-1

 

There was an Irish biathlete, Brian Kennedy, who was scheduled to start, but did not race.

 

15 December - full results here

Women's Sprint

Martina Zappa - Italy (1998) 25:32 0-1

Sara Cesco Fabbro - Italy (1998) 25:42 1-1

Linda Witschi - Switzerland (2000) 26:11 0-0

 

Men's Sprint

Luca Ghiglione - Italy (1996) 25:34 0-0

Nicola Romanin - Italy (1994) 25:45 2-1

Simon Leitgeb - Italy (1997) 26:01

 

 

[heywoodu 15,253]

Chardine Sloof has announced her retirement at the end of the season  

[bestmen 2,829]

The father of 2 French biathletes participating in this stage of Slovenia is dead in Canada with 5 persons ,into one frozen lake 

 

Edited January 26, 2020 by bestmen

[heywoodu 15,253]

Yep. One of his sons, Fabien Claude, got his very first World Cup podium and his very first 20/20 shooting the day after hearing his father was missing and most likely gone.

 

He was the father of three biathletes by the way, not two.

[RobtheAggie 340]

The body has been discovered 2 km downstream.  Just sad.  The other bodies have yet to be found.

[RobtheAggie 340]

Here is an interesting article about one of the ways that the US finds new potential skiers.