Biathlon IBU World Championships 2023

[Monzanator 4,611]

The late rule addition Arnekleiv 10/10 and could get a Top 10

[Bohemia 1,439]

Arnekleiv 10/10 wow!!

[OlympicsFan 860]

Really hurts to think about what Grotian might have done in this race. German coaches were lucky that a 34 year old cross-country skier has to save their ass once again. If they would have any honor, they would collectively perform seppuku. They can't form a single world-class athlete, while one coach (Bernhard Kröll) in a small bavarian club with horrible training conditions managed to single-handedly form Neuner, Gössner, Dahlmeier and now Grotian. If all german coaches would work at the same level, then german athletes would probably finish 1-6 in every single race.

Edited February 10, 2023 by OlympicsFan

[Monzanator 4,611]

Slettemark 9/10 in 56th place and makes the pursuit.

 

The / Commonwealth occupy 51st-54th place Kamila Żuk in 56th place tied with Slettemark.

[hckošice 15,131]

Women's 7.5km Sprint
Final Results

 

Denise HERRMANN-WICK

21:19.7 (0+0)

 

Hanna OEBERG

21:21.9 (0+0)

 

Linn PERSSON

21:45.9 (0+0)

Full Final Result HERE

[FireRun 197]

Lampič very likely won't start the pursuit. It seems that her major illness has left some consequences on her skiing form and she will want use that time to get back to full strength. Polona Klemenčič was also ill (she missed all the competitions since Pokljuka) and she got a top 10 today! Amazing result. Hopefully a few more results like this means that our girls get one more spot next season so that Lena Repinc can finally transition to the world cup. 

Edited February 10, 2023 by FireRun

[Bohemia 1,439]

Johannes Boe starting with bib 1 tomorrow, there will be zero suspense from the start

[Monzanator 4,611]

Also QFM #3 and Laegreid #6  The podium could be settled right away. Could we challenge the lowest podium bib # total? The Vancouver OG weather shambles is the record?

[JonPhi 250]

At the moment it is pretty foggy 

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 2/10/2023 at 5:22 PM, FireRun said:

Lampič very likely won't start the pursuit. It seems that her major illness has left some consequences on her skiing form and she will want use that time to get back to full strength. Polona Klemenčič was also ill (she missed all the competitions since Pokljuka) and she got a top 10 today! Amazing result. Hopefully a few more results like this means that our girls get one more spot next season so that Lena Repinc can finally transition to the world cup. 

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It's really time for biathlon to stop the empty spots in pursuits....I mean, if Lampic says she won't race like 1h or more before the race, the 61st placed athlete from the sprint should be in if they want...Really time to start working with reserves.

 

And not just saying that specifically now (because it's always been my opinion), when with Kozica and Bendika my two personal favourites both ended up 7-8 seconds outside of the pursuit, which sucks  

Edited February 11, 2023 by heywoodu