Biathlon IBU World Cup 2019 - 2020

[ahjfcshfghb 290]

Okay the Italian coaches are being cruel, lol. Vitozzi, Wierer, Sanfilippo on the first three legs and on the fourth leg (when they are likely to be up front, even leading) Michaela Carrara who had her first WC race ever yesterday. This may not end well

[RobtheAggie 340]

I think Carrara did pretty well at Junior Worlds last year.  Still a massive jump fro. Jr Worlds to anchoring the relay in Oberhof.

[Werloc 3,176]

  On 1/11/2020 at 1:29 AM, ahjfcshfghb said:

Okay the Italian coaches are being cruel, lol. Vitozzi, Wierer, Sanfilippo on the first three legs and on the fourth leg (when they are likely to be up front, even leading) Michaela Carrara who had her first WC race ever yesterday. This may not end well

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I still can't believe why they're so bent on ignoring Runggaldier. Sure, she is not as fast as most other Italians, but she never goes around the penalty loop, because her shooting is reliable and that's what the Italian team always lacked with 40% relay accuracy from Gontier and an often shaky performance from Sanfilippo.

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 1/11/2020 at 5:45 AM, RobtheAggie said:

I think Carrara did pretty well at Junior Worlds last year.  Still a massive jump fro. Jr Worlds to anchoring the relay in Oberhof.

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I remember a certain German who made her top-level debut in the World Championships relay and brought Germany from 8th to 1st in said debut race  

[ahjfcshfghb 290]

  On 1/11/2020 at 8:21 AM, Werloc said:

I still can't believe why they're so bent on ignoring Runggaldier. Sure, she is not as fast as most other Italians, but she never goes around the penalty loop, because her shooting is reliable and that's what the Italian team always lacked with 40% relay accuracy from Gontier and an often shaky performance from Sanfilippo.

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It’s bizarre. Not to mention Italy has an empty slot available 

[Grassmarket 3,628]

We have snow in Oberhof! Not enough to reopen the closed pistes, but makes everything look less like a the kind of rugby pitches I used to play on when I was at school.

[heywoodu 15,355]

Blackout for Wierer

[Grassmarket 3,628]

Italy take all the pressure off Carrara by having their meltdown early. 

[Gianlu33 4,750]

What disaster for Dorothea

[hckošice 15,130]

Slovakia finally field relay to just start with 2 penalty loops and being by miles dead last after the first lap