Biathlon IBU World Cup 2019 - 2020

[RobtheAggie 340]

Yes I am.  Great shooting by her.

[RobtheAggie 340]

29 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Bescond & Vittozzi 20/20.

Good to see Vittozzi with a good result.

[Monzanator 4,503]

1 minute ago, RobtheAggie said:

Good to see Vittozzi with a good result.

 

Result is good but ski speed is still off. She was almost 40 secs. slower than Hojnisz and 30 secs slower than Wierer in course time.

[heywoodu 15,145]

Lotte Lie, who switched from Norway to her mother's Belgium, making her World Cup debut with 20/20  

 

According to our in-the-know Brazilian member she's very kind, so I'm cheering for her  

[Monzanator 4,503]

7 women with 20/20.

 

On the other hand Fialkova sisters both 5 misses each, Kaisa 7 and Charvatova 8!

[Werloc 3,164]

Well, did one for the men, so it's fair to also do one for the women's individual and see if we're gonna get another long list of successful athletes:

 

Third best result for Julia Schwaiger from Austria in 19th

 

Personal best for another Austrian, Christina Rieder in 21st

 

World Cup debut for Belgian Lotte Lie in 53rd

 

Third best result for Canadian Emma Lunder in 10th position.

 

Second best result for Canadian Nadia Moser in 79th

 

Second World Cup start for Emily Dickson of Canada and 83rd place

 

World cup debut for Chinese Ying Qu in 85th

 

Another Chinese Hongru Chen also started in her first race ever and finished 99th

 

Second best result for German Janina Hettich, finished in 26th place

 

Third best result for Italian youngster Michela Carrara in 59th place

 

Second best performance for Latvian Julija Matvijenko in 93rd place

 

Personal best result for Karoline Erdal of Norway in 78th 

 

Personal best for Polish Anna Maka in 71st

 

Second best result for Ana Larisa Cotrus of Romania in 97th 

 

Second best result for Larisa Kuklina of Russia in 13th

 

Third best result for another Russian Kristina Reztsova in 27th

 

A personal best for Swiss sister Aita Gasparin, finishing in high 9th place

 

Personal best result for Veronika Machyniakova of Slovakia in 70th

 

World cup debut for Anna Hedstrum of Sweden in 88th

 

Second best result for Clare Egan of USA in 6th

 

That's definitely a very long list of good racing for a lot of these women. Seems like the individual is a forgiving format in reaching personal bests 

 

[Monzanator 4,503]

Anna Maka's previous PB was... 72nd

 

She last raced in World Cup in Antholz 2018.

[heywoodu 15,145]

35 minutes ago, Werloc said:

World cup debut for Chinese Ying Qu in 85th

 

Met her in the IBU Cup in Arber, another example of a very friendly athlete  Not the best English in the world (but probably a lot better than most Chinese people), but througout the weekend there I don't think I've seen her walk or talk without a big smile. Worth an extra cheer  

 

Great to see her make her World Cup debut (well, individually, she already was in a relay a few weeks ago), hopefully she can keep improving!

[heywoodu 15,145]

IBU should have a standard thing showing which athletes maker their WC debut in a given race, that's good to watch.

[Olympian1010 7,977]

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Clare Egan 20/20 and 6th.

 

@RobtheAggie  should be satisfied

Really happy for her . Her family is nice and dedicated. I can already hear her mom losing her shit