Biathlon IBU World Cup 2019 - 2020

[Werloc 3,164]

9 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Sad, but I’m not surprised.  Thought that she had left it one year too long, but she got a win this year and justified the season.  She was a dual XC - biathlete for a long time in her career, but in XC she used the alias Mäkäräinen - a disguise which managed to fool more than one Eurosport commentator.  

 

Otherwise known as Maekaeraenen to those that really hate those scary unfamiliar letters 

[heywoodu 15,141]

9 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Sad, but I’m not surprised.  Thought that she had left it one year too long, but she got a win this year and justified the season.  She was a dual XC - biathlete for a long time in her career, but in XC she used the alias Mäkäräinen - a disguise which managed to fool more than one Eurosport commentator.  

 

So people didn't realize Mäkäräinen was Mäkäräinen or what am I missing?  

[heywoodu 15,141]

1 minute ago, Werloc said:

 

Otherwise known as Maekaeraenen to those that really hate those scary unfamiliar letters 

 

Otherwise known as FIS  

 

Jarkko Maeaettae agrees.

Edited March 14, 2020 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 15,141]

By the way, today is exactly 10 years (to the day) since Fourcade's first World Cup win.

 

A pursuit.

 

In Kontiolahti.

[Monzanator 4,502]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Otherwise known as FIS  

 

Jarkko Maeaettae agrees.

 

Or Kari Mäenpää (ex-racing driver)

[Styrka 206]

Kaisa Mäkäräinen's retirement saddens me even more than the retirement of Martin Fourcade.

 

Two wonderful champions who are gone.

[Grassmarket 3,408]

15 minutes ago, Werloc said:

 

Otherwise known as Maekaeraenen to those that really hate those scary unfamiliar letters 

Yeah, you are right, that is what it was.
 

The story I was trying to remember was that for a while she did both biathlon & XC. In the IBU on-screen graphics she was Mäkäräinen, but the next week whenever there was a team sprint or a 10k Individual Start the XC FIS on-screen graphics automatically and wrongly transliterated that to Maekaeraeinen. As I say, the English-speaking ES commentators never once realised that it was the same person.

[Bohemia 1,411]

21 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

By the way, today is exactly 10 years (to the day) since Fourcade's first World Cup win.

 

A pursuit.

 

In Kontiolahti.

 

We can really say that he's come full circle

[justony 454]

Here we go, final chapter to winter sports 2019/20 season (outside of curling and hockey, to be accurate). ?

[Grassmarket 3,408]

11 minutes ago, justony said:

Here we go, final chapter to winter sports 2019/20 season (outside of curling and hockey, to be accurate). ?

 

 

Actually, not just the winter sports season....

 

Doro going for it!

 

Gains a shot!

Edited March 14, 2020 by Grassmarket