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30 minutes ago, dcro said:

Crnković once again having a hissy fit on the final shoot. I can see a pattern going on here.

Which is odd because Croatians are generally weak at the start of “gun involved events”, but then comeback rather strong in the back half :p

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One very interesting result is the 22nd place of Cheng Fangming  :CHN, at a time when China doesn't seem to have good male prospects heading for their Olympics, he's back from 4 years out of the circuit and get a very decent first appearance in the WC.

Good shooting (18/20) and, despite what we may think at first, promising performance on the skis 33th course time +3.05, beating the likes of Eliseev, Dale, Guigonnat, Samuelsson (and we know you might exceed a certain speed threshold to hope for top 20 and further). Nonetheless, like his fellow countrywomen, too much time lost at the range (92nd range time).

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12 minutes ago, SalamAkhi said:

One very interesting result is the 22nd place of Cheng Fangming  :CHN, at a time when China doesn't seem to have good male prospects heading for their Olympics, he's back from 4 years out of the circuit and get a very decent first appearance in the WC.

 

Bjoernracheva working their magic :p 

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52 minutes ago, SalamAkhi said:

One very interesting result is the 22nd place of Cheng Fangming  :CHN, at a time when China doesn't seem to have good male prospects heading for their Olympics, he's back from 4 years out of the circuit and get a very decent first appearance in the WC.

Good shooting (18/20) and, despite what we may think at first, promising performance on the skis 33th course time +3.05, beating the likes of Eliseev, Dale, Guigonnat, Samuelsson (and we know you might exceed a certain speed threshold to hope for top 20 and further). Nonetheless, like his fellow countrywomen, too much time lost at the range (92nd range time).

 

I remember many years ago when, as an experiment the IBU gave a Chinese guy a pair of Norwegian-prepared skis for a weekend. Immediately gained about 30 places over average.

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7 hours ago, Wumo said:

@hckosice

Paulina Fialkova is not on the start list for tomorrow's individual. Do you know the reason?

 

Knee injury, she will pass a MRI today that will say more, but very likely the season is over as well.

 

 

and yeah, no relay in Ostersund for us obviously, probably the whole season as well

 

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37 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

Knee injury, she will pass a MRI today that will say more, but very likely the season is over as well.

 

 

and yeah, no relay in Ostersund for us obviously, probably the whole season as well

 

 

Unusual for biathletes to get such an injury, it’s normally a low-impact sport.  Maybe a crash during the summer?

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5 hours ago, hckosice said:

 

Knee injury, she will pass a MRI today that will say more, but very likely the season is over as well.

wtf, that has gotten way less attention than it should have :yikes: 

 

By far the worst news of the biathlon season already :( 

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