Biathlon IBU Cup 2019 - 2020

[RobtheAggie 340]

  On 11/26/2019 at 5:16 PM, heywoodu said:

Which, no doubt, is Arber. There even at IBU Cup level you have to make sure you get a good spot before the start or else there's like two whole lines of people in front of you  

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Two whole lines, it is amazing that a fight does not break out!  

[heywoodu 15,351]

  On 11/26/2019 at 5:17 PM, RobtheAggie said:

 

Two whole lines, it is amazing that a fight does not break out!  

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Biathlon fans are known to be hardcore.

[hckošice 15,114]

  On 11/26/2019 at 5:15 PM, RobtheAggie said:

I was speaking about biathlon in general.  Yes I know that the "roar" is very muted even at the best IBU Cup event.

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Well the Osrblie stage is always sold out

 

[heywoodu 15,351]

  On 11/26/2019 at 5:27 PM, hckosice said:

 

Well the Osrblie stage is always sold out

 

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Sold out as in, there are tickets?  That's new for an IBU Cup  

 

Checked some other Osrblie videos from IBU as well and that looks pretty awesome indeed

[Werloc 3,176]

Happy to see Hammerschmidt back on the snow Let's hope for good results so she can find her way back into the A team.

 

Also, only four Lithuanians starting tomorrow, that's pretty sad. We are definitely capable to put 4 in the men's race at least, don't know why we didn't.

[heywoodu 15,351]

Really curious about Hammerschmidt and Slettemark tomorrow

 

Checking the first international start lists of the season under the repeated tunes of this   

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

I was looking at the start list for the men's race tomorrow.  It turns out that Vinny Fountain, who starts 75th tomorrow, and races for the UK was born in Virginia.  I wonder about that story.  

[Grassmarket 3,618]

  On 11/28/2019 at 1:10 AM, RobtheAggie said:

I was looking at the start list for the men's race tomorrow.  It turns out that Vinny Fountain, who starts 75th tomorrow, and races for the UK was born in Virginia.  I wonder about that story.  

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Don’t know about him specifically, there are lots of American-based Brits in various sports at the moment.  Usually it’s American-born people with one British parent who have been through or are still in the NCAA system and who are eligible for some kind of subsidy or help from the lottery-funded British system.

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[Monzanator 4,611]

@heywoodu  Is the little Slettemark eligible for World Cup status? I mean her mother pretty much extended her career beyond limits to keep the nation quota alive? When does it expire?

[heywoodu 15,351]

  On 11/28/2019 at 8:45 AM, Monzanator said:

@heywoodu  Is the little Slettemark eligible for World Cup status? I mean her mother pretty much extended her career beyond limits to keep the nation quota alive? When does it expire?

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I'm not sure about the nation quota, though I'm pretty sure her result at junior worlds makes her eligible for at least one trimester.