Biathlon IBU World Championships 2020

[heywoodu 15,141]

53 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Top 5 in a relay or Top 10 (maybe 20 for the men) in an Individual would be enough for me low key

 

Top-5 low key for USA in a biathlon relay at the moment. Jeez, why not ask for 'I would be able to accept a silver medal'?  

[Olympian1010 7,975]

29 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Nothing special, I assume. Most likely they and everyone around will act as if nothing is going on  

Just as long as they keep their guns pointed at the range...

[Olympian1010 7,975]

29 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Top-5 low key for USA in a biathlon relay at the moment. Jeez, why not ask for 'I would be able to accept a silver medal'?  

I want them to do better than expectations 

[heywoodu 15,141]

Thanks to Rieke de Maeyer having some good results and, mostly that, Lotte Lie making the move from Norway to Belgium, tomorrow Belgium will make their mixed relay debut at the highest level  

 

Together with in-form Thierry Langer and Tom Lahaye-Goffart, they might have a decent chance to not be lapped first

[Werloc 3,164]

Kinda sad for Simon Schempp that he has not regained his form. He was usually a beast at Antholz. Runggaldier and Hammerschmidt are in the same boat, have not recovered at peak form, though they had some spectacular performances in Antholz.

[Olympian1010 7,975]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Thanks to Rieke de Maeyer having some good results and, mostly that, Lotte Lie making the move from Norway to Belgium, tomorrow Belgium will make their mixed relay debut at the highest level  

 

Together with in-form Thierry Langer and Tom Lahaye-Goffart, they might have a decent chance to not be lapped first

What this will do is give them great prospects from Olympic qualification 

[heywoodu 15,141]

Just now, Werloc said:

Kinda sad for Simon Schempp that he has not regained his form. He was usually a beast at Antholz. Runggaldier and Hammerschmidt are in the same boat, have not recovered at peak form, though they had some spectacular performances in Antholz.

 

Hammerschmidt is so far from where she once was (so is Schempp of course). In Martell last week she was basically destroyed by Ida Lien in the final part of the race..

[RobtheAggie 340]

Oops, "low key" was auto corrected from very happy.  That is one of the strangest auto corrects that I have ever had.

[Grassmarket 3,408]

18 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Thanks to Rieke de Maeyer having some good results and, mostly that, Lotte Lie making the move from Norway to Belgium, tomorrow Belgium will make their mixed relay debut at the highest level  

 

Together with in-form Thierry Langer and Tom Lahaye-Goffart, they might have a decent chance to not be lapped first

Yeah, but they are Bahrain of International Biathlon, about as authentically Belgian as a Lidl wafel.  

Edited February 13, 2020 by Grassmarket

[heywoodu 15,141]

3 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Yeah, but they are Bahrain of International Biathlon, about as authentically Belgian as a Lidl wafel.  

 

Why, exactly? Lotte Lie has a Belgian mother and the others are as Belgian as terrible roads, road signs placed 500 meters after you actually needed them and cyclocross