Biathlon IBU World Championships 2020

[Biathlonfan 836]

4 minutes ago, Werloc said:

Well, Lithuania is in points yet again, this time thanks to Karol Dombrovski.

 

Although it's very sad that Vytautas Strolia had a disaster on the last shooting together with Rastorgujevs and mass start dream for Lithuania is now dead.

 i woudn t say two misses is a disaster but yeah two was too much

[Werloc 3,191]

Just now, penthatlonfan said:

 i woudn t say two misses is a disaster but yeah two was too much

 

It was a disaster in biathlon terms, because it was both the 1st and the 5th shot.

 

Second shoot was also the 5th shot.

 

Technical mistakes that could have been avoided added more patience.

[Biathlonfan 836]

1 minute ago, Werloc said:

 

It was a disaster in biathlon terms, because it was both the 1st and the 5th shot.

 

Second shoot was also the 5th shot.

 

Technical mistakes that could have been avoided added more patience.

well  there will still be chances this season with the european championchips and the rest of the world cups.      

[heywoodu 16,465]

36 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Honestly, why do people choose targets that dozens of people have already missed on?  It’s like going out of your way to walk through a minefield.  

Because not everyone is superstitious

[Werloc 3,191]

Woah, got a little bit mindfucked when I looked up Karol Dombrovski's best result, the 18/19 individual in Pokljuka 

 

TODAY ---> 18/19 Pokljuka

 

Fourcade 1st ---> Fourcade 1st

Landertinger 3rd ---> Eder 3rd

Fak 4th ---> Fak 4th

Samuelsson 10th ---> Samuelsson 9th

 

and fairly similar placements for Christian Gow, Ponsiluoma, Dombrovski, Leitner, JTB 

[Werloc 3,191]

OMG, I entered a loophole in time and space 

 

Now I pressed on Domink Landertinger to see who was on the podium with him when he won a 3rd place in an individual and landed on the Olympic Games and the top 6 in Korea are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 10th today, just in a different order. 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2020 by Werloc

[RobtheAggie 340]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Damn Nordgren  

 

Really unexpected, but I am super happy for him.  He was the forgotten one when Bailey, Burke and Doherty were the stars.  All for Americans were in the top 50.  I do not remember when that last happened.  

 

Benny Weger with his best race in a long time.

[RobtheAggie 340]

On 18/02/2020 at 10:19, RobtheAggie said:

 I think by the end, we will have 10 different nations who win medals.

 

Landertinger makes it 8 nations.  5 races left.  I think that Sweden in good for one.  Then either Ukraine, Switzerland or some flyer like Canada or Estonia.

[Monzanator 5,127]

Martin Fourcade becomes the first 4x World Champion in the individual.

 

Vladimir Melanin, Alexander Tikhonov and Heikki Ikola have won it three times.

[Monzanator 5,127]

Single mixed relay squads have been announced.

 

(Olsbu & JTB) and (Wierer & Hofer) in full gold medal mode.

 

(Preuss & Lesser) and (Bescond & Jacquelin) will be menacing though.

 

(Zuk & Nedza-Kubiniec) will be lucky to get a Top 12 finish IMO.