Biathlon IBU Junior Cup 2023 - 2024

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Biathlon IBU Junior Cup 2023 - 2024

 

Multi-Stage Event - 9 December 2023 - 2 March 2024

 

 

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Edited October 10, 2023 by Sindo

[hckošice 15,518]

Jakub Borguľa won yesterday the sprint in Pokljuka. It was his first competition as a junior. Great result and achievement.

 

Today finished 10th in the Individual, while his mate Adamov was 4th.

 

 

 

[Biathlonfan 792]

  WOW,clear shooting and a 41 place from a Lithuanian junior ?,i think that's unheard of ,I hope he's able to keep this form up. 

[RobtheAggie 340]

There are 30 teams scheduled for the Mixed Relay for the Juniors.  There are 35 teams for the single Mixed Relay.  

 

[Biathlonfan 792]

1 hour ago, RobtheAggie said:

There are 30 teams scheduled for the Mixed Relay for the Juniors.  There are 35 teams for the single Mixed Relay.  

 

That's crazy

[RobtheAggie 340]

I am not sure that all 35 will start, but the fact that there 35 potential teams is great news.

[Werloc 3,191]

And that's without Norway, Sweden, Finland, United States, China, Japan, that could've easily lifted the number up to 41

[Olympian1010 8,229]

5 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

I am not sure that all 35 will start, but the fact that there 35 potential teams is great news.

Youth Olympic year. NFs need that exposure/funding 

[heywoodu 16,000]

15 hours ago, Biathlonfan said:

That's crazy

To be fair, quite a large number won't make it to the third or even second athlete   For example the Brazilian girls are there, but since the guys start first, I am not sure they're even actually going to the venue today (like when Brazil started in the mixed relay in an IBU Cup some years ago, it was woman-woman-man-man, and the second of the two men wasn't even in the same country )

[heywoodu 16,000]

8 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Youth Olympic year. NFs need that exposure/funding 

For some countries that's the same in non-YOG years. Brazil for example quite literally only starts for the IBU money and equipment (both in the Junior Cup and nowadays also in the IBU Cup), although of course officially it's for stuff like "improving talents" and whatnot. They don't ever train shooting outside of the few days during the season, they have broken rifles and they just use the free equipment for everything and nothing, but with YOG....nah, not much to do with that, and somehow I doubt it's different for the likes of Chile (who's girls needed WAY more than double the time of the sprint winners so far) or Macedonia  

Edited December 15, 2023 by heywoodu