Biathlon 2020 - 2021 Discussion Thread

[Werloc 3,144]

First day of the championships in Otepaa, entire Estonian team present, most of Lithuanian team and a few Latvians.

 

Men's sprint:

 

1. Vytautas Strolia 0+0

2. Tomas Kaukėnas 1+0  +28.9

3. Karol Dombrovski 0+1 +33.4

4. Kristo Siimer 1+1 +44.8

5. Robert Heldna 0+1 +1:10.4

 

Women's sprint:

 

1. Tuuli Tomingas 0+0

2. Regina Oja 2+0 +1:00.0

3. Johanna Taliharm 1+2 +1:27.0

4. Lisbeth Liiv 2+0 +1:59.5

5. Kadri Lethla 1+3 +2:04.8

 

best Lithuanian was Gabrielė Leščinskaitė in 6th place, another 30 seconds off of Kadri

 

as for the Latvians, Matjuhins and Bulina both finished 10th in their respective races

 

Tomorrow it's the mass start

[RobtheAggie 340]

I wonder where Andrejs Rastorgujevs, and Baiba Bendika were. It would have been nice to see him win something.  But nice shooting by Strolia and Tomingas.

[Werloc 3,144]

Just now, RobtheAggie said:

I wonder where Andrejs Rastorgujevs, and Baiba Bendika were. It would have been nice to see him win something.  But nice shooting by Strolia and Tomingas.

Rastorgujevs never starts in local champs, I really can't remember any race that I saw him in. 

 

As for Bendika, I know she didn't come home for the holidays and was training with Kaukėnas. I guess Bendika also has the Rastorgujevs syndrome and thinks that it would be a waste of time to start here. 

[RobtheAggie 340]

3 hours ago, Werloc said:

Rastorgujevs never starts in local champs, I really can't remember any race that I saw him in. 

 

As for Bendika, I know she didn't come home for the holidays and was training with Kaukėnas. I guess Bendika also has the Rastorgujevs syndrome and thinks that it would be a waste of time to start here. 

That may be the case but winning anything can be good for the mindset.  

[Werloc 3,144]

4 minutes ago, RobtheAggie said:

That may be the case but winning anything can be good for the mindset.  

Good thing that Vytautas won then  

[Werloc 3,144]

Mass start results are in:

 

Women's mass start:

 

1. Tuuli Tomingas 0+0+0+1

2. Regina Oja 2+0+0+0  +45.7

3. Susan Kulm 0+1+0+2  +1:40.8

4. Kadri Lethla 1+2+1+0  +1:52.0

5. Natalija Kočergina 2+0+1+1  +2:11.3

6. Gabrielė Leščinskaitė 1+0+0+1  +2:37.3

7. Johanna Taliharm 2+2+0+2  +2:57.7

8. Grete Gaim 1+1+2+1  +3:04.0

9. Lisbeth Liiv 2+1+1+0  +3:07.8

10. Demi Heinsoo 2+1+1+0  +4:21.3

 

Men's mass start:

 

1. Rene Zahkna 0+0+3+0

2. Karol Dombrovski 0+0+3+0  +7.1

3. Tomas Kaukėnas 0+0+2+1  +8.4

4. Kristo Siimer 0+2+1+1 +12.4

5. Mart Všivtsev 0+0+1+0  +14.7

6. Robert Heldna 1+1+0+0  +51.8

7. Vytautas Strolia 3+3+0+0  +1:07.7

8. Linas Banys 2+0+1+1  +1:45.4

9. Maksim Fomin 2+0+2+1  +1:57.8

10. Kalev Ermits 2+2+2+3  +2:22.1

 

Even a worse day for the Latvians, since they didn't get anyone in the top 10. Besides Rastorgujevs and Bendika all of their A, B teams are present in this competition.

[dcro 10,191]

How unusual it must be for these athletes to race mass start.

[Werloc 3,144]

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

How unusual it must be for these athletes to race mass start.

[RobtheAggie 340]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

How unusual it must be for these athletes to race mass start.

Ouch!  But I do wonder how strange it is for those who compete in races they are not used to doing.  It would be interesting to see how first time mass-start biathletes have done in the race on the WC level.  Maybe another project ...

 

@Werloc thanks for the results.

 

[Werloc 3,144]

2 minutes ago, RobtheAggie said:

Ouch!  But I do wonder how strange it is for those who compete in races they are not used to doing.  It would be interesting to see how first time mass-start biathletes have done in the race on the WC level.  Maybe another project ...

 

@Werloc thanks for the results.

 

Usually every Lithuanian Championships run a sprint and a mass start, it's very very rare to do a pursuit since the margins after sprint are nearly irreversible, which makes the race useless and rarely do we run an individual, because it's a longer distance and there's not that many participants.

 

As for first time mass-start biathletes, they usually end up in those 20-30 positions, because even if they shoot clear, they fall back down the order during the 2.5km / 2km laps. Nadine Horchler's win was one of the biggest biathlon surprises in recent years.