Biathlon 2020 - 2021 Discussion Thread

[RobtheAggie 340]

On 22/07/2020 at 10:55, Werloc said:

 

Well, the Baltic Biathlon cup stage 1 is going to start next weekend, but yeah, there's not going to be too much hype around it 

 

Edit: To elaborate more, on the 31st there's going to be a shooting competition as well as a sprint + cross country running whilst on the 1st of August there will be a sprint + roller ski

Will it be streamed anywhere?

[Werloc 3,191]

16 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

Will it be streamed anywhere?

 

I highly highly doubt that

[RobtheAggie 340]

So the IBU Exec Committee had a meeting this week with the following points of interest:

1.  "No calendar changes have been made so far. However, recognising that the situation is ever-changing and evolving the IBU is also planning for a number of alternative scenarios. One of which includes determining which venues have free capacities in the winter in order to host additional events as part of an alternative schedule with reduced travelling in case any governments restrictions require such changes."

2.  "The EB agreed to decide the schedule for each trimester of the season separately, with dates to be set on when each decision will be taken. The decision on the schedule for the first trimester – the events in November and December – is planned around the next Executive Board meeting end of September. Once the schedule for the trimester is confirmed, continued flexibility will be required as the situation can change rapidly."

[hckošice 16,630]

Former biathlete Anton Shipulin (brother of gold star Anastasiya Kuzmina) is in hospital with a positive coronavirus test. He announced it through his instagram informing that his family members, wife Luiza and daughter Mira, are also ill.

 

All three were probably infected during their vacation in Sochi.

[Grassmarket 4,305]

7 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Former biathlete Anton Shipulin (brother of gold star Anastasiya Kuzmina) is in hospital with a positive coronavirus test. He announced it through his instagram informing that his family members, wife Luiza and daughter Mira, are also ill.

 

All three were probably infected during their vacation in Sochi.

Well, good luck.  Unusual for someone so fit to get it bad enough to be hospitalised.

[RobtheAggie 340]

That is not good that he is in the hospital.  I hope he and his family recover.

[Werloc 3,191]

On a much lighter note, first biathlon competition in Lithuania today, a cross-country sprint. You can follow up on the results here:

 

http://biathlonltu.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Rezultatai-Biatlonas-LTU-Sprintas-krosas-2020-Nemencine.pdf

 

The winners are pretty straightforward, though a DNS for Dombrovski and Kaukėnas did not even register.

 

Tomorrow it's going to be a rollerski sprint

[RobtheAggie 340]

All 4 Canada Nordic sports have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the possibility of combining all four into one organization.

 

Former International Biathlon Union (IBU) President Anders Besseberg and ex-secretary general Nicole Resch have so far refused to be interviewed by an independent group set up to investigate corruption allegations made against them.

[Monzanator 5,126]

Six years on and Rodchenkov claims Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle's doping case was a set up to make the Russian lab look competent.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8560231/Grigory-Rodchenkov-falsified-Russian-athletes-drug-tests-country-got-Olympic-ban.html

[RobtheAggie 340]

That was a pretty direct article.  I wonder how he has been kept from the Russians.