Biathlon

[intoronto 6,474]

1 hour ago, JockCartier said:

The ladies did well in the Sprint.

25th - Lunder (+1:26)
31st - Moser (+1:50)
38th - Paradis (+2:13)

 

All three not only made the Pursuit, but will be set up well for more solid results there

 

Conditions were kinda snowy and windy, so a bit challenging. But at least the course was in good shape.
 

Was there not a 4th?

[JockCartier 253]

4 hours ago, intoronto said:

Was there not a 4th?

Not today, nope

 

Shilo Rousseau was announced to be going, and had strong results at the European Championships… but did not race today

 

[JockCartier 253]

Not so hot a day for the men in the Sprint.

 

Runnals - 47th (+2:27) 

Borglum - 62nd (+2:59)

Pletz - 89th (+4:26)

 

First two didn’t shoot bad, only one miss each, and conditions looked good. Just didn’t have the ski speed
 

As far as Olympic qualifying goes, Kazakhstan didn’t do so hot either, so we only lost 4 points, leaving us down 14 for the all important 20th spot in Nations Cup

[JockCartier 253]

Pursuits went today.

Women:
Lunder - 27th

Moser - 35th

Paradis - 43rd

Men:
Runnals - 43rd

 

 

[JockCartier 253]

World Championships - Women's Individual

Lunder 54th
Paradis - 69th
Moser - 73rd

All three had a tough time on the shooting range. Looks like Lunder is 3rd alternate for the Mass Start.

[JockCartier 253]

Good news, bad news in the men's individual.

The Canadians didn't do great:
Pletz - 65th
Runnals - 66th
Borglum - 73rd

But they did better than KAZ, made 37 more Nations Cup points to put them in 20th (and with a 23 point lead). There are 8 races remaining that will impact that Nations Cup, tomorrows Single Mixed Relay, Saturday's men's relay, and then six more races when the World Cup resumes

[JockCartier 253]

Single Mixed Relay went today, Lunder and Runnals doing the honours.

Finished 18th. So, not great. Shooting was ok, but ski speed struggled a bit, Lunder seemed to struggle as the race progressed. Waxes have been a challenge for a lot of teams.

Good news is they beat KAZ, and netted another 30 points in that battle to qualify a men's team for 2026. As it stands now, Canada sits 20th, with a 53 point cushion

[Topicmaster1010 5,422]

Well, the women's relay got lapped. That was disappointing.

 

Men's relay somehow didn't get lapped and finished in 17th while Kazakhstan finished in last and got lapped so that's good news

[JockCartier 253]

1 hour ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Well, the women's relay got lapped. That was disappointing.

 

Men's relay somehow didn't get lapped and finished in 17th while Kazakhstan finished in last and got lapped so that's good news

For the women, Paradis had a decent opening leg. Rousseau got ate up a bit on the second. Moser had a bit of a nightmare standing shoot and that was the end of their day. Interesting they back loaded the women's team like that. Maybe looking to give Lunder a little extra rest in case she gets into the mass start? France utterly crushed everyone

For the men, Kazakhstan started the race with 3 penalty laps on the first shoot. Tough to come back from that, finished 23rd. Pletz has a decent opening leg, though it helped the field took it easy the first two laps. Runnalls struggled a bit, and Connelly really really struggled skiing, and Borglum just barely managed to not get lapped (could see him in the foreground of one shot of JT Boe hamming it up on his victory lap).

Adds another 60 points to Canada's Nations Cup lead on Kazakhstan, which now stands at 113. Points still at play in 6 races.

Edited February 22 by JockCartier

[JoshMartini007 2,768]

I think Canada is in a good enough position to take the last quota as long as we show up to the final events