Biathlon IBU World Cup 2024 - 2025

[Grassmarket 4,027]

First  women's relay win in almost four years.  And almost a great day for .

[hckošice 15,503]

3rd exchange was one unbelievable absurdity.

 

Our last leg was not in the exchange zone during the exchange... the reason : Bulina accidentally (at least I really hope) took from the rack one ski of our biathlete. They found the mistake a while later...

 

I swear. it is true

 

Maria Remenova had a big problem before the start when Latvian Bulina took one of her skis from the ski rack after the technical check and of course you can't race with one ski. There was some investigation as to what happened and by the time the Latvian figured out that she had someone else's ski, Ema was already at the finish line looking for her missing teammate . So she had to wait in the handover area while Maria quickly switched on her ski and went on the track.

 

[Federer91 3,020]

Oh man.... We probably had our best women's relay in 15-20 years after the first 3 legs and then complete disaster on the final one 

[Grassmarket 4,027]

9 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Oh man.... We probably had our best women's relay in 15-20 years after the first 3 legs and then complete disaster on the final one 

Apparently  best since 2007!

[Grassmarket 4,027]

9 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Apparently  best since 2007!

And the men almost match it!

[FireRun 197]

On 12/15/2024 at 11:38 PM, Grassmarket said:

And the men almost match it!

For men this is not that unusual. They produced some good results in the last few years. For women this is likely their once in a career result. 

[heywoodu 15,997]

56 minutes ago, FireRun said:

For men this is not that unusual. They produced some good results in the last few years. For women this is likely their once in a career result. 

Still, the men were 7 seconds away from their first relay podium in...26 years?

[Fly_like_a_don 1,142]

On 12/15/2024 at 5:22 PM, Grassmarket said:

First  women's relay win in almost four years.  And almost a great day for .

 

On 12/15/2024 at 6:25 PM, Federer91 said:

Oh man.... We probably had our best women's relay in 15-20 years after the first 3 legs and then complete disaster on the final one 

It was as good a race as it could be for the Bulgarians, unfortunate that it was a melt down for Zdravkova. Flip side Dimitrova and Todorova were excellent and Hristova wasn't bad either. Top 8 loading soon I think 

[Bailer 44]

On 12/15/2024 at 1:18 PM, hckošice said:

3rd exchange was one unbelievable absurdity.

 

Our last leg was not in the exchange zone during the exchange... the reason : Bulina accidentally (at least I really hope) took from the rack one ski of our biathlete. They found the mistake a while later...

 

I swear. it is true

 

Maria Remenova had a big problem before the start when Latvian Bulina took one of her skis from the ski rack after the technical check and of course you can't race with one ski. There was some investigation as to what happened and by the time the Latvian figured out that she had someone else's ski, Ema was already at the finish line looking for her missing teammate . So she had to wait in the handover area while Maria quickly switched on her ski and went on the track.

 

Absurd and wild, but much better to happen during a World Cup race rather than the Olympics.

[Bailer 44]

7 hours ago, FireRun said:

For men this is not that unusual. They produced some good results in the last few years. For women this is likely their once in a career result. 

Like Estonia's single mixed relay back in Pokljuka?