Biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[copravolley 656]

Just now, Quasit said:

What I meant was two countries occupy all the individual podiums so far.

 

2x NOR, 1x FRA Men's Individual

2x FRA, 1x BUL Women's Individual

2x NOR, 1x FRA Men's Sprint

2x FRA, 1x NOR Women's Sprint

 

Also loving the NOR-FRA rivalry that has extended beyond biathlon in winter sports now (cross country, or the pairing Eitrem-Loubineaud yesterday).  

20 years ago Germany and Russia dominated in womens events, when I remember good.

[copravolley 656]

Italy only has some individuas, but here we're objectively skiijn too slowly. Vittozzi's 18th fastest time today is disastrous, as Todorova is ahead of her with one penalty lap. Something went wrong in the preparations, as Giacomel is also skiing slower. With good form, Vittozzi should be skiing at Todorova's level: 5-6 places.

Edited February 14 by copravolley

[hckošice 16,641]

1 hour ago, Quasit said:

All individual races occupied by athletes from two countries so far.

and yet people keep bitching about Nordic Combined 

[Agger 1,843]

Some feel good stuff!

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUvyo9qjmiS/?igsh=MWtmbzMxbDdnemFnbg==

[Adriano 839]

Love biathlon, but in other edition we had even 10-12 nations with medals..

Edited February 14 by Adriano

[Topicmaster1010 6,614]

Updated Provisional Women's Mass Start List

 

Bib #	Athlete	Method
1	Julia Simon	Individual Gold, 97 points
2	Maren Kirkeeide	Sprint Gold, 90 points
3	Lou Jeanmonnot	Individual Silver, Sprint Bronze
4	Oceane Michelon	Sprint Silver
5	Lora Hristova	Individual Bronze
6	Suvi Minkkinen	World Cup Rank #2
7	Anna Magnusson	World Cup Rank #3
8	Hanna Oeberg	World Cup Rank #5
9	Elvira Oeberg	World Cup Rank #6
10	Lisa Vittozzi	World Cup Rank #7
11	Camille Bened	World Cup Rank #8
12	Dorothea Wierer	World Cup Rank #10
13	Franziska Preuss	World Cup Rank #13
14	Amy Baserga	World Cup Rank #14
15	Lisa Theresa Hauser	World Cup Rank #15
16	Vanessa Voigt	55 + 29 = 84 points
17	Lea Meier	41 + 28 = 69 points
18	Milena Todorova	0 + 55 = 55 points
19	Linn Gestblom	34 + 19 = 53 points
20	Tereza Vobornikova	26 + 22 = 48 points
21	Baiba Bendika	19 + 26 = 45 points
22	Karoline Offigstad Knotten	16 + 27 = 43 points
23	Kamila Zuk	0 + 37 = 37 points
24	Janina Hettich-Walz	37 + 0 = 37 points
25	Anna Andexer	0 + 34 = 34 points
26	Marthe Krakstad Johansen	25 + 8 = 33 points
27	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	0 + 31 = 31 points
28	Tereza Vinklarkova	30 + 0 = 30 points
29	Estere Volfa	5 + 25 = 30 points
30	Alina Stremous	27 + 0 = 27 points

[Orangehair43 317]

8 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 nightmare continues. Antholz ain't their venue...

The commentators in TNT here in  said they think that is because of the attitude and the difficulty of easily doing attitude training in Sweden. 

[hckošice 16,641]

START LIST of the M 12.5km Pursuit

 

START LIST of the W 10km Pursuit

[Monzanator 5,136]

9 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

The commentators in TNT here in  said they think that is because of the attitude and the difficulty of easily doing attitude training in Sweden. 

Actually Swedes did some altitude camp before these Games but it obviously didn't work. Antholz has the highest altitude among regular World Cup venues and Sweden usually struggles here more than other venues.

 

I read they try to convince Ponsiluoma to do the men's cross country relay but Idk if that's just a distraction talk.

[copravolley 656]

The biggest loser at now is Giacomel – he's always been a great skier here in Antholz, and now he's not only shooting terribly, but he's not even in the top 3 on skis. Vittozzi has never felt good here, so her poor form doesn't surprise me. Wierer is different, but unfortunately, this isn't 2020, it's 2026, but even Wierer is in his worst form of the entire season here. It`s not normal, for me... France and Norway have been investing the most in this sport for several years, so their dominance isn't surprising. This is the same example as Switzerland in Alpine skiing – if a wealthy country enters a some sport seriously, it must have significant success. The only surprising thing is that Germany has so gave up biathlon, where there are 11 sets of medals up for grabs at the Olympics. They, of course, would have the resources to compete with France and Norway, but Italy not. Wierer and Vittozzi will leave and we will return to the times around 2010.

Edited February 14 by copravolley