Biathlon 2016 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[dareza 911]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I added some nations in the list above  

 

Russia won't send any of their top athletes, just names I didn't even see before..

No Rastorgujevs for Latvia, but Baiba Bendika will be there, which is cool!

 

Serbia was on the list of 24 nations, but won't travel to Otepää due to financial trouble unfortunately. 

Why Im not surprised at all. Winer sport in Serbia is on amateur level, UNFORTUNATELY. and this is such a great sport

[heywoodu 16,131]

Start lists for tomorrow's sprint are published, some small thoughts about 'my' girls:

 

- Gabi starts with bib 19 in a junior field of 46 athletes. She already beat the Greek girl last season, and almost beat the Spanish girl. I think she can beat them and the Armenian girl.

 

- Bruna has bib 39 in a field of 51, in which the level will be way higher than she has ever seen. If she keeps one athlete behind her, it would be a performance to be proud of

[heywoodu 16,131]

Gabi kept 4 girls behind her, very nicely done 

[heywoodu 16,131]

Otcenas

 

Slovakia has an IBU world champion 

[hckošice 15,744]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Otcenas

 

Slovakia has an IBU world champion 

 

Great,

 

now waiting when peoples will start say to remove this sport

[dareza 911]

45 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

Great,

 

now waiting when peoples will start say to remove this sport

hahahaah  

[dcro 10,210]

Korea

[heywoodu 16,131]

1 hour ago, hckosice said:

 

Great,

 

now waiting when peoples will start say to remove this sport

Wait what?

 

Remove this sport? Help me beat that idea out of their heads 

[dcro 10,210]

3 hours ago, hckosice said:

 

Great,

 

now waiting when peoples will start say to remove this sport

 

Rumour has it that women's slalom is also on blacklist

[NearPup 3,592]

7 hours ago, hckosice said:

 

Great,

 

now waiting when peoples will start say to remove this sport

Don't be silly, we don't want to remove the whole sport. We just want to get rid of the sprint

Edited August 27, 2016 by Near