Biathlon 2016 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,210]

8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

It looks like biathlon races at the 2018 Olympics will be held at night, starting 21:00 local time to accomodate European tv-markets (13:00 CET). Not bad, night races are cool

 

And when NBC changes schedule then that's not cool?

[heywoodu 14,930]

41 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

And when NBC changes schedule then that's not cool?

 

Well I doubt NBC is going to change the biathlon schedules, like I just said: they're doing this for the European tv-markets, by far the biggest in biathlon  

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

19 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Well I doubt NBC is going to change the biathlon schedules, like I just said: they're doing this for the European tv-markets, by far the biggest in biathlon  

 

 

 

I meant NBC changing swimming schedule.

 

And frankly, 21:00 local time seems very bad for the athletes.

 

[heywoodu 14,930]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

I meant NBC changing swimming schedule.

 

And frankly, 21:00 local time seems very bad for the athletes.

 

Well NBC changing the swimming schedules wasn't cool, but it's definitely logical that it happened that way

 

I'll ask one of the (hopefully) participants what she thinks about a night race

 

 

 

[hckošice 14,778]

Biathlon National Team Slovakia for season 2016/17

 

Mens

 

• Martin Otčenáš
• Matej Kazár
• Tomáš Hasilla
• Miroslav Matiaško
• Michal Šíma
• Michal Kubaliak

Womens

 

• Anastasiya Kuzmina (From 2nd Stage in Pokljuka)
• Jana Gereková
• Paulína Fialková
• Terézia Poliaková
• Ivona Fialková
• Martina Chrapanová
• Natália Prekopová

[heywoodu 14,930]

24 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Biathlon National Team Slovakia for season 2016/17

 

Womens

 

• Anastasiya Kuzmina (From 2nd Stage in Pokljuka)
• Jana Gereková
• Paulína Fialková
• Terézia Poliaková
• Ivona Fialková
• Martina Chrapanová
• Natália Prekopová

Jesus, finally  

[heywoodu 14,930]

For the lovers of watching without understanding what's being said, here's some videos of the "Brazilian cross-country skiing sprint challenge" in Gramado last weekend (yes, that's a competition on snow, in Brazil, indoor snow, but snow). Posting it in the biathlon thread because of the participants, I think Bruna Moura has the highest chance to actually qualify for the Olympics and she's mostly focussed on biathlon

 

http://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/bom-dia-rio-grande/videos/v/atletas-da-selecao-brasileira-de-esportes-no-gelo-participaram-de-prova-em-gramado-rs/5331612/

http://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/rbs-noticias/videos/t/edicoes/v/atletas-treinam-em-gramado-para-olimpiadas-de-inverno/5330449/

[dcro 10,210]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

For the lovers of watching without understanding what's being said, here's some videos of the "Brazilian cross-country skiing sprint challenge" in Gramado last weekend (yes, that's a competition on snow, in Brazil, indoor snow, but snow). Posting it in the biathlon thread because of the participants, I think Bruna Moura has the highest chance to actually qualify for the Olympics and she's mostly focussed on biathlon

 

http://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/bom-dia-rio-grande/videos/v/atletas-da-selecao-brasileira-de-esportes-no-gelo-participaram-de-prova-em-gramado-rs/5331612/

http://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/rbs-noticias/videos/t/edicoes/v/atletas-treinam-em-gramado-para-olimpiadas-de-inverno/5330449/

 

Nothing new for a small winter sports nation

[heywoodu 14,930]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Nothing new for a small winter sports nation

I fail to see the meaning behind this post, whether I should read it literally or as a form of sarcasm  

[hckošice 14,778]

17 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Jesus, finally  

 

yep finally

 

I wonder in which level she will be, Hope she will return to her top from before the break as soon as possible, she said to our medias that her main goal is third olympic sprint gold in a row. So she hope to peak mainly in february 2018, but ofc she will try her best also this season with major focus on world championships.

 

Alsolooking forward about Paulína Fialková. After her carreers season last year there some expectations about her in our team. Hope she will be able to stand the pressure and continue to improve. especially after so hard trainings https://www.facebook.com/fialkovapaulina/videos/1056347721113523/