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During the flower ceremony Starykh said "See you in Hochfilzen" :facepalm:Getting ready to see Loginov there as well.

 

Ukrainian team left the podium when the Russian anthem started playing (it was supposed to play on the medal ceremony instead). Russian team followed them while the anthem hasn't stopped yet :crazy: Mess.

 

The most scandalous & ugly results ever - Starykh skipped 3 years, Loginov -2, both perform on the same level/better than on doping :wacko:

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A successful championships for team Bulgaria. Iliev with gold, Anev with silver and bronze and the relay finishing fourth. It could have been yet another medal if Iliev performed at his usual level instead of using 6 spares in the shooting. I am aware the level of the competition is not comparable to any world cup but that's how stupid financing of the sport is in Bulgaria. A gold at a second tier event counts for more than numerous top 10 placings individually in the world cup or eight place in the relay. Such a shame. The team could have trained for the World Championships instead of wasting energy in the Europeans. On a good day both Iliev (in the sprint) and Anev (in the individual) can medal at the Worlds...

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He knows how to congratulate with a birthday.

:rofl:

 

Good news for Abramova from Lausanne. CAS lifted the last 4 days of her DQ and she can compete at the IBU Cup on Friday. The final decision will be announced on February 2.

 

ps. According to the last control training she was slightly behind Valj Semerenko. Unlike certain team our biathletes don't show unbelievable :mumble:results when they come back. Even when she skipped just 1 year.

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2 hours ago, Xander said:

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He knows how to congratulate with a birthday.

:rofl:

 

Good news for Abramova from Lausanne. CAS lifted the last 4 days of her DQ and she can compete at the IBU Cup on Friday. The final decision will be announced on February 2.

 

ps. According to the last control training she was slightly behind Valj Semerenko. Unlike certain team our biathletes don't show unbelievable :mumble:results when they come back. Even when she skipped just 1 year.

 

Fourcade :d 

 

About the last part: don't forget Starykh and Loginov are sort of dominating on the IBU Cup, not on the World Cup (yet), which is very annoying but not that strange considering they probably have been training hard as well :p 

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If they were good on doping they can't be better than that after 2-3 years. I know Abramova's level and she was abscent only a year, she trained, she trained abroad and she still couldn't match her previous conditions. Starykh gave birth to a baby and then trained in Uvat for 2 years. I'll never believe that you can achieve such results with just a trainings.

+ training on alone with your coach and training with a team are "a little bit" different things.

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8 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I don't think especially Loginov is better than before his ban at the moment. Even if he is, he has the age where it's not that weird to have improved during two years of only training :)

Uhuh. Abramova is also in a good age ;) The age means nothing in his case. He had to train somewhere with the team in order to get the needed loads and recovery. He needed competition experience, because everyone needs constant practice. If he doesn't need all of that it's unnatural imo :wacko:

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