Biathlon 2016 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 16,003]

Georgia will get a biathlon centre 

 

https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/40108-2/

[rybak 3,302]

46yo Latvian Ilmars Bricis is out of retirement and will compete in upcoming season 

[hckošice 15,518]

Osrblie selected to host the youth/juniors world championhips 2019

 

also Russian Sochi 2014 sprint sliver medalist Olga Vilukhina announced retirement

[heywoodu 16,003]

For German Johannes Kühn the season is already over after an arm injury

https://www.biathlon-news.de/pechvogel-johannes-kuehn-faellt-fuer-die-komplette-saison-aus/

 

Edited November 15, 2016 by heywoodu

[Werloc 3,191]

Due to some personal issues, Diana Rasimovičiūtė of Lithuania focused all of her time to training in order to forget them and it really seems to be paying off. Now the question is, if the best Lithuanian biathlete is ready to have a season of her life starting late November. During the competition in Norway, she took 13th place in the sprint, finishing right after famous Miriam Gossner. During the Mass Start, Diana was in contention for a very high spot with the shooting of 0+0+1, but missing three in the last standing knocked her out of top 10. In an interview she mentioned that she is very happy and determined to show up this year.

Edited November 16, 2016 by Werloc

[heywoodu 16,003]

Susanna Kurzthaler has announced her retirement:
http://www.tt.com/sport/12283913-91/die-struktur-ließ-meine--karriere-nicht-mehr-zu.csp

 

Yep, that's right. The 21-year old Austrian who won gold (individual) and bronze (relay) at this year's junior world championships. If I'm reading it correctly, the training centre/"Stutzpunkt" in Seefeld has been cancelled and everyone's basically forced to move to Hochfilzen. That raised a ton of problems, ÖSV didn't manage to solve it (they say they tried everything, Camp Kurzthaler says they only gave false hope) and in September she decided to call it quits. 

 

Interesting detail: She sent a letter to the national doping agency to be removed from the testing pool, as retiring athletes do, but a few weeks later they came to test her anyway. Which she decided to make no problem of - smart decision, otherwise there might have been a shadow over her with rumours like "she refused a doping test and then quit..".

[hckošice 15,518]

Team Slovakia for first World Cup Stage in Ostersund

 

Men

Martin Otčenáš, Matej Kazár, Michal Šima, Tomáš Hasilla

Women

Jana Gereková, Paulína Fialková, Terézia Poliaková, Ivona Fialková

 

Kuzmina will start her season in Pokljuka during the 2nd stage.

Also it´s official Miroslav Matiaško, Natália Prekopová and Martina Chrapánová announced their retirement.

[hckošice 15,518]

some interesting statistics of slovak biathletes

 

for example running form (average run time gap from winners in world cup sprint races)

 

 

 or shooting percentage in world cup races

 

 

time shooting average at world cup races

 

 

http://www.biatlon-info.sk/spravodajstvo/svetovy-pohar/260-slovenky-pred-sezonou-navrat-legendy-prichod-trenera-i-koniec-niekdajsich-nadeji

 

[heywoodu 16,003]

24 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

 

 or shooting percentage in world cup races

 

 

 

 

It is indeed a little worrysome that almost 30 seasons (all seasons of these athletes combined) didn't result in even one season with a 85% average  

 

I hope the new generation/Fialkova can bring some change to that.. 

[hckošice 15,518]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

It is indeed a little worrysome that almost 30 seasons (all seasons of these athletes combined) didn't result in even one season with a 85% average  

 

I hope the new generation/Fialkova can bring some change to that.. 

 

yes disastrous...but still better than mens Kazár aka mr. standings 4 loops... and Otčenáš ..no comment