Biathlon 2016 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[hckošice 15,519]

@heywoodu here pics from yesterdays individual

 

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and one small bonus for you

 

 

 

 

[heywoodu 16,004]

2 minutes ago, hckosice said:

@heywoodu here pics from yesterdays individual

 

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and one small bonus for you

 

 

 

 

Awesome! Thanks again 

 

Now I hope they'll make photos of Caio and Gabi as well today  

[hckošice 15,519]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Awesome! Thanks again 

 

Now I hope they'll make photos of Caio and Gabi as well today  

 

you can follow it here, there always a ton of pictures added..but you have to wait the next day https://www.facebook.com/BiatlonSR/

[hckošice 15,519]

and no medal for perfect shooting but the guy was too slow

[heywoodu 16,004]

45 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

you can follow it here, there always a ton of pictures added..but you have to wait the next day https://www.facebook.com/BiatlonSR/

Cool! Finally an organization that's actually providing good photos  (unlike Lahti 2017 where they put 15-20 photos online of an opening ceremony with half of them being from dancers..) 

[heywoodu 16,004]

Too bad he missed five shots, but this is impressive speed    

 

 

 

[hckošice 15,519]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Too bad he missed five shots, but this is impressive speed    

 

 

 

 

yes Šimon is supposed to be a decent talent and we are already counting on him for the next years in our mens A team..he is really good skier and very fast but as all his teammates desperate shooter

[OlympicsFan 860]

Second german athlete, second medal, not bad!

Great to see that we have some good talents on the mens side. Hopefully the girls can win a medal too later on.

[Werloc 3,191]

Aaaand our only top 10 chance just missed two targets on the first prone.

[OlympicsFan 860]

Wow, second gold for Canada!

On the mens side it wasnt too surprising, because the big nations dont really seem to care about this event, but on the womens side this is absolutely shocking, especially because the canadian girl was among the fastest on the course, so Canada might finally have a decent athlete on the womens side.

The german girls are 3rd, 4th and 5th, not too bad, but a bit disappointing.

Belarus also seems to have some strong talents, two of them are currently 6th and 7th, both with 2 misses, so they both could have won bronze with only 1 miss.

 

Edit:

Final result:

Gold for Bankes from Canada (0)

Silver for Schwaiger from Austria (1) (0:47.9 behind)

Bronze for Weidel from Germany (1) (1:20.0 behind)

Vogt from Germany in 4th (1), Laffont from France in 5th (0), Hettich from Germany in 6th (1), Sola from Belarus in 7th (2) and her teammate Blashko in 8th (2)

 

Sola, Laffont, Voigt (the youngest of the top 8) and Bankes were all born in 1997, so they will probably compete again next year!

Very promising bunch of talents, especially Bankes and Sola!

Edited February 23, 2017 by OlympicsFan