Biathlon IBU World Cup 2020 - 2021

[RobtheAggie 340]

Lesser in but Schempp out.  Maybe the rumor that he has or was exposed to someone who has/had COVID is correct.

[Wumo 3,035]

3 minutes ago, RobtheAggie said:

Lesser in but Schempp out.  Maybe the rumor that he has or was exposed to someone who has/had COVID is correct.

I read today in a German media that the German team had an internal qualification race where Lesser performed very well which secured him a spot on the team. Schempp on the hand isn't on a level yet to compete in the WC, according to the German National Coach, Marc Kirchner.

 

https://www.sportschau.de/wintersport/biathlon/lesser-sprint-auf-weltcupzug-auf-schempp-nicht-dabei100.html 

[Werloc 3,191]

Damn, Schempp can't catch a break :/ 

[heywoodu 16,127]

I'm always glad to see Lesser in, but damn, I hope we'll one day see the old Schempp again. Starting to doubt it, but I hope so..

[Wumo 3,035]

Anton Babikov and three members of the Russian team have been tested positve for COVID-19. The whole Russian team has now been isolated and await answer from the Finnish officials about the possibility for some Russian biathletes to compete this weekend and next week. 

[dcro 10,210]

Again this oh so familiar narrative where excluding the whole Russian team is never an option.

 

Too bad the Swedish skiing team is not getting the same treatment in the same country...

[hckošice 15,725]

Fialková sisters and W NT coach Anna Murínová + W NT service team will miss both Kontiolahti stages. They have to stay in Quarantine in Sweden for 7 days and will be able to be retested only the next Tuesday with the results being known only in Wednesday, that means they will not compete in Finland.

 

We will send our juniors W NT servicemens and to replace the Fialkvá sisters two teenagers Aneta Smerčiaková and Júlia Machyniaková to Kontiolahti to at least field the relay (and not lose many points in the NC even if it is clear we will finish dead last it will be much more points than for DNS) alongside of Júlia´s older sister Veronika Machyniaková and Henrieta Horvátová

 

Source in SVK https://www.slovenskybiatlon.sk/spravodajstvo/svetovy-pohar/1368-fialkove-vynechaju-cele-kontiolahti-tim-vo-finsku-doplnia-debutantky

[heywoodu 16,127]

I don't know man, Julia is like a machine  

 

Too bad though, especially that they'll have to miss the whole Kontiolahti thing. One would say they can be (re)tested now and compete at least next week, but alright. Annoying when every country has their own rules  

[hckošice 15,725]

The article also says,

 

that if it stands like it is now, The positive thing is they both will miss only 4 Individual competitions which is exactly the amount of events athletes will scratch as their 4 worst results at the end of the WC according to the new IBU rules.

 

Theoretically, they could catch at least the Relay event in Kontiolahti with Wednesdays negative result and passing the required two tests before entering the Kontiolahti bubble, but without adequate training, the team decided to not send them, so most likely next Thursday both Fialková´s will fly to Austria, where, for example, in Obertilliach will try to catch up the deficit caused by quarantine with training. Competitions in Hochfilzen begin on December 11.

[Werloc 3,191]

7 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I'm always glad to see Lesser in, but damn, I hope we'll one day see the old Schempp again. Starting to doubt it, but I hope so..

I'm starting to think a retirement is on the way, because he's been taking so many L's these past couple of seasons, that he might just put an end to it.