Biathlon IBU Junior & Youth World Championships 2021

[OlympicsFan 782]

So now we already have 5 nations with medals, France with a great start. Belarus narrowly missing a medal again. Impressive skiing time for Wright. Also impressive times for Geny and Betemps, considering that they are both 1 year younger.

[RobtheAggie 337]

Looks like Irodov  for the gold.  Geny of  for the Silver, and Kienesberger  with the bronze.  No one shot clear.  Vasililev of Bulgaria missed 10 and only finished 7 min behind.  Quite quick as well.  22 missed 10 or more shots.  US slightly better - 7,10,8,9 misses.

[Werloc 3,127]

Hello darkness my old friend...

 

A top 70 is too much of an ask from our youth team and this is the second year in a row where our youth is performing tragically.

 

All eyes on the juniors, there are some talented Lithuanian names there

 

Although, seems like the future of our biathlon is extremely uncertain. Kočergina and the guys are not going to be there forever and we have no one that can replace them. 

[hckošice 13,217]

4 hours ago, hckošice said:

Unbelievable medal Ema I can not even remember the last SVK medal from juniors competition

 

and a brief return to the success of Ema, because yes, it is highly unusual to celebrate Slovak medal in Biathlon Juniors World Championships.

 

This was the 10th medal for biathlon (0 - 5 - 5) since the independence in 1993.

 

We were waiting for it 13 years ! after in exactly the same event Natália Prekopová won also Bronze in Ruhpolding 2008 in the Youth individual won by Dorothea Wierer.

 

So congrats Ema, huge medal something for example even the Fialková sisters never achieved.

 

 

 

 

 

[RobtheAggie 337]

I really like the trophy they get.  That is cool.

[OlympicsFan 782]

4 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

Does anyone know why Norway was not in the Individual?  Aasne Skrede is one that should do well on the women's side of things.  Are they absent for the entire championship due to the nations ban on hosting winter sports events?  Or was it a decision to ski the Individual?

Norway will compete in the junior events tomorrow. Some names to look for:

Women: Bened (France), Botet (France), Passler (Italy), Trabucchi (Italy), Gandler (Austria), Baserga (Switzerland) and Shevchenko (Russia, the big favorite)

Sadly Skrede from Norway, who would have been the biggest rival for Shevchenko, won’t compete.

Men: Claude (France), Mahon (France), Vidmar (Slovenia), Cisar (Slovenia), Hartweg (Switzerland), Zingerle (Italy) and hopefully (from a German perspective) Riethmüller. 
Sadly Bionaz from Italy (who would have been one of the. Ingest favorites) won’t compete.

 

[RobtheAggie 337]

@OlympicsFanDid now know about Skrede and Bionaz.  That is too bad.  Thanks for those to look for.

 

29 Nations for the Junior Women

30 Nations for the Junior Men

 

[SalamAkhi 277]

40 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Norway will compete in the junior events tomorrow. Some names to look for:

Women: Bened (France), Botet (France), Passler (Italy), Trabucchi (Italy), Gandler (Austria), Baserga (Switzerland) and Shevchenko (Russia, the big favorite)

Sadly Skrede from Norway, who would have been the biggest rival for Shevchenko, won’t compete.

Men: Claude (France), Mahon (France), Vidmar (Slovenia), Cisar (Slovenia), Hartweg (Switzerland), Zingerle (Italy) and hopefully (from a German perspective) Riethmüller. 
Sadly Bionaz from Italy (who would have been one of the. Ingest favorites) won’t compete.

 

Goreeva (Russia) and Chauveau (France) were amongst the fastest in the IBU Cup (juniors and seniors combined) in January, not to overlook. On this format Slettermark (Greenland) will be in the mix too. Look at Halvarsson and Johansson for Sweden too.

For the men Bionaz is not here, but the same can be said for Giacomel and above all, Filip Andersen (Norway). Perrot (France) to follow also, keep an eye on Kireyev (Kazakhstan) and Stefansson (Sweden).

[OlympicsFan 782]

17 minutes ago, SalamAkhi said:

Goreeva (Russia) and Chauveau (France) were amongst the fastest in the IBU Cup (juniors and seniors combined) in January, not to overlook. On this format Slettermark (Greenland) will be in the mix too. Look at Halvarsson and Johansson for Sweden too.

For the men Bionaz is not here, but the same can be said for Giacomel and above all, Filip Andersen (Norway). Perrot (France) to follow also, keep an eye on Kireyev (Kazakhstan) and Stefansson (Sweden).

Thanks. There are just too many medal contenders, you could probably name all Norwegian/Russian athletes too. I think there are just more competitive athletes at this level compared to youth level.

[SalamAkhi 277]

1 hour ago, OlympicsFan said:

Thanks. There are just too many medal contenders, you could probably name all Norwegian/Russian athletes too. I think there are just more competitive athletes at this level compared to youth level.

At least for the Russians we have some benchmarks (IBU Cup), Serokhvostov is probably the fastest athlete in the field but so unsure on the range. As for the Norwegians, not very much to compare to ...