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Biathlon 2017 - 2018 Discussion Thread


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Well, 15th place and no penalty loops is a pretty okay result for us. The women combined lost 6 minutes and 50 seconds on snow whilst the men combined lost 2 minutes and 20, so you don't need to be a mathematician to know where we need to work on :wacko: Anyways, Linas Banys is a pretty promising youngster, if his shooting doesn't fail him, top 10 is a possibility in individual starts.

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7 godzin temu, Werloc napisał:

@rybak you probably did no expect a mixed relay medal from your juniors? :p Congrats.

No, I didn't expect this at all, very nice surprise :d :cheer:

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11 hours ago, Werloc said:

What a nice victory for Finnish junior team in the single-mixed :yes

A MALE biathlete FINALLY WINS SOMETHING & IT'S GOLDD!! :lol:

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55 minutes ago, Finnator123 said:

A MALE biathlete FINALLY WINS SOMETHING & IT'S GOLDD!! :lol:

Well, to add to that, Invenius seems like a very promising talent as well :)

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Just now, Werloc said:

Well, to add to that, Invenius seems like a very promising talent as well :)

Perhaps. But i'd love to see something from the Men's side as well. It can't be Mäkäräinen & Laukkanen always carrying the finnish flag

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2 minutes ago, Finnator123 said:

Perhaps. But i'd love to see something from the Men's side as well. It can't be Mäkäräinen & Laukkanen always carrying the finnish flag

Well, he is on the men's side, he just needs a couple more years to mature in order to be capable of good performances in the world cup. He is already a regular in IBU cup points, so I'd say something like two to three years for a good transition.

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1 minute ago, Werloc said:

Well, he is on the men's side, he just needs a couple more years to mature in order to be capable of good performances in the world cup. He is already a regular in IBU cup points, so I'd say something like two to three years for a good transition.

When our male biathletes will become good enough to challenge Top athletes, our media will notice :d

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2 minutes ago, Finnator123 said:

When our male biathletes will become good enough to challenge Top athletes, our media will notice :d

I'm one step ahead of your media :p

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