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Biathlon IBU World Cup 2017 - 2018


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The womens race was a fitting end (on the womens side) to a horrible world cup (overall). We should all thank god that the french arent allowed to host a world cup every season, because they obviously dont know what they are doing.

My only wish for christmas is that Kuzmina finally gets caught and that justice is finally done, she already stole enough olympic medals, its disgusting that she doesnt know when its enough, almost as if she wants to be caught.

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Nice week of biathlon for all fans :)

 

The atmosphere was good, tracks were good, there were some good races, nice to see Kuzmina in good shape meaning yet another contender (which is good for every neutral fan) and nice to see Braisaz take her first win :)

 

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So, three world cups are completed and it's time for the Christmas break.

I think it's the right time for some minor stats to see how the Olympic season is shaping up compared to 2016-17 season.

 

Men's tour already a little bit more interesting, since in the first 8 races, 7 of them were won by Martin Fourcade and 1 went to Anton Babikov, whilst this year, we have 5 for Johannes, 2 for Martin and 1 for Tarjei.

During the 8 races, Norway (in 2016/17) went on the podium four times, two for Johannes and two for Svendsen, this season is ruled by the Boes only.

Unlike this season, where Shipulin managed to land on the podium once, in 2016-17 season Shipulin had four podiums by now, with Babikov's 2 and Tsetkov's 1, seeing that this season is not that great for the Russians at the moment.

Germany had two podiums: 1 for Peiffer and 1 for Schempp, compared to this years' two for Erik Lesser and three 4th places for Schempp (it's only a matter of time, hopefully).

Lastly, in 2017/18 we also have Quentin (2), Guigonnat and Fak (3) on the podium, whilst last year we had Chepelin, Quentin and Lindstrom.

 

The peculiar thing on the women's tour, which partly might be caused by Dahlmeier's absence during Ostersund, the Yellow bib has already went through 5 different owners, compared to Dahlmeier and Koukalova sharing it throughout the whole season last year.

There were 5 different winners during those 8 races - 3 went to Dahlmeier, 2 to Koukalova, whilst 2017/18 already has 6 different winners (Herrmann and Kuzmina - 2) and three of them are first time winners.

Biggest national improvement, in my opinion, goes to Belarus that already have 3 different athletes on the podium on 4 occasions, whilst they only had 1 from Yurkevich in the very first race and one by Domracheva at the end of the season.

Dorothea had three podiums for Italy, whilst this season it's only 1 by her and 1 by Vittozzi.

France had 4 different ladies on the podium before Oberhof and this season it's only Braisaz on three different occasions.

Slovakia and Ukraine have struck luck this year to get on the podium combined 7 times (4SVK and 3UKR), but when someone wins, there's also someone whose losing and that's Russia, United States and Czech Republic that have not gotten on the podium just yet in the women's field.

 

Anyways, to summarise, Norway HAVE ALREADY surpassed their gold medal quota from last season (6) as they already have 8 now. Germany and France seem to be on track for a good performance on the medal table. Disaster for the Czech Republic, that finished the 2016/17 season with 21 podiums, they haven't even claimed one just yet, they desperately need Koukalova back. Slovakia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Slovenia are already having a better season just after these three world cups. Ukraine has the same 0-1-3 medal score by now as they've had in 2016/17, so anything more is already an improvement. Countries that could still use some work, Russia definitely stands out, cause they're far behind schedule. The Makarainen country (ok, that's unfair, since Laukkanen is top tier now as well) is slightly behind schedule after the three world cups and Austria still has a lot of work to do, whilst Italy seems to be on track.

 

Props to anyone that read this.

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24 minutes ago, Werloc said:

So, three world cups are completed and it's time for the Christmas break.

I think it's the right time for some minor stats to see how the Olympic season is shaping up compared to 2016-17 season.

 

Men's tour already a little bit more interesting, since in the first 8 races, 7 of them were won by Martin Fourcade and 1 went to Anton Babikov, whilst this year, we have 5 for Johannes, 2 for Martin and 1 for Tarjei.

During the 8 races, Norway (in 2016/17) went on the podium four times, two for Johannes and two for Svendsen, this season is ruled by the Boes only.

Unlike this season, where Shipulin managed to land on the podium once, in 2016-17 season Shipulin had four podiums by now, with Babikov's 2 and Tsetkov's 1, seeing that this season is not that great for the Russians at the moment.

Germany had two podiums: 1 for Peiffer and 1 for Schempp, compared to this years' two for Erik Lesser and three 4th places for Schempp (it's only a matter of time, hopefully).

Lastly, in 2017/18 we also have Quentin (2), Guigonnat and Fak (3) on the podium, whilst last year we had Chepelin, Quentin and Lindstrom.

 

The peculiar thing on the women's tour, which partly might be caused by Dahlmeier's absence during Ostersund, the Yellow bib has already went through 5 different owners, compared to Dahlmeier and Koukalova sharing it throughout the whole season last year.

There were 5 different winners during those 8 races - 3 went to Dahlmeier, 2 to Koukalova, whilst 2017/18 already has 6 different winners (Herrmann and Kuzmina - 2) and three of them are first time winners.

Biggest national improvement, in my opinion, goes to Belarus that already have 3 different athletes on the podium on 4 occasions, whilst they only had 1 from Yurkevich in the very first race and one by Domracheva at the end of the season.

Dorothea had three podiums for Italy, whilst this season it's only 1 by her and 1 by Vittozzi.

France had 4 different ladies on the podium before Oberhof and this season it's only Braisaz on three different occasions.

Slovakia and Ukraine have struck luck this year to get on the podium combined 7 times (4SVK and 3UKR), but when someone wins, there's also someone whose losing and that's Russia, United States and Czech Republic that have not gotten on the podium just yet in the women's field.

 

Anyways, to summarise, Norway HAVE ALREADY surpassed their gold medal quota from last season (6) as they already have 8 now. Germany and France seem to be on track for a good performance on the medal table. Disaster for the Czech Republic, that finished the 2016/17 season with 21 podiums, they haven't even claimed one just yet, they desperately need Koukalova back. Slovakia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Slovenia are already having a better season just after these three world cups. Ukraine has the same 0-1-3 medal score by now as they've had in 2016/17, so anything more is already an improvement. Countries that could still use some work, Russia definitely stands out, cause they're far behind schedule. The Makarainen country (ok, that's unfair, since Laukkanen is top tier now as well) is slightly behind schedule after the three world cups and Austria still has a lot of work to do, whilst Italy seems to be on track.

 

Props to anyone that read this.

 

Very interesting, thanks :yes (I read everything I promise :p)

 

 

 

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vor 18 Stunden schrieb Werloc:

So, three world cups are completed and it's time for the Christmas break.

I think it's the right time for some minor stats to see how the Olympic season is shaping up compared to 2016-17 season.

 

Men's tour already a little bit more interesting, since in the first 8 races, 7 of them were won by Martin Fourcade and 1 went to Anton Babikov, whilst this year, we have 5 for Johannes, 2 for Martin and 1 for Tarjei.

During the 8 races, Norway (in 2016/17) went on the podium four times, two for Johannes and two for Svendsen, this season is ruled by the Boes only.

Unlike this season, where Shipulin managed to land on the podium once, in 2016-17 season Shipulin had four podiums by now, with Babikov's 2 and Tsetkov's 1, seeing that this season is not that great for the Russians at the moment.

Germany had two podiums: 1 for Peiffer and 1 for Schempp, compared to this years' two for Erik Lesser and three 4th places for Schempp (it's only a matter of time, hopefully).

Lastly, in 2017/18 we also have Quentin (2), Guigonnat and Fak (3) on the podium, whilst last year we had Chepelin, Quentin and Lindstrom.

 

The peculiar thing on the women's tour, which partly might be caused by Dahlmeier's absence during Ostersund, the Yellow bib has already went through 5 different owners, compared to Dahlmeier and Koukalova sharing it throughout the whole season last year.

There were 5 different winners during those 8 races - 3 went to Dahlmeier, 2 to Koukalova, whilst 2017/18 already has 6 different winners (Herrmann and Kuzmina - 2) and three of them are first time winners.

Biggest national improvement, in my opinion, goes to Belarus that already have 3 different athletes on the podium on 4 occasions, whilst they only had 1 from Yurkevich in the very first race and one by Domracheva at the end of the season.

Dorothea had three podiums for Italy, whilst this season it's only 1 by her and 1 by Vittozzi.

France had 4 different ladies on the podium before Oberhof and this season it's only Braisaz on three different occasions.

Slovakia and Ukraine have struck luck this year to get on the podium combined 7 times (4SVK and 3UKR), but when someone wins, there's also someone whose losing and that's Russia, United States and Czech Republic that have not gotten on the podium just yet in the women's field.

 

Anyways, to summarise, Norway HAVE ALREADY surpassed their gold medal quota from last season (6) as they already have 8 now. Germany and France seem to be on track for a good performance on the medal table. Disaster for the Czech Republic, that finished the 2016/17 season with 21 podiums, they haven't even claimed one just yet, they desperately need Koukalova back. Slovakia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Slovenia are already having a better season just after these three world cups. Ukraine has the same 0-1-3 medal score by now as they've had in 2016/17, so anything more is already an improvement. Countries that could still use some work, Russia definitely stands out, cause they're far behind schedule. The Makarainen country (ok, that's unfair, since Laukkanen is top tier now as well) is slightly behind schedule after the three world cups and Austria still has a lot of work to do, whilst Italy seems to be on track.

 

Props to anyone that read this.

Russia is certainly missing top 3 results, but interestingly enough they are currently better in the nations ranking on both the mens and the womens side as they were at the end of last year.

Switzerland and Slovakia are also having quite good seasons so far.

 

Nations ranking on the womens side at the end of last season/currently:

1) Germany/Germany

2) France/Ukraine

3) Ukraine/France

4) Czech Republic/Norway

5) Italy/Italy

6) Norway/Russia

7) Russia/Belarus

8) Sweden/Sweden

9) Belarus/Czech Republic

10) Kazakhstan/Switzerland

 

Nations ranking on the mens side at the end of last season/currently:

1) Germany/Norway

2) France/Germany

3) Russia/France

4) Norway/Russia

5) Italy/Austria

6) Norway/Ukraine

7) Russia/Czech Republic

8) Sweden/Italy

9) Belarus/Switzerland

10) Kazakhstan/USA

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Team Slovakia for Stage 4 in Oberhof (GER)

 

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Sprint Women´s  (04.01)

Anastasiya Kuzmina

 

Sprint Men´s (05.01)

Tomáš Hasilla, Michal Šíma, Michal Kubaliak, ŠImon Bartko

 

Pursuit Women´s (06.01)

Anastasiya Kuzmina ?

 

Pursuit Men´s (06.01)

Tomáš Hasilla ?, Michal Šíma ?, Michal Kubaliak ?, Šimon Bartko ?

 

Relay Women´s (07.01)

No Participation

 

Relay Men´s (07.01)

Tomáš Hasilla, Michal Šíma, Michal Kubaliak, ŠImon Bartko  - Leg order to be determined

 

 

Only Nastya Kuzmina will compete in Oberhof from our women´s team.

The Fialková sisters are actually last few weeks in Obertiliach in a special training camp, they will return to competitions next week in Ruhpolding´s World Cup stage. Terézia Poliaková with the complete "B" team will compete this weekend at home soil in Osrblie in the 4th Stage of the IBU Cup scheduled in Slovakia this week.

 

Our both men´s teams A and B split up into two groups for this weekens from the A team Kazár and Otčenáš will compete in front of Slovak fans at the IBU Cup stage this weekend, meanwhile Hasilla and Šíma accompanied by the young Šimon Bartko and Michal Kubaliak traveled to Oberhof for the World Cup.

 

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Some news about Oberhof (Whose in and whose out)

So, for women's sprint we see that Austrian women seem to be healthy now as they are starting with 4 athletes instead of 1 in Annecy.

Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic starting with their full teams with no real changes.

Estonia swaps out Talihaerm and Lethla for Oja and Gaim (This is going to be the 1st world cup race for Gaim this season)

Lehtonen back for Finland and Chloe Chevalier swapped out with Simon for France.

Seems that Alexia Runggaldier is still having issues (perhaps @Gianlu33 can elaborate?) as she is not on the start list, but Italy decided to bring in Nicole Gontier.

Kazakhstan's A team is back in Oberhof.

1 swap for Korea and 1 swap for Lithuania, whilst Latvia is not starting with Bendika.

Norway, probably the country that has started the most athletes this season, keeps Eckhoff from Annecy and then brings back Solemdal, Fenne, Tandrevold from earlier world cups as well as introducing Kalkenberg.

Hojnisz is back for Poland, whilst Starykh is swapped out with Virolainen for Russia.

Slovenia starting only with Erzen as Switzerland brings back Elisa Gasparin.

As @hckosice already mentioned, only Kuzmina starting for Slovakia tomorrow and for Sweden, Oeberg is swapped out with Hoegberg.

And fhe final change is that USA is starting only with Dunklee and Egan tomorrow.

So, dear biathlon fans, let's hope for a fun and entertaining race tomorrow, Oberhof usually delivers :)

 

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