Biathlon IBU Open European Championships 2021

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Biathlon IBU Open European Championships 2021

 

Duszniki-Zdrój (POL) - 27 January 2021 - 31 January 2021

 

 

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[RobtheAggie 340]

US team is announced:

U.S. Biathlon Open European Championships Team:

MEN:
Paul Schommer (Appleton, Wis.) - World Cup
Max Durtschi (Ketchum, Idaho)
Raleigh Goessling (Duluth, Minn.)
Vasek Cervenka (Grand Rapids, Minn.)
Lars Hammerness Leopold (Truckee, Calif.)
Vincent Bonacci (Salt Lake City, Utah)

 

WOMEN:
Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, Wis.) - World Cup
Maddie Phaneuf (Old Forge, N.Y.)
Hallie Grossman (Craftsbury, Vt.)
Chloe Levins (Rutland, Vt.)
Kelsey Dickinson (Winthrop, Wash.)
Lucy Hochschartner (Lake Placid, N.Y.)

 

Looks like they brought Schommer and Irwin to get few more races.  They were the weak legs in the relay last week.

[RobtheAggie 340]

Start Lists are out for the OEC Individual

Men - 147 - 39 nations represented

Women - 121 - 33 nations represented

 

There are quite a few biathletes in both races that have WC experience.

[Grassmarket 4,064]

Anyone know what the coverage will be like for the Europeans?  Obviously we get ES comms at the weekend: will we get anything tomorrow & Friday? 

[RobtheAggie 340]

1 minute ago, Grassmarket said:

Anyone know what the coverage will be like for the Europeans?  Obviously we get ES comms at the weekend: will we get anything tomorrow & Friday? 

Looks like something here - https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/ibu/

[dcro 10,210]

2 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

Lars Hammerness Leopold (Truckee, Calif.)

Biathlete from California?

[Grassmarket 4,064]

27 minutes ago, dcro said:

Biathlete from California?

Lots of snow in California - more than six months a year sometimes up in the north-East.

[Olympian1010 8,235]

33 minutes ago, dcro said:

Biathlete from California?

I know right! I think we have one club in Tahoe. It’s one of the few sports that is near impossible to get into in California. 

[Olympian1010 8,235]

8 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Lots of snow in California - more than six months a year sometimes up in the north-East.

Not this year (yet). We’re like the one place that hasn’t gotten much snow. However, we’ve been slammed with some storms this week, and so there’s a little more now.

 

First snow in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades generally comes in October. Snow lasts well into April/May.

[RobtheAggie 340]

8 hours ago, dcro said:

Biathlete from California?

If I remember correctly, he is training in Norway.  Also the 1960 Olympics were in Squaw Valley, CA, home of the first Olympic Biathlon.  Lots of snow out there.

Edit - He skies with Asker Ski Club in Asker, Norway - https://www.facebook.com/AskerSkiklubb.offisiell/

 

There is another American who trained/trains in Europe - Vasek Cervenka (Grand Rapids, Minn.)  He is a dual Czech/US citizen, his father was a Czechslovak biathlete back in the day.