Werloc 3,127 Posted March 19, 2022 #581 Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 1:19 AM, rybak said: At this rate half of biathletes competing at this season will retire It's always like this after an Olympic season. In my opinion, women's biathlon is the weakest right now its ever been, so seeing 20+ women retiring from countries that need athletes, it's going to look rough next cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,693 Posted March 19, 2022 #582 Share Posted March 19, 2022 34 minutes ago, Werloc said: It's always like this after an Olympic season. In my opinion, women's biathlon is the weakest right now its ever been, so seeing 20+ women retiring from countries that need athletes, it's going to look rough next cycle. Thats true, but for me it would be better that there might not be dominating biathlete and the podiuk would be "open" for everybody who are in both form at the time. Kalev Ermits just joined to retiring list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted March 19, 2022 #583 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Richard Freitag (ski jumping, 8 wins in World Cup) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,127 Posted March 19, 2022 #584 Share Posted March 19, 2022 1 hour ago, rybak said: Thats true, but for me it would be better that there might not be dominating biathlete and the podiuk would be "open" for everybody who are in both form at the time. Kalev Ermits just joined to retiring list You misinterpreted my point. In women's biathlon, from countries that improved this year was probably only Sweden and Belarus. France and Norway pretty much on the same level, whilst all other teams have been dropping in quality every single year. With Japan, United States, Ukraine retirements, those countries are taking huge hits, Lithuania and Poland falling off hard, Finland hanging on till Mari Eder is going, Canada going down, Estonia is 13th in nation's cup, but they don't really have any good contenders apart from rare performances from Tomingas, Russia has been falling off for years now, Germany as well. Austria is carried by Hauser mostly, Switzerland lacks a leader as well. Korea is deleted just as their Russian athletes decided to quit, Romania and Moldova propped up by their Russian athletes. Less and less countries becoming competitive, I'm seeing a real cc-skiing problem developing in biathlon if nothing is done in the next couple of years to make biathlon more accessible. Edit: there was a point in time where you would have to fear the Czech Republic, Italian women relays, German women relay used to be nearly unstoppable, every country apart from Norway, Sweden and France are really falling off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,693 Posted March 19, 2022 #585 Share Posted March 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Werloc said: You misinterpreted my point. In women's biathlon, from countries that improved this year was probably only Sweden and Belarus. France and Norway pretty much on the same level, whilst all other teams have been dropping in quality every single year. With Japan, United States, Ukraine retirements, those countries are taking huge hits, Lithuania and Poland falling off hard, Finland hanging on till Mari Eder is going, Canada going down, Estonia is 13th in nation's cup, but they don't really have any good contenders apart from rare performances from Tomingas, Russia has been falling off for years now, Germany as well. Austria is carried by Hauser mostly, Switzerland lacks a leader as well. Korea is deleted just as their Russian athletes decided to quit, Romania and Moldova propped up by their Russian athletes. Less and less countries becoming competitive, I'm seeing a real cc-skiing problem developing in biathlon if nothing is done in the next couple of years to make biathlon more accessible. Edit: there was a point in time where you would have to fear the Czech Republic, Italian women relays, German women relay used to be nearly unstoppable, every country apart from Norway, Sweden and France are really falling off. Ah ok, I got it now, you're right. I'm hoping that countries which you mentioned above will improve, at least little bit, in next season, but it will be difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 722 Posted March 22, 2022 #586 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Charlotte Kalla, Cross-country to retire after this season. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/Eanvga/charlotte-kalla-lagger-av Werloc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted March 23, 2022 #587 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Ash Barty Makedonas and rybak 2 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,693 Posted March 23, 2022 #588 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said: Ash Barty I believe that she will return once more, when she will feel lack of game... Makedonas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,693 Posted March 25, 2022 #589 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Michał Kubiak (volleyball) ended his career in national team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted March 26, 2022 #590 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Satoko Miyahara (figure skating, 1x silver, 1x bronze at WCh) announced retirement on her 24th birthday. Also Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue are officially retired after winning silver medal at the World Champs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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