Biathlon IBU World Championships 2021

[Monzanator 4,503]

5 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Thanks, what a surprising result. Never heard of Brown before and tought that Desthieux already retired. How old is that guy?

Desthieux turned 29 yo in December. He's not that old. Actually the fact Jacquelin was the defending pursuit champion enabled France to field 5 men in the sprint. Polish ES argued if they could only field four then Desthieux would have been the odd man out.

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9 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Desthieux turned 29 yo in December. He's not that old. Actually the fact Jacquelin was the defending pursuit champion enabled France to field 5 men in the sprint. Polish ES argued if they could only field four then Desthieux would have been the odd man out.

Guigonnat most likely or Claude on his current form. 

[JonPhi 250]

23 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Desthieux turned 29 yo in December. He's not that old. Actually the fact Jacquelin was the defending pursuit champion enabled France to field 5 men in the sprint. Polish ES argued if they could only field four then Desthieux would have been the odd man out.

Guigonnat would not have raced. 
 

@OlympicsFanthe Problem ist, that in Germany there are also not good XC Skier in the Mans Field and in the Women‘s only one.

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27 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

Guigonnat would not have raced. 
 

@OlympicsFanthe Problem ist, that in Germany there are also not good XC Skier in the Mans Field and in the Women‘s only one.

No, that is not the case. Germany has at least half a dozen guys who could easily be among the best skiers in biathlon. I think you are massively underestimating how weak the top guys in biathlon are compared to the top guys in cross-country. Also Germany has at least 2 very promising athletes in Janosch Brugger and Friedrich Moch. Actually Germany almost always has very talented athletes in cross-country. Denise Herrmann was the fastest skier after she switched to biathlon and she wasn’t exactly a world-beater in cross-country (sprint excluded). I have no doubt that Henning or Carl would easily be among the fastest athletes in biathlon.

[Werloc 3,164]

I think Germany this year really undervalued Nawrath and didn't give him a World Cup chance after a pretty stellar season last year. 

[JonPhi 250]

1 hour ago, OlympicsFan said:

No, that is not the case. Germany has at least half a dozen guys who could easily be among the best skiers in biathlon. I think you are massively underestimating how weak the top guys in biathlon are compared to the top guys in cross-country. Also Germany has at least 2 very promising athletes in Janosch Brugger and Friedrich Moch. Actually Germany almost always has very talented athletes in cross-country. Denise Herrmann was the fastest skier after she switched to biathlon and she wasn’t exactly a world-beater in cross-country (sprint excluded). I have no doubt that Henning or Carl would easily be among the fastest athletes in biathlon.

Sorry, but where had Germany talented XC skiers on the men’s site in the last few years? Yes, some won Medals at U23 Championships but they haven‘t take the step into the world class. And so it is in Biathlon. After 2014 there came no more talented athlete in Biathlon. The last ones were at this time Dahlmeier, Preuß, Hinz and Doll.

 

 

[JonPhi 250]

27 minutes ago, Werloc said:

I think Germany this year really undervalued Nawrath and didn't give him a World Cup chance after a pretty stellar season last year. 

Well, he should had the opportunity to qualifier over the European Championships, but he had a problem with his rifle in the sprint and finished only in 38th sprint, so Kuehn got the ticket.

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4 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

Sorry, but where had Germany talented XC skiers on the men’s site in the last few years? Yes, some won Medals at U23 Championships but they haven‘t take the step into the world class. And so it is in Biathlon. After 2014 there came no more talented athlete in Biathlon. The last ones were at this time Dahlmeier, Preuß, Hinz and Doll.

 

 

 had some good results in this year’s Norwegianless Tour de Ski, but there is no way that can translate to biathlon.

[Werloc 3,164]

3 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

Sorry, but where had Germany talented XC skiers on the men’s site in the last few years? Yes, some won Medals at U23 Championships but they haven‘t take the step into the world class. And so it is in Biathlon. After 2014 there came no more talented athlete in Biathlon. The last ones were at this time Dahlmeier, Preuß, Hinz and Doll.

 

 

I think it could have something to do with the fact that athletes are stuck in IBU cup until they're 24-26ish.

 

Most recent talented German biathletes got their chances to run in the World Cup team when they were a lot younger - Dahlmeier, Preuss. 

 

Norway is one of the hardest teams to get into, but even their athletes come into the World Cup a bit more younger and fresh. 

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