Biathlon IBU World Championships 2021

[Monzanator 3,752]

Pihdrushna lost the mixed relay medal in slo-mo finish but this time gets bronze.

 

6th place for Poland with only 52 secs gap is way above expectations!

[Kirkpatrick 144]

Good race, all in all.

[dcro 10,193]

Korea has 6 (!) penalty loops in 3 shoots before getting lapped.

[Monzanator 3,752]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Wow, Preuss showing the definition of being a pure fighter  

Pihdrushna was dead at the finish just like in the mixed relay. Not much praise for beating a turtle on skis

[dcro 10,193]

1 minute ago, Monzanator said:

Pihdrushna lost the mixed relay medal in slo-mo finish but this time gets bronze.

In another slo-mo finish. Looked as if she barely tried, or maybe that's just the Pokljuka finish effect.

[JonPhi 247]

French ladies are such a disaster at world championships relay, three time in a row ... only 5 misses but so slow, even behind Austria with 15 misses!!!

[heywoodu 13,742]

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Pihdrushna was dead at the finish just like in the mixed relay. Not much praise for beating a turtle on skis

Preuss was just as dead not 300 meters earlier and found a sprint out of her tiniest toe in the last 200 meters.

[OlympicsFan 791]

What a surprising turnaround. I don’t even want to imagine what would have been possible without a roadblock like Hettich. Somehow German coaches always find a way to sabotage their own team, I still have nightmares from the 2010 Olympics ...

Norway certainly deserved the gold, but them dominating biathlon is the worst thing that can happen to this sport. They already ruined cross-country. Biathlon relays, especially on the women’s side, are among the most unpredictable team events, much better than pointless events like cross-country/luge/ski jumping/Nordic combined team events.

[OlympicsFan 791]

3 minutes ago, JonPhi said:

French ladies are such a disaster at world championships relay, three time in a row ... only 5 misses but so slow, even behind Austria with 15 misses!!!

Wow, really weird. Usually French ladies are very good in cross-country, certainly better than Germany for example. At least their men make up for it.

[OlympicsFan 791]

It feels as if Ukraine almost always overperforms in the relay. Normally they shouldn’t beat Russia/France/Sweden that often.