Biathlon IBU World Championships 2021

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13 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Took my poor tired old brain about 90 seconds to work that one out.

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

@Werloc Did Lithuanian technicians accidentally put gravel on their skis today?

It's the only plausible explanation of why Dombrovski was 2:30 behind with 0+1 (though I have not watched the race)...

[Werloc 3,164]

Just now, dcro said:

@Werloc Did Lithuanian technicians accidentally put gravel on their skis today?

It's the only plausible explanation of why Dombrovski was 2:30 behind with 0+1 (though I have not watched the race)...

Karol fell somewhere in the 1st kilometre, he came in 40 seconds behind everyone in the first shooting, after he lost contact with everyone the relay was done for us.

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7 hours ago, JonPhi said:

20 seconds ... but the other threes had only 1 miss while Norway 6. They were really slow today.

For France this was an absolute disaster, both teams want to play for gold and in the end it was no medal. 
Btw a good performance from Chloe Chevalier, it was the right thing to put her in for Braisaz. She was even 3 seconds faster than Julie Simon. But with the terrible skis it helped nothing.

 

QFM will be really disappointed, he is the only man in the French team without a medal, so have big pressure for tomorrow. Jacquelin was good on skis today, so maybe tomorrow another opportunity for a medal. On the women’s side definitely not, they look really tired today, even if Simon won the last two Mass Starts.

 

My big favorite for tomorrow is Preuß, if she looses not to much energy today. Best performance today from all athletes behind Vitozzi. And if Germany not wins a medal tomorrow, it’s going to be a little bit a disastres championships. They expected 4-5 medals and only have so far 2, and no individual medal in the women’s field.

Honestly, it's a complete lottery at this point, one day an athlete looks dead, the other the athlete is looking like the fastest that he/she has ever been. 

 

For example, I didn't expect Samuelsson to fly like that today, whilst Ponsi was a bit slow compared to what he showed previously. Same with Hanna Oeberg, you never know if she's going to have the spark or look dead on the skis and Elvira having been one of the fastest in these champs not having the strength to keep up with Herrmann, whom also can't decide when she's going to be slow or fast.

 

Really, the only team that you can expect to always be fast is Norway, whilst France, Sweden, Russia, Italy, Germany and other countries produce skiing statistics like a yoyo. 

 

Edit: I'm sorry, RBU

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Well done, Team Slovenia. If Fak finishes today at least in top 10, this will be quite solid champioship for the host nation. 

[JonPhi 250]

Denise Herrmann is out for today. Anais Bescond takes her Place.

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Davidova fell on the first lap

 

Alimbekava 1/5 on the first shoot, Gurl, bye.

[Kirkpatrick 144]

Are mass starts really popular? They are messy, crowded, and short.

 

7 misses for two Belarus racers. 

[JonPhi 250]

French girls with 8 misses ... Simon 3

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Eckhoff pushing the tempo unlike Olsbu after the first shoot. Hmm...