Biathlon 2023 - 2024 Discussion Thread

[Werloc 3,164]

The federation took their time with the 2nd day results.

 

Lithuanian Summer Biathlon championships at Maduona, Latvia - Mass Start results:

 

W 10 km

 

1. Sanita Bulina  LAT  1+3+0+0

2. Annija Sabule  LAT  0+1+1+0  +48.2

3. Lidija Žurauskaitė  LTU  1+3+2+1  +1:39.0

 

5. Judita Traubaitė  3+3+2+1  +4:20.0

6. Sara Urumova  2+1+0+0  +5:17.4

 

M 12.5 km

 

1. Vytautas Strolia  LTU  1+1+0+0

2. Tomas Kaukėnas  LTU  0+0+1+3  +53.8

3. Maksim Fomin  LTU  1+2+2+0  +1:22.5

 

4. Karol Dombrovski  LTU  1+1+1+2  +1:25.7

7. Jokūbas Mačkinė  LTU  3+1+0+2  +3:07.7

8. Stepan Terentjev  LTU  3+2+0+2  +5:57.0

 

Other notable Lithuanian results:

 

M22

 

1. Nikita Čigak  LTU  2+0+3+1

2. Darius Dinda  LTU  2+2+2+1  +16.4

[RobtheAggie 340]

Doll has announced that this will be his last season.

[JonPhi 250]

France will not take part in the Junior European Championships in Poland in February as the journey there would be too far and expensive.

https://www.nordicmag.info/biathlon-trop-loin-et-trop-cher-la-saison-prochaine-la-france-nira-pas-en-pologne-pour-la-junior-cup-1005/

[RobtheAggie 340]

3 hours ago, JonPhi said:

France will not take part in the Junior European Championships in Poland in February as the journey there would be too far and expensive.

https://www.nordicmag.info/biathlon-trop-loin-et-trop-cher-la-saison-prochaine-la-france-nira-pas-en-pologne-pour-la-junior-cup-1005/

Interesting.  They do seem to have a robust junior/youth series in France to make up for it.  But if France says it is "too far and expensive" how are less wealthy nations going to pay for it?  I think that it is more of the first thing.

[heywoodu 15,135]

5 hours ago, JonPhi said:

France will not take part in the Junior European Championships in Poland in February as the journey there would be too far and expensive.

https://www.nordicmag.info/biathlon-trop-loin-et-trop-cher-la-saison-prochaine-la-france-nira-pas-en-pologne-pour-la-junior-cup-1005/

Funny, because other countries go to events like that because it gives them lots of free IBU money  

[Werloc 3,164]

4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Funny, because other countries go to events like that because it gives them lots of free IBU money  

Some very important national funding as well, if you manage to place high enough. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

12 hours ago, Werloc said:

Some very important national funding as well, if you manage to place high enough. 

That too, although for countries like Brazil that's probably less of a 'thing'. They mainly go for the free money every starting athlete gets and the tons of free equipment they get per season  

[RobtheAggie 340]

25 year old Austrian IBU Cup level biathlete Lucas Pitzer has had to stop biathlon due to heath issues.

[hckošice 14,822]

No it´s not 1st April today. No worries.

 

Anastasiya Kuzmina will compete at the European Championships in Osrblie, and according to her words, if she will feel it doable she is open to participate at the World Champs in Czechia. Remember our biathlon team is almost inexistant now, with Paja missing the season due pregnancy (and yet not decided if she will even return to the sport next year) and Ivona Fialková retired this summer... so any help for us would be more than appreciated

 

https://www.olympic.sk/clanok/kuzminova-comeback-me-oznam

Edited October 10, 2023 by hckošice

[RobtheAggie 340]

Another article about Kuzmina.  Strange news for sure.