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Biathlon 2023 - 2024 Discussion Thread


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12 hours ago, hckošice said:

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. :p 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

Now that's some glimmer of hope, let's go Kuzmina :cheer: 

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USBA had their Schutezenski Races in Soldier Hollow over the weekend.

 

Deedra Irwin won both the Sprint and Mass Start, Paul Schommer and Campbell Wright split the men's races.

 

I would anticipate a roster to be coming out soon.

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US teams for on snow camp in Europe in November.  Final teams will be announced after that.

 

WOMEN

Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, WI/National Guard Biathlon)*

Kelsey Dickinson (Winthrop, WA/Craftsbury Green Racing Project)*

Margie Freed (Apple Valley, MN/Craftsbury Green Racing Project)

Jackie Garso (Lake Clear, NY/Craftsbury Green Racing Project) 

Cheresa Bouley (Zimmerman, MN/Minnesota Biathlon)

Grace Castonguay (Jackson, NH/Ethan Allen Biathlon Club)

Lina Farra (Heber City, UT/NYSEF)

Michaela Keller-Miller (Plymouth, MN/Craftsbury Green Racing Project)

Anna French (Plymouth, MN/Team Altius)

Alternate: Lexie Madigan (Truckee, CA/Team Crosscut)

 

MEN

Sean Doherty (Center Conway, NH/National Guard Biathlon)*

Campbell Wright (Wanaka, NZL/U.S. Biathlon)*

Paul Schommer (Appleton, WI/Team Crosscut)

Maxime Germain (Chamonix-Mont Blanc, FRA/National Guard Biathlon)

Vincent Bonacci (Salt Lake City, UT/Team Crosscut)

Bjorn Westervelt (Stowe, VT/University of Vermont)

Vaclav Cervenka (Grand Rapids, MN/National Guard Biathlon)

Jake Brown (Saint Paul, MN/Craftsbury Green Racing Project)

Luke Brown (Saint Paul, MN/Craftsbury Green Racing Project)

Alternate: Eli Nielsen (Stehekin, WA/National Guard Biathlon)

 

*Pre-qualified for World Cup team

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Baiba Bendika has finally announced the birth of their baby boy, and also has her first training after giving birth done already :cheer: 

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Some updates from the IBU meeting:
- the Super Sprint will be deleted from all IBU race series
- the Mixed Relay will always be 4x6km in the future, no matter if women or men start

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3 hours ago, JonPhi said:

Some updates from the IBU meeting:
- the Super Sprint will be deleted from all IBU race series
- the Mixed Relay will always be 4x6km in the future, no matter if women or men start

Goodbye super sprint, may you not be ever missed ever again. 

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Finally, the retirement of Gabrielė Leščinskaitė was officially announced on our Biathlon social media.

 

This is her first actual retirement, although she retired like 6 or 7 times before in her head, but was persuaded to come back every time :d 

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5 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

Sad news, Anfisa Restova died.

Mother of both Kristina Reztsova and Daria Virolainen, RIP.

 

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On a sidenote: Anfisa got some media time last year, when calling the Norwegian biathletes 'disgusting cockroaches'.

 

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