heywoodu 13,609 Posted November 22, 2023 #121 Share Posted November 22, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Monzanator said: Did IBU also ban the fluor wax like FIS? Even if that's the case, looks like it won't hamper the Norwegian dominance in biathlon whatsoever? They already did that a while ago, including checks. Or at least they prepared it and started with the checks. Which in at least one occassion led to a bottle of fluor being found in the Brazilian wax cabine at an IBU Cup Edited November 22, 2023 by heywoodu Monzanator and Josh 1 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,609 Posted November 22, 2023 #122 Share Posted November 22, 2023 (edited) Still something needs to be done about the whole equipment saga. Whether that's neutral wax, very strongly limiting the number of skis, whatever. It is absolutely batshit crazy that most of the big-country athletes have 40 or even 50 pairs of skis with them. Limit it to a maximum of say 4-5 pairs of skis per athlete per World Cup round, that is really, without a doubt more than enough. Add something like a neutral wax provider to that, with a limit number of waxes one can use. It takes out at least some of the insane advantage the big teams have with their research budgets, while still including the actual skills of the waxers in applying them correctly and choosing correctly (from the limited number of options that are available to everyone). Edited November 22, 2023 by heywoodu Josh and Bohemia 2 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,796 Posted November 22, 2023 #123 Share Posted November 22, 2023 48 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Still something needs to be done about the whole equipment saga. Whether that's neutral wax, very strongly limiting the number of skis, whatever. It is absolutely batshit crazy that most of the big-country athletes have 40 or even 50 pairs of skis with them. Limit it to a maximum of say 4-5 pairs of skis per athlete per World Cup round, that is really, without a doubt more than enough. Add something like a neutral wax provider to that, with a limit number of waxes one can use. It takes out at least some of the insane advantage the big teams have with their research budgets, while still including the actual skills of the waxers in applying them correctly and choosing correctly (from the limited number of options that are available to everyone). Simpler even than that. No-one but the athlete is allowed to test skis on raceday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,796 Posted November 24, 2023 #124 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Russian Biathlon also starts tomorrow with a Single Mixed Relay from Khanty. Конечно, they cannot do a full mixed relay on the same day, so that’s on Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,796 Posted December 22, 2023 #125 Share Posted December 22, 2023 And there is MORE for fans of biathlon in Cyrillic! Belarus! . Includes all sort of age group races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,796 Posted December 22, 2023 #126 Share Posted December 22, 2023 And even Qazaqstan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,796 Posted December 22, 2023 #127 Share Posted December 22, 2023 58 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: And there is MORE for fans of biathlon in Cyrillic! Belarus! . Includes all sort of age group races. Would you believe that this is the first winter sports event I have seen since the October Big Air to be held on a brown field track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted December 25, 2023 #128 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Paja is a mother Romana was born the 24th December maestro, rybak and Wumo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,796 Posted December 26, 2023 #129 Share Posted December 26, 2023 18 hours ago, hckošice said: Paja is a mother Romana was born the 24th December So back in time for Soldier Hollow, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,796 Posted December 26, 2023 #130 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Just a bump & reminder about the annual Gelsenkirchen race on Thursday! maestro and heywoodu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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