Biathlon 2021 - 2022 Discussion Thread

[RobtheAggie 340]

Andrejs Rastorgujevs the 33-year-old Latvian biathlete, who has several podiums in the World Cup, has been punished for 18 months for not showing up to multiple drug screenings.

 

 

 

 

[Grassmarket 4,305]

Russian Summer Champs this weekend: streaming on the Russian Biathlon channel on YT.  Ability to read cyrillic an advantage.  

[RobtheAggie 340]

I tried to follow it, but I just could not understand who was whom.  I am looking forward to races on snow.

[RobtheAggie 340]

Campbell Wright of New Zealand was given one of two wildcard spots for the first two rounds on the World Cup.  He is now 19 years old.  If he were to earn enough points, he would be the 2nd Olympic biathlete from New Zealand.

 

Diana Sidorova, a Russian biathlete, is attempting to get her Ukrainian citizenship in time for the World University Games in December.

[Grassmarket 4,305]

1 hour ago, RobtheAggie said:

Campbell Wright of New Zealand was given one of two wildcard spots for the first two rounds on the World Cup.  He is now 19 years old.  If he were to earn enough points, he would be the 2nd Olympic biathlete from New Zealand.

 

Diana Sidorova, a Russian biathlete, is attempting to get her Ukrainian citizenship in time for the World University Games in December.

Problem is he’ll also have to meet the very strict NZ national qualifying criteria - effectively world level top 12 or something, like 

[RobtheAggie 340]

Here is Biathlon NZ's.  The important parts are here, the rest is in the attachment.

 

• fulfil one of the following eligibility criteria in accordance with IBU’s Qualification System for Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games (“IBU Qualification System”):
• (i) 180 IBU qualifying points or less as of January 2022 (after World Cup 5); or
• (ii) during the Qualification Period, compete in two (2) competitions earning 140 IBU qualifying points or less at the IBU Cup, Open European Championship, World Championship and/or World Cup in the Biathlon Sprint or Individual Events;
• (iii) during the Qualification Period, achieve two (2) finishes in the top half of the Junior World Championship; or
• (iv) during the Qualification Period, achieve one (1) result from each of the eligibility criteria ii. and iii. above;

Nomination-Criteria-Biathlon-New-Zealand-Final.pdf

[phelps 8,728]

On 9/25/2021 at 12:52 PM, Grassmarket said:

Russian Summer Champs this weekend: streaming on the Russian Biathlon channel on YT.  Ability to read cyrillic an advantage.  

 

On 9/27/2021 at 7:27 PM, RobtheAggie said:

I tried to follow it, but I just could not understand who was whom.  I am looking forward to races on snow.

not going to post the relays' results, but here are the Sprint races'...

 

Women's Sprint

1. Irina Kazakevich (Sverdlovsk region) - 21: 20.4 (2)
2. Kristina Reztsova (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra) +6.7 (0)
3. Natalya Gerbulova (Krasnoyarsk province) +23.1 (1)
4. Uliana Nigmatullina (Udmurtia) + 30.9 (0)
5. Ekaterina Noskova (KhMAO-Yugra) +36,9 (1)
6. Larisa Kuklina (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) +37,1 (0)

Men's Sprint

1. Eduard Latypov (Bashkortostan) - 24: 34.2 (2)
2. Daniil Serokhvostov (Novosibirsk region) +4.6 (1)
3. Denis Tashtimerov (Tyumen region) +17.5 (0)
4. Semyon Suchilov (KhMAO-Yugra) + 26,6 (1)
5. Ilnaz Mukhamedzyanov (Udmurtia) +33,1 (1)
6. Evgeny Sidorov (St.Petersburg region) +49,1 (1)

[RobtheAggie 340]

I think that I saw that Kahlili did not race, and Garanachev is in some hot water as well.

[Monzanator 5,127]

Karolina Piton said she will retire after the upcoming season. She was merely depth member of the squad in the last decade, never scored a single point at the World Cup level (PB is 44th in Nove Mesto pursuit back in 2015).

[Werloc 3,191]

On Saturday and Sunday, a Baltic biathlon cup is being held in Ignalina, Lithuania. This is the very first international biathlon race for independent Lithuania ever and it's going to be the debut for our new shooting range that took probably a decade to be finalised.

 

There will be athletes from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Finland joining the Lithuanian biathlon squad.

 

With this new infrastructure and the ability to host official races without having to go to Otepaa (EST) or Madonna (LAT), perhaps we'll have a wave of newcomers in the sport in time, especially since Ignalina has strong winter sport traditions in Lithuania.