Biathlon 2021 - 2022 Discussion Thread

[Monzanator 5,136]

Polish National Championships began in Duszniki-Zdroj yesterday.

 

Individiual Top 3 (45 secs penalty)

Women: 1. Kamila Cichon, 2. Monika Hojnisz-Starega, 3. Anna Maka

 

Men: 1. Wojciech Filip, 2. Jan Gunka, 3. Grzegorz Guzik.

 

Sprint races from today:

 

 

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

Major announcement today:

 

• Belarus and Russia have been suspended from IBU competitions until at least September 2022.
• Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have provided and will continue to provide help to Ukrainian biathletes.  The IBU will also assist with finances for these training camps.

 

[Triplecast 215]

4 hours ago, RobtheAggie said:

Major announcement today:

 

• Belarus and Russia have been suspended from IBU competitions until at least September 2022.

 

While I try to refrain from rooting for anyone to fail, the ROC’s meltdowns in both relays in Beijing do have an air of schadenfreude to them.

[stepansevs 219]

On 3/4/2022 at 1:51 PM, RobtheAggie said:

So I wonder how much the absence of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Korea and China will have on the Nation's Cup, and allocations for next season.

 

 

I think that Ukraine, Belarus and Russia will all drop.  The question will be, will it be so far that they lose a spot.  I can see Ukraine doing so.  I do not think that Russia and Belarus will drop out of the top 10 for the women.

 

Russia and Belarus will most likely drop out of the top 5, and possible all three out of the top 10.

 

In Czech tv said that for Ukraine allocation for next season will be the same as was for this season.

 

[heywoodu 16,468]

3 hours ago, Triplecast said:

While I try to refrain from rooting for anyone to fail, the ROC’s meltdowns in both relays in Beijing do have an air of schadenfreude to them.

Meh. I can't remember what Latypov did wrong to deserve any schadenfreude (same for Mironova, who - if that even matters - has publicly stated opposition against the war).

 

Spoiler

Plus if it wasn't for Latypov testing positive, Erik Lesser would have had much fewer Russian followers who were subsequently told some actual news instead of Russian propaganda about the war when Lesser let Ukrainian biathletes take over his Instagram account  

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

Eva Puskarkova of the Czech Republic is the next to retire.

[Bohemia 1,542]

Anaïs Bescond is retiring as well

[RobtheAggie 340]

Add Klemen Bauer will retire as well.

 

Also, this ...

 

 

[RobtheAggie 340]

Two more retiring:

Selina Gasparin  

 

and Maren Hammerschmidt

[Monzanator 5,136]

Biathlon sure leads in retirements this year. I still don't understand how Hammerschmidt completely tailed off after her injury? Unless the tendon inflammation was chronic and basically a career-killer like Kournikova or Golovin in tennis before.