Xander 53 Posted November 21, 2017 Author #141 Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) IBU tightened their punishment for doping http://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/press-release-ibu-executive-board-meeting From now national federations will be stripped off their quotas. 2 doping offenders = 2 quota places 3 doping offenders = 2 quota places during 2 subsequent seasons ... 6 doping offenders = the whole national federation is banned from 2 to 4 years. 2018/19 calendar: SLO/Pokljuka 03-09.12.2018 AUT/Hochfilzen 10-16.12.2018 CZE/ Nove Mesto 17-23.12.2018* GER/Oberhof 07-13.01.2019 GER/Ruhpolding 14-20.01.2019 ITA/Antholz 21-27.01.2019 CAN/Canmore 04-10.02.2019 USA/Soldier Hollow 11-17.02.2019 WCH Östersund/SWE 07-17.03.2019 NOR/Oslo 18-24.03.2019 *dates to be confirmed) No Russia. Edited November 21, 2017 by Xander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,127 Posted November 21, 2017 #142 Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Xander said: 2018/19 calendar: SLO/Pokljuka 03-09.12.2018 AUT/Hochfilzen 10-16.12.2018 CZE/ Nove Mesto 17-23.12.2018* GER/Oberhof 07-13.01.2019 GER/Ruhpolding 14-20.01.2019 ITA/Antholz 21-27.01.2019 CAN/Canmore 04-10.02.2019 USA/Soldier Hollow 11-17.02.2019 WCH Östersund/SWE 07-17.03.2019 NOR/Oslo 18-24.03.2019 *dates to be confirmed) No Russia. Nice to seen Nove Mesto back on the calendar, their fans and venue atmosphere are pretty crazy. Also, it will be fairly surreal to not start the season with Ostersund. Edited November 21, 2017 by Werloc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted November 21, 2017 #143 Share Posted November 21, 2017 12 minutes ago, Werloc said: Nice to seen Nove Mesto back on the calendar, their fans and venue atmosphere are pretty crazy. Also, it will be fairly surreal to not start the season with Ostersund. Plus, this sadly means Kontiolahti with the fantastic Wall of Kontiolahti* is already out again. Annecy (and Tyumen) as well, but meh, don't care about that *which is still nothing compared to the epic climb at the start of the lap in Arber (GER), but alright 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...
rybak 2,693 Posted November 21, 2017 #144 Share Posted November 21, 2017 6 godzin temu, Xander napisał: 2018/19 calendar: SLO/Pokljuka 03-09.12.2018 AUT/Hochfilzen 10-16.12.2018 CZE/ Nove Mesto 17-23.12.2018* GER/Oberhof 07-13.01.2019 GER/Ruhpolding 14-20.01.2019 ITA/Antholz 21-27.01.2019 CAN/Canmore 04-10.02.2019 USA/Soldier Hollow 11-17.02.2019 WCH Östersund/SWE 07-17.03.2019 NOR/Oslo 18-24.03.2019 *dates to be confirmed) No Russia. I'm so happy that we will have again two world cup stages in North America Both Canada and USA deserve for hosting world cup every season. But I'm worried that once again at both these stages some good athletes might skip it, because it's just 2-3 weeks before World Championships :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted November 21, 2017 #145 Share Posted November 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, rybak said: I'm so happy that we will have again two world cup stages in North America Both Canada and USA deserve for hosting world cup every season. But I'm worried that once again at both these stages some good athletes might skip it, because it's just 2-3 weeks before World Championships :/ At least I hope the atmosphere will be better than the last time they were in the USA, when there were like 5 people watching, the TV direction was awful and they planned it in such a time that the last athletes were competing in semi-darkness. 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...
Xander 53 Posted November 21, 2017 Author #146 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Yeah, Pidhrushna has a worse night vision than everyone else in our team and she was on the last-leg in the Presque Isle relay ... she said she literally didn't see the targets and only god knows how she found the way and finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted November 22, 2017 #147 Share Posted November 22, 2017 6 hours ago, heywoodu said: At least I hope the atmosphere will be better than the last time they were in the USA, when there were like 5 people watching, the TV direction was awful and they planned it in such a time that the last athletes were competing in semi-darkness. Presque Isle and Fort Kent are both in the middle of the woods, fwiw. So not surprised they would have attendence problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted November 22, 2017 #148 Share Posted November 22, 2017 We've got some 'interesting' weather in Sjusjoen.. I'm not sure what I hope for tomorrow: a bit of a lottery kind of race might increase the chances for the Brazilians to get a good IBU points score (if they shoot well and the rest starts messing up a bit, like Gabi did in the Arber individual until her 4th shooting bout), but seeing as they have brand new rifles and that's actually going pretty well this week (their first week of using them), it might be better if it's not windy and they can actually use their shooting abilities 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...
Xander 53 Posted December 2, 2017 Author #149 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Russian officials wanted to spoil Vita Semerenko's doping test and blame her in a doping offense. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/sports/olympics/russian-doping.html They wanted to commit this crime at the 2013 Race of Champions in Moscow. Unlike at the World Cup the doping procedure wasn't anonymous there. They saw her name and they had a full access to her test. Like it wasn't enough Olga Vilukhina stole her silver in Sochi. It's almost midnight in Ostersund but some people in our federation are already shocked & speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted December 2, 2017 #150 Share Posted December 2, 2017 11 minutes ago, Xander said: Russian officials wanted to spoil Vita Semerenko's doping test and blame her in a doping offense. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/sports/olympics/russian-doping.html They wanted to commit this crime at the 2013 Race of Champions in Moscow. Unlike at the World Cup the doping procedure wasn't anonymous there. They saw her name and they had a full access to her test. Like it wasn't enough Olga Vilukhina stole her silver in Sochi. It's almost midnight in Ostersund but some people in our federation are already shocked & speechless. Well that's just disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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