RobtheAggie

I hope they are able to keep up with the good work that has been happening.

Former German biathlete Florian Lipowitz finished in 3rd place in the Tour de Romandie.

Wiesbaden has been changed to Dresden.

She gave it a legitimate attempt, but could not make it work. I give her lots of props for the attempt. It had to be frustrating to go from the top of the world to one who is almost irrelevant. Still a better biathlete than I could ever be :). Good luck Stina, thanks for showing the world how difficult biathlon is.

I wonder if Emma Lunder is retire as well.

Great shooting by so many yesterday. Now lets see if the men can do the same today.

I would have thought the same, but there were only three or four people out of the 100 that shot at lanes 29 or 30, and none were shooting at the same time as him. Who knows. Here's hoping for two good pursuit races today.

QFM shot right in front of me. No idea how he skipped the loop. I agree, that once the first 10 finished, the crown noise went down quite a bit. Still a fun experience.

Other observations. Many of the coaches/biathletes uses the English language as it is the common language between them. One that I did find odd though is the Korean shooting coach spoke to two of of the biathletes (Choi and Ko) in Korean, but Avvakumova in English. Kuzmina is pretty tall. Dale-Skjevdal is very friendly. Seriously, if there is a race near you, give it a shot. There are over 350 volunteers this week. Plus, it is the best seat in the house.

So quick update from Soldier Hollow. Tomingas is really a tall athlete. Anna Mangasson is not. There was a very skinny Lithuanian female that was right in front of me on the range who I think weighted about 40 kilos. The Men's relay was really fun to watch as the US did well. The sprint was interesting. I was the sweeper for lanes 25-30, only about 10 of the 95 biathletes shot from those lanes. You can actually see my on the broadcast if you look at Stina Nilsson standing shoot, I am in the background. Also, if you look carefully at 1:09:45 you can see me do my vital work This has been a fun few days.

What do you mean? This was about 30 miles from Soldier Hollow on Saturday evening.

The World Cup heads to Soldier Hollow next. I am volunteering on the range Thurs-Sat. Maybe I can be the guy who sweeps the range

Benedikt Doll has announced his retirement at the end of the season.

The wind was pretty difficult today. The shooting reflected that.

Mona Brosson will retire at the end of the season. I think Dorothea Wierer will retire as well.

Lots of fun races.

Fun race to watch. Great tactics by Vittozzi on the last hill. I was hoping that Irwin would hang onto 4th, but they were in the picture for a long time. Great race for them!

Fun race to watch, terrible conditions.

Joanne was pretty public about what happened to her earlier this summer. She felt the changing of the qualifying procedure was targeting her. Good for Deedra Irwin!

Very happy with the way the US competed today.

From an American perspective, I loved the Single-Mixed. Lots of fun to watch and Campbell Wright - Deedra Irwin team looks like a good one in the long run. The Mixed Relay, although not as interesting at the back end of the race, was fun near the front. Good day of racing.

Fun race to watch, as I was pulling for Switzerland! I am not sure if I like the Short Individual and the Individual going together for the same globe. They are two different races.

Some really poor shooting today among some of the favorites.

That is a really odd rule. The start list should be very interesting to look at.

Fun races yesterday. Good to see Campbell Wright do well this past weekend.