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I am very curious about the the World Champs in Schuchinsk. Also Madona and Haanja should be interesting as they are new courses to the IBU level events.

IBU Junior Cups are set for the next season. Étape 1 : Val Martello 🇮🇹 Jeudi 8 décembre : sprint dames Jeudi 8 décembre : sprint hommes Samedi 10 décembre : qualifications super sprint dames Samedi 10 décembre : finale super sprint dames Samedi 10 décembre : qualifications super sprint hommes Samedi 10 décembre : finale super sprint hommes Dimanche 11 décembre : mass-start 60 dames Dimanche 11 décembre : mass-start 60 Hommes Étape 2 : Obertilliach 🇦🇹 Mercredi 14 décembre : individuel hommes Mercredi 14 décembre : individuel dames Vendredi 16 décembre : relais mixte Vendredi 16 décembre : relais mixte simple Samedi 17 décembre : sprint hommes Samedi 17 décembre : sprint dames Étape 3 : Haanja 🇪🇪 Mercredi 8 février : sprint dames Mercredi 8 février : sprint hommes Vendredi 10 février : sprint dames Vendredi 10 février : sprint hommes Samedi 11 février : relais dames Samedi 11février : relais hommes Le programme des championnats d’Europe juniors open de Madona 🇱🇻 Mercredi 15 février : individuel hommes Mercredi 15 février : individuel dames Jeudi 16 février : relais mixte Jeudi 16 février : relais mixte simple Samedi 18 février : sprint dames Samedi 18 février : sprint hommes Dimanche 19 février : poursuite hommes Dimanche 19 février : poursuite dames Le programme des championnats du monde jeunes/juniors de Schuchinsk 🇰🇿 Samedi 4 mars : relais mixte jeunes Samedi 4 mars : relais mixte juniors Dimanche 5 mars : individuel dames jeunes Dimanche 5 mars : individuel hommes jeunes Lundi 6 mars : individuel dames juniors Lundi 6 mars : individuel hommes juniors Mardi 7 mars : relais dames jeunes Mardi 7 mars : relais hommes jeunes Mercredi 8 mars : relais dames juniors Mercredi 8 mars : relais hommes juniors Vendredi 10 mars : sprint dames jeunes Vendredi 10 mars : sprint hommes jeunes Samedi 11 mars : sprint dames juniors Samedi 11 mars : sprint hommes juniors Dimanche 12 mars : poursuite dames jeunes Dimanche 12 mars : poursuite hommes jeunes Dimanche 12 mars : poursuite dames juniors Dimanche 12 mars : poursuite hommes juniors

2014 Women's Relay Medal's have changed. Russia has lost their silver. 2.Norway - Fanny Horn Birkeland, Tiril Eckhoff, Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland and Tora Berger 3. Czech Republic - Eva Puskarčíková, Gabriela Soukalová, Jitka Landová and Veronika Vítková.

Speaking of Russia, they have signed a 4 year agreement with Belarus for a Commonwealth Cup between the two nations as they need to find somewhere to race due to being banned from the IBU races. This is outside the normal Russian Cup races. Roller ski's: Stage 1 – Sochi, August 23-29: sprint, pursuit, relay Stage 2 – Minsk-Raubichi, September 13-19: sprint, mass-start, relay On snow: Stage 3 – December 22-25 (place to be specified): mass-start Stage 4 – Minsk-Raubichi, 17-23 January: sprint, pursuit, mass-start Stage 5 – Minsk-Raubichi, 23-30 January: sprint, mass-start, mixed relay, single mixed relay Stage 6 – Tyumen, March 7-13: sprint, pursuit, mixed relay, single mixed relay

Haavard Gutuboe Bogetevit, the 29 year old from Norway who could never seem become a World Cup regular has retired. “I decided enough was enough. I didn't become the best biathlete in the world, but I dare say I was the best in the world outside of the national teams. I am proud to have achieved this.”

Russian Training Groups for the men's team: Yuri Kaminsky's group Evgenii Emerkhonov (2000) Roman Yeremin (1997) Aleksandr Kornev (2001) Eduard Latypov (1994) Ilnaz Mukhamedzyanov (1997) Mikhail Pervushin (1999) Sergey Bashkirov's group Anton Babikov (1991) Kirill Bazhin (1998) Mikhail Burundukov (1998) Alexander Loginov (1992) Vyacheslav Maleev (1997) Alexander Povarnitsyn (1994) Vasilii Tomshin (1997) Maxim Tsvetkov (1992) Group of Mikhail Shashilov Vladislava Gavrilova (1998) Anna Grigoreva (1999) Irina Kazakevich (1997) Alina Kudisova (1999) Polina Pliusnina (1999) Anna Starovitova (2000) Anastasia Shevchenko (1999) Nataliya Shevchenko (Mekryukova) (2000) Anastasia Batmanova (2000) Tamara Derbusheva (1995) Group of Artyom Istomin Natalia Gerbulova (1995) Anastasia Goreeva (1999) Ksenia Dovgaya (1999) Elizaveta Kaplina (1996) Larisa Kuklina (1990) Svetlana Mironova (1994) Ekaterina Noskova (1996) Kristina Reztsova (1996) Daniil Serokhvostov (1999) Said Karimulla Khalili (1998) Evgeny Garanichev will train with the Tyumen Region team. Matvey Eliseev, Kiril Streltsov and Nikita Porshnev are nowhere to be found.

That was a surprise for me. I wonder how long it will take for her to successfully make the transition to carrying a rifle on her back, and hitting the targets?

French Team: Team A Women Justine Braisaz Chloé Chevalier Anaïs Chevalier Julia Simon Paula Botet Caroline Colombo Lou Jeanmonnot Men Fabien Claude Quentin Fillon-Maillet Antonin Guigonnat Emilien Jacquelin Eric Perrot Emilien Claude Team B Women Camille Bened Chloé Bened Fany Bertrand Sophie Chauveau Camille Coupé Gilonne Guigonnat Coralie Langel Océane Michelon Jeanne Richard Men Rémi Broutier Paul Fontaine Théo Guiraud-Poillot Jacques Jefferies Valentin Lejeune Damien Levet Oscar Lombardot Sébastien Mahon

Austrian Team: Men's National Team: Eder Simon Men's A-Team: Leitner Felix Komatz David Men's B-Team: Haslinger Lukas Hechenberger Andreas Jakob Patrick Lemmerer Harald Meuller Fabian Hauser Magnus Pitzer Lucas Postl Thomas Prosser Maximilian Unterweger Dominic Men's C-Team: Domes Andreas Glasser Daniel Kienesberger Leon Marchl Thomas Prosser Mathias Stangl Marcus Steiner Raphael Weigl Alexander Women National Team - HAUSER Lisa Women's A-Team Innerhofer Katharina Zdouc Dunja Women's B-Team Andexer Anna Gandler Anna Heigl Selina Juppe Anna Kramer Femke Oberthaler Kristina Osl Lisa Pinter Lena Rothschopf Lea Schrempf Anna Maria Schwaiger Julia Steiner Tamara Wagner Lara Women's C-Team Anhaus Wilma Millinger, Anna Nationalkader BiathlonSaison 2022/23ÖSTERREICHISCHERSKIVERBAND

Paulina Fialkova has announced that she will continue with biathlon. After a lost 2020/2021 and a really poor 2021/2022 she seriously considered retiring. It turns out that the positive results in Oslo convinced her to continue. She will race at least one more season. Ivona has not decided yet if she will continue.

On the flip side, it gives a definite 4 year plan for three of this group really move to the forefront. It will be interesting to see if they will keep the 5 slots after this season with both Windisch and Bormolini out. Didier Bionaz -2000 Patrick Braunhofer - 1998 Daniele Cappellari - 1997 Cedric Christille - 1999 Daniele Fauner -1999 Tommaso Giacomel - 2000 Iacopo Leonesio - 2000 Michele Molinari - 2000 David Zingerle - 2000

Thomas Bormolini has announced that he is retiring. This was a surprise, but there was speculation that he might when he was not listed in the team earlier this week.

Lydia Hiernickel the Swiss Nordic Skier has joined the Biathlon team.

Sweden National Team A Team Men Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson Malte Stefansson Women Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Stina Nilsson Linn Persson Johanna Skottheim Elvira Oeberg Hanna Oeberg Development Team of the A Team Tilda Johansson Oskar Brandt B Team Men Oscar Andersson Erik Larsson Emil Nykvist Anton Ivarsson Alfred Eriksson Viktor Brandt Henning Sjoekvist Women Ella Halvarsson Anna Hedstroem Sara Andersson

Natalya Mekryukov has left Russian Nordic to join the Russian Biathlon Team. Ole Einar Björndalen thinks he is out of a job as the Chinese Biathlon officials have not spoken to him since he submitted a written report in March.

Italy announced their team today: Elite team Lukas Hofer, 09/30/1989, Dorothe Wierer, 03/04/1990 Team Milan/Cortina 2026 Men Didier Bionaz, 02/22/2000 Patrick Braunhofer, 19/04/1998 Daniele Cappellari, 27/03/1997 Cedric Christille, 07/01/1999 Daniele Fauner, 02/08/1999 Tommaso Giacomel, 05/04/2000 Iacopo Leonesio, 13/01/2000 Michele Molinari, 02/20/2000 David Zingerle, 03/10/2000 Ladies Hannah Auchentaller, 03/28/2001 Michela Carrara, 05/10/1997 Samuela Comola, 30/04/1998 Eleonora Fauner, 09/24/1997 Irene Lardschneider, 09/02/1998 Rebecca Passler, 08/31/2001 Beatrice Trabucchi, 09/30/2000 Lisa Vittozzi, 04/02/1995 Linda Zingerle, 09/14/2002 Also Wierer has announced she will take each season one year at a time.

Marta Olsbu Roeisland will race for at least one more season.

Marte Olsbu Roeiseland will meet with the Norwegian team today to let them know if she will retire or not. Ukrainian Team Announced Women - Yuliia Dzhima, Olena Bilosiuk, Darya Blashko, Iryna Petrenko, Anastasiya Merkushyna and Yuliia Zhuravok. Notable absences are the Semerenko sisters. Men - Dmytro Pidrychnyi, Anton Dudchenko, Bogdan Tsymbal, Artem Pryma and Taras Lesiuk. Denys Nasyko and Artem Tyshchenko will fight for the last spot. The German team has announced they will actually participate in the Summer Biathlon World Champs, an event that they normally skip. They will attend in part because they are hosting Tarjei Boe and has partner Gita Simonsen have announced that she is expecting. Due date is in the fall. Poland will not attend the Blink or Summer World Champs. New coach, Tobias Torgersen has announced multiple camps in Poland and abroad, including a month at Lillehammer. “For now, I want us to focus exclusively on training. We will still participate in the Polish championships, but, for international departures, we will see that in a year, ”

Ouch - Karoline Knotten. The 27-year-old Norwegian biathlete in Lillehammer ended up in a ditch suffering a minor concussion. She was riding a bike.

Two interesting items: 1. Sverre Olsbu Roeisland will be the new women's coach of Germany! He is the husband of Marte. That should make for some interesting discussions. 2. German Nordic Skier Antonia Fraebel will start biathlon this year.

Round-up of news stories Austrian Julien Eberhard has officially retired. The 35 year old only raced twice last season due to an injury sustained in Ostersund. Swiss Martin Jaeger has retired. I wonder if his placement on the B-Team impacted this decision? He was one of the biathletes that I enjoyed following. One that could, on the right day, make things interesting. The Swiss men's team next year will be much younger. No Weger, no Jaeger, not Tamborino (still unsure about this one though). French Junior biathlete Laura Boucaud has retired at age 21. She won the 2000 World Junior Relay title, and was the Silver medalist in the European Championship Sprint. She did not race since the Winter of 2020-2021 due to various health issues, mental and physical. She gave an interview that is very interesting to read. Johannes Dale will marry former biathlete Kristina Skjevdal.

Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda who saw success at the Indian National Biathlon Championship is planning on competing in some FIS and IBU events this upcoming season. The goal is to earn enough points to participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics. The USBA has partnered with Horage to produce a USBA branded watch. If you want to watch 52 min of two men talking about a watch, here you go.

US Team has been announced: A Team Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, WI / National Guard Biathlon) Joanne Reid (Grand Junction, CO) Jake Brown (St. Paul, MN / Craftsbury Green Racing Project) Sean Doherty (Center Conway, NH / National Guard Biathlon) Paul Schommer (Appleton, WI / Team Crosscut) B Team Kelsey Dickinson (Winthrop, WA / Craftsbury Green Racing Project) Chloe Levins (Rutland, VT) Vaclav Cervenka (Grand Rapids, MN / National Guard Biathlon) X Team Vincent Bonacci (Salt Lake City, UT / Team Crosscut) Maxime Germain (Anchorage, AK / National Guard Biathlon) Bjorn Westervelt (Stowe, VT / University of Vermont) Development Team Tara Geraghty-Moats (Fairlee, VT / Craftsbury Green Racing Project) Amanda Kautzer (Plymouth, MN / Team Crosscut) Luke Brown (St. Paul, MN / Craftsbury Green Racing Project) Scott Lacy (Aspen, CO / Team Crosscut) National Junior Team Sidney Bennion (Midway, UT / Team Soldier Hollow) Wes Campbell (Park City, UT / Team Soldier Hollow) Matej Cervenka (Grand Rapids, MN / Mt. Itasca Biathlon) Aurora Cramer (Boise, ID / Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation) Lina Farra (Heber City, UT / National Guard Biathlon) Maxime Germain (Anchorage, AK / National Guard Biathlon) Lexie Madigan (Truckee, CA / Team Crosscut) Alexandra Rud (Oslo, NOR / Duluth Biathlon) Thoreson Sheppard (West Yellowstone, MT / Team Altius) Bjorn Westervelt (Stowe, VT / University of Vermont) Cale Woods (Bozeman, MT / Team Crosscut)

Australian biathletes Katharina Innerhofer and David Komatz were married last weekend.