RobtheAggie

Yes she was, but still odd to see her there. Timothy Lapshin is also at the IBU Cup this week. Odd to see him as well.

Odd to see Valentyna Semerenko and Vanessa Hinz on the IBU Cup.

That potential crash would have been epic.

Not a surprise. They also said that Rastorgujevs was in the race.

I wish he had switched to the US.

@Werloc Just live in the US where every race is early in the morning. You will not need to take time off of work to watch, but to sleep after In all honesty, sorry that you are not going to be able to watch the races.

Good to see the NZ Federation step up and support Campbell Wright on the WC tour.

Start list is out.

I actually might be at Le Grand Bornand for the races. We will see. I do remember reading something a while ago that there are really only two options in case a WC has to be cancelled due to lack of snow. 1 - cancel it 2 - stay at the previous week's location or move to the following week location. In that case it would mean stay in Austria for two weeks. The reports are that there is lots of snow stored that they have not put out on the course yet, but we will see.

US Team: Amanda Kautzer (Plymouth, MN) - Crosscut Mountain Sports Center Elite Team Mikayla Maier (Bozeman, MT) - Crosscut Mountain Sports Center Elite Team Jacqueline Garso (Lake Clear, NY) - Craftsbury Green Racing Project Ariana Woods (Bozeman, MT) - Crosscut Mountain Sports Center Elite Team Vincent Bonacci (Salt Lake City, UT) - Crosscut Mountain Sports Center Elite Team Eli Nielsen (Stehekin, WA) - National Guard Biathlon Nikolas Burkhart (Olympic Valley, CA) - Crosscut Mountain Sports Center Elite Team Scott Lacy (Aspen, CO) - Crosscut Mountain Sports Center Elite Team

US Team Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, WI) - National Guard Biathlon Team Joanne Reid (Grand Junction, CO) Kelsey Dickinson (Winthrop, WA) - Craftsbury Green Racing Project Chloe Levins (Rutland, VT) Tara Geraghty-Moats (West Fairlee, VT) - Craftsbury Green Racing Project Jake Brown (St. Paul, MN) - Craftsbury Green Racing Project Sean Doherty (Center Conway, NH) - National Guard Biathlon Vaclav Cervenka (Grand Rapids, MN) - National Guard Biathlon Maxime Germain (Chamonix-Mont Blanc, FRA) - National Guard Biathlon Paul Schommer is out of the first few weeks due to a bone bruise.

I think she is still recovering from illness. I might be mistaking her with someone else ... but I did remember reading an article about her.

Germany: Lisa Maria Spark Selina Grotian Johanna Puff Marion Wiesensarter Janina Hettich-Walz Vanessa Hinz - That is a name I had not anticipated at the IBU Cup Johannes Donhauser Marco Gross Philipp Horn - That is a name I had not anticipated at the IBU Cup Simon Kaiser Dominic Schmuck Lucas Fratzscher

Finland: Women Inka Hämäläinen 🇫🇮 Emilia Irvankoski 🇫🇮 Sanna Laari 🇫🇮 Sonja Leinamo 🇫🇮 Men Arttu Heikkinen 🇫🇮 Otto Invenius 🇫🇮 Otto-Eemil Karvinen 🇫🇮 Ville-Valtteri Karvinen 🇫🇮 Joni Mustonen 🇫🇮

Finland Women Mari Eder 🇫🇮 Erika Jänkä 🇫🇮 Nastassia Kinnunen 🇫🇮 Venla Lehtonen 🇫🇮 Suvi Minkkinen 🇫🇮 Men Tuomas Harjula 🇫🇮 Olli Hiidensalo 🇫🇮 Heikki Laitinen 🇫🇮 Jaakko Ranta 🇫🇮 Tero Seppälä 🇫🇮

Czech rosters: Women Tereza Jandova 🇨🇿 Kristyna Otcovska 🇨🇿 Tereza Vinklarkova 🇨🇿 Men Vítezslav Hornig 🇨🇿 Josef Kabrda 🇨🇿 Ondrej Manek 🇨🇿 Adam Vaclavík 🇨🇿

Team Czech Republic Women Marketa Davidova 🇨🇿 Lucie Charvatova 🇨🇿 Jessica Jislova 🇨🇿 Eliska Vaclavikova 🇨🇿 Tereza Vobornikova 🇨🇿 Men Mikulas Karlik 🇨🇿 Michal Krcmar 🇨🇿 Jonas Marecek 🇨🇿 Tomas Mikyska 🇨🇿 Jakub Stvrtecky 🇨🇿

Article about the dismal state of Slovak biathlon. I am sorry. They will not even race in the men's relay any more.

Swiss rosters for the IBU Cup Women Lydia Hiernickel 🇨🇭 Ladina Meier-Ruge 🇨🇭 Susi Meinen 🇨🇭 Flurina Volken 🇨🇭 Men Sandro Bovisi 🇨🇭 Dajan Danuser 🇨🇭 Gion Stalder 🇨🇭 Serafin Wiestner 🇨🇭 Some new names, lots of the same from last year.

Swiss Team: Women: Amy Baserga Lea Meier Lena Häcki-Gross Elisa Gasparin Aita Gasparin Men: Joscha Burkhalter Jeremy Finello Laurin Fravi Niklas Hartweg Sebastian Stalder

Team Italy: Women Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi Michela Carrara Samuela Comola Rebecca Passler Men Lukas Hofer Tommaso Giacomel Didier Bionaz Patrick Braunhofer David Zingerle Daniele Cappellari

Good news and bad news here in the US. With NBC dropping the Olympic Channel, there will be no broadcasts of biathlon events. But what this does mean is that the livestream on Eurovision will not be delayed. So we can still watch the races, just now only online through Eurovision.

Norway at the first races: Women Karoline Erdal Marthe Kråkstad Johansen Maren Hjelmeset Kirkeeide Gro Njølstad Randby Tuva Aas Stræte Mari Wetterhus Alternative - Frida Tormodsgard Dokken Men Aleksander Fjeld Andersen Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Martin Nevland Endre Strømsheim Martin Uldal Mats Øverby Alternative - Johan-Olav Smørdal Botn Some new names on the women's side.

Paul Schommer is out for the first and potentially more WC stops. He has a bone bruise in his knee.

Not sure if this really answers your question. I think the IBU treats this as the IBU Cup World Champs. If you can qualify for an IBU Cup start, you can qualify for a OECH start.