RobtheAggie

Good final leg from Simon.  Sweden put a very strong team and it showed.  Pretty pleased with the US result of 8th place.  Only 8 misses and no penalty loops.
Greenland were the last to be lapped.  

Greenland will have a single-mixed team for the first time in history!
 
I do wonder if the equalization of the distances for the single-mixed and mixed relays will result in more teams being lapped.  That is going to be an interesting thing to watch during the season.  I wish they would let the relays go until the last leg before they would be removed.

Greenland will have a single-mixed team for the first time in history!
 
I do wonder if the equalization of the distances for the single-mixed and mixed relays will result in more teams being lapped.  That is going to be an interesting thing to watch during the season.  I wish they would let the relays go until the last leg before they would be removed.

Greenland will have a single-mixed team for the first time in history!
 
I do wonder if the equalization of the distances for the single-mixed and mixed relays will result in more teams being lapped.  That is going to be an interesting thing to watch during the season.  I wish they would let the relays go until the last leg before they would be removed.

Greenland will have a single-mixed team for the first time in history!
 
I do wonder if the equalization of the distances for the single-mixed and mixed relays will result in more teams being lapped.  That is going to be an interesting thing to watch during the season.  I wish they would let the relays go until the last leg before they would be removed.

Yes, the full ban goes into effect this season.

Norwegian TV is odd. 
 
If you start from this page it usually works without VPN.
 
 
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/skiskyting/202311/MSPO40360223/avspiller

Just bought tickets for biathlon 2024 WCH. Nove Mesto, welcome to! 

Former Bulgarian biathlete and World Cup regular for 10 years, Krasimir Anev, has apparently shot himself in the stomach in an attempted suicide.
 
He is in the hospital, but his condition is not good. A day before the incident he had posted a cryptic, literary quote about a friendship betrayal on facebook.

Just a reminder - season starts Saturday 11 November with the first Norwegian domestic races!

Julia Simon has been arrested by the French police in an ongoing investigation against her for Credit Card fraud. Last January her teammate Justine Braisaz-Buchet has pressed charges against Simon for using her Credit Cards to buy different stuff. 

Finally, the retirement of Gabrielė Leščinskaitė was officially announced on our Biathlon social media.
 
This is her first actual retirement, although she retired like 6 or 7 times before in her head, but was persuaded to come back every time  

Baiba Bendika has finally announced the birth of their baby boy, and also has her first training after giving birth done already  
 

Goodbye super sprint, may you not be ever missed ever again. 

No it´s not 1st April today. No worries.
 
Anastasiya Kuzmina will compete at the European Championships in Osrblie, and according to her words, if she will feel it doable she is open to participate at the World Champs in Czechia. Remember our biathlon team is almost inexistant now, with Paja missing the season due pregnancy (and yet not decided if she will even return to the sport next year) and Ivona Fialková retired this summer... so any help for us would be more than appreciated
 
https://www.olympic.sk/clanok/kuzminova-comeback-me-oznam

The federation took their time with the 2nd day results.
 
Lithuanian Summer Biathlon championships at Maduona, Latvia - Mass Start results:
 
W 10 km
 
1. Sanita Bulina  LAT  1+3+0+0
2. Annija Sabule  LAT  0+1+1+0  +48.2
3. Lidija Žurauskaitė  LTU  1+3+2+1  +1:39.0
 
5. Judita Traubaitė  3+3+2+1  +4:20.0
6. Sara Urumova  2+1+0+0  +5:17.4
 
M 12.5 km
 
1. Vytautas Strolia  LTU  1+1+0+0
2. Tomas Kaukėnas  LTU  0+0+1+3  +53.8
3. Maksim Fomin  LTU  1+2+2+0  +1:22.5
 
4. Karol Dombrovski  LTU  1+1+1+2  +1:25.7
7. Jokūbas Mačkinė  LTU  3+1+0+2  +3:07.7
8. Stepan Terentjev  LTU  3+2+0+2  +5:57.0
 
Other notable Lithuanian results:
 
M22
 
1. Nikita Čigak  LTU  2+0+3+1
2. Darius Dinda  LTU  2+2+2+1  +16.4

Good news, the Fourcade Fest is on Discovery Plus today!

I always knew french were time travellers Must return to France one day and look for the next edition lottery numbers. I am looking for some money lately, you know

Due to illegal gun activities, Rastorgujevs got a DQ, so Strolia is now second, Fomin up to fifth.
 
Jesper Nelin gets the bronze.

Victory for !  I am sure, the first ever at any kind or level of biathlon.

Lol, Vytautas Strolia 1+0  managed to get a medal here
 
I'm rather more surprised with Maksim Fomin 0+0 in 6th, only 4 seconds behind Vytautas.
 
Hopefully he can showcase it on the snow, with Kaukėnas and Dombrovski in bad form for what feels like decades, Fomin could become our nr. 2 

At least 1 medal for the host country. Ema Kapustová silver this morning in the W Junior Sprint
 

 

 

All live here as usual. TV coverage starts with the Senior races on Friday.
 
https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/
 
 

Just a reminder: we get summer biathlon from  Thursday - Sunday.  Looks like all 16 races, even the Juniors are covered.
 
https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/
 
https://www.biathlonworld.com/calendar

Women's race from Wiesbaden: probably need to watch it quick before the Copyright Cops get it!