Bohemia

So, JTB and Tarjei had 19 podium finishes in 2024/25, seeing as they're retired and won't be competing next season, thought it would be fun to do a completely unnecessary and inaccurate simulation of what breakthroughs next season might have:
 
The most decorated biathletes of this season without Boes would be as follows:
 
Laegreid: 6-6-3
Perrot: 4-2-2
Jacquelin: 3-1-1
Samuelsson: 2-2-2
Stroemsheim: 2-0-2
Wright: 2-0-1
Fillon-Mallet: 1-5-2
Giacomel: 1-5-1
Uldal: 1-0-3
Soerum: 1-0-2
 
Some interesting things happen, for example, Wright becomes sprint and pursuit world champion, Mandzyn gets a very rare podium for Ukraine at the start of the season. Horn and Frey get their first ever podium in world cup and Riethmueller gets a world cup victory.
 
For the nation medal table, Norway still convincingly takes first place:
 
Norway: 10-7-11
France: 8-11-5
 
And then everybody else fighting for scraps:
 
Sweden: 2-2-3
United States: 2-0-1
Italy: 1-5-1
Germany: 1-0-2
Slovenia: 1-0-0
 
Even without the Boes, only 9 countries on the podium, but Pidruchnyi for Ukraine comes in 4th for three times, other than that, only Finland and Switzerland were close to getting onto the podium. With how things are going, seems like it's going to be Norway's year next year too with all the hungry youngsters with two extra spots on the Norwegian team. 

Yeah looks like she fell because of her pole that she put between her shoe and her ski, she didn't have much space in the turn so that's what caused this mistake.
 
Man I'm so sad it ends this way  (and not just because I'm French and was rooting for Lou)
I wish we could've seen a sprint between them instead of such an anticlimactic ending. This is incredibly frustrating.
 
Nevertheless, congratulations to Preuss who had so much bad luck throughout her career, she deserves this so much.
 
Now I just hope Lou will win the overall someday, second year in a row where she's close to doing it

Yeah looks like she fell because of her pole that she put between her shoe and her ski, she didn't have much space in the turn so that's what caused this mistake.
 
Man I'm so sad it ends this way  (and not just because I'm French and was rooting for Lou)
I wish we could've seen a sprint between them instead of such an anticlimactic ending. This is incredibly frustrating.
 
Nevertheless, congratulations to Preuss who had so much bad luck throughout her career, she deserves this so much.
 
Now I just hope Lou will win the overall someday, second year in a row where she's close to doing it

Yeah looks like she fell because of her pole that she put between her shoe and her ski, she didn't have much space in the turn so that's what caused this mistake.
 
Man I'm so sad it ends this way  (and not just because I'm French and was rooting for Lou)
I wish we could've seen a sprint between them instead of such an anticlimactic ending. This is incredibly frustrating.
 
Nevertheless, congratulations to Preuss who had so much bad luck throughout her career, she deserves this so much.
 
Now I just hope Lou will win the overall someday, second year in a row where she's close to doing it

This was supposed to be exciting until the very last second, but with that fall it was the very WORST way for the women's globe to be decided...

Yeah looks like she fell because of her pole that she put between her shoe and her ski, she didn't have much space in the turn so that's what caused this mistake.
 
Man I'm so sad it ends this way  (and not just because I'm French and was rooting for Lou)
I wish we could've seen a sprint between them instead of such an anticlimactic ending. This is incredibly frustrating.
 
Nevertheless, congratulations to Preuss who had so much bad luck throughout her career, she deserves this so much.
 
Now I just hope Lou will win the overall someday, second year in a row where she's close to doing it

6th again and best skiing again
 
Paja, perhaps would be slightly better to peak the shape just for a bit earlier period in the next season

Just caught up, but today's Womens' Pursuit was absolutely the reason I fell in love  with biathlon back 25 years ago.  What a race!  

Just quickly passing here to mention a chapeau bas to Fialková for her mega-jump today from 44th after the sprint to 6th in the pursuit.
 
Kudos where kudos is due. This was simply heroic performance from Paja.
 
Ok so that´s it.
I leave.

Rare win for  - Hartweg & Aita Gasparin - in the Single Mixed!  

Not sure what the best thread is for this kind of post, but I'm putting it here for now...
 
In the blur that was Paris 2024, I never realized how high Victor Le Masne set the bar with this song. It grew on me quickly after the reveal, but I never had much time to digest it until recently.
 
https://youtu.be/u_5E2uiVAHA?si=YobFuiQW6biRKumQ
 
Also, I was thinking about how creatively/artistically progressive Paris 2024 was tonight. I'm genuinely curious to see what its creative legacy will be in the coming years. 

First world cup victory for Fak since 2015

That was such a weird race  but a great podium, Elvira Öberg finally getting her first WCh individual gold, first WCh individual medal for Kirkeeide and first EVER podium for Océane Michelon, after her amazing relay yesterday 
The youngsters are performing so well this year on the women's side, the next seasons are going to be exciting.

The fist bump between Johannes and QFM in the last lap 😂😂

Real shame Wright isn’t competing for  anymore, would be historic for Oceania to win a biathlon medal.

That was incredible! JTB proving again that he is the GOAT, Wright being awesome, Perrot with his first individual medal 

That was incredible! JTB proving again that he is the GOAT, Wright being awesome, Perrot with his first individual medal 

The beginning and end of that race were craaaaazyyy 
So happy for Czechia, congratulations to them! 

Go Czechia!!!

Krcmar you absolute boss

IHF should ban Denmark for the next World Championship , playing against this team is not a fair fight. they are just too good

I don't know if it's a rhetorical question or not but no there was no protest, and IMO there was nothing to protest anyway, unlike today.
 
The men's battle for the overall is gonna be very interesting in March! Laegreid is now leading by 48 points but it's THE JT Boe, so this is far from over!

Stage 21 in Kitzbuehel (AUT)
 
Men´s Slalom:
 
1. Clement Noel    1:41.49
2. Alex Vinatzer    1:41.58
3. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen    1:41.68
 
Full Final Results HERE

About the French relay, Océane Michelon lost a lot of time in the last lap because she had tachycardia