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Since 2010, actually. Wow. I kind of want to know the story. And good to have found another South Park fan!

Never mind then. Biathlon in some countries is such a mystery...

The only explanation I can possibly think of is that the Chinese Taipei biathlon federation is simultaneously the Modern Pentathlon one as well, so maybe they are modern pentathletes who take the opportunity to get into shape during the winter?

On another note what is it with the Chinese Taipei athletes who always come in every year and post extremely slow times?? One of them was 7 minutes behind.. before shooting 1.

Maybe in 10 years they will have their first ski jumper Imagine that.

Awesome! You should make a video interview or something. Or 'a day in the life of Brazilian biathletes'.

Good news by the way-Martin Fourcade and Gabi have both said they would boycott the WC in Tyumen if it is not moved!

Lost for words.. I think the pressure really got to everyone. There is some potential for the pursuit but we have to shoot well...

I've watched the speed of his shots, they are insanely fast. It's like he doesn't really try, he shoots extremely fast even when he misses. Though he did shoot clear one time and again rapidly. It's ridiculous, especially for an individual race.

Interesting to note that this IBU Cup could decide who gets the fourth Wild Card spot for Trimester 2's WC. (China had it for T1 but never used it). At the moment it looks like it's between Greece's Angelis and Bosnia's Plakalovic, having looked at their IBU point scores over the last 3 trimesters. Not sure which is ahead, their averages seem similar though..

Good point...Letting them host an event with this happening would be out of order. Starting athletes is a right, but hosting events is a privilege. And Russia in its form should have at the very least no privileges.

Interesting. Seems as well it's mostly female biathletes. I wonder if only the athletes will be banned or if there will be a greater ruling against Russia's participation as a whole.

Wonder if they write the whole thing on her jersey.. :D

Haha when both Michals on the Czech team screwed up theirs shots at the same time. Pretty happy with today's results though.Good to see Soukup back on form. As for Fourcade...let's just say he's made women's biathlon far more interesting in my eyes.

I think the other nations get 10 between them if I'm not mistaken.

In terms of wildcards for the World Champs I will make a prediction: Maria Tsakiri (Greece), Snejana Tiseeva (Moldova), and maybe Bruna if she really has improved that much. But I can't see anyone else getting close to 180. Maybe I'm missing someone? For the men it should be easier to fill, though.

Thing to remember with her- she's only 15!! She could be on the junior cup circuit for about 5 years.

Regardless of the position she did great today. And even if she shot clear she wouldn't have made the pursuit, so nothing to really regret about that one shot. Unfortunately Carine Leijn isn't in the pursuit even shooting clear

It will be tough. Very tough. But it was a good performance today.

We need others to miss too for her to make the pursuit, which isn't really happening, but good start!

Unfortunately, that does not come as a surprise. Is there anywhere one can view the list?

I am suddenly really excited to see how much she's improved in competition.

I hope Bruna qualifies for the World Championships! The good news is this year it's the top 30 instead of top 25 nations that automatically get spots, so the 10 wildcards this year will likely be from smaller nations. Basically Latvia, Spain, Britain, Bosnia, Hungary are all covered, and they were the ones who took many of the wildcards last year. And there's not that many athletes left, I think anyone who gets under 180 will automatically be chosen!

That's a big if. But yeah in clear conditions when everyone shoots well, Gabi would have no chance. As for Maria she hasn't missed a target this year! So who knows what she is capable of. The first time I read your comment I actually thought of Gabi Soukalova for a second. Hahaha. Well ours is the second best Gabi out there! Is Brazil going to the third Junior cup as well or are they instead going to the OECH? By the way what really annoys me is how they scheduled the World Junior Champs AFTER the World Champs, so many athletes who could have qualified through finishing in the top half can't now and have to rely on doing so last year

Yeah, I've seen that before, and I've always wondered what the story was! Maybe he was born on vacation. Who knows. By the way the race has been postponed for an hour. Possibly windy. So likely if the race does go ahead in an hour it will be tricky conditions.