Xander

Abramova, Merkushyna, Zhuravok will compete for the last place for Ostersund.

Panfilova said that nothing was visible and she was aiming with both eyes)))) She aimed at the middle target but shot the 2nd from the left o___0 ps. There was a mistake in the SIWI (9.0 km mark) for Lesiuk, he was robbed on 50s-1min.... unfortunately he didn't submit a protest. He could have been 23rd instead of being 45th.

Yeah, Pidhrushna has a worse night vision than everyone else in our team and she was on the last-leg in the Presque Isle relay ... she said she literally didn't see the targets and only god knows how she found the way and finished

IBU tightened their punishment for doping http://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/press-release-ibu-executive-board-meeting From now national federations will be stripped off their quotas. 2 doping offenders = 2 quota places 3 doping offenders = 2 quota places during 2 subsequent seasons ... 6 doping offenders = the whole national federation is banned from 2 to 4 years. 2018/19 calendar: SLO/Pokljuka 03-09.12.2018 AUT/Hochfilzen 10-16.12.2018 CZE/ Nove Mesto 17-23.12.2018* GER/Oberhof 07-13.01.2019 GER/Ruhpolding 14-20.01.2019 ITA/Antholz 21-27.01.2019 CAN/Canmore 04-10.02.2019 USA/Soldier Hollow 11-17.02.2019 WCH Östersund/SWE 07-17.03.2019 NOR/Oslo 18-24.03.2019 *dates to be confirmed) No Russia.

LULZ of the day. Blashko forgot to wear her timing ankle bracelet so she ran back to wear it when everybody have already started and she lost 25s approx.

Men's Mass Start, Final Results 1. BJØNTEGAARD Erlend NOR (0 1 0 0) 36:13.7 2. BØ Johannes Thingnes NOR (2 0 1 0) +11.8 3. FOURCADE Martin FRA (0 0 0 1) +16.1 4. SVENDSEN Emil Hegle NOR (0 0 1 1) +22.3 5. BØ Tarjei NOR (0 1 0 1) +23.2 6. WINDISCH Dominik ITA (0 0 1 0) +39.5 7. RØRVIK Fredrik Mack NOR (1 0 0 0) +49.5 8. LESSER Erik GER (0 0 1 2) +51.8 9. WEGER Benjamin SUI (1 0 1 1) +52.3 10. BEATRIX Jean Guillaume FRA (0 0 2 0) +54.0 11. NENSETER Aslak NOR (1 0 0 0) +1:00.3 12. DESTHIEUX Simon FRA (0 1 1 2) +1:15.4 13. BIRKELAND Lars Helge NOR (2 0 0 2) +1:19.2 14. DOLL Benedikt GER (0 0 0 3) +1:19.7 15. PEIFFER Arnd GER (0 0 1 2) +1:20.5 16. BJØRNDALEN Ole Einar NOR (1 0 1 2) +1:20.9 17. WÆRNES Andreas Dahlø NOR (0 0 2 0) +1:21.7 18. HOFER Lukas ITA (2 2 0 0) +1:27.1 ... 22. SHIPULIN Anton RUS (0 1 0 0) +1:37.4

9 penalty loops for Braisaz I would've called Vita Semerenko incredible if not the 3 misses... other than that it was awesome come back from both sisters. Vita never was a superfast skier so the new tempo requires a different shooting. I'm glad that she took risks. No excuses for Varvynets... guuurl, you better werk! Dramatic weight loss influenced Merkushhyna so she needs to adjust as well. I hope there will be no quarantine for Blashko but her coach doesn't want to throw her under the main team "bus" anyway. Wondering if Abramova will be sent to IBU Cup.

Weird start list for tomorrow's mass start (women): https://sesongstartskiskyting.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/2017-Mass-W-Start.pdf 78 biathletes so far. No Eckhof, no German team, no Belarusian team, No Valj Semerenko, Pidhrushna and Zhuravok. There's Dzhima & Blashko. Vita is going to compete without her sister. The men's start list looks normal: Heat A: https://sesongstartskiskyting.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/2017-Mass-M-HA-Start.pdf Heat B: https://sesongstartskiskyting.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/2017-Mass-M-HB-Start.pdf

Wierer said that she's just recovered from being ill so it was a training race for her. ps. Judging from the broadcast Marie Dorin played safe as well.

Guzik... wtf r u doing, hon? Shocked (in a bad way) that Zhuravok is better than Varvynets. At least Zhuravok improved, good to see her approaching the elite.

The official start lists: Women --> https://sesongstartskiskyting.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Start-Lists-Women-Sprint.pdf Men --> https://sesongstartskiskyting.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Start-Lists-Men-Sprint.pdf no Dahlmeier.

Too good. For us. + her coach is not a stranger for our team Also there was some bitching inside Belarusian team so I'm happy that they joined us after all. It will stir some competition inside our own team after the Olympics.

Look one more time. Women ---> https://sesongstartskiskyting.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/2017-Sprint-W-Entrants-v1.pdf Men ---> https://sesongstartskiskyting.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/2017-Sprint-M-Entrants-v1.pdf Dzhyma is out so Varvynets is in. Remaining girls & boys in the waiting list will run on Friday most def.

Dzhyma caught some virus infection in Norway and missed 5 days of trainings so she won't start in Sjusjøen this Saturday (( However she will start training tomorrow and most def she will be in shape for Ostersund. 8 Ukrainian girls applied for the sprint on Saturday. 6 from the main team + 2 from the team B. Everyone else from the team B will compete on Friday.

North Korea Russian officials didn't let Rodchenkov's relatives to leave the country. If the Schmidt panel won't take into consideration his new data he said he will publish it in the media.

Putin officially recognized the doping problem of such proportions in Russia: https://www.sports.ru/others/skiing/1057302402.html But now he blames Rodchenkov in everything. Evil evil Rodchenkov drugged all the sportsmen and escaped and all the saint innocent poor Russian officials (Putin included) didn't know about it Russian prosecutors opened another case against Rodchenkov, they demand his extradition from the US in order to have a revenge/to jail him in Russia. Not any whistleblower of such kind is safe there. They basically order others to STFU or else ...

Jemima Sumgong: Four-year doping ban for Olympic marathon champion. http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/41903500

Journalists of the Russian TV channel Match published the interview with 2 sportsmen and 1 manager who confessed that they took Rodchenkov drug cocktail. Their real names were changed: https://matchtv.ru/doping/matchtvnews_NI797349_Rassasyvat_no_ne_glotat__vse_podrobnosti_o_koktejle_Rodchenkova The manager was ordering this cocktail and paid 100$ per bottle. There were really big amounts meaning the state funding. + he said that it was ordered for elite sportsmen. He also named the main producer. The man who was arrested was just a middleman/dealer.

Merkushyna lost 15 kg approx. While Gabi gained a lot

Now they say 10 days - 2 weeks.

Karma exists Loginov received a serious leg/knee injury during the Summer NCH and was hospitalized. Moreover he fell on his back. He's conscious but in pain shock.

UAF will start working on hosting applications for: Lutsk 2019 - European Combined Events Team Championships Lutsk 2022 - European U18 Championships Kyiv 2024 - European Championships

They were lucky that the opposite lane was clear. Thankfully everything is ok with Sleptsova's baby. Medvedtseva is ok, she's conscious and making jokes.

Kyiv, Ukraine is already working on sending a host application for 2021 or 2023. We've already got 90% of needed venues.

Pidhrushna interrupted her trainings with the team in France because her asthma came back. She went to Czech hospital again and then to Ukraine. She can join our team in December/January or end her career. EDIT: and Pidhrushna has just posted that everything is ok and she'll be back soon. woohoo