JonPhi

With a huge win in the Qualification

Linn Svahn is Out of the World Championships due to a crash in yesterdays training.

I would postpone the overall World Cup until the third trimester. So much can still happen in March. Difficult courses, who is how tired after the WCH? We should be more concerned about Simon and Braisaz, who are currently competing for the worst shooting result. Will they be able to turn things around for the World Championships?

Ski jumping had to adapt to the biathlon and alpine skiing. Without floodlights, they would hardly get any TV time because biathlon and alpine skiing take place during the day.

In 2015, the decision was made to abandon floodlit races for cost reasons. In the meantime, the course in Oberhof and Ruhpolding has also been slightly changed, meaning that the floodlight masts also had to be reinstalled in some places.

It feels like the Swedes are shooting worse from year to year

Especially as they have no room for manoeuvre to make any major changes to the course. With 59 metres of elevation gain over just 1.2 km, the sprint course is at the absolute limit in terms of difficulty. The same applies to the skiathlon tomorrow, with almost 900 metres of elevation gain over the 20 kilometres, which is extremely demanding.

Cassol won the Prologue

I think Julia Tannheimer will continue to perform so well on the flatter courses in Ruhpolding and Antholz, which will suit her technique. Oberhof will be more exciting, the courses are very demanding, but quite comparable to the World Championships in Lenzerheide. That's why I'm really looking forward to Oberhof this season. Anyone who can cope well with the courses in Oberhof should also be able to run at the front at the World Championships.

I have the feeling that she's making the same mistake as last year, where she competed in the World Cup the whole time, instead of saying that she's not going to compete in the World Cup this year and would rather take a rest. I wouldn't be surprised if she runs the relay on Sunday...

After the Ruka disaster in the prologue, Jonna Sundling is back in the lead as usual: 6 seconds ahead of second-placed Jasmin Joensuu. In the men's race, Ben Odgen beats Klæbo in an incredibly close prologue, which will be dramatically close later.

I'm curious to see if she survives beyond the trimester or even Kontiolahti. In the past, we've often heard that the Swedes are in particularly good form at the start. I still remember Johanna Skottheim the most, she also had a dream week in Kontiolahti four years ago and nothing worked from Hochfilzen onwards. She's still competing in the IBU Cup, but won't make it into the World Cup. We'll have completely different snow conditions in Hochfilzen next week, so everything will start all over again.

He still died less than Braisaz, she was extremely weak.

However, the tracks are not really comparable in terms of profile and the athletes are also used to this in terms of training volume. And the World Cup starters could certainly start two 50ks in two weeks, but after that they would definitely be out and if the next race is two days later, it's just not feasible.

The Norwegians prefer individual starts The calendar is actually a bit confusing. The last classic sprint is in Falun in mid-February, then only three skating sprints, can't you add some variety? And then there's the World Cup in Falun in mid-February. One week before the World Championships, where the Swedish national team, the home team, has already announced that the majority of the World Championship starters will be in training camp. Seriously? I can already see that almost none of the World Cup starters will be competing there ...