JonPhi

Individual Women https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2122/BT/SWRL/CP01/SWIN/C51A_v1.pdf Individual Men https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2122/BT/SWRL/CP01/SMIN/C51A_v1.pdf Boe Johannes with Bib 2 and Eckhoff with Bib 3 so going be really interesting from the beginning

Alexis Pinturault starts in the downhill at Lake Louise. Seriously, on this easy course? He would be better advised to concentrate exclusively on the Super Gs, where he only uses up energy unnecessarily. After all, the next few weekends there are always at least 2 races for him in Beaver Creek, Val d'Isere and Val Gardena as well as Alta Badia

Oberhof will also be without spectators!

Adjusted Competition Schedule for Lillehammer:

Fantastic third place for and Duerr!

Slokar

Great run from Lena Duerr with this mistake. The field looks a little bit closer together than last season.

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World Cup in Hochfilzen will take place without spectators as Austria goes into lockdown

According to a German cross-country portal, there is a lack of snow in Lillehammer and the cross-country competitions will probably be moved to the biathlon stadium, where trails are already prepared. A decision should be made shortly where and whether the World Cup will take place.

Sjusjeon Mass Start Women 1 Tandrevold (0) 2 Chevalier C (1) +19.4 3 Erdal (0) +26.1 4 Braisaz-Bouchet (3) +28.9 5 Chevalier-Bouchet A (2) +40.0 6 Bescond (2) +41.2 7 Simon (4) +45.2 8 Davidova (2) +47.8 9 Roeiseland (4) +1:08.4 10 Kalkenberg (2) +1:13.4

Zero Points for the Total Score … Much more DNFs than in the women race …

Brilliant performance from Slokar

Sjusjeon 1 Bakken (0) 2 Bogtveit (1) +9.5 3 Bö T (1) +10.6 4 Dale (0) +13.5 5 Bjontegaard (0) +17.2 6 Fillon Maillet (1) +19.7 7 Christiansen (0) +21.5 8 Jacquelin (2) +23.5 9 Desthieux (1) +33.6 10 Botn (1) +36.8 —————— 20 Laegreid (1) +1:10.5

How were the conditions in Idre? Simon was over 2 minutes faster in Sjusjeon at Deep Snow conditions. With the Swedes, it will also be a question of whether they are dominant at the start of the season, similar to last year, and break down towards the Olympics or not.

Sjusjeon 1. Simon (0) 2. Olsbu Roeiseland (1) +3.6 3. Eckhoff (1) +21.8 4. Chevalier Chloe (1) +37.4 5. Femsteinevik (1) +48.9 6. Davidova (0) +50.1 7. Bescond (1) +52.9 8. Dzhima (1) +1:00.2 9. Tandrevold (1) +1:09.7 10. Merkushyna (0) +1:18.1 11. Braisaz-Bouchet (3) +1:32.0 12. Knotten (1) +1:37.9 ——————————- 38. Lien (4) +2:42.9 45. Chevalier Anais (4) +3:13.7

Stjernesund Slokar Lysdahl Duerr Bassino Robnik Hector Gut-Behrami Monsen Liensberger Moerzinger Ellenberger Gasienca-Daniel Brunner Frasse Sombet Kasper

As last year both courses are quite same fast in Lech, dominante so far!

The question is why changed the FIS not the race rules? If I have understood it correctly, many athletes are only interested in the rules being adjusted and the actual sum of both runs being evaluated and there not being a 0.50s rule.

Shocking News for Men‘s Team: After a positive case from one athlete, the whole team is in quarantine in Beitostolen. Regarding to the president the team will only can start training again in 8 days.

Tessa Worley also skips the race.

They will miss Lake Louise and Beaver Creek. It is also not possible to start in the US without the vaccines. So Lara Gut-Behrami will also maybe miss the Giant Slalom in Killington, if her second vaccination is not 14 days ago then. If Kryenbuhl or Weber want to start at the Olympics, they have to miss Wengen and Kitzbühel, so only have the Events in Val Gardena and Bormio to qualify. Men‘s Downhill Training starts already on 03. February, so they would have to go in quarantine on 12. January, if they want to participate.

In France for the first time, similar to Norway, the qualification for the Olympic Games ends after the fifth World Cup in Ruhpolding. Results from Antholz will no longer be taken into account, according to Stephane Bouthiaux, Head of Biathlon France.

French Team for the Season Opening WomenBESCOND Anaïs – Armées / Morbier (Massif Jurassien)BRAISAZ-BOUCHET Justine – Douanes / Les Saisies (Savoie)CHEVALIER Chloé – Les 7 Laux (Sports de Neige du Dauphine)CHEVALIER-BOUCHET Anaïs – Douanes / Les 7 Laux (Sports de Neige du Dauphine)SIMON Julia – Douanes / Les Saisies (Savoie)MenCLAUDE Fabien – Armées / Bass sur le Rupt (Massif des Vosges)DESTHIEUX Simon – Armées / Lompnes (Lyonnais et Pays de l’Ain)FILLON MAILLET Quentin – Douanes / Grandvaux (Massif Jurassien)GUIGONNAT Antonin – Armées / Morzine Avoriaz (Mont Blanc)JACQUELIN Emilien – Douanes / Villard de Lans (Sports de Neige du Dauphine) The sixth starting places will be filled only after the IBU Cup in Idre

Cross-Country Skiing courses will be the hardest in history. The men's 50km race, for example, has a total ascent of 2039 meters. The maximum allowed is 2100 meters, plus the altitude of about 1600 meters.