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Countries for Summer World Championships in Ruhpolding:

Fraser looked anything but confident. Thompson was completely unimpressed, very relaxed.

Unfortunately, the Nordic combinations is going downhill. If you consider that 10-15 years ago there were still very strong teams or athletes from the USA, France, Italy or Finland. USA and Italy have completely disappeared from the scene. And France and Finland have if at all single good results times by Herola or Muhlethaler for example. But far away from what was once. The French don't even have a coach at the moment, because the combination hardly plays a role in the federation and not much money for a coach has been calculated in. In front, there are actually only Norwegians, Germans, Austrians and possibly Japanese. But there is not much to see of internationality. No athletes from North America or the Eastern states who are competitive and in addition the ever decreasing competition from athletes from Central Europe such as France or Italy. In a certain way, one can question whether something is not going wrong in the combination and one should question the system and whether it makes sense to continue in this way.

No single Mixed relay in Biathlon

Some shocking news to me: • the IBU World Championships will no longer be included in the World Cup Total Score. Thus, there are no more World Cup points collected at World Championship events. This is in line with IBU’s general direction to make the World Championships a stand-alone flagship event • there will be no more dropped results in the World Cup Total Score. Every competition in the World Cup will count toward the Total Score • the point system for the Total Score and the Discipline Scores will be adjusted to increase the value between the top results ensuring that if athletes are forced to miss a race due to sickness they will still have the possibility of being able to win the Crystal Globes https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/carlsson-2022-biathlon-rules/7zLHlnECP6Ggp3VxDf1HQp

In the live results, Robert is back in the results. And very strong from Shelly

will definitely not start at the World Champs in Ruhpolding.

Saalbach (AUT) loses Men‘s World Cup 2023 (to Garmisch) and probably World Cup Final 2024 just before the World Championships 2025 to Aspen (USA).

Ruka (FIN): Sprint C / 10km Individual C / 20km Pursuit F Lillehammer (NOR): 10km Individual F / Sprint F / 20km Skiathlon Beitostolen (NOR): Sprint C / 10km Individual C / 4x5km Mixed Relay Davos (SUI): Sprint F / 20km Individual F Val Müstair (SUI): Sprint F / 10km Pursuit C Oberstdorf (GER): 10km Individual C / 20km Pursuit F Val Di Fiemme (ITA): Sprint C / 15km Mass Start C / Final Climb F Milano (ITA): Sprint F / Team Sprint F Les Rousses (FRA): 10km Individual F / Sprint C / 20km Mass Start C Toblach (ITA): Sprint F / 10km Individual F / 4x7.5km Relay Holmenkollen (NOR): 50km Mass Start F Drammen (NOR): Sprint C Falun (SWE): 10km Individual C / Sprint F / 4x5km Mixed Relay Tallinn (EST): Sprint F Lahti (FIN): Mixed Team Sprint F / Sprint C / 20km Mass Start C

New distances: Sprint 10km Individual/Mass Start 20km Individual 20km Skiathlon 50km Mass Start World Cup 2022/2023 Ruka (FIN) Lillehammer (NOR) Beitostolen (NOR) Davos (SUI) Tour de Ski (Val Mustair (SUI), Oberstdorf (GER), Val Di Fiemme (ITA)) Milano (ITA) Les Rousses (FRA) Toblach (ITA) WCH Planica (SLO) Drammen (NOR) Holmenkollen (NOR) Falun (SWE) Tallinn (EST) Lahti (FIN)

She also had good distance results, but rather classical. Overall, I remember her as a better classic runner than freestyle. But you should keep in mind that for example Denise Herrmann or Stina Nilsson were never really top distance runners and mainly had podium finishes in sprint.

Anais Chevalier will continue for at least one another season.

Athletics is missing?

Championships Mass Start: Women: 1. Chevalier C (1) 2. Jeanmonnot (0) +5.9 3. Bescond (3) +10.9 4. Chauveau (4) +50.6 5. Guigonnat (4) +1:09.5 Men: 1. Lombardot (3) 2. Fillon Maillet (6) +16.0 3. Guigonnat (3) +16.1 4. Fontaine (1) +46.4 5. Perrot (3) +1:14.9

Looks like Decathlon will be directly on Friday and Saturday at the first weekend

No City Event in Wiesbaden this year, because no free date was found.

Maribor has finally been removed from the calendar for next season. The problems and uncertainties there are just too big. Whether the races will return again in 2024 or later is open.

Germany used Fluor Wax in IBU Cup this season https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/biathlon-schedule-2022-2023/6R9cw1xIiyey9pDRt4qcXw

No Super Sprint in World Cup next Season, but 4 individuals. No Opening Weekend anymore, World Cup starts on Tuesday. Hochfilzen again on 4 Days. Early Start Times in Kontiolahti and Hochfilzen due to the Football World Cup. Kontiolahti (FIN) Individual / Relay / Sprint / Pursuit Hochfilzen (AUT) Sprint / Pursuit / Relay Le Grand Bornand (FRA) Sprint / Pursuit / Mass Start Bled-Pokljuka (SLO) Sprint / Pursuit / Mixed Relay Ruhpolding (GER) Individual / Relay / Mass Start Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) Sprint / Pursuit / Relay WM Oberhof (GER) Mixed Relay / Sprint / Pursuit / Individual / Single Mixed / Relay / Mass Start Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE) Sprint / Pursuit / Mixed Relay Östersund (SWE) Individual / Relay / Mass Start Oslo-Holmenkollen (NOR) Sprint / Pursuit / Mass Start 4x Individual 8x Sprint 8x Pursuit 5x Mass Start 6x Relay 3x Mixed Relay

Because they are all Covid-positive

Chloe Chevalier will also might retire, she said in an interview.

Nice race from Emilien Claude today. Despite two mistakes still World Cup points. Eric only 60th with one mistake. This confirms my thesis that Eric could have been replaced. Whether Julia Simon is doing herself a favor at the moment? From a skating point of view, it looks Not good after her fall. She should skip the pursuit tomorrow, at least she can still fight for the globe in the mass start. And with her current skiing form she has no chance tomorrow anyway. Otherwise quite a curious race. For the women from bib number 10 onwards there is no chance for reasonable running times. Especially the collapse on the last lap of some speaks for itself. In the men's race it was a bit better, but Sturla was simply a class of his own today, but that was already apparent in Kontiolahti and Otepää.

Jeanmonnot yes, but Colombo was not selected. Why I do not know. In sprinting she is certainly higher rated than Jeanmonnot. Instead, Botet was nominated again.

Knotten on fire!

Because Magnusson gets always a wild card …