RobtheAggie 337 Posted November 19, 2020 #321 Share Posted November 19, 2020 The Canadian Team on its way to Europe. Finns might be limited to only competitions in Finland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 337 Posted November 20, 2020 #322 Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 19/11/2020 at 08:11, RobtheAggie said: The Canadian Team on its way to Europe. Hold that, a COVID outbreak has happened at Canmore. No names were published as to who was infected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 337 Posted November 22, 2020 #323 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Sweden has cancelled all domestic level biathlon events until 14 December at least. This means that two events: Jämtland Härjedalen Cup (Östersund) - December 5th and 6th, Swedish Cup (Bodens) - December 12th and 13th Are cancelled. This also means that Stina Nilsson might not get enough points to make the IBU Cup squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted November 22, 2020 #324 Share Posted November 22, 2020 6 hours ago, RobtheAggie said: Sweden has cancelled all domestic level biathlon events until 14 December at least. This means that two events: Jämtland Härjedalen Cup (Östersund) - December 5th and 6th, Swedish Cup (Bodens) - December 12th and 13th Are cancelled. This also means that Stina Nilsson might not get enough points to make the IBU Cup squad One might wonder, but even without a pandemic surely she knew there was a decent chance she would not have any international race this season? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 337 Posted November 22, 2020 #325 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Two races this weekend to get things going: Mass start in Sjusjoen - And a sprint in Vuokatti, Finalnd - Bulgaria, Finland, Ukraine, and USA. Glad to see all 6 US women in the top 12, and all within 50 seconds of each other. Mari Eder had a really fast ski time compared to the others as well. Same thing on the men's side, it was good to see the US team with the exception of Chervenko who is the youngest on the team all within about 2 seconds of each other. Not the greatest shooting as they all missed 2 except for Max Durtschi who went clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 337 Posted November 22, 2020 #326 Share Posted November 22, 2020 3 hours ago, heywoodu said: One might wonder, but even without a pandemic surely she knew there was a decent chance she would not have any international race this season? I agree, she was going to need to prove her ability with the rifle. In the sprint she looked ok, the short individual, not so much. I did wonder in the sprint if she was really trying not to ski too fast. I thought she would have been faster. I saw a stat where she and H. Oberg had the same ski time. I would not have anticipated that. For her sake, I hope that she is able to race, and that the domestic season works out. Her on the IBU Cup would give those races a little more sizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 337 Posted November 23, 2020 #327 Share Posted November 23, 2020 The Alpen Cup is still scheduled to happen this season. If so, they could have a very strong first stop with no IBU Cup yet. Also with so few Junior races, the quality might increase. ALPENCUP COMPETITION FORE, DATES, COMPETITION TYPES OBERTILLIACH (AUT) 12/03/20 - 12/13/20 SINGLE | SPRINT SPRINT | SPRINT | SUPER SINGLE The OPA BAC in Obertilliach is offered to seniors and juniors. If the quotas (40 per nation) allow it, young people can also start. However, no youth classes are offered. Only OPA BAC Alpine countries are allowed to start. 2 FORNI AVOLTRI (ITA) 07.01.21 - 10.01.21 SINGLE | SPRINT 3 ARBER (GER) 01/28/21 - 01/31/21 SINGLE | SUPER SPRINT 4 POKLJUKA (SLO) 03/18/21 - 03/21/21 SPRINT | SUPER SINGLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 337 Posted November 24, 2020 #328 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Results from a few more trial races: Austria and Belarus from Obertilliach. Men's sprint: 1. Felix Leightner (0+0) 26:17.0 2. Simon Eder (0+0) +4.4 3. Anton Smolsky (0+1) +31.9 4. Nikita Lobastov (0+0) +39.1 5. Harald Lemmerer (1+1) +1:04.7 6. Julian Eberhard (2+0) +1:05.7 Women's short individual: 1. Dinara Alimbekava (0+0+0+1) 29:20 2. Lisa Hauser (0+0+1+0) +0:05 3. Hanna Sola (0+0+1+2) +0:26 4. Christine Reider (0+1+0+0) +0:55 5. Julia Schwaiger (1+0+1+0) +1:14 6. Dunja Zdouc (0+0+2+0) +1:30 And a short individual (10km women and 11.5 km for the men) in Finland where a missed shot was a 20 seconds penalty. Good to see Maddie Phaneuf shoot so well. I imagine the shooting times were pretty quick, as the 20 sec penalty was not even as much as a normal penalty loop. Pidhrushna was 36 seconds faster than the next closest on skis, she was really moving. Shooting conditions must have been pretty poor as the fewest misses was Pidruchniy and Nordgren with 3 each. I imagine the Ski Tunnel helped bring the teams that far North. heywoodu and Monzanator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 337 Posted November 25, 2020 #329 Share Posted November 25, 2020 If you have not seen this music video for Biathlon yet, it is worth it. The Norwegian biathlon teams explain all there is to know about the sport. They even explain why Norwegians like the sport so much. Good vocals a well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobtheAggie 337 Posted December 1, 2020 #330 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Veronika Vítková is a mother now. She announced on Facebook that her daughter Eliška was born last Saturday. hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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