hope the poor cat is still alive
however, only managed to score 208/all out off 43.3 overs, so won the match by 107 runs
Ryan Rickelton with 103 runs is Today's top batsman
Tomorrow, the big match between and is on stage in Lahore (as usual, game starts @ 10 a.m. CET)
US defense loses it in OT (by leaving McDavid alone in the slot), rather
and yeah, unexpected great night for Binnington
overall, nice tournament, some exciting (and some boring) action, but still 1 billion times better than any possible format of that farce named All Star Game
hope Russia are back and in 2028 we can finally watch a super World Cup with the 6 top teams in the world (adding and to this year's 4)
Oberhof (and sometimes Nove Mesto) in March...good luck for the grass biathlon cup!
and Holmenkollen in February...I know they want to keep the world champs in that stint, but, man! I wonder how many troubles they will have in 2029 (unless climate change does really modify our Winter more than how it happens nowadays)
IBU have announced the calendars up until 2029/30 season here.
Some interesting changes.
- In 27 and 29 the opening round will be reduced to one weekend (instead of two) with the extra weekend being held around New Years.
This is a very nice change in my opinion, as i always appreciate more races around the holidays. Plus we can have an extra location, instead of one resort holding 2 weeks at the beginning. The only thing, which could have made it even better is if they squeezed this round between Christmas and New Year, but i'm sure the athletes would have made a fuss.
- Another change is Oberhof moving to the third trimester after being the opening January round for probably 30 years. This seems like a reasonable move, as we all know the troubles with Oberhof every season.
- Of the other locations it's the usual in and out for Annecy, Lahti with Lenzerheide, Otepaa joining their mix of semi-regular slots.
- The tradition of returning to North America once every 5-6 years is kept for 2029. But Asia is still non-existent for biathlon. And to think, when i started watching in 2002/03 for a couple of years China had a top tier women's team, with Japan having a nice presence as well. Seems eternity ago.
2026/27 season
2027/28 season
2028/29 season
2029/30 season
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