In men’s biathlon 2022-2023 was the year of Johannes Thingnes Boe. For good reason! As we covered previously in Is JT Boe the Greatest Ever? Or the Best? we discussed exactly how great JT Boe’s 2022-2023 season was. Definitely go read the whole piece but I’ll spoil one bit for you: JT Boe’s 22-23 was the best season of all time.
Sliding a bit under the radar though (just a tiny bit), was a nearly as incredible season from Sturla Holm Laegreid. Now Laegreid isn’t going to catch anybody by surprise anymore. In his rookie season he came one race from winning the Overall Globe in a highly competitive battle with JT Boe. Last season he again won the u25 Globe and finished 2nd in the Overall again. This season, no longer eligible for the Blue Bib, he finished once again, in 2nd in the Overall race.
When we look back at years from now we’ll see that in 2022-2023 Laegreid finished in 2nd place for the third straight season. We will correctly remember that he was really good, yet again. But we’ll also remember that JT Boe won just about every race (Can I just say one more time…19 wins in 23 races is unreal, unbelievable, and unbeatable). There is a very real possibility that we’ll forget how amazing Sturla Holm Laegreid was this season.
Let’s take a look at the Overall Top 10 Standings:
| Athlete | Points (Points Behind Boe) |
| JT Boe | 1589 |
| Sturla Holm Laegreid | 1098 (-491) |
| Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen | 935 (-654) |
| Benedikt Doll | 782 (-807) |
| Martin Ponsiluoma | 779 (-810) |
| Tarjei Boe | 684 (-905) |
| Johannes Dale | 674 (-915) |
| Quentin Fillon Maillet | 671 (-918) |
| Roman Rees | 658 (-931) |
| Fabien Claude | 635 (-954) |
Before he missed three races with COVID there was more distance between #3 and Laegreid than there was between Laegreid and JT Boe, who, once again, was on a record smashing pace. The final numbers aren’t quite as eye popping for Laegreid because of that COVID break. Even still, it feels like Laegreid was on a level that should have contended for an Overall Globe if he was up against a mere mortal rather than super hero Boe. Here’s what he ended up with in terms of finishes this season:
| Type of Finish | Total (Percentage) |
| Total Races | 22 |
| Wins | 1 (4.5%) |
| 2nd Place | 8 (36.4%) |
| Podiums | 15 (68.2%) |
| Top 5’s | 20 (90.9%) |
| Top 10’s | 21 (95.5%) |
A 68.2% podium percentage is absolutely phenomenal. He was on the podium two out of every three races. So if an average trimester is eight solo races he was on the podium 5.5 times. And just based on the rest of those numbers if he wasn’t on the podium then he was just missing it by one or two spots. Simply put, Laegreid was incredibly strong and consistent. Sure he had just the one win, but JT Boe was sucking up the wins like a Roomba gone berserk.
Well this got me thinking…what would this season look like if JT Boe just didn’t exist. Yes, I get it. You could do this for any season. Remove the winner and voila there is a new Overall Globe winner! And yes, I realize that JT Boe’s presence in the race changed how it was run and would have changed the outcome. This is just for fun!
What really made me think this is because of all of those 2nd place finishes. And we already know that JT Boe won most of the races this season. So, if we took out Boe would Laegreid have a season that could stack up against some of the best of all time?
Here’s Sturla Holm Laegreid’s season if you just eliminate JT Boe.
| Type of Finish | Total (Percentage) |
| Total Races | 22 |
| Wins | 8 (36.4%) |
| 2nd Place | 6 (27.3%) |
| Podiums | 18 (81.8%) |
| Top 5’s | 20 (90.9%) |
| Top 10’s | 21 (95.5%) |
Now those look like the numbers of an Overall Champion don’t they? Maybe the wins look a little low still but 18 podiums in 22 races (25 total but he missed 3) seems to be more than enough to win an Overall Globe.
So let’s look at how Laegreid’s numbers compare to the last decade of Overall Globe winners. We’ll primarily be looking at his “real” numbers but I also want include his “without Boe” numbers just for fun. (This is not including JT Boe this season because they are so crazy they blot out the sun). 2014, 2018, and 2022 numbers include Olympic results.
| Year and Champion | Wins (%) | Podiums (%) |
| 2023 Laegreid (with Boe) | 1 (4.5%) | 15 (68.2%) |
| 2023 Laegreid (without Boe) | 8 (36.4%) | 18 (81.8%) |
| 2022 Quinton Fillon Maillet | 10 (38.5%) | 16 (61.5%) |
| 2021 JT Boe | 4 (15.4%) | 14 (53.8%) |
| 2020 JT Boe | 10 (58.8%) | 13 (76.5%) |
| 2019 JT Boe | 16 (64%) | 19 (76%) |
| 2018 Martin Fourcade | 11 (44%) | 22 (88%) |
| 2017 Martin Fourcade | 14 (53.8%) | 22 (84.6%) |
| 2016 Martin Fourcade | 10 (41.7%) | 16 (64%) |
| 2015 Martin Fourcade | 8 (32%) | 12 (48%) |
| 2014 Martin Fourcade | 7 (29.2%) | 15 (62.5%) |
| 2013 Martin Fourcade | 10 (38.5%) | 19 (73.1%) |
Just at first glance it is clear that Laegreid’s “real” total wins and win percentage this season are short of where a “normal” Globe winner would be. (Normal in this case meaning not super human 2022-2023 JT Boe). However, as is better visualized below, you can see that if you were to remove Boe, and all of those 2nd place finishes become wins, he is much more in line with some recent Globe winners. Laegreid’s 2022-2023 without Boe slides in nicely in between a run of Martin Fourcade wins there.
Even without taking out Boe though, those podium numbers looked VERY strong relative to other recent globe winners. When we plot out the podium percentages of recent Overall Globe winners we see Laegreid fits right in with these other champions. His “real” numbers were just about the median of all of the champs from 2013-2022. And just for fun when, you take out JT Boe, Laegreid is right at the very tip top of podium percentages just behind two magical Globe winning seasons from Fourcade in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.
So what is the point I’m trying to make with all of this? Sturla Holm Laegreid was really really good this past season. He was good enough to win an Overall Globe. The only problem? He ran into a freight train named JT Boe that was just too good. If He had raced against any previous version of JT Boe he would have had a very good chance at unseating him for the title.
We didn’t even for one second dive into his outrageous shooting percentage of 93.5% this season including 97.8% prone. We’re not even discussing that he was 3rd fastest overall behind just Johannes Thingnes “The Flash” Boe and Martin Ponsiluoma. We didn’t even mention that he was the 9th fastest shooter this year. We just looked at his finishes and saw that this man, Sturla Holm Laegreid, competed and raced at a level that was enough for him to have contended for an Overall Crystal Globe.
But that’s sport right? You have to fight against the competition that is in front of you. This season Johannes Thingnes Boe displayed a level of biathlon that we have never seen before. That’s just bad luck for Sturla Holm Laegreid. He didn’t back down though. He kept going out there and fighting every single race and himself put up a very strong season. Maybe in another year, when one of the all time greats of biathlon isn’t having one of the great seasons of all time, Laegreid would have brought home his first Overall Globe.
Was he the best 2nd place ever?
Okay so I’ve got all of this data. Laegreid had a great season but still came in 2nd. This made me think, is Laegreid having the greatest 2nd place season of all time? I find it hard to believe somebody else could possibly have been this good and still finished in 2nd right? I mean look at all of that above! His finishes were just about on pace with many of the recent Overall Globe winners!
So what we need to do is identify the best 2nd place finishes of all time. To do this we’ll look at just a handful of things including: win and winning percentage, podiums and podium percentage, and percentage of the Overall #1’s points. (For example if the overall #1 finishes with 1000 points and the #2 had 950 points then this would be 95%). This is not always the best thing to look at because in a season like this, or 2018-2019 or 2016-2017 the Overall winner was SO GOOD that it made the #2 man look relatively average. Still, I think it is worth looking at.
We’ll also mention skiing vs. the average, total shooting percentage, shooting time, and shooting time rank as well. However I care less about these stats because over time they’ve all changed based on the technology and the trends of the time. For example Bjoerndalen was amazingly fast, but it is likely that his skiing vs. the average biathlete numbers wouldn’t quite be so eye popping today with better waxing and technology amongst all teams.
You’ll notice that this is a much different process than we used to identify the Best of all time. And you’re absolutely right. I would just argue that I’m only here trying to find the best 2nd place season of all time, not the best 2nd place biathlete of all time. A small but subtle difference. You might think all we’re going to do is simply identify the races in which the 1-2 differential was the closest. Spoiler alert, close races didn’t always mean that the #2 was having a great season.
So here’s a list of what I consider to be the best seasons by a man who finished in 2nd place. I could make an argument for maybe 1-2 more but really there is a drop off after these 12 seasons
| Year | Athlete | Races | Wins | Podiums | % of #1 |
| 1990 | Kvalfoss | 12 (raced 11) | 1 (8.3%) | 6 (50%) | 98% |
| 2000 | Bjoerndalen | 25 (22) | 5 (20%) | 10 (40%) | 95.3% |
| 2001 | Bjoerndalen | 25 (22) | 8 (32%) | 15 (60%) | 98.4% |
| 2004 | Bjoerndalen | 26 (23) | 5 (19.2%) | 13 (50%) | 89.2% |
| 2005 | Fischer | 26 | 5 (19.2%) | 10 (38.5%) | 98.8% |
| 2007 | Bjoerndalen | 27 (19) | 11 (40.7%) | 11 (40.7%) | 92.7% |
| 2011 | Svendsen | 26 (24) | 8 (30.8%) | 11 (42.3%) | 99.5% |
| 2012 | Svendsen | 26 | 4 (15.4%) | 12 (46.2%) | 94.1% |
| 2018 | JT Boe | 22 | 9 (40.9%) | 17 (77.3%) | 92% |
| 2020 | Fourade | 21 | 7 (33.3%) | 10 (47.6%) | 99.8% |
| 2021 | Laegreid | 26 | 7 (26.9%) | 10 (38.5%) | 98.8% |
| 2023 | Laegreid | 22 | 1 (4.5%) | 15 (68.2%) | 69.1% |
Of course this isn’t every second place season but it’s a pretty good representation of the best 2nd place seasons that I could see. I may have missed one or two that should have made this list and honestly I’m okay with this. I am certain I didn’t miss any other dominant 2nd place finishers. So let’s see how Laegreid ranks.
Well no surprise here. If you have just one win in a season it’s pretty hard to be anywhere other than last in a comparison like this. But you know what’s coming next…podium percentage:
There’s our boy! Right near the very very top of the list. The 2nd highest podium percentage of any 2nd place finisher. Only 2018 JT Boe and 2001 Ole Einar Bjoerndalen are even in the same range as Laegreid from this season. One of just three seasons where the 2nd place Overall had a higher than 50% podium rate. Pretty clearly one of the most consistent high level seasons of the 2nd place finisher.
The biggest argument in Laegreid’s favor, especially regarding that single victory, is that the man who ended up winning the Overall, JT Boe having an absolutely incandescent year, swept up wins at a rate that was unprecedented. If he had been in the same season as a “normal” Overall Champion these numbers would be even stronger for Laegreid.
At 26 Years Old Where Does Laegreid Stack Up?
We’ve seen how great Laegreid was this past season. Not only was this the single greatest season by any man to finish 2nd place overall, With three seasons of World Cup biathlon racing to his name, where does Sturla Holm Laegreid stack up right now against the greatest of all time?
To start with we know that he has 0 Overall Globes. Hopefully he adds one or two or three to his career before all is said and done. You never want to assume anything in sports. Anything can happen at any time. Just to be complete, here are the Overall Globe Standings as of today:
| Athlete | Total Globes |
| Martin Fourcade | 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 |
| Ole Einar Bjoerndalen | 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 |
| Johannes Thinges Boe | 🥇🥇🥇🥇 |
| Raphaël Poirée | 🥇🥇🥇🥇 |
| Frank Ullrich | 🥇🥇🥇🥇 |
| Frank-Peter Roetsch | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Sven Fischer | 🥇🥇 |
| Sergei Tchepikov | 🥇🥇 |
| Jon Åge Tyldum | 🥇🥇 |
| 12 Men | 🥇 |
Okay well Laegreid needs to get a few Overall Globes. What about 2nd place finishes? This isn’t traditionally something that we look at when trying to determine who are the greatest biathletes of all time? Since Laegreid has a handful of 2nd place finishes now it might be worthwhile seeing who else is in his general rage though?
| Athlete | Total Second Place Overalls |
| Ole Einar Bjoerndalen | 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈 |
| Emil Hegle Svendsen | 🥈🥈🥈🥈 |
| Sturla Holm Laegreid | 🥈🥈🥈 |
| Eirik Kvalfoss | 🥈🥈🥈 |
| Johannes Thingnes Boe | 🥈🥈 |
| Sven Fischer | 🥈🥈 |
| Mark Kirchner | 🥈🥈 |
| Peter Angerer | 🥈🥈 |
| Klaus Sierbert | 🥈🥈 |
First of all, how insane is it that Bjoerndalen has six Overall Globes AND six 2nd place finishes. That’s wild considering Fourcade had just one 2nd place finish, JT Boe just two, Poiree had just one. In fact it makes you look a little differently at Emil Svendsen and his single Globe plus four runners up behind Tarjei Boe and Fourcade. You could argue Svendsen could have at least one more Globe in 2013 when he missed six races. Fourcade then took advantage of that absence and won four and came in 2nd twice in those six races. But that’s an entirely different discussion!
Back to the subject at hand, Laegreid is piling up enough 2nd place finishes for a career already. Even if he doesn’t get one more 2nd place finish, he’s done enough to fill out his career. That sounds like a ridiculous thing to care about but honestly it really does make a difference. Looking back at careers and seeing all of those 2nd place overalls you know that these guys were solid for more seasons than just the ones that they won the overall in. They were still in there battling. It means something to me I’ll put it that way.
JT Boe is going to be 30 when the next season starts. He won’t be around forever. There will always be more talent on the rise either from the Norwegians themselves or from other nations. It seems improbable that, barring injury, Laegreid won’t at least win 1-2 Overall Globes before all is said and done. If I was setting an over/under on career Globes for him I would probably set it at 2.5. I guess we’ll see!
When we look at all time wins and all time podiums Laegreid still has a way to go. To be fair, he’s only competed for three full seasons whereas all of these men have at least 10 seasons already.
| Athlete | Wins | Podiums |
| Bjoerndalen | 95 | 179 |
| Fourcade | 83 | 150 |
| JT Boe | 74 | 113 |
| Poiree | 44 | 103 |
| Svendsen | 38 | 88 |
| Fischer | 33 | 90 |
| Fillon Maillet | 16 | 52 |
| Andresen | 15 | 47 |
| Roetsch | 15 | 37 |
| Laegreid | 10 (Rank: 21st) | 32 (Rank: T-18th) |
It’s pretty remarkable that in just three seasons he’s already at double digit wins, one of just 21 men to do so. Names of some men who haven’t achieved that: Ricco Gross, Jakov Fak, and Bjoern Ferry.
When you look at the career podiums he’s poised to leap into the upper tiers over the next several seasons. With 32 podiums over the last three years he’s averaging just about 10ish podiums per season. Let’s assume he continues that pace over the next three seasons.
- End of 2023-2024: 42 podiums = 12th overall
- End of 2024-2025: 52 podiums = Tied for 8th overall
- End of 2025-2026: 62 podiums = Likely 8th. This is more difficult to figure because right now QFM has 52 and Tarjei Boe 58 so I’m expecting them to each surpass 62 overall podiums over the next three seasons
- End of 2029-2030: 102 podiums. This is assuming A LOT that he’ll still be getting 10 podiums per season at age 32-33. But it’s not impossible. This would put him around Raphael Poiree who is currently 4th overall. Even if he falls a little short the point is 5th most podiums ever is absolutely within the realm of possibility for Laegreid.
Speaking of podium rate, we previously compared Laegreid’s winning and podium percentages to those of the men who had won the Overall Globe and those who finished 2nd over the last 10 years. Let’s go ahead and take a look at how Laegreid stacks up amongst the all time greats in terms of winning and podium percentage. For looking at percentages we limited it to men who had completed in at least 75 races…Sorry Peter Angerer.
Let’s take a moment and appreciate once again what we see with JT Boe and Fourcade. Winning just about once out of every three races is incredible. To do it for a career is unreal, but that’s exactly what those two men have done. Let’s not discount Bjoerndalen. If he had retired when he was 35, after the 2008-2009 season, he would have had a career winning percentage of 28.9%. The problem is he kept racing!
You can see though, that Laegreid’s current winning percentage is right in line with the all time greats. There is no careful selection here. These are just the top 10 winning percentages of all time and right there at #7 is Sturla Holm Laegreid. The wild thing is, before this season, which was REALLY GOOD, he would have had a winning percentage of 17% moving him to 5th best ever. Yes, Laegreid had a season in which he made 68.2% of the podiums and he actually went down in the rankings of overall winning percentage. That’s nearly impossible unless you’re competing at the same time as Captain Norway JT Boe.
Laegreid’s strength has been in his podium rate. We saw just above that he actually ranked a couple places high in overall podiums than in wins. That also was his best argument for best 2nd place of all time and in the comparison to other Overall Globe winners. So where does he rank in terms of best podium percentages?
Well look at that. Sturla Holm Laegreid! Coming in at a nice 42.7%. As mentioned previously Bjoerndalen slips down a little bit primarily because he kept racing long after most men would retire. Fourcade retired at age 31. Bjoerndalen raced an entire career after he turned 32. In fact if you just took Bjoerndalen’s numbers after he turned 32 he had 32 wins and 66 podiums. Each of those are good for 7th most all time all by themselves. Bjoerndalen had entire Hall of Fame worthy career after the age at which Fourcade retired. That’s wild!
Laegreid though sitting at 42.7% is a little back of Fourcade and JT Boe but coming in ahead of Poiree, Svendsen, and Fischer is nothing to be upset about. Laegreid clearly is on pace to have not just a Hall of Fame career but one of the top tier careers of all time.
How Do Laegreid’s First Three Seasons Compare to the First Three of the All Time Greats?
It might seem a little unfair to compare Laegreid to all of those greats who had an entire career to put up those numbers. So why don’t we compare Laegreid to the greatest of all time when they were just starting their careers?
We’re going to look at Laegreid vs. the leaders in wins and podiums over their first three seasons. The goal here of course is to see if Laegreid is getting off to a similar start as them? Or maybe he’s a little behind their pace? Or could he even be off to a better start? Only one way to find out.
Well that’s a pretty good start for Laegreid. Right off the bat he’s already off to a solid start in terms of wins leading everybody not named JT Boe. Ironic because JT Boe has kept Laegreid from several more victories over the last three seasons. Really interesting to see Bjoerndalen and Poiree waaaay down there with just 1 victor in their first three seasons.
Podiums look even better for Laegreid. He’s miles ahead of the pack nearly doubling up Fourcade in 2nd place. It seems simply impossible that Bjoerndalen had just 5 in his first three seasons. And that Fischer and Poiree were held to single digit podiums over three seasons?
Once again Laegreid is lapping the field in top 10’s. It’s an unreal advantage.
Just look at those numbers. If you go by pure wins, podiums, and top 10’s Laegreid is on pace to be the greatest of all time (assuming of course he races until he’s approximately 82 like Bjoerndalen). Are we really watching the greatest start to a career that we have ever seen? That simply seems improbable. Unlike a lot of those men though Laegreid has many more potential races to run. That’s especially true compared to Fischer and Poiree. So let’s take a look at his percentages.
Okay, 2nd best winning percentage behind just JT Boe. This is just like in total wins. No major changes here except Fischer benefitting from having many fewer races.
Goodness gracious. These advantages for Laegreid continue to be outrageous. On a side note cool seeing Fourcade, Svendsen, JT Boe, Fischer, and Poiree all within seven points of each other. Just filing this away but I don’t think it is random chance that these guys are all so close. This might just be a really good way of looking at who the best are early in their careers. More research will need to be done but it seems like a good thing to keep an eye on.
Well huh…Laegreid continues to stand out. If you look at the pure numbers or the percentages Laegreid is having the best first three seasons out of all of the all time greats. It is worth mentioning that those men are the best there have been over the last 40 years in biathlon. Through his first three seasons Laegreid is both piling up more wins/podiums/top 10’s AND doing it at a higher rate. So it’s NOT just that Laegreid has more races and more opportunities, which he certainly does. He’s doing this at a much faster rate (except wins) than any of the greats did in their first three seasons.
There is one other major difference though. Laegreid was a little bit older when he started racing full time on the World Cup. While most of the other men were 20-22 when they started racing, Laegreid turned 24 during the middle of his first full season. This raises the obvious question, did those extra few years make a difference in terms of his ability to come in and compete.
While experience definitely plays a role, so does physical maturity. Yes, this is likely to not make an enormous difference. However, what is obvious so far is that Laegreid is worthy of being in these comparisons. It makes this a worthwhile exercise for what this is, just pure fun. So for our last exercises of this enormous project I want to take a look at Sturla Holm Laegreid’s performance thus far and compare it to the other greats when they raced between the ages of 23-26.
Well there it is. The first idications that maybe Laegreid isn’t actually the greatest biathlete we’ve ever seen. This isn’t a major shocker. Whether it is just a couple of extra years of experience or that These other biathletes are/were just better Laegreid no longer appears at the top of the list. JT Boe and Fourcade, the two men with the highest career winning percentages leap out to a very impressive lead. Also check out Svendsen. Sort of a forgotten man in this recent run of all time greats but he continues to prove he belongs.
Okay, okay here we go. We look at total podiums in this age range and Laegreid is back to his top three position. Still significantly behind Fourcade and JT Boe though. However, this is a good indication that Laegreid has been really, really good.
When we look at Top 10’s Laegreid continues to maintain that high level. He’s actually just ahead of JT Boe here and behind only Fourcade.
When looking at these total wins/podiums/top 10’s for ages 23-26 the most fascinating thing to me isn’t that Fourcade and JT Boe are at the top. This is expected. They are 2nd and 3rd in wins and podiums all time. They should be there. No it’s actually how far back Bjoerndalen is. I just expected that in this age range he would be scooping up wins and podiums by the bucketful and that really wasn’t the case. He’s behind Emil Hegle Svendsen in every single one of these categories and barely ahead of Poiree. Just goes to show what a different type of career he had.
By now you know what’s coming next…it’s time to look at the percentages. I feel like this is sort of the ultimate comparision. Trying to correct for the changes in the schedule while comparing these athletes all at the same ages. Let’s see what we’ve got.
Oof. That’s a bit of a come back to reality here. Look he’s still got a winning percentage better than Raphael Poiree and Sven Fishcer. And he’s just a couple of points back of Bjoerndalen! But he’s waaaaaay back of JT Boe, Fourcade and even Svendsen.
Think back to him being 2nd in most wins in the first three seasons. That felt a little too high. I mean Laegreid is good, but in the race for top 3 of all time? That seems like a bit of a reach. Being ahead of Poriee and Fischer but behind the rest feels appropriate. On the other hand, this may be partially obscured by a historic JT Boe season last year. What about podiums?
This I believe is the most accurate representation we have of Laegreid’s standing. He’s incredible. He’s on a pace ahead of where Poiree or Fischer were and basically on par with Svendsen. However, he’s still well back of JT Boe and Fourcade. Bjoerndalen is just weird. How can anybody compare to his career that stretched over 25 years.
This graph above feels like the best way to think about these athletes. Laegreid is great. He’s on pace to be one of the top 5-6 biathletes of all time.
Lastly we look at Top 10 percentage. This is where Laegreid really shines. This clearly shows how high of a floor Laegreid has. It also is a pretty good representation, once again, of Laegreid’s standing among the best of all time.
Wrap Up
Throughout the course of this project we have examined Sturla Holm Laegreid from almost every angle imaginable. We started out by looking at how good Laegreid was this past season. It was a project to help us remember that even with JT Boe breaking records all over the place. Laegreid was having an historic reason as well. We compared that season to other Overall Globe winners and found that he had fairly comparable remembers.
Then we looked whether this was the best season by a 2nd place finisher ever. While maybe not the best 2nd place ever certainly right at the top of the list.
Finally we examined Laegreid’s place in biathlon history. We looked at where he stands right now including a look at total numbers and win/podium/top 10 percentage. We followed this up by comparing Laegreid to the best of all time at the beginning of their respective careers. Our goal here was to find out if Laegreid was getting his career off on the same level as these greats.
So what did we find out? What are our conclusions from all of this madness?
In the 2022-2023 season Sturla Holm Laegreid had an absolutely phenomenal season. In many years, what he did would have been good enough to win the Overall Globe. Laegreid just had the misfortune of going against one of the all time greats at his apex performance. It’s one of those seasons that will likely be lost to time. Laegreid is also performing very well, thus far in his career, when compared to the winningest men of all time. He’s on a path to writing his name in the annals of history of biathlon. Hopefully we’re in store for another great year!