Dates: December 4th, 2023 – December 10th, 2023 Schedule:– Friday December 8: Men’s Sprint + Women’s Sprint – Saturday December 9: Men’s Pursuit + Women’s Pursuit– Sunday December 10: Men’s Relay + Women’s Relay Course Overview: – Stadium altitude: 1,010m– Maximum altitude on course: 1,035m– Lowest altitude on course: 997m– Stadium capacity: 10,500 spectators AlsoContinue reading “Hochfilzen 2023-2024 Preview”
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Östersund Weeked Recap Part 2
1) Sebastian Samuelsson: Same Old Story or New Start? Sebastian Samuelsson has been on the front of my mind as I’ve been thinking about Östersund. He was active in almost every race and had an incredible Pursuit to come away with a victory. Most impressively he was near dominant on the skis almost every timeContinue reading “Östersund Weeked Recap Part 2”
2022-2023 Weekly Race Recaps
Below I have links to the weekend recaps from the 2022-2023 season. I’m going to keep these here so I’ll hopefully be able to revisit in the future and get an understanding of what my feelings were about the season at that moment in time. Hopefully it will serve a little like a personal andContinue reading “2022-2023 Weekly Race Recaps”
2023-2024 Season Preview
1.Team by Team PreviewsThese will be pretty much exactly what you think. I’ll be taking a look at who will be the athletes you see the most of throughout the year. I’m going to try to share their recent histories, their trajectory as an athlete, and what we might expect from them this season. I’llContinue reading “2023-2024 Season Preview”
Oestersund 2023-2024 Recap
Women’s Athlete of the Week: Lou Jeanmonnot Ladies and gentlemen, Lou Jeanmonnot is officially here. We saw it coming last season. All summer she looked amazing. So good that after every race I would post basically the same post about how she was my pick to make a big leap this season. Well through oneContinue reading “Oestersund 2023-2024 Recap”
Ostersund Preview
Dates: November 25 – December 3rd, 2023 Schedule:– Saturday November 25: Single Mixed Relay (M+W) Mixed Relay (M+W)– Sunday November 26: Women’s Individual 15km Men’s Individual 20km– Wednesday November 29: Women’s 4x6km Relay– Thursday November 30: Men’s 4×7.5km Relay– Friday December 1: Women’s 7.5km Sprint– Saturday December 2: Men’s 10km Sprint– Sunday December 3: Women’sContinue reading “Ostersund Preview”
Sturla Holm Laegreid and the Nearly Incredible Year
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 wasContinue reading “Sturla Holm Laegreid and the Nearly Incredible Year”
France 2023-2024 Team Preview
17 Overall Crystal Globes. 32 Olympic Medals. 117 World Championship medals. While they aren’t one of the founding traditional members of biathlon like Germany or Russia or Norway, France has emerged over the last 20-30 years as one of the great powers. Quinton Fillon Maillet and Julia Simon. Raphael Poiree and Anne Briand. Martin FreakingContinue reading “France 2023-2024 Team Preview”
Sweden 2023-2024 Team Preview
While the Swedish biathlon team oftentimes comes out on the short end of their biathlon battles with the friendly neighbors and rivals Norway, things are getting more competitive than they have been in quite some time. Magdalena Foresburg is indeed one of the all time great women in biathlon. And Swedish men like Bjoren FerryContinue reading “Sweden 2023-2024 Team Preview”
Finland 2023-2024 Team Preview
I’ve got reindeer and jingle bells dancing in my head. Jolly people singing. Snow. It either means I’m thinking about Christmas…or Finland. In this case, with the holiday season here it could be both! But right now, we’re going to focus on Finland! (I’ve been writing these for I don’t know how long straight nowContinue reading “Finland 2023-2024 Team Preview”