Italy isn’t exactly known as one of the powers of biathlon, but they have had some really great recent success, especially on the women’s side. The 2018-2019 season came down a 1-2 finish between Dorothea Wierer and Lisa Vitozzi. With their ages it seemed like the crystal globe might come down to a battle betweenContinue reading “Italy Team Preview”
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Switzerland Team Preview
The Alpine nation of Switzerland, not surprisingly, has a very strong winter sports tradition. Looking at the Winter Olympics they have a collected a total of 167 medals, enough for 8th most all time. Breaking that down further, 101 of those have come in what we could call skiing disciplines including alpine skiing, freestyle skiing,Continue reading “Switzerland Team Preview”
Slovenia Team Preview
When you think traditional biathlon powers it is highly highly unlikely that your mind will turn to Slovenia. And you wouldn’t be wrong! Slovenia is having a bit of a moment in the sports world. In the NBA Luka Doncic looks to be a future MVP winner and will be a force for years toContinue reading “Slovenia Team Preview”
Austria Team Preview
Austria is a nation steeped in winter sports tradition. When you think of winter sports and the Winter Olympics its hard not to see Austrians. Almost every winter Austrian fans are assured of having one of the winningest winter sports rosters. The overwhelming majority of this success, though, comes in alpine skiing. Of course thisContinue reading “Austria Team Preview”
2022-2023 Season Preview
It’s officially fall now. The first cold fronts are starting to bring the cool mornings and crisp nights. The leaves are starting to change colors. Summer biathlon is behind us and training photos/videos are starting to show signs of snow. All this means that we’re rolling closer and closer to the start of the season.Continue reading “2022-2023 Season Preview”
Most Improved Women 2021-2022
We talked about this a bit on our the Penalty Loop podcast on our Season Review episode but I wanted to break it out a little bit more here. I’ll be honest the plan was to post this immediately after the episode but life happens sometimes. Anyway, here are my thoughts! A Most Improved biathleteContinue reading “Most Improved Women 2021-2022”
Stories that Defined the Season Part 2
Okay the first piece Dominance New and Old was originally supposed to be the part of this piece. Then it got longer, and longer, and longer until suddenly it was an entirely different piece altogether. We are not doing that again! We’ll hit the rest of these Stories that Defined the Season pretty quickly. WellContinue reading “Stories that Defined the Season Part 2”
Dominance: New and Old
When I think back on this season the first thing that comes to mind is, and likely will be in the future, the dominance of several stars of the sports. The dominators came from some usual suspects but there were also a few that experienced their first taste. It’s not that we didn’t have funContinue reading “Dominance: New and Old”
March 21, 2022 Power Rankings
So what are my power rankings? Basically the way I think about it is that if there were a race today the person ranked #1 would be my favorite to win. If the person in slot 1 were removed from the race then #2 would become my favorite and so on. Anybody who wasn’t competing,Continue reading “March 21, 2022 Power Rankings”
Oslo 2021-2022 Weekend Recap
It finally happened, the thing I’ve been silently dreading really since the end of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. The 2021-2022 IBU World Cup season has come to an end. I feel this way at the end of every season. It feels like it is going to be forever until the next season begins. AndContinue reading “Oslo 2021-2022 Weekend Recap”