Antholz!!! Antholz weekend came through once again delivering spectacular views, an amazing crowd, and a weekend of fun racing. Almost every interview we had over the summer we asked athletes and coaches for their favorite locations and nearly every one of them mentioned Antholz. It’s easy to see why! After several weekends of sloppy andContinue reading “Antholz Weekend Recap Pt 1”
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Ruhpolding 2023 Week in Review Pt. 2
In part 1 we did our best to recap the best performances and moments of the weekend. In part 2 we’re going to take a look at some of the big take aways and questions coming out of the weekend. First we look at Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen’s season to date. We take a look atContinue reading “Ruhpolding 2023 Week in Review Pt. 2”
Ruhpolding 2023 Week in Review Pt. 1
Every season when the IBU World Cup visits Ruhpolding it feels like one of the stops. The German fans are always amazing, loud and supportive. Being in Bavaria just feels like somewhere biathlon should be competed. Unfortunately this year the weather completely refused to cooperate. This was, visually at least, one of the least appealingContinue reading “Ruhpolding 2023 Week in Review Pt. 1”
Pokljuka 2022 Week in Review Pt 1
Biathlon is back and so are we! The racing this weekend in Pokljuka provided us with a little bit of everything. We had dominance for both the men and the women. There were young athletes showing signs of their future potential. Some former champs showed us its far too early to count them out. AndContinue reading “Pokljuka 2022 Week in Review Pt 1”
Previewing Women’s Overall Race
As we enter trimester #2 of the World Cup season, we come what has traditionally been a turning point in the season. This is when the contenders start to separate from the pack. Almost every year it is the January swing that provides some critical results and cleaves off usually all but 3-4 women stillContinue reading “Previewing Women’s Overall Race”
Previewing Men’s Overall Race
A version of this post ran in the Annecy-le Grand Bornand Weekend Recap pt 2. Coming into this season it felt like the Men’s race could go in any direction. Quinton Fillon Maillet was dominant last season, was he going to claim a form of athletic revenge for Martin Fourcade who lost his title toContinue reading “Previewing Men’s Overall Race”
National Pride
We’ve taken a look at a couple of men and women who have appear to be making breakthroughs this season. Maybe just a few more than a couple. Okay fine, we looked at 12 athletes having breakthrough seasons, 12 younger athletes who are showing good promise, and 6 more athletes who are just having goodContinue reading “National Pride”
Breakthrough Seasons
It’s time for one my favorite exercises of the first trimester…celebrating biathletes in the midst of breakthrough seasons! There is almost nothing in biathlon that I love more than watching athletes reach new levels of success. Sometimes it is finally reaching potential that was seen in Juniors/IBU Cup. Sometimes it is the result of puttingContinue reading “Breakthrough Seasons”
Annecy-le Grand Bornand 2022 Week in Review Pt. 2
In part 1 we did our best to recap the best performances and moments of the weekend. In part 2 we’re going to take a look at some of the big take aways and questions coming out of the weekend. Today we have two big things to look at can Sturla Laegreid and Lisa HauserContinue reading “Annecy-le Grand Bornand 2022 Week in Review Pt. 2”
Annecy-le Grand-Bornand Weekend Recap
It’s hard to believe it but somehow we are already three full weekends into the season. Eight races down and 13 more to go plus the Oberhoff World Championships. How is that possible? It feels like the summer lasted for ever and now the season is flying along. It’s already time for us to doContinue reading “Annecy-le Grand-Bornand Weekend Recap”
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