Finland, home of the some of the happiest people on Earth. And for the 2024-2025 season home to one of the happiest stories of the biathlon season. Suvi Minkkinen’s mid career surge from talented shooter and occasional top 20 athlete to one of the top women in the sport was seriously one of the mostContinue reading “Finland 2025-2026 Team Preview”
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Canada 2025-2026 Team Preview
Over the last several years the Canadian team has been in a serious era of fluctuations. There have been multiple coaching changes. The key players of the last decade plus of Canadian biathlon have retired with Emma Lunder and the Gow brothers have left the team in the last few years. We’ve also seen promisingContinue reading “Canada 2025-2026 Team Preview”
2024-2025 Weekly Previews and Recaps
I’m once again trying a new format for Previews and Recaps. I’m post them all here so you can scroll through the full season whenever you want. 2024-2025 Biathlon SeasonNovember 30 – December 8 in KontiolahtiDecember 13 – December 15 in HochfilzenDecember 19 – December 22 in Annecy-le Grand BornandJanuary 9 – January 12 inContinue reading “2024-2025 Weekly Previews and Recaps”
France Summer Biathlon Championships
After a prolonged series of altitude training camps the French team decamped to their Arcon training home to contest their Summer Biathlon Championships. For the French team they were coming in with tired legs after long grueling training. They were greeted by very warm weather and brutally breezy conditions on the shooting range. The resultContinue reading “France Summer Biathlon Championships”
Norway Summer Biathlon Championships
This pas week the Norwegian men and women wrapped up a long altitude camp in Italy, packed their bags, and flew home to compete their national championships. The races, held in Molde, Norway along the gorgeous Norwegian coastline, consisted of a shooting contest followed by a Sprint and a Mass Start. These were the firstContinue reading “Norway Summer Biathlon Championships”
Estonia Summer Biathlon National Championship
The Estonian Summer Biathlon championships took place the weekend of September 6th and 7th with a Sprint on Saturday followed by a Mass Start on Sunday. Overall conditions in Otepaa that weekend were gorgeous. A perfect weekend for a sun weekend of summer racing! Sprint The women’s Sprint was carried by Susan Kuelm who hadContinue reading “Estonia Summer Biathlon National Championship”
Austria Summer Biathlon Championships
The Austrian national team (minus a couple of key members we’ll discuss below) convened for it’s annual Summer Biathlon National Championships at their summer home in Obertilliach. The Austrian federation was blessed by very nice conditions with perfect temperatures, mild breezes, and no rain in sight. For the summer champs they really couldn’t have askedContinue reading “Austria Summer Biathlon Championships”
Germany Summer Biathlon Championships
The German Biathlon team assembled in Arber for their yearly championships. As most know, the German team doesn’t actually hold winter championships so these are the only chances for German biathletes to win a national champion title. This was the first and only time we’ll see reigning Overall Women’s Champion Franziska Preuss as she aimsContinue reading “Germany Summer Biathlon Championships”
Italy Summer Biathlon Championships
Antholz, Italy is almost universally beloved by the biathlon family both athletes and fans. Antholz, Italy is one of the most beautiful venues on the World Cup circuit. And almost most importantly Antholz, Italy is the host of the rapidly approaching 2026 Olympic competitions. It is no surprise, then, that the Italian Summer Biathlon ChampionshipsContinue reading “Italy Summer Biathlon Championships”
City Biathlon 2025
Think summer biathlon is boring? Think again baby!!! Whoo boy did City Biathlon 2025 come through with the drama. The women’s race came down to a lunge at the finish. The men’s race came down to a shocking final sprint, poles being slammed, and angry teammates. Boy did the 2nd edition of City Biathlon inContinue reading “City Biathlon 2025”