As the first trimester has come to a close, and we turn our eyes to the remainder of the season, we’ve come to the point where true contenders separate away from the rest of the field. In general the men’s race tends to have fewer athletes battling for the Overall Crystal Globe than the women’sContinue reading “Men’s Overall Big Picture”
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Breakthroughs and Career Years
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 “Breakthroughs and Career Years”
Annecy-le Grand Bornand Recap
The Winners – Top Performers of the Week Nations Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Germany 🇩🇪 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉 Norway 🇳🇴 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉 France 🇫🇷 🥇🥈🥈🥉 Slovenia 🇸🇮 🥉 Slovakia 🇸🇰 🥉 Sweden 🇸🇪 🥉 Athlete Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Franziska Preuss 🇩🇪 🥇🥈🥈 Johannes Thingnes Boe 🇳🇴 🥇🥈🥉 Martin Uldal 🇳🇴 🥇 JustineContinue reading “Annecy-le Grand Bornand Recap”
Hochfilzen Recap
The Winners – Top Performers of the Week Nations Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Norway 🇳🇴 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉 France 🇫🇷 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉 Germany 🇩🇪 🥇🥇🥈🥉 Sweden 🇸🇪 🥉🥉 Athlete Medal Table for the Week Athlete Medals Johannes Thingnes Boe 🇳🇴 🥇🥇 Franziska Preuss 🇩🇪 🥇🥉 Sturla Holm Laegreid 🇳🇴 🥈🥉 Lou Jeanmonnot 🇫🇷 🥇 Sophie ChauveauContinue reading “Hochfilzen Recap”
Kontiolahti Recap
Biathlon is back!!! I think we all share the same feelings that the offseason of biathlon at times feels interminable. Summer biathlon season is a brief reprieve. Then you get to the fall and you’re hearing about the training. Suddenly there is racing in Sjusjoen and Idre Fjall and more and all of a suddenContinue reading “Kontiolahti Recap”
Annecy-Le Grand Bornand Preview
Dates: December 19, 2024 – December 22nd, 2024 Schedule:– Thursday December 19: Men’s 10km Sprint– Friday December 20: Women’s 7.5km Sprint– Saturday December 21: Men’s 12.5km Pursuit + Women’s 10km Pursuit– Sunday December 22: Men’s 15km Mass Start + Women’s 12km Mass Start Course Overview: – Stadium altitude: 928m– Maximum altitude on course: 927m– LowestContinue reading “Annecy-Le Grand Bornand Preview”
Hochfilzen 2024-2025 Preview
Dates: December 13h, 2024 – December 15th, 2024 Schedule:– Friday December 13: Men’s 10km Sprint + Women’s 7.5km Sprint– Saturday December 14: Men’s 12.5km Pursuit + Women’s 10km Pursuit– Sunday December 15: Men’s 4×7.5km Relay + Women’s 4x6km Relay Course Overview: – Stadium altitude: 1,010m– Maximum altitude on course: 1,035m– Lowest altitude on course: 997m–Continue reading “Hochfilzen 2024-2025 Preview”
Kontiolahti 2024-2025 Preview
World Cup biathlon returns!!! And this week the biathlon family will be returning to one of its normal kick off locations, Kontiolahti! This is our first time visiting Kontiolahti since the opening weekend of the 2022-2023 season. That week we saw the first signs that maybe Johannes Thingnes Bø was in pretty good shape asContinue reading “Kontiolahti 2024-2025 Preview”
France 2024-2025 Team Preview
17 Overall Crystal Globes. 32 Olympic Medals. 130 World Championship medals. While they aren’t one of the traditional founding 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. Eric PerrotContinue reading “France 2024-2025 Team Preview”
Italy 2024-2025 Team Preview
If you ask somebody to rank the top five nations in biathlon today, the rankings will usually go something like: Norway, France, Germany, Sweden, and Italy. The top three are almost always the top three, and then Italy comes in fourth or fifth. Sound about right? Interesting because of the last 10 Overall titles noContinue reading “Italy 2024-2025 Team Preview”