Women’s Athlete of the Week: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Was there any doubt? Justine Braisaz-Bouchet absolutely owned the weekend from start to finish. It was actually such a dominating performance that there really isn’t that much to be said. She started out the weekend looking fast and in control in the Sprint race. Braisaz-Bouchet is always hardContinue reading “Lenzerheide Weekend Recap”
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Lenzerheide 2023-2024 Preview
Dates: December 11, 2023 – December 17, 2023 Schedule: – Thursday December 14: Women’s Sprint– Friday December 15: Men’s Sprint– Saturday December 16: Women’s Pursuit + Men’s Pursuit– Sunday December 17: Women’s Mass Start + Men’s Mass Start Course Overview: – Stadium altitude: 1393 meters– Maximum altitude on course: 1444 meters– Lowest altitude on course:Continue reading “Lenzerheide 2023-2024 Preview”
Hochfilzen Weekend Recap
Women’s Athlete of the Week: Lena Haecki-Gross Sure, Lena Haecki-Gross didn’t win like Tandrevold and Elvira did, but how can you argue that she wasn’t the story of the week for the women? Okay, fine, you definitely can and I will in part 2 coming tomorrow! But still, Haecki-Gross had one hell of a weekendContinue reading “Hochfilzen Weekend Recap”
Hochfilzen 2023-2024 Preview
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”
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”