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”
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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”
Hochfilzen Week In Review Pt. 2
General Thoughts (and questions) from Hochfilzen 1)QFM: Time to Panic? Last season was Quinton Fillon Maillet’s crowning glory. It took him a season to get used to being the leader of the French Men’s Biathlon squad but once he got comfortable with it, he really took off. I don’t say this lightly when I sayContinue reading “Hochfilzen Week In Review Pt. 2”
Hochfilzen Week in Review Pt. 1
Week 2 of IBU World Cup Biathlon is in the books! While the sprint races started off looking a little warm and snow a little crusty the weekend brought snow and really dynamic racing. As I have said on many platforms by this point I didn’t watch the weekend races live. Instead I watched onContinue reading “Hochfilzen Week in Review Pt. 1”
2021-2022 Weekly Race Recaps
Below I have links to the weekend recaps from the 2021-2022 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 “2021-2022 Weekly Race Recaps”
Kontiolahti 2022 Week in Review Pt. 2
General Thoughts from Kontiolahti 1)Racing is back! This isn’t a long one but its the most important one. We had racing again. Finally the last several months of speculation and wondering who would make “the leap,” who would regress, who would compete…it’s all racing now. I love it. 2) Women’s Overall Crystal Globe Race –Continue reading “Kontiolahti 2022 Week in Review Pt. 2”
Kontiolahti 2022 Week in Review Pt. 1
And just like that biathlon is back! Kontiolahti didn’t disappoint either as a venue or with the racing. I have to admit I was a little worried with some of the dry pictures we have seen recently but Kontiolahti was snowy and certainly looked cold! Easy for me to say on my couch with aContinue reading “Kontiolahti 2022 Week in Review Pt. 1”
Germany Team Preview
If I close my eyes and picture a biathlon race, inevitably one of the first things that comes to mind is the range at Oberhof or Ruhpolding. The German fans erupting with cheers as the shots find their targets. I could probably make an argument for why every regular venue on the IBU World CupContinue reading “Germany Team Preview”
Sweden Team Preview
Sweden feels like a nation that should have a long and glorious history in biathlon. And indeed Magdalena Foresburg’s 42 total wins over just an 8 year period we’re truly phenomenal. Bjoren Ferry was no small factor in biathlon for period of time earlier this century as well, finishing inside the top 10 of theContinue reading “Sweden Team Preview”
United States Team Preview
As we start the 2022-2023 biathlon season and the next 4 year Olympics cycle we find a US Biathlon team that is in a definite moment of change. Gone are mainstays of the last several seasons Clare Egan, Susan Dunklee, and Leif Nordgren. Egan and Dunklee especially had some of the most impressive results ofContinue reading “United States Team Preview”