Last Races Until Beijing – I truly can’t believe it but the next time we see top level biathlon races is going to be at the Winter Olympics in China. I feel like I’ve been anticipating these games since the closing of the Pyeongchang games four years ago. I have shared before but I grewContinue reading “Antholz 2021-2022 Weekend Recap”
Category Archives: Commentary
January 17, 2022 Power Rankings
Well we’ve reached the halfway point of the season. I honestly don’t believe it. How is it possible that there is just half the season of the World Cup left? Antholtz, the Winter Olympics, Kontiolahti, Otepää (Estonia), and Oslo. That’s it. That’s all that’s left. Still a lot of racing but I’m starting to feelContinue reading “January 17, 2022 Power Rankings”
Ruhpolding 2021-2022 Weekend Recap
Best Overall Women’s Performance: Marte Olsbu Røiseland/Elvira Öberg. The top two women on the World Cup had the two best performances. It’s remarkable how well they mirrored each other. Each with a win and each placed 2nd during the other’s win. Elvira Öberg went perfect during her Sprint win and Marte Røiseland went perfect duringContinue reading “Ruhpolding 2021-2022 Weekend Recap”
January 10, 2022 Power Rankings
We’re through five full weeks of competition and we have had our last regular weekend until the Olympics roll around. I truly can’t believe the next Winter Olympics are almost here. 2018 in Pyeongchang really doesn’t feel that long ago! Starting next weekend with Ruhpolding we’ll start to see athletes break away for their pre-BeijingContinue reading “January 10, 2022 Power Rankings”
Oberhoff 2021-2022 Weekend Recap
Finally IBU World Cup Biathlon returned this weekend!! I really missed it, and I enjoyed being able to do all the work and write the pieces I did during the break but I’m really happy to be seeing new races and get new content to break down. It was definitely an entertaining weekend so letsContinue reading “Oberhoff 2021-2022 Weekend Recap”
Previewing Men’s Overall Race
We’ve taken a look at how the women’s overall World Cup overall race is shaping up so now let’s take a look at a very deep and very tight men’s race. Looking back over the last several seasons and usually its right around weeks 4-5 that the separation occurs between the true contenders and theContinue reading “Previewing Men’s Overall Race”
Previewing Women’s Overall Race
As we gear up for the next segment of the season I want to take a look at the women’s race for the crystal globe. Looking back over the last several seasons its right around weeks 4-5 that the separation occurs between the true contenders and the rest of the pack. There are probably manyContinue reading “Previewing Women’s Overall Race”
Where Are They Now?
It’s the nature of sport that not every athlete will be at their top form every single year. There are so many variables in every sport from natural aging, illnesses (especially the last 2 seasons), changes at home not to mention changes to training regimens etc. Of course as fans we hope that every biathleteContinue reading “Where Are They Now?”
Great Norwegian Expectations
Norway is one of the dominant biathlon nations. The sport was invented in Scandinavia (possibly even Norway) with the skiing soldiers and has deep roots amongst the Norwegian people. Since the founding of the IBU Norway has 14 overall men’s titles to go with 8 women’s titles ranking 1 and 2 for most titles respectively.Continue reading “Great Norwegian Expectations”
Career Best Seasons (so far…)
Anybody who has followed me for any amount of time knows that I get really excited about biathletes with career bests. I get even more excited when somebody is have run of career best finishes turning into a career season. And I get ecstatic when I identify somebody early that is turning in a careerContinue reading “Career Best Seasons (so far…)”