Category Archives: Commentary

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”

As the 2025 summer biathlon season continues to pick up steam the weekend of August 15-17 brought our attention to the summer national title races in Sweden. The Swedish federation assembled for these races with nearly every recognizable Swedish biathlete in one of the smallest towns to have the ability to host a biathlon competition.Continue reading “Sweden Summer Biathlon Championships”

This weekend saw the fourth edition of the Belgium Summer Biathlon Championships to be held at the sparkling Herzebösch-Elsenborn Cross Country and Biathlon Center. Just looking at it the center still has that “new stadium” look at feel. Everything is so crisp and bright. However a few years into it now we do know thatContinue reading “Belgium Summer Biathlon Championships”

The United States continued a tradition of being one of the earlier nations in the summer biathlon schedule after holding it’s competition in Jericho, Vermont on the first weekend of August. This year it wasn’t strictly American athletes either. Lena Haecki-Gross and Irene Cadurisch were visiting from Switzerland and a few young Canadian athletes joinedContinue reading “US Summer Biathlon Championships”

The Australia Summer Biathlon Championships are a special event in the middle of the summer. First of all we get to see the gorgeous Australian aqua blue kits. But more importantly we get to see biathlon on snow! In the summer! It’s really a breath of fresh cool air while so many of us areContinue reading “Australia Summer Biathlon Championships”

The Blink Festival held annually in Sandnes, Norway is usually the first time where the biathlon family perks up its ears and tunes in. Though primarily comprised of Norwegians, some of whom most biathlon fans likely don’t recognize (due to their insane depth), it does usually draw at least a handful of top international competitors.Continue reading “Blink Festival 2025”

For an all too brief period of time, Laura Dahlmeier streaked across the biathlon world like goddess from the heavens. Her senior level career lasted a mere six and a half seasons, yet in that time she left an impact that will be with us forever. To put in perspective the brevity of career manyContinue reading “The Comet”