It feels too good to be true. After an incredible week in Ruhpolding, in really every sense, the World Cup moves on to one of the most highly regarded stops in Antholz. You’ll be hard pressed to find somebody, athlete or fan, who doesn’t love Antholz. From the beautiful vistas to the generally terrific racing,Continue reading “Antholz 2024-2025 Preview”
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Switzerland 2024-2025 Team Preview
We are in the midst of the best run in the history of Switzerland biathlon. Over the last two seasons the Women’s team has had back to back 6th place finishes in the Nations Cup while the Men finished 5th and 6th the last two seasons. We’ve seen Niklas Hartweg win the u23 Globe inContinue reading “Switzerland 2024-2025 Team Preview”
Switzerland 2023-2024 Team Preview
Few teams provided as much of a pleasant surprise last year as the Swiss squad. Both the men and women surpassed expectations to have their best years in well…ever. It certainly wasn’t expected when both Benjamin Weger and Selina Gasparin retired following the 2021-2022 seasons. But as mentioned above surprise was the name of theContinue reading “Switzerland 2023-2024 Team Preview”
Last Shots at Glory…This Year
In just a couple of days the racing starts in Nove Mesto, and with that begins the last trimester of the season. There are just 18 total races left this season. Seven men’s races, seven women’s races, and four relay races. That’s it. After that it’s the offseason. Time to let of some steam, doContinue reading “Last Shots at Glory…This Year”
Breakthrough Seasons
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 “Breakthrough Seasons”
Switzerland Team Preview
The Alpine nation of Switzerland, not surprisingly, has a very strong winter sports tradition. Looking at the Winter Olympics they have a collected a total of 167 medals, enough for 8th most all time. Breaking that down further, 101 of those have come in what we could call skiing disciplines including alpine skiing, freestyle skiing,Continue reading “Switzerland Team Preview”