Super Sprints: Just a few quick thoughts as we wrap up Oestersund and move towards Oslo. 1)Globe Watch – With three races to go the Overall Crystal Globes appear to be pretty much wrapped up. The men’s in fact is completely over as Johannes Thingnes Boe secured the Overall Globe last weekend without even havingContinue reading “Oestersund Week in Review Part 2”
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Antholz Weekend Recap Pt 1
Antholz!!! Antholz weekend came through once again delivering spectacular views, an amazing crowd, and a weekend of fun racing. Almost every interview we had over the summer we asked athletes and coaches for their favorite locations and nearly every one of them mentioned Antholz. It’s easy to see why! After several weekends of sloppy andContinue reading “Antholz Weekend Recap Pt 1”
Ruhpolding 2023 Week in Review Pt. 1
Every season when the IBU World Cup visits Ruhpolding it feels like one of the stops. The German fans are always amazing, loud and supportive. Being in Bavaria just feels like somewhere biathlon should be competed. Unfortunately this year the weather completely refused to cooperate. This was, visually at least, one of the least appealingContinue reading “Ruhpolding 2023 Week in Review Pt. 1”
Pokljuka 2022 Week in Review Pt 1
Biathlon is back and so are we! The racing this weekend in Pokljuka provided us with a little bit of everything. We had dominance for both the men and the women. There were young athletes showing signs of their future potential. Some former champs showed us its far too early to count them out. AndContinue reading “Pokljuka 2022 Week in Review Pt 1”
Previewing Women’s Overall Race
As we enter trimester #2 of the World Cup season, we come what has traditionally been a turning point in the season. This is when the contenders start to separate from the pack. Almost every year it is the January swing that provides some critical results and cleaves off usually all but 3-4 women stillContinue reading “Previewing Women’s Overall Race”
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. 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”
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”
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”
Most Improved Women 2021-2022
We talked about this a bit on our the Penalty Loop podcast on our Season Review episode but I wanted to break it out a little bit more here. I’ll be honest the plan was to post this immediately after the episode but life happens sometimes. Anyway, here are my thoughts! A Most Improved biathleteContinue reading “Most Improved Women 2021-2022”
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