The Winners – Top Performers of the Week Nations Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals France 🇫🇷 🥇🥈🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉 Norway 🇳🇴 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉🥉 Italy 🇮🇹 🥇🥉🥉 Sweden 🇸🇪 🥈 Finland 🇫🇮 🥇 Athlete Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Lou Jeanmonnot 🇫🇷 🥇🥈🥈 Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen 🇳🇴 🥇🥉 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 🇳🇴 🥈🥉 Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷 🥈🥉Continue reading “2025 Annecy-le Grand Bornand Recap”
Tag Archives: Eric Perrot
2025-2026 Hochfilzen Recap
The Winners – Top Performers of the Week Nations Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Norway 🇳🇴 🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉 France 🇫🇷 🥇🥇🥈🥈 Sweden 🇸🇪 🥇🥈🥉🥉 Italy 🇮🇹 🥇🥇🥈 Germany 🇩🇪 🥉🥉 Athlete Medal Table for the Week Athlete Medals Eric Perrot 🇫🇷 🥇🥈 Tommaso Giacomel 🇮🇹 🥇🥈 Anna Magnusson 🇸🇪 🥈🥉 Maren Kirkeeide 🇳🇴 🥈🥉 LisaContinue reading “2025-2026 Hochfilzen Recap”
France 2025-2026 Team Preview
17 Overall Crystal Globes. 32 Olympic Medals. 130 World Championship medals. While they aren’t one of the traditional founding members of biathlon like Germany or Russia or Norway, France has emerged over the last 20-30 years as one of the great powers. Quinton Fillon Maillet and Julia Simon. Raphael Poiree and Anne Briand. Eric Perrot and LouContinue reading “France 2025-2026 Team Preview”
2025-2026 Östersund Preview
Dates: November 29th – December 7th, 2025 Schedule: – Saturday November 29: Women’s 4x6km Relay + Men’s 4×7.5km Relay– Sunday November 30: Single Mixed (M+W) Relay + Mixed Relay (M+W)– Tuesday December 2: Women’s 15km Individual– Wednesday December 3: Men’s 20km Individual– Friday December 5: Women’s 7.5km Sprint– Saturday December 6: Men’s 10km Sprint– SundayContinue reading “2025-2026 Östersund Preview”
Most Improved Statistics
I have an entire post on the athletes who had either breakthrough seasons or career best years (there is a difference I promise). I also have a different piece on the top rookies for this season. I did want to highlight a few people who made some big improvements in one area or another though.Continue reading “Most Improved Statistics”
Breakthrough and Career Best Seasons
Every year we see improvement coming from all over the place. It’s one of my favorite aspects of the season to see these men and women and celebrate them throughout the year. Think of my love of Suvi Minkkinen this season! There is also something really exciting about an athlete reaching their potential or findingContinue reading “Breakthrough and Career Best Seasons”
Men’s Overall in the Final Trimester
(Article written before race of March 6, 2025) The Men’s World Cup Overall has seen absolute dominance over the last 13 years, first by Martin Fourcade and now by Johannes Thingnes Boe. As the third trimester of the 2024-2025 World Cup season kicks off this week in Nove Mesto there is a real chance thatContinue reading “Men’s Overall in the Final Trimester”
Antholz Recap
The Winners – Top Performers of the Week Nations Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Norway 🇳🇴 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥈 France 🇫🇷 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉 Germany 🇩🇪 🥈🥉🥉 Sweden 🇸🇪 🥇🥉 Italy 🇮🇹 🥉🥉 Athlete Medal Table for the Week Athlete Medals Lou Jeanmonnot 🇫🇷 🥇🥇 Tarjei Boe 🇳🇴 🥇🥈 Sturla Holm Laegreid 🇳🇴 🥇🥈 Franziska Preuss 🇩🇪 🥉🥉Continue reading “Antholz Recap”
Men’s Overall Big Picture
As the first trimester has come to a close, and we turn our eyes to the remainder of the season, we’ve come to the point where true contenders separate away from the rest of the field. In general the men’s race tends to have fewer athletes battling for the Overall Crystal Globe than the women’sContinue reading “Men’s Overall Big Picture”
Breakthroughs and Career Years
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 “Breakthroughs and Career Years”