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 PerrotContinue reading “France 2024-2025 Team Preview”
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Breakthrough Seasons
One of my favorite parts of a biathlon season is watching the improvements that occur. There is also something really exciting about an athlete reaching their potential or finding a level that you didn’t know was even possible for them. This pieces is dedicated to those athletes who achieved that this season! Breakthroughs come inContinue reading “Breakthrough Seasons”
Canmore 2023-2024 Preview
So this is it. The last weekend of the 2023-2024 season is upon us and it’s all coming right down to the finish line. How does it go by so quickly? From late November to mid March is 16 weeks. It’s the 16 weeks we love more than any other of the year because it’sContinue reading “Canmore 2023-2024 Preview”
Soldier Hollow 2023-2024 Recap
Biathlon is back in North America! It’s a rare occurence so those of us biathlon fans on this side of the Atlantic Ocean have to take advantage of it. While the crowds weren’t the same magnificent sizes of those in Europe, the fans were as enthusiastic as you could hope for. The athletes brought theirContinue reading “Soldier Hollow 2023-2024 Recap”
Olso-Holmenkollen 2023-2024 Recap
The weather sure was gross, but the racing was absolutely on fire. (Okay that was pretty cliché, but it was true!). The fans in Oslo, both the native Norwegians and everybody who made the pilgrimage to one of biathlon’s holy sites, have my utmost respect. The weather truly was gross with temperatures just at touchContinue reading “Olso-Holmenkollen 2023-2024 Recap”
Nové Město na Moravě World Championships
We have the return of the recaps! It’s going to be in a new format from now on. The old one was taking too much time and I know people don’t really care about it that much anyway. I’m going to keep doing it because for me it serves as a bit of a historyContinue reading “Nové Město na Moravě World Championships”
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”
Hochfilzen Weekend Recap
Women’s Athlete of the Week: Lena Haecki-Gross Sure, Lena Haecki-Gross didn’t win like Tandrevold and Elvira did, but how can you argue that she wasn’t the story of the week for the women? Okay, fine, you definitely can and I will in part 2 coming tomorrow! But still, Haecki-Gross had one hell of a weekendContinue reading “Hochfilzen Weekend Recap”
Breakthrough Men of the 2022-2023
One of my favorite parts of a biathlon season is watching the improvements that occur. Of course there is the fun in watching the races and seeing who wins and who loses. There is also something really exciting about an athlete reaching their potential or finding a level that you didn’t know was even possible.Continue reading “Breakthrough Men of the 2022-2023”
Ruhpolding 2023 Week in Review Pt. 2
In part 1 we did our best to recap the best performances and moments of the weekend. In part 2 we’re going to take a look at some of the big take aways and questions coming out of the weekend. First we look at Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen’s season to date. We take a look atContinue reading “Ruhpolding 2023 Week in Review Pt. 2”