Oslo-Holmenkollen 2024-2025 Preview

And so it has come. The final weekend of the 2024-2025 season is already here. I feel like it was just the other week that I was up late at night researching teams for the preseason previews. It seems like just the other day that the first trimester was over and we thought we knewContinue reading “Oslo-Holmenkollen 2024-2025 Preview”

Lenzerheide 2024-2025 World Championships Preview

Schedule: – Wednesday February 12: Mixed Relay (W+M)– Friday February 14: Women’s 7.5km Sprint– Saturday February 15: Men’s 10km Sprint– Sunday February 16: Women’s 10km Pursuit + Men’s 12.5km Pursuit– Tuesday February 18: Women’s 15km Individual– Wednesday February 19: Men’s 20km Individual– Thursday February 20: Single Mixed Relay (W+M)– Saturday February 22: Women’s 4x6km RelayContinue reading “Lenzerheide 2024-2025 World Championships Preview”

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”

Oberhof 2024-2025 Preview

Dates: January 1, 2024 – January 7, 2024 Schedule:– Thursday January 9: Women’s Sprint– Friday January 10: Men’s Sprint– Saturday January 11: Women’s Pursuit + Men’s Pursuit– Sunday January 12: Single Mixed Relay (M+W) + Mixed Relay (M+W) Course Overview: Above you’ll see the entire complex with all of the courses overlaid on each other.Continue reading “Oberhof 2024-2025 Preview”

Sweden 2024-2025 Team Preview

Sweden shares a border and a friendly, but intense, rivalry with their Norwegian neighbors. It’s a constant competition in everything. While historically one sided, the biathlon battle is starting to heat up! The Swedish women, boosted by the Oeberg sisters, finished ahead of the Norwegian women in the Nation’s Cup in the 2022-2023 season forContinue reading “Sweden 2024-2025 Team Preview”

Oslo-Holmenkollen 2023-2024 Preview

For many years Oslo-Holmenkollen alternated with Khanty-Mansk as the location for the closing week of the biathlon season. However, over the last few years the biathlon world has embraced the hills of Holmenkollen, just a trolley ride north of Oslo, as the home for the season ending celebration. That will not be the case thisContinue reading “Oslo-Holmenkollen 2023-2024 Preview”

Ruhpolding 2023-2024 Preview

With one week of racing under our belts in trimester #2 we head to Ruhpolding for another week. It’s a bit of a relic of the Cold War that Germany continues to host two events every year as Oberhof (East Germany) and Ruhpolding (West Germany) were the respective stops of the Central European nation preContinue reading “Ruhpolding 2023-2024 Preview”

Oberhof 2023-2024 Preview

Dates: January 1, 2024 – January 7, 2024 Schedule:– Thursday January 4: Men’s Sprint– Friday January 5: Women’s Sprint– Saturday January 6: Men’s Pursuit + Women’s Pursuit– Sunday January 7: Men’s 4×7.5km Relay + Women’s 4x6km Relay Course Overview: Above you’ll see the entire complex with all of the courses overlaid on each other. BelowContinue reading “Oberhof 2023-2024 Preview”

Lenzerheide Weekend Recap

Women’s Athlete of the Week: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Was there any doubt? Justine Braisaz-Bouchet absolutely owned the weekend from start to finish. It was actually such a dominating performance that there really isn’t that much to be said. She started out the weekend looking fast and in control in the Sprint race. Braisaz-Bouchet is always hardContinue reading “Lenzerheide Weekend Recap”

Sweden 2023-2024 Team Preview

While the Swedish biathlon team oftentimes comes out on the short end of their biathlon battles with the friendly neighbors and rivals Norway, things are getting more competitive than they have been in quite some time. Magdalena Foresburg is indeed one of the all time great women in biathlon. And Swedish men like Bjoren FerryContinue reading “Sweden 2023-2024 Team Preview”