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 “2025-2026 First Trimester Breakthrough & Career Best Seasons”
Tag Archives: Johan-Olav Botn
2025 Annecy-le Grand Bornand Recap
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”
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”
2025-2026 Hochfilzen Preview
Dates: December 12th – December 14th, 2025 Schedule: – Friday December 12: Men’s 10km Sprint + Women’s 7.5km Sprint– Saturday December 13: Men’s 12.5km Pursuit + Women’s 4x6km Relay– Sunday December 14: Men’s 4×7.5km Relay + Women’s 10km Pursuit Course Overview: – Stadium altitude: 1,010m– Maximum altitude on course: 1,035m– Lowest altitude on course: 997m–Continue reading “2025-2026 Hochfilzen Preview”
2025-2026 Östersund Recap
The Winners – Top Performers of the Week Nations Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Norway 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉 France 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉🥉🥉🥉 Sweden 🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉 Italy 🥇🥈🥈 Finland 🥇🥈🥈 Austria 🥇 Czechia 🥉 Athlete Medal Table for the Week Athlete Medals Johan-Olav Botn 🥇🥇🥉 Suvi Minkkinen 🥇🥈 Quentin Fillon Maillet 🥇🥉 Martin Uldal 🥈🥈 Sebastian Samuelsson 🥈🥉 AnnaContinue reading “2025-2026 Östersund Recap”
Norway 2025-2026 Team Preview
Norway, the traditional native homeland of biathlon, continues to march forward as a biathlon super power into the mid 2020’s. The Norwegian men have been a force for decades now including two of the three kings of the sport, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and Johannes Thingnes Boe, two of the three greatest of all time. TheContinue reading “Norway 2025-2026 Team Preview”
IBU Cup 1st Trimester Recap
This season I’m trying to at least keep an eye on the IBU Cup. The World Cup is the big event but the IBU Cup is still fun to follow! There are so many good stories going on every week. There are young athletes getting experience and working their way to the big show. ThereContinue reading “IBU Cup 1st Trimester Recap”
Annecy-le Grand Bornand Recap
The Winners – Top Performers of the Week Nations Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Germany 🇩🇪 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉 Norway 🇳🇴 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉 France 🇫🇷 🥇🥈🥈🥉 Slovenia 🇸🇮 🥉 Slovakia 🇸🇰 🥉 Sweden 🇸🇪 🥉 Athlete Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Franziska Preuss 🇩🇪 🥇🥈🥈 Johannes Thingnes Boe 🇳🇴 🥇🥈🥉 Martin Uldal 🇳🇴 🥇 JustineContinue reading “Annecy-le Grand Bornand Recap”
Norway 2024-2025 Team Preview
Be honest. When you think of biathlon you think of Norway. How can you not? Okay fine, maybe you first think of Lisa Vittozzi or the legion of French women, or the historical successes of Germany. But inevitably you come to think of the berserker Viking horde that has descended on biathlon over the lastContinue reading “Norway 2024-2025 Team Preview”
Rookies of the Year
We’ve celebrated the Overall Champions, the Breakthrough Athletes of the Year, and now it’s time to talk about some rookies! We had a ton of good rookie stories this season including some young athletes who went quickly from making their debut to their first podiums. We had some others who came in and got someContinue reading “Rookies of the Year”