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”
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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 Men’s Overall Race
A version of this post ran in the Annecy-le Grand Bornand Weekend Recap pt 2. Coming into this season it felt like the Men’s race could go in any direction. Quinton Fillon Maillet was dominant last season, was he going to claim a form of athletic revenge for Martin Fourcade who lost his title toContinue reading “Previewing Men’s Overall Race”
Annecy-le Grand Bornand 2022 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. Today we have two big things to look at can Sturla Laegreid and Lisa HauserContinue reading “Annecy-le Grand Bornand 2022 Week in Review Pt. 2”
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. 1
And just like that biathlon is back! Kontiolahti didn’t disappoint either as a venue or with the racing. I have to admit I was a little worried with some of the dry pictures we have seen recently but Kontiolahti was snowy and certainly looked cold! Easy for me to say on my couch with aContinue reading “Kontiolahti 2022 Week in Review Pt. 1”
February 21, 2022 Power Rankings
The Power Rankings are back!!!! The Olympics are behind us and we’ve seen all of the men and women of biathlon back in competition all at the same time! It is time to unlock the power rankings and we’re in for some wild movement this week. Some athletes looked like they jumped 3-4 levels andContinue reading “February 21, 2022 Power Rankings”
The History Making Olympics of Our Greatest Champs
Part 2 of our 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Wrap Up Years from now ask any biathlon fan who watched what their first memories of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are and you’ll probably hear one of 3 names: Johannes Thingnes Bø, Quinton Fillon Maillet, or Marte Olsbu Røiseland. Sure you might hear a few peopleContinue reading “The History Making Olympics of Our Greatest Champs”
2022 Beijing Olympic Recap
I sit here, exhausted from the early mornings, exhilarated from the early mornings, and honestly just very happy about how the last two weeks have gone. This is going to be the first of what will be several pieces covering what we’ve seen over the last two weeks. I think it is going to takeContinue reading “2022 Beijing Olympic Recap”