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”
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Italy 2024-2025 Team Preview
If you ask somebody to rank the top five nations in biathlon today, the rankings will usually go something like: Norway, France, Germany, Sweden, and Italy. The top three are almost always the top three, and then Italy comes in fourth or fifth. Sound about right? Interesting because of the last 10 Overall titles noContinue reading “Italy 2024-2025 Team Preview”
Italy 2023-2024 Team Preview
Ciao bella! I don’t know why but every time I start talking about the Italian team I always want to start out that way. To my knowledge I haven’t ever done it yet so now I have. And honestly it really fits. Hey, no not because Giacomel has the hair of a Fabio or thatContinue reading “Italy 2023-2024 Team Preview”
Breakthrough Women of 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 Women of 2022-2023”
Last Shots at Glory…This Year
In just a couple of days the racing starts in Nove Mesto, and with that begins the last trimester of the season. There are just 18 total races left this season. Seven men’s races, seven women’s races, and four relay races. That’s it. After that it’s the offseason. Time to let of some steam, doContinue reading “Last Shots at Glory…This Year”
Oberhof World Championships Review Part 2
Okay fine, we’re just a couple of days away from starting the 3rd trimester of the season in Nové Město…I really need to let the World Championships go. But I can’t yet! So just one more look back! Super Sprints – There are a handful of things I wanted to mention that I don’t thinkContinue reading “Oberhof World Championships Review Part 2”
Oberhof World Championships Review Part 1
It was another amazingly fun World Championships. Oberhof devlivered great racing…and classic Oberhof weather. The Championships started with cold weather. Then we got classic Oberhof fog. This was quickly followed bright bright sun and warm temperatures and sloppy snow. Then it finished up with pouring rain. Throughout it all the fans were PHENOMENAL!!! Seriously theyContinue reading “Oberhof World Championships Review Part 1”
Antholz Weekend Recap Pt 2 (Best of!)
Well I was going to do my usual thing and write a part 2 for the Antholz weekend recap. However, with two and a half weeks before the World Championships, I thought why not just blow out some of the smaller things I would put into part 2 into full pieces? The whole point ofContinue reading “Antholz Weekend Recap Pt 2 (Best of!)”
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”