It was another great year for young biathletes! We saw a large number of them pop up in the piece on Career Best Seasons. However, there are even more that didn’t qualify for that because they are true rookies! It’s time to give these young men and women their due! I am basically defining rookiesContinue reading “Rookies of the Year”
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2025-2026 Ruhpolding Recap
The Winners – Top Performers of the Week Nations Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals France 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥉 Sweden 🥇🥇🥈🥉🥉 Norway 🥇🥇🥈🥉 Italy 🥈🥈🥉 Germany 🥉 Athlete Medal Table for the Week Athlete Medals Lou Jeanmonnot 🥇🥈 Hanna Oeberg 🥇🥈 Sebastian Samuelsson 🥇 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 🥇 Eric Perrot 🥈 Tommaso Giacomel 🥈 Lisa Vittozzi 🥉 IsakContinue reading “2025-2026 Ruhpolding Recap”
2025-2026 First Trimester Breakthrough & Career Best 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 “2025-2026 First Trimester Breakthrough & Career Best Seasons”
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”
Canada 2025-2026 Team Preview
Over the last several years the Canadian team has been in a serious era of fluctuations. There have been multiple coaching changes. The key players of the last decade plus of Canadian biathlon have retired with Emma Lunder and the Gow brothers have left the team in the last few years. We’ve also seen promisingContinue reading “Canada 2025-2026 Team Preview”