17 Overall Crystal Globes. 32 Olympic Medals. 130 World Championship medals. While they aren’t one of the traditional founding members of biathlon like Germany or Russia or Norway, France has emerged over the last 20-30 years as one of the great powers. Quinton Fillon Maillet and Julia Simon. Raphael Poiree and Anne Briand. Eric Perrot and LouContinue reading “France 2025-2026 Team Preview”
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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”
Hochfilzen Recap
The Winners – Top Performers of the Week Nations Medal Table for the Week Nation Medals Norway 🇳🇴 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉 France 🇫🇷 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉 Germany 🇩🇪 🥇🥇🥈🥉 Sweden 🇸🇪 🥉🥉 Athlete Medal Table for the Week Athlete Medals Johannes Thingnes Boe 🇳🇴 🥇🥇 Franziska Preuss 🇩🇪 🥇🥉 Sturla Holm Laegreid 🇳🇴 🥈🥉 Lou Jeanmonnot 🇫🇷 🥇 Sophie ChauveauContinue reading “Hochfilzen Recap”
Nové Město na Moravě World Championships
We have the return of the recaps! It’s going to be in a new format from now on. The old one was taking too much time and I know people don’t really care about it that much anyway. I’m going to keep doing it because for me it serves as a bit of a historyContinue reading “Nové Město na Moravě World Championships”
Östersund Weeked Recap Part 2
1) Sebastian Samuelsson: Same Old Story or New Start? Sebastian Samuelsson has been on the front of my mind as I’ve been thinking about Östersund. He was active in almost every race and had an incredible Pursuit to come away with a victory. Most impressively he was near dominant on the skis almost every timeContinue reading “Östersund Weeked Recap Part 2”
France 2023-2024 Team Preview
17 Overall Crystal Globes. 32 Olympic Medals. 117 World Championship medals. While they aren’t one of the founding traditional members of biathlon like Germany or Russia or Norway, France has emerged over the last 20-30 years as one of the great powers. Quinton Fillon Maillet and Julia Simon. Raphael Poiree and Anne Briand. Martin FreakingContinue reading “France 2023-2024 Team Preview”
2022-2023 Women’s Rookies of the Year
The 2022-2023 season was another great season for rookies joining the World Cup level. The women especially had a ton of athletes come up and have success immediately. I had to keep double checking to make sure these women fit my qualifications for “rookie” because there were so many. I even moved Lou Jeanmonnot andContinue reading “2022-2023 Women’s Rookies of the Year”
French Women: How Much Depth Is Too Much?
Okay that’s ridiculous. You can never have too much depth. Just ask the Norwegian men! I needed to frame the piece though which is how is it possible the French women have this much talent? It’s incredible. Before the season I was convinced that the team with the most depth is the Swedes. I mayContinue reading “French Women: How Much Depth Is Too Much?”
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”
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”