Kokoso said:
Libertine Seguros said:
Because they're not putting regular World Cups in Nové Město
Smart ass, eh? You know actually nothing if they are trying or not. They are trying, it's even obvious from what I've written. Sometimes you try hard but you fail. Go and run hundred metres under ten seconds. Did you manage? No? You aren't trying enough. More money pulls the one with rich sponsor, that's it. I think you are little bit biased. Really dull tracks, every other are just fine.
I mean the IBU aren't striking while the iron is hot, not the Nové Mesto organizers, who seem to be doing all they can to keep things going, hosting IBU Cups in years they don't have the World Cup, the Open European Championships in 2014, bringing in the XC World Cup and hosting a Summer Biathlon World Championships one year (though I think that was before they held the World Championships), so I have no problem with what the organizers at Nové Mesto are doing. The IBU should be working with the Nové Mesto organizers to capitalise on the success of the 2013 Worlds. Surely the attraction to sponsors must be more there than Pokljuka, which has great trails but is a much smaller venue in a much smaller country with far less marketable biathlon talent than the Czech Republic at the moment. And if not, the IBU should be working to try to help them with that, because the audience size would likely make Nové Mesto a more profitable venue for them to use than some of the smaller ones they use, certainly including Presque Isle and Kontiolahti.
And yes, Nové Mesto has some of the least interesting trails in World Cup level biathlon. Cance>theRest pointed that out as well, it's not me having some bias against the Czech Republic or anything, it's widely acknowledged that it has a great atmosphere but especially the short loops are very flat and therefore it's difficult to open up big gaps on the skis.
Antholz is another famous biathlon venue with some pretty dull trails. Ruhpolding is the other way round; the trails are great, but the range approach is easy and the range is sheltered, so the shooting doesn't tend to have the same impact there.