Come on, he went on the penalty loop to entertain us.I'm so sick of JTB
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Come on, he went on the penalty loop to entertain us.I'm so sick of JTB
Komatz was already crazy good in the mixed relay. Hauser has been really all over the place during this WC. One day she shoots really well but skis really slow, then she skis really fast but misses a lot. Great to see her put it together today.Great for Hauser that she finally gets a WC medal in the single mixed relay. A shame that it wasn't with Eder, but Komatz did a pretty good job.
No wonder, when the lead sets the pace with full sprint right into the shooting carpet. Everyone except the Stone grinders grasping for breath. Ridiculous.The shooting in general has been shocking.
JTB getting an 8 second lead for last leg seems a bit unfair.
The speed he goes past some of the slower females uphill is just comical.
Moldova in 6th, go on the little countries.
He's blown it. Penalty loop. Now it's interesting.
of course it wasn't, who was I kidding.
Agree.This could be a bit of a controversial opinion but I think that the single mixed relay should replace the mixed relay in the Olympic program.
Ah, the South Korea methode...It’s not really Moldova, it’s Russians skiing for Moldova.
Ah, the South Korea methode...
On the same note Chernousov tried to make a comeback under Swiss flag for the last Olympics, but his results in the OPA and the Swiss FIS races were just not good enough.
I'm almost surprise that the Austrians aren't trying to get any Russian athletes atm, poaching athletes from former Eastern Block countries is peak Austria.
Why would that be better than the current - male male female female switching to female female male male?The mixed relay is better than the single mixed. But I think they should alternate, female-male-female-male.
Why would that be better than the current - male male female female switching to female female male male?
Let's really mix it up and make it up to the teams and have the women racing the men.
Mixed relay, 4 legs of 6km. Doesn't matter what order you send your team out.Why would you have women racing the men?
Mixed relay, 4 legs of 6km. Doesn't matter what order you send your team out.
Also think it would be good to differentiate it from the same sex relays, so you have a set number of spare rounds in total. (Maybe 4). So if you use them all in the first shoot, you have none for the 2nd.
85km winds, anybody could win. You might as well just ski straight onto the penalty loop for 5 laps instead of wasting time getting your shots off.It seems that the weather could be the one stopping JTB from winning 7 gold medals at this World Championships.
Organisers to decide whether relay competitions at biathlon World Championships can go ahead
The IBU, the organising committee Oberhof 2023 and local authorities will meet tomorrow morning at 7.30 am to determine whether the Men’s and Women’s relay competitions at the BMW IBU World Championships Biathlon in Oberhof, Germany can go ahead amidst concerns over bad weather.www.biathlonworld.com
Johannes Kühn once actually did that. In Oberhof, in fact.85km winds, anybody could win. You might as well just ski straight onto the penalty loop for 5 laps instead of wasting time getting your shots off.
You might as well just do a drive by shoot in the general direction and hope you get lucky.that example is probably a bit extreme, but in bad conditions you sometimes see athletes waiting for what feels like half a minute for the final shot, so it can make sense, I guess.