We previously reported that this season’s “Tour de ski” will have fewer stages, but it includes an innovation – a new format distance with several mass starts in groups. “When the Tour de Ski was introduced in the 2007 season, it was long, ‘brutal’ and spectacular. Now it is short, easy and miserable,” says the … Read more
Biathlon World Mourns Tragic Loss of Rising Star Sivert Guttorm Bakken The global biathlon family is reeling from the devastating news of the untimely passing of Norwegian biathlete sivert Guttorm Bakken. Bakken, who had already carved out a significant presence in the sport at just 27 years old, was found deceased in his hotel room … Read more
The German team Max Langenhann/Marle Fräbele won the victory. The silver medal went to their compatriots Felix Loch and Julia Taubica, 0.134 seconds behind the winners. On the other hand, the bronze medal was won by the Austrians Jonas Miller and Dorothea Schwartz, who lost to the winners by 0.376 seconds. The leading Latvian team … Read more
Both Renārs Birkentāls and Andrejs Rastorgujevs made four mistakes each in the shooting range. Birkenthal missed two targets in the first and last shooting, while Rastorgujev had two mistakes in the last two shootings. In the third shooting, Rastorgujev came in 35th place, and Birkentāls – 44th. In the final two shootings, the Latvians exchanged … Read more
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Eric Perrot with the Grand-Bornand – 19/12/2 Credit: Getty Images Two kings races for the price of one, what do you think? The Gentlemen of Grand-Bornand pursuit will have the air of a mass start, on the eve of the real “mass”, this Saturday. For only eight biathletes, certainly. Whose departures will be slightly staggered, … Read more
Ski alpinism combines climbing a hill (partly with skis on the feet, partly on the back) and downhill skiing. In their competitions in Bormio, the Olympians first climb about a hundred meters up the slope, after which they go down it between the goals to the finish line. Under the five rings, the absolute best … Read more
Latvia had entered Rihards Lozbers, Aleksandars Patrijukas, Edgars Misi and Renars Birkentals for this relay in the following order. The Latvian team was the first to be removed from the track, which meant the last position. Lozber, Patryuk and Mise made a total of 13 mistakes in the firing lines, reaching three penalty rounds. In … Read more
Ten years for one goal The ice dancers have five German championship titles Jennifer Janse van Rensburg and Benjamin Steffan collected, which is a nice omen for the Olympics, as they think: “Each title represents one of the five rings.” They have worked for ten years towards their big goal of taking part in the … Read more
The American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn celebrated her 83rd World Cup victory at the first downhill run of the Alpine Ski World Cup in St. Moritz. The ski star won the race in Switzerland with a large lead over the Austrians Magdalena Egger (+0.98 seconds) and Mirjam Puchner (+1.16). It is the 41-year-old’s first World … Read more
The Russian Biathlon Federation has filed a complaint with the International Sports Court CAS against the exclusion of its athletes from qualifying competitions for the Winter Olympics. According to the state news agency Tass, the lawsuit was filed on Wednesday. The world association IBU announced that it had been informed by Cas about the move … Read more