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Photo Gallery: One Training Day in Ruhpolding

The Chiemgau Arena, a shooting range with paved rollerski loops just outside of Ruhpolding, Germany, is a venue unlike almost anything in North America, with the exception perhaps of a few former Olympic sites. And even if Soldier Hollow has nice rollerskiing, too, Ruhpolding has a bit more: other teams, for one, but also spectators who show up even in the summer just to watch some of the world’s top biathletes train.

Here are a few of our photos from a morning of training earlier this week, when the U.S. national team and the National Guard team joined three German groups as well as the Ukrainians to use the range for a workout.

armin hakkinen
bailey speed
bailey standing
burke standing
coaches on range
cook currier
cook standing
currier prone
currier speed
dalgren
dunklee studebaker
german juniors
german men
german women
hakkinen burke speed
kahkonen dunklee
looking downrange
nat guard coaches
nilsson bailey
nordgren speed
nordgren standing
range end 1
spectators
studebaker speed

armin hakkinen

U.S. shooting coach Armin Auchentaller looks on as Jay Hakkinen takes a standing stage.

bailey speed

Lowell Bailey in the midst of a speed.

bailey standing

Lowell Bailey on the range.

burke standing

Tim Burke hones his shooting.

coaches on range

U.S. and National Guard coaches line the range; women's coach Jonne Kahkonen holds up a magnetic board showing an athlete where their shots fell on the target.

cook currier

Annelies Cook lines up in prone as Russell Currier skates away.

cook standing

Annelies Cook in a standing stage.

currier prone

Russell Currier shooting prone.

currier speed

Russell Currier speeds by in front of the stadium.

dalgren

Jake Dalgren of the National Guard skates through the range.

dunklee studebaker

Susan Dunklee (front) and Sara Studebaker click their magazines into place before a prone stage.

german juniors

Two members of a German junior team run through the range as part of their foot-based shooting combination workout.

german men

German men ski past, cooling down from a sprint workout.

german women

Part of the German women's biathlon team practicing shooting drills.

hakkinen burke speed

Jay Hakkinen (front) and Tim Burke drop in for a speed.

kahkonen dunklee

U.S. women's coach Jonne Kahkonen discusses a shooting stage with Susan Dunklee.

looking downrange

Looking down the range at the beginning of the Americans' training session.

nat guard coaches

National Guard coaches Sarah Lehto and Travis Voyer observe their athletes.

nilsson bailey

Per Nilsson checks in on Lowell Bailey after a prone stage.

nordgren speed

Leif Nordgren doing one of the ten speeds in his workout.

nordgren standing

Leif Nordgren on the range.

range end 1

The view from the end of the range into the mountains.

spectators

Spectators show up to the Chiemgau Arena even in the summer!

studebaker speed

Sara Studebaker training in Ruhpolding, Germany this summer.

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