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U.S. Biathletes Leave Their Rifles At Home and Get Ski-Specific in Bend – With Photo Gallery

BEND, Oregon – Even though the U.S. biathlon national team did not compete in the Pole Pedal Paddle on Saturday morning like their skiing counterparts, the athletes still didn’t get to sleep in for their weekend. After all, this is training camp. Instead, they headed up to Mount Bachelor to do intervals, and had to start early so that they could be off the race trails before the five-sport extravaganza began. “Early in the morning...

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Bucking Conventions, U.S. Biathletes Prove That College Isn’t a Barrier to Long-Term Success

Chelsea LittleMay 21, 20124

Once the country’s best juniors, a handful of biathletes – including Lowell Bailey, ranked 14th in the 2012 World Cup standings – detoured through college programs before representing the U.S. at World Championships and the Olympics.

Biathlon Olympics

“There’s Less Than 700 Days to Go, So We’re Not Missing Any Opportunity”

Chelsea LittleMay 9, 20121

As the 2014 Sochi Olympics draw near, the U.S. Biathlon Association is focusing all of its resources on the national team. President Max Cobb discussed subtle changes in strategy: a smaller men's team, a bigger women's team, and lots of careful planning.

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13 Biathletes Named to 2012-13 U.S. National Team

Chelsea LittleApril 30, 20126

The U.S. Biathlon Association has announced its 2012-13 national team, which consists of 12 returning members and a single new nomination. The squad is led by five Americans who achieved top-ten results on the 2012 World Cup circuit, and were rewarded with “A1” nomination: Tim Burke, Lowell Bailey, Russell Currier, Jay Hakkinen, and Susan Dunklee. In total, seven women and six men will make up next year’s national team, a slight decrease from last year’s...

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Callaghan Winter Sports Club to Host the 2013 Canadian Biathlon Championships

FasterSkierApril 24, 2012

SQUAMISH, BRITISH COLUMBIA (23 April 2012) The Callaghan Winter Sports Club (the “CWSC”) today announced that it has been awarded the 2013 Canadian Biathlon Championships (the “2013 Biathlon Nationals”). The 2013 Biathlon Nationals will be held at Whistler Olympic Park, with Squamish serving as the host community. The 2013 Biathlon Nationals are tentatively scheduled for March 20-24, 2013. With the awarding of the 2013 Biathlon Nationals to the CWSC, the national championships in all four...

Biathlon Juniors

After Trip to Sweden’s National Sports Academy, U.S. Juniors Have New Understanding of European Biathlon

Chelsea LittleApril 23, 2012

Three top young biathletes spent a ten days as part of a team in Sweden, training, going to school, and racing alongside their hosts. “American kids have to sacrifice more if they want to go into full-time racing,” said Tara Geraghty-Moats.

Biathlon Olympics World Cup

Interview: After Four Olympic Appearances in Two Sports, Brazil’s Mourão Hopes For One More – In Biathlon

Chelsea LittleApril 18, 2012

Jaque Mourão may be a 36-year-old Brazilian mom, but the Quebec-based endurance queen has already made history in mountain biking and cross-country skiing. With help from Sweden's Matthias Nilsson, she now has her sights set on biathlon, and further inspiring her countrymen to pursue their dreams.

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Makarainen, Hofer Are Now Mercedes Owners After Shooting from Tenth to First in Kamchatka Pursuits

Chelsea LittleApril 14, 2012

It’s unusual to see World Championship medalists miss more half their shots, but that happened in both the men’s and women’s pursuits in gusty Kamchatka. Kaisa Makarainen and Lukas Hofer survived to win new Mercedes cars.

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Ferry, Solemdal Tops in Kamchatka Sprints Thanks to Familiarity with Spring Snowstorms

Chelsea LittleApril 13, 2012

“It snows in Norway at this time of year too," Norway's Synnøve Solemdal said of the snowstorm during her race. "The season is ending, though – I hope it will stop.” Bjorn Ferry of Sweden took the win in the men's sprint, continuing his late-season tear.

Biathlon Interviews

Interview: USBA’s Max Cobb On TD’ing the 2012 World Championships… and Holding Two Jobs

Chelsea LittleApril 12, 20121

A longtime race official at biathlon's highest levels, Max Cobb took us behind the scenes of a World Championships that featured target malfunctions, course closures, and seeding changes. Plus, he talked about a TD's worst nightmare, and how to handle it.

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After a Night Out at the Club, Makarainen and Ferry Team Up for Mixed Relay Win in Moscow

Chelsea LittleApril 8, 2012

Both Kaisa Makarainen of Finland and Björn Ferry of Sweden have won plenty of races before – including World Championships and Olympic gold, respectively. But their win in the team competition of the Champion’s Race in Moscow on Saturday was almost certainly their most unusual. For one thing, the pair teamed up despite their different nationalities, which is obviously not possible on the World Cup where they spend most of their time. Only at less...

Biathlon

After Disappoining Season, Löfgren Steps Down as Norwegian Biathlon Coach

Chelsea LittleApril 6, 2012

In late March, Norwegian biathlon ace Emil Hegle Svendsen complained to broadcaster NRK that the national team coaches were not spending enough time with the athletes, and that he hoped to see some changes. He was speaking out of frustration: after the World Cup title had seemingly been within his reach – indeed he wore the yellow bib several times – Svendsen ended up second to Martin Fourcade of France in the rankings. Despite winning...

Biathlon Juniors

Doherty Claims Second Title at Swedish Championships

Chelsea LittleApril 4, 2012

The biathlon season may have ended in North America a few weeks ago, but that hasn’t stopped a group of U.S. juniors from racing their way from to the top. Sean Doherty (Saratoga Biathlon), Tara Geraghty-Moats (Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club/Ethan Allen Biathlon Club), and Casey Smith (Methow Valley Biathlon) flew to Solefteå, Sweden as part of an exchange organized by U.S. Head Coach Per Nilsson. While the main focus on the stay was more to...

Biathlon Juniors

New Hampshire’s Doherty Wins Youth Sprint at Swedish Nationals

Chelsea LittleMarch 31, 2012

Conditions for the first race of Swedish Biathlon National Championships weren’t exactly wonderful in Solefteå, Sweden on Friday. “The weather has been really bad with warm temps and wind,” U.S. National Team Head Coach Per Nilsson told FasterSkier. “It was on the edge to hold the races… today was deep slush, gusty wind and challenging conditions for everybody.” It showed: in the senior division, Helena Ekholm and Carl Johan Bergman took the sprint titles with...

Biathlon World Cup

Two-Week Roundup: Almost Done!

Chelsea LittleMarch 26, 2012

Biathlon XCFeeds

A Few End Of The Year Numbers

JoranMarch 26, 2012

Just to follow up on a few tweets over the weekend… Skiers from 10 different nations had podium results in men’s events, and only women from 7 different nations did the same. The nations with the most podiums are in stark contrast. For both the men and women, you of course have Norway in the [...] Related posts:

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Biathletes Shine In Cross Country at Canadian Nationals, SuperTour Finals

Chelsea LittleMarch 26, 2012

Much like the U.S. and Canadian ski teams, many members of the North American biathlon squads have returned from Europe and decided to hop in some straight cross country races. Here’s a roundup of the results. – At SuperTour Finals in Craftsbury, Vermont, U.S. national team biathletes Susan Dunklee and Annelies Cook have contested both races so far in the mini-tour. Dunklee recently returned from Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, where she raced Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in...

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Crawford, Bédard Finish Job at Canadian Championships with Pursuit Wins

Alex KochonMarch 18, 2012

VALCARTIER, Québec – As she rounded the penalty loop at Myriam Bédard Center on Sunday, Rosanna Crawford looked up and threw down her headband. Winning the pursuit wasn’t going to be a walk in the park at the Canadian Biathlon Championships, and the 23-year-old from Alberta needed all the firepower she could muster. But the shooting portion was over; Crawford missed one shot in each of the last three stages for three total misses. The...

Biathlon World Cup

Fourcade Has Overall Title, But Svendsen Has Last Laugh In Windy Error-Palooza of a Finale

Chelsea LittleMarch 18, 20124

Coming into today’s 15 k mass start in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, Martin Fourcade of France seemed to be unstoppable. At World Championships in Ruhpolding Germany a week ago, Fourcade had won the final race, a mass start, by overpowering a better-shooting Bjorn Ferry of Sweden. Then in the sprint here in Khanty-Mansiysk he eked out a 5-second victory, which he parlayed into a more sizable win in the pursuit. Those wins clinched the overall World Cup...

Biathlon XCFeeds

Ханты-Мансийск (Khanty-Mansiysk)

SusanDMarch 18, 2012

Following World Championships in Germany, the biathlon circus packed onto 3 different charter planes headed for central Russian and the final World Cup competitions of the season. I was excited for the chance to see Khanty-Mansiysk after hearing so much about it, but I was also very tired from the previous [...]

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