JERICHO, Vt. — No matter how you slice it, last weekend’s race efforts at the
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With another World Cup crystal globe in hand, Finnish biathlete Kaisa Mäkäräinen, 31, is gearing up for another season and World Championships at home in Kontiolahti. It hasn't been easy: she was sick for two months from May through June.
Blink Festival Concludes with Mass Starts and Sprints; Bailey and Burke Deliver for U.S.
Lander KarathAugust 4, 2014
In the final two days of the 2014 Blink Festival Americans Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke jumped onto the podium in the biathlon mass start and sprint races.
Liz Stephen already has the reputation as one of the best hill climbers in the world. The trend continued in Thursday's Blink Festival opener, where Stephen outpaced the rest of the field by 27 seconds.
Mäkäräinen Shows U.S. Biathlon Women the Ropes (and Swimming Holes) in Kontiolahti
Alex KochonJuly 31, 2014
The U.S. Biathlon Women's A-team has been spending the last two weeks soaking up Finnish life and studying the 2015 IBU World Championships course in Kontiolahti with reigning World Cup champion (and local hero) Kaisa Mäkäräinen.