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Bailey Ninth, Hakkinen and Leguellec Top-Twenty in World Cup Biathlon Openers

Chelsea LittleNovember 30, 2011

One by one, last year’s heroes succumbed to errors over the course of the opening biathlon World Cup race in Ostersund, Sweden on Wednesday. Norwegians Tarjei Boe and Emil Hegle Svendsen, wearing the yellow and red bibs of as the previous overall and discipline leaders, only made it four kilometers before the mistakes began. Racing near the beginning of the field in the interval-start competition, each missed two shots in their first of four shooting...

Biathlon Continental Cup World Cup

U.S. Names World Cup Biathlon Team After IBU Cup Race in Ostersund

Chelsea LittleNovember 28, 2011

While U.S. and Canadian skiers have been competing at FIS and World Cup races for several weeks now, the American biathletes waited until Sunday to kick off their season in an IBU Cup sprint. The race in Ostersund, Sweden, was actually the second of the weekend, but the U.S. team sat out of Saturday’s race. While the men were lucky to have skipped the windy conditions that shook up the result sheet in the opener,...

Biathlon World Cup

USBA Names Twelve Athletes to Pre-World Cup Training Camp in Sweden

Chelsea LittleOctober 26, 2011

Biathlon General Results World Cup

Even After Losing Photo Finish to Italy, U.S. Notches Best-Ever World Champs Relay Finish

Chelsea LittleMarch 11, 20113

Was U.S. biathlon head coach Per Nilsson enthusiastic about his team’s relay finish at World Championships on today? “BEST EVER!” he wrote in an e-mail on Friday evening. “[It’s] fun to show that we have a team that can fight on the highest level in the world.” While the entire team had a strong performance in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on Friday – leadoff skier Lowell Bailey tagged off in fifth place – Leif Nordgren was again...

Biathlon General Results

Bø Wins His First World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk Individual; U.S. Youngster Nordgren Continues Hot Streak

Chelsea LittleMarch 9, 20113

In biathlon, the individual format is often described as a shooter’s race. With a minute of added time penalizing each missed shot, the consequences for a single mistake while shooting are even higher than in any other format. There are many great biathletes – World Cup winners and even World Champions – who have never won an individual race. In Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on Tuesday, young Norwegian Tarjei Bø proved that while the individual is a...

Biathlon Racing World Cup

US Just Misses Top Half in Presque Isle Mixed Relay

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 6, 2011

It’s not often that the U.S. biathlon team gets to race a relay in front of a home crowd—in fact, it hasn’t happened in more than seven years. So when the American squad of Sara Studebaker, Haley Johnson, Jay Hakkinen and Jeremy Teela took to the course in Presque Isle in Saturday’s World Cup mixed relay, the race was just as much for the hundreds of red-white-and-blue-clad spectators as it was for the athletes themselves....

Biathlon Racing World Cup

Peiffer Takes Presque Isle Sprint; Bailey Leads Americans in 25th

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 4, 2011

It’s not the Super Bowl yet, but there was no lack of enthusiasm from fans greeting World Cup biathlon’s return to northern Maine. Hundreds of spectators turned out to the Nordic Heritage Center on Friday morning to watch Germany’s Arnd Peiffer win the men’s 10 k sprint in Presque Isle, the first elite-level international race on American soil in seven years. Peiffer, a burly 23-year-old, shot clean to top France’s Martin Fourcade and Russia’s Ivan...

Biathlon Continental Cup General Results

Barnes, Cook, and Hakkinen End IBU Cup Campaign on High Notes

Chelsea LittleJanuary 15, 2011

When U.S. biathletes left Altenberg, Germany after the pursuit race on Saturday, they were saying goodbye not only to the venue, but to the entire IBU Cup circuit. While the U.S. Biathlon Association is supporting the World Cup team for the rest of the year, no more Continental Cup races will be funded. Luckily, the team had plenty of satisfying results while in Europe, so the trip ended on a positive note. “I’m proud of...

Biathlon Continental Cup General Results

U.S. Women Continue Hot Streak in IBU Cup Competition

Chelsea LittleJanuary 14, 2011

After last week’s success at the IBU Cup races in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, U.S. biathlete and 2010 Olympian Haley Johnson was promoted to the World Cup. You might think that sending the top finisher off to Rupholding would slow down the American women racing on biathlon’s second-most prestigious circuit. But you’d be wrong. Susan Dunklee, Tracy Barnes, and Annelies Cook – who all missed qualifying for the Olympics last year – didn’t need Johnson...

Biathlon Continental Cup General Results

The More the Better: Four More Biathletes Head to Europe after Minnesota Trials

Chelsea LittleDecember 20, 20102

With eleven athletes already racing in Europe – that’s more than the U.S. Ski Team can say – what could the U.S. biathlon community possibly ask for from their governing body? Well, if some is good, then more is better. After a second series of trials races in Mount Itasca, Minnesota, the U.S. Biathlon Association (USBA) named four more athletes to the IBU Cup roster (the series one level below the World Cup), as well...

Biathlon General News Olympics Racing World Cup

Snow Wreaks Havoc on Olympic Biathlon Races

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 14, 2010

American hopes for a medal in the men’s 10k biathlon sprint fell about as hard as the snow did in the middle of today’s race. 25 minutes into the event, the steady drizzle that came down throughout the morning morphed into a wild snow squall, slowing the skiing drastically and effectively squashing the chances of anyone still on course. The medalists in the race—France’s Vincent Jay, Norway’s Emil Hegle Svendsen, and Croatia’s Jakov Fak—all were...

Biathlon General News Olympics Racing

USBA Announces Athlete Nominations to the U.S. Olympic Committee

FasterSkierJanuary 11, 2010

NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine – The International Competition Committee of the U.S. Biathlon Association conducted a final review of results from the IBU Cup races in Altenberg, Germany this morning. As a result, the U.S Biathlon Association will forward the following list of athletes to the United States Olympic Committee. Men’s Olympic Team Nominations: 1) Tim Burke, Paul Smith’s, NY- prequalification from 2008-2009 season (2 top 15 results at WC) 2) Jay Hakkinen, Kasilof, AK- prequalification from...

Biathlon Racing World Cup

Hakkinen Hits All Targets, Moves up to 26th in WC Ranking

FasterSkierJanuary 17, 2009

Ruhpolding, Germany – Still feeling a bit worn from his all out effort in the 5th place relay finish on Thursday Hakkinen knew that good shooting would be a key to a good performance today. Hakkinen was able to follow his plan and “clean” his targets. “I am very happy with my shooting today,” said a smiling Hakkinen at the finish. “It was a perfect day with no wind.” His shooting times of 34 seconds...

Biathlon Olympics Racing

Aiming for Gold

FasterSkierJanuary 14, 2009

Jay Hakkinen changes with Tim Burke in the Mens Biathlon 4×7.5km Relay Final of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games. The two men hope to be part of the team that wins the first U.S. Olympic medal in the sport of biathlon in 2010. As the men’s 4×7.5-kilometer biathlon relay started at the 2006 Olympics, few could have guessed what would happen in the first leg of the race. American Jay Hakkinen skated into the...

Biathlon Racing World Cup

Americans find the targets in Oberhof

events@fasterskier.comJanuary 11, 2009

Oberhof, Germany – Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) could have been happier, but not much. Hitting nine out of ten targets in world class time, Hakkinen finished 17th in the ultra competitive Oberhof World Cup Sprint, with a time of 26:55.8, one second behind 15th place and just ten seconds out of tenth. The result moves Hakkinen into 26th place in the overall World Cup ranking and qualifies him for the Mass Start competition on Sunday....

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