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Sunday Rundown: Seefeld, Goms, Ridnaun, Craftsbury

FasterSkierJanuary 28, 2018

IBU Open European Championships (Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, Italy): Single mixed & mixed relays Susan Dunklee and Lowell Bailey teamed up for the final day of the 2018 International Biathlon Union (IBU) Open European Championships in Ridnaun, Italy, and raced to a bronze medal in the single mixed relay. The American duo, both of which earned individual medals at last year’s IBU World Championships, finished just 9.1 seconds out of first, which went to Norway’s Thelka Brun-Lie...

Biathlon General News Racing US Biathlon

Domracheva, Fourcade Build Momentum Winning Final Pre-Olympic World Cups in Antholz

Chelsea LittleJanuary 21, 2018

On Saturday, Darya Domracheva watched as second place in the World Cup pursuit skied away from her. She had stepped on competitor Dorothea Wierer’s pole in the final corner of the 10 k pursuit in Antholz, Italy, and felt it unsportsmanlike to try to beat Wierer to the finish when the Italian had only one ski pole. So she in a press conference of the abundant fresh snow that had fallen overnight and continued to...

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Braisaz Stuns in Home Mass Start with First Victory; Dunklee 20th, Lunder 28th

Chelsea LittleDecember 17, 2017

LE GRAND-BORNAND, France—Justine Braisaz was so excited for today’s 15 k mass start that she jumped the gun, scooting forward on her skis a few seconds before the start and having to reset. That provoked a laugh among the crowd and perhaps even her competitors, but they weren’t laughing by the time the race finished and Braisaz had left them in the dust, claiming her first World Cup win – on her father’s birthday, no...

General Resources Training Workouts

Wednesday Workout: Matching Attacks with Astrid Jacobsen

Jason AlbertAugust 30, 2017

On July 28, Masters World Cup in Minneapolis or other hallmark races like Sun Valley’s

Biathlon General News Racing

Dunklee’s Podium Fight Ends in Sixth; Dahlmeier Wins Again in Ruhpolding

BrainspiralJanuary 10, 2016

American Susan Dunklee reached the flower ceremony again on Sunday. She cleaned the first two shooting stages of the IBU World Cup mass start to ski up into second around the halfway point, then missed one shot in the third stage and ended up sixth to tie her season best.

Biathlon General Training Workouts

Wednesday Workout: 4 x 1 k Head-to-Head Racing with MWSC Biathletes

Gabby NaranjaDecember 30, 2015

This week's workout comes from the eastern edge of the U.S. in Fort Kent, Maine. With plenty of snow ski on, the Maine Winter Sports Center biathlon program completed a head-to-head shooting workout that can be adapted to a non-shooting interval workout for cross-country skiers.

Biathlon General News Racing

Béatrix Bests Svendsen for First World Cup Win; Smith 12th in Pokljuka Mass Start

Harald ZimmerDecember 21, 2015

On Sunday, French biathlete Jean-Guillaume Béatrix knew he was the luckiest man in Pokljuka, achieving the first World Cup victory of his career in a men’s 15-kilometer mass start he hadn’t planned on racing.

Continental Cup General News Racing Results

Patterson Drops Pack for Sun Valley 15 k Win; Strøm Outlasts Packer for 2nd

Austin CobbDecember 7, 2015

After rebounding from separate scary incidents, APU's Scott Patterson and Eric Packer showed their desire to be back on top of the SuperTour, placing first and third in Sunday's 15 k classic mass start in Sun Valley. Patterson won by more than 30 seconds and CU's Mads Strøm edged Packer for second.

Biathlon General News Racing

Schempp Stuns in Mass Start Barnburner; Green Completes Perfect Shooting Weekend in 18th

Chelsea LittleJanuary 18, 2015

Simon Schempp lives and trains in Ruhpolding, Germany, and now he can say he has won a biathlon World Cup there too - by just 8 centimeters in a three-man photo finish and one of the most exciting races of the season. Brendan Green of Canada completed a perfect 40-shot weekend to snag his second top 20.

Biathlon Racing World Cup

No One Touches Fourcade in Oberhof Mass Start; North American Men Outside Top 20

Seth AdamsJanuary 11, 2015

France's Martin Fourcade used a cushion from fast skiing to allow for a relaxed-shooting pace. It was an investment that paid off, being the day's only perfect shooter, earning him first place with a comfortable margin.

Biathlon Dryland General Racing

North American Biathlon Rollerski Championships in Photos

BrainspiralAugust 19, 2014

Lowell Bailey went 2 for 2 on the weekend in Jericho, and two different U.S. women edged Canada's Rosanna Crawford for victories at the North American Rollerski Championships at the Ethan Allen Firing Range.

Biathlon General News Racing

Ferry Finishes Golden Weekend with Tactical Brilliance in Mass Start Victory over Fourcade

Chelsea LittleMarch 9, 2014

Bjorn Ferry may have mis-timed his Olympic peak, but that meant he has been able to enjoy an incredible weekend of World Cup racing in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Ferry bested Martin Fourcade of France with an elegant and well-timed downhill pass as the pair neared the stadium, followed by a furious sprint. “I can beat Ferry 99 times out of a hundred," Fourcade said - but today he was wrong.

Continental Cup Racing

Video: U.S. Distance Championships Men’s 50 k Classic

BrainspiralApril 12, 2013

Through the slow California conditions and ski exchanges, Kris Freeman battled Andy Newell and Einar Ulsund for the national title in the 50 k classic for over two hours on the last day at spring series. Freeman pulled away in the last 5 k to beat Newell by almost a minute and finish off his season with a win.

Continental Cup Racing

Video: SuperTour Finals Men’s 15 k Classic

BrainspiralApril 6, 20131

Kris Freeman took an early lead and ran with it in the 15 k mass start classic on Saturday at SuperTour Finals, schooling the field by 47 seconds. Our footage from the race.

Biathlon Racing

With Clean Shooting and Untouchable Sprint, Fourcade Nevertheless Has to Work Hard for Ruhpolding Mass Start Win

Chelsea LittleJanuary 13, 2013

After romping to a win in the sprint on Saturday, Martin Fourcade of France had to work far harder on Sunday, draining his reserves to outsprint Dmitry Malyshko at the end of the 15 k mass start. Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway staged an impressive comeback from two penalties to take third; Tim Burke was 17th in his first race back from illness.

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After Thrilling Three Way Battle On Final Loop, Berger Emerges From Mass Start With Another World Champs Gold

Chelsea LittleMarch 11, 2012

RUHPOLDING, Germany – With rain finally falling in this small Bavarian town this morning, it would have been easy to stay at home, watching a television broadcast of today’s mass start races from safe inside a dry living room. But that thought never crossed the minds of the 30,000 fans who packed the Chiemgau arena today, just as they have for every other competition of the 2012 IBU World Championships. And they weren’t disappointed. In...

Biathlon

Fourcade Makes It Three Golds in Four Tries, Is King of World Championships After Hard-Fought Mass Start Victory

Chelsea LittleMarch 11, 2012

RUHPOLDING, Germany – Martin Fourcade is a glutton for punishment. At every chance he got, the Frenchman would push the pace over the top of the last steep hill during today’s World Championship 15 k mass start. As the rain gently fell on the Chiemgau Arena and competitors looked more and more bedraggled, Fourcade attacked again and again, jump-skating up hill after hill, and dragging himself back from penalties that may have come from pushing...

Biathlon World Cup

Domracheva Makes Up for Early Error With Surprise Ascent to Victory; Dunklee 27th in First World Cup Mass Start

Chelsea LittleJanuary 23, 2012

Mistakes can be a powerful motivator. In Sunday’s 12.5 k mass start in Antholz, Italy, the two biathletes with the fastest course times were the ones who really, desperately wanted to make up for errors in the very first shooting stage of the day. In that prone stage, both and Darya Domracheva of Belarus and Kaisa Makarainen of Finland – currently ranked second and third in the world, respectively – missed two shots. In a...

Biathlon XCFeeds

January on the WC: 3 Weeks and 3 Venues

SusanDJanuary 21, 2012

Since January 1st, the biathlon World Cup circuit has given us a tour of central Europe. We started in Oberhof, Germany, a biathlon mecca that attracts over 30,000 fans. Nove Mesto in the Czech Republic, site of the 2013 World Championships, hosted us the following week and treated us to some [...]

Continental Cup Racing US Nationals

U.S. Nationals Notes and Quotes: 20/30 K Classic Mass Start

Audrey ManganJanuary 6, 2012

RUMFORD, Maine — As usual, there was so much going on during Friday’s 20/30 k classic mass start at the U.S. Cross Country Championships that not all of it fit into the race reports. Here were the notables and quotables from Black Mountain: The University of Vermont placed three women in the top 10; Amy Glen led the way for the Catamounts in seventh, Caitlin Patterson was eighth, and Lucy Garrec was tenth. The trio worked...

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