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Biathlon Preview with Rosanna Crawford: Olympians Ready for Unique Features, New and Old, of Sochi Courses

Chelsea LittleFebruary 7, 2014

Canada's Rosanna Crawford says that some features of the Sochi course have stayed the same since the World Cup visited last year: the big climbs, the shooting range with an easy approach and huge retaining walls which cut the wind. But as Max Cobb explains, some changes have been made to the courses as well based in part on Organizing Committee layout errors.

Biathlon General News Olympics Racing

More Reactions as Starykh Doping Scandal Grows Clearer

Chelsea LittleJanuary 31, 20141

Some of Irina Starykh's competitors are defending her, saying the investigation is not yet complete; administrators and coaches from Scandinavia wonder how stupid you'd have to be to try doping in the leadup to the Olympics; a former IOC medical director believes Starykh's coach and team doctor are the last vestiges of the old Soviet doping system, and hopes they will be weeded out.

General Interviews News

Beyond the Brands, Peter Hale’s Selfless Acts Reached All Nordic Sports (Updated)

Chelsea LittleNovember 21, 20133

Mention the name 'Peter Hale' and you'll be hard-pressed to find someone that doesn't think he was one of the nicest, most giving people in the U.S. nordic industry -- and it wasn't because he was a salesman. In fact, making money might have been least important to Hale; he was in it for the athletes.

Biathlon Olympics Racing

As U.S. Biathlon Hones Focus on Sochi, Small Group Named to 2014 National Team

Chelsea LittleApril 15, 2013

With the Olympics looming, the U.S. Biathlon Association cut its national team to the smallest it has been in years, with no new members and only one athlete under the age of 25; development was cut almost completely. President and CEO Max Cobb hopes that good performances in Sochi will be a rising tide that lifts all boats in his sport.

Biathlon Racing

Burke Fulfills Lifelong Dream with Silver in Nové Město

Audrey ManganFebruary 14, 20133

Tim Burke ended America's 26-year medal draught at World Championships on Thursday by claiming a silver medal in the 20 k individual. "I was crying in the woods," said his coach Per Nilsson. It was both a historic day for U.S. Biathlon and a momentous personal triumph for Burke in a season of up and down results.

Biathlon Racing

U.S. Eighth in Mixed Relay, Top Finish Ever in World Championships Racing

Chelsea LittleFebruary 7, 20131

Susan Dunklee's single spare round and third-fastest ski time combined to be the best race by any woman skiing the second leg of the mixed relay. But while it may have been a highlight of the U.S. team performance, each member skied a strong race, culminating in a historic eighth-place finish, their best ever at a World Championships.

Biathlon General News Racing

With Changes in Geopolitics and Sport Itself, U.S. Biathletes’ Relay Performance More Notable Than Ever

Chelsea LittleJanuary 7, 2013

A brief tour of the geopolitical changes in the last 25 years that have led to deeper fields, and the development of the sport itself from initial Olympic inclusion in 1960 to today, when 30 medals are on offer and biathlon is a good investment towards the medal count. Individual racing is just as hard as it always was, but relay racing? Probably harder.

Biathlon Racing

Eager to Prove They Are Better than Early-Season 16th, U.S. Men’s Relay Notches Fifth-Place Finish in Oberhof

Chelsea LittleJanuary 5, 2013

A strong team effort, where each racer skied among the fastest times of the day withstood the pressure of the notoriously loud and crazy Oberhof fans, gave the U.S. their best relay result in the era of modern biathlon.

Biathlon Racing

Bailey’s Tenth Headlines North American Performances in Hochfilzen; Crawford and Heinicke Top-30 for Canadian Women

Chelsea LittleDecember 8, 2012

Just like last year at this competition, Lowell Bailey had a good thing going. Today, though, he was able to clean his final stage and stay into the top ten; USBA President Max Cobb called the perfect late-race shooting a big accomplishment, and something that Bailey has been working on. Plus, more from the other North American biathletes.

Dryland General News Regional / Local

Parking Lot Alternative: Biathletes Welcome New Lake Placid Rollerski Loop (with Video)

Alex KochonNovember 29, 2012

Lake Placid-based biathletes are excited about the extension of their rollerski loop at the Olympic Jumping Complex, which cost $500,000 and took about 14 weeks to complete this fall.

Biathlon General News

Option Still Open for U.S. Biathlete in Cross-Country Relay

Audrey ManganSeptember 11, 2012

Who would win in a skate race, a top biathlete or nordic skier? When you follow the independent circuits of each sport, the question inevitably comes up. And if the biathlete turns out to be competitive, what would happen if he teamed up with nordic athletes for the same relay? Tim Burke dangled that idea in front of American ski fans two winters ago when he

Biathlon World Cup

Despite Fluctuation in USOC Funding, U.S. Biathletes Rely on USBA for Cash

Chelsea LittleAugust 9, 2012

At its highest level, biathlon is an extremely lucrative sport. After her first full year on the World Cup circuit, now-retired German star Magdalena Neuner reportedly earned 1.3 million Euros by endorsing products – and that was in 2007, before her several overall World Cup titles. By contrast, in 2010, after several seasons of World Cup racing, Petter Northug was worth just over a million dollars in total. But regardless of the top athletes’ success...

Biathlon Olympics Uncategorized World Cup

A Veteran At Age 24, Spector Calls It Quits On Biathlon, Focuses on Academics

Chelsea LittleAugust 7, 20121

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE – When Laura Spector left the East and drove to Bozeman, Montana, this spring, she knew she was headed for school, but she wasn’t sure what was going to happen after that. The 2010 Olympian and national team biathlete had finished up her first full year of training and racing since graduating from Dartmouth College, and it wasn’t what she had been hoping for. After starting the early-season World Cups she struggled,...

Biathlon Collegiate Juniors

Spare Rounds: USBA Staff and Coaches on the College Option

Chelsea LittleJune 12, 2012

Our recent series on biathletes facing the question of when and whether to go to college (parts two, and expressed frustration that star athlete Laura Spector was returning to school for the summer after a disappointing season and did not seem to plan on joining the national team program in Lake Placid. It was not an unreasonable sentiment: without actually seeing an athlete, a coach’s job is certainly much harder. And as a European (Kahkonen...

Biathlon Collegiate Juniors

For America’s Junior Biathletes, a Tendency Toward College

Chelsea LittleJune 5, 20122

Note: This is the last piece in a three-part series following several groups of biathletes as they negotiate the college question. part two looked at USBA’s 2007-2010 Development Team. In November, 2011, Casey Smith was named Junior Biathlete of the Year for 2011 by the United States Biathlon Association (USBA). In a European country, that might mean a pat on the back from a coach at practice, perhaps an honorary celebration thrown by an athlete’s...

Biathlon Olympics World Cup

USBA’s Grand Experiment: How Quickly Can You Build a Biathlete?

Chelsea LittleMay 28, 20121

Note: This is the second piece in a three-part series following several groups of biathletes as they negotiate the college question.

Biathlon Olympics World Cup

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.

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.

Biathlon

Dunklee’s Success Brings New Attention to U.S. Women’s Squad, Validates Unusual Development Strategies – With Video

Chelsea LittleMarch 9, 2012

RUHPOLDING, Germany – When Susan Dunklee was leading Wednesday’s World Championship 15 k individual race, fans, coaches, and journalists alike were scratching their heads. Who is this Susan Dunklee? The American World Cup rookie is not unknown on the circuit – coming in to these races she had scored World Cup points eight times and finished in the top 20 in a sprint in Antholz, Itlay – but she wasn’t too familiar, either. While the...

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