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Biathlon Continental Cup General Results

Three North Americans Top-20 In Opening U26 Races

Chelsea LittleFebruary 23, 2011

The American and Canadian teams have been off to a good start in Ridnaun, Italy, collecting three top-20 finishes in the opening individual-format races at IBU Under-26/Open European Championships. On Monday, the men kicked things off in the 20 k individual race, a format where each missed shot represents a one-minute time penalty. Tyson Smith of Canada missed only two of his twenty shots and finished 19th, just under four minutes behind Artem Pryma of...

Biathlon Continental Cup General Opinion

Strong Finishes for North Americans on IBU Cup, but is Increased European Presence Best for Domestic Biathlon?

Chelsea LittleDecember 29, 2010

This year, the U.S. Biathlon Association (USBA) had a radical shift in its athlete development strategy: instead of sending a full squad to the World Cup and leaving the rest of the American biathlon field at home, they would minimize their World Cup presence to only those athletes who were succeeding, and field a much larger team at the IBU (International Biathlon Union) Cup races. While the U.S. biathletes that FasterSkier talked to, on and...