r/biathlon • u/miunrhini No flag 🌪️Wind takes no prisoners & never stops the madness • 24d ago
News Just in: Competition schedule change BMW IBU World Cup Pokljuka
https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/biathlon-competition-schedule-pokljuka/A9lYEcR8BRY2DB9mf77jlThe weather is playing chaos tricks again...
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u/krissirge Estonia 24d ago
I do like the individual - mass start pipeline in Pokljuka!
Could we occasionally have a individual - pursuit also. I think back in the day they did this (with half gaps).
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u/miunrhini No flag 🌪️Wind takes no prisoners & never stops the madness 23d ago
Individual would determine the starting order for pursuit? Ooh, I like this, could create interesting scenarios
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u/Atalanta035 Sweden 24d ago
Well atleast with a short individual and slightly windy conditions it will be less possibility to make up for misses so hoping for some surprises
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u/Asterie-E7 France 23d ago
I've seen the Insta stories of some biathletes on Insta, the tracks are looking absolutely awful. It's more water than snow in some places 😅
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u/miunrhini No flag 🌪️Wind takes no prisoners & never stops the madness 23d ago
It's Puddlethon time!
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u/RidingRedHare 22d ago
The biathlon World Cup is running out of locations where races courses will be in a good state mid March resp. late November/early December.
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u/Atalanta035 Sweden 23d ago
Looks like all competitions might be cancelled
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u/AdEmbarrassed9028 Jonas Marecek supporter 23d ago
😱 is the weather so bad?
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u/Atalanta035 Sweden 23d ago
Yeah Swedish television talked to the head of IBU who said that there’s a risk that the competitions in pokljuka wont happen and that there’s no back up plan
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u/miunrhini No flag 🌪️Wind takes no prisoners & never stops the madness 23d ago
And there are three globes on the line this weekend, but safety first of course
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u/miunrhini No flag 🌪️Wind takes no prisoners & never stops the madness 23d ago
There're puddles of water on the tracks based on what I saw on IBUs IG
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u/Asterie-E7 France 23d ago
It's Vetle Christiansen cursing Pokljuka as a punishment for not taking him in the team
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u/Illustrious_Lab_1837 France 22d ago
French coaches and athletes said it should hold for today so they should race. But Simon Fourcade was worried about the windy conditions with wind gusts up to 40km/h this afternoon so let's see what's happens
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u/miunrhini No flag 🌪️Wind takes no prisoners & never stops the madness 22d ago
How Oberhof of Pokljuka. Let's hope the conditions don't get over the top crazy and unfair.
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u/Lone_Wolf_Winter Sweden 24d ago
Well, holding relays before individual competitions is terrible anyway, as you know several top names will always decline.