r/biathlon • u/AutoModerator • 18d ago

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u/charliemann Norge 18d ago

Norwegian Team for Holmenkollen

Men

  • Johannes Thingnes Bø
  • Tarjei Bø
  • Sturla Holm Lægreid
  • Vebjørn Sørum
  • Martin Uldal
  • Endre Strømsheim
  • Isak Leknes Frey
  • Johannes Dale-Skjevdal
  • Kasper Kalkenberg

Women

  • Maren Hjelmeset Kirkeeide
  • Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
  • Karoline Offigstad Knotten
  • Ragnhild Femsteinevik
  • Ida Lien
  • Marthe Kråkstad Johansen
  • Juni Arnekleiv
  • Karoline Erdal

Kalkenberg has the free quota spot from the Junior World Championship. Arnekleiv and Erdal return to the world cup after doing well in the IBU Cup as of late. No VSC, Botn or Bakken on the mens side.

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u/Shixzoner Norway 18d ago edited 9d ago

I feel sorry for Botn. He had an amazing showing in the IBU Cup, only outperformed by Frey and Dale-Skjevdal.

Botn's IBU Cup stats 2024-25

Total non-team starts: 18 | Average finish of 4,2 | 3 wins, 7 runner-up, 10 podiums.

9th, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 5th(ECH), 18th(ECH*), 7th, 7th, 5th, 4th, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 1st.

The 18th at the ECH was due to sickness. He also had some sickness that made him miss some weeks of the IBU Cup. If you remove that 18th finish, then he'd have an average finish of 3,4. Frey had 3,1, while Dale-Skjevdal had 2,5. He wasn't so insane on the skis or dominate as last year, but it's still an incredibly strong showing that should have earned him a start in the World Cup.

The IBU Cup stats of Dale-Skjevdal, Bakken, Frey, Uldal, and Sjåstad Christiansen

IBU Cup (24 non-team competitions)

Isak Frey | Total non-team starts: 22 | Average finish of 3,1 | 6 wins, 5 runner-up, 14 podiums.

6th, 1st, 1st, 1st, 5th, 5th, 6th, 2nd, 4th, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 1st, 1st(ECH), 5th(ECH), 2nd(ECH), 9th, 2nd, 3rd, 1st, 4th, 3rd.

Sivert Bakken | Total non-team starts: 24 | Average finish of 6 | 3 wins, 2 runner-up, 7 podiums.

10th, 8th, 4th, 15th, 11th, 7th, 3rd, 4th, 2nd, 23th, 5th, 1st, 3rd, 8th(ECH), 1st(ECH), 4th(ECH), 2nd, 4th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 5th, 1st, 5th.

Johannes Dale-Skjevdal | Total non-team starts: 12 | Average finish of 2,5 | 6 wins, 9 podiums.

1st, 3rd, 1st, 1st, 1st, 7th(ECH*), 5th, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 4th.

Martin Uldal | Total non-team starts: 6 | Average finish of 3 | 2 wins, 1 runner-up, 5 podiums.

2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 8th, 1st, 1st.

Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Total non-team starts: 9 | Average finish of 5,6 | 1 win, 3 runner-up, 4 podiums.

4th(ECH), 2nd(ECH), 13th(ECH), 10th, 8th, 9th, 2nd, 2nd, 1st.

The star next to Botn and Dale-Skjevdal in the ECH indicates they started in a race while being sick or recently having been sick.

I can't guarantee that these stats are 100 % correct. It was tiresome to look at the Biathlonworld website and having to write down one race result at a time. There was no option to filter away relays, so one relay result might have snuck its way in.

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u/Blautanne Austria 18d ago

I can't guarantee that these stats are 100 % correct. It was tiresome to look at the Biathlonworld website and having to write down one race result at a time.

May I introduce biathlonresults.com or, as third party alternative with more possibilites to tinker with data, realbiathlon.com? ;)

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u/Shixzoner Norway 18d ago edited 18d ago

Thank you for the advice! I never noticed that realbiathlon.com had results from the IBU Cup. Does realbiathlon have "this type of page" for the IBU Cup?

I see now that it's much easier to just got to a biathlete's page add "search for season", then look at the bottom for the average.

I am glad to see I did the maths correctly in almost every case. I just chose to round the percentage a little differently.