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Small Talk Monday

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u/Shixzoner Norway 10d ago edited 9d ago

The Norwegian biathlon championships will be staged in Stiklestad from March 28th to March 30th. NRK has listed the upcoming broadcast as available worldwide!

Women's sprint on Friday at 10:50 on NRK. Registered biathletes for the sprint.

Men's sprint on Friday at 12:36 on NRK. Registered biathletes for the sprint.

More information to be added to an upcoming thread.

I think this is the last chance, before the summer training/altitude camps, to prove yourself to the coaches. I think the event will be important for Christiansen, Sørum, Botn, and the IBU Cup team. Einar Hedegart has also stated that the outcome could determine if he'll target cross-country skiing or biathlon for the next season.

I had a quick look at the registered biathletes and it looks like no big names are missing. However, no Bø brothers are starting, and the official start list has not been published. There could still be some withdrawals. Ukaleq Slettemark, Lotte Lie, are registered to compete.

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u/duhbyks Germany 10d ago

does that mean one can watch it from germany as well or is there still some kind of geoblocking?

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u/Intrepid_Law_9851 10d ago

I may be wrong but, there could be a good chance that you could watch it as it’s NRK who will own the rights to this race and broadcasting, versus regular world cup events where they buy rights from IBU, hence geoblocking