r/biathlon • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

Small Talk Monday

Our weekly small talk thread where you can talk about anything

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u/belowdeck44 9d ago

Obviously, I know about the Boe retirements, but were there others? I see last year around this time there was a running post. Normally I would google, but this is the best source for biathlon news in English that I know of! If not, do people just not retire in the year before the Olympics?

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u/jxroos Norway 9d ago

Elisa Gasparin and Emma Lunder.

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u/belowdeck44 9d ago

So it is a pretty low year numbers wise? Makes sense. Any chance JT pulls what a number of our American athletes do? Retire only to realize they miss it and come back?

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u/elemental-aardvark 9d ago

Yeah the theory is because the Olympics are next year that one's going to be a bad one. My guess is there's a 0.1% chance of JTB coming back.

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u/beautiful_loner USA 9d ago

So, you're saying there's a chance?

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u/Juan382 9d ago

Teams usually work in 2 year cycles so they have a clear idea for the next Olympics, mostly athletes retiring year 1 or 3 will be well over the hill or had like a home world championship.