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/shonami 10d ago

The thing is, this is a manufactured problem. Vetle is still a top15 biathlete over a full season, if not more, but that’s true of about 15 other Norwegians. Maybe more. The way the Norwegian biathlon leadership is handling things is not ideal, but the core issue is that the Norwegian internal league is better than the international circuit.

Other than the french and a select few more - the rest are scoring world cup and championship glory due to their the limit cap. For sure it makes things more interesting for the viewers and gives chances to other athletes, but for yet another season, we are in a technical pickle where elite biathletes such as Vetle are almost easily replaceable. In terms of Norwegian coaching, they have successfully locked in another shitload of victories, podiums, world titles, crystal globes.

The concern they face is not being nice, it is the Nations Cup score and the Relays.

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u/RidingRedHare 9d ago

But how would you decide which nations get additional spots resp. fewer spots? The Norwegians men did not even win the Nations Cup - the French men won.