Sadly another trimester of World Cup biathlon has come to an end, but there was just so much to talk about this week both on and off the course! - We led off with the Norwegian European Cup roster announcement - This was connected to the surprising yet not surprising Tarjei Boe retirement announcement - We discussed the incredible Women's Overall R…

Will looks back on the shock decision of an all time great announcing his retirement and the effect that it will have on the rest of the season. Elsewhere the women’s overall race is heating up and there’s the best bets for Antholz.

It's been another amazing week of biathlon as we hit the midpoint of the season. From off the course news to some truly amazing racing, Ruhpolding certainly kept us on our toes. This week we discuss: - JT Boe's surprise retirement announcement - The top women all racing like champions - Thoughts on the Swedes: Hanna Oeberg, Martin Ponsiluoma, and S…

Will looks back on the shocks and welcome returns to the top step of the podium in Oberhof, takes stock of the overall races roughly halfway through the season, and gives the best bets for the week ahead in Ruhpolding.

What a week it was! Oberhof was an absolutely jam packed weekend that showed us all of the emotions. Get ready because this is a LONG episode because we have a lot of thoughts about: - Weather and it's effects this week - Suvi Minkkinen and Julia Simon...the highs and the lows of biathlon in 2 days - Finland's glorious week - Elvira Oeberg's determ…

Let's get ready for the 2nd trimester! We just had a few things to catch up on before the racing starts again including: - Quick Schalke biathlon review - Update on RJ's analysis of the new start positions and its effect on racing - Roster updates including Chloe Chevalier's retirement, Paula Botet, Sophie Chauveau, Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen - Ch…

After a week of amazing racing in le Grand Bornand there is just one thing left to do...talk about it. A lot! This is looong episode but there is a lot to discuss including: - Leading off with Tandrevold's health update - Golden Girl Franziska Preuss - Grotian and Voigt round out the German weekend - Martin Uldal and Tarjei Boe "surprise" wins - JT…

Will gives out the weekly medals after the thrills and one particularly noteworthy spill… in Austria. There’s also news of big name absences and the best bets for round 3 in Annecy.

A little later than normal, and a little under the weather, we discussed all of the action from the winter wonderland of Hochfilzen including: - Franziska Preuss vs. Lou Jeanmonnot all season? Who says no? - Underdog nations continue being competitive - JT Boe is back on top - The Jacquelin Pursuit fall - Laegreid lurking And more!…

After a brilliant first round of action, Will drops in to overreact to all the races from Kontiolahti, as well as give you his best bets for next weekend in Hochfilzen

The first competitions of the biathlon season are in the books! It's time to get together and chat about all of the amazing action from Kontiolahti and a little news/speculation as welli! This includes: - A week of underdogs, fan favorites, and fun stories! - A trip to the doctor's office to discuss the Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold heart situation - …

We just couldn't wait for a full week of competition to end before we had to start talking biathlon again! We got together, initially on Sunday, but then again on Monday to discuss all of the relay action and the Men's Short Individual including: - Julia Simon's injury and what we know as of recording time - The Soerum Mixed Relay sprint and the Fa…

Just barely before the season starts we reconvened to discuss the recent racing in Sjusojoen and Idre Fjaell and discuss the upcoming season! A few of the highlights: - Over view of the selection races - Discussing the Norwegian depth - Overview of the rosters and any surprises that we saw - Discussing the current state of Canadian biathlon - A few…

Will's back for the fourth season of the podcast, chatting through the contenders for overall glory this season, as well as the opening races over in Finland.

While battling illness at the final training camp in Finland, American/New Zealand biathlete Campbell Wright joined us for our final preseason interview! Campbell is a hilarious interview and we had an immensely good time. Of course we discussed his unique journey into biathlon from New Zealand, his transfer to the American team, his successes alon…

This week on the pod Czechia biathlete Jakub Stvrtecky joins us! He was so gracious to share his time from training camp in Finland to share his story! This week we discussed: - His story coming up alongside his teammates in Czechia biathlon - His summer of training and how he feels coming into the 2024-2025 season - Shooting prone vs. standing - H…

In our latest interview in the leadup to the 2024-2025 biathlon season, Hanna Kebinger returns! Always a fun interview this episode involves more laughing than we have done in a bit! It includes: - Discussion on her unfortunate 23-24 season - Dealing with health struggles, both physical and mental - Her road to recovery this summer including findin…

Jacques Jefferies graciously and bravely battled through a sinus infection and a bloody nose to join us for an interview! Jacques is a really valuable mind for the biathlon community as he has a very good grasp of the big issues biathlon will be grappling with in the coming years. As Jacques battled through we discussed: - His young biathlon career…

As the 2024-2025 season rapidly approaches Polish Women's Head Coach Tobias Torgersen joined us from team training camp in Lenzerheide! In this interview we discuss: - Thoughts on Lenzerheide and particularly the potential trickiness on the range - Coaching anxiety as the season approaches - What led to the Polish women having a surge in the 2023-2…

Justus Strelow, coming off of a very exciting City Biathlon race in Dresden, joined us from the German training camp in the French Alps for a wonderful interview. He as an amazing guest and gave us tremendous insight into: - His intro into biathlon and his journey to the top level of the sport - His lifelong affinity for shooting and how fast and h…

The first of our preseason interviews is here and it's Regina Ermits! This was a joy! With Regina we discussed: - Regina vs. Kalev in the battle of the Ermits - How is she so good at standing shooting? - A new training regimen and "finding her voice" leading to 7 of the 9 best finishes of her career in 2023-2024 - Her amazing 2024 Nove Mesto Worlds…

The IBU has floated changes to how start bibs are allocated for Sprint and Individual races and it's generating some great conversation. We do our best to lay out what the changes would be as well as the perspectives of various athletes, coaches, and media members. We also share our own thoughts. Then we talk about the phenomenal Czechia summer nat…

It's a touch late but we needed to catch up about the first half of the summer biathlon racing. We primarily focused on the recently completed 2024 Summer Worlds in Otepää but also briefly discussed Blink, as well as the Swedish, Belgian, and US Summer biathlon National Championships. Tune in soon for interviews and discussions on Martin Fourcade F…

It is truly a quiet time in the world of biathlon but we still found a few things to chat about including: - It's wedding season! - RJ's EXTENSIVE breakdown of Emilien Jacquelin's shooting which is now published: https://biathlonanalytics.com/would-changing-high-risk-high-reward-strategy-pay-off-for-emilien-jacquelin/ - A preview of Jordan's Ultima…

This one is for the rifle nerds out there! We had on Logan Pletz and after a short discussion on his background in biathlon it turned into a deep deep deeeeeeeeep dive on rifle construction, particularly with 3D printing. Logan was so generous sharing his adventures in rifle construction including the not so successful trials. Even if you're not a …

We were so fortunate to be joined by the author of one of the truly unique stories in biathlon: Tara Geraghty-Moats. Sure, you might know that she was once a Nordic Combiner, but what else do you know about her journey? We discuss her start in Nordic sports at a very young age and the winding path that has brought her here to the IBU Biathlon World…

Surprise! We are back after just 1 week! This was actually a surprise for us as well as we didn't know we were recording it until we started. Today we discuss: - RJ's recent deep dive on if any national wax teams or ski brands were particularly successful in this most recent season - Coaching carousel including the Ricco Gross update, the Swiss coa…

It's time to catch up on all of the biathlon news from May 2024 including: - Dorothea Wierer continues through 2026 Olympics - Stina Nilsson back to XC skiing - Discussion of Rico Gross going to the Bulgarian team (this was recorded just hours before it was announced that he's not going to the Bulgarian team) - Czech team coaching changes - Early r…

It's time to talk more biathlon! Let be honest it's always time to talk more biathlon. We reconvened to discuss: - French, Swiss, Swedish, and Norwegian national championships - A little bit of biathlon news - Was there a connection between ski brand and ski speed this season - Jordan's connection with Tarjei Boe - A preview/overview of some breakt…

It's time to recap the 2023-2024 Biathlon World Cup season! Here in part 2 we discuss the women including: - Lou Jeanmonnot announcing herself as a contender now and in the future - Lisa Vittozzi finishing off one of the most remarkable career comebacks in biathlon history - Lena Haecki-Gross in year 10 of her career becomes the best Swiss woman in…

It's our 100th Episode! We recap our journey of where we started and everything that has happened over the last 100 episodes. A big THANK YOU! To everybody who has listened and joined us along the way! We also cover 2 pieces of big news: 1) Christian Gow, Biathlon Canada mainstay, announced his retirement 2) Tarjei Boe is back! Please check out my …

It's time to recap the 2023-2024 Biathlon World Cup season! We broke our recap up in 2 parts rather than giving you one massive nearly 3 hour podcast. Here in part 1 we discuss the men including: - JT Boe's 5th Overall title was better than you may have thought - Some young men showing off including Eric Perrot, Tommaso Giacomel, and Campbell Wrigh…

We head back to Canmore for one more episode! This time around we do our normal discussion about the racing but this time we have interviews! We discuss: - Exhausted athletes - JT Boe winning the Globe in style - Anna Gandler continues to shine - The French and Italians close out the season very strong - Lisa Vittozzi and Lou Jeanmonnot giving us a…

Will runs through the final week of the World Cup season as we found out who’d be taking the crystal globes this year.

In part 1 of our recap of the conclusion of the World Cup biathlon season in Canmore we have story time with RJ! He shares the tales of his weekend mixing and mingling with fans, athletes and coaches and gives us the sense of what it was like on the ground as the greatest biathletes in the world converged on Canada. In this episode we hear: - His d…

With the screaming and cheering caused by Jacquelin taking it's toll on his voice, Will croaks his way through his biggest takes from the weeks action

Biathlon returns to North America and the racing was absolutely electric. It absolutely left us breathless so we had to wait and record a little later so we can recover! This week we discussed: - The epic Men's Pursuit race including JT Boe and the Emilien Jacquelin experience - The Lou Jeanmonnot weekend and what would have to happen for her to wi…

Will breaks down an incredible week of racing from Holmenkollen Park, looks at the odds for the upcoming sprints in Utah and reacts to Benny Doll retiring at the end of the season.

It was a rainy and fairly gross weekend in Oslo, but it was another thrilling weekend of racing! This week on the pod we discussed all of the action including: - The really exciting state of the Overall races with it being completely undecided with 2 weekends to go - Did Tandrevold fix her shooting and is she now the prohibitive favorite? If not he…

Will runs through the biggest topics in biathlon, including worries for Sweden and predictions for this week’s races over in Oslo.

Anna Gandler was so kind to grace us with her time this week! We covered many fun topics with the up and coming Austrian biathlete including: - Her spectacular 2024 World Championships in Nove Mesto by every aspect of racing. - Getting a new rifle this season and learning to adapt to it. - A delicious discussion on German/Austrian snacks - Running …

On this weeks Biathlon Podcast, Will breaks down all 12 races from the 2024 World Championships in Nove Mesto, running through the biggest winners and losers from the last 2 weeks of action. Plus thoughts on Mona Brorsson retiring at the end of the season.

After a thrilling conclusion to the 2023-2024 Biathlon World Championships in Nove Mesto our heads were absolutely spinning. As we covered the first half of the events on part 1, after covering some big picture take aways we tried to focus on the races and stories from the 2nd half starting with the Individual races. Some of the items discussed inc…

The Nove Mesto World Championships are here and we couldn't be more excited. There were already so many stories and things to discussed so this is an absolutely jam packed episode including: - Waxing once again taking center stage - Julia Simon is absolutely unbeatable right now - Sturla Holm Laegreid's emotional gold medal - JT Boe's comeback in t…

The biggest two weeks of the season are upon us and Will previews all the races and predicts every medal won in Nove Mesto, as well as a look back at the recent European Championships.

Come take a lap with us on our most unusual (and hopefully fun!) episode to date. - We start out by discussing the actual racing that occurred this week on the IBU Cup and Junior Cup including Johan-Olav Botn, Simon Kaiser, and the dominant Austrians on the Juniors level. - We discuss the sad news of the Trevor Kiers retirement - We do some preview…

During what was supposed to be a bit of a quiet time in biathlon there was simply too much news! We dusted off the mics and got together to discuss the really important news of the week including: - The heartbreaking and infuriating story of Joanne Reid's sexual abuse and harassment by a member of the US Biathlon wax tech team - The Youth Olympic G…

Shortly following the completion of the racing in Antholz we got together to chat about all of the action from the week including: - Lena Haecki-Gross getting her first win! - Julia Simon is coming on really strong - But don't lose sight of Lou Jeanmonnot! - Johannes Dale-Skjevdal's insane last lap in the Mass Start - A bit of Norwegian men's team …

Will breaks down a brilliant week of racing where we had a bit of everything. Sprints, falls and the best two races of the year. There’s also predictions for Antholz and a roundup of the IBU Cup action from Italy.

After one of the thrilling complete weekends of biathlon racing in the last several years we of course put together our longest podcast of the season. There was just so much to talk about! Breaking from what has become our normal back and forth we decided to go race by race to make sure we didn't miss any of the big moments incuding: - Simon vs. El…