New Penalty Loop Podcast! A raucous weekend in le Grand Bornand including -It was Lou's Week -Justus heartbreak -Maren's Power -Solid US/Canada 1st trimester -Can Botn keep it up? Can Perrot/Giacomel challenge? -A very fun Norwegian men's team -Celebrating Camille! #biathlon

🇸🇪 Oberhof was a great success for the Swedish team -2 wins for Elvira -Podium for Sebbe and nearly 2 -Hanna with a big comeback to the podium today -Swedish men a podium and nearly a win -Now 4 athletes in the Overall top 6’s and real globe aspirations 📸Heilwagen/IBU #biathlon

🇫🇮 10 races into a 21 race season and Suvi Minkkinen is in 2nd Overall! She has 5 podiums so a 50% podium rate including her 1st win. She’s skiing -2.2% vs median compared to 1.0% last year (which was a HUGE jump). Still shooting 91.3%. This is just gorgeous biathlon! #biathlon

🇸🇪Long story short Sebastian Samuelsson is sitting in 4th in the Overall and 106 pts back with 11 races to go. He has the form and the ability to chase the Overall if he chooses to and could make a real run at it. Basically he feels a little “under valued” right now #biathlon

🇸🇪 Only reason he is “only 4th” in the Overall is that he currently has “just” 3 podiums and no wins *yet*. But if he keeps up this level of performance it feels like an upward reversion including turning his 3 4th/5th place finishes into podiums and adding a win or 2 #biathlon

🇸🇪Reiterating that Sebbe Samuelsson is having the most consistent season of his career Avg finish is 5.7. Best before this was 10.8 in 21-22 Avg ski rank 3.3 better than prior best of 6.6 last year Hitting 83.8% in non-relays and better including relays 📸 Heilwagen #biathlon

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New Penalty Loop Podcast! It was an emotional return as the biathlon family reunited in Oberhof -Emotional tribute to Sivert Bakken -Giacomel's strong statement -Bonker's men's relay -Elvira's new strategy -Successful Swedish weekend -Looking ahead at the Overall race! #biathlon

🇫🇷 Only one change for the French squad this week. Emilien Claude returns to the World Cup in place of Valentin Lejeune. Claude looked more like himself this week with 2 podiums in Arber. Skiing not all the way back but the best he’s looked since the surgery 📸 Deubert #biathlon

🇮🇹Dorothea Wierer and Lisa Vittozzi return from their training camps to join Rebecca Passler, Michela Carrara and Hannah Auchentaller. Samuela Comola and Linda Zingerle will not be in Ruhpolding Nicola Romanin joins the men to bring their contingent to a full 6! 📸 IBU #biathlon

Deleted previous post that had Siri Skar both promoted to the World Cup and back down simultaneously 😂

🇳🇴A couple of changes for Norway this week Women: Siri Skar and Juni Arnekleiv are back on the WC. Marit Øygard and Ashe Skrede* out to make room Men: Sturla Lægreid will be back from illness but Johan-Olaf Botn not yet cleared. Martin Nevland/Sverre Aspenes make way #biathlon

🇸🇪 My read on Sweden taking 7 is that Anna-Karin Heijdenberg and Linn Gestblom are likely the Olympic reserves behind the big 4 of Elvira/Hanna/Magnusson/Halvarsson. But Johanna Skottheim earns a healthy chance to fight for the spot. #biathlon

📸 Heilwagen/IBU

🇸🇪 Sweden with just a change in the women’s side. They choose once again to go “heavy” by taking an extra woman. Sara Andersson is out for Ella Halvarsson’s return for illness. Johanna Skottheim back as well but they retain both Anna-Karin Heijdenberg & Linn Gestblom #biathlon

🇦🇹 Austria with 2 changes for Ruhpolding For the women Lisa Hauser returns! With her back Lea Rothschopf is the odd woman out For the men Fredrik Muehlbacher is off this week and Lukas Haslinger makes his World Cup debut! 📸 Koksarovs/IBU #biathlon

📸 Deubert/IBU

🇩🇪 2 changws foe the Germans this week: For the women, fresh off back to back 2nd place finishes in Arber Sophia Schneider returns in place of Anna Weidel On the men’s side Danilo Riethmüller has earned the promotion back to the World Cup. He is in Philipp Horn’s spot #biathlon

Arber Women’s Pursuit 1) Marlene Fichtner 🇩🇪 2) Sophie Schneider 🇩🇪 3) Amandine Mengin 🇫🇷 4) Paula Botet 🇫🇷 5) Emma Nilsson 🇸🇪 6) Sophie Chauveau 🇫🇷 7) Voldiya Galamace Paulin 🇫🇷 8) Gilonne Guigonnat 🇫🇷 9) Chloe Levins 🇺🇸 10) Hanna Kebinger 🇩🇪 #biathlon

Arber Men’s Pursuit 1) Antonin Guigonnat 🇫🇷 2) Gaetan Patutel 🇫🇷 3) Kasper Kalkenberg 🇳🇴 4) Fredrik Vold 🇳🇴 5) Damien Levet 🇫🇷 6) Danilo Riethmüller 🇩🇪 7) Roman Rees 🇩🇪 8) Sivert Gerhardsen 🇳🇴 9) Vetle Paulsen 🇳🇴 10) Simon Kaiser 🇩🇪 #biathlon

-1% last year of course*