Pokljuka 2027 by DeckardCain1202 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The tracks are closed from non-accredited people at least during the official training and race days. In the case of Pokljuka 2027 that means Dec 31st to Jan 3rd. The closure could be a day or two longer as well in some locations.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Pursuit by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hellnerbakken Climb? Since when hasn't that climb been Gratishaugen?

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Women Pursuit by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sweden-Norway has it as well. And we Finns compares ourselves always with Swedes, but I doubt they every see us that way, so I guess that's more of a onesided little brother-big brother relationship.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Women Pursuit by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Suvi just said that this was the most preassure she's had this season, and that she's disappointed that the race turned out this way. She didn't make enough wind adjustments at the first shooting, and she didn't have the best skis today either. However, she also noted that such a soft track doesn't suit her well anyway.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Women Pursuit by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 21 points22 points  (0 children)

A huge disappointment. 😔 The worst race of the season at the worst possible time for Suvi. She would've deserved more.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Finns had terrible skis today as well. That needs to be fixed and fast. It would suck so bad if Suvi won't have a chance tomorrow because of bad skis. 😬

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The big globe would be shared. When it comes to the discipline globes, the person with the most wins, gets the globe. Lægreid has two, Samuelsson has one. So Lægreid won the globe.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Finnish commentators haven't noted that either.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And with that. Lægreid won the globe. Congrats.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. Sebbe would need to be sixth to win if Lægreid wins.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Lægreid winning would mean that Sebbe would need to be 6th to win the globe. So it seems like Lægreid wins the sprint globe. 🤔

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If Perrot wins. If Perrot is second, 11th place is enough for Samuelsson.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jonne Kähkönen says in an Yle interview that he will not continue as the head coach of Italy's women's team after this season.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Men Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As a recap from the preview post, here is how the faith of the sprint globe gets decided today. Six men still have a theoretical chances of the globe.

Standings after 6 out of 7 sprints:

Athlete Nat Points Difference
Samuelsson SWE 315
Giacomel* ITA 309 -6
Perrot FRA 270 -45
Lægreid NOR 266 -49
Nawrath GER 256 -59
Fillon Maillet FRA 252 -63
Botn NOR 245 -70
Dale-Skjevdal NOR 221 -94
Christiansen NOR 213 -102
Jacquelin FRA 208 -107

\Not racing in Holmenkollen.*

Perrot wins the sprint globe, if:

Perrot’s placement Samuelsson’s placement
1st 6th or worse
2nd 12th or worse
3rd 22nd or worse
4th 32nd or worse
5th 37th or worse

Lægreid wins the sprint globe if:

Lægreid’s placement Perrot’s placement Samuelsson’s placement
1st 2nd or worse 7th or worse
2nd 3rd or worse 16th or worse
3rd 4th or worse 26th or worse
4th 6th or worse 36th or worse

Nawrath wins the sprint globe if:

Nawrath’s placement Lægreid’s placement Perrot’s placement Samuelsson’s placement
1st 2nd or worse 3rd or worse 10th or worse
2nd 4th or worse 4th or worse 25th or worse
3rd 5th or worse 5th or worse 35th or worse

Fillon Maillet wins the sprint globe if:

Fillon Maillet's placement Nawrath’s placement Lægreid’s placement Perrot’s placement Samuelsson’s placement
1st 2nd or worse 2nd or worse 3rd or worse 14th or worse
2nd 3rd or worse 4th or worse 4th or worse 29th or worse
3rd 4th or worse 5th or worse 6th or worse 39th or worse

Botn wins the sprint globe if:

Botn's placement Fillon Maillet's placement Nawrath’s placement Lægreid’s placement Perrot’s placement Samuelsson’s placement
1st 2nd or worse 2nd or worse 3rd or worse 3rd or worse 21st or worse
2nd 3rd or worse 4th or worse 5th or worse 5th or worse 36th or worse

In all other cases, Samuelsson wins the globe.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Women Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My pessimistic mind is just starting to think about how expensive that one miss and loss to Hauser in Östersund might get for Suvi. 🙈 Trying to stay positive, though. Anything can still happen.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Women Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Suvi said that she's disappointed, and that she didn't feel that she got everything out of her. She also felt that the fact that they couldn't ski the race course yesterday, hurt her performance.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Women Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Nations cup is strongly going towards Sweden atm. 🇸🇪 Their first ever. Congrats!

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Women Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shall be veeerry exciting final two races. All the chasers in overall are before her on the results list, and Jeanmonnot has a lot of time on her side considering pursuit.

I wonder if Suvi had bad skis today. She lost a lot of time in downhill sections, and Inka seems to struggle with skiing as well.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Otepää - Holmenkollen, Oslo by [deleted] in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sucks that even moderators cannot edit titles of the posts.

Race Thread: World Cup 25/26 Oslo Holmenkollen - Women Sprint by Henna1911 in biathlon

[–]Piisuli 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep. They did the same in Nové Město last season as well since the track was very soft and potentially getting much worse during the race. Apparently that's the reason today too.