Blink Men’s Semifinal coming up in about 1 hour on NRK #biathlon

Blink Women’s Semifinal coming up in about 1 hour on NRK #biathlon

Blink Mass Starts today! Here is the Men’s Mass Start bracket. Seeds are set by the super sprint results. Pretty well balanced I think! #biathlon

Blink Mass Starts today!!! Here’s the bracket for the women. Seeds are set by yesterday’s Super Sprint. As a result you can get uneven brackets. Quarterfinal 1 looks a bit too heavy! #biathlon

🇫🇷 Looks like a sprained ankle for Camille Bened will keep her out of the competitions at Blink this weekend. Hopefully back up and running again soon! 💪 #biathlon

🇩🇪 A little disappointed we won’t see at least some of the younger German 🇩🇪 team this season. Last year it was a great opportunity to get a look at Leonard Pfund. He turned heads then and look how that turned out last season! What I wrote last year: #biathlon

🇺🇸 A little background on US Men’s Mass Start 🥈 Logan Moore who is a Project X recruit (like Luci Anderson) in his second year in biathlon www.usbiathlon.org/news/2026/ju... #biathlon

🇫🇮 Hate to hear this! Otto Invenius underwent what sounds like an unexpected surgery in Austria recently. Doesn’t say in the post what it was. But hopefully back soon! Looked okay in Italy a couple of weeks back so no clues from then #biathlon

🇸🇪 Congratulations to Hanna Öberg and her partner Martin Ponsiluoma on their pregnancy announcement!!! Hoping all the best for them and a nice smoother pregnancy and a healthy happy baby!!! No due date announced and no plans shared for the season #biathlon

Cannot wait for next week! #biathlon

🇫🇷 The French federation announced today that Justine Braisaz-Bouchet has decided to do her own training this summer. She did a lot of this last year as well citing her desire to spend more time with her family. The French team is fully supporting her in this plan 📸IBU #biathlon

🇸🇮 Well didn’t expect this news today. 26 yo Anton Vidmar will not be continuing with new Coach Armin Auchentaller’s Slovenian squad as he has announced his retirement. He just had his most consistent season with 8 top 30’s in 18 races as he finished 46th Overall #biathlon

New Penalty Loop Podcasts! In Part 1: - Coaching carousel and roster discussions from around the biathlon world - US biathlon and ski merger? - RJ thinks who isn't totally retired? In Part 2: - Italy, Czechia, and USA team disucssions - Art projects - Moving updates #biathlon

2 part Penalty Loop Podcast coming tomorrow! We initially recorded part 1 last week. Then immediately afterward we learned the Italian 🇮🇹 and USA 🇺🇸 roster/coaching news. We were just going to record a little bit and insert it in the middle but…we got carried away #biathlon

🇨🇦 Biathlon Canada Development Team Benjamin Brousseau Ema Chlepkova Emily Dickson Jasper Fleming Gillian Gowling Luke Hulshof Gavin Johnston Malcolm McCulloch Quinn Morgan Matthew Strum Liam Tinworth Intriguing mix of talent so there is young hope!!! 📸Authamayou/IBU #biathlon

🇨🇦 Biathlon Canada Senior National Roster 2026-2027 Season: Pascale Paradis Nadia Moser Shilo Rousseau That's the entirety not just the women's team. It's a new era for the Canadian National Team 📸Voigt #biathlon

🇮🇹 Just like the women, the men are waiting for somebody to rise up alongside Giacomel and Hofer (as long as he races!) Pircher is coming along very nicely. Romanin’s story was heart warming. Hopefully Bionaz and Zeni fight up towards their potential! 📸 Authamayou/IBU #biathlon

🇮🇹 Italy Men's Roster Head Coach Zattoni Andrea Team Coach Cianciana Fabio Team A Tommaso Giacomel Lukas Hofer Didier Bionaz Patrick Braunhofer Christoph Pircher Nicola Romanin Eli Zeni Team B Marco Barale Nicolo Betemps Davide Compagnoni #biathlon 📸Voigt 📸Svoboda

🇮🇹 Lisa Vittozzi is obviously a star. A contender for podiums, wins, medals, and globes What about the rest of the roster? Nearly all of these women have flashed potential. Now, especially with Doro's retirement, they need to find that high level consistently 📸Voigt #Biathlon

🇮🇹Italy Women Roster Head Coach Egil Gjelland Team Coach Edward Mezzaro Team A Lisa Vittozzi Hannah Auchentaller Michela Carrara Rebecca Passler Martina Trabucchi Team B Fabian Carpella Samuela Comola Illaria Scattolo Birgit Schoelzhorn Linda Zingerle 📸Voigt📸Deubert #Biathlon

🇺🇸 US National Team Men's Head Coach: Emil Bormetti Women's Head Coach: Mike Gibson A Team: Campbell Wright Deedra Irwin Maxime Germain Margie Freed B Team: Luci Anderson Chloe Levins Vaclav Cervenka Vincent Bonacci Bjorn Westervelt 📸Yevenko/IBU #biathlon

🇨🇦 Adam Runnalls posted late last night that he has decided to retire. The 27yo has been the standard bearer for the Canadian men the last 3 years. He finished as high as 38th Overall in the 22-33 season. He’s transitioning to a coach role. It’s really a new era now #biathlon

🇩🇪 26-27 German A Team: 8 women & 6 men make the grade Women Selina Grotian Vanessa Voigt Julia Tannheimer Marlene Fichtner Janina Hettich-Walz Anna Weidel Julia Kink Sophia Schneider Men Philipp Nawrath Philipp Horn Justus Strelow Leonhard Pfund David Zobel Danilo Riethmuller 📸Walter/IBU #Biathlon

🇳🇴 What a week 😳. Gets married and announces pregnancy all within a few days! Holy crap! Congratulations to Ragnhild Femsteinevik and her husband!! #biathlon #biathlonfamily

🇵🇱 26-27 training rosters are up on the @pzbiath site! Men's A team made some big time improvements in their 1st season under Uros Velepec Men's A Team -Jan Gunka -Konrad Badacz -Grzegorz Galica -Marcin Zawol -Wojciech Skorusa -Fabian Suchodolski 📸Deubert/IBU #biathlon

🇵🇱 26-27 training rosters are up on the @pzbiath site! Daria Gembicka and Anna Nedza-Kubiniec appear to have the leg up for the 5th starter position Women's A Team -Natalia Sidorowicz -Joanna Jakiela -Kamila Zuk -Anna Maka -Anna Nedza-Kubiniec -Daria Gembicka 📸Voigt #biathlon

🇫🇷 France also has a "2030 Excellence Group" including: Women: - Lola Bugeaud - Armand Namou Candau - Matilda Dodos - Juliette Oliva - Louise Roguet Men: - Enza Bouillet - Antonin Delsol - Flavio Guy - Nans Madelenat - Judicael Perrillat-Bottonet 📸Authamayou/IBU #biathlon

🇫🇷 French men with some very intriguing young men on the B squad including 2 of the top 4 on the 25-26 IBU Cup Overall B Team: - Damien Levet - Valentin Lejuene - Leo Carlier - Camille Grataloup Manissole - Corentin Jacob - Guillaume Poirot 📸Barbieri/IBU #biathlon

🇫🇷 France Men's A Team includes all the names you would expect along with Gaetan Paturel, the 2025-2026 IBU Cup Overall Champ! A Team: - Eric Perrot - Quentin Fillon Maillet - Emilien Jacquelin - Fabien Claude - Emilien Claude - Oscar Lombardot - Gaetan Paturel 📸Voigt #biathlon

🇫🇷 French women roll deep with the B team. This is a heavily talented group led by Baptiste Desthieux B Team -Paula Botet -Sophie Chauveau -Voldiya Galmace Paulin -Amandine Mengin -Celia Henaff -Anaelle Bondoux -Themice Fontaine -Lou Anne Dupont Ballet Baz 📸Voigt #biathlon