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| 19.04.2010 |
| Bonus Time in Kamchatka |
| Athletes, IBU Officials Enjoying Extra Time |
| With European air space still closed, the athletes and IBU officials, including President Anders Besseberg and Vice-President-Information Ivor Lehotan remained in Kamchatka today. |
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| 18.04.2010 |
| Athletes Waiting to Return to Europe |
| Wilhelm, Tcherezov win Kamchatka Pursuits |
| Kati Wilhelm of Germany won the final competition of her career picking up only one penalty in the 10K Pursuit competition on Saturday, while Russia’s Ivan Tcherezov topped Sprint winner Emil Hegle Svendsen in the Men’s 12.5K Pursuit competition. |
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| 14.04.2010 |
| Back to Winter in Kamchatka |
| Long Flight from Europe to Eastern Russian Region |
| An aircraft landed today at Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka in the middle of a snow storm after a 13 hour flight from Munich via Novosibirsk. On board the Gazprom-chartered aircraft as it touched down in the capital city of the Russin Kamchatka region, were some of the best biathletes in the world. |
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| 28.10.2009 |
| Aiming for Career Highlights in Vancouver |
| Interview with the Ukrainian Biathlon Team |
| The Ukrainian team was, as were many others, in Ramsau for training on the Dachstein Glacier. However, they had the worst luck. When they arrived at the beginning of October, there was only dirty ice on the glacier and normal skiing was virtually impossible. Then a snowstorm hit the plateau and the glacier. For two days, hardly any training was possible. When the glacier reopened with perfect conditions, the team was about ready to leave. |
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| 23.10.2009 |
| Belarus bionic athlete |
| With the help of Olympic Solidarity, Belarusian biathlete Darya Domracheva is targeting a medal at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver,as Dzmitry Kamashka discovers: |
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| 19.06.2009 |
| Team Sweden: Carpenters Competing against IKE... |
| Interview with Wolfgang Pichler |
| Wolfgang Pichler is known as a hard working coach who expects the same effort and attitude among his athletes. The German has been the Coach Swedish Biathlon Coach since 1995 and just renewed his contract for another four years. Biathlonworld.com met him while his team was doing an extreme training competition (see our earlier report). He told us about his team’s training program and explained why the team is not the IKEA of Biathlon. |
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| 17.06.2009 |
| Extreme training for the Swedish and British ... |
| Shooting, Rollerskiing and Biking comprise unusual triathlon |
| The Swedish and British Biathlon teams along with guest Andi Birnbacher embarked on an unusual triathlon competition last Friday. Just like every year, Swedish Coach Wolfgang Pichler planned an extreme training competition for his athletes. Not only were the athletics challenging, but also the start time was unusually early. At six o’clock in the morning, the athletes were at the shooting range in Ruhpolding’s Chiemgau Arena for zeroing. |
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| 21.04.2009 |
| Hitting the Bulls Eye is a Question of the Mi... |
| The Practicalities and Difficulties of Shooting Training |
| Five small, black circles, 50 meters away, are supposed to turn white in as little time as possible. To do this efficiently, biathletes have to pay attention to many small details. Although the season just ended, shooting training starts again in May. German Women’s Coach Uwe Müßiggang, explained the nuances of shooting training, how some shots stray despite thousands of training rounds, and answered the age-old question, “Are women better shots than men?” |
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| 21.04.2009 |
| Different in Many Ways, But Brothers Just the... |
| Simon and Martin Fourcade |
| Simon Fourcade, 15th in the Overall World Cup just completed his fifth World Cup season, while brother Martin Fourcade ended his rookie season ranked 25th. Martin is about half a head taller, and several kilos heavier than his brother. Simon is quick to smile, while Martin is a bit more reserved. Although as different as night and day in some ways, these two brothers hold one thing in common: both are tenacious competitors and part of the youth movement in French Biathlon. |
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| 14.02.2009 |
| Korean Team Thrilled to Host World Championsh... |
| It is Time to Compete in Pyeongchang |
| Anticipation has been building here in Korea ever since the Pyeongchang won the right to host these 2009 Biathlon World Championships back in September 2004. |
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