BelgiumBiathlon
January 9, 2023
Pokljuka IBU World Cup
๐๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐ช๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐พ๐ช๐ฅ
Two Belgian athletes competed in the women’s pursuit race. Maya Cloetens, who made her World Cup debut with a 43rd place in the sprint race, and Lotte Lie, who finished 53rd in the sprint race, were also part of the team. Both of them started with a miss, but the second shot was clear. However, Lotte had 1 miss in the first standing stage and Maya had to shoot twice. In the last shooting both were clear again. In the end both missed the World Cup points (40 best get World Cup points) Lotte was 41st and Maya 42nd.
In the men’s pursuit Florent Claude started 18th. He also started with 2 misses in the first shooting and 1 miss in the second shooting, but then stayed clear in the two standing shootings. Due to his excellent run time in the last two rounds he finished 23rd.
On Sunday the eagerly awaited mixed relay took place. Since 2006, when Thorsten and Pascal Langer as well as the two Santer sisters competed, Belgium had not been able to present a mixed relay in the World Cup. The race went very well from the beginning. Florent Claude shot 0 faults at the start and left the shooting range in third place behind Norway and France. In the 2nd shooting he also remained faultless and went into the last round in second place behind his brother Fabien. On the track he lost a few places and handed over to Thierry Langer with a gap of 36 seconds in fifth position. Thierry was able to leave the shooting range in sixth place, 24 seconds behind, with a very fast first shooting without any mistakes. But then he made a small mistake in the downhill and crashed. At the shooting range he lost a lot of time because they had to give him a new magazine. Nevertheless, he kept his nerve and shot again without any mistakes. Of course, all this cost him a lot of time and he handed over to Maya Cloetens in 21st place, 2:46 minutes behind. Maya needed a reload at the first shooting, but could already make up 3 places. With a reload at the second shooting and a very good running time she could hand over to Lotte Lie in 14th position. Lotte was as usual very strong at the shooting range. Both times she shot very fast without any mistakes and was able to move up to 10th place in the relay. It’s hard to imagine what the result would have been without Thierry’s fall. Nevertheless the best result of a Belgian relay team in the World Cup.
๐๐ฝ๐ ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐
Here the sprint races of the women (7.5 km) and men (10 km) took place.
Rieke de Maeyer finished 60th in the women’s race, with 3 Italians in the top 5. Only 2 Norwegians were able to get in between.
In the men’s race Cesar Beauvais finished 34th with only 1 miss. Marek Mackels had 5 shooting mistakes (2-3) and finished on 76th place among 97 participants.
Also in the IBU CUP there was a very good result in the single mixed relay on the last day in Osrblie. Cesar Beauvais and Rieke De Maeyer reached 13th place among 24 teams. ๐ค๐โค๏ธ
๐ท VOIGT Fotografie & Design
December 20, 2022
Annecy-le-Grand Bornand & Obertilliach
๐ฏ Our athletes were able to achieve again some great results at the end of the year! โ๏ธ Here is an overview of the results:
๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐-๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ (BMW IBU World Cup)
Men 10 km Sprint: Florent Claude (26), Thierry Langer (48)
Women 7.5 km Sprint: Lotte Lie (34)
Men 12.5 km Pursuit: Florent Claude (12), Thierry Langer (37)
Women 10 km Pursuit: Lotte Lie (21)
Men 15 km Mass Start: Florent Claude (15)
๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต (IBU Junior Cup)
Junior Men 15 km: Julien Petitjacques (22), Sam Parmentier (88), Hugo Fink (94)
Junior Women 12.5 km: Maya Cloetens (3), Manon Gabriel (69)
4×6 Mixed Relay Juniors: Belgium (9)
Junior Men 10 km Sprint: Julien Petitjacques (73), Fink Hugo (97)
Junior Women 7.5 km Sprint: Maya Cloetens (3)
After a short break, it’s back to the World Cup in Pokljuka on January 5!
๐ท VOIGT Fotografie & Design
December 12, 2022
World Cup in Hochfilzen & IBU Junior Cup in Martell
๐๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐พ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฏ๐๐ฃ ๐ฆ๐น
On Saturday the women’s pursuit took place. Lotte Lie started in 15th place. After the first two flawless shootings she was able to work her way up to 10th place, but in the third shooting she made 4 mistakes, which is unusual for her as the best shooter in the World Cup. Another mistake in the last shooting finally brought her to 34th place.
In the men’s race Florent Claude had qualified for the pursuit with a 17th place in the sprint. On Sunday, he again delivered a very good competition. Especially at the shooting range he showed a stable performance with only 1 mistake in the 3rd shooting. In the end, it was enough for 19th place. Florent had an excellent start into this season and is ranked 21st in the World Cup ranking, ahead of Tarjei Boe (Nor).
๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก (๐๐๐ผ) ๐ฎ๐น
Two 2nd places for Maya Cloetens. In the sprint she had to admit defeat to the Italian Sara Scattolo and in the super sprint final she came in second, only 3 seconds behind the German Johanna Puff. In this final she managed a 20/20 in an international race for the first time. For the mass start 60, Belgium qualified with 2 boys (Sam Parmentier and Julien Petitjacques) and 2 ladies (Maya Cloetens and Manon Gabriel). All in all, a successful start into the Junior Cup season.
The next event will take place on 15 December in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand! See you all! <3 ๐ท VOIGT Fotografie & Design
November 7, 2022
Pre-Season 2022
Our athletes are currently in the middle of preparations for the season opener in Kontiolahti! ๐ฏ
After good performances in the summer biathlon events we are feeling optimistic and hope for good results in the World Cup! ๐ฟ
As you can see, our new race suits and team clothing have also arrived ๐ ๐ฅ How do you like them?
Thanks to ATEX, ALPINE PRO and our sponsors for the support ๐
June 10, 2022
BIG OPENING WEEKEND
Big Opening Weekend of our new Cross-Country and Biathlon Centre in Herzebรถsch-Elsenborn!
With International Biathlon Races in different Categories with guests from Germany, France and Norway!
& Aprรจs-Ski Party
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1087713638443625
March 15, 2022
World Cup in Otepaeae
March 4, 2022
Warm-up in Kontiolahti
Some impressions from the first training sessions ๐ We are ready for the sprint races on Saturday ๐ You can watch the live stream on biathlonworld.com or in the app! ๐ช
Olympic Winter Games 2022
We are back from the #OlympicWinterGames!
Not the results we had hoped for, but proud to have been a big part of @teambelgium ๐ค๐โค๏ธ
Thank you ๐
February 4, 2022
Warm-up in Beijing
Our Belgium Biathlon Team arrived well in Beijing and has already completed the first warm-up runs ๐ Here are some impressions from the Training
January 28, 2022
Road to Beijing
All our team is in the plane, big step is done.
BEIJING 2022 here we are !
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Pokljuka IBU World Cup
The first belgian mixed relay since 2006 -
Annecy-le-Grand Bornand & Obertilliach
Our last races of the year 2022 -
World Cup in Hochfilzen & IBU Junior Cup in Martell
Two second places for Maya Cloetens! -
Pre-Season 2022
Preparation & Training for the season opener in Kontiolahti! -
BIG OPENING WEEKEND
of our new Cross-Country and Biathlon Centre in Herzebรถsch-Elsenborn! -
World Cup in Otepaeae
The penultimate race of the season 2021-2022 -
Warm-up in Kontiolahti
It's time for the next race in the IBU World Cup -
Olympic Winter Games 2022
We are back from the #OlympicWinterGames! -
Warm-up in Beijing
Our Team has completed the first warm-up runs for Olympia 2022 -
Road to Beijing
Our Belgium Biathlon Team departed from Zurich to Beijing2022 ๐๐ช
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11 Jan.
2023BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Ruhpolding - GER)
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19 Jan.
2023BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Antholz-Anterselva - ITA)
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8 Feb.
2023BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Oberhof - GER)
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2023BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Nove Mestona Morave - CZE)
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2023BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Oestersund - SWE)
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16 Mar.
2022BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Oslo Holmenkollen - NOR)
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Our #athletes are ready for the season finale :) At 15:15 we start with the men's 10km sprint! Go #Belgium! ๐ง๐ช
#belgiumbiathlon #biathlon #oslo #ibuworldcup #SeasonFinale
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
First #training session for the season #final in #Oslo โ
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#biathlonlove #biathlon #biathlonunited #teambelgium๐ง๐ช #biathlonworld #BelgiumBiathlon #ski #belgium #winter #biathlonlife #races #Oslo #session #training #belgium๐ง๐ช #biathlonunion #sports
๐ฆ๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ ๐จ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐พ๐ท๐ฒ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ข๐ฑ๐พ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ผ๐ด (๐๐๐ฉ) : PART 2
โก สแดแดแดส ๊ฑแดสษชษดแด: ษขษชสส๊ฑ (6 แดแด +2 ๊ฑสแดแดแดษชษดษข) แดษดแด
สแดส๊ฑ (7.5 แดแด + 2 ๊ฑสแดแดแดษชษดษข).
4 athletes were able to qualify (60 best). Manon Gabriel had only one shooting mistake each and was 42nd, 3:53 minutes behind, and Marine Debloem (4-3) was 55th and will go into the pursuit 5:08 minutes behind. In the boys' race Mauro Fink was the best Belgian. With only one mistake in the last shooting he reached P39. Sam Parmentier also qualified for the pursuit in P47 despite 4 shooting faults. For Antoinne Magis (0-2) it was not enough for the pursuit as 77th among 98 starters.
In the pursuit Marine Debloem could work her way up from 55th to P39 with a good shooting result (17/20) while Manon Gabriel (14/20) lost 8 places and finished the race in P50.
In the boys' pursuit, Sam Parmentier (15/20) improved from 47th to 40th and Hugo Fink dropped back from 39th to 57th after a poor shooting performance (11/20).
7.5 km sprint junior women: Excellent 12th place for Maya Cloetens. With a shooting result of 9/10 she reached the finish line 1:25 minutes behind the outstanding Selina Grotian (D), who had 52 seconds advantage over second Jeanne Richard (0-1) (FRA) with 2 shooting faults.
In the pursuit Maya was not able to improve as she had 6 misses at the shooting range which was unusual for her and dropped from 12th to still an excellent 21st place.
โก 10 km sprint of the juniors:
Of the three starters, Julien Petitjacques was the only one to qualify for the pursuit, in 55th place. With only one shooting mistake and a gap of 3:53 minutes, he will go into the pursuit. Florent Gabriel (67th) and Hugo Fink (83rd) had 2 misses each.
Julien Petitjaques ran a good race with only one mistake in each of the 4 shooting stages and reached 56th place in the end.
The Belgian delegation could look back on a positive result with this World Championships and go home satisfied with the results achieved with a clear improvement compared to last year. The improved training facilities, especially the new biathlon facility in Herzebรถsch, have already borne fruit.
๐ท Turar Kazangapov
๐ฆ๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ ๐จ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐พ๐ท๐ฒ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ข๐ฑ๐พ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ผ๐ด (๐๐๐ฉ) : PART 1
Belgium arrived this year with 9 athletes! ๐ช
The first competition, a mixed relay, took place on 4 March. For Belgium were Maya Cloetens, Marine Debloem, Sam Parmentier and Julien Petitjacques. They achieved an excellent 16th place among 26 nations.
Then on 5 March, the individual races of the girls (10 km +4x shooting) and boys (12.5 km and 4x shooting) were held. In the girls' race, Manon Gabriel was 44th and Marine Debloem 45th among 79 starters. In the boys' race, Sam Parmentier came 43rd, Mauro Find 59th and Antoine Magis 78th among 93 starters.
On 6 March, the individual races of the junior girls (12.5 km) and juniors (15 km) took place. In the junior women's race, Maya Cloetens achieved an excellent 16th place, but was unable to match her good performance of the current season. There were a lot of mistakes in both the junior women's and junior men's competitions. Julien Petitjacques (72), Hugo Fink (75) and Florent Gabriel (79) competed in the juniors.
โก สแดแดแดส 3x7.5 แดแด สแดสแดส
In the youth category, the relay consisted of 3 runners. Sam Parmentier started the race very strongly. Unlike in his individual race, he presented himself very strongly at the shooting range, where he only needed 2 reloads in the second shooting and handed over to Mauro Fink in 7th place, only 33 seconds behind. It went better for Mauro as well, he only needed one spare round and was able to hand over to Antoine Magis in 8th place. Antoine had a clean first shooting, but had to reload 3 times in the second shooting and also had to do a penalty lap. In the end, the Belgian relay team finished 15th out of 22 nations.
To be continued in Part 2 โผ
๐ท Turar Kazangapov
Our Belgian biathletes could achieve good results last weekend in #Oestersund!
Florent Claude was able to qualify for the mass start on Sunday with a good individual race, which he finished in 25th place.
In addition, our men's relay team made it to a good 15th place on Saturday after an exciting race!
We are now looking forward to the season finale in #Oslo and keep our fingers crossed for our athletes once again! ๐ง๐ช
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
#belgium #oestersund #Belgian #BelgiumBiathlon #winter #snow #biathlonlife #biathlon #WorldChampionships #biathlonunited #biathlonlove #biathlonworld #ski #races #teambelgium๐ง๐ช
First #training sessions in #oestersund โก DONE โ
We're ready for the action! #belgiumbiathlon
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
#athletes #Biathlon #race #winter #Belgium #Belgian #training #session #teambelgium #snow #biathlon #biathlonlife #biathlonlive #worldcup #belgium
โ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ (๐๐๐) ๐ฟ
In the men's 10 km sprint in Nove Mesto, the Belgian biathletes achieved one of the best results so far. Both @florentclaude1 and @thierry_langer had only one mistake in the shooting and finished in 24th and 28th place. In warm temperatures (8 gad plus), with four different types of snow on the course, the ski waxers were faced with great challenges. Even though the skis did not run optimally in the first round, the athletes were still satisfied with their material. @cesar_beauvais also ran one of his best races of the season and finished 70th in his first World Cup start this year, missing the qualification for the pursuit by only 22 seconds.
๐ญ๐ฎ.๐ฑ ๐ธ๐บ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ถ๐
Top 10 result for Florent Claude!
Florent Claude started the race in 24th position with a gap of 2:24 minutes. He was the only athlete who did not make any mistakes in the four shooting stages and was able to move up to 10th place.
๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ถ๐
Similar to the men's race, the wind conditions were difficult and here, too, only one athlete left the shooting range without any mistakes. Lotte Lie, who started the race in 57th place, was able to work her way up to 41st place with a very good shooting result (1-0-0-0).
๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐
๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ
A total of 24 teams were at the last World Cup race in Nove Mesto(CZE). @lottislie was the first to start. She had 1 afterload in prone and 2 in standing, then handed over to Florent Claude in 16th place with a gap of 34 seconds. Florent needed one afterload in each of his first shootings and handed over in 14th place with a gap of 42 seconds. Until then, Belgium was still well in the race and due to the small gap, a lot was still possible. But in the further course Lotte needed 4 reloads (1+3) and dropped back to 17th place. Florent was able to work his way up to a very good 13th place.
The next World Cup will take place in รstersund (SWE) before the season ends in Oslo (NOR).
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง'๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ โ
Today the #athletes were again challenged to do their best in warm temperatures and a deep course. @lottislie noticed the lack of training after her overcome corona illness especially on this long distance. On the course and also at the shooting range she could not show her best performance. She finished 70th with 5 shooting faults and missed the mass start on Sunday. Before the race she was still in the list of the 30 best for the mass start race. The winner was Hanna Oeberg from Sweden ahead of her compatriot Linn Person and Lisa Vittozzi from Italy.
Today it continues with the single mixed relay, where Lotte will start with @florentclaude1 ๐ช
After a day's break, the men's relay will take place on Saturday with @thierry_langer , Florent Claude, Cesar Beauvais and Marek Mackels. This is Marek's first time competing in a world championship.
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
Here is a short intermediary stand of the results of our athletes at the IBU #Biathlon #WorldChampionships in #Oberhof ๐ฟ
๐ Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Lotte Lie (21) / Maya Cloetens (38)
๐ Men's 10 km Sprint: Thierry Langer (56) / Florent Claude (67) / Cesar Beauvais (97)
๐ Women's 10 km Pursuit: Lotte Lie (35) / Maya Cloetens (27)
๐ 12.5 km Men's Pursuit: Thierry Langer (34)
๐ Men's 20 km Individual: Florent Claude (27) / Thierry Langer
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
๐ง๐ช Good start for the #Belgian #mixedrelay team at the IBU #Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof ๐ฟ
โ๏ธIn beautiful #winter weather and with a large crowd of spectators, the first #race was an excellent biathlon event. The Belgian team came 14th out of 26 nations.
Lotte Lie started the race and, as so often, she did not make any mistakes at the shooting range, but she was not yet completely fit on the track after having recovered from an illness.
She handed over to Maya Cloetens, who was competing for the first time at a World Championships, in 12th place with a deficit of 1.02 minutes. Maya needed one reload in prone shooting and two in standing. But she was able to avoid the penalty round and handed over to Thierry Langer in 14th place, 2:14 minutes behind.
Thierry needed only one spare round in prone shooting and handed over to Florent Claude with a gap of 2:45 minutes in 15th position.
Florent needed only one reload each, but was able to make up one more place and finished the race in 14th position with a gap of 4:01 minutes to Norway. With this good shooting result (only 6 reloads) and good running times, it was a successful start at this World Championships, where #Belgium still has a whole series of starts on the programme. The competition continues on Friday (women's sprint) and Saturday (men's sprint) ๐ช
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
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