June 10, 2022
Big Opening Weekend of our new Cross-Country and Biathlon Centre in Herzebösch-Elsenborn!
With International Biathlon Races in different Categories with guests from Germany, France and Norway!
& Après-Ski Party
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1087713638443625
March 15, 2022
March 4, 2022
Some impressions from the first training sessions 🙂 We are ready for the sprint races on Saturday 🙂 You can watch the live stream on biathlonworld.com or in the app! 💪
We are back from the #OlympicWinterGames!
Not the results we had hoped for, but proud to have been a big part of @teambelgium 🖤💛❤️
Thank you 🙏
February 4, 2022
Our Belgium Biathlon Team arrived well in Beijing and has already completed the first warm-up runs 🙂 Here are some impressions from the Training
January 28, 2022
All our team is in the plane, big step is done.
BEIJING 2022 here we are !
January 27, 2022
In the men’s individual race over 20 km with 4 shooting stages Marek Mackels (SC Elsenborn) reached an excellent 78th place among 115 participants. He got 5 penalty minutes at the shooting range (0-2-1-2) and in the end he was 8:57 behind the winner, who was clear. In a strong field of participants, Norway’s Sverre Dahlen Aspens secured victory ahead of Russia’s Anton Babikov, who won the individual race at the World Cup in Antholz a week ago. Third went to Germany’s Mathias Dorfer, who also shot clear but was already 1:08 behind the winner.
In the women’s individual race over 15 km Rieke de Maeyer (SC Elsenborn) started among 95 participants. With a good shooting result (0-2-0-1), she also placed 74th in the midfield. The winner was Evgeniia Burtasova from Russia ahead of Alina Stremus from Moldova (previously RUS) and Natalia Gebrulova (RUS).
In stormy weather accompanied by snow showers, the women’s and men’s sprint race took place on Friday. Marek started well into the race with only one mistake when lying down and a strong run time. But then he made 5 mistakes in the standing position, which of course set him far back. He finished the race in 105th place out of 120 participants. The winner was Erlend Bjoentegaard (NOR), Nikita Porshnev (RUS) and Lucas Fratscher (D). Rieke’s performance was similar. She started very well with 0 faults in prone shooting, then made 3 faults in standing and finished on 89th place. The winner was Ragnhild Femsteinevik (NOR) ahead of Franziska Hildebrand (D) and Janina Hettich (D).
The two had to cancel the single mixed relay at short notice due to illness.
January 26, 2022
Men’s 20km individual race
In the difficult race at the altitude of Antholz (ITA) the Belgian athletes were all still well in the race until the 4th shooting. They only had 2 misses and were well placed in the midfield. But then, like so many athletes, they had to pay tribute due to the altitude (1600m). Florent Claude shot 2 more misses in the last shooting, but had a good final round and was 45th. Tom Lahaye Goffart shot 3 more misses and Beauvais Cesar even 5. In the end this meant 99th place for Tom and one place behind Cesar. The winner was Anton Babikov from Russia, who, somewhat surprisingly, was not nominated by the Russian federation for the Olympics. Second went to Tarjei Boe (NOR) ahead of Said Khalili (RUS).
15 km women’s individual
Lotte Lie went into this race with great ambitions, as it is very important to achieve a good shooting result in the individual. As one of the best shooters in the World Cup, she had a good chance of a top result. Unfortunately, she crashed right in the first round, which certainly threw her off her game. Not only the lost time, but also the two first shootings (2-1) threw her back in the ranking from the beginning. However, the last two shootings (0-0) and the strong last round enabled her to achieve a very good result (35th place). This means that she remains in 21st place in the world rankings and is therefore allowed to compete in the mass start on Sunday. The first 25 of the World Cup + the 5 best of the current World Cup week qualify for the mass start.
The victory went to Justin Braisaz-Bouchet from France ahead of her compatriot Julia Simon and Mona Brorsson (SWE).
Mass Start Men
Florent Claude was able to qualify for the massstart because some skiers did not start. In the first shooting he had 2 faults, but afterwards it went better at the shooting range (0-1-1). With a total of 4 faults he reached the finish line in 20th place with a gap of 3:23 minutes to the winner Benedikt Doll(D). “With this I finish a very good month of January before I go to the Olympic Games” was Florent’s conclusion. For Doll it was the victory of this season and looking at his last results he seems to find his form in time for the Olympics. Second with a gap of 31 seconds was Johannes Thinges Boe (NOR) ahead of Sturla Holm Laegreid (gap 1;28 minutes).
Mass Start Women
On Sunday in Antholz the last race before the Olympic Games started. A 12.5 km mass start of the women. Lotte Lie , who was on rank 21 in the overall World Cup ranking so far, was part of the team for Belgium. Again an excellent shooting result (1-0-0-0) for Lotte, who finally finished 18th in a very strong field of participants. The frequent races were certainly one of the reasons why things didn’t go so well on the track in the last few races. So far, however, Lotte can look back on a very successful season and go to the Olympic Games with a positive attitude. Winner was Dorothea Wierer (ITA) with the best result of her season and on her home track, second was Dzinara Alimbekava (BLR) ahead of Anais Chevalier-Bouchet (FRA).
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We are happy to announce @mikklroesch as another guest for the big opening event of the new #biathlon centre in Herzebösch :) He will also take part in the big show race!
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Besides our already announced guests, we are looking forward to the visit of @fabien_claude1 on Saturday! Among his other achievements, he won a silver medal with the #French relay team at the #Winter #Olympics in #Beijing :) 💪🥈
See you in #herzeboesch ✨
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Here is a first insight into the #programme for the #opening #event of the new #crosscountry #skiing and #biathlon facility! We are looking forward to seeing you 💞
Next week, the grand Opening of the new #crosscountry skiing and #biathlon #centre will finally take place! :)
The former head coach of our #belgian #nationalteam @jeanguillaumebeatrix will also be there! He is a former #french #biathlete and bronze medal 🥉 winner of the #sotchiwintergames 🎿👌
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#biathlonfamily #biathlonworld #belgium #teambelgium #biathlonlove #stadium #inauguration #event #seeyouthere
We are proud to present our first guests for the big #biathlon #event for the #opening of our new #stadium 🎿
@hbogetveit is a former #biathlete (2nd place in the overall ranking of the #ibucup of the season 2021-2022) and now coach of the best private #professional #team in #norway🇳🇴 ➡️ @_teammaxim 💪
He will compete at our event on June 25 with a total of 17 athletes!
We are looking forward to it! :)
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Next week we‘ll announce the first details about the #programme and the schedule for the opening #event of our new #biathlon #stadium ❤️🎿 here are some words from @florentclaude1 🤩 we can‘t wait to celebrate the #belgiumbiathlon with you 🇧🇪
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‼️ Big Opening #Event of our new #crosscountry and #biathlon centre! June 25 🎿
@lottislie , like the other #athletes from our #national #team , will of course also be there :) we are looking forward to see you ❤️ More Information about the programme #comingsoon
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On June 25, the #crosscountry #skiing and #biathlon Centre in #herzebösch #elsenborn will finally open 🥰
Show races and a great side programme will make the Day an experience that #biathlonfans should not miss ⚠️
Here are a few words from @thierry_langer to our german speaking fans :)
See you there!
Season final in ➡️
🇳🇴 𝗢𝘀𝗹𝗼 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻, 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆 🇳🇴
At the last World Cup weekend all Belgian athletes reached the pursuit in the sprint. In the women's race Lotte Lie finished in 32nd place. Even though you can see that the strength is fading for this young athlete at the end of the season, it is still an excellent result with 2:15 minutes behind.
In the men's race, Thierry Langer finished 41st, narrowly missing out on World Cup points by one place. After his injury he is slowly getting back to the level of the beginning of the season. He started the pursuit 2:31 minutes behind. Florent Claude was 53rd and started the pursuit 2:51 minutes behind. In warm temperatures, the athletes as well as the technicians were challenged to the limit.
In pursuit Lotte Lie, who started from 32nd position, again confirmed her good shooting performance (1-0-0-1). After the third shooting she had even advanced to 26th place. As many athletes showed good performances at the shooting range, the mistake at the last shooting threw her back to 38th place.
She was able to finish the season with a very good 17th place in the mass start (0-0-0-0)!
In the men's race it went less well. Thierry Langer started in 41st position with 4 misses, then had 2 more misses in the next shooting and was taken out of the race after the third, clean shooting because of lapping. Florent Claude also had 5 misses and finished one place ahead of Thierry. The winner was Erik Lesser (D), who ended his career after the mass start and thus gave himself a nice farewell present.
Florent finished 29th in the mass start on Sunday.
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