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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 !
January 27, 2022
Open European Championship
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
World Cup in Antholz
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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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 -
Open European Championship
Some of our athletes took part in the Open European Championship in Arber. -
World Cup in Antholz
Here is a short summary of the IBU World Cup race in Antholz
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2022BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Oslo Holmenkollen - NOR)
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2022BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Kontiolahti - FIN)
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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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๐ฟ Tomorrow the last IBU World Cup race of the season will start at 13:15 with the women's sprint! Keep your fingers crossed for our athletes! ๐ง๐ช
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๐ณ๐ด This week the ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ of the ๐๐๐จ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ takes place in Oslo! โ๏ธ๐ฟ
We will do our best and hope for good results for our athletes :) ๐
You can follow all the races as always in the app or on www.biathlonworld.com ๐ฒ
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At the #WorldCup in #Otepaeae (EST) @florentclaude1 and @thierry_langer had a very good race in the 10 km #sprint. Both had only one mistake in #shooting, Florent in prone and Thierry in standing. Florent, who was one of the fastest runners on the last lap, finished 28th, only 1:25 behind the winner. Thierry, who finished just 10 seconds behind Florent, was 35th. Florent missed out on the mass start by 7 seconds.
In the women's sprint @lottislie could not start due to an illness. However, she did start in the single mixed relay on Sunday.
Rieke de Maeyer started with a clean shooting, but then made 2 mistakes in the standing shooting and finished 84th.
Belgium had expected a good overall result in the Single Mixed Relay, especially because they were in 3rd place in the season ranking before today's race. However, these dreams were shattered after the first shooting. Florent Claude, as the starting skier, made, unusually for him, 3 mistakes. After he had used the 3 reloaders, he had to do another penalty loop and dropped back to 22nd place among 23 nations. In the standing shooting he remained clear. Lotte Lie then skied a good race, needed a total of only 2 reloads and then handed over to Florent again in 17th position. Both Florent and Lotte then needed only one afterload in the shooting and finished the race in 19th position.
Now the athletes will travel to the last World Cup in Oslo, where a sprint, a pursuit and a mass start will be the season's final events.
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๐ช @florentclaude1 and @thierry_langer finished 28th and 35th in the #sprint yesterday :) The weekend can go on like this - today the women's sprint is scheduled at 14:30! Keep your fingers crossed for our #ladies :) ๐ฟ
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โจ Today the penultimate race of the 2021-2022 #WorldCup season starts with the #race in ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ช
@florentclaude1 is also back in the game after a short break due to illness :) ๐ช
As always, you can follow all races in the #stream at biathlonworld.com or in the app! ๐บ
The race starts at 14:30 with the men's 10 km sprint ๐ฟ
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The last third of the #BiathlonWorldCup started last week in #Finland. Belgium did not take part in the relay because @florentclaude1 fell ill with Corona and the two juniors have just returned from the Junior World Championships in the USA.
@lottislie and @rieke_d_m competed in the women's sprint. Lotte has not yet found back to her shooting accuracy, which distinguished her at the beginning of the season. With 2 faults in the prone and 1 fault in the standing she still managed to qualify for the pursuit in 54th place with a gap of 2:30 minutes. Rieke stayed clear at the #shooting range but couldn't keep up on the track and finished 78th. Germany's Denise Hermann won the sprint and started with a razor-thin lead of 5 seconds over Tiril Ekhoff(NOR) and Stina Nilson (SWE) in the pursuit.
In the pursuit Lotte again delivered a very good race. With only 2 shooting faults (0-0-2-0) she was able to work her way up to 47th place.
@thierry_langer experienced the same situation. He also had 2 faults in the prone and 1 fault in the standing. With a strong running time he also reached the qualification for the pursuit in 45th place with a gap of 1:58 minutes. The winner was Quentin Fillon Maillet from France who was clear at the shooting range but 18 seconds ahead of Filip Andersen from Norway who was also clear. Third with a gap of 29 seconds was the German Johannes Kuehn.
@thierry_langer also ran a good race in the pursuit. With 3 shooting faults (1-2-0-0) he dropped only one place and finished the race on 46th position. Nevertheless, he was satisfied with this weekend. Especially in terms of running, things are looking up again after his injury.
Now it's off to Otepaeae(EST), where the race continues already on 10 March with a sprint at the penultimate World Cup weekend.
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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! ๐ช
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It's time for the next race in the IBU World Cup :) We have recovered from the #Olympics and are ready to go :) ๐ซ๐ฎ
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@tommeke_lg has announced the end of his career as a biathlete after the 2022 Winter Olympics!
We thank you for 10 years of collaboration and the goals we have achieved together. ๐ช
We wish you all the best for the future โค๏ธ
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