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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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2023BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Antholz-Anterselva - ITA)
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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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2022BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon (Oslo Holmenkollen - NOR)
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๐ง๐ช @samparmantier from #Weismes has been officially selected by the #COIB for the #EuropeanYouthOlympicFestival in Friuli Venezia #Giulia (ITA) 2023 ๐ฎ๐น
Ribeyron Pierre has been officially selected as supervisor/coach. โ
This #Olympic #Festival will take place from 23 - 28 Jan 2023 ๐ช
The following competitions are on the programme:
๐ 24.01.2023: Sprint over 7.5 km
๐ 28.01.2023: Individual race over 12.5 km
๐ค๐โค๏ธ Our athletes were happy to receive a lot of support from @ostbelgieninfo in #Antholz! ๐ฎ๐น The LBZ #Ostbelgien in #Elsenborn-Herzebรถsch organised a #fan travel. Thanks to the positive response, they are trying to offer an annual trip from now on. A journey to Nove Mesto is planned for 2024! We will also keep you informed when there is first information about booking! โท
Thank you for your support! ๐
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๐ฆ๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ ๐๐พ๐น ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ท๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐น
๐ ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐
@florentclaude1 , who shot 1 miss in the first shooting but remained clear in the second, again ran to an excellent 24th place and thus started the pursuit race on Sunday 1: 52 minutes behind Johannes Thinges Boe. @thierry_langer missed the target three times (2-1) and finished 73rd with a gap of 3: 17 minutes.
In the women's race, @lottislie did not start due to illness. She will be back in #Oberhof!
๐ญ๐ฎ.๐ฑ ๐ธ๐บ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ถ๐
Once again Florent Claude was able to qualify for the pursuit race of the 60 best from the sprint. He entered the race in 24th place, 1:52 behind. With the very close distances (not even 1 minute to 4th place) Florent, who always showed very good shooting results this season, started the race very confident. With 1 mistake in each of the first two shootings, the race was quite promising at the beginning. After a faultless third shooting, he made 2 mistakes in the last shooting which resulted in a 300m penalty loop. In the end it was enough for 40th place.
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
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Some #impressions from our first #training run for the #IBUWorldCup in #Antholz โท
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
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#IBUWorldCup #6 #Antholz
Tomorrow the 6th event of the IBU Biathlon World Cup starts in Antholz! Our athletes are already in the middle of the first training runs! Later there will be some pictures :)
Follow us in the official IBU App or tune in to the Livestream! Go Go Belgium ๐ค๐โค
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐๐ต๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
For the second time this season @florentclaude1 managed to qualify for the mass start of the best 30 ๐ช In the first and fourth shooting he remained clear, but in between he had 1 mistake and 2 mistakes. Nevertheless, he finished the race in 21st place, 2:09 behind the winner Johannes Thinges Boe. The four first places all went to Norwegians. Florent was thus able to maintain his 19th place in the World Cup ranking.
๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ธ๐น๐ท๐๐ธ๐ฎ
In the men's sprint @thierry_langer finished 37th (1-2) and @marekmackels 89th (2-3).
In the women's sprint @rieke_d_m finished 39th with a clean shooting. ๐
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
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#recap of the 20km individual race of @florentclaude1 ๐ฅ
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๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ โท
During the race there was a massive power failure, where not only the complete light in the stadium failed, but also the lighting of the targets. Fortunately, the target electronics were still working and shooting could continue.
Florent Claude again showed an excellent shooting (0-1-0-0) and was able to finish 16th in the final ranking. Thus he is qualified for the mass start on Sunday. For Thierry Langer it went, after the unsuccessful start into this calendar year, better again. At the shooting range (0-1-1) he was affected by the power failure in his second shooting, but still he ran a good race and finished in 50th place, despite 3 penalty minutes. Johannes Thinges Boe ran the whole competition into the ground again. In the pure running time he had 1:14 advantage on the second fastest. Despite 2 shooting faults he took the victory ahead of his compatriot Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen and 35-year-old Jakov Fak (SLO).
In the women's individual race Lotte Lie will not start today due to an illness, which means that Belgium will not be represented in this race :(
She will travel to Norway for recovery and will start again for the World Championships in Oberhof!
๐ท @k_voigt_fotografie
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#5 ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฟ
Today the 5th event of the #IBUWorldCup starts in #Ruhpolding :) At 14:10 our belgian athletes Thierry Langer and Florent Claude will start in the men's 20km sprint! Follow the action in the stream, in the official IBU App or on TV! ๐ค๐โค
Some short clips from the #IBUWorldCup #races in #pokljuka ๐ฟ๐ง๐ช Next Stop โก๏ธ Ruhpolding
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