We start this week off as many people are this week, diving deeeeep into the greatness of JT Boe this year and his career comparing him with Fourcade and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. Then we discuss the action in Antholz including Wierer's emotional win, Elvira's continued growth, the stunning depth of the French women, and much more. 

We hope you enjoy it!

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In episode 52 we review World Cup 5 as it took place in rainy Ruhpolding. Not a rank-by-rank race discussion, but rather things that stood out, general thoughts about the world of biathlon, data analysis and visualization, and streaks and clean shooting.

We hope you enjoy it!

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One of the dashboards we talked about is the Streaky Business dashboard on Tableau Public

Another great race weekend is in the books! We talk about the return of Roeiseland and QFM from last season, the Boe brothers, Elvira, the success of the Swiss team, rising young athletes, hit-and-miss with Jacquelin, and many other things from the world of biathlon. Enjoy! 

We just wanted to take a few minutes to thank all listeners for your feedback, kind reviews and of course, for listening to us. And if you listen until the end, you may hear some 'unique' jodeling sounds... :o)

Just like that the first trimester of the IBU World Cup biathlon season is over! Jordan and RJ take a look back at the weekend of racing in Annecy including the icy conditions that disrupted the Pursuit races, the unpredictable nature of the women's World Cup right now, the triumphant win of Johannes Dale, Julia Simon proudly wearing yellow and the young French women rising to the top, and much much more. Also we led off with surprise guest, Kirby Gottschalk, Jordan's dad!

We checked in with Lotte Lie as she preps for week 3 on the IBU World Cup in Annecy-le Grand-Bornand! We chatted about her Christmas plans, her season so far, her shooting adventures in the Pursuit race, her mental preparation for each race, and more! Enjoy!

We checked in briefly with Baiba Bendika after she arrived in Annecy for World Cup 3! We chatted about her season so far, Covid, Lampic, JTB, the gym, nuts and many other things. Enjoy!

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We are back to catch up on all of the action from Hochfilzen. We touch on all of the excitement that happened this weekend including: The Annamarija Lampic's wild debut on the IBU World Cup, JT Boe's continued dominance, Julia Simon rock solid start to the year, Tandrevold taking the leadership role for the Norwegian team. We look at some under the radar stories from the week and finish with the question of the week: Should QFM hit the panic button? This was a fun one! 

Biathlon is back! We dive deep into the past week of biathlon racing in Kontiolahti and just a bit of the IBU Cup activity. First we do a quick recap of the races that we saw in Kontiolahti. Briefly talking about the racing we discuss what stood out including: Lisa Vittozzi, Emma Lunder, Lisa Hauser, JT Boe, Elvia Oeberg, Niklas Hartweg, and more.  We discuss a handful of athletes showing breakout potential. We finish with a game where we decide if certain quick reactions to the first week of racing are True, Maybe True, or Ridiculous!

The new season is finally upon us! Jordan and RJ start with a brief recap of last season and the action that took place over the summer. Then we dive into a few preseason topics that have perked out interest. We do a little bit of a longer look at the Canadian and United States teams. RJ gives us a brief preview of the next edition of the IBU insider. Jordan then surprises RJ with some rapid fire questions. Finally we wrap up with our season predictions.