How well did you follow the IBU Cup last season?
How well did you follow the IBU Cup last season?
So do you think you are a biathlon expert? Let’s find out!
By the new rules, what is the “bonus” for the IBU Cup Total Score winners?
After not even qualifying for the IBU Cup opening in Idre, from the second attempt this junior made it to the national team and headed to Ridnaun, where he took two wins in a row in his first-ever senior competitions.
Thanks to her great shooting skills, she took her first-ever win in a new discipline, short individual, adding to it a small discipline globe at the end of the season.
Last season, Simon Fourcade took two podiums at that IBU Cup venue, including his last career win; moreover, during that weekend he closed all 60 targets in four competitions. Where was that?
After the maternity leave, Selina Gasparin stepped back on track at her home venue in Lenzerheide. What place did she take in her first competition after pregnancy?
This young Canadian could not keep tears after finishing first in Obertilliach sprint, where she also shared a podium with her teammate.
At the Youth Olympic Games 2016 in Lillehammer, she won Gold medal in sprint; last season, she took her first senior podium by finishing third in the same discipline at the IBU Cup in Otepaa.
Last season, two super sprints were held in Obertilliach and Otepaa. Just one athlete, junior, reached the podium in both competitions.
Swedish girls dominated last season, taking a total of 16 individual podiums. In Obertilliach super sprint this Swede overcame her teammate on the final meters, taking her first-ever win.
He started the season with second and first places at the IBU Cup in Idre and finished it with a perfect win in the mass start 60 in Martell, taking a title in the premiere of last season.
Laura Dahlmeier missed the beginning of the last season, starting it at the IBU Cup venue in Ridnaun. In which discipline did she compete in Italy?
Introduction of how many new formats did the IBU Cup athletes witness last season?
After a serious injury and a miss of the season 2017/18, this junior returned last year and took three IBU Cup wins, including a title in the mass start 60.
Finishing second in the IBU Cup Total Score, he became the best German athlete with six total podiums.
This Russian athlete took wins in all three competitions at the IBU Cup in Ridnaun. Moreover, in the sprint she fell down into the snowdrift, which still did not prevent her from finishing first.