Five biathletes got married in the past weeks, the only time they could afford to do so.
22/06/2022
Men’s Mixed Bag Performance
The men’s squad was a mixed bag performance-wise; highlighting Samuelsson’s overall great season and Martin Ponsiluoma’s Olympic Mass Start Silver medal, but beyond that on significant low point. “The men’s relay was our biggest disappointment. We only showed what we can one time, second in Kontiolahti. All the other relays, every time a penalty loop; three great performances and one bad.”
22/06/2022
Hanna’s shooting struggles
Besides success, there are also disappointments. Yet Sweden’s lows, as in the case of Hanna Oeberg would be reasons to celebrate for many nations. “We were not happy with Hanna’s season. She had really good ski performance but her shooting has been going down the last two years (dropping from 86% in 18/19 to 79% in 21/22). We made a clear cut this year, new rifle (stock), new focus on shooting and a step back on physical. The goal is to hold the physical level where it is, get the shooting level back; then she is one of the best!”
22/06/2022
“Surprised we had so many different successes”
Although the team showed strength all season going, Lukas was caught off guard by their World Cup results when all eyes were focused on Beijing. “I was surprised we had so many different successes. I was hoping for Olympic medals but we did not put that much priority on the World Cup and then we were fighting for the Yellow Jersey on both sides. That we were one of the strongest women’s teams was not a surprise. At the Olympics, on the day that counted, with everyone expecting a medal, from the first meter, you saw that the girls were thinking, ‘today we win Gold.’ They really handled the pressure well.”
22/06/2022
How do you top a season with over 30 podiums, one Olympic Gold and four Silver medals, women second and fourth and a man third in the World Cup Total Score, plus the Women’s World Cup Relay Score Globe for good measure? That is the challenge for Sweden’s Head Coach Johannes Lukas and his staff as they analyzed the 2021/22 season.
21/06/2022
The city of love for in-love Amanda
Amanda Lightfoot married her long-time Italian boyfriend and coach Ilario Maddalin. They spent their honeymoon in Paris. Amanda plans to complete her Army career in the British Army and then see which door will open.
21/06/2022
Bon voyage in Ruhpolding
Regina Oja and Kalev Ermits will no longer be teammates in the new season but they promised each other eternal love in Ruhpolding. Regina will continue in the world club, Kalev is ready for new challenges.
21/06/2022
Embrace in Chateau Bela
Paulina Fialkova and race walker Milos Batovsky (he competed at the Olympic Games Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012) said yes in Hotel Chateau Bela in Bela, Slovakia.
21/06/2022
Home is where you are
That is what Philipp Horn wrote in his Instagram post to her wife Antonia Fraebl, another cross-country skier (she competed at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022) who is joining biathlon in the 2022/2023 season. They got married at the Berg & SPA Hotel in Gabelbach, with 70 guests in attendance on a hot springy day.