The biathlon family reconvened in Oberhof after a difficult holiday break. There was something cathartic about the racing starting again. After sharing our thoughts and condolences for Sivert Bakken's passing and his family/friends we dove into the racing including:

- Tommaso Giacomel's emotional week and the outstanding showing he put forward this week

- The absolutely bonkers men's relay

- The women's relay crushed by the French women

- Elvira Öberg new strategy leading to immediate success

- A very successful weekend for the Swedish squad

- Overview of the status of the Overall races and making looking ahead

- Looking at some great individual performances from several athletes including Martin Uldal, Regina Ermits, Lukas Hofer, Vanessa Voigt etc

And more!

US Biathlon, and Wisconsin's own, Deedra Irwin joins us from Oberhof to talk about her classically American journey into biathlon all the way up to her greatest successes. This was so much fun and I hope you enjoy it too, especially:

- Discussing small town Wisconsin and how important and great it is!

- Finding biathlon later in her career than her European counterparts

- Early success and memories of her American biathlon best finish at the 2022 Winter Olympics

- Her best buddy Joanne Reid and their special relationship

- The great vibes, and more importantly great racing, coming out of US Biathlon right now

- Support and evolution of US Biathlon

- Her relationship with her rifle

- Breakdown of the upcoming Packers-Bears showdown!

And more!

RJ may be in Mexico but we won't let a little tropical vacation get in the way of a great week of biathlon! After a raucous week in le Grand Bornand we had a lot to chat about including:

- This was Lou's weekend from start to finish

- Justus' heartbreak but encouraging signs for Germany

- Maren's incredible power

- Good 1st trimester performances from USA and Canada especially Campbell Wright and Deedra Irwin

- An endlessly entertaining Norwegian men's team and how their Olympic roster is shaping up

- Can Botn continue this high level? And can Perrot and Giacomel challenge?

- Celebrating Camille Bened and pondering the French women's team and their Olympic roster

- A week of strong finishes from Eder, Burkhalter, Passler, and Ermits

And more!

Another fun weekend of biathlon racing is completed and RJ and Jordan are back to discuss it all! On today's recap:

- Starting with our complicated feelings seeing Julia Simon racing again

- Nice weekends for our home federations of Canada and the USA!

- Celebrating Anna Magnusson with her biggest fan

- The cream of the crop rising on the men's side with Perrot and Giacomel trading wins

- Lisa Vittozzi and her incredible shooting display in the Pursuit

- A little Norway discussion including Maren Kirkeeide, Karoline Knotten, Sturla Holm Laegreid and Vetle Christiansen

- The tricky corner in Hochfilzen claims several more athletes

- Camille Bened keeps on rolling with 2 more finishes in the Flowers and a great relay leg

- Anticipating French women lineup changes

- Shout outs to a diverse weekend of good finishes including Estonia, Slovakia, Finland etc

- IBU Cup corner

- Looking ahead to Annecy

And a ton more athletes discussed in there as well!

After a fun week in Östersund full of fan favorite performances we already have so much to talk about! In this episode we discuss:

- The incredible women's Pursuit contested with our some of our personal favorite athletes

- Suvi Minkkinen with a career weekend takes Yellow

- Lisa Hauser looks better than she has in several years

- Dorothea Wierer is ready for an Olympic capstone to her career

- What to make of the preseason favorites easing their way into the season and a few athletes quietly flying under the radar

- Norwegian men are still dominant even without the Boe brothers

- Swedish women...how do they balance their talent?

And more!

World Cup Biathlon is back and so are the weekly recaps! In this case we saw so much fun in the first two days of the season that we couldn't wait to start this next week. We had to start right away! It was a fantastic couple of days so we had a lot to discuss including:

- Our favorite things including great races from our offseason guests!

- Campbell Wright and the spunky Americans

- Nice opening for the Canadians

- Lou is Lou which is scary for everybody

- Tandrevold and the shooting scaries

- Relay change over excitement

- Gandler, Davidova, and Suvi all showing good things

- Czechia with a phenomenal opening weekend

- Sebbe and Ponsi making their traditional late relay charge

- Italian excitement and Germany up and down

- Analyzing Norway's premier

And more!

A week later than intended (solely due to Jordan's very slow editing) our interview with Polish Women's Head Coach Tobias Torgersen is up! This was recorded the week before the season began so it does not cover anything that happened in the first two days of racing in Östersund. But there is still tons of good stuff in this conversation including:

- Review of Geilo races and assessment of team form

- The process of picking rosters

- Leadership within the team

- Summer camps including Blink and Antholz

- International Cooperation

- Coaching from the bike

- A lengthy discussion on coaching shooting/practice

- Moments of pride and moments of fun

- And more!

We did it! The 2025-2026 biathlon season starts this week! We got together for our first regular weekly episode of the season to get ourselves ready for all of the excitement. We covered:

- Discussing how an Olympic season differs from a regular season

- Discussed the events of the selection races in Idre Fjall, Geilo, Bessans, and Ruhpolding and how they affected team selections for the major squads

- How key athletes looked in these races including: Hanna Oeberg's resurgence, the Swedish boys, Eric Perrot, Dorothea Wierer, Ingrid Tandrevold, Isak Frey, Vetle Christiansen, Camille Bened, Simon Eder, Franziska Preuss and many many more

- Sorting out our thoughts on the chaos inside the French team

- Brief looks at rosters and our thoughts including the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and Latvia

- As always you can be assured that there is a ton more in there too!