Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, November 20. IBU has just released the new IBU Handbook 2006 in PDF. The handbook includes the IBU Rules updated for 2006. | PDF
Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, November 16. See great photos of the US Biathlon Team at the Olympics | Visit the Ostersund WC Site | Watch the World Cup live right from USBaithlon.org Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, October 30. Athlete Selection criteria for the World Cup, World Championship and Youth Junior World Championship and for the National Teams for 2007- Click here. Information and Invitation on the Youth / Junior World Championship Team Trials and Open Sr Event - Click here: Word | PDF.
Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, September 26. “Our number one objective is to support our current athletes, but very close behind that is the need to support and develop a new generation of athletes that will keep our sport strong and growing,” was Chairman Larry Pugh’s statment on athlete development at the fall meeting of the US Biathlon Association Board of Directors today. | More
New Gloucester, ME, September 25. Four Olympic Biathletes played the Tournament at the Falmouth Country Club with about 70 other supporters. | photos from the day
Mt. Itasca, Coleraine, MN September 22: Mount Itasca Biathlon Association will be hosting the Junior/Youth World Championships Trials at Mount Itasca Ski Area in Coleraine, MN, December 27, 2006 - December 31, 2006. | More Info
Jericho, VT, August 14. The Results from the Summer Rollerski Festival Pursuit Competition at the Ethan Allen Firing Range have been updated to show the Youth Women's Class separately from the Women and Jr Women. We regret the omission | Results
Schleching, Germany September 8, 2006. It is fall in Bavaria with sunny days, cool nights and the upcoming Oktoberfest season on everyone’s mind in the big cities like Munich as well as small mountain villages like Schleching. | Photos & More
Norway’s Besseberg Retains IBU Presidency
Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, August 31. US Biathlon Executive Director Max Cobb was re-elected today to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Technical Committee during the first business session of the Seventh Regular IBU Congress. | More
Ufa, Russia, September 7, 2006. The host Russian Team continued to dominate the senior competitions picking up three medals in Pursuit competitions today to go with the four from yesterday’s Sprint. | More
Ufa, Russia, September 6, 2006. Doug Hoover (Williamsport, PA) and Deborah Nordyke (Day, NY) were the top US Finishers in the first day of competition at the Summer Biathlon World Championships here today. | More
Ostersund, Sweden, August 27. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), finished seventh in all three rollerski competitions which included a 12.4k cross country event, as well as Biathlon Sprint and Pursuit competitions conducted this weekend at the World Cup venue in north central Sweden. | More
Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, August 22. The IBU (International Biathlon Union) today announced that both live and on-demand broadcasts of all nine competitions at the upcoming Summer Biathlon World Championships would be available on its website, www.Biathlonworld.com. | More
National Team Training in Sweden
Jericho, VT, August 14. Brynden Manbeck (Grand Rapids, MN) won both the Women’s Sprint and Pursuit competitions, while her brother Kevin Patzoldt and Mark Johnson (both of Grand Rapids, MN) each won one of the Men’s titles at this weekend’s Summer Rollerski Festival at the Ethan Allen Firing Range. | Results & More
Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, August 4. The US Biathlon Association and NENSA (New England Nordic Ski Association) will host their first golf tournament on September 25 at the Falmouth Country Club in Falmouth, ME. | Photos & More
Bariloche, Argentina, August 1. While most US Biathletes are sweating through summer dry-land training, several National Junior team athletes are training on mid winter snow in Bariloche, Argentina. | Photos & More
Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, July 21. The Minutes of the last Board of Directors meeting are now posted | Minutes PDF
Day, NY, July 17. The Saratoga Biathlon Club hosted the 2006 Summer Biathlon National Championships and World Championship Trials July 13-16.| More | Results PDF
Lake Placid, NY, July 12. The new US Biathlon National Team Coaches, Per Nilsson and Mikael Lofgren have been putting US Biathletes to the test over the last week, conducting their first training camp with many of the National Team athletes. | More
Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, June 29. The US Biathlon Association has hired two experienced Swedish coaches, Per Nilsson and Mikael Lofgren, to lead US biathletes to “new levels of success,” according to US Biathlon Executive Director Max Cobb. | More
Day New York, June 2. Entry information for the 2006 Summer Biathlon National Championships and World Championship Selection Trials is posted as a PDF file. The event is being hosted by the Saratoga Biathlon Club July 12-16. It promises to be a great event. Please contact the Saratoga Biathlon Club for more information: Saratoga Biathlon Club, 3016 South Shore Road, Day NY 12835, Phone: (518) 696-3961
www.saratogabiathlon.20m.com | Entry Form & Info PDF
www.saratogabiathlon.20m.com | Entry Form & Info PDF
Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, May 20. The newly elected USBA Board of Directors assembled here this past weekend for its first meeting to chart a new direction for the Association, including the appointment of Max Cobb as Executive Director. | More
Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, May 17. Sponsorships with two of the US Biathlon Team’s major equipment sponsors, adidas and Lapua, were renewed last week in meetings with company representatives. | More
Colchester, VT April 24 . A special membership meeting was held to vote for the officers and directors of the Association at 12 P.M. on APRIL 20, 2006. | Report on the Election
Valcartier, Quebec March 23-26. Two weeks ago the U.S. Biathlon National Championships were rained out forcing race organizers to move and combine the event with this week’s North American Championships in Varcartier, Quebec. | More...
Oslo Norway, March 25. Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) in 37th and Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) in 41st were the top US finishers in the World Cup Pursuit competitions here today. | Photos & More...
Holmenkollen Oslo Norway, March 23. Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) and Sarah Konrad (Laramie, WY) both had season best performances and earned World Cup Points for their identical 30th place finishes in today’s Men’s and Women’s Sprint competitions at the legendary Holmenkollen Ski Stadium. | Photos & More...
Kontiolahti, Finland, March 18. Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK) closed her Biathlon World Cup career by moving from 43rd at the start, to finish 40th in the Women’s 10K Pursuit competition today. | Photos & More...
Kontiolahti, Finland March 16. Two women Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK) and Sarah Konrad, (Laramie, WY) and one man, Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) were the only US Biathletes to finish in the top 60 in the Sprint competitions today, thus qualifying for Saturday’s Pursuit competitions. | More...
Pokljuka (Bled), Slovenia, March 12. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), under very harsh, windy conditions, moved the US from 23rd position to 18th at the finish today, with a strong anchor leg in which he needed only two extra rounds to clean.| Photo & More...
Pokljuka (Bled), Slovenia, March 11. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), after missing one target in the first shooting stage and two in the second, watched his hopes of another top15 finish slip away, as he fell from slowly from 11th position at the start until eventually finishing 25th in the Men’s 12.5K Pursuit today. | More...
Pokljuka (Bled), Slovenia, March 9. Tracy Barnes (Durango, CO) ended her disappointing season today with a clean shooting performance, but missed making Saturday’s 60-competitor Pursuit field with a 65th place finish in the Women’s 7.5K Sprint. | More...
Pokljuka (Bled), Slovenia, March 8. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), in his first competition since the Olympic Winter Games, said he felt “very relaxed,” during his 11th place effort in today’s 10K Men’s Sprint competition. | More...
Colchester, VT March 7. The National Championships will be held in conjunction with the North American Championships from March 23 to 26 at the Myriam Bédard Biathlon Center, CFB Valcartier, Québec. Please enter as soon as possible. Event information and Entry forms: Word Format | PDF Format
Olympic Biathletes at the Torino Olympic Winter Games
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 28. The experience of the US Olympic Biathlon team in the Torino Olympic Winter Games relates very closely to the mountainside location of the biathlon venue here in Cesana San Sicario | More...
Just a reminder that the deadline for casting your vote for the revised USBA By-laws is quickly approaching. The passing of these By-laws is critical as they will bring us in compliance with many regulatory organizations that effect our non-profit status.
If you are a member and did not receive a copy of the proposed By-laws please let us know and we will send a copy electronically to you. We would further ask that you submit your ballot via fax, to (802) 654-7830, to ensure that they arrive at the USBA office in accordance with the established deadline of 12:00 noon EST, Monday, March 13, 2006. | Download By-laws Ballot PDF
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 25. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) climbed back from his disappointing 80th in last week’s Olympic 10K Sprint to 13th in the Olympic 15K Mass Start, reasserting his position as one of the top biathletes in the world today. Watch it on NBC | Story, Photos, Results Link & More...
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 23. Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK) in her final Olympic appearance, led off the US Women’s 4 X 6K Relay which finished 15tth today, 9:07.8 behind Russia. | Story, Photos, Results Link & More...
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 21. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) led all 17 teams through the first leg of the Men’s 4 X 7.5K Relay in which the US finished ninth, 2:31.9 behind the winning squad from Germany who won in 1:21.51.5. Russia took Silver, 20.9 seconds back, while France,43.6 seconds back, earned Bronze in a photo finish over Sweden. | Story, Photos, Results Link & More...
Hakkinen Qualifies for First Olympic Mass Start Competition
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 18. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) and Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK) finished 38th and 39th, in today’s Men’s and Women’s Olympic Pursuit competitions. Watch it on NBC 12:00 noon EST or on line... | Story, Photos, Results Link & More...
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 16. Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK) was smiling today as she had a seasonal best 35th place in the Women’s 7.5K Sprint. | Story, Result Links & More...
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 14. Olympic “rookies” Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) in 37th place and Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) in 48th place, topped veteran biathletes Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK), and Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) in 62nd and 80th places respectively, in today’s 10K Sprint competition at the Torino Olympic Winter Games.| Story, Photos, Links & More...
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 13. Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK), with three shooting penalties, placed 42nd today in the 15K Individual, the first of five competitions for women in the 2006 Torino Olympic Winter Games. | Story, Photos, Links & More...
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 13. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) has only one focus, a medal, as he leads the US Men into Tuesday’s 10K Sprint competition. Watch it Live on USA 7:30 AM EST or on line... | Story, Links & More...
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 12. Biathlon competition for the US Women’s Olympic Biathlon Team begins on Monday February 13th, with the 15K Individual competition.Watch it Live on USA 6 AM EST or on line... | Story, Photos, Links & More...
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 11. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) stamped his name in US Olympic History one more time as he finished 10th today in the 20K Individual competition, erasing his previous US best of 13th at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games. | Photos & More...
Cesana San Sicario, Italy, February 8. After more than a month of training, competition and anticipation, the US Olympic Biathlon Team are now in the Bardonecchia Olympic Village, eagerly awaiting the Opening Ceremonies of the Torino Olympic Winter Games and the first competitions this weekend. | Photos & More...
From the New England Nordic Ski Association:
Mtn. Top Inn, Chittenden, VT, Saturday, January 21. Mountain Top Inn's XC Ski Center had just enough snow - with a little morning shoveling - for a one kilometer loop on Saturday. The Bill Koch League Paintball Biathlon would have drawn skiers anyway, but having some of the only skiable snow in New England confirmed a terrific turnout.| Photos & More...
Mtn. Top Inn, Chittenden, VT, Saturday, January 21. Mountain Top Inn's XC Ski Center had just enough snow - with a little morning shoveling - for a one kilometer loop on Saturday. The Bill Koch League Paintball Biathlon would have drawn skiers anyway, but having some of the only skiable snow in New England confirmed a terrific turnout.| Photos & More...
Antholz, Italy, January 21. “My legs were shaking for the(first) standing stage (when she missed two targets),” commented Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK) after her 35th place finish in today’s Women’s 10K Pursuit. | Photos & More...
Antholz, Italy, January 20. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) took another big step today in his drive for Torino as he moved up from 25th at the start to finish 15th in the Men’s 12.5K Pursuit. | Photos & More...
Antholz, Italy, January 19. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) earned World Cup Points for the second time this season with a 25th place finish in this morning’s Men’s 10K Sprint competition.| Photos, Women's Sprint & More...
in Two Different Sports in Same Olympic Games
Antholz, Italy, January 18. Sarah Konrad (Laramie, WY) became the ultimate Olympic multi-tasker, when just two weeks after making the Biathlon Olympic Team, she was yesterday named to the US Olympic cross-country team. | Photos & More...
Colchester, VT January 7. In a small organization, such as the USBA, the Executive Director must take on many roles. For almost 10 years, Steve Sands has taken on whatever needed to be done. Steve Sands is stepping down as Executive Director. More... | Job Posting PDF
Fort Kent, Maine, January 3. Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) crossed the finish line in the Men’s 10K Sprint today in second place and could only say, “This is surely the best day of my life.” More... | Results: Women | Men | Festival Ranking
Fort Kent, Maine, December 30. Two experienced biathletes, Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK) and Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) prevailed in today’s Sprint competitions at the TD Banknorth Festival at Fort Kent, as a blizzard blasted through the area with falling temperatures, and heavy snow driven by a strong north wind. More...
Burlington, VT, December 21. Fifteen athletes were today named to the US team for the 2006 Youth and Junior Biathlon World Championships in Presque Isle, Maine, January 28- February 3, 2006.| More...
Mt. Itasca Coleraine, MN, December 19. Three Minnesota athletes, Ben Byrne (Bovey), Brynden Manbeck (Grand Rapids) and Brit Salmela (Duluth) secured spots on the World Junior Championships Team today with victories in the Relay Format Sprints at the Mount Itasca Biathlon Center. | More...
Coleraine, MN, December 18. Ben Byrne (Bovey, MN) picked up his second victory in as many competitions, winning the Junior 12.5K Pursuit Format at the Youth and Junior World Championship Trials today at the Mount Itasca Biathlon Center. | More...
Mt. Itasca, MN, December 17. Local biathletes Ben Byrne (Bovey, MN) and Brynden Manbeck (Grand Rapids, MN) dominated the Men’s Junior and Youth Women’s Sprint competitions as the three-day Youth and Junior World Championships Trials opened today. | More...
Hochfilzen, Austria, December 11. The US Team of Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY), and Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) had no penalties in today’s 4 X 7.5K Relay, finishing 10th, 3;25.7 behind Germany. | More... Hochfilzen, Austria, December 10. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) although disappointed with his 64th place today in the Men’s 10K Sprint, feels that he is on track for more results like Thursday’s 12th place in the 20K Individual competition.| Photos & More...
Hochfilzen, Austria, December 9. Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK) was the top US finisher while Lanny Barnes, in 71st place was perfect on the shooting range in today’s Women’s 7.5K Sprint at the Hochfilzen Biathlon World Cup..| Photos & More...
Hochfilzen, Austria, December 8. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) opened his season here today with a 12th place finish in the Men’s 20K Individual, recording a single penalty in the 20-shot competition.| Photos & More...
Hochfilzen, Austria, December 7. Heavy snow settled in over the Hochfilzen Biathlon Stadium just as the Women’s 15K Individual started today, making the tracks slow for all the four US women competing.| Photos & More...
Obertilliach, Austria, December 4. Rachel Steer (Anchorage, Alaska) hit all 10 targets in the Women’s 7.5K Sprint competition today to claim victory over German’s Magdalena Neuner by 6.5 seconds.| More...
Ostersund, Sweden, November 29. The US Team of Jeremy Teela, Lowell Bailey, Tim Burke, and Walt Shepard, who train at the Maine Winter Sports Center in Fort Kent, finished 18th today in the final competition at the Ostersund Biathlon World Cup.| More...
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Scores First World Cup Points of Career
Ostersund, Sweden, November 27. Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) picked up a new personal best World Cup result today with 29th place in the Men’s 12.5K Pursuit competition. Bailey explained that the 29th place is more than just a personal best. “Before the season, James (Upham) and I set a goal of a top 30 finish| More...
Ostersund, Sweden, November 26. Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) returned to biathlon competition today after two years of collegiate skiing, and turned in one of the best performances of his career with 9 of 10 shooting, finishing 40th in the season opening Men’s 10K Sprint, held here.| More...
Vuokatti Finland, November 19. As of our last posting, things were looking quite dreary up here in Finland, on the threshold of the Arctic Circle. In fact, I was beginning to think that we were so far north that perhaps the sun did not shine here at all. All that changed a few days ago when – for the first time in two weeks – the sun burst out of nowhere.| More...
IBU Headquarters, November 16. WC 1 Will be in Östersund after all with the same modified program that was decided last week as follows:
25 November 2005: Training
26 November 2005: Sprint Men 10:45 / Women 13:15
27 November 2005: Pursuit Men 10:30 / Women 14:00
28 November 2005: Training
29 November 2005: Relay Men 10:15 / Women 12:30
There will not be a European Cup before the first World Cup.
25 November 2005: Training
26 November 2005: Sprint Men 10:45 / Women 13:15
27 November 2005: Pursuit Men 10:30 / Women 14:00
28 November 2005: Training
29 November 2005: Relay Men 10:15 / Women 12:30
There will not be a European Cup before the first World Cup.
November 15. Join the Fantasy Biathlon Game and you can race every World Cup. Like other Fantasy sports games you start by building a team. Your team is based on actual racers from the IBU World Cup circuit. In addition, you also choose relay teams, along with a ski brand. Each team will consist of 5 men racers, 5 women racers, a ski company, 2 men's relay teams, and 2 women's relay teams. Get a preview of the 2005-2006 Fantasy Biathlon game by opening the Game Overview document at www.fantasybiathlon.com
Somewhere in Finland, November 12. Every November, all across the northern hemisphere, biathletes and Nordic racers put away their dry-land training gear, break out the skis, and dash off around the globe in search of snow. This year, the rest of the team and I headed over to Scandinavia.| More...
Burlington, VT, November 2. Show
your support by purchasing the new pin for yourself, friends, and family!
They make great holiday gifts. Order now -- supplies
are limited.
Anchorage, Alaska, November 5. For
the past week, portions of the Jr. and Senior National Biathlon Teams
have been living and training in the Anchorage, Alaska area. Arriving
on Friday, Oct. 28th, the group has kept busy, logging more than twenty
hours of training in the first week under Jr. National Team head coach
Vladimir Cervenka. | More...
Notice
from MN Biathlon The invitation and entry forms for the Mt Itasca
NorAm, Dec 17-19, 2005 are available. This event will also be the World
Junior Trials for the US Junior/Youth Team. We also have a great new lodging
opportunity in Grand Rapids - Wendigo Lodge! | More
Info & Invitation...
Burlington,
VT, November 2.The 2005-06 US Biathlon Media Guide is now available
for distribution. This new Media Guide is packed with background information
on the sport of biathlon, the World Cup and Olympic schedules, and athletes
on the US Biathlon Team. | More...
Burlington, VT, October 27. As US
Biathletes prepare for the season opening Biathlon World Cup on November
23 in Ostersund, Sweden, several new sponsors and suppliers including
Hilton Hotels and Kenai Wild salmon will be supporting their efforts this
year. |More...
Colorado Springs, CO, October 14. Four US Biathletes, Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), Jeremy Teela (Anchorage,
AK), Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK), and Jill Krause (St. Cloud, MN) participated
in the USOC Media Summit held here this week. | More...
Fort
Kent, Maine. The US Development Team has just completed a high
intensity sea level training camp in Fort Kent, Maine. The training goals
of the camp were to push our maximum aerobic capacity and use these workouts
to develop specific race strategies for the Olympic and European Championship
venues. | More...
Colchester,
VT. As a sponsor of US Biathlon, the Hilton Family of Hotels is
proud to offer Team USA™ Advantage, a unique travel program providing
discounted room rates and direct support of US Biathlon. For
more information, click here. Muonio, Finland. So far, it has been
a rough outing for the United States contingent. They faced not only stiff
competition, but tough elements as well. It was rainy, windy, and muddy
according to reports from the organizing committee. | More...
Burlington, VT, August 29. The US
Biathlon Association today announced that the TD Banknorth Festival at
Fort Kent be held December 29 – January 3. The event will play a
role in nominating biathletes for Torino in 2006. | More...
Jericho, VT, August 12. Jill Krause
Beste (St. Cloud, MN) and Kevin Patzoldt (Grand Rapids, MN) notched victories
in the senior women and men’s divisions in the roller ski biathlon
competitions at the Ethan Allen Firing Range. | More...
Jericho, VT, August 12. Kevin Patzoldt
(Grand Rapids, MN) and Ben Byrne (Bovey, MN) were the top US finishers
in the Men’s 10K Sprint (senior and junior divisions. respectively)
at the Fall Festival roller ski competitions today at the Ethan Allen
Firing Range. | More...
Jericho,
VT, August 8. Over 100 biathletes from the US and Canada will
converge this week at the Ethan Allen Firing Range for US Biathlon’s
annual Fall Festival Roller Ski competitions scheduled for Friday and
Saturday. Even though temperatures are in the eighties and thought of
snow covered trails are but a distant memory, the US and Canadian biathletes
will compete | More...
Colchester,
Vermont. If the 2004 Biathlon season was one of moving up, then
the 2005 season was a further extension of
that theme, as the US Biathlon Team continued its drive to international excellence and recognition. The focus each year is the World Cup season. One of the goals for 2005 was: to start and finish fast, with a full December-March schedule. This would give the top US Biathletes every opportunity to score World Cup points and build Nations cup points, while at the same time giving World Cup experience to development athletes. More...| Download PDF version
that theme, as the US Biathlon Team continued its drive to international excellence and recognition. The focus each year is the World Cup season. One of the goals for 2005 was: to start and finish fast, with a full December-March schedule. This would give the top US Biathletes every opportunity to score World Cup points and build Nations cup points, while at the same time giving World Cup experience to development athletes. More...| Download PDF version
Click here For a complete Summer
Biathlon Event Schedule
Syracuse,
NY. July 18. 42-year old Erich Wilbrecht (Jackson, WY won his
fifth and sixth US Summer Biathlon National Championships this past weekend,
capturing both the Sprint and Pursuit titles. More...
Nescopeck, PA Hunting & Rifle Club, July
23. athletes competed in four different races that featured numerous
frontrunners in the PABC Triple Crown Series as well as the Tri-State
Series. Click here for complete results of
the races and upcoming race calendar.
Nescopeck, Pennsylvania April 23. The first race of the Pennsylvania Triple Crown Series and the Tri-State
Series. More... | Download
the schedule in Excel | Summer
2005 PDF | Summer
World Championship Team Selection PDF
April
22. The summer running and shooting competitions start this weekend.
Click here to: Download
the schedule in Excel | Summer
2005 PDF | Summer
World Championship Team Selection PDF
Canmore Alberta, Canada April
3. The final events of the 2004-05 Biathlon season, the North
American and US Championships were held over the past four days, concluding
today at Mount Shark. More... | Full Results: Sprint1-pdf | Pursuit Men-pdf | Pursuit Women-pdf | Sprint2-pdf
Khanty Mansiysk, Russia March 19. Rachel Steer (Anchorage,
AK) saved her best performance of the season for the final individual
race of the season, with a 12th place in the Women’s 12.5K Mass
Start this afternoon. More...
Kontiolahti, Finland March 17. Sonne Nordgren of Marine of St. Croix, MN used to have a nemesis
in shooting, but at these World Championships she seems to have found
a way to make what never came easy for her into something that now seems
almost automatic. More...
Khanty
Mansiysk, Russia March 17. Jeremy
Teela (Anchorage, AK), after starting 24th in today’s 12.5K
Pursuit, finished 33rd, in clear but bitterly cold conditions at the Biathlon
World Cup Final this evening. More/photo...
Kontiolahti, Finland March 16. Day
three of the Junior Biathlon World Championships brought another day of
ideal conditions for racing with partly cloudy skies and light wind. Less
then 48 hours after the Individual Competition the U.S. Youth Team was
back on the starting line looking for nothing more then improvement. More...
Khanty Mansiysk, Russia March 16. Anchorage natives Jeremy
Teela and Rachel
Steer both shook off the jet lag and fatigue to finish 24th today
in the World Cup Biathlon Sprints tonight. More...
Kontiolahti,
Finland March 15. Day two of the Junior Biathlon World Championships
provided pristine conditions for the athletes as compared to the yesterday’s
snow storm. Temperatures were cold in the morning making for a firm track
and the clear skies and light wind set up for some promising shooting
at the range. Sonne Nordgren of Marine on St. Croix, MN was the top finisher
for the U.S. placing 24th in today’s Jr. Women’s Individual
Competition. More...
Summer
Biathlon Trails have been set for July 16 - 17 in Syracuse NY. For complete information on the selection criteria in PDF format
click: more...
Kontiolahti, Finland March 14. The
first day of competition at the Junior World Championships kicked off
with the Individual Competition. Usually a race for the more experienced
athletes, today’s top results came from Laura Spector of Lenox,
MA. More...
Hochfilzen,
Austria, March 13. Rachel
Steer (Anchorage, AK) closed a successful Biathlon World Championships
today with a 20th place finish in the Women’s 12.5K Mass Start. More...
Hochfilzen,
Austria, March 11. The US Women’s 4 X 6K Relay Team finished
16th today, 7:42.6 back, despite being only 3 minutes back in 11th place,
at the final exchange. More...
Hochfilzen, Austria, March 9. Jeremy
Teela (Anchorage, AK) battled heavy snow and gusty winds in today’s
20K Individual competition, finishing 54th, 8:14.5 behind the surprise
victor Roman Dostal of the Czech Republic. More...
Hochfilzen, Austria, March 8. Lanny
Barnes (Durango, CO) clean shooting in the final three stages of the
Women’s 15K Individual today propelled her to a 44th place finish
at the Biathlon World Championships. More...
Hakkinen Slips to 23rd in Final Shooting Stage
Hochfilzen, Austria, March 6. Rachel
Steer (Anchorage, AK) today moved up from 23rd at the start to 17th at
the finish in the Women’s 10K Pursuit, giving her a top 20 finish
for the second year in a row at the Biathlon World Championships. More/photos...
18th, 22nd, 23rd in World Champ’s Sprints
Hochfilzen, Austria, March 5. Alaskans
Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof) and Jeremy Teela (Anchorage) finished with blazing
final loops to capture 18th and 22nd place in the Men’s 10K Sprint
today, while Rachel Steer (Anchorage) picked up 23rd in the Women’s
7.5K Sprint with another good day on the tracks. More...
Hochfilzen,
Austria, March 4. The premier event of the season, the Biathlon
World Championships open on Saturday with the both the Men’s and
Women’s Sprint competitions scheduled. More...
Portland,
Maine, February 28, 2005—The US Biathlon Association (USBA)
today announced the addition of Lawrence Pugh of Yarmouth, Maine and William
Haggett of Bath, Maine to their board of trustees. Both have exceptional
leadership skills, are experienced fundraisers and have strong ties to
New England sports. More...
Pokljuka/Bled,
Slovenia, February 20. Alaskans Rachel
Steer (Anchorage) and Jay
Hakkinen (Kasilof) both had tough days on the shooting range today,
resulting in 28th and 29th place finishes, respectively. More/Photos... - Full
Results from the IBU & Siwidata
Pokljuka/Bled, Slovenia, February 19. Just two days after picking up her first ever World Cup Points in the
Women’s 7.5K Sprint, Tracy
Barnes (Durango, CO) repeated the feat with an identical 25th place
in today’s 10K Pursuit. More/photos... - Full
Results from the IBU & Siwidata
Pokljuka/Bled, Slovenia, February 18. Both Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) and Tim
Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) both had strong final laps in today’s
12.5K Pursuit competition, propelling them to 29th and 37th places, respectively. More/photos... - Full
Results from the IBU & Siwidata
Pokljuka/Bled, Slovenia, February 17. Tracy Barnes (Durango,
CO) scored her first World Cup points with a 25th place finish in the
Women’s 7.5K Sprint today, finishing 2 seconds ahead of her veteran
teammate Rachel Steer (Anchorage, AK). More/photo... - Full
Results from the IBU & Siwidata
Pokljuka/Bled,
Slovenia, February 16. Jeremy
Teela (Anchorage, AK) moved back into the top 30 finishers for the
first time in 2005, with a 27th place finish in today’s Men’s
10K Sprint. More... - Full
Results from the IBU & Siwidata
San Sicario, Italy, February 11. After
a strong 14th place finish today, just 33.4 seconds out of first, in the
Men’s 10K Sprint, Jay
Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), commented, “The San Sicario (Olympic
Biathlon) Tracks suit me perfectly. They are great for a strong climber
like me.” More/photo... - Full
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San
Sicario, Italy, February 10. Rachel
Steer (Anchorage, AK) led the US Biathlon Team today with a 21st place
in the Women’s 15K Individual at the pre-Olympic Biathlon World
Cup here today. More/photo... - Full
Results from the IBU & Siwidata
San Sicario, Italy, February 9. Jay
Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), in 60th place, was the top US finisher as
the Men’s 20K Individual inaugurated the 2006 Olympic Biathlon venue
here. More/photos... - Full
Results from the IBU & Siwidata
San Sicario, Italy, February 8. As
the team get's ready to compete on the 2006 Olympic venue, our wax technicians
are finalizing their research. More/photos... - Full
Results from the IBU & Siwidata