Famous biathletes. Cooling stars. Top biathletes are in bad shape. the most titled biathletes and female biathletes in the world

Nowadays you can meet a huge number of pretty girls in sports. One of the leaders in the number of beautiful participants is undoubtedly biathlon, which is well developed in most European countries. This post will introduce you to the most beautiful biathletes in the world, some of whom are deserved champions, while others are just on their way to success.

Dorothea Wierer. The Italian athlete is perhaps the most beloved biathlete of most male fans.

Lisa Vittozzi. Wierer's colleague on the national team is a tall girl with a model appearance.

Miriam Gessner. Already at the age of 20, Miriam competed in the German ski team and won silver at the Games in Vancouver.

In the year of the Olympics, a young German woman suffered a severe back injury. While away from biathlon, the girl agreed to appear in a candid photo shoot for Playboy.

Daria Domracheva. National treasure of Belarus. At the Olympics, Dasha took three gold medals and also won the heart of Ole Einer Bjoerndalen.

Kaisa Makarainen. The fleet-footed athlete is called a beast, a horse, and a machine. The Finnish woman won the overall World Cup, but she was unlucky at the main competitions.

Louise Kummer. The German athlete cannot yet boast of awards, but she certainly has broken men’s hearts.

Gabriela Koukalova (Soukalova). The Czech athlete won the World Cup last year.

Tiril Eckhoff. One of the most smiling biathletes in the world made her debut at the World Cup in 2011, and in 2014 she took three medals at the Sochi Olympics.

Paulina Fialkova. The Slovakian is not a frequent visitor to the top of the World Cup standings, however, you must agree, she is a beauty.

Marie Dorin-Habert. The Frenchwoman triumphantly returned to big-time sports just a few months after giving birth.

Kristina Ilchenko. A Russian woman who now plays for the Belarusian national team.

Eva Puskarchikova. The Czech athlete reliably performs for the team in relay races, but in the individual championship there are not enough stars from heaven.

Maren Hammerschmidt. The girl is a silver medalist at the World Cup, a vegetarian and an animal defender.

Eliza Gasparin. One of three biathlete sisters representing Switzerland.

Selina Gasparin. The beauty is the legal wife of Russian skier Ilya Chernousov.

Lisa Teresa Houser. The Austrian beauty is the favorite of the “national biathlon commentator” Dmitry Guberniev.

Michela Ponza. Italian biathlete, bronze medalist of the World Championships in the relay, multiple winner of the World Cup.

Nadezhda Skardino. Another representative of the Belarusian national team, a knitting lover, who, by the way, is from St. Petersburg.

Panayiota Tsakiri. The name of the Greek biathlete and skier is not noticeable in the top cup competitions, which does not detract from her merits.

Colin Varsen. The 23-year-old French biathlete has already become the European champion, but nothing more.

Grete Geim. Estonian biathlete, world champion among girls, the first and only one in the history of her country.

Veronica Vitkova. Czech biathlete, 2015 world champion in the mixed relay, silver medalist of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the mixed relay, two-time world junior biathlon champion.

Catherine Apel. Two-time Olympic champion, silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games.

Ida Lien. Last year, the 18-year-old athlete became number one in the Norwegian Cup rankings, although this season she did not make it to the main national team.

Monica Hoinisch. The biathlete from Poland achieved her highest position in 2013 - bronze in the World Cup mass start.

Daria Usanova. Kazakh biathlete.

Ivona Fialkova. 22-year-old beauty from Slovakia.

Johanna Pikäläinen. A promising young Finnish woman.

Teresia Polyakova. Another representative from Slovakia.

Nadezhda Pisareva. Representative of the Belarusian national team, transferred from the Russian national team.

Yulia Zhuravok. A promising 22-year-old biathlete from Ukraine holds the title of European champion and gold at the World Junior Championships.

Matea Tofte. A little-known but pretty biathlete from the Norwegian national team.

Lucia Kharvatova. The Czech made her World Cup debut only last season.

Anniya Keita Sabule. New hope for Latvian biathlon.

Natalia Tomashevska. Representative of the Polish youth biathlon team.

Victoria Padyal Hernandez. A representative of hot, exotic Spain for biathlon.

Tanya Karishik. Another representative of the second-tier team - Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Stephanie Popova. An athlete from another hot country - Bulgaria.

Claire Lapointe. Representative of Canada.

Among the sports disciplines in biathlon, it is very difficult to determine who is worthy of the title of titled master of sports. At the same time, there is a certain ranking scale that allows you to determine which athletes are worthy of the title best biathlete in the world. Now every country where biathlon is the main sport has its own list of legends that the citizens of the country are proud of.

Biathlon, as an independent sport, appeared relatively recently. Among the northern peoples, hunting on skis was a cultural part of the development of local communities. However, as a sport, this discipline appeared relatively recently. The first attempts to introduce “sportiness” were made back in 1767. This became a cultural part of the competitions between Swedish and Norwegian border guards of that time.

In 1924, at the First Winter Olympics in Chamonix (France), they did not know what to call the sports discipline. They decided to call it “military patrol racing”, however, the IOC did not agree with this name, since there should not be something related to war or the army in sports. The pacifists managed to convince only in 1948 that racing should not be called “military”. In 1960 For the first time in the Winter Olympics, as in all world sports, the name biathlon appeared.

If we now look at the detailed list best biathletes, then note that they represent the same countries. Currently, this sport is supported at the state level in the following countries:

Russia;
France;
Austria;
Belarus;
Ukraine;
Norway;
Sweden;
Italy;
China;
Canada;
Eastern European states.

According to statistics from the official IOC, people actively participate in international events the best biathletes from 43 countries (as of 2017). The International Biathlon Union itself includes confederations from 68 countries. Since 1998, the IBU (International Biathlon Union) has been operating, which is subordinate to the IOC. In Russia, biathlon activities are regulated by the SBR, which was formed in 1992.

According to international rules, there are seven categories of races that are included in the Olympic and international programs:

Individual race.
Sprint.
The pursuit.
Mass start.
Relay race.
Mixed group.
Single relay (mixed group).

In addition, there is an 8th group, which is not yet recognized by the official IOC, this is Mega mass start.

Below we will present a list of those who are rightfully considered the best biathlete. It is difficult to give priority to someone, since every winner is worthy of this high title.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen

He is rightfully considered the king of biathlon. The Norwegian already received 6 World Cup titles at an early age. Numerous winner of many prestigious international double-event tournaments. In addition, he has an honorable 2nd place in all types of winter competition. He has about 93 awards in various races, and 23 awards in team races. One well-deserved award in the ski discipline.

The athlete was born in 1974, in Dramenne, Norway. Starting at the age of 5, he trained intensively in many sports, but in 1984 he decided to devote himself exclusively to biathlon. Since 1992, he has been part of the Norwegian national team. The main peak of his sports career came in 2002, where at the Olympics he managed to win 4 gold medals in the individual part of winter racing.

Now the athlete lives in Austria, has a wife, and no children. Ole Einar still takes part in competitions, but, alas, he no longer has high results.

Magdalena Neuner

The young, beautiful German woman deservedly won the title “Queen of Biathlon”. At the age of 25, she managed to win gold at the Olympics twice and became a medalist at major international championships 12 times. She has won the Big Globe three times. It’s even hard to imagine that such an elegant and fragile girl has already been on world pedestals 34 times.

Magdalena was born in Germany, in the small village of Wallgau. Her debut came in 2006, and in 2007 she won the sprinter in Oberhof. The peak of her main successes was 2010; at the Vancouver Olympics, Magdalena took 2 golds at once. Alas, this was the last burst of her fame, after which she left her chosen direction.

Sven Fischer

We can talk endlessly about the German biathlete Sven Fischer. But, he had a short sports career, where he managed to snatch 4 golds at the OWG and 7 at the World Championships. He has 2 world cup awards in his collection.

In total, the German athlete managed to climb onto the podium 34 times. The champion’s birthplace is the city of Schmalkalden, the date is 1971. The first well-deserved gold was in 1997 in Kontiopahti, Norway, the last major award was in 2007.

Now Sven has retired from big-time sports, but works on television as a sports commentator. Married, has two children.

Magdalena Forsberg

We are used to seeing only Germans, Russians, and Scandinavians on pedestals. However, among the titled biathletes there is a representative from Switzerland. Forsberg won two snow Olympics with bronze medals. In the period 1994-2002 she was the owner of the Big Crystal Globe.

42 awards were won in individual races. Forsberg came to biathlon from cross-country skiing, where she had never been successful. Magdalena left big sports in 2002, married Frederik Forsberg, and is now the host of national German programs.

Raphael Poiret

The French titled athlete has no equal. In his career, you can count 44 prizes in individual sprint races. At the World Championships, he became an 8-time medalist. Repeated winner of the most prestigious biathlon award “Big Globe” - 4 times.

Rafael ended his career in 2007, in 2018 he received an offer to start coaching, and as an option - to lead the Belarusian national team (men's team).

Ursula Deals

The German woman's name is very well known in sports circles. Twice she became the world Olympic champion. She has 8 victories at world championships. The total number of ascents to the podium is 19 times.

In the individual race, Ursula became a prize-winner almost 30 times. If we consider this indicator, then this is 3rd place in the world, only the best Russian biathletes are ahead. Dils completed her sports career in 2006 and is now an employee of the German Bundeswehr.

Alexander Tikhonov

There are a lot of titled personalities among Russian and Soviet snow shooters. You can’t list everyone, however, the leadership in this belongs to Alexander Tikhonov, who is rightfully considered the best biathlete of the USSR.

He became a winner of the Winter Olympic Games 4 times in a row. The number of his victories in relay races is difficult to calculate. He has championship titles in world competitions; he was World Champion 11 times in total. In the USSR, he was recognized 14 times as the best athlete in his sport discipline. International organizations awarded him the title “Best winter sniper of the 20th century.”

Liv-Grethe Poiret

Greta is known not only as a successful athlete, but also as the wife of her famous husband, also a biathlete by profession, Raphael Poiret. This is a rare case when a wife and husband are simultaneously among the TOP best biathletes in the world.

She is a 3-time champion of the Winter Olympics, and 8 times a medalist at the World Championships. She is one of the only biathletes who managed to win 4 medals at once, all gold, within the framework of one Championship. She has 22 victories in her honorable arsenal. He left biathlon in 2006. Now he is thinking about a further coaching career together with his husband.

Ricco Gross

German shooters, along with Norwegians and Russians, confidently hold podiums at major competitions. A striking example of this is the results of team player Ricco Gross.

In his professional ranks, there are 4 well-deserved gold medals at the 3D Olympics. At all World Championships, he won 9 gold and well-deserved awards, in individual sprinting he has the same number of prize victories - 9. Now Ricco leads the German national women's biathlon team.

Kati Wilhelm

The TOP of the world's best shooters is completed by Kati Wilhelm. She was awarded the high title of the best athlete of the German national team in 2006. She won 3 gold medals at the Winter Olympics. She won 5 gold medals at the Championships.

In total, her career lasted 10 years, but this time was enough for her to confidently win 21 individual sprints at competitions. For her character and behavior, she received affectionate nicknames from fans and journalists - “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Red Beast”. She retired from sports in 2011 and is now raising her young daughter alone.

Conclusion

Since 1924, biathlon has been recognized as an official sports discipline at the Winter Olympics, although until 1960 it was called differently. Now there are various programs and directions for the development of biathlon, which include both cup and non-cup and regional ones.

There are three official divisions of the sports discipline:

Male and female team compositions;
Junior groups – boys and girls;
Age group of boys and girls.

The global standard is included in regional and non-regional activities, including:

Olympic World Games in Winter;
Winter Universiade;
World Masters Games;
World WSI (military sports direction);
Winter World Youth Olympics;
Festival of the Sports North;
Winter Games in the Arctic;
European Winter Festivals (youth).

In every event we see the participation of biathlon legends, who later top the ratings - the list of the best snipers in the world.

Only in 1992. Biathlon has gained enormous recognition due to its entertainment value. Today, this sport is being popularized in many countries around the world. In Russia, biathlon has been a very popular spectator sport since its isolation. Today it can easily compete with hockey and figure skating. It is also worth noting that biathlon is both a single and team sport, which also fuels interest in it. The Soviet school bequeathed to the Russian school the glory of winners and an honorable name. Biathletes of the Russian Federation even today try to keep the bar and be on a level with their titled predecessors.

Truly the star of world biathlon is Russian Vladimir Drachev. A representative of the Soviet school successfully competed for Russia. As a result: four medals of the highest standard at world championships. In 2002, due to a conflict with the management, Vladimir began playing for the Belarusian national team, where he ended his career 4 years later. Also a serious achievement of Drachev is winning the World Cup in the 1995-1996 season.

Another famous biathlete, Nikolai Kruglov, also won gold at the world championship four times. The Nizhny Novgorod resident recently completed his career in big-time sports, during which his father always helped him. Dad, a former biathlete himself, was Nikolai’s personal trainer. In 2006, Kruglov Jr. bought his father’s gold medal, which he sold so that he could help his son get on his feet in big-time sports.

Pavel Rostovtsev, who retired in 2006, has 3 world championship gold medals and twice as many silver medals. Pavel also took second place at the Olympics in Turin. He became second according to the results of the 2002 World Cup.

Viktor Maigurov also collected three gold medals at world championships. The Honored Master of Sports and two-time Olympic medalist first competed for Belarus. From the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Victor joined the Russian national team and immediately climbed to the podium for the first time. Career developed progressively. One of the athlete’s important achievements is winning the first pursuit race in the history of the World Championships.

The club of three-time world champions includes two current biathletes: Maxim Chudov and Ivan Tcherezov. Maxim has been performing at a serious level since 1998, and Ivan since 1995. The peak of the former’s career came at the 2008 World Championships, where Chudov overtook Ole Einer Bjoerndalen himself in the relay final, after which he received the nickname Russian Rocket. Ivan still pleases biathlon fans with brilliant results. He is known as an unsurpassed marksman. The accuracy of hits on targets is more than 90%.

Two-time world champions among Russian biathletes are Sergei Tarasov and Dmitry Yaroshenko. Sergei was one of the strongest Soviet athletes. In Russian history, Tarasov is remembered for his brilliant victory in the individual race at the 1996 World Championships. Dmitry Yaroshenko began playing for the national team in 1987. Throughout his career, Yaroshenko became the winner of the relay, the winner of the small World Cup in the pursuit race and took second place in the overall World Cup ranking. There were also some not very pleasant moments in Dmitry’s career when he was suspended from big-time sports due to doping. In 2010, the athlete was completely rehabilitated. Today Yaroshenko is again trying to win a place in the sun in the biathlon team.

Winner of numerous medals and awards of various denominations, Sergei Chepikov spent most of his career with the USSR national team. However, while playing for Russia, he also managed to reach the top step of the podium at the World Championships once. This happened in 2006 as part of a mixed relay.

The heroes of our days Evgeny Ustyugov, Maxim Maximov and Anton Shipulin are world-famous athletes. Moreover, Ustyugov is the champion of the last Olympics in the race from the general start. Evgeniy was born into a family of skiers. All the qualities of a true athlete were inherited from him. Today Evgeny Ustyugov is one of the most authoritative members of the Russian biathlon team. He has already tried on the yellow jersey of the leader more than once at the Planet Cup stages. Maxim Maximov has no gold medals from serious competitions, but he has many silver and bronze medals, including from world championships. Maksimov’s colleague Anton Shipulin joined the main national team after a total triumph at the 2008 European Junior Championships. Last season, Anton also won his first victory in personal races in adult competitions. At the World Cup in Antholz, Shipulin won the sprint.

Dmitry Malyshko. Dmitry comes from the small town of Sosnovy Bor in the Leningrad region. What is noteworthy is that this city is known for its strong training base for biathletes. This probably gave impetus to the development of Dmitry’s talent, because his father enrolled him in the biathlon section in the second grade. His first coach was Yuri Panferov. When Dmitry grew up from the age of a junior, Dmitry Kucherov took over his supervision.

The legendary coach saw the rising star at the Winter Olympics in Saransk. Then the young biathlete received bronze. Then he went to St. Petersburg and tried to leave the sport, but soon realized that they were connected with biathlon forever. He made his debut on the adult arena in the 2009-2010 season. Then he received silver at the European Championships. Then he underwent surgery on the heart muscle and returned to the sport in the 2011-2012 season, receiving a gold award at international competitions. His best season was 2012-2013. He brought the athlete 2 silver and 2 gold medals.

Alexey Volkov. Since 2009, the athlete has competed as a member of the junior biathlon team. Then he made his debut in the World Cup in Sweden, but then he took only 74th place. Also this year, Alexey competed in the individual race, which took place in Canada. It went brilliantly, and the young biathlete earned a gold medal. And as a member of the national team, at the same World Junior Championships, he received a silver award. In the same year, at the Junior European Championships, he received bronze in the pursuit race.

A major breakthrough in his career occurred in 2012 at the World Cup in Oberhof, when he was able to win silver. In each subsequent season, Alexey performed brilliantly and received silver medals.

Evgeniy Garanichev. I first became interested in biathlon in 2008. And 2 years later the athlete already achieved his first success at the Izhevsk Rifle competition. In 2011, there was a debut at the World Cup, which took place in Anterselva. At the Olympic Games in Sochi he received a bronze medal in the individual competition. In the 2016/2017 season, he received a bronze relay award at the World Cup in Antholz, and at the European Championships in Poland he earned a gold award in the individual relay and a silver award in the pursuit race. In the same year, at the World Championships in Hochfilzen, as part of the Russian team, he showed a brilliant and best result in the individual competitions - 10th place.

In addition to these wonderful biathletes, our country is proud Valery Kiriyenko And Pavel Muslimov, Sergei Rozhkov And Sergei Konovalov, Valery Medvedtsev And Alexey Kobelev.

24 March 2014, 16:28

Good day to all! There are a lot of handsome men in many sports. Biathlon “sins” with a huge number of them. The guys will be presented based on the results of the season.

1. Martin Fourcade (France) - 25 years old, two-time Olympic champion. five-time world champion. 1st place in the overall World Cup standings.

2. Emil Hegle Svendsen (Norway) - 28 years old, four-time Olympic champion, eleven-time world champion, 2nd place in the overall World Cup standings.

3. Johannes Thines Boe (Norway) - 20 years old, five-time winner of the World Cup stages, 3rd place in the overall World Cup standings.

4. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway) - 40 years old, eight-time Olympic champion, nineteen-time world champion, 6th place in the overall World Cup standings.

5. Arnd Peiffer (Germany) - 27 years old, Olympic silver medalist, two-time world champion, 7th place in the overall World Cup standings.

6. Anton Shipulin (Russia) - 26 years old, Olympic champion, 8th place in the overall World Cup standings.

7. Simon Schempp (Germany) - 25 years old, world champion, 10th place in the overall World Cup standings.

8. Dmitry Malyshko (Russia) - 27 years old, Olympic champion, 11th place in the overall World Cup standings.

9. Ondrej Moravec (Czech Republic) - 29 years old, silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, bronze medalist of the World Championship, 14th place in the overall World Cup standings.

10. Andrey Rastorguev (Latvia) - 25 years old, a guy unfortunately without regalia, but very promising, 16th place in the overall World Cup standings.

11. Lucas Hofer (Italy) - 24 years old, Olympic bronze medalist, World Championship bronze medalist, 15th place in the overall World Cup standings.

12. Evgeniy Ustyugov (Russia) - 28 years old, two-time Olympic champion, two-time silver medalist of the World Championships, 19th place in the overall World Cup standings.

13. Alexander Loginov (Russia) - 22 years old, two-time winner of the World Cup stages, 20th place in the overall World Cup standings.

14. Alexey Volkov (Russia) - 25 years old, Olympic champion, two-time winner of the World Cup stages, 22nd place in the overall World Cup standings.

15. Tim Burke (USA) - 32 years old, silver medalist of the World Championship, 25th place in the overall World Cup standings.

16. Evgeny Garanichev (Russia) - 26 years old, Olympic bronze medalist, 26th place in the overall World Cup standings.

17. Eric Lesser (Germany) - 25 years old, two-time Olympic silver medalist, 27th place in the overall World Cup standings.

18. Tarjei Bo (Norway) - 25 years old, Olympic champion. seven-time world champion, 29th place in the overall World Cup standings.

19. Simon Fourcade (France) - 29 years old, world champion, 39th place in the overall World Cup standings.

20. Alexi Boeuf (France) - 28 years old, winner of three silver medals at the World Championships, 40th place in the overall World Cup standings.

21. Andreas Birnbacher (Germany) - 32 years old, world champion, 41st place in the overall World Cup standings.

22. Jean-Philippe Legellec (Canada) - 28 years old, winner of the World Cup stage, 52nd place in the overall World Cup standings (after this season, unfortunately, he decided to end his career as a professional athlete)

23. Andrey Derisemlya (Ukraine) - 36 years old, two-time bronze medalist of the World Championships, 53rd place in the overall World Cup standings.

24. Ivan Tcherezov (Russia) - 33 years old, silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, three-time world champion, 68th place in the overall World Cup standings.

And let us remember the athletes who have already finished their biathlon career.

Michael Roesch (Belgium)

Nikolay Kruglov (Russia)

Dmitry Yaroshenko (Russia)

Raphael Poiret (France)

Michael Greis (Germany)

Pavel Rostovtsev (Russia)

Ricco Gross (Germany)

And for dessert, last year’s biathlon film, made with the participation of athletes, “The Spy Who Loved Biathlon”

P.S.: if something is wrong, don’t blame me, this is my first post) And the wonderful Swedish “women” (Karl-Johan Bergman, Björn Ferry and Fredrik Lindström) say goodbye to you. At the end of the season party they look like this for the second year in a row))

on the occasion of the end of the season.

Updated 24/03/14 16:42:

At the request of the workers (thanks for reminding me), I’ll add another wonderful German - Alexander Wolf

7 Pyeongchang favorites whose condition at the beginning of the Olympic season raises questions.

There have been very few new names in the elite of world biathlon in recent years. The range of applicants for high places is wide but stable. Therefore, the loss of individual stars from it is always very noticeable. Of course, during the Olympic season, some leaders play tricks with their form, trying to reach their maximum in February. But by and large, the same thing happens in other years - on the eve of the World Championships. So the results of the first three stages of the World Cup are now indicative, although many biathletes still have the opportunity to correct their impression in the first starts of 2018. Who is the main disappointment at the moment?

1. Ole Einar BJORNDALEN (Norway)

Photo by REUTERS

The famous veteran is clearly spending the last season of his career and is preparing specifically for Pyeongchang. For this reason, he skipped the World Cup in Annecy and went to a training camp in the mountains, which many times helped him cheer up. True, now it’s hard to believe in the revival of the legend. The super-Norwegian has not been on the podium of individual races for more than a year, and has not won individual competitions since 2015. It is obvious that Ole Einar pins his main hopes for medals at the 2018 Games on the relay. At the recent stage in Austria, Bjoerndalen did not let his team down. But for Norwegian coaches, betting on a biathlete who has not risen above 17th place in the last 9 personal races is a serious risk.

Anton Shipulin . Photo by AFP

The current cup start of the leader of the Russian men's team is the weakest in recent years, even taking into account the fact that Anton always has a hard time getting into the season. Before Sochi 2014, in the first three stages, he also had only one personal bronze, but then his mood was noticeably improved by the relay victory, which he eventually managed to repeat at the Olympics. Now Shipulin no longer has the moral right to consider himself “first after Fourcade,” and fifth place in the overall World Cup standings is overshadowed by worries associated with the neutral status of the Russian team at the Olympics in Pyeongchang. In general, if Shipulin does not plan to become a spectator at the main competitions of the four years, he needs to sharply step up his game.

The two-time silver medalist of the Sochi Olympics is one of those who are “coming from the fair.” The peak of the German’s career came after the 2015 World Championships, after which his results steadily declined. True, this season he scored two third places in personal races, but it is obvious that Lesser’s time has passed - finishing in the fourth ten is now more common for him. Eric is still capable of feats in mixed singles, but this discipline, unfortunately for the two-time world champion, is not yet an Olympic discipline.

Gabriela KOUCALOVA. Photo by REUTERS

Another chronically ill star. This season, the 28-year-old athlete was only noted for a scandal on social networks over her statements about “Russian doping.” Koukalova missed all three starting stages of the World Cup due to problems with her calf muscles, and the prospects for Gabriela’s return to action are still very vague. Even if she returns to skiing in January, it is not at all certain that she will immediately begin to show competitive results. It is likely that the Czech dream of Olympic gold, which was not realized in Sochi, will remain a dream.

The three-time Olympic champion will definitely not dominate in Pyeongchang the same way she did at the Games in Sochi. She is still capable of winning any competition, but the Belarusian star’s strength is no longer the same. After a long break in her career, associated first with mononucleosis and then with the birth of a child, Domracheva won only one race in a year. This season, she missed five out of 11 races. On the one hand, such selectivity may indicate a focus on the main competition - the Olympics. On the other hand, Daria is clearly saving her energy and emotions, and if, for example, Laura Dahlmeier gets inspired again, then Domracheva may simply not have a new chance to shine.

Tatiana AKIMOVA. Photo by REUTERS

Last season she secured the status of number one in the Russian national team, but in the current World Cup she is losing in all respects to Ekaterina Yurlova-Perkht, who returned from maternity leave. Even though the latter also performs without much brilliance. Last season, Akimova’s peak form occurred at the pre-Christmas stage of the World Cup, but now this has not happened, and the only hope is that Tatyana will still get out of all her problems and show her class in Pyeongchang. One place in the top ten in the last 11 individual races is, of course, not the stability we were counting on when we talked about the rising star Akimova.

during the Olympic season everyone cools down first) conclusions must be drawn after Korea
WEB has been “buried” for the eighth year now, and he never ceases to amaze, about Domracheva it’s all nonsense, she missed Annecy as planned, and not because of fatigue, the same thing happened in December 2013, and in three races 135 points (45 on average ), this is top level, while there is a problem with skis
Shipulin is also preparing for the Olympic Games, but of course there are fears that after 30 years he will follow in Svensen’s footsteps... it’s difficult for big and strong athletes to compete with young ones over the years
Koukalova will miss this season with a 99% probability, what form will she be in next? or will end his career altogether, there is no point in guessing
Lesser is not such a star, Akimova even less so

“The cooling stars of the Russian media” - it would be fairer after all

The article is completely stupid. Lesser is fine - he never had a lot of podiums, he just knows how to shoot at the GS. Although I personally wouldn’t want this at the future Olympiad - he doesn’t follow the language. Domracheva is also fine. As for Akimova, she, of course, has not yet achieved the progress that we all expected. But then they would really write not “Stars”, but simply “Athletes”.

But I would mention here Eckhoff, Dunkley (not a good person - but performed well that season), Laukanen, and certainly Chevalier. For men, Schempp doesn’t shine next to Anton either. Windisch doesn't show anything yet. Rastorguev, the same Semenov is not noticeable...

In general, there are many names. And who has a real decline, and who did not care about the CM for the sake of the Olympic Games, we will find out only in February. Therefore, it was possible either to write nothing, or to write a really large, detailed article with no less than 15 names. And so it turned out neither this nor that. Well-deserved bad luck to the author.

Well, the article... Yes, sir, I didn’t even finish reading it - it’s some kind of nonsense. Some random set, incomprehensible “cooling downs”, far-reaching conclusions... Bam-bang, and away!

I didn't even finish reading it. Why find fault with Shipulin when last season he won his first victory only at the 6th stage and ended up with 2nd place in the overall standings, and he already has a medal. The same goes for Svendsen over the entire last season, he scored only five podiums and not one victory, but he became seventh in the overall standings, and now he’s just sick and that’s why he’s not competing. Lesser has generally 3 podiums (this is without relays), seventh place in the overall standings out of eight personal races, 5 in the top ten, he is the second German in the overall standings. Domracheva, what did a person do to you in big biathlon in the middle of last season, she returned and this season out of five races she was third once, and won once, and do you think that, as you said, and I quote, “Domracheva won only one race in a year,” is this bad? Total? Hmmm)). Akimov's star? Yes, she performed consistently, won the race, was on the podium, this is the level of a good person from the top 15, a rising star is when a young athlete breaks into the elite and begins to get on the podium and win, and Tatyana is a stable, high-quality fighter. According to your reasoning, Doren Aber is a star that has long gone out, but she is not in your rating. Where is Garanichev?

The article is off topic. Is it really possible to celebrate the New Year without observance?
The author's view is without metrological verification.

Such articles only clog up your favorite biathlon site.

Akimova and Lesser are the current level of the once beloved Sport Express. The man is 7th in the total (he has never been so high), has 2 podiums in December, which has never happened before. Akimova has never been a top biathlete or a favorite. Bottom.

Another stargazer has appeared, not dusty, who appoints stars according to a method known only to him.

There was no place for Nastya Kuzmina, but there was a place for our Akimova.

Nastya learned long ago that peak form can be achieved more than once during the season and is not shy about taking prizes here and now. Professor Gibadullin confirms this theory.

Our “strategists” at the training center, in order to test this statement of the professor in practice, simply brushed it off and are waiting, it’s not clear what, it’s been a season, after which, as usual, they make an excuse: again, winter came unexpectedly.

Ivan Pokhmelev, apparently the article was written on this principle))

Alexander01, I completely agree with your opinion.

Some kind of nonsense, not an article... Lesser is cooling down quite well... seventh in the total. Is Akimova a star?... where is Eckhoff, where is Pidhrushnaya? But sport express was once the best sports media, it’s been true for a long time

About Ole Einar BJORNDALEN in the article they write: “... True, now it’s hard to believe in the revival of the legend. The super-Norwegian has not been on the podium of individual races for more than a year..., ".
It would be nice if we were talking about first places, but no, we are talking about podiums here.
Do world championships count as individual races? At the last World Championships in February 2017, he took a prize in the individual start (GP bronze). So, as for “more than a year,” they were clearly too hasty in drawing conclusions. At the same championship, Domracheva won something, and Dasha and Ole were very happy together. In 2016, he also won not only team medals at the World Championships. It can be seen that it approaches certain starts normally. But the article is misleading, its authors do not understand the subject, Sport Express does not check the information - just to scribble something on. I’m far from a fan of Bjoerndalen, but I want to read normal materials from trained people.

Nick Kuzyansky, I don’t want to delve into delirium. Well, he said something (most likely something malicious), but oh well. No one understood anything anyway

AMAlexander, is there a @slapper here again? Take the bronze in the GP in Sochi from Thea and give it to Gabriele, don’t waste your time, remember Vancouver first. You are amazing people - Russophobes. It turns out that Putin and RUSADA have been replacing Shipulin’s samples at all competitions since 2009 and to this day, and the same Gabi suddenly, by chance, began to feel unwell

Denis, is it easy to be a visionary at the beginning of the season?
Cool down!)) All the most important things are yet to come.

I agree with everything except Eric Lesser. Two podiums and speed often at the top (when has this ever happened?) indicate good form. Excellent rate of fire in addition to everything gives hope for a personal medal in any race. By the way, Eric easily picked up Be’s acceleration, unlike Shipulin, but Yohanes is now faster than Fourcade...
Still missing is the star of previous seasons, Dorene Haber, but she really did well and should definitely be on this list.

AMAlexander - what are you talking about so floridly? Did they just throw a stone?

Cooling stars... Mind you, mind me. It's good that they haven't cooled down yet. Not by night it will be said.
Just some kind of thriller.

Severine, you could really write about Marie. And she and Svensen would be enough. Although Svensen can still easily “rise from the ashes”). Nothing is clear about Gabi yet.

Instead of Akimova, one could have written about Doreen Abert, but she shone after giving birth, but now she is almost inaudible and invisible.

Yeah... There are no words, only letters remain

This is some kind of nonsense.

remen, do you mean the NG meeting already? - “start early”

From this list I was most happy for Tanya! Even if it’s cooling, it’s still a star! They put them on the same level as Gabi and Dasha! Not bad!))

Anyuta, I urgently needed to fill the page with something, but the photographs fill it very well.))

Elen, why are they starting there early?

Yeah... the article is strange... to put it mildly...)

I completely disagree. The 2017/2018 season is only in full swing, and I think it is premature to draw any conclusions about the “cooling down” stars. Recent results suggest otherwise. As for Gabi, we'll wait. Time will show.

Akimov's star?

I don’t like the set of “cooling stars.” And the very basis for combining them into “one pile” is very dubious.

Ivan Pokhmelev, I agree. And Shipulin is beside the point. And Björndalen did not cool down at all. judging by the brilliant staff. At his age! And Domracheva? - She will endure everyone yet.

Nick Kuziansky, should Gabi be sad!? The girl has been SINGLE since 2011! only in personal races, we won MANY TIMES! MORE! than both Russian teams for the same period combined: Olympic Games (0-1-1) World Cup (1-2-1) BHG-1 MHG-6 KM (16-9-7) 32! Now also an Olympic bronze medalist in the relay!

Dmitry, I generally like your comments. But I didn’t quite understand the previous speaker (AMAlexander) or even didn’t understand it at all)) I just feel something evil!)) Maybe you, Dmitry, can explain to me what he’s talking about?

AMAlexander, but think with your head: RUSADA has not controlled anything for a long time, and in the KM, with the exception of Khanty and Tyumen, it has never controlled it.

Nick Kuziansky, TIs do not guarantee a solution to problems with immunity. Rather, on the contrary, interference in the body with “anti-asthmatic” drugs can create a problem with “natural” diseases.

Nick Kuziansky, I agree - you can see a sinister meaning in such a headline

The main competitor knows very well (at least he guesses) that he will not receive any invitation to participate in the Olympics from Madame Valerie Fourneyron! Due to the history and name list of the “300 Spartans” RUSADA - 2012/2015, promptly submitted by WADA to the IOC, all Federations and the IBU in particular.

He also knows that neither the SBR, nor the ROC, nor even our Anders Besseberg Himself, can influence the decisions of Madame Fourneyron’s commission! But they can completely save the “Great” from disqualification, especially since the RBU and IBU have already done all this more than once in 2009/2014... But even if the last condition is met, the Great understands that the day of 01/28/2018 can become the day of collapse of your entire career and complete destruction of your reputation! Because it will immediately become extremely clear to everyone that all his recent achievements in biathlon were achieved only thanks to manipulations with his samples at RUSADA.

However, an elementary manifestation of a high sense of patriotism can save the situation (reputation) - “Russia is a great power!” And this means excluding yourself from the list submitted to the ROC for approval by Madame Fourneyron (especially since the ROC promised to treat such a decision with understanding)... After which, our Anders Besseberg from the IBU immediately, temporarily, and perhaps forever, crosses out from the list of candidates for disqualification. All! Reputation saved! You can also become a deputy...

And all this just to avoid being subject to a forced decision by the IBU, like FIS-Ski, which suspended Eleven today! Russian skiers led by Legkov from all international competitions...

The “cooling down” Lesser is 7th in the total, and at the end of last season he was tenth. Everyone should “cool down” like that.

“cooling WEB”... well.

“Everyone knows the story of how Emil Hegle, on the eve of the World Cup, did not kiss his bride for two months, so as not to catch some evil virus. And after that, he still fainted after one of the races due to problems with blood pressure. Now Svendsen said that he was very tired after the first stage of the World Cup, Gabriela KOUKALOVA. Another chronically ill star." -

What is this: “sport - health”? Or is this the payback for the TI?

Apart from UEB, it is too early to talk about “cooling down”

Gabriela KOUCALOVA. Another chronically ill star." - What is this: “sport - health”? Or is this the payback for the TI?