Karoline Knotten October 2026 - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 186
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Karoline Knotten returns for a very fun follow up to her delightful appearance before last season. Things have changed a lot for her in the last year so we had a lot to cover including: - Discovering rock climbing - How she negotiated her return to the Norwegian training rosters - Her coaching relationship with Sverre Roeiseland andthe new staff - What she learned during her time away from the Norwegian training and how she brings that forward - Her unusual episode of appendicitis and how that upended her summer - The recovery and how she's feeling as the season approaches - Knotten Christmas traditions And so much more!
Biathlon is back!! (Sorta...). Loop One returned to Munich this weekend to announce that we are officially in the run up to the 2026-2027 season! RJ returned from Europe battling the flu but we got together to discuss the excitement of the weekend and the latest news! - 0:00 Intros and greetings - 5:42: US Biathlon Selection Races Part 1 - 10:34: Biathlon Canada governing body changes - 15:04: Loop One - Great Event but Limited by the Venue? - 25:27: Parabiathlon event at Loop One - 31:17: New rules on the range - 37:00: Martin Ponsiluoma's Double Victory and Amazing Summer - 41:09: Lisa Vittozzi & Julia Simon Duel on Sunday - 52:50: Norwegian Men's Depth and the Associated Challenges - 58:50: French send only half of the A Team...is that a problem? -
Finnish Head Coach Erik Torneus-Kulstad joined us from his home in far northern Norway for a wide ranging discussion including: - How he first got into biathlon...and how that led him to coaching? - His side quest into American football - What he learned from coaching in China with Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Darya Domracheva, and Tobias Torgersen - What led him to take the Finland position - How he utilizes analytics in his coaching today - The Suvi Minkkinen breakthrough - His quick decision to return to Finland vs exploring other coaching options - His rivalry with Polish Coach Tobias Torgersen including a recent race
We were delighted to be joined by young and rising Canadian biathlete Pascale Paradis for a very fun conversation! In this interview we discussed: - The very high highs of the 2025-2026 biathlon season including her Olympic experience - The turbulence in the Canadian biathlon federation and the recent run of retirements - What we in the biathlon family can do to help support the Canadian athletes - The changes in Pascale's offseason training program and her excitement over current fitness levels - Improving comfort with shooting and rifle tinkering vs stability - What she's working on most this season: skiing transitions and hills - Her favorite athletes to race with on the course And a TON more
For our first interview in the lead up to the 2026-2027 we are joined by last season's Swiss breakthrough athletes Lea Meier. We had a delightful conversation discussing, as you might guess, many many things including: - Lea's decision to pursue biathlon as a career, her early Juniors successes, and rapid ascent to the World Cup level - Following in the footsteps of her biathlon idol Selina Gasparin...and her memorable first moment racing with Selina - Special moments in Canmore - Enjoying being Swiss, the mountains, the culture diversity, and the chocolate - Rifle tinkering and new design ideas - The meaning behind Lea's shooting stars - Finding her shooting rhythm just in time for the Olympics - Living the Olympic dream and racing to the best of her abilities - Being open and living out loud on social media - Planning out the new season and adjusting to the schedule changes - Dreams for 26-27 And of course much more!
It's Labor Day here in North America and in lieu of our first interviews we did just a quick catch up and round up of the recent biathlon news including: - German National Championships including Janina Hettich-Walz and Philipp Horn great weeks! - What's up with Selina Grotian? - The Norwegian men raced in Otepaa and the art of racing in the rain - Quick check in's on the Estonian and Swiss championships - Best of wishes to Canadian Coach Andrew Chisholm and his partner!
In the midst of a surprisingly newsy biathlon summer we reconvened to catch up on all of the action. A brief run down: 2:45 Which biathlete would you bring back from retirement a la Aaron Donald 11:00 Emilien Jacquelin skipping the 26-27 biathlon season...does he ever come back? 20:25 Tereza Vobornikova is here to stay? And Anna Gandler looking very good! 30:20 Justus Strelow hangs on for the City Biathlon victory! 42:40 Austrian Federation upheaval 51:25 Quick breeze through national championship racing in Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland 1:01:00 Talking about adjusting to Canada and just chit chat
After a long break while Jordan and family moved to Canada, we are back with a lot to catch up on from Blink Festival to various biathlon news and discussions! - We open with a recap of Jordan's chaotic move to Canada - 16:00 The Oeberg Summer Excitement - 22:45 Swedish Championship Individual Highlights - 28:45 Brief Blink Festival Recap - 36:45 Einar Hedegart Discussion - 48:00 Oceane Michelon's Sterling Weekend - 51:45 Dominic Unterweger's Surprise Successes in Sandnes - 55:30 Polish Blink Festival Highlights - Finish with various odd and ends with a preview of upcoming biathlon happenings
Well, almost immediately after recording our May round up, the Italian and USA teams made their roster announcements. This was supposed to just be a little recording inserted into the prior episode but...you know us. We ended up discussing: - Italian roster and coach announcements - Brief Czechia discussion - USA roster and coach announcements - World Cup discussions - Art projects - Moving to Canada
It has simply been too long. We got together for a little chat about what's new in our lives and in the biathlon world including: - Coaching carousel - Roster announcements - The Canadian exodus - RJ thinks somebody isn't completely retired yet - And honestly, quite a lot of just chatting
After a short break we are back to take one last look back at a very fun 2025-2026 Biathlon Season - We go week by week sharing our memories and surprises. But it was such an amazing season we barely scratched the surface! - Looking ahead to next season and dreaming about a wild Overall race - Quick thoughts on a handful of athletes - Jordan gets prematurely upset about the makeup of the 2026-2027 schedule And more!
It's part 2 of our memories from our weekend at the Oslo-Holmenkollen races and festivities. In part 2 we have: - Julia Simon with a thoughtful discussion of the Pursuit sprint with Hanna Oeberg as well as her place in biathlon history - We try to cheer up Suvi Minkkinen after another remarkably successful season - Check ins with our friends Nik Hartweg, Anna Gandler, and Campbell Wright - Chats with North Americans Deedra Irwin, Margie Freed, Pascale Paradis, and Adam Runnalls - A Polish check in with Kamila Zuk and Tobias Torgersen - Johanna Taliharm recaps a trying but successful season And more!
It's hard to believe that the glorious weekend in Oslo was already 1 week ago. But the memories are still fresh. Today we chatted mostly about the memories and a little about the racing. Included are: - An amazing moment discussing Sturla's success with Tiril Eckhoff - Saying goodbye to the Austrian powers Lisa Hauser and Simon Eder - A fun moment with Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold - Nice long chat with Denmark's rising star Anne de Besche - Sibling laughter (a true highlight!!) with Hanna and Elvira Oeberg - The memory of a lifetime with Lou Jeanmonnot And more Mentioned in the show, what Jordan wrote about Lou Jeanmonnot: https://penaltyloop.com/2026/03/24/our-beloved-champion/ Part 2 will come shortly!
Well we made it happen! RJ mid transit to Norway and Jordan still in Florida so we apologize for any poor audio quality! We tried to keep it brief because of RJ's time constraints so we weren't able to cover everything or go as deep as we would like but we did cover: - Otepaa's weather challenges - Sterling Sturla who continues his torrid streak - Lou and Eric cruising to the Overall titles - The wild and exciting Mixed Relays with some amazing results! - Brief look at some globe races - Jacquelin has the ultimate Jacquelin weekend - Shout outs - Sandra Flunger is on the move...where to? And more!
It was the busiest week of the biathlon season with the World Cup in Kontiolahti, the IBU Cup concluding in Lake Placid, and the Youth/Junior World Championships finishing up in Arber. We had a lot to discuss tonight including: - Sturla Holm Laegreid is competing like Sturla Holm Laegreid again - Eric Perrot is no slouch though! - Lou Jeanmonnot looks exhausted physically and mentally - Long discussion on the state of Swedish biathlon and the extension of Johannes Lukas - Fun relay finishes including Czechia, Poland and USA - Emilien Jacquelin is, as always, Emilien Jacquelin. This week the good and the bad - Interesting Mass Starts and important moments in them - Just a tiny bit on the IBU Cup and Youth/Junior World Cup And so much more!
Jordan and RJ reconvened multiple times over several days to catch up on all of the latest in the biathlon world including: - Opening with recent news including: Tommaso Giacomel health updates, Retirements, Coaching changes - One more look back at the 2026 Olympic Games. What surprised us in our reassessment? - Preview of the Third Trimester and what we think might happen including looking at a few Globe races - Checking in on the Junior Worlds - Gro Randby's interesting season
The final race at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games is yet another thrilling one. - We say goodbye to two absolute legends: Dorothea Wierer and Franziska Preuss - Oceane Michelon wins another medal and many more hearts with a brilliant gold - Julia Simon digs deep to find the strength to chase down silver - Tereza Vobornikova wins a beautiful bronze medal - Anna Magnusson comes up just short once again for Sweden - We celebrate some other high achievers including Anna Andexer and Anne de Besche And More!
Last race of the men for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics and it was another special (and history making!) one - Johannes Dale-Skjevdal gives us all the feels with his first career 20/20 and the gold - Quentin Fillon Maillet another fantastic skiing day brings him his 1st career bronze and moves him to 2nd in career Olympic medals - Sturla Holm Laegreid ties for the most medals in a single Olympic Games with another silver - Hard luck for Philipp Horn who came so close! - Very tough scenes for Tommaso Giacomel - The Swedish men end their Games quietly - Jacquelin is once again Jacquelin - Campbell Wright has some fun at the end And more!
The French women are inevitable, and so is another post-race recap from Jordan and RJ. This was one for the underdogs and we had a lot to celebrate including: - The Polish women with a magnificent 6th place the best ever for the Polish women at the Olympics - Celebrating Baiba Bendika, the Belgian women, and the Bulgarian relay - The French with another early penalty loop come back for the gold sparking an emotional celebration - The Swedes continue their strong second week with a silver medal - Norway's Juni Arneklevi substitution pays off with the bronze medal - Another tough race for the Germans - Czechia a very strong 5th - RJ shares his hard work on the Antholz "athletes perspective animation" (link below) And more! You can find RJ's animation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN1nwOXN70k
This was the type of Olympic relay you dream of. The drama wasn't decided until the very end with plenty of fun stories along the way! - The French men finally have their Relay gold medal. Presented by none other than national hero Martin Fourcade - The Norwegians have a solid day in silver position. But what happened to Johan-Olav Botn? - The Swedish men pleased with their bronze medal - Germany finishes a solid 4th - United States sets their best ever Olympic Men's Relay mark in 5th. Is Campbell ready for his Olympic moment in the Mass Start? - Finland continues to perform well - Shout out to the Canadians - A LONG preview of the Women's Relay tomorrow And more!
WHAT A DAY! It's the middle weekend of the Olympics which means Pursuit day! The Men's and Women's Pursuits delivered us an emotional day including: - Lisa Vittozzi's gorgeous gold medal - Suvi's emotional run to the bronze - Emilien Jacquelin racing to bronze in his own unique fashion - Martin Ponsiluoma changes the Swedish narrative - Maren Kirkeeide and Sturla Holm Laegreid have a double silver day for Norway - Polish women and Finnish men with big days - Dorothea Wierer doesn't give in And more!
A little later (because someone...RJ...overslept) we chatted about an action packed Women's Sprint including: - Maren Kirkeeide's amazing closing ability - Oceane Michelon's smile filled silver medal - Lou Jeanmonnot keeps piling up medals - Bulgaria is a biathlon nation now - Great day for Latvia and Denmark!!! - Top biathlon cheerleader Ingrid Tandrevold with a solid day! - Rough day and Olympics for Sweden - Looking ahead to the Pursuit races tomorrow! And more!
Another day and another thrilling race at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics! As has become our custom we got on right after the end of the podium ceremony to discuss: - Emilien Jacquelin's heartbreaking 4th place - Quentin Fillon Maillet inscribing himself in biathlon history with his 7th Olympic medal - Vetle Christiansen's silver medal - Sturla Holm Laegreid takes home his 2nd bronze of these Games - Zachary Connelly and the Canadians with an excellent race - Finnish biathlon continues to show out - Swedish men continues to struggle - A solid day for the Swiss - Rihards Lozbers makes everybody take notice - A look ahead for the Women's Sprint tomorrow! And more!
The Women's Individual at the 2026 Milan Cortino Winter Olympics was absolute joyful chaos. We got together immediately after the conclusion of the podium ceremony to recap all of the action including: - A brief detour to Sturla Holm Laegreid's bizarre interview - Julia Simon's greatness - Lou Jeanmonnot's beautiful biathlon - Lora Hristova's unbelievable surprise podium - Heartbreak for several including Vanessa Voigt, Camille Bened, and Lotte Lie - Many great races from some surprising candidates including Lea Meier, Tereza Vinklarkova - Great day for North American biathlon with Pascale Paradis and Margie Freed And more!
What an absolutely emotional day. There were tears from many athletes today for...a lot of reasons. We had a ton to chat about including: - Johan-Olav Botn's sports movie moment - Eric Perrot continues to display magnificent maturity - Sturla Holm Laegreid wins his non-relay medal during what has proven to be an unexpectedly emotional week - The Finnish men with a major day - Philipp Nawrath with a great start to the Games - Swedes missing something - Quentin Fillon Maillet with amazing speed - Italy with a solid day - Many great performances - A look ahead to the Men's Sprint and Women's Individual And more!
One race in and already the action from Antholz has been absolutely sensational! A little later than normal (the rest of our Olympic recaps should be up within 1-2 hours) we got together to discuss: - French biathlon dominance - Italians get it done with silver - Germans hit their checkmarks for bronze - Maren Kirkeeide with a growth moment...but the rest of the team looked good? - Poor Sebastian Samuelsson - Kudos to Canada - We also discussed really good performances that didn't quite land on the podium! Andmore
Somehow the 2nd trimester of the 2025-2026 season has already come to a close. There were some athletes missing from Nove Mesto but that didn't take anything away from the action! We had a bunch to discuss including: - The absolutely pristine weekend for the French team specifically the maturity of Eric Perrot - Swiss women coming on strong - American biathlon continues it's terrific season - Who is this Ingrid Tandrevold?!? - The Lukas Hofer renaissance - Even more adoration for the French team this weekend and trying to select their Olympic starters - Preuss saying goodbye? - Leo Pfund introduces himself to the World Cup stage - The magnificent crowd in Nove Mesto And more!
Ruhpolding started with an amazing Women's Relay on Wednesday and then gave us one amazing race after another. Frankly it was so amazing that it completely exhausted poor RJ so you'll unfortunately have to listen to a LOT of Jordan today. We soldiered on though and we covered almost everything including: - That amazing Women's Relay - Trying to figure out the remaining Olympic questions including the Norwegian and Swedish women - A fun battle of attrition in the Men's Relay and the Estonian men break through! - Great week for the Canadian women - The Swedes and their amazing second trimester continues - Dale-Skjevdal's emotional Pursuit win - Tommaso Giacomel's big boy Sprint - Sad Suvi but she goes to Nove Mesto still in second - Queen Lou in total control And of course much more!
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!
Karoline Knotten graciously joined us last week from her training in Livigno before the races took place in Geilo. It was a very friendly visit and we can't wait to have her on again soon! For now we covered: - Charting her own course outside the national training roster this summer - Updates on her personal fitness - Goals for 2025-2026 - Finding joy and training with new friends - Learning from competitors and personal role models - Loop One experience And a ton more!
Nik Hartweg joins the podcast once again for his first recorded episode with us in two seasons. There has been a LOT that has happened with Nik and biathlon in that period so we had a lot to discuss including: - Prep, current form, and plans for the 2025-2026 seasons - Goals and checkpoints for this season leading to the 2026 Olympics - Memories of the Lenzerheide Worlds and 2022 Olympics - Avoiding illness - Surfing - How he uses data during training - Loop One as a spectator on site and the new targets that were used - Swiss team success and explosion - And a TON more!
The most entertaining man in biathlon - Campbell Wright - returns for another preseason chat! As always he was an absolute blast as we covered a lot in a relatively short period including: - Loop One - his thoughts on the event and would he do it again? - Updates on summer training and how he's feeling with now less than 1 month until the 2025-2026 season - Racing tactics in Pursuits and Mass Starts - His dream chase pack in a big race - How high can the US men's team reach this season? - What it's like being one of the most recognized and cheered biathletes - And more!
Justus Strelow joins us again for another wonderful interview! He was coming to us from the team's Martello altitude camp and graciously gave us plenty of time to discuss a bunch of fun topics including: - Being a dad! - The new coaching staff and what the feeling in the team is as the 2025-2026 season nears - Team dynamics and fun with the German men - The narrow gap between top 20's and top 5's - Preparations for Antholz and favorite venues/ranges - And more!
2025 City Biathlon Champion Lotte Lie comes back for another interview! It's her 3rd interview with us and we had a LOT to catch up on including: - Her City Biathlon experience and the winning moment! - Beating her buddy Karoline Knotten - Summer training schedule and updates. Do the upcoming Olympics change the training plans? - Belgium's continued biathlon growth and success - And more!
We are honored to be joined by reigning IBU Cup champion Camille Bened for a wonderful interview. Our graceful guest was kind enough to chat with us about anything and everything including: - Her IBU Cup winning 2024-2025 season and experiences on the World Cup - Overcoming injuries from fall 2 seasons ago - Goals for 2025-2026 season and what she needs to do to accomplish them - Her home life and her tiny hometown in France - So much more!
We continue checking in with Team Canada with our first interview with up and coming talent Pascale Paradis! This was a true joy as we discussed: - Her journey in biathlon including her first big success at the 2018 Youth Worlds - Choosing her college career at University of Alaska vs IBU Cup - Her first season on the World Cup and what Emma Lunder meant to her and the team - Prep for the Olympic season - And a TON more!
Logan Pletz is back for more rifle talk! But before that we have a lot more to discuss: - In the intro: Ziggy Mazet announces his departure from Norwegian team after this season + Blink Festival action and Lisa Vittozzi's return! - Logan talks about his 2024-2025 season and what he learned from it - His summer training and dodging cows - Olympic hopes and what his aims for this season - Update on the rifle project including the launch of Project LP rifle biathlon rifle manufacturing, updates on rifle design, and everything he's learned about rifles in the last year! Find Logan's rifle company website here: https://projectlp.ca/ Jordan's piece on Laura's Dahlemier: https://penaltyloop.com/2025/07/30/the-comet/
Ukaleq and Sondre Slettemark joined us for a delightful conversation about Team Greenland! We discussed A LOT but maybe the most enjoyable aspect of the time we spent together was seeing them interact as brother and sister. In this interview we discussed: - Reflections on the Lenzerheide Worlds and looking ahead to Antholz 2026 - Their unique skills - What it takes to be a great shooter like Ukaleq - Sibling dynamics and racing together - Common waxing and the impact of waxxing - Sustainability, global warming, and summer biathlon growth - And more!
We were delighted to be rejoined by recently retired Biathlon Canada star Emma Lunder to catch up on her life since retirement and much more. We covered quite a bit in this friendly conversation including: - How she came to her decision to retire and enjoying her last weeks on the World Cup - Her reflections on her years with the Canadian National Team - Looking ahead to the future of Canadian biathlon - How she's enjoyed her retirement - Being a role model for young athletes
In part 2 of our excellent discussion with Canadian national team head coach Andrew Chisholm we touch on: - Changes he and Co-Head Coach Helene Jorgensen are making to the management of the team - Their coaching and training philosophies - Covering more race day responsibilities - What does success look like for Biathlon Canada in the 2025-2026 season?
Finally! We are interviewing one of the head coaches of the Canadian National Team. It should have happened long ago but we are happy to be joined by Andrew Chisholm for a 2 part interview. In part 1 we discuss: - Andrew's journey to this position - The daily responsibilities of a head coach - Olympic prep and team logistics - Deeeeeeeeeeeep dive into waxing
Part 2 of our interview with Matthias Ahrens. In this section we discuss: - Climate Change - What his athletes can learn from the current World Cup athletes - Changes in shooting techniques - The challenge and opportunities with the German women's depth - The best venue on the World Cup
Our dear friend Matthias Ahrens rejoins us for a wide ranging conversation! We discuss his move from Canada and the Biathlon Alberta Training Center back to his home in Germany where he now works training members of the German Youth/Junior teams. In part 1 we focus extensively on the differences between the two systems (North America vs. Europe primarily) and his adjustments back home.
