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!