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 by Milan Hutera

IBU Open European Championships Biathlon Brezno-Osrblie 2024

IBU Open European Championships Biathlon Brezno-Osrblie took place between January 21st and 28th. My photogallery from (mostly) sunlit Men’s pursuit and Women’s pursuit with quite a lot of snowing from Saturday 27th January. Results:

Men’s 12.5km Pursuit: 1. Isak Frey (NOR), 2. Dmitrii Shamaev (ROU), 3. Antonin Guigonnat (FRA), 4. Vebjoern Soerum (NOR), 5. Mats Oeverby (NOR), 6. Martin Nevland (NOR)
Women’s 10 km Pursuit: 1. Maren Kirkeeide (NOR), 2. Emilie Aagheim Kalkenberg (NOR), 3. Oceane Michelon (FRA), 4. Ida Lien (NOR), 5. Marlene Fichtner (GER), 6. Johanna Skottheim

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 by Milan Hutera

IBU Cup Biathlon Osrblie 2022

Photogallery from the last day of second IBU Cup in the 2021/2022 season held in Osrblie, Slovakia. Two races, two entirely different lighting conditions (sunny morning and afternoon in deep shadows) and extremely slippery conditions (even though there wasn’t any snow left beside the track) were additional hinderances to very strict anti-pandemic precautions that made photographying much more difficult. Winners of the day were Emiliene Claude of France (Men’s Sprint – rescheduled from Friday) and Evgeniia Burtasova of Russia (Women’s Pursuit).

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 by Milan Hutera

IBU Cup Biathlon 2017/2018 – Osrblie, Slovakia

The 4th edition of IBU Cup 2017/2018 biathlon took place in Osrblie, Slovakia on 6th and 7th january 2018. On saturday sprint competitions were scheduled both for men and women. The weather was cloudy and later foggy which means difficult to photograph. In women’s competition the overall leader Uliana Kaisheva claimed the first place ahead of Chloe Chevalier and Kaia Woeien Nicolaisen. Later that day, the main star of the event Simon Fourcade claimed the first place in men’s competition, beating Norwegian biathletes Frederik Gjesbakk and Vegard Gjermundshaug. Martin Otcenas of Slovakia claimed a respectable 5th place, pleasing the home crowd.

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 by Milan Hutera

IBU Cup Biathlon 2016/2017 – Osrblie, Slovakia

The 6th edition of IBU Cup 2016/2017 biathlon season took place in Osrblie, Slovakia. I had a chance to attend the Saturday’s pursuit competitions. In women’s pursuit, the respectable home crowd cheered for Terezia Poliakova (the only Slovak biathlete in the line up) as well as the strong German and Russian squads. Daria Virolaynen of Russia won the race with two penalty loops. Czech biathlete Lea Johanidesova finished second with clean shooting. Denise Herrmann of Germany secured the third place despite five penalty loops. In men’s competiton, all eyes were on Norwegian biathlete Tarjei Boe, who chose Osrblie as his first venue of 2016/2017 season, as well as Matej Kazar, the only Slovak in the line up. Boe’s teammate Kristoffer Skjelvik won the race with clean shooting. Boe finished second, edged out Timur Makhambetov of Russia on the finish line. Kazar improved his starting position by four ranks and finished on 6th place.

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 by Milan Hutera

IBU Cup Biathlon 2015/2016 – Osrblie

The 7th edition of IBU Biathlon Cup 2015/2016 took place during the second weekend of February 2016 in Osrblie, Slovakia. The toughest individual races were held on Saturday, February 13th (Four shootings, penalty minutes instead of penalty loops, 20 kilometers for men and 15 kilometers for women). Matvey Eliseev of Russia won the men’s race and Marine Bolliet of France claimed the victory in women’s race. World Cup star Tiril Eckhoff of Norway also made an appearance in the heart of Slovakia. Her superfast skis and four penalty minutes were good enough for fifth place.

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