Our first version of the 2021-22 World Cup simulations is online
by After having made substantial improvements to our model the last few months we have finally launched our first version of 2021-22 World Cup season. Our …
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IBU has published the program for the Summer Biathlon World Championships
by The Biathlon highlight of the summer will obviously be the Summer World Champs in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. Even if it is still unknown which …
Measuring the performance of our biathlon model Part 4
In the first article in this series we took a look at how other models used to make publically available predictions for sports events are …
Measuring the performance of our biathlon model Part 3
In our first article in this series we learned that even if some sports models, used to make publically available predictions for sport events, have …
Measuring the performance of our biathlon model Part 2
In our previous article we started investigating the interesting topic of sports models performance, which was brought to our attention by one of our readers. …
Measuring the performance of our biathlon model Part 1
Last week we received feedback in the form of some comments underneath the preview of one of the last races of the 2020-21 season. One …
Lisa Vittozzi is struggling to find her form after COVID 19 illness
The preparation went well until November, when I fell ill with COVID-19. It hit me after the training camp in Oberhof. “I had to stay 19 …
A look back at the women’s 2019-20 World Cup
Last season’s editions of the BMW IBU Biathlon Overall World Cups were gripping and exceptionally tight. The races for both men and women went to …
World Cup opening without Russian athletes?
According to the Russian news agency Tass, one Russian biathlete and three staff members have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the first weekend on …