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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 18h

🇫🇮 Finnish head coach Erik Torneus-Kulstad explains his favorite quote he shares with his team: “Do Your Job” #biathlon

Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New Penalty Loop Podcast - Erik Torneus-Kulstad interview! -Circuitous route to coaching -American football side quest -Snalytics in his coaching today -Suvi Minkkinen breakthrough -Decision to return to Finland -Rivalry with 🇵🇱 Tobias Torgersen including a recent race #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🇨🇦 Congratulations to Emma Lunder and Christian Gow on the arrival of their little one on September 4th! Hopefully the new family is settling in nicely to the new routine and they aren’t too terribly sleep deprived! These two are going to be such loving parents 🥰 #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🇫🇷 This makes me sad. She was so brilliant in her young career. But I’m happy she’s making a decision to prioritize herself. Sincere best of wishes to Anaelle Bondoux in her life hoping for an abundance of health and happiness! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New Penalty Loop Podcast! This week we had Pascale Paradis -Highlights of the 25-26 biathlon season including her Olympics -The turbulence in the Canadian biathlon federation & retirements -What the biathlon family can do to help support the Canadian athletes And more! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Trying something new! Here’s a clip from our recent Lea Meier pod discussing her big ski improvement last season #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New Penalty Loop Podcast! Lea Meier joined us! - Juniors successes and rapid rise to World Cup - Following hero Selina Gasparin - Finding shooting rhythm in time to for her Olympic dream - Living out loud on social media - Looking at 26-27 schedule & goals So much more! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🇳🇴 A big congratulations to Marte and Sverre Olsbu Røiseland on the arrival of their baby boy. It sounds like everybody is healthy and well! The biathlon family grows once again 🥰 #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

An example of the non-bobble bobble heads that RJ is currently making. I'm trying to get him to make some more. If you have any requests of current or past bathletes please let me know! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New Penalty Loop Podcast! It was supposed to be an interview with Canadian Coach Andrew Chisholm but it sounds like his partner put the Labor in Labor Day last night! Instead a quick champs round up including: 🇩🇪 Germany 🇪🇪 Estonia (and the 🇳🇴 Norway men) 🇨🇭 Switzerland #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🇩🇪 German Biathlon National Championship Primer Friday September 4: Short IND at 11am Saturday Sept 5: Sprint at 11am Sunday Sept 6: Pursuit at 11am Field: German national team! 43 women & 48 men. Leonhard Pfund out. Theirry Langer and Alina Stremous joining 📸Voigt #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New Penalty Loop Podcast! A busy few weeks to catch up on including: - Emilien Jacquelin news - City Biathlon racing including Tereza Vorbonikova (!) and Justus Strelow (!!) - Austrian Federation upheaval - National Championships in Sweden, Austrian, Switzerland etc #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🇳🇴 🕊️ 🕯️ Sincerest condolences to the people of Norway and especially King Harald’s family. It was always fun to see him in Holmenkollen and the athletes seemed to enjoy their interactions with him! King Harald was the only Royal I’ve ever had even a remote interaction with

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I am sad today. Tim Curry was a treasure. He really tickled my funny bone. Muppets Treasure Island was always a favorite of mine and now my kids love it too. The perfect muppets actor because he treated himself like a muppet. I think I’ll watch Clue tonight to have a laugh

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This special friendship will always warm my heart 🥰 #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

City Biathlon Primer! Date: Sunday August 23 Prelims start at 14:30 local Finals start at 17:25 local Field: 10 All Star Men and Women! (see next post) TV: ZDF and Eurovision Sport will be broadcasting the finals live! 📸Voigt/City Biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🇦🇹 Austria Summer Biathlon Championships Primer Friday August 21: Super Sprint at 11:30am local Saturday August 22: Sprint at 10am local Location: Lohnsburg Field: Austrian Elite! Sadly no Simon Eder/Lisa Hauser Live Timing: winter.racetime.pro/en/biathlon/... 📸Alexander Weber #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

City Biathlon Primer! Date: Sunday August 23 Prelims start at 14:30 local Finals start at 17:25 local Field: 10 All Star Men and Women! (see next post) TV: ZDF will be broadcasting the finals live! 📸Voigt/City Biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🇫🇷 Hearing QFM talk about being a dad while we chatted with him in Holmenkollen you could just feel the love he already has for this little girl…and that was 4.5 months before she was born!! #biathlonfamily

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🇫🇷 Oh my gosh this is just the cutest. Congratulations to Quentin Fillon Maillet and his partner Lydie on the arrival of their daughter Leana on August 5th!! It looks like the family is doing beautifully!! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

New Penalty Loop Podcast! After a 2 month moving break we are finally back on a more regular schedule! - The Oeberg Summer - Brief Blink Festival Recap - Einar Hedegart Discussion - Oceane Michelon's Sterling weekend - Dominic Unterweger' Surprise - Good week for Poland #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🇫🇷 It looks like another engagement in the biathlon family! Congratulations to Camille Bened and her partner, rugby player Hugo Pandolfo!!! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🇳🇴 Juni Arnekleiv will have a little break from training as she had her tonsils out. She has been having recurrent infections so this should help a lot. I can say though that having your tonsils out as an adult is very painful. Hoping for a smooth and quick recovery! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🇸🇪 Sweden Summer Biathlon Championship primer: Saturday August 15: Individual starting at 13:15 local Sunday August 16: Sprint starting at 12:30 local Not participating: - Linn Gestblom (virus) - Viktor Brandt (concussion) - Hanna Öberg (pregnancy) 📸Skidskytte #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🇸🇪 Don’t think anybody is surprised as Hanna Öberg announced that she’s going to be out of competition for this year. She recently made the very exciting announcement that she and her partner Martin Ponsiluoma are expecting their first baby!! She plans to return 27-28! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Blink Men’s Semifinal coming up in about 1 hour on NRK #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Blink Women’s Semifinal coming up in about 1 hour on NRK #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Blink Mass Starts today! Here is the Men’s Mass Start bracket. Seeds are set by the super sprint results. Pretty well balanced I think! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Blink Mass Starts today!!! Here’s the bracket for the women. Seeds are set by yesterday’s Super Sprint. As a result you can get uneven brackets. Quarterfinal 1 looks a bit too heavy! #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🇫🇷 Looks like a sprained ankle for Camille Bened will keep her out of the competitions at Blink this weekend. Hopefully back up and running again soon! 💪 #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🇩🇪 A little disappointed we won’t see at least some of the younger German 🇩🇪 team this season. Last year it was a great opportunity to get a look at Leonard Pfund. He turned heads then and look how that turned out last season! What I wrote last year: #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

🇺🇸 A little background on US Men’s Mass Start 🥈 Logan Moore who is a Project X recruit (like Luci Anderson) in his second year in biathlon www.usbiathlon.org/news/2026/ju... #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🇫🇮 Hate to hear this! Otto Invenius underwent what sounds like an unexpected surgery in Austria recently. Doesn’t say in the post what it was. But hopefully back soon! Looked okay in Italy a couple of weeks back so no clues from then #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🇸🇪 Congratulations to Hanna Öberg and her partner Martin Ponsiluoma on their pregnancy announcement!!! Hoping all the best for them and a nice smoother pregnancy and a healthy happy baby!!! No due date announced and no plans shared for the season #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🇮🇹 All attention on summer sports (World Cup!) but wanted to remind you the first summer biathlon competion is just around the corner. June 27 at the Frassinoro Festival! Best part is this charming event is on Eurovision Sport at 1430 local #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🇫🇷 The French federation announced today that Justine Braisaz-Bouchet has decided to do her own training this summer. She did a lot of this last year as well citing her desire to spend more time with her family. The French team is fully supporting her in this plan 📸IBU #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🇸🇮 Well didn’t expect this news today. 26 yo Anton Vidmar will not be continuing with new Coach Armin Auchentaller’s Slovenian squad as he has announced his retirement. He just had his most consistent season with 8 top 30’s in 18 races as he finished 46th Overall #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New Penalty Loop Podcasts! In Part 1: - Coaching carousel and roster discussions from around the biathlon world - US biathlon and ski merger? - RJ thinks who isn't totally retired? In Part 2: - Italy, Czechia, and USA team disucssions - Art projects - Moving updates #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

2 part Penalty Loop Podcast coming tomorrow! We initially recorded part 1 last week. Then immediately afterward we learned the Italian 🇮🇹 and USA 🇺🇸 roster/coaching news. We were just going to record a little bit and insert it in the middle but…we got carried away #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🇨🇦 Biathlon Canada Development Team Benjamin Brousseau Ema Chlepkova Emily Dickson Jasper Fleming Gillian Gowling Luke Hulshof Gavin Johnston Malcolm McCulloch Quinn Morgan Matthew Strum Liam Tinworth Intriguing mix of talent so there is young hope!!! 📸Authamayou/IBU #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🇨🇦 Biathlon Canada Senior National Roster 2026-2027 Season: Pascale Paradis Nadia Moser Shilo Rousseau That's the entirety not just the women's team. It's a new era for the Canadian National Team 📸Voigt #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🇮🇹 Just like the women, the men are waiting for somebody to rise up alongside Giacomel and Hofer (as long as he races!) Pircher is coming along very nicely. Romanin’s story was heart warming. Hopefully Bionaz and Zeni fight up towards their potential! 📸 Authamayou/IBU #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🇮🇹 Italy Men's Roster Head Coach Zattoni Andrea Team Coach Cianciana Fabio Team A Tommaso Giacomel Lukas Hofer Didier Bionaz Patrick Braunhofer Christoph Pircher Nicola Romanin Eli Zeni Team B Marco Barale Nicolo Betemps Davide Compagnoni #biathlon 📸Voigt 📸Svoboda

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🇮🇹 Lisa Vittozzi is obviously a star. A contender for podiums, wins, medals, and globes What about the rest of the roster? Nearly all of these women have flashed potential. Now, especially with Doro's retirement, they need to find that high level consistently 📸Voigt #Biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🇮🇹Italy Women Roster Head Coach Egil Gjelland Team Coach Edward Mezzaro Team A Lisa Vittozzi Hannah Auchentaller Michela Carrara Rebecca Passler Martina Trabucchi Team B Fabian Carpella Samuela Comola Illaria Scattolo Birgit Schoelzhorn Linda Zingerle 📸Voigt📸Deubert #Biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🇺🇸 US National Team Men's Head Coach: Emil Bormetti Women's Head Coach: Mike Gibson A Team: Campbell Wright Deedra Irwin Maxime Germain Margie Freed B Team: Luci Anderson Chloe Levins Vaclav Cervenka Vincent Bonacci Bjorn Westervelt 📸Yevenko/IBU #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

🇨🇦 Adam Runnalls posted late last night that he has decided to retire. The 27yo has been the standard bearer for the Canadian men the last 3 years. He finished as high as 38th Overall in the 22-33 season. He’s transitioning to a coach role. It’s really a new era now #biathlon

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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🇩🇪 26-27 German A Team: 8 women & 6 men make the grade Women Selina Grotian Vanessa Voigt Julia Tannheimer Marlene Fichtner Janina Hettich-Walz Anna Weidel Julia Kink Sophia Schneider Men Philipp Nawrath Philipp Horn Justus Strelow Leonhard Pfund David Zobel Danilo Riethmuller 📸Walter/IBU #Biathlon

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