The Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast

Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 34 Armin Auchentaller Part 2

Part two of our interview with Armin Auchentaller! We continue our discussion, going deeper into the popularity of biathlon in North America, the impact of the Olympics, starting age for shooting, training with other nations or combined teams, IBU point changes, analytics and a little about his daughter, Hannah.
More information for anyone who loves biathlon, especially those living in the US or Canada!

Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 33 Armin Auchentaller Part 1

In this first part with US Biathlon head coach Armin Auchentaller, we talk about biathlon in the United States and North America, cultural differences with Europe, the future of biathlon, North American collaboration, summer biathlon and switching from XCskiing to biathlon and at what age.
This episode is full of information for anyone who loves biathlon, especially those living in the US or Canada!

Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 32 Ukaleq Slettemark Part 2

We hope you liked part 1 and welcome to the second part of our interview with Ukaleq Slettemark! We discuss some of her favourites, the biathlon family, analytics, dogsledding, climate change, the future of biathlon and much more.
Cheers!

Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 31 Ukaleq Slettemark Part 1

Part one of our interview with Ukaleq Slettemark covers a lot! We discussed her podcast, the Olympics, her summer plans, art and the typical questions about the life of a biathlete on the World Cup.
Part two will be posted next week!
Jordan & RJ

Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 30 Vanessa Hinz Part2

As we continue our interview with German biathlete Vanessa Hinz, we talk more about biathlon, her life as a biathlete in Germany/Europe, bibs, activities outside of biathlon and more of our questions.
We hope you will enjoy!
RJ & Jordan

Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 29 Jules Burnotte Part 2

In this second part of our interview with Canadian biathlete Jules Burnotte, we continued our conversation about Testival, life on the World Cup, Analytics and many more of our recurring questions.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
RJ & Jordan

Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 28 Vanessa Hinz Part 1

In part one of our interview with German biathlete Vanessa Hinz, we went through the usual questions and talked about changing coaches, the IBU rule changes, life on the World Cup and Analytics.
Part 2 will follow in 2 weeks!
RJ & Jordan

Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 27 Jules Burnotte Part 1

In the first part of our interview with Canadian biathlete Jules Burnotte, we asked our usual questions and talked about the IBU rule changes, his career, his development path, his Olympic Games and finally about biathlon rifles.
Part 2 will follow in 2 weeks!
RJ & Jordan (who had Covid so was a little under the weather) 

Interview with Matthias Ahrens, part 2

In this second part of our interview with Matthias Ahrens, we talk analytics, some more of our standard podcast questions and much more.
You can find more information about Matthias through the following links:
https://biathlon.ca/biathlon-alberta-training-center/coaching-staff/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335878529_Can_performance_in_biathlon_world_cup_be_predicted_by_performance_analysis_of_biathlon_IBU_cup
We hope you enjoy it!
 

Rule changes by the IBU

Jordan and RJ discuss the rule changes the IBU just announced yesterday, and how they could impact the biathlon World Cup. They also have some thoughts on other changes that could be interesting for the future.