The Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast

2022 Beijing Olympics Men’s Individual Race

It's another early morning here in North America but Jordan Gottschalk and RJ Weise discuss what went down during the men's Individual race. We of course discuss the performances of QFM, Anton Smolski, and JT Boe before diving into discussions including the Russians, the Germans and the Swedes. We finish up by starting an impromptu on how starting positions are chosen for sprint and individual races. Come join us on the Penalty Loop!

Beijing 2022: Women’s Individual Race

It's another early morning here in North America but Jordan Gottschalk and RJ Weise are here to share their immediate reactions to the very fun Women's Individual race. We'll of course celebrate Denise Herrmann, Anais Chevalier-Bouchet, and Marte Roeiseland but we'll share some important and less important take aways from the race. Come take a lap with us on the Penalty Loop!

The Olympics are Here! Mixed Relay Recap

We've finally made it! The Beijing Winter Olympics are here! Jordan and RJ jump on the podcast right after the Mixed Relay finished up to briefly discuss the wildly exciting first race. 

Welcome to the Penalty Loop Podcast

Welcome to the Penalty Loop Podcast with Jordan Gottschalk and regular weekly guest RJ Weise. In this episode we'll start off by introducing ourselves and what you can expect from this podcast going forward. We'll move on to a brief overview of the IBU World Cup season to date (9:55), we'll check out the Power Rankings (31:00), an Under the Radar athlete or two (43:50) and some Up and Coming Biathletes (48:15). We then discuss our Topics of the Week (56:00) where we discuss what we know about the Olympic venue we'll be seeing over the next two weeks as well as a brief touch on wax prep. Finally we finish up with a discussion, the Stat of the Week (1:07:15) which this week is about how we measure and discuss ski speed.