The Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast

We are back to catch up on all of the action from Hochfilzen. We touch on all of the excitement that happened this weekend including: The Annamarija Lampic's wild debut on the IBU World Cup, JT Boe's continued dominance, Julia Simon rock solid start to the year, Tandrevold taking the leadership role for the Norwegian team. We look at some under the radar stories from the week and finish with the question of the week: Should QFM hit the panic button? This was a fun one! 

Biathlon is back! We dive deep into the past week of biathlon racing in Kontiolahti and just a bit of the IBU Cup activity. First we do a quick recap of the races that we saw in Kontiolahti. Briefly talking about the racing we discuss what stood out including: Lisa Vittozzi, Emma Lunder, Lisa Hauser, JT Boe, Elvia Oeberg, Niklas Hartweg, and more.  We discuss a handful of athletes showing breakout potential. We finish with a game where we decide if certain quick reactions to the first week of racing are True, Maybe True, or Ridiculous!

The new season is finally upon us! Jordan and RJ start with a brief recap of last season and the action that took place over the summer. Then we dive into a few preseason topics that have perked out interest. We do a little bit of a longer look at the Canadian and United States teams. RJ gives us a brief preview of the next edition of the IBU insider. Jordan then surprises RJ with some rapid fire questions. Finally we wrap up with our season predictions. 

In the second part of our talk with Lotte, we talk about relays, Olympics, Analytics, partying, (social) media, laser rifles, ammunition, the biathlon family and end with a couple of random (but fun!) questions.
You can find more information about Lotte here:
https://lottelie.com/https://www.instagram.com/lottislie/

We had the absolute pleasure to talk to one of Belgium's finest athletes: Lotte Lie! As more common lately, after her introduction the topics were all over the place, covering Team Maxim, her path into biathlon, rifles, Belgium, other sports, Belgium-Norway rivalry, Summer WC Ruhpolding, switching ski brands, last year's form and her shooting.
You can find more information about Lotte here:
https://lottelie.com/https://www.instagram.com/lottislie/

We continue catching up with Kristian Wulff after his participation in the IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding, discussing relays, the Norwegian team, double-poling and classic skiing, the upcoming season, sponsoring, ammunition, and IBU's point scoring change.
Links to topics mentioned:
Where Kristian prints his T-shirts (and where you can buy them to support Ukaleq)https://skiskydning.tekstilrevolution.dk/
The aiming system Kristian useshttps://mantisx.com/products/mantis-x10-elite
Tires company sponsorhttps://ovethi.dk/
Andrea Henkel's program Compete Like a Prohttps://www.competelikeapro.com/
 

We are catching up with Kristian Wulff after his participation in the IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding. We discussed many things: T-shirts, his podcast with Ukaleq, dry firing, experiencing the World Championships, team Denmark, IBU's new measurements, competing like a pro - Danish style, and Sven Fischer.
Links to topics mentioned:
Where Kristian prints his T-shirts (and where you can buy them to support Ukaleq)https://skiskydning.tekstilrevolution.dk/
The aiming system Kristian useshttps://mantisx.com/products/mantis-x10-elite
Tires company sponsorhttps://ovethi.dk/
Andrea Henkel's program Compete Like a Prohttps://www.competelikeapro.com/
 
 

The second part of RJ interviewing Jordan contains more life stories, his favorite biathlon locations and athletes, possible new biathlon events, his dad, Lisa, biathlon in the USA and much more. 

In the second part of our "Interviewing the host" series, RJ now talks to Jordan. In this episode we talk about the consequences of dumping flour from a car, history, how talking to different people keeps your job interesting, German roots, cars, his passion for biathlon, and how Josiah Bartlet brought him and his wife together.

Please enjoy the next hour as we talk with Andrea Henkel, a former German biathlete now living in the US, at her home in Lake Placid. Topics vary from dating at the IBU, summer biathlon, the popularity of biathlon in the US, dietary restrictions, using biathlon data for performance analysis and so much more! Oh, and don't forget to check out her new business: Compete like a pro (www.competelikeapro.com).