The Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast

2022 Beijing Olympics Men’s Pursuit Race

We got together again right after the Men's Pursuit race finished up. We shared our thoughts on the domination of Quinton Fillon Maillet, the great races of Tarjei Boe, Latypov, and Hofer, as well as discussed the very challenging shooting conditions. We did have an update that Ingrid Tandrevold is doing well and shared that here as well before we looked ahead at the Mass Start and some under the radar relay teams.

2022 Beijing Olympics Women’s Pursuit Race

We hopped on in the brief window between the Women's and the Men's Pursuit races to discuss all that happened in the first race of the day. We did touch on the scary situation with Ingrid Tandrevold. Since we recorded it does appear that she will be okay. Then we dove into the Pursuit race, the winners and who stood out to us. We also give a brief glance at the upcoming Men's Pursuit which by now is out of date!

2022 Beijing Olympics Men’s Sprint Race

We hoped on the pod at the end of a very exciting men's Sprint race! We discussed JT Boe's dominant performance, QFM's excellent race for silver, and Tarjei Boe's bronze which gave the Boe family a thrilling day. We also hit on a few other big take aways including Samuelsson's 5th place finish before giving a short preview of the Pursuit race. 

2022 Beijing Olympics Women’s Sprint Race

We got together immediately after the women's Sprint race finished to share your rapid reactions on the race, the conditions, who is up/down, and a brief look ahead to the women's Pursuit.

Olympics Week 1 Mid Week Check In

Jordan Gottschalk and RJ Weise take a look back at the first few competitions of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. We start off with a dive into the first few races (3:20). We move on to the Power Rankings and a discussion of the favorites for the upcoming races this weekend (37:48). We take a look at an Under the Radar athlete in Yulia Dzhima and her chances in the remaining Olympic races (46:46) as well as some Up and Coming athletes (51:06). We hit our General Topics of the week including how different nations approached the season and the surprising Marketa Davidova news (58:38). We finish up with a deep dive on the confounding shooting of Lisa Vittozzi in the Stat of the Week (1:14:25). 

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.