The Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast

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. 

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.

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). 

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!

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!

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 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.