The Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast

2026 Olympics Women's Relay - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 168

The French women are inevitable, and so is another post-race recap from Jordan and RJ. This was one for the underdogs and we had a lot to celebrate including:
- The Polish women with a magnificent 6th place the best ever for the Polish women at the Olympics
- Celebrating Baiba Bendika, the Belgian women, and the Bulgarian relay
- The French with another early penalty loop come back for the gold sparking an emotional celebration
- The Swedes continue their strong second week with a silver medal
- Norway's Juni Arneklevi substitution pays off with the bronze medal
- Another tough race for the Germans
- Czechia a very strong 5th
- RJ shares his hard work on the Antholz "athletes perspective animation" (link below)
And more!
You can find RJ's animation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN1nwOXN70k

2026 Olympic Men's Relay - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 167

This was the type of Olympic relay you dream of. The drama wasn't decided until the very end with plenty of fun stories along the way!
- The French men finally have their Relay gold medal. Presented by none other than national hero Martin Fourcade
- The Norwegians have a solid day in silver position. But what happened to Johan-Olav Botn?
- The Swedish men pleased with their bronze medal
- Germany finishes a solid 4th
- United States sets their best ever Olympic Men's Relay mark in 5th. Is Campbell ready for his Olympic moment in the Mass Start?
- Finland continues to perform well
- Shout out to the Canadians
- A LONG preview of the Women's Relay tomorrow
And more!

2026 Olympics Pursuit Day - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 166

WHAT A DAY! It's the middle weekend of the Olympics which means Pursuit day! The Men's and Women's Pursuits delivered us an emotional day including:
- Lisa Vittozzi's gorgeous gold medal
- Suvi's emotional run to the bronze
- Emilien Jacquelin racing to bronze in his own unique fashion
- Martin Ponsiluoma changes the Swedish narrative
- Maren Kirkeeide and Sturla Holm Laegreid have a double silver day for Norway
- Polish women and Finnish men with big days
- Dorothea Wierer doesn't give in
And more!

2026 Milan Olympics Women's Sprint - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 165

A little later (because someone...RJ...overslept) we chatted about an action packed Women's Sprint including:
- Maren Kirkeeide's amazing closing ability
- Oceane Michelon's smile filled silver medal 
- Lou Jeanmonnot keeps piling up medals
- Bulgaria is a biathlon nation now
- Great day for Latvia and Denmark!!!
- Top biathlon cheerleader Ingrid Tandrevold with a solid day!
- Rough day and Olympics for Sweden
- Looking ahead to the Pursuit races tomorrow!
And more!

2026 Olympics Men's Sprint - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 164

Another day and another thrilling race at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics! As has become our custom we got on right after the end of the podium ceremony to discuss:
- Emilien Jacquelin's heartbreaking 4th place
- Quentin Fillon Maillet inscribing himself in biathlon history with his 7th Olympic medal
- Vetle Christiansen's silver medal
- Sturla Holm Laegreid takes home his 2nd bronze of these Games
- Zachary Connelly and the Canadians with an excellent race
- Finnish biathlon continues to show out
- Swedish men continues to struggle
- A solid day for the Swiss
- Rihards Lozbers makes everybody take notice
- A look ahead for the Women's Sprint tomorrow!
And more!

2026 Olympics Women's Individual - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 163

The Women's Individual at the 2026 Milan Cortino Winter Olympics was absolute joyful chaos. We got together immediately after the conclusion of the podium ceremony to recap all of the action including:
- A brief detour to Sturla Holm Laegreid's bizarre interview
- Julia Simon's greatness
- Lou Jeanmonnot's beautiful biathlon
- Lora Hristova's unbelievable surprise podium
- Heartbreak for several including Vanessa Voigt, Camille Bened, and Lotte Lie
- Many great races from some surprising candidates including Lea Meier, Tereza Vinklarkova
- Great day for North American biathlon with Pascale Paradis and Margie Freed
And more!

2026 Olympics Men's Individual - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 162

What an absolutely emotional day. There were tears from many athletes today for...a lot of reasons. We had a ton to chat about including:
- Johan-Olav Botn's sports movie moment
- Eric Perrot continues to display magnificent maturity
- Sturla Holm Laegreid wins his non-relay medal during what has proven to be an unexpectedly emotional week
- The Finnish men with a major day
- Philipp Nawrath with a great start to the Games
- Swedes missing something
- Quentin Fillon Maillet with amazing speed
- Italy with a solid day
- Many great performances
- A look ahead to the Men's Sprint and Women's Individual
And more!

2026 Olympic Mixed Relay - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 161

One race in and already the action from Antholz has been absolutely sensational! A little later than normal (the rest of our Olympic recaps should be up within 1-2 hours) we got together to discuss:
- French biathlon dominance
- Italians get it done with silver
- Germans hit their checkmarks for bronze
- Maren Kirkeeide with a growth moment...but the rest of the team looked good?
- Poor Sebastian Samuelsson
- Kudos to Canada
- We also discussed really good performances that didn't quite land on the podium!
Andmore

Nove Mesto 2025-2026 Recap - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 160

Somehow the 2nd trimester of the 2025-2026 season has already come to a close. There were some athletes missing from Nove Mesto but that didn't take anything away from the action! We had a bunch to discuss including:
- The absolutely pristine weekend for the French team specifically the maturity of Eric Perrot
- Swiss women coming on strong
- American biathlon continues it's terrific season
- Who is this Ingrid Tandrevold?!?
- The Lukas Hofer renaissance 
- Even more adoration for the French team this weekend and trying to select their Olympic starters
- Preuss saying goodbye?
- Leo Pfund introduces himself to the World Cup stage
- The magnificent crowd in Nove Mesto
And more!

Ruhpolding 2025-2026 - Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast Episode 159

Ruhpolding started with an amazing Women's Relay on Wednesday and then gave us one amazing race after another. Frankly it was so amazing that it completely exhausted poor RJ so you'll unfortunately have to listen to a LOT of Jordan today. We soldiered on though and we covered almost everything including:
- That amazing Women's Relay
- Trying to figure out the remaining Olympic questions including the Norwegian and Swedish women
- A fun battle of attrition in the Men's Relay and the Estonian men break through!
- Great week for the Canadian women
- The Swedes and their amazing second trimester continues
- Dale-Skjevdal's emotional Pursuit win
- Tommaso Giacomel's big boy Sprint
- Sad Suvi but she goes to Nove Mesto still in second
- Queen Lou in total control
And of course much more!