The Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast

Jordan and RJ reconvened multiple times over several days to catch up on all of the latest in the biathlon world including:
- Opening with recent news including: Tommaso Giacomel health updates, Retirements, Coaching changes
- One more look back at the 2026 Olympic Games. What surprised us in our reassessment?
- Preview of the Third Trimester and what we think might happen including looking at a few Globe races
- Checking in on the Junior Worlds
- Gro Randby's interesting season

The final race at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games is yet another thrilling one.
- We say goodbye to two absolute legends: Dorothea Wierer and Franziska Preuss
- Oceane Michelon wins another medal and many more hearts with a brilliant gold
- Julia Simon digs deep to find the strength to chase down silver
- Tereza Vobornikova wins a beautiful bronze medal
- Anna Magnusson comes up just short once again for Sweden
- We celebrate some other high achievers including Anna Andexer and Anne de Besche
And More!

Last race of the men for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics and it was another special (and history making!) one
- Johannes Dale-Skjevdal gives us all the feels with his first career 20/20 and the gold
- Quentin Fillon Maillet another fantastic skiing day brings him his 1st career bronze and moves him to 2nd in career Olympic medals
- Sturla Holm Laegreid ties for the most medals in a single Olympic Games with another silver
- Hard luck for Philipp Horn who came so close!
- Very tough scenes for Tommaso Giacomel
- The Swedish men end their Games quietly
- Jacquelin is once again Jacquelin
- Campbell Wright has some fun at the end
And more!

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

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!