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Jake Brown: Carrying Confidence Into the Season
JAKE BROWN: CARRYING CONFIDENCE INTO THE SEASONNovember in Finland is a fascinating time, with limited daylight, big snowflakes falling from the heavens, and an electr...
Lowell Bailey: Let the Season Begin
There is a high level of anticipation at the U.S. Biathlon Team training camp in Vuokatti, Finland, with both the IBU World Cup and IBU Cup series about to begin. Comi...
John Farra: Growing the Sport
From a nationwide laser rifle program to club development tools and a new online-based education center, U.S. Biathlon sport development efforts are resulting in stron...
Deedra Irwin: Joy of Biathlon
A standout cross country runner and skier from Wisconsin, Deedra Irwin picked up biathlon at age 25. Now, seven years later, her poise and confidence are readily appar...
Susan Dunklee: Evolution of a New Coach
Just three years ago, Susan Dunklee was a regular on the IBU World Cup Biathlon tour. Today, she’s evolving into a formative biathlon coach at the Craftsbury Outdoor C...
Armin Auchentaller: Steppingstone to the Future
The 2023-24 season was filled with athletic advancement with personal bests across both men’s and women’s team. And with the IBU World Cup in the books, the team has h...
Vincent Bonacci: Bringing it Home on Home Snow
Every biathlete dreams of skiing into the range and having the crowd roar with each shot. Doing it on the snow where you grew up is all the sweeter! At the IBU World C...
World Cup Comes to America
This weekend American fans will be trackside at Utah’s Olympic and Paralympic venue of Soldier Hollow as the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon tour comes to the USA for the f...
Globetrotting with Elias and Emily
Imagine being 17 or 18 years old and traveling the world, living your life out of a duffel bag while pursuing the sport you love. That’s the life of Alaskan Elias Soul...
Susan Dunklee: Evolution of a Coach
For over a decade, Susan Dunklee was a prominent face of the U.S. Biathlon Team, competing in three Olympics and winning silver at the 2017 IBU Biathlon World Champion...
Tim Burke: Development for the Future
If the recent U.S. Biathlon Trials event at Mt. Itasca Winter Sports Center is any indicator, athlete development is on the upswing. Record numbers of athletes were on...
Grace Castonguay: A New Pathway to Biathlon
There are many routes into biathlon. Grace Castonguay is part of a new generation of athletes who are finding the sport and moving quickly up the ranks. A passionate r...
Margie Freed: From XC to Biathlon
In the long term plan for U.S. Biathlon, talent transfer is a big topic – cross country ski racers trying biathlon. How practical is it? Well, just look at the example...
Maddie Phaneuf: The Joy of Coaching
Longtime U.S. Biathlon Team athlete Maddie Phaneuf grappled with her life’s direction after retiring. A full time move into coaching wasn’t really in her plan. But, to...
Fede Fontana: Farewell to Fluorocarbons
After several years of preparation, the IBU 2023-24 season will begin with a full ban on fluorocarbons, which have been used for decades. What will change for teams? H...
Lowell Bailey: Sustained Competitive Excellence
In 2017, Lowell Bailey’s World Championships gold helped ignite the sport across America. Today, as high performance director for U.S. Biathlon, Bailey remains at the ...
Campbell Wright: Kiwi in America
Walk into a room with Campbell Wright and you’re struck first by his Kiwi accent, his lighthearted approach to life and his confidence. The junior world champion was b...
Jack Gierhart Leads U.S. Biathlon's Next Chapter
Jack Gierhart, a highly respected Olympic sport leader, heads into his second season as president and CEO of U.S. Biathlon eager to take his first year experience and ...
Maxime Germain: Breakthrough Season
Maxime Germain: A Breakthrough SeasonIf you’re a skier or passionate outdoor enthusiast, two of the coolest places in the world are Chamonix and Alaska. U.S. Biathlon ...
Paul Schommer: Road to Recovery
Injuries are a part of sport. It’s something every athlete faces at some point. This past winter, Olympic biathlete Paul Schommer cut his season short with an early Ma...
New Ariens Nordic Center
The family-owned Wisconsin company Ariens is known worldwide as the King of Snow for its reliable, hard-working snow blowers. After an introduction to biathlon at Ruhp...
Oksana Masters: The Hard Parts
One of the most successful winter Paralympic athletes with nine cross country and five biathlon Olympic medals, Team USA's Oksana Masters has documented her remarkable...
Biathlon World Champs Preview
The IBU Biathlon World Championships are underway in Oberhof, Germany. For the U.S. Biathlon Team, six world championship veterans will combine with four first-timers ...
Vincent Bonacci: World Champs Debut
The IBU Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof are underway, with a U.S. Biathlon Team mixed with veterans and rookies. One of those newcomers, Vincent Bonacci, earne...
Tara Geraghty-Moats: Back to Biathlon
Two years ago Tara Geraghty-Moats was the number one women's nordic combined skier in the world when she made the call to return to her biathlon roots. Today, she's ma...
Fede Fontana: Inside the Wax Cabin
At any BMW IBU World Cup, the wax cabin is the heart and soul of the competition. U.S. Biathlon's legendary service technician Fede Fontana takes Heartbeat listeners b...
Sarah Lewis: World Comes to Lake Placid
This week 1,500 athletes from 50 nations are competing in Lake Placid at the biggest multisport winter event in America since the 2002 Olympics as the Adirondack villa...
Matt Dougherty: Biathlon and Books at PSC
A small college just outside the Olympic village of Lake Placid is starting to shake up the biathlon and nordic ski world. U.S. Biathlon has named Paul Smith's College...
John Farra: Building the Biathlon Base
A key component of U.S. Biathlon's 2030 strategic plan is building the biathlon base. Olympian John Farra knows that landscape well. His new role as sport development ...
Armin Auchentaller: Season Preview
A record five women and four men will open the BMW IBU World Cup at Kontiolahti in late November. U.S. Biathlon Team head coach Armin Auchentaller takes a look inside ...