There are two things to like about Annecy; one is the annual Martin Fourcade Nordic Festival — an invitational biathlon and cross country skiing competition, always attracting the world’s top athletes in both disciplines — and the lake, especially the running/bicycle trail by the trail. Annecy is a beautiful town, […]
This was the third time Martin Fourcade Nordic Festival was organized in Annecy, and the third time we attended. This year’s lineups for both biathlon and cross-country sprint races were quite impressive. There was supposed to be two Finnish biathlets, but on the race day we heard that one of […]
The snow situation near here has been quite poor this winter, so we booked our last week of winter vacation in Les Saisies, Savoie department, which has been much more fortunate with snow. Today our plans received a major blow as following the prime minister’s speech yesterday, the ski resorts […]
After returning from the Biathlon World Cup in Antholz-Anterselva last Spring, we bought tickets to this year’s World Championships, and began a long wait to revisit this lovely area in South Tyrol (Alto Adige) in Northern Italy. This time it was quite different, though: there were far more races and […]
The inaugural Martin Fourcade Nordic Festival took place at Le Pâquier in Annecy this past weekend (Aug 31 – Sep 1). The first day of the festival comprised of Biathlon mass starts, both women and men, and cross country sprints, as well both women and men. Our number one female […]
We spent four lovely days in Northern Italy in the province called South Tirol or Südtirol in German or Alto Adige in Italian. Even if it is located in Italy, practically everyone spoke German, and all signs and place names were both in Italian and German. It took us one […]
We spent four days attending the third biathlon world cup of the season in the village of Le Grand Bornand in Haute-Savoie department in France. We did not stay overnight in the village but in Annecy about 20 kilometers away, and commuted to the stadium every morning and back […]
Today we spent a few hours watching future martinfourcades and mariedorinhaberts in the making in regional biathlon championships at Col de Porte biathlon stadium. There were four race categories: U12 and U14, both with mixed relay of 3 biathletes, and U10 and U16, with single mixed relay with one shooting. […]
This post is about our winter vacation in Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti, North Karelia, Finland. This was the first time we attended a winter sport event of this scale. There were some serious problems in the organization on the first major event day — long lines for toilets, food […]