Biathlon: a new look for Norway at the Loop One Festival in Munich
Currently on a training camp at the Col de Lavazè (Italy), the Norwegians will interrupt this high altitude gathering at the end of the week to take part in the Loop One Festival in Munich (Germany).
As only four biathletes per gender can be selected for this event, not the entire Scandinavian squad will be travelling to Bavaria. According to an announcement made on Thursday by theNorwegian Biathlon Association, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Maren Kirkeeide, Ragnhild Femsteinevik, Sturla Holm Lægreid, Isak Frey, Johannes Dale-Skjevdal, Vebjoern Soerum and Martin Uldal have been selected.
The group is completed by Karoline Knotten, who was dropped from the national team in the spring and is therefore not in Italy at the moment. The remaining biathletes include Juni Arnekleiv, Marthe Kraakstad Johansen, Ida Lien, Endre Stroemsheim, Johan-Olav Botn and Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen.
Norway’s selection for the Loop One Festival in Munich 🇩🇪
Men
- Sturla Holm Lægreid (Bærums Skiklub) 🇳🇴
- Johannes Dale-Skjevdal (Fet SK) 🇳🇴
- Isak Frey (Bærums Skiklub) 🇳🇴
- Vebjoern Soerum (Søndre Ål sportsklubb) 🇳🇴
- Martin Uldal (Birkenes IL) 🇳🇴
Ladies
- Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (Fossum IF) 🇳🇴
- Ragnhild Femsteinevik (Hålandsdal IL) 🇳🇴
- Maren Kirkeeide (Markane IL) 🇳🇴
- Karoline Knotten (Vingrom IL) 🇳🇴
The programme for the Loop One Festival in Munich 🇩🇪
Saturday 18th October
- 11:00: 4 all biathlon
- 12.15pm: seated para-biathlon relay
- 12.55pm: Para biathlon single mixed relay for the visually impaired
- 13:35: men’s para biathlon standing mass-start
- 16:00: young men’s mass-start
- 16:30: young women’s mass-start
- 17:00: Para-biathlon and youth prize-giving ceremonies
Sunday 19 October
- 10:20-10:50: Men’s shooting trials
- 11.00: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat 1
- 11.20am: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat 2
- 11.40am: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 3
- 12.00: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 4
- 12.20pm-12.50pm: Women’s shooting trials
- 13:00: Ladies’ super sprint qualifying heat 1
- 1.20pm: Women’s super sprint qualifying heat 2
- 1.40pm: Women’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 3
- 2.00 pm: women’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 4
- 3.42pm: men’s super sprint final
- 4.23pm: Women’s super sprint final
- 5pm: prize-giving ceremony
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- The Summer Tour of La Féclaz rather than the Loop One Festival in Munich for Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
- Germany with Franziska Preuss, Justus Strelow, Selina Grotian and Janina Hettich-Walz for the Loop One Festival, Vanessa Voigt absent
- Great Britain with Shawna Pendry and Matthew Chronicle at the Loop One Festival in Munich
- “They’re going there to give it their all”: Karl Tabouret and Benjamin Daviet at the start of the Loop One Festival in Munich on 18 October
- Loop One Festival: Belgium with Maya Cloetens, Florent Claude, Lotte Lie and Thierry Langer
- Finland, led by Suvi Minkkinen, six for the Loop One Festival
- Loop One Festival: Italy in Munich with Lisa Vittozzi, Tommaso Giacomel and Dorothea Wierer
- Loop One Festival: the Czech Republic without Marketa Davidova, but with Tereza Vobornikova, Michal Krcmar and Vitezslav Hornig
- Australia represented at Munich’s Loop One Festival
- Munich: Slovenia with Anamarija Lampic, but without Jakov Fak for the Loop One Festival
- Loop One Festival: Sweden selects Ella Halvarsson and Martin Ponsiluoma, the Oeberg sisters and Sebastian Samuelson stay at home
- Loop One Festival: three Americans to take part in Munich show, no Canadians
- Without Sebastian Stalder and Niklas Hartweg, with Lena Haecki-Gross: Switzerland’s selection for the Loop One Festival
- Loop One Festival: Austria led by Simon Eder and Lisa Theresa Hauser, Anna Gandler also selected
