The Penalty Loop Biathlon Podcast

The first of our preseason interviews is here and it's Regina Ermits! This was a joy! With Regina we discussed: - Regina vs. Kalev in the battle of the Ermits - How is she so good at standing shooting...

16 Sep 20241h 5min

The IBU has floated changes to how start bibs are allocated for Sprint and Individual races and it's generating some great conversation. We do our best to lay out what the changes would be as well as ...

9 Sep 20241h 5min

It's a touch late but we needed to catch up about the first half of the summer biathlon racing. We primarily focused on the recently completed 2024 Summer Worlds in Otepää but also briefly discussed B...

2 Sep 20241h 9min

It is truly a quiet time in the world of biathlon but we still found a few things to chat about including: - It's wedding season! - RJ's EXTENSIVE breakdown of Emilien Jacquelin's shooting which is no...

23 Juli 202425min

This one is for the rifle nerds out there! We had on Logan Pletz and after a short discussion on his background in biathlon it turned into a deep deep deeeeeeeeep dive on rifle construction, particula...

17 Juni 20241h 39min

We were so fortunate to be joined by the author of one of the truly unique stories in biathlon: Tara Geraghty-Moats. Sure, you might know that she was once a Nordic Combiner, but what else do you know...

3 Juni 20241h 20min

Surprise! We are back after just 1 week! This was actually a surprise for us as well as we didn't know we were recording it until we started. Today we discuss: - RJ's recent deep dive on if any nation...

27 Maj 202427min

It's time to catch up on all of the biathlon news from May 2024 including: - Dorothea Wierer continues through 2026 Olympics - Stina Nilsson back to XC skiing - Discussion of Rico Gross going to the B...

20 Maj 20241h