Saturday, November 28th in Kontiolahti, Finland. It’s the start of the season on the IBU World Cup circuit. The women line up for the individual race. Great, she’s among the early starters, we’ll likely see her and take screen grabs for a picture.
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Jules Burnotte a un potentiel fou.
Pour s’en convaincre, il faut cependant décoder son parcours atypique. Intello universitaire, citoyen conscientisé aux enjeux environnementaux, coureur, skieur et franc-tireur, le voici qui s’apprête à entamer sa 3e saison en Coupe du monde IBU, pourvu qu’il se qualifie la semaine prochaine à Canmore.
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Jules Burnotte – Andrei Ivanov
C’est le genre de nouvelle qui passe relativement inaperçue. Mais d’ici quelques années, on dira que c’est en 2020 que le Centre national d’entraînement Pierre Harvey (CNEPH) accueillit son premier athlète autre que fondeur.
Jules Burnotte – Andrei Ivanov
Jules Burnotte, member of Biathlon Canada’s National Team, announced Monday that he will be joining the Centre national d’entraînement Pierre Harvey (CNEPH) for the summer.
He becomes the first ever athlete other than cross-country skier to join this top notch national training center.
Jules Burnotte (photo: Andrei Ivanov)
Jules Burnotte y est presque.
La saison dernière, il a cogné à la porte de la Coupe du monde de l’Union internationale de biathlon (IBU) et il y a mis un solide pied en ce début de saison 2019-2020.
On sent qu’il manque encore un petit quelque chose, mais quoi?
Adam Runnalls – (Photo- Daniel S. Guay)
Adam Runnalls had just finished the Men’s Sprint in the Val Ridanna IBU Cup, two weeks ago. Top Canadian in 33rd place.
“Yeah it was a good one, he wrote, skiing felt really good today, fast skis made it easy to glide up these long 1 skate climbs and the new offset we learned this summer helped with the steep hills.”
New offset? Who taught you that? “Justin Wadsworth our head coach over the summer”, he replied.
Justin Wadsworth (photo: Biathlon Canada)
The first semestre of races is done on the IBU World Cup circuit (and IBU Cup).
Number of athletes stayed in Europe over Christmas and are now back training in Obertilliach, Austria, for the January block of races. Biathlon Canada’s Head Coach Justin Wadsworth and National Coach Pavel Lantsov (shooting specialist) reflect on a rocky start for their athletes who have been slowed down by sickness.
