Biathlon Alberta
203 Bob Niven Training Centre, 88 Canada Olympic Rd SW T3B 5R5 Calgary, AB, Canada

Are you ready for some biathlon during breakfast? The next World Championship races in Pokljuka (SLO) are coming up this weekend! Saturday: Women's Sprint, 06:30 am (MST)... Sunday: Men's Pursuit, 05:15 am (MST) Women's Pursuit, 07:30 am (MST) You can follow the races as always at www.biathlonworld.com Enjoy the races, cheer for our athletes, stay warm and have a nice long weekend!

Please see the message from Sport Calgary below and help them promote our sport by telling them why you love biathlon! All details below: Sport Calgary, in partnership with Rocky Mountain Racers, Alberta Biathlon Club, Calgary Nordic Alliance and Foothills Nordic Ski Club, is putting together a digital event that provides Calgarians with a virtual introduction to the sport of biathlon. We are looking for enthusiastic athletes or biathlon volunteers to submit short video resp...onses answering one of the following questions: Why did you choose biathlon? What’s your favourite part about biathlon? What advice would you give to someone looking to try biathlon for the first time? Videos can be recorded on any device (smartphone, DSLR, etc.) - These short videos will be used for marketing and promotion purpose, for a compilation of video clips or as is, and will be made public on sportcalgary.ca and social media platforms (e.g. Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube...) Please submit as many videos as you want no later than Thursday, February 18th at https://sportcalgary1-my.sharepoint.com//Eshws1q6SkhJtkszz

Get the cowbells ready and warn your neighbors! Tomorrow 6.30am (MST) will be the start of the Men's Sprint race! We wish the Biathlon Canada team the best possible race day!

Are you as excited as we are that we get the chance to welcome the biathlon world to our home province? 2 IBU Cup weekends in 2023 and 1 World Cup weekend in 2024 will give us the chance to showcase our beautiful Alberta and host the best biathletes in the world!!!! https://www.biathlonworld.com//biathlon-calendar-2022-2023... Travel Alberta Biathlon Canada Biathlonworld

And the party becomes even bigger!!! Set your alarm early and get the coffee machine to run extra shifts! Biathlonworld World Cup and IBU Cup are on tomorrow! Cheer for your Alberta/Canadian athletes!!... At the World Cup, the women will follow the men and race their Sprint race tomorrow morning at 06:30 am (MST). Make sure that you are watching from the beginning as Calgary's Megan Bankes will go with #3 into the race! The other athletes are Emma Lunder (#42), Sarah Beaudry (#73) and Nadia Moser (#88). The IBU Cup kicks off the 2020-21 season in Arber (GER) and the 135 Women start already at 02:30 am (MST). The 3 female athletes for Canada are Darya Sepandj (#52), Shilo Rousseau (#97) and Zoe Pekos (#114). The men follow at 06:00 am (MST) and representing Biathlon Canada will be Aidan Millar (#8), Jules Burnotte (#13), Alex Dupuis (#47), Matt Strum (#89), Toby Quinn (#136). We wish all athletes the best possible race and we will cheer loud for you. We will cheer extra loud for current Biathlon Alberta Training Centre athlete, Toby Quinn, who is racing his first IBU Cup tomorrow!

It was a strong start for team Canada today in the mixed relay. The Gow brothers showed their strong form today putting Canada in the podium spots for the firs...t two legs. Scott Gow tagged off to Nadia Moser in 4th, who maintained the position until the second of her shootings, where the ski speed became just too fast. She tagged off to Emma Lunder in 11th place, who showed her form as well bringing Canada back to 8th place. The team showed that the pre World Champs training camp was a success, and gives us a glimpse towards the good things to come in Pokljuka 2021! C’était un bon départ pour Équipe Canada aujourd’hui dans le relais mixte. Les frères Gow ont montré leur solide forme aujourd’hui en plaçant le Canada sur le podium pour les deux premiers échanges. Scott Gow a échangé avec Nadia Moser en 4ième , qui a maintenu la position jusqu’à son deuxième tir, où la vitesse de ski est devenue tout simplement trop rapide. Elle a échangé avec Emma Lunder en 11ième place, qui a démontré sa forme ainsi ramener le Canada à la 8ième place. L’équipe a montré que le camp d’entraînement pré Championnat du monde a été un succès, et nous donne un aperçu des bonnes choses à venir à Pokljuka 2021! See more

SCOTT GOW, 39th, TOP CANADIAN Scott Gow lead the Canadian squad with a 39th place in the IBU WC Men's Sprint Wednesday in Oberhof, Germany. Scott (9/10) crossed... the line 2 min 4 s behind winner J.T. Boe (10/10), a 51st win for the Norwegian king. Other Canadians: 52- @christ_gow (9/10) 65- Adam Runnalls - Biathlete (8/10) 76- Trevor Kiers - Biathlete (8/10) Biathlon Canada @biathloncanadaofficial #biathlon #canada

Don't forget this Biathlonworld race weekend starts already tomorrow! The men's Sprint will start at 06:30 am (MST) and you can cheer for the following Biathlon Canada athletes: Trevor Kiers (#17)... Christian Gow (#38) Scott Gow (#77) Adam Runnalls (#93) All the best gentlemen! The women will follow on Thursday!

Only one more week to register for the Special General Meeting which is scheduled for January 18, 2021. If you are a Biathlon Alberta member and are 17years old or older in 2021, please join us to cast your vote! http://biathlon.ca//have-you-registered-for-the-special-g/

We just received the information that we will receive tomorrow morning an update about a possible training exemption from the Alberta Government for our Alberta clubs. We will inform club leaders and coaches as soon as we know more. Stay tuned! #biathlonfamily #biathlon

Cancellation update: All refunds for Calforex Cup #1 have been issued on our end. Please check your credit card in the next days as it might take a few days until you see the payment on your statement. ... Should you not see the refund on your account by mid/end-next week, please contact Elmar ([email protected]) for help!

The Christmas break is over and the Biathlonworld World Cup starts into its first race weekend of 2021! Biathlon Canada's team is in Oberhof (GER) and the women and men will start into the race weekend with Sprint races. Everyone that wants to watch the races live will have to set the alarms early again!... The women start at 3:30 am (MST): Megan Bankes (#10 start: 3:35:00 am) Emma Lunder (#31 start: 3:45:30 am) Sarah Beaudry (#65 start: 4:02:30 am) Nadia Moser (#96 start: 4:18:00 am) The men will follow with the first starter at 6:15:30 am (MST): Scott Gow (#10 start: 6:20:00 am) Christian Gow (#23 start: 6:26:30 am) Adam Runnalls (#74 start: 6:52:00 am) Trevor Kiers (#105 start: 7:07:30 am) We wish all the Canadian athletes a great race but especially former BATC member, Trevor Kiers, who will race his very first World Cup tomorrow!

As we are waiting to hear from the Alberta Government if there is a chance that our clubs can continue with their training after Tuesday's restrictions announcement, let's not forget that Biathlon Canada team will start in 2 days into the World Cup season in Kontiolahti (FIN). To shorten the wait on political decisions and the start of the Biathlonworld race, here the link to the 2019 Women's Sprint race!

It is race week!!! We wish the Biathlon Canada Senior National Team all the best for the upcoming Biathlonworld World Cup season! We will make sure that you will hear us cheering for these 10 athletes and of course extra loud for the 7 Biathlon Alberta members!

Have you registered for the 2021 Special General Meeting that is scheduled for January 18th? If not, please follow the link and make your voice count.

CANCELLATION: The race Calforex Cup #1 & #2 weekends had to be cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. All athletes will receive a full refund in the next days!... Biathlon Alberta would like to thank the Organizing Committee for their efforts to put these races on and we hope that we will see you at a later point in the season in Canmore!

The registration for our Calforex Cup #2 weekend is opening tonight at 08:00 pm! You can find all the important information here:

Sliding straight into the weekend! We wish you a great weekend! Enjoy our great outdoors and stay healthy and safe! #biathlonfamily #biathlon

Although the latest COVID-19 restrictions affect the sports world they are not affecting our events. We are still full of hope that our Calforex Cup events in Canmore can move forward and plan with the Organizing Committee the safest possible event for all participants! Please find the invitation for the Calforex Cup #2 on our website! The registration will open on Monday evening at 08:00 pm!

It is not too late to support the Biathlon Canada Senior National Team at their 2020-21 Shoot for Gold fundraiser! The raised money will go towards the athletes and supports them during their 2020-21 World Cup season! Only 2 more days!

Great to see so many athletes are ready to race! 100 of the total 150 spots for our Calforex Cup #1 at the end of the month are already sold! Don't wait too long if you want to be apart of the race!