Carlos
Pointer
29.01.13Conditions
( Snowing/raining, soft and wet snow, around -1 - 1 degrees
celsius)
The longest biathlon race had arrived! The 15km was the first race of the day! In both the 15km and 20km there are 4 shoots; prone, stand, prone and stand again. It is extremely important to shoot well because for each shot missed, a 1 min time penalty is added instead of doing the usual penalty loop.
Grant was the
only participant of the 15km race in the team (because he's a Novice)
which he came top of! After shooting well, only missing 3 targets out
of 20, he had set the standard! A high one! Great news!The longest biathlon race had arrived! The 15km was the first race of the day! In both the 15km and 20km there are 4 shoots; prone, stand, prone and stand again. It is extremely important to shoot well because for each shot missed, a 1 min time penalty is added instead of doing the usual penalty loop.
Before the 20km race had started, there was supposed to be the very popular Andi Birnbacher of Germany (last years, world number 3 in biathlon) showing up and setting off 30 seconds before me! I told my Mother, she replied with," You can do it son! Go kick his ass!" Yeah good one Mum! lol. I think he was too scared to show up :P
Everyone had a good race and even when we weren't racing we were busy cheering on the RAF ladies team and sorting out various bits of admin.
Oh and I also forgot to mention the fact that I only missed 2 shots; hitting 18/20 and claiming the National Best Shot title! Boom! One of the shots I took in prone was also without a cuff which is much more difficult to hit! Especially with a high heart rate! How do you like those apples? :P
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