– The conditions are absolutely awful. There is a mixture of ice, hook and slush in the trails, so it does not look good, concludes news expert Emil Hegle Svendsen. – It is probably the worst conditions I have been in, confirms Endre Strømsheim. The biathlon has moved to Slovenian Pokljuka, and there is one thing everyone talks about: the wet weather. Tuesday’s training was canceled and the competition calendar changed. The day before Thursday’s two short normal distance, the area in the stadium is far from clear. – It can be very tough. It stops, and there will be no skiing in many places. It will be completely parody, says the world champion at the joint start, Strømsheim. The rain is down and large amounts of rainfall are expected in the next few days. At the site, the organizer struggles to remove a lot of water. – The biggest problem is that conditions are not good enough to do everything that needs to be done for the competition. I want to say that the most important thing is to get rid of the water, but when we pump out 1000 liters, we get 5000 liters down from the sky, so it’s a little difficult, admits running director in the International Biathlon Association, Borut Nunar to news on Wednesday morning. Work hard: The local organizer works day and night to get all water drained that has gathered in the stand. Photo: Anders Boine Verstad / news Elver: The rain is down and several small rivers have formed in and around the stadium. Photo: Anders Boine Verstad / news Braved Smile: Even in rainy weather you have to train. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold went for a safe rain pants on Wednesday. Photo: Anders Boine Verstad / news (not) Perfect conditions: The stand is almost flooded with water. The race director tells news that they could not rely on competitions with Wednesday’s conditions. Photo: Anders Boine Verstad / news Best dressed Photo: Anders Boine Verstad / news may have to cancel – do you think it will be possible to carry out all the competitions here? – At the moment it looks difficult, but it can change, Nunar replies, guarantees that they at least do everything they can to prepare the stadium. – I think it’s right on the border. If there had been a World Cup on these conditions, then it would have been a disaster. They must think a little, says Strømsheim. Skeptical: Change Strømsheim. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB This is the season’s second last World Cup, before the biathlon ends in Holmenkollen weekend. There is no reserve plan for the gutters in Pokljuka cannot be completed. – One question is whether we get to replace the competitions, but we are approaching the end of the season, but first we have to see what we can do here, points out Ibus’s running director. – Dispace on the men’s side, Johannes Thingnes Bø leads the World Cup overall – five small points ahead of Sturla Holm Lægreid. There are originally five individual runs – they knew that there was little snow here before we left here, and that the weather forecast reported lots of rain. So we have thought that they have a plan, but if they do not have a plan, then it is a bit of a slice boom, we can call it, says Lægreid. Water: It takes artificial snow to save the conditions in Pokljuka, Photo: Anders Boine Verstad / news – we knew about this, the weather forecast has been like that for a long time, so if they do not get it, then I will be disappointed. I expect that when they ask all nations to travel here, they have reasonable control that they are able to get skiing, says sports manager Per Arne Botnan. So does Ola Lunde. – There was more than enough snow in Nove Mesto, so when they saw the weather forecast, they might have stayed there another week, says news’s expert. Can get sleet and snow biathlon arena in Pokljuka is almost 1300 meters above sea level that the rain can turn to snow at night, before it is sleet and rain again during the day. The women should leave at 11.30, while the men’s runs are 15.15. They were actually going on Friday, but then a total of 56 millimeters of rainfall were reported and the gutter was therefore moved. – I think everyone who sees this is thinking “My God, what is this?”, But the trails in the forest are not too bad, and everyone works to remove water here in the stadium, says home team Anamarija Lampic, calling the conditions for sad. – We’ll see what happens, whether it comes rain or snow. I think it had worked to go skiing now, even though the conditions are special, says Norway’s lubrication manager Tobias Dahl Fenre. – This fits those who are ready to go to war are patient and the one who wants the most, simply. It requires even more will than usual to stand in this shit, says Emil Hegle Svendsen. Saturday is scheduled to start joint starts, while Sunday ends with a couple and mixed relay. These races should have gone the opposite day. The case is updated. The World Cup round in Pokljuka is broadcast on news. Published 12.03.2025, at. 14.40 Updated 12.03.2025, at. 17.11
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