Winter sports season 2016/17

[ogii55]

Winter sports are comming and the seasons already started. Here is a thread where we may exchange opinions.

I will start with the first round of Biathlon World cup

10 km sprint Men

Wiestner - Iliev 2.85 Pinnacle

Iliev leads the H2H from last season in sprints with 5:4, so this is pretty close, better than the odds. The current form of both is also pretty equal. They participated in the mixed relay, where both of them were one against other. Wiestner needed 3 bullets against 3 for Iliev, but still managed to give a slightly better times.

[ogii55]

Sprint 7.5 km W

Koukalova - Dahlmeyer 2.55 Pinnacle

Great odds for Koukalova, who won the World cup in sprint last season with huge advantage over the others. In the H2H in sprint events Koukalova beat Dahlmeyer 3:2. Dahlmeyer is the favorite because her win in 15 km individual event two days ago. The German is very good, but her percentage of shooting is worst in the sprint. Also in 15 km event the skiing time of both was pretty equal with very small edge for the German. 50/50 clash with sweet odds for Koukalova. Koukalova went to the training range yesterday to improve and I am sure she will be far better today.