Hi Everyone-

the first races—the Youth Women and Men Individual–  are tomorrow morning [9 hrs earlier than CST] and from the IBU webpage it appears they are now scheduled for 1:00 am YW CST and 4:30 am YM. That is two hours earlier than previously indicated—not sure why—could be the extra 2 hrs in time zone to Belarus from CET. In any case—I don’t know if they will be Televised—possibly they will put a recap on tv—and they might do some TV on  Youth with the sprint or pursuit races. They normally do put up the Junior races live.

It might be possible to get the scoreboard as it plays out if you want to get up that early. Go to the IBU webpage, go to live results, and under IBU data center—go to live now. If the race you are looking for is there—click on that and then you can scroll to the time splits for each lap—usually broken down into several sections—the range showing the shooting for everyone as it happens—and the current standings at the finish. Keep in mind the early starters may be pushed down by later starters. I believe they are using a 45 sec penalty for the Youth fields and the normal 1 minute for the Junior fields. Normally that is added in as they miss—so a sudden jump in running time is usually caused by a miss on the range as it happens.

The remainder of the races use the 150 meter penalty loop for missed shots.

The start lists are currently posted for morning. 84 YW and 89 YM. I didn’t count the nations…some don’t send Youth or just a few, just Juniors.

Bill Meyer