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This podcast takes you on journey through the biathlon season. We’ll talk skiing, shooting, history, politics, psychology, physiology, climate, drama and more... Past episodes cover 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons.
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The 2024/25 Biathlon World Cup season starts in a few days' time! In this episode, host Lizzie Boyle gets ready for the upcoming season and dives into the geography of sport: how landscapes, borders, climate, nations and people shape the world of sport and how sport in turn shapes the world around it. There's also a touch of Karelian folklore and an unexpected shoutout to the Finnish tango scene...
You can find a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mGrKXXs0_RDt2OaITClkPsxVsn90qVcM/view?usp=drive_link
Welcome (back) to biathlon! In this episode, host Lizzie Boyle goes back to basics on biathlon to give new listeners everything you need to follow this incredible sport through the 2023/24 Biathlon and Para-Biathlon World Cup season. You'll also get some insights into the language of sport: from champions battling for supremacy to those who play for bacon and beans...
You can download a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JLDBQQmKH4CwS_gBLeSaQVA24_RGXyBy/view?usp=sharing
In this episode, we journey back to Albertville and the 1992 Winter Olympic Games: the first time that women's biathlon was included in the Olympiad. We'll explore the zeitgeist of 1992, watch an Olympic race together and find out what happened to Hola, the missing goat...
The video for this episode is at https://tinyurl.com/biathlon1992
And there's a transcript at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ivlNkyy_87avlucKPbjaWR9Rrt4j9ORG/view?usp=sharing
This Biathlon Backstory takes us back to January 1979 to go behind the scenes at the Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding. Join us in the press centre, around the tracks, at the opening and closing ceremonies and possibly even at the range...
This episode is based on a video of the race which you can find at https://tinyurl.com/biathlon1979 - thanks to Anton Plenk for posting the video on YouTube.
You can find a transcript of the episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/19x2TtatmZLYFFgl8oKI-7pIC5_4a920E/view?usp=sharing
Welcome to the second in our out-of-season Biathlon Backstories - in which we explore great races and moments from the history of biathlon. This episode, we go back to January 2002 to watch the World Cup Women's Pursuit from Oberhof. A chance to reminisce over names like Forsberg, Disl, Zubrilova and Poiree - or to meet them for the very first time...
This episode is based on a video of the race which you can find at https://tinyurl.com/biathlon2002 or by searching 'women's pursuit oberhof 2002' on YouTube. The video was originally broadcast by Eurosport.
You can find a transcript at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AyUzVmDYZ41Nki2np3uUGClRf0Eppx25/view?usp=share_link
Welcome to the first of our Biathlon Backstories - in which we explore great races and moments from the history of biathlon. This episode, we go back to 1958 and the first ever Biathlon World Championships.
This episode is based on archive footage of the race, which you can find at https://tinyurl.com/biathlon1958 or by searching 'biathlon 1958' on YouTube.
You can find a transcript at https://drive.google.com/file/d/11iYQ9PqEKCbR_bwVujimpqxl8N3i2Npk/view?usp=sharing
It's the season finale of Ski Shoot Repeat! Host Lizzie Boyle reflects on the racing in Oslo last weekend and the season as a whole, shining a light on the year's champions and some emerging stars of the sport. The word "ridiculous" gets used a LOT...
You can download a transcript of this episode from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VI31b86L-5zJEx8A328qL_5g2NI02rGY/view?usp=sharing
In this episode, host Lizzie Boyle continues an deep dive into the philosophy of sport, exploring ethics, aesthetics, violence as well as make-up, Benedikt Doll's nodding head and the week's events from Ostersund.
You can find a transcript at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_j0IQXm_3kYnonJ5U0JGjXjVhBZOiIGi/view?usp=share_link
This week, host Lizzie Boyle gets lost in the world of philosophy, exploring what sport is, what it means, and how we can think about its structures and systems. We've got Plato, Heidegger, Rawls, Camus and a bunch of biathlon stuff too.
You might find the transcript helpful for this one! It's at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jpuvtwnI2gK5ELJU9ydj6D0qf7t6a7oL/view?usp=share_link
In this episode, host Lizzie Boyle explores what it takes to keep the biathlon show on the road: all the logistics involved in moving athletes, spectators, equipment and media between venues week in, week out. We also talk a little bit about circuses, and look ahead to the racing in Nove Mesto later this week!
You can view a PDF transcript at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lS1Gaq0R85pLeChYuVaBUIj90BwJ5fqy/view?usp=share_link
This week, Lizzie Boyle looks back at the World Championships in Oberhof - including reviewing predictions made before the championships began. She also explores the history and possible future of sports broadcasting and gives a wintersports shoutout to Mickey Mouse...
You can find a transcript pdf at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tmoRrFMiIpCFpiFtJEf5oVW1W1bYFNWJ/view?usp=share_link
This week we turn our attention to the Biathlon World Championships, which start in Oberhof, Germany on 8 February. Join host Lizzie Boyle for some history, some reminiscences and some predictions - bold and not so bold - for the marquee event of the season.
You can find a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I_j5oZAWlWB-YUyKTb77lSCqItiTzg7o/view?usp=share_link
This week: a biathlon podcast with no biathlon...
Instead, we journey through the snow. Host Lizzie Boyle explores the cultural, historical and social importance of snow, with forays into poetry, literature, TV, movies, sociology, language and just a tiny bit of science.
You can download a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/16hYnODmR-m-lcnZfFMkPgI4DQeRvF7Uk/view?usp=share_link
Host Lizzie Boyle explores the family connections in biathlon, in particular, why do younger siblings perform better than their older brothers or sisters?
You can find a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PApTf6ja-rhRaUGw12Z9kOAjav1inBAm/view?usp=share_link
This week, host Lizzie Boyle takes us on a journey through the history of women in sport, including women in biathlon, and asks what's next in building a fairer and more just sport and society? She also looks back to the racing in Ruhpolding and ahead to this week's stop in Antholz.
You can find a transcript of this week's episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tzyf45JElOAV1scyKSbNEiczi0l223cC/view?usp=share_link
This week, host Lizzie Boyle explores physiology, anatomy and biology to see what it takes to build your own biathlete. She also reflects on last week's racing in Pokljuka and looks ahead to the action in Ruhpolding, Germany this week.
You can download a transcript of this episode from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q05FZHHxzy283EmCn2n9X3pJYDDUZiO9/view?usp=sharing
Lizzie Boyle starts the new year with predictions for this week's biathlon in Pokljuka, Slovenia, then goes round the world through over a dozen sports to ask: what makes some nations better at sport than others?
Transcript at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYSaI1pGr3XfzhcehiHNQfz_fm0Aq5oy/view?usp=sharing
A weekend of biathlon in Annecy Le Grand Bornand and a quick trip through history, chemistry, geography and material science in search of the perfect ski suit and immaculately waxed skis... In Episode 5 of Ski Shoot Repeat, host Lizzie Boyle asks: is this better living through chemistry?
You can find a transcript of this episode at https:// drive.google.com/file/d/1LrsVdeRZ1Ksr57agcoVx9wREIEiztrmr/view?usp=share_link
In this week's episode, host Lizzie Boyle reflects on the weekend's racing in Hochfilzen and looks ahead to the competitions at Annecy Le Grand Bornand. Our deep dive this week is into psychology - in particular, what happens to biathletes - and to all of us - when we're under pressure, why do we choke, and what can we do to avoid it?
You can download a transcript of this episode from https: //drive.google.com/file/d/1U4ugQQcCs7oG6R2i__CwNeLdvKkor3m8/view?usp=share_link
The biathlon season is under way, and the first week's racing in Kontiolahti, Finland brought its share of surprises. In this episode, Lizzie Boyle looks back on the opening races and reflects on what it means to be an underdog, why we are drawn to their stories and why they aren't always what they seem.
You can download a transcript of this episode from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FtBS1ugIEXcQsFC8VAwbGo6896WDGxyO/view?usp=share_link
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