Back from Muonio, the last training camp before the 2004/2005 season's kick-off
The German biathletes are back from Muonio (Finnland, 200 km north of the polar circle) and at home until they leave for Beitostoelen on Monday.
Sven reported, that they, despite of the cold, had very good training conditions. One of the test competitions had to be cancelled due to the cold - not surprising when you know that temperatures fell to -31°C. But of course it wasn't that cold every day, so training and testing of ski material had not been seriously disturbed. The conditions were definitely better than the ones in Beitostoelen, were some nations and the German women had their final season's preparation. The covering of snow was rather thin, so the athletes couldn't risk to use their best material. Of course you can't test ski material under conditions like that.
Now the start of the biathlon season is just around the corner. The atmosphere in the men's team is good, Sven has been healthy during the season's preparation and he's as motivated as he has always been. So the pre-conditions for the season are good - let's see what the next months will bring.
Here are
some photographic impressions, Sven captured in Muonio - I think you can
actually see how cold it was.
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