Great performances from Poland and Belgium so far #Biathlon

IT'S BIATHLON SEASON

Vollering: i am going to attack you Vollering 2 secs later: flicks the elbow for someone to come through. Hard to like her really.

SWIFT!

First damselfly of the year. Also 3 GC Grebe chicks. At WWT London today

#Biathlon 7/¿ Another happy to pose for me was Ida Lien. Elvira too (but the photo was terrible). I also managed to get Ole Einar to stop for a second. Anyway, if you like the sport, but have never been, try Oslo, easy to get too, a great venue and fabulously friendly stadium.

#Biathlon 6/? Overall, one of the friendliest sports and Holmenkollen is a great venue. Hanging around afterwards (mostly to avoid the crowds heading back) meant i also managed to get Lena Haeki-Gross to pose with her medal for the pursuit

#Biathlon 5/? Other noteables... K. O. Knotten - super friendly and gave a great chat with the stadium announcer on Saturday. She happily posed for my little film camera and was just a credit to the sport

#biathlon 4/? QFM is VERY popular, with good reason... Super friendly and engages with the crowd a lot. Probably spent more time signing than racing! Chapeau! Ocean happily posed with her globe in a box.

#biathlon 3/? Chapeau to Lou for signing and having photos a couple of hours after the final race on Sunday. A true star. Good to hear the French have stopped the "Louuuuuuu" call, which sounded like booing. Also, the Fench have a song for every one of their athletes

#biathlon 2/? Some well liked athletes ran down in front of the stand or covered up to not be seen. One very popular person scampered along, waved now and then, but didn't stop even for photos, despite many cheers and requests. No names, CW.

So.. two weeks ago the #biathlon season ended in Oslo... Some thoughts on various people, as seen as a spectator... Most athletes did the "stand walk" and many stopped for photos and to sign stuff... Including JTB and Sturla. 1/?

BAT! Saw my first of the year, not hanging around on a chilly evening in SW London Pip, but not sure what. @batconservation.bsky.social #LoveBats #SignsOfSpring

Good to see Winterton continuing his dislike of Marte by refusing to name her as a winner of 5 WC Golds in biathlon... Despite her getting medals in every event. #Biathlon

Blimmin love #biathlon