http://www.usbiathlon.org/ USBiathlon.org provides up to date stories and links to results of national and international Biathlon events. http://www.usbiathlon.org/images/biathart/usba_smallest.jpg http://www.usbiathlon.org http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=48 Summary: Pokljuka (Bled), Slovenia, January 21. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), after missing the podium in yesterday’s Pursuit competition, came back even stronger in today’s 15K Mass Start competition, finishing sixth with the best US Biathlon result since January, 2000. See Photos http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=47 Pokljuka (Bled), Slovenia, January 20. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), after being in fifth position before the final shooting stage finished a frustrated 11th today, 1:22.3 behind the winner, Christoph Sumann of Austria, in the Men’s 12.5K Pursuit competition. See Photos. http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?EventID=BT0607SCEUCP04&HTML=1&Raceid=BT0607SCEUCP04SWPU&TableHeader=1&ListTitles=1 In the final stages of the World Championship Team Selection Tracy Barnes leads the women's team. See results from the European Cup. http://web.mac.com/maxkcobb/iWeb/Site/Podcast/00C22865-F204-411F-97D4-CBC920167DAB.html Tim Burke Started in his first Mass Start competition at the Ruhpolding World Cup, an honor reserved for athletes ranked in the top 30. Max Cobb, USBA Executive Director, catches up with Tim after his race, hearing about getting crashed by a Frenchman as well as Tim thoughts about the upcoming World Championships. See Photos! http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=43 Pokljuka (Bled), Slovenia, January 18. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) after 23rd in Sunday’s Mass Start at Ruhpolding, came back today with his second best ever World Cup result, 13th place in Men’s 10K Sprint. See Photos! http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=41 Ruhpolding, Germany, January 14. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) suffered another time and energy consuming crash in the first 2.5K of the 15K Mass Start competition today, but regained his composure to finish 23rd, 3:00.1 behind Ole Einar Bjorndalen of Norway. SEE PHOTOS http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=40 Ruhpolding, Germany, January 13. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), with 29th place in the Men’s 10K Sprint today, continued his climb back from a sub-par December with his third World Cup Point scoring effort in a row today. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=37 Ruhpolding, Germany, January 11. Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) crossed the finish line today in 7th place in the Men’s 4 X 7.5K Relay with a broad smile and a raised ski pole as the stadium announcer described the US finish as, “sensational,” several times. SEE NEW PHOTOS! http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=35 Oberhof, Germany, January 7. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), with only one standing penalty today, moved up from 32nd position before the final standing shooting stage to finish 29th in the Men’s 12.5K Pursuit competition. See photos. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=34 Oberhof, Germany, January 6. Tim Burke ( Paul Smiths, NY) started 2007 in the same manner that he finished last year, with an strong performance ,finishing 19th place in today’s 10K Sprint, while Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) had his best result of the season, finishing 24th. See photos with the story. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=33 Oberhof, Germany, January 5. Lanny Barnes (Durango, CO) finished 66th today, under miserable conditions, in the Women’s 7.5K Sprint, despite recording four penalties. See photos with the story. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=32 Oberhof, Germany, January 4. The US Men’s 4 X 7.5K Relay team finished ninth tonight matching their finish from last February’s Olympic Winter Games. See photos with the story http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=24 Hochfilzen, Austria, December 15. Through the first two World Cup competitions of the new season, the US Biathlon Team, led by Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) is off to a fast start going into the holiday break. Three men, Burke, Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY), and Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK), as well as one woman, Lanny Barnes (Durango, CO) has qualified for the 2007 Biathlon World Championships, scheduled for early February. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=23 Hochfilzen, Austria, December 10. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY),after two weeks of outstanding performances today shocked everyone in the Hochfilzen biathlon stadium with an extremely competitive first relay leg, eventually tagging off in fifth position, just 21.7 seconds off the lead. http://www.usbiathlon.org/ See Results from the second North American Cup and the first European Cup where US athletes are racing. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=21 Hochfilzen, Austria, December 9. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), once again finished in the top 20 in today’s Men’s 12.5K Pursuit, as the first major snowstorm of the season hit this valley in Austria’s Tirol region. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=20 Hochfilzen, Austria, December 8. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), led teammates Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY, and Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) into US Biathlon history as the trio finished 10th, 18th,and 21st,today in the Men’s 10K Sprint. This is the first time three US Biathletes finished in the top 25 in the same World Cup competition. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=17 Hochfilzen, Austria, December 7. The second Biathlon World cup of the season opens on Friday under conditions that would be more conducive to summer biathlon than the winter sport. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=19 Winter finally arrived in Northern Maine this year more than one month later than last season. Last season skiing started around October 25 with snow coming and going over the weeks. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=15 Ostersund, Sweden, December 3. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) chalked up another personal best today with a 19th place finish in the Men’s 12.5K Pursuit competition on the closing day of the Ostersund Biathlon World Cup. http://www.usbiathlon.org/ See Results from the first North American Cup and the Austrian Cup where US athletes were racing. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=14 Ostersund, Sweden, December 2. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), after a personal best 30th place finish in the Men’s Individual on Thursday, today moved up to 22nd place in the Men’s 10K Sprint. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=13 Ostersund, Sweden, December 1. Lanny Barnes (Durango, CO) led the US women for the second consecutive competition with a 58th place in today’s 7.5K Sprint. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=11 Ostersund, Sweden, November 30. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) scored his first-ever World Cup Points with a 30th place finish today in the Men’s 20K Individual competition here, despite losing almost one minute after falling on a downhill portion of the tracks. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=10 Ostersund Sweden, Nov. 29, Lanny Barnes (Durango, CO) finished 15th today in the season-opening Women’s 15K Individual at the Ostersund World Cup. http://www.usbiathlon.org/news/news_more.php?id=9 Watch the Biathlon World Cup TV broadcast over the internet. The US Biathlon Team is starting in the first World Cup at 7:15 AM eastern time. Click the World Cup logo on the right of this page to start the video player. A High Speed internet connection is required for optimal viewing - link to see the system requirements: http://www.ostersund2008.com/index.asp?lang=en Visit the host organizers web site for all the latest information. http://www.usbiathlon.org/press/060926.htm Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, September 26. “Our number one objective is to support our current athletes, but very close behind that is the need to support and develop a new generation of athletes that will keep our sport strong and growing,” was Chairman Larry Pugh’s statment.