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Armin Auchentaller: Steppingstone to the Future
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - May 20, 2024 16:26 - 36 minutesThe 2023-24 season was filled with athletic advancement with personal bests across both men’s and women’s team. And with the IBU World Cup in the books, the team has headed to Bend, Ore. for on-snow training six months out from next season’s tour. Heartbeat caught up with head coach Arm...
Vincent Bonacci: Bringing it Home on Home Snow
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - April 04, 2024 13:07 - 34 minutesEvery biathlete dreams of skiing into the range and having the crowd roar with each shot. Doing it on the snow where you grew up is all the sweeter! At the IBU World Cup in Soldier Hollow, Utah native Vincent Bonacci and his teammates had just that feeling as they skied to a best-ever f...
World Cup Comes to America
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - March 06, 2024 15:32 - 40 minutesThis weekend American fans will be trackside at Utah’s Olympic and Paralympic venue of Soldier Hollow as the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon tour comes to the USA for the first time in five years. In anticipation, Heartbeat went behind the scenes at Soldier Hollow to learn more about the eve...
Globetrotting with Elias and Emily
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - March 05, 2024 12:00 - 27 minutesImagine being 17 or 18 years old and traveling the world, living your life out of a duffel bag while pursuing the sport you love. That’s the life of Alaskan Elias Soule and Utah native Emily Caldwell. Elias and Emily are two of the top U.S. Biathlon junior athletes, rising up out of out...
Susan Dunklee: Evolution of a Coach
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - February 06, 2024 07:01 - 30 minutesFor over a decade, Susan Dunklee was a prominent face of the U.S. Biathlon Team, competing in three Olympics and winning silver at the 2017 IBU Biathlon World Championships. Now in her second season of retirement from international competition, she’s finding a joyous pathway as a biathl...
Tim Burke: Development for the Future
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - January 09, 2024 07:01 - 31 minutesIf the recent U.S. Biathlon Trials event at Mt. Itasca Winter Sports Center is any indicator, athlete development is on the upswing. Record numbers of athletes were on hand seeking to qualify for major youth and junior events. In this episode of Heartbeat, U.S. Biathlon’s Director of At...
Grace Castonguay: A New Pathway to Biathlon
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - December 24, 2023 13:59 - 45 minutesThere are many routes into biathlon. Grace Castonguay is part of a new generation of athletes who are finding the sport and moving quickly up the ranks. A passionate runner, Castonguay only got into cross-country skiing when an injury curtailed her running. She loved it! Just a few year...
Margie Freed: From XC to Biathlon
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - November 21, 2023 20:20 - 36 minutesIn the long term plan for U.S. Biathlon, talent transfer is a big topic – cross country ski racers trying biathlon. How practical is it? Well, just look at the example of Margie Freed. Last season, the veteran Minnesota native and University of Vermont ski team alum, now part of the Cra...
Maddie Phaneuf: The Joy of Coaching
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - November 10, 2023 19:51 - 55 minutesLongtime U.S. Biathlon Team athlete Maddie Phaneuf grappled with her life’s direction after retiring. A full time move into coaching wasn’t really in her plan. But, today, she enters her third season as a coach – leading one of America’s most noted biathlon programs, studying with coach...
Fede Fontana: Farewell to Fluorocarbons
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - November 06, 2023 14:19 - 24 minutesAfter several years of preparation, the IBU 2023-24 season will begin with a full ban on fluorocarbons, which have been used for decades. What will change for teams? How will IBU manage testing? U.S. Biathlon Team Manager Federico ‘Fede’ Fontana, one of the sport’s most renowned experts...
Lowell Bailey: Sustained Competitive Excellence
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - October 26, 2023 15:32 - 34 minutesIn 2017, Lowell Bailey’s World Championships gold helped ignite the sport across America. Today, as high performance director for U.S. Biathlon, Bailey remains at the forefront guiding the upstart organization in its march to sustained competitive excellence. Bailey talked to Heartbeat ...
Campbell Wright: Kiwi in America
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - October 23, 2023 15:08 - 30 minutesWalk into a room with Campbell Wright and you’re struck first by his Kiwi accent, his lighthearted approach to life and his confidence. The junior world champion was born in New Zealand to American parents, one of four boys who grew up in Rotorua where mom put them in sports to burn off...
Jack Gierhart Leads U.S. Biathlon's Next Chapter
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - September 22, 2023 16:08 - 48 minutesJack Gierhart, a highly respected Olympic sport leader, heads into his second season as president and CEO of U.S. Biathlon eager to take his first year experience and forge a pathway to the future for the fast-growing sport. In the debut episode of season four of Heartbeat, Gierhart tal...
Maxime Germain: Breakthrough Season
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - June 21, 2023 20:02 - 28 minutesMaxime Germain: A Breakthrough Season If you’re a skier or passionate outdoor enthusiast, two of the coolest places in the world are Chamonix and Alaska. U.S. Biathlon Team athlete Maxime Germain has roots in both. Germain is coming off a breakthrough season that saw him ski nearly an ...
Paul Schommer: Road to Recovery
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - April 19, 2023 23:12 - 49 minutesInjuries are a part of sport. It’s something every athlete faces at some point. This past winter, Olympic biathlete Paul Schommer cut his season short with an early March knee surgery. In this episode of Heartbeat, he shares insights into his injury, his rehab plan to get back in top ph...
New Ariens Nordic Center
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - March 19, 2023 15:00 - 42 minutesThe family-owned Wisconsin company Ariens is known worldwide as the King of Snow for its reliable, hard-working snow blowers. After an introduction to biathlon at Ruhpolding, President Dan Ariens was hooked! The U.S. Biathlon sponsor has gone all in on the sport, not only supporting the...
Oksana Masters: The Hard Parts
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - February 28, 2023 22:57 - 42 minutesOne of the most successful winter Paralympic athletes with nine cross country and five biathlon Olympic medals, Team USA's Oksana Masters has documented her remarkable story in a gripping new book from Simon & Schuster: The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph. In her Heartbeat i...
Biathlon World Champs Preview
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - February 08, 2023 23:58 - 20 minutesThe IBU Biathlon World Championships are underway in Oberhof, Germany. For the U.S. Biathlon Team, six world championship veterans will combine with four first-timers on the U.S. Biathlon team competing Feb. 8-19. Heartbeat caught up with Head Coach Armin Auchentaller in Oberhof for a preview o...
Vincent Bonacci: World Champs Debut
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - February 07, 2023 23:30 - 45 minutesThe IBU Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof are underway, with a U.S. Biathlon Team mixed with veterans and rookies. One of those newcomers, Vincent Bonacci, earned his spot with a strong season including an 11th in the sprint at the Open European Championships. The Utah native spok...
Tara Geraghty-Moats: Back to Biathlon
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - February 07, 2023 13:24 - 35 minutesTwo years ago Tara Geraghty-Moats was the number one women's nordic combined skier in the world when she made the call to return to her biathlon roots. Today, she's making her way through the IBU Cup, World Cup and now World Championships in Oberhof. The Vermont native who trains with C...
Fede Fontana: Inside the Wax Cabin
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - January 25, 2023 20:02 - 41 minutesAt any BMW IBU World Cup, the wax cabin is the heart and soul of the competition. U.S. Biathlon's legendary service technician Fede Fontana takes Heartbeat listeners behind the scenes inside the wax cabin in Antholz just hours before the competition to give us insights into his backgroun...
Sarah Lewis: World Comes to Lake Placid
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - January 14, 2023 10:44 - 38 minutesThis week 1,500 athletes from 50 nations are competing in Lake Placid at the biggest multisport winter event in America since the 2002 Olympics as the Adirondack village takes on tones of its own 1980 Games. On the eve of the World University Games, International University Sports Federa...
Matt Dougherty: Biathlon and Books at PSC
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - January 11, 2023 20:14 - 23 minutesA small college just outside the Olympic village of Lake Placid is starting to shake up the biathlon and nordic ski world. U.S. Biathlon has named Paul Smith's College its Official Higher Education Partner. PSC coach Matt Dougherty talks with Heartbeat about the vision for the new progra...
John Farra: Building the Biathlon Base
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - December 20, 2022 01:15 - 41 minutesA key component of U.S. Biathlon's 2030 strategic plan is building the biathlon base. Olympian John Farra knows that landscape well. His new role as sport development director is focused on growing and supporting clubs, innovating talent ID and transfer and building education for coaches...
Armin Auchentaller: Season Preview
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - November 24, 2022 12:30 - 28 minutesS3 Ep5 - Armin Auchentellar Tom Kelly: [00:00:00] And today, Heartbeat is taking you to the heart of Vuokatti. Finland. The training camp for the US biathlon team. Armin Auchentaller, the head coach for the men's and the women's team. Armin, thank you for joining us on Heartbeat. A...
Chloe Levins: Bouncing Back
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - November 04, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutesAmidst all the biathletes training at Soldier Hollow in October, one stood out. After being sidelined for nearly the entire Olympic season with complications from COVID, she was bouncing back strong with a smile on her face heading into the 2022-23 season. Heartbeat sat down with Levins ...
Deedra Irwin: Olympics to Remember
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - November 01, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutesA year ago, the Olympic season was a great unknown for Deedra Irwin, an up-and-coming biathlete. Perseverance and consistency paid off, as Irwin earned a trip to Beijing where she recorded the best finish ever for a Team USA biathlete. Irwin spoke with Heartbeat at the end of the October...
Legacy of Leadership: Max Cobb
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - October 17, 2022 22:54 - 1 hourFor over three decades, Max Cobb's leadership of U.S. Biathlon set a standard for Olympic sports organizations helping lead the sport to success and a solid future. As he prepares to take on leadership of the International Biathlon Union, Max talked with Heartbeat about his career, his p...
Achieving IBU TD Certification - Sara Studebaker-Hall
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - September 14, 2022 20:04 - 38 minutesGrowing up as a cross country ski racer in Idaho, Sara Studebaker-Hall didn't give officiating too much of a thought. But a helpful mentor pointed her in the right direction after her two-Olympic career with U.S. Biathlon. Today, she's the first U.S. woman to achieve IBU technical delega...
A Distinguished Career: Leif Nordgren
Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast - May 06, 2022 17:10 - 36 minutesIn his World Cup finale at Holmenkollen this year, Leif Nordgren was hoisted onto the shoulders of his teammates, celebrating a distinguished career that took him to three Olympics. Leif talks to Heartbeat about his pathway to biathlon and what a decade on the international tour meant to...
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