Australian Biathlon championships 2018 day 1

NSW did very well on the first day of the Australian Biathlon championships. The format was the Individual race with each competitor skiing 5 X loops and shooting 4 times with a 1 minute penalty for every miss.

Results for NSW athletes (more to follow)

• 1st Women's Open - Jill Colebourn

• 2nd Women's Masters - Robyn Englert

• 3rd Women's Masters - Emma Croser

• 1st U21 Men's - Matthew Wright

• 1st Men's Masters - Mark Elliott

• 3rd Men's Masters - Nour Tarraf

• 1st Men's Veterans - John Joyce

• 1st U19 Women's - Lulu Miskin

• 4th U19 Women's - Isabella Moon

• 2nd U17 Men's - David Patterson

• 2ndU15 Women's - Isobel Patterson

• Kate Spencer made a strong debut in the non-carry class.

We woke to an overnight dump of snow. When I got to the range for my training run the groomer was busy flattening out the tracks. Luckily it wasn't too cold or windy.

As an extra treat the national Korean team were there as part of their off season training.

Tomorrow is the Sprint event.