The big summer discussion in biathlon

For former world champion Erik Lesser it is not a utopia. “I think, looking into the future, it will probably be the sport that prevails in biathlon,” said the new ARD expert, who ended his career after the previous season. “At some point we will see less winter biathlon,” said the German. “We will eventually see less winter biathlon.” Erik Lesser The IBU world association is already looking ahead: the summer races are “very important to us as an association. We want to develop it even further in the coming years,” said ex-biathlete Daniel Böhm, IBU sports and events director chiemgau24.de . Due to the climatic changes, the IBU sees the summer competitions as an opportunity for the entire sport. Climate change as a reason “We must not close our eyes to the future. Given climate change, we don't know what will happen to winter sports in the medium and long term. Summer biathlon is an option to give the sport a second mainstay,” said Böhm. But generating income in the summer should also be interesting for the association. “We don’t know what will happen to winter sports in the medium and long term. Summer biathlon is an option.” Daniel Böhm, sports and events director of the IBU The summer races do not yet have much sporting value. “It’s nice to call yourself world champion,” said super sprint winner Philipp Horn at the 26th Summer World Championships in Ruhpolding. But nothing more. Because so far the top nations have always ignored the event, and the Bavarian biathlon mecca, where Norway and France were missing, was not about anything more than determining their position.

The establishment in the summer depends on the athletes who take part. To do this, we have to coordinate the calendar planning with the associations in the summer,” said Böhm.

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The big summer discussion in biathlon

In winter, the biathletes regularly attract millions of fans to the television, and the World Cups in Antholz, Oberhof and Ruhpolding are mass events. But given climate change, will it stay that way in the future - or will it shift to summer?

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