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Biathlon at Pokljuka: pursuit (national championship).

Slovenian biathlon championship at Pokljuka. They start with their gaps from the earlier race, first over the line wins.

Biathlon29 March 2027 · Pokljuka
Biathletes on the Pokljuka shooting range during the World Cup in December 2009: two shoot prone in front, a Slovenian athlete with bib 13 gets up and puts on his rifle

Photo: MORS, CC BY 3.0, cropped

When
Monday, 29 March 2027
Where
Pokljuka Biathlon Centre, Rudno poljeDirections on the map
Organiser
SK Brdo
Start time
In the race invitation
Who it is for
Men and women, older and younger juniors: pursuit for the national title. Women's categories start first. There is no race for boys and girls that day.
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Invitation and start time: the organiser publishes them before the race

What a pursuit is.

The winner of the earlier race starts first, the others follow with the gap they had in that race. Five laps and four visits to the range: twice prone, twice standing. First over the line wins.

  1. Lap 1
  2. Prone5 targets
  3. Lap 2
  4. Prone5 targets
  5. Lap 3
  6. Standing5 targets
  7. Lap 4
  8. Standing5 targets
  9. Lap 5
  10. Finish

A penalty loop for every miss, 150 metres long in the World Cup.

For children and juniors the loops are shorter; the exact distances and penalties are in the race invitation.

Source: Wikipedia: Biathlon, Pursuit

Pokljuka.

Pokljuka is a forested plateau above Gorje and Bled, 1,100 to 1,400 metres high. The biathlon centre is at Rudno polje.

It hosted the 2021 Biathlon World Championships, and the World Cup has been coming back to Pokljuka for decades. For our athletes it is the home track.

At Pokljuka this winter.

  • 31 December 2026 – 3 January 2027Biathlon World Cup
  • 24 January – 31 January 2027Open European Biathlon Championships
  • 1 February – 6 February 2027IBU Cup
  • 22 February – 28 February 2027Para Biathlon World Championships

Source: Wikipedia: Pokljuka · International Biathlon Union (IBU): Pokljuka

Our athletes at Pokljuka.

Three young biathletes with medals in front of the Pokljuka stadium, in the middle an ŠD Gorje athlete in the club's blue jacket
The podium of the younger boys at a Slovenian Cup race at Pokljuka, 8 February 2015. Our athlete won.

From the club archive.

Posts from the club's old website. The archive is for members: it opens after login.

Date, place, organiser and categories: Ski Association of Slovenia: Biathlon competition calendar in Slovenia 2026/2027

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