LEONESIO Iacopo

Today’s program of the Junior Open European Championships 2022 in Pokljuka consisted of Sprint competitions. More than 200 athletes were competing not only for new sets of medals, but also spots in Sunday’s Pursuit. It was Selina Grotian of Germany and Jonáš Mareček of the Czech Republic, who managed to deal best with the difficult windy conditions.

While we close the first part of Junior Cups of this season, it is time to have a look back at the past two weeks in Martell. It is fair to say that after the first week, where no results predictions could be made, week two showed us that some nations and athletes will be the favourites for this season, and it is worth watching them closely. Who was the most successful - and which nations could celebrate their first podiums?