The Biathlon Spelling Game

At the end of last year we put our athletes to the test: they know the names of these athletes and places but how good are they at spelling them? This is the first edition of the biathlon spelling game , give it a thumbs up if you want to see a follow-up.

[@caskinfg]

What a shame that Andriy Deryzemlya is not active anymore :D

[@kukhuve6595]

ukraine have some hard ones; ZHIRNYY Alexander PIDRUCHNUY Dmytro TISHCHENKO Artem TKALENKO Ruslan VARVYNETS Iryna DZHIMA Yuliia MERKUSHYNA Anastasiya PIDHRUSHNA Olena

[@chuchoteri1748]

Well, it is fun, but also a bit unfair - most of them are not native English speakers, so they might know how to write it down, but they just have problems with the spelling itself.

[@RufrRB]

The Polish racer was right when she said "h". In Polish there are similiar letters "CH" and "H" which you can take as the same one

[@Daniel-cm2vi]

What about Johannes THINGNES Boe

[@joonajormanainen8729]

Mari is awesome! 😂

[@joonajormanainen8729]

They all are. I love the biathlon family.

[@AssaultJL]

jorski

[@Werloc7]

Any of the Lithuanian surnames (Leščinskaitė for example) would have been fun to spell ^^ Hojnisz could catch someone out, since they had trouble with Runggaldier's double G, they'd have trouble with anyone that has double letters like Vittozzi or Herrmann. As for the men, Fillon Maillet would be a good choice, Tsvetkov, Szczurek, Mesotitsch.

[@rashsportbox]

podchufarova - никто не смог бы)

[@markkowal7849]

Diana Rasimovičiūtė would probably fail everyone here as well.

[@vaneskavlc3798]

Krčmář😂😂😂

[@mariezvackova2643]

Ondra Moravec to zabil :D He is just awesome :D

[@kukhuve6595]

ondrej

[@mariezvackova2643]

As a Czech I know his name :D Ondra is different version for Ondřej :)

[@kukhuve6595]

cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ond%C5%99ej_Moravec. It says ondrej. Even the czech news spells ondrej. www.biatlon.cz/ondrej-moravec-o-majstrstyku-michal-krcmar-o-pohode-v-tymu/

[@mariezvackova2643]

Please, do not lecture me about his name, I am well aware, that in his birth certificate there is Ondřej :D www.isport365.cz/biatlon/zimni-sporty/ondra-moravec-znovu-v-plne-sile-a-natesen-na-zavody it is just another way to call him :D by the way I have my own special nicknames for basically all biathletes :)

[@alfaalfa1864]

Funny game... world of biathlon looks like a great family

[@Cappuccino17]

non of them would be able to spell Mihail Kletcherov, Avvakumova, Varvynets

[@Nutzername92a]

To be fair, all of those names are from languages that use the Kyrillic script. So there would be no correct Latin spelling. They could as well be written Mikhail Kletsheroff, Yekaterina Avakumova and Irina Varvinetz if they had a different translator back then.

[@ch007eh7]

🇺🇲 definitely won! 😍😂😆☺️ Why only Doll? 😂😉 Team Deutschland. 😊🥰

[@veraciteabsolue1221]

Anna Oeberg, able to spell, intelligent on her skis.

[@terezazemankova4481]

A Ondra na pohodu ❤️🇨🇿

[@idud7523]

Nędza-Kubiniec :)

[@mudryashka_pobedovna]

Вот Бьорндалена тоже трудновато было бы произнести по буковкам)))))

[@veronikabartakova1977]

Krčmář! 😂😂

[@ronjataubrova8041]

So funny, but I also know I would make it as a not native english speaker :D