IBU - Here Come the Aussies

In a little over 2 weeks Darcie Morton will kick off her World Cup campaign in Östersund, Sweden.  In quick succession Phoenix Sparke, Noah Bradford & Boris Stanish will be hitting targets in Obertilliach, Austria at IBU Cup 1 - with Phoenix set to debut at WC2 in Hochfilzen, Germany. 

Across the pond, Matty Brumby, Taryn Dickens & guide Lynn-Maree Cullen, Dave Miln and Lauren Parker will be aiming for glory in Canmore, Canada at the Para Biathlon World Cup opener.  While Damika Morton, Rosie Franzke, Samuel Johnson, Seb Packer-Smith, Finn Meehan & TJ Bradford, will shine at Junior Cup 1 in Goms, Switzerland.

The full IBU calendar can be found here.

It promises to be a brilliant start to the most important of seasons as our brilliant biathletes battle it out for Olympic and Paralympic selection.

We'll be taking full advantage of our new European Training Base in Obertilliach (in partnership with our friends from Austria) and leveraging from our incredible partnerships with Finland and Poland - including joint camps in the lead up to major events and through the season.

We are extremely grateful to our:

• National head coach Nastassia 'Ana' Kinnunen

• IBU Cup 1 assistant coach Joe Obererlacher

• Junior Cup 1 coaches Toscha Stopar and Heather Wiederkehr

• Para World Cup coaches Kasper Wirz and Bjorn Taylor

• Darcie's WC coach & brother Damon Morton and ski tester Izzy Moon

• All the amazing support from the AOC, Paralympics Australia, the IBU Family and our partners in Austria 🇦🇹, Finland 🇫🇮 and Poland 🇵🇱

• The tireless work of our exceptional management team under the leadership of our Sports Director & GM - Sandra Paul, our XO - Robyn McEvoy, our National Integrity Manager - Brooke Irvine and Obertilliach Team Leader & Phoenix's WC2 Coach - Joe Obererlacher; and

• All the volunteers, parents, partners, families, friends and dogs that support our team and do what they do.

We wish you all the very best of luck and a tremendous 2025/26 season as we continue our vision to create A Better Biathlon for All. 

Finally, remember to catch all the World Cup action live and on demand on Eurovision Sport and Biathlon World.

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David, Sandy, Brett, Libby, Kat, Kate, Murray and Mark