Team USA’s best biathletes will be at the annual Schutzenski Festival Thursday through Saturday..
The festival will feature sprint events starting at 9:15 a.m. and a shoot-out at 12:30 p.m. Friday. Saturday, mass-start events will begin at 9 a.m.
Utah native and biathlete Vincent Bonacci and Parkite Emily Campbell will be at the competition along with other teammates from the 2023-2024 international team.
During the festival, 16 athletes, eight women and eight men, will be selected for an on-snow preseason camp in Finland.
At the Finland camp, a group of eight athletes – four women and four men – will be chosen to compete at the World Cup and International Biathlon Union Cup
Later this month, the top U.S. cross-country athletes will be at Soldier Hollow for a trail running race Oct. 19.