Biathlon: time for the individual women’s race in Antholz
Following themen’s individual biathlon, the women’s biathlon will be contested on Wednesday at the Milan/Cortina 2026 Olympic Games. The first competitor, China’s Yuanmeng Chu, will start at 2.15pm.
Next up are Valentina Dimitrova (2), Ukaleq Slettemark (4), Lucinda Anderson (5), Lea Meier (6), Natalia Sidorowicz (7), Anamarija Lampic (10), Inka Hämäläinen (12), Anika Kozica (13) and Oleksandra Merkushyna (14).
Belgian Maya Cloetens (16) will launch the blue group, while Tuuli Tomingas (17), Tereza Vobornikova (18), Marthe Kraakstad Johansen (20), Janina Hettich-Walz (22), Lora Hristova (23), Vanessa Voigt (24), Lena Haecki-Gross (25), Deedra Irwin (26), Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (27), Karoline Knotten (28), Lotte Lie (29), Polona Klemencic (30), Yuliia Dzhima (31), Paulina Batovska Fialkova (32), Milena Todorova (33) and Regina Ermits (34) will successively be in the gate.
The red group of big favourites will be opened by Lisa Theresa Hauser (36).Anne Bünemann de Besche (37), Suvi Minkkinen (38), Anna Magnusson (40), Dorothea Wierer (42), Selina Grotian (43), Amy Baserga (44), Camille Bened (46), Michela Carrara (47), Julia Simon (48), Lisa Vittozzi (50), Hanna Oeberg (52), Venla Lehtonen (52), Lou Jeanmonnot (54), Anastasiya Kuzmina (55), Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (56), Maren Kirkeeide (58), Elvira Oeberg (60), Lena Repinc (61) and Franziska Preuss (62) will follow.
Finally, at the end of the race, passages byAnna Gandler (63), Linn Gestblom (64), Baiba Bendika (65), Susan Kuelm (66), Joanna Jakiela (67), Aita Gasparin (68), Pascale Paradis (69), Joanne Reid (70), Hannah Auchentaller (75), Anna Andexer (76), Sonja Leinamo (80), Darcie Morton (81), Manca Caserman (84), Eve Bouvard (86) and Shawna Pendry (88).
The complete start list
Women’s 15 km individual – 2.15pm
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