Biathlon: World Cup debut this winter for Anastasiya Kuzmina
Paulina Batovska Fialkova is conspicuously absent from theSlovak Biathlon Association ‘s squad for the World Cup in Oberhof (Germany). After a magnificent podium finish in the mass-start at Le Grand-Bornand (Haute-Savoie) before Christmas and currently twenty-second overall, she has decided to skip the Thuringia stage.
As her Federation tells Nordic Magazine, she is currently training in Martell-Val Martello (Italy). “This autumn, she was ill and missed part of her training sessions, which she has decided to make up at the beginning of January”, it adds.
Slovakia will be represented in Oberhof by Ema Kapustova, Maria Remenova, Anastasiya Kuzmina, selected for the World Cup for the first time this winter, Damian Cesnek, Tomas Sklenarik and Artur Ischakov.
Slovakia’s selection for the Oberhof World Cup 🇩🇪
Women
- Ema Kapustova 🇸🇰
- Anastasiya Kuzmina 🇸🇰
- Maria Remenova 🇸🇰
Men
- Damian Cesnek 🇸🇰
- Tomas Sklenarik 🇸🇰
- Artur Ischakov (only for mixed events) 🇸🇰
Slovakia’s selection for the IBU Cup in Arber 🇩🇪
Women
- Julia Machyniakova 🇸🇰
- Zuzana Remenova 🇸🇰
Men
- Artur Ischakov 🇸🇰
- Martin Matko 🇸🇰
- Maxim Mejtsky 🇸🇰
The full Oberhof World Cup programme 🇩🇪
Thursday 9 January
- 2.20pm: women’s 7.5km sprint
Friday 10 January
- 2.20pm: Men’s 10km sprint
Saturday 11th January
- 12.30pm: women’s 10 km pursuit
- 2.45pm: Men’s 12.5 km pursuit
Sunday 12 January
- 12.20pm: Mixed single relay
- 2.30pm: mixed relay
The full programme for the IBU Cup at Arber 🇩🇪
Thursday 9 January
- 11.00: women’s 7.5 km sprint
- 2.30pm: Men’s 10 km sprint
Saturday 11th January
- 11.00: women’s 7.5 km sprint
- 2.30pm: Men’s 10 km sprint
Sunday 12 January
- 10.45am: women’s 10km pursuit
- 1.30pm: Men’s 12.5 km pursuit
- The full programme for the Oberhof World Cup, the fourth stage of the 2024/2025 season
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