Biathlon: podium finish for Eric Perrot in the Hochfilzen sprint
A few days ago, after the pursuit inÖstersund (Sweden), PeiserotEric Perrot shared his dismay after missing out on the podium by missing a bullet on the last standing shot of the race. Frustrated and angry, the Savoyard set the record straight this Friday in sunny Hochfilzen (Austria).
Scoring 10/10 against the targets, the reigning world champion in the mixed relay and the individual event put in an (almost) perfect performance. With a solid ski time to crown his performance, like the other Frenchmen, Eric Perrot was in it for the win right to the end.
But one man stood out from the crowd in the Tyrol: Italian Tommaso Giacomel, who is interviewed at length in the new issue of Nordic Magazine.
The Transalpine, who is also perfect at shooting and super-fast on the boards, took his second World Cup victory, less than a year after his first, at the mass start in Ruhpolding (Germany) in January. He won by 4 sec 0 ahead of the Frenchman, who claimed his first individual podium this Olympic winter after three top 10 finishes in Sweden.
Philipp Horn does Germany good
In third place, at 6 sec 0, was Germany’s Philipp Horn (10/10). Having never been on a World Cup podium before, he is delighted to be able to (finally) kick-start the season for his national team, which has been struggling until now.
The yellow number Johan-Olav Botn (10/10), Sturla Holm Lægreid (10/10) and Martin Ponsiluoma (9/10) followed in the rankings and took part in the flower ceremony, ahead of Campbell Wright (10/10), Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen (10/10) and Sebastian Samuelsson (8/10).
Tenth-placed Quentin Fillon-Maillet (9/10) enters the top ten, while Fabien Claude (8/10) is eleventh, Emilien Jacquelin (7/10) fourteenth, Oscar Lombardot (8/10) twenty-first and Emilien Claude (9/10) thirty-sixth.
Full results
C73B_v1-7- The full programme for the Hochfilzen World Cup, the second stage of the 2025/2026 season
- Caroline Colombo: my best memory of… Hochfilzen
- With Aasne Skrede and Johannes Dale-Skjevdal, but without Endre Stroemsheim and Isak Frey: Norway announce their selection for the World Cup in Hochfilzen
- Liliia Steblyna replaces Valeriya Dmytrenko: just one change for Ukraine ahead of the World Cup in Hochfilzen
- Hochfilzen: Poland, with Joanna Jakiela as leader, reinforced by Grzegorz Galica and Monika Hojnisz-Starega
- Julia Simon makes her comeback, Oscar Lombardot replaces Antonin Guigonnat: the French team selection for the Hochfilzen World Cup revealed
- Hochfilzen: Belgium with its stars for the rest of the World Cup
- First for Christoph Pircher, Rebecca Passler also arrives from the IBU Cup: Italy unveils its squad for the World Cup in Hochfilzen
- David Zobel and Julia Kink join the squad, and Franziska Preuss is a constant presence: Germany’s selection for the World Cup in Hochfilzen
- Lisa Theresa Hauser in the lead: Austria selects nine athletes for the home round of the World Cup in Hochfilzen
- All the big names are on the trip, Anna-Karin Heijdenberg remains in the IBU Cup: Sweden announces its selection for the Hochfilzen World Cup
- Anastasiya Kuzmina and Paulina Batovska Fialkova still with us, a first for Martin Matko: Slovakia’s squad for the World Cup in Hochfilzen
- Hochfilzen: Czech Republic replaces Tereza Vinklarkova with Ilona Plechacova for the Hochfilzen World Cup
- Led by Suvi Minkkinen and Sonja Leinamo, Finland makes a number of changes for the World Cup in Hochfilzen
- Franziska Preuss and Selina Grotian withdraw from the Hochfilzen World Cup
- Hochfilzen: Jeremy Finello replaces Dajan Danuser in the Swiss squad
- A first for Ela Sever, Anamarija Lampic and Jakov Fak: Slovenia’s squad for the World Cup in Hochfilzen
- Hochfilzen: Isak Frey replaces Sivert Guttorm Bakken, ill
- Anamarija Lampic withdraws from the World Cup in Hochfilzen
- Switzerland’s Niklas Hartweg withdraws from Hochfilzen and Le Grand-Bornand
- Hochfilzen: Norwegian Aasne Skrede’s World Cup debut postponed due to illness
- Corinne Niogret, 1992 Olympic relay champion, on the return of Julia Simon after her suspension: “She was punished, she’s back and I wish her a good season”.
- “She had a strong desire to return to competition as soon as possible”: Stéphane Bouthiaux on Julia Simon’s return to the French team for Hochfilzen
