Biathlon | Hochfilzen: Johannes Thingnes Boe, winner of the sprint, recovers the yellow bib lost by Eric Perrot

15:27. The brilliant winner of the biathlon world cup sprint in Hochfilzen (Austria) on Friday afternoon, Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe, is back in the lead in the overall rankings.

Wearing the yellow bib for the first time in his career, Peiserot Eric Perrot finished thirteenth and must relinquish his precious tunic to the Norwegian before Saturday’s pursuit.

In the rankings, Johannes Thingnes Boe (249) now has a 10-point lead over Sturla Holm Lægreid (239), while the Frenchman (193) follows at 58 points. Endre Stroemsheim (186), Emilien Jacquelin (171), Sebastian Samuelsson (153), Fabien Claude (146), Philipp Nawrath (145), Quentin Fillon-Maillet (141) and Vebjoern Soerum (137) are in the top 10.

In the U23 rankings, American Campbell Wright (109) takes the blue bib from Vitalii Mandzyn (98) , while Johannes Thingnes Boe also takes the red sprint leader’s bib from Emilien Jacquelin.

The overall World Cup standings

The overall sprint ranking

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• The full programme for the Hochfilzen World Cup, the second stage of the 2024/2025 season
• Corinne Niogret: my best memory of… Hochfilzen
• “It’s like stepping out of the shadows into the light”: between Kontiolahti and Hochfilzen, the World Cup leaves the darkness for the sunshine
• “I just feel super happy to have achieved this”: how did Eric Perrot digest his victory in the Kontiolahti mass-start and his assumption of power in the general standings?
• “It’s like one last shot at victory, until you experience it, you don’t know what it’s like…”: during the Hochfilzen sprint, Eric Perrot will experience his first race with the yellow bib on his back.
• “There’s the Dominik Landertinger climb, which is really hard and long…”: Austria’s Anna Gandler describes the track and shooting range at Hochfilzen
• Hochfilzen: Sophie Chauveau, beaten only by Franziska Preuss in the sprint, takes her second World Cup podium
• “A mixture of pride, relief and recognition”: Sophie Chauveau, the podium that came just at the right time in the Hochfilzen sprint
• Hochfilzen: Franziska Preuss takes the yellow number from Elvira Oeberg thanks to her sprint success
• Hochfilzen: after the sprint, Océane Michelon once again wears the blue bib as the best U23 player

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