Biathlon: pursuit and relay on the programme this Saturday in Hochfilzen
The day after the sprints won by Tommaso Giacomel and Lou Jeanmonnot, Saturday will also see two races at the Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen (Austria).
Among the men, a pursuit will be contested from 12:00 onwards. Italy’s Tommaso Giacomel will start in the lead, but there will be sixteen of them within a minute of each other.
First there is Eric Perrot at 4 seconds, then Philipp Horn at 6, the yellow bib Johan-Olav Botn at 9, Sturla Holm Lægreid at 23, Martin Ponsiluoma at 25, Campbell Wright at 29, Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen at 35, Sebastian Samuelsson at 39, the red bib Quentin Fillon-Maillet at 46, Fabien Claude and Jesper Nelin at 47, Joscha Burkhalter at 48, Emilien Jacquelin at 50, Philipp Nawrath at 52 and Johannes Dale-Skjevdal at 56.
Further back, the blue number Isak Frey (+1 min 3), Justus Strelow (+1 min 7), Oscar Lombardot (+1 min 18), Grzegorz Galica (+1 min 25), Emilien Claude (+1 min 46), Maxime Germain (+2 min 10) and Jakov Fak (+2 min 18).
Second women’s relay of the winter scheduled for the afternoon
A women’s relay will then be contested from 2.15pm. France, who won the format in Östersund (Sweden) at the end of November, will be joined by a new quartet comprising Camille Bened, Jeanne Richard, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Lou Jeanmonnot.
They will have to watch out for Italy(Hannah Auchentaller, Lisa Vittozzi, Samuela Comola, Dorothea Wierer), the Czech Republic(Jessica Jislova, Lucie Charvatova, Tereza Vobornikova, Marketa Davidova), Sweden(Ella Halvarsson, Anna Magnusson, Elvira Oeberg, Hanna Oeberg), Austria(Anna Gandler, Anna Andexer, Anna Juppe, Lisa Theresa Hauser), Finland(Inka Hämäläinen, Sonja Leinamo, Venla Lehtonen, Suvi Minkkinen), Switzerland(Lena Haecki-Gross, Lea Meier, Aita Gasparin, Amy Baserga), Germany(Anna Weidel, Julia Tannheimer, Janina Hettich-Walz, Vanessa Voigt) and Norway(Marthe Kraakstad Johansen, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Karoline Knotten, Maren Kirkeeide).
The complete start lists
Men’s pursuit – 12h00
C51C_v1-5Women’s relay – 2.15pm
C51B2_v1-4- The full programme for the Hochfilzen World Cup, the second stage of the 2025/2026 season
- Caroline Colombo: my best memory of… Hochfilzen
- Julia Simon makes her comeback, Oscar Lombardot replaces Antonin Guigonnat: the French team selection for the Hochfilzen World Cup revealed
- 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
- Hochfilzen: Eric Perrot second in the sprint dominated by Italy’s Tommaso Giacomel
- Hochfilzen: after the sprint, Johan-Olav Botn keeps his yellow bib as overall leader
- “I had no fear”: Tommaso Giacomel’s risky but successful gamble on the standing sprint shot in Hochfilzen
- “I’m happy to already be in the match”: after the “rage” of Östersund, how Eric Perrot picked up the gauntlet to take second place in the Hochfilzen sprint.
- The joy of Philipp Horn, who scored his first World Cup podium in Hochfilzen: “I’ve finally managed to have a perfect race”.
- Hochfilzen: Lou Jeanmonnot triumphs in the sprint, Camille Bened takes flowers, Julia Simon returns with a top 20 finish
- Hochfilzen: Sweden’s Anna Magnusson snatches the overall leader’s yellow number from Suvi Minkkinen, with Lou Jeanmonnot in second place
- “I wanted to focus on the manner”: a change of mindset synonymous with victory in the Hochfilzen sprint for Lou Jeanmonnot
- Julia Simon, 19th in the Hochfilzen sprint on her comeback: “It’s difficult to get back on a train that’s already moving”.
- Julia Simon rested, Camille Bened starts: the French women’s relay team in Hochfilzen
