Biathlon: continuation of the Hochfilzen stage this Saturday with the pursuits
This Saturday, the Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen (Austria) continues with the first races of the 2024/2025 season. First up, at 12.15pm, the women’s race gets underway with Germany’s Franziska Preuss leading the way. Sophie Chauveau is 8 seconds behind, followed by Karoline Knotten at 10, Lou Jeanmonnot at 22, Selina Grotian at 30, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet at 31, Marketa Davidova at 36, Anamarija Lampic at 39, Dorothea Wierer at 40 and Milena Todorova at 44.
Further back, Ella Halvarsson (+47 sec), Julia Simon (+50 sec), Paulina Batovska Fialkova (+54 sec), blue bib Océane Michelon (+55 sec), Maren Kirkeeide (+1 min 0), Lena Haecki-Gross (+1 min 5), Elvira Oeberg (+1 min 8), Anna Gandler (+1 min 9), Julia Tannheimer (+1 min 11), Gilonne Guigonnat (+1 min 16), Lisa Theresa Hauser (+1 min 17) and Jeanne Richard (+1 min 18).
Johannes Thingnes Boe with the men’s number 1 bib
Then, at 2.45pm, Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Boe will kick off the men’s pursuit. But he was soon followed by Sturla Holm Lægreid at 4 seconds, Fabien Claude and Endre Stroemsheim at 7, Vebjoern Soerum at 20, Sebastian Samuelsson at 21 and Martin Uldal and Philipp Nawrath at 22.
Among the other Frenchmen, Eric Perrot (+45 sec) and Emilien Jacquelin (+49 sec) are not so far from the lead and could make some fine comebacks. As could Tarjei Boe (+1 min 13), Antonin Guigonnat (+1 min 16), Vitalii Mandzyn (+1 min 34), Quentin Fillon-Maillet (+1 min 39), Simon Kaiser (+1 min 44), Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen (+1 min 52) and Emilien Claude (+1 min 57).
The complete start lists for the Hochfilzen (Austria) pursuits
Women – 12.15pm
Men – 2.45pm
- 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 behind to find the sun again
- “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 finish
- “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
- More than four years after his last World Cup podium, Fabien Claude finishes third in the Hochfilzen sprint
- “I didn’t win, but for me it’s a great victory”: after 1,463 days without a win, how Fabien Claude returned to the World Cup podium
- “I’m still hungry for victory”: Johannes Thingnes Boe won the Hochfilzen sprint for the first time this season
