Biathlon: the French Cup comes to Méribel this weekend
After the first three stages in Bessans (Savoie), Les Saisies (Savoie) and Prémanon (Jura), the 2025/2026 French Biathlon Cup will be taking place at the altiport stadium in Méribel (Savoie) this weekend.
For this fourth round of the national circuit, Club des Sports de Méribel, where a certain Fany Bertrand is a member, will be in charge.
This weekend also marks the start of the selection route for the youth and junior world championships in Arber (Germany). The route will also take in Les Contamines-Montjoie (Haute-Savoie) and Autrans (Isère) in the coming weeks.
Finally, the programme includes sprints on Saturday (10.15 am for the women, 12.45 pm for the men) followed by individual races on Sunday (10.15 am for the women, 1.15 pm for the men). It should be noted that only the senior, U21 and U19 categories will be on deck, with the U17s resting.
The full programme for the French Biathlon Cup in Méribel (Savoie)
Friday 16 January
- 9.00-10.30am: Official training session 1
- 10.45am-12.15pm: official training session 2
- 12.45pm-2.15pm: Official training session 3
- 14:30-16:00: Official training session 4
- 6.00 pm: race committee by video
Saturday 17th January
- 9.00am-9.30am: Rifle check and ski deposit U19/U21/Senior ladies
- 9.30am-10.05am: U19/U21/Senior women shooting trials
- 10.15am: U21/Seniors women’s 7.5km sprint then U19 women’s 6km sprint
- 11.15am-11.45am: rifle check and removal of U19/U21/Senior men skis
- 11.30am: U19, U21 and senior women’s prize-giving ceremony
- 11.45am-12.35pm: U19/U21/Senior Men shooting trials
- 12.45pm: U21/Seniors men’s 10km sprint then U19 men’s 7.5km sprint
- 1.45pm: U19, U21 and senior men prize-giving ceremony
Sunday 18 January
- 9.00am-9.30am: Rifle check and ski deposit U19/U21/Senior ladies
- 9.30am-10am: U19/U21/Senior ladies shooting trials
- 10.15am: Women’s U21/Seniors 12.5km individual then Women’s U19 10km individual
- 11.45am-12.15pm: Rifle check and removal of U19/U21/Senior men skis
- 12.00: U19, U21 and senior women’s prize-giving ceremony
- 12.15pm-1.05pm: U19/U21/Senior Men shooting trials
- 1.15pm: U21/Seniors men 15km individual, then U19 men 12.5km individual
- 3pm: U19, U21 and senior men prize-giving ceremony
