Biathlon | Le Grand-Bornand: start lists for the pursuits

Biathlon: time for the chases in Grand-Bornand

After two days of sprints, this Saturday’s biathlon world cup in Le Grand-Bornand (Haute-Savoie) will feature pursuits. At 12.15pm, the women’s race gets underway with Hanna Oeberg starting first, just 3 seconds ahead of Lou Jeanmonnot.

In total, eighteen riders were within a minute of each other at the start: Dorothea Wierer (+11 sec), Lisa Vittozzi (+15 sec), Paulina Batovska Fialkova (+16 sec), Suvi Minkkinen (+27 sec), Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (+28 sec), Karoline Knotten (+30 sec), blue bib Maren Kirkeeide (+42 sec), Deedra Irwin (+44 sec),Ella Halvarsson (+45 sec), Tereza Vobornikova (+47 sec), Marketa Davidova (+48 sec), Julia Simon (+49 sec), Regina Ermits (+56 sec), Alina Stremous (+57 sec), Anna Weidel (+58 sec) and Franziska Preuss (+1 sec 0).

Further back are Maya Cloetens (+1 min 6), Julia Tannheimer and Elvira Oeberg (+1 min 13), Océane Michelon (+1 min 14), Anamarija Lampic (+1 min 17) and Camille Bened (+1 min 18), Janina Hettich-Walz (+1 min 21), the yellow and red Anna Magnusson (+1 min 23), Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (+1 min 27), Paula Botet (+1 min 50) and Amy Baserga (+1 min 53).

Twenty-two men under a minute in the men’s pursuit

Then the start of the men’s pursuit at 2.45pm , with no fewer than twenty-two biathletes racing in under a minute, a record since 2021.

Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen will be leading the way, followed by Johannes Dale-Skjevdal at 4 seconds, Emilien Jacquelin at 5, the yellow number Johan-Olav Botn at 6, Sivert Guttorm Bakken and Sebastian Samuelsson at 9, Martin Ponsiluoma at 12, the red number Eric Perrot at 14, Vitezslav Hornig at 23, Philipp Nawrath at 26, Sturla Holm Lægreid and Jesper Nelin at 32, Justus Strelow at 35, Olli Hiidensalo at 37, Tero Seppälä at 38, Fabien Claude at 44, Joscha Burkhalter at 45, David Zobel at 51, Simon Eder, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Campbell Wright at 52 and Lukas Hofer at 59.

Further back are Tommaso Giacomel (+1 min 12), Oscar Lombardot (+1 min 16), Philipp Horn (+1 min 22), Dmytro Pidruchnyi (+1 min 29), Andrejs Rastorgujevs (+1 min 31), Vitalii Mandzyn (+1 min 34), Jacques Jefferies (+1 min 46), the blue bib Isak Frey (+1 min 48), Dominic Unterweger (+1 min 50) or Grzegorz Galica (+1 min 53).

The complete start lists

Women’s pursuit – 12.15pm

Men’s pursuit – 2.45pm

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