Biathlon: a busy summer programme for the Italians
For the Italian biathletes, whose national groups were officially unveiled on Wednesday, the preparation leading up to the 2025/2026 season marked by the Milan/Cortina 2026 Olympic Games began on Thursday 15 May. The boys, in a group completed by Dorothea Wierer, are in Chiusa Pesio (Italy), while the women, without Lisa Vittozzi who is starting her preparation on her own, are in Frassinoro (Italy).
As our colleagues at Fondo Italia have revealed, the entire summer programme will then be of the same ilk, differentiated by group. On the men’s side, the Lavazè Pass (Italy) will be visited from 10 to 21 June, followed by a trip to Norway, between Sjusjøen and Lillehammer, from 8 to 22 July. Next on the schedule are visits to Forni Avoltri (Italy) from 31 July to 8 August, then Val Martello (Italy) and Antholz (Italy) at the end of August.
The end of the preparation period will be marked by courses in Antholz (19-30 September), Ruhpolding (Germany), from 16 to 25 October, then on the snow in Geilo (Norway), from 5 to 19 November.
On the women’s side, the team will be in Antholz from 9 to 17 June, in Bessans (Savoie) then Val Martello from 3 to 16 July, again in Antholz from 1 to 9 August then at the end of August, in Livigno (Italy) from 11 to 18 September, at the Lavazè Pass from 27 September to 5 October, in Vuokatti (Finland) from 21 to 31 October to touch up the snow and, finally, in Val Martello from 10 to 23 November, again to put on cross-country skis.
The list of training camps for Italy’s senior biathlon teams
Men
- 15-23 May: Chiusa Pesio 🇮🇹
- 10-21 June: Lavazè pass 🇮🇹
- 8-22 July: Sjusjøen and Lillehammer 🇳🇴
- 31 July-8 August: Forni Avoltri 🇮🇹
- end of August (until 31st): Val Martello and Antholz 🇮🇹 (with participation in the Italian summer championships)
- 19-30 September: Antholz 🇮🇹
- 16-25 October: Ruhpolding 🇩🇪
- 5-19 November: Geilo 🇳🇴 (with participation in the Norwegian opening races)
Ladies
- 15-23 May: Frassinoro 🇮🇹
- 9-17 June: Antholz 🇮🇹
- 3-16 July: Bessans 🇫🇷 and Val Martello 🇮🇹
- 1-9 August: Antholz 🇮🇹
- End of August (until 31st): Antholz 🇮🇹 (with participation in the Italian summer championships)
- 11-18 September: Livigno 🇮🇹
- 27 September-5 October: Lavazè pass 🇮🇹
- 21-31 October: Vuokatti 🇫🇮
- 10-23 November: Val Martello 🇮🇹
The full composition of the Italian national biathlon team squads for the 2025/2026 season
Elite team
Ladies
- Lisa Vittozzi 🇮🇹
- Dorothea Wierer 🇮🇹
Men
- Tommaso Giacomel 🇮🇹
Milan/Cortina 2026 team
Ladies
- Hannah Auchentaller 🇮🇹
- Michela Carrara 🇮🇹
- Samuela Comola 🇮🇹
- Martina Trabucchi 🇮🇹
- Rebecca Passler 🇮🇹
- Sara Scattolo 🇮🇹
- Beatrice Trabucchi 🇮🇹
- Linda Zingerle 🇮🇹
- Fabiana Carpella 🇮🇹
- Ilaria Scattolo 🇮🇹
- Birgit Schoelzhorn 🇮🇹
- Francesca Brocchiero 🇮🇹
Men
- Patrick Braunhofer 🇮🇹
- Elia Zeni 🇮🇹
- Lukas Hofer 🇮🇹
- Didier Bionaz 🇮🇹
- Nicolo Betemps 🇮🇹
- Marco Barale 🇮🇹
- Christoph Pircher 🇮🇹
- Felix Ratschiller 🇮🇹
- Daniele Cappellari 🇮🇹
- Davide Compagnoni 🇮🇹
Junior team
Ladies
- Carlotta Gautero 🇮🇹
- Matilde Giordano 🇮🇹
- Fabiola Miraglio Mellano 🇮🇹
- Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet 🇮🇹
- Gaia Gondolo 🇮🇹
Men
- Manuel Contoz 🇮🇹
- Hannes Bacher 🇮🇹
- Simone Motta 🇮🇹
- Michele Carollo 🇮🇹
- Nicola Giordano 🇮🇹
AIN team
Ladies
- Tanja Wanker 🇮🇹
- Thea Wanker 🇮🇹
- Luna Forneris 🇮🇹
- Rachele Dei Cas 🇮🇹
- Magali Meraglio Mellano 🇮🇹
Men
- Julian Huber 🇮🇹
- Jonas Tscholl 🇮🇹
- Andreas Braunhofer 🇮🇹
- Aaron Niederstaetter 🇮🇹
- Rafael Santer 🇮🇹
- Dorothea Wierer still with the boys for her final preparation, Lisa Vittozzi well represented: Italy’s national team selection for the 2025/2026 season
- “She needs a differentiated preparation”: Lisa Vittozzi, still recovering, starts the training season on her own
