Biathlon: end of the Norwegian opening races in Sjusjøen this Sunday
This Sunday, the opening Norwegian biathlon races in Sjusjøen (Norway) will conclude with mass-starts. At 12.30pm, it’s first up for the women, with another great battle expected between Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Anastasiya Kuzmina and Dorothea Wierer. Young Frenchwoman Julie Baverel will also be at the start in the colours of Holmenkollen Biathlon.
Then, from 2.15pm, the men will contest the first official mass-start of their season. As in Saturday’s sprint, France’s Oscar Lombardot, Fabien Claude, Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin will face the Norwegian armada of Johannes Thingnes Boe, Tarjei Boe, Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen, Johannes Dale-Skjevdal, Endre Stroemsheim and Sturla Holm Lægreid.
The complete start lists for the mass-starts in the Norwegian opening races at Sjusjøen (Norway)
Men (race B) – 10.45am
Womens – 12.30pm
Men (race A) – 2.15pm
The full programme for the Norwegian opening races in Sjusjøen (Norway)
Sunday 17 November
- 10.00-10.30am: Men’s B race shooting trials
- 10.45am: men’s 80 15km mass-start (race B)
- 11.45am-12.15pm: Women’s shooting trials
- 12.30pm: women’s mass-start 40+40 12.5 km
- 13:30-14:00: Men’s A race shooting trial
- 2.15pm: men’s 40 15km mass-start (race A)
- Norwegian opening races in Sjusjøen: Eric Perrot fourth in the sprint won by Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen, Fabien Claude fifth
- Tenth in the Sjusjøen sprint, Johannes Thingnes Boe is still breaking in
- “A good first race”, “I’ll remember the 9/10 above all”: Eric Perrot and Fabien Claude, fourth and fifth in the Sjusjøen sprint, are satisfied.
- “The aim is to be consistent throughout the season”: in Sjusjøen, Emilien Jacquelin launches his shooting career once again
- Sjusjøen: Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold strongest in the sprint of the Norwegian opening races, Anastasiya Kuzmina surprisingly fourth
- A solid winner of the Sjusjøen sprint, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold has put her mind at rest after a troubled summer.
- The full programme of Norwegian opening races at Sjusjøen in which the French will be taking part
- Norwegian opening races in Sjusjøen: who will French riders Julie Baverel, Oscar Lombardot, Fabien Claude, Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin be up against?
- “The signs are pretty much green for everyone”: Oscar Lombardot, Fabien Claude, Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin training on the snow at Sjusjøen
- “A real mouth-watering start to the season”: the day the French men’s team set off on their training camp in Sjusjøen
- Dorothea Wierer and the Italian men’s national team head for Sjusjøen
- Before Les Bleus arrive, Sjusjøen opens its first cross-country ski run
- Relief for Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold: the Norwegian should be ready for the races at Sjusjøen
