Biathlon: mixed relays to round off Oberhof week
The Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof (Germany) concludes this Sunday with the mixed events, the second of the 2024/2025 winter season. The action kicks off at 12:20pm with the start of the mixed single relay.
For the occasion, France will be fielding an unprecedented pairing of Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Paula Botet, the sprint winners earlier this week. To make their way to the podium, they will have to get past Sweden’s Viktor Brandt and Anna Magnusson, Germany’s Justus Strelow and Selina Grotian, Austria’s Simon Eder and Lisa Theresa Hauser, Norway’s Vebjoern Soerum and Karoline Knotten, Switzerland’s Niklas Hartweg and Amy Baserga, Finland’s Suvi Minkkinen and Tero Seppälä and Slovenia’s Jakov Fak and Lena Repinc.
The mixed relay will then start at 2.30pm , with Fabien Claude, Eric Perrot, Jeanne Richard and Lou Jeanmonnot representing France. Norway(Sturla Holm Lægreid, Tarjei Boe, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Maren Kirkeeide) will be keeping a close eye on the competition, as will Sweden(Sebastian Samuelsson, Martin Ponsiluoma, Hanna Oeberg, Elvira Oeberg) and Germany(Danilo Riethmueller, Philipp Nawrath, Julia Tannheimer, Franziska Preuss).
The complete start lists
Mixed single relay – 12.20pm
Mixed relay – 2.30pm
- The full programme for the Oberhof World Cup, the fourth stage of the 2024/2025 season
- Corinne Niogret: my best memory of… Oberhof
- Oberhof: Paula Botet, with 10/10, dominates the sprint and wins her first World Cup title
- “I realise it, but I think it’s crazy”: Paula Botet recounts her improbable victory in the Oberhof World Cup sprint
- “With the difficulties she’s faced over the last two seasons, this is exceptional”: Cyril Burdet touched by Paula Botet’s performance at Oberhof
- Oberhof: the photo album of Paula Botet’s first World Cup victory
- Oberhof: Paula Botet, the thirteenth Frenchwoman to win individually on the World Cup circuit
- “Her victory is proof that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”: Paula Botet’s first World Cup success as seen by Chloé Remy, a lifelong friend and former team-mate.
- Oberhof: third in the sprint, Bulgarian Milena Todorova gives Bulgaria its first women’s World Cup podium since… 13 March 2004
- “I wanted to fight with the weapons of the day”: Océane Michelon, who was suffering from flu, won her very first flower ceremony in the Oberhof sprint.
- Oberhof: victory for Quentin Fillon-Maillet in the sprint, Fabien Claude and Emilien Jacquelin give France a treble
- Oberhof: foreign media impressed by the hat-trick of Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Fabien Claude and Emilien Jacquelin
- Quentin Fillon-Maillet after his success in the Oberhof sprint: “It was a tough road back to victory”.
- The photo album of the magnificent triple win by Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Fabien Claude and Emilien Jacquelin in the Oberhof sprint
- “Every time I fired, the shot went off randomly…”. Eighth in the Oberhof sprint, Emilien Claude found the problem with his rifle and achieved the best World Cup result of his career.
- Paula Botet to replace Sophie Chauveau: the French selection for the Oberhof World Cup
- “She completely deserves to go up”: why the team staff decided to replace Sophie Chauveau with Paula Botet for the Oberhof World Cup
- “I can’t ski with the athletes”: Simon Fourcade, coach of the French men’s team, ruptures the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee
