Biathlon: men’s sprint on the programme this Friday in Oberhof
This Friday, the day after the women’s sprint won by Paula Botet, it’sthe men who will be on deck in Oberhof (Germany). At 2.20pm, Sweden’s Viktor Brandt will be the first to set off, bib number 1 on his back.
Lovro Planko (3), Niklas Hartweg (5), Jonas Marecek (6), Tero Seppälä (7), Maxime Germain (10), David Komatz (13) and Simon Kaiser (15) will start in the first bibs. Next up are Martin Ponsiluoma (16), Andrejs Rastorgujevs (17), Dmytro Pidruchnyi (18), Thierry Langer (20), Jesper Nelin (22), Lukas Hofer (24), Emilien Claude (25) and Philipp Horn (26), Justus Strelow (28), Simon Eder (29), Johannes Kuehn (32), Antonin Guigonnat (34), Sebastian Stalder (35), Endre Stroemsheim (36), Vitalii Mandzyn (42) and Campbell Wright (44) in the blue group.
The red group, the favourites, will include Emilien Jacquelin (46), Sturla Holm Lægreid (48), Sebastian Samuelsson (50), Vebjoern Soerum (52), Tommaso Giacomel (54), Tarjei Boe (56), Quentin Fillon-Maillet (58), Florent Claude (59), Jakov Fak (60), Johannes Thingnes Boe (62), Martin Uldal (64), Danilo Riethmueller (66), Philipp Nawrath (68), Eric Perrot (70) and Fabien Claude (72).
The complete start list
- 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
- The full programme for the Oberhof World Cup, the fourth stage of the 2024/2025 season
- Corinne Niogret: my best memory of… Oberhof
- 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
