Biathlon: a women’s sprint to kick off hostilities
The Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof (Germany) kicks off this Thursday with the women’s sprint. The first start of the race takes place at 2.20pm, after Canada’s Nadia Moser, number 1, passes through the start gate.
Ahead of the big favourites, Milena Todorova (2), Tuuli Tomingas (3), Anastasiya Kuzmina (4), Eve Bouvard (6), Anna-Karin Heijdenberg (12) and Aita Gasparin (15) will get underway.
Next up are Natalia Sidorowicz on 16, Lotte Lie on 18, Venla Lehtonen on 19, Lena Haecki-Gross on 20, Yuliia Dzhima on 22, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold on 23, Anamarija Lampic on 24, Gro Randby on 25, Lisa Theresa Hauser on 28, Ida Lien on 29, Maya Cloetens on 30, Julia Tannheimer on 34, Maren Kirkeeide on 36, Paula Botet on 37 for her World Cup comeback, Karoline Knotten on 38, Elvira Oeberg on 40, Selina Grotian on 42, Hanna Oeberg on 43, Lou Jeanmonnot on 44, Ella Halvarsson on 46, Anna Gandler on 47, Océane Michelon on 48, Suvi Minkkinen on 50, Julia Kink on 51, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet with number 52, Vanessa Voigt with number 54, Anna Magnusson with number 56, Julia Simon with number 58, Dorothea Wierer with number 60, Jeanne Richard with number 62 and the blue bib, and Franziska Preuss with number 64 and the yellow and red bib.
At the end of the start list, Ilaria Scattolo (67), Johanna Skottheim (70), Polona Klemencic (71), Juni Arnekleiv (72), Sophia Schneider (75), Tara Geraghty-Moats (80), Chloe Levins (81), Inka Hämäläinen (90) and Grace Castonguay (92) will be on track.
The complete start list
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