Biathlon | Östersund: the start lists for the pursuits

Biathlon: end of the Östersund World Cup this Sunday with pursuit races

This Sunday, the Biathlon World Cup in Östersund (Sweden) comes to a close with the first pursuits of the Olympic winter. At 1.15pm, the women will be the first to take to the track, with Finland’s Suvi Minkkinen, wearing the yellow bib, taking the lead two days after her success in the sprint.

Behind them, Anna Magnusson will be 17 seconds behind, Océane Michelon 21, Lisa Theresa Hauser 30, Elvira Oeberg 45, Joanna Jakiela 47, the blue bib Maren Kirkeeide 50, Julia Tannheimer 51, Ella Halvarsson and Lotte Lie 53, the red bib Lou Jeanmonnot 55, Inka Hämäläinen 57 and Camille Bened 59.

Those over a minute behind include Lisa Vittozzi (+1 min 1), Dorothea Wierer (+1 min 2), Jeanne Richard (+1 min 9), Marketa Davidova (+1 min 16), Karoline Knotten (+1 min 22), Gilonne Guigonnat (+1 min 27), Anna Gandler (+1 min 31), Anamarija Lampic (+1 min 40), Janina Hettich-Walz (+1 min 43), Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (+1 min 52), Anastasiya Kuzmina (+1 min 59), Amandine Mengin (+2 min 6) and Hanna Oeberg (+2 min 7).

Johan-Olav Botn in search of a hat-trick

The start of the men’s race takes place at 3.20pm. Norwegian Johan-Olav Botn, in yellow, will open the ball, followed by Martin Uldal at 11 seconds, Quentin Fillon-Maillet at 14, Sturla Holm Lægreid and Sebastian Samuelsson at 25, Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen at 30, Sivert Guttorm Bakken at 37, Tommaso Giacomel at 38, Eric Perrot at 40, Malte Stefansson at 45, Maxime Germain at 51 and Philipp Nawrath at 54.

Further back, Martin Ponsiluoma (+1 min 3), Campbell Wright (+1 min 18), the blue bib Isak Frey (+1 min 21),Antonin Guigonnat (+1 min 47), Niklas Hartweg (+2 min 7), Fabien Claude (+2 min 12) andEmilien Jacquelin (+2 min 13) will all have to watch out for.

The complete start lists

Women’s pursuit – 1.15pm

Men’s pursuit – 3.20pm

• The full programme for the Östersund World Cup, the first stage of the 2025/2026 season
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• “When it performs, it creates momentum”: the relays on the opening weekend of the World Cup in Östersund, important events to get the French team on the right track
• Östersund: Jeanne Richard, Océane Michelon, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Lou Jeanmonnot dominate the women’s relay, the first race of the winter season
• “It’s a great team effort”: on their first outing of the winter in Östersund, Les Bleues have already won the World Cup
• Östersund: France’s Fabien Claude, Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Emilien Jacquelin and Eric Perrot second in the relay won by Norway
• “A good relay in tempo”: behind the Norwegians in the Östersund relay, the French get their winter off to a good start
• “There’s this desire to go for the greatest medal of all”: beaten by Norway in the first relay of the season, Les Bleus have their sights set on Olympic gold
• Östersund: Sweden win the mixed singles relay ahead of Norway, Fabien Claude and Camille Bened third for France
• “It’s important in a career”: Camille Bened takes her first World Cup relay podium finish in the mixed singles relay in Östersund
• “It’s wonderful to see her so happy and fulfilled”: former biathlete Chloé Bened reacts emotionally to her older sister Camille Bened’s first World Cup podium finish.
• Östersund: Emilien Jacquelin, Eric Perrot, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Lou Jeanmonnot win the mixed relay for France
• Östersund World Cup: Corinne Niogret’s debrief (relays)
• Östersund: Dorothea Wierer triumphs in the individual event ahead of Sonja Leinamo and Camille Bened, who takes her first solo podium finish
• “It’s the fruit of a lot of hard work”: an emotional Camille Bened talks about her third place in the Östersund individual event
• Camille Bened as told by her first coach Martin Bouchet after her podium finish in Östersund: “She was already a great fighter who never gave up”.
• Östersund: Johan-Olav Botn takes his first World Cup win by winning the individual, Eric Perrot best Frenchman
• “I’m in seventh heaven”: Johan-Olav Botn, who was ill at the start of the week, ran the perfect race in Östersund.
• “We’re where we should be”: a tricky first individual race for the French team, far from the podium in Östersund
• Östersund: Océane Michelon third in the sprint, victory for Finland’s Suvi Minkkinen ahead of Anna Magnusson
• Östersund: winner of the sprint, Suvi Minkkinen takes the yellow bib as World Cup leader
• Suvi Minkkinen, winner of her first World Cup victory in the Östersund sprint: “It’s incredible”.
• “It’s a great day for me”: 993 days later, Anna Magnusson is back on a World Cup podium in Östersund.
• The pride of Océane Michelon, scorer of her first World Cup 10/10 to finish on the podium in the Östersund sprint: “I went all the way”.