Biathlon: time for the men’s sprint in Ruhpolding
In the wake of Hanna Oeberg ‘s success in the women’s sprint, the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding (Germany) will feature a men’s sprint on the programme from 2.30pm on Saturday. Bulgarian Anton Sinapov, who has bib number 1, will start first.
Andrejs Rastorgujevs (2), Emilien Claude (3), Grzegorz Galica (6), Lucas Fratzscher (7), Mark-Markos Kehva (9), Dominic Unterweger (10), Viktor Brandt (11), Sverre Dahlen Aspenes (12) and Thierry Langer (13) followed quickly afterwards.
Vytautas Strolia (16) will open the blue group, followed by Lukas Hofer (18), Michal Krcmar (20), Maxime Germain (21), Vitezslav Hornig (22), Vitalii Mandzyn (24) and David Zobel (26), Sondre Slettemark (27), the blue bib Isak Frey (28), Simon Eder (30), Jesper Nelin (32), Niklas Hartweg (33), Tero Seppälä (34), Fabien Claude (36), Joscha Burkhalter (38) and Oscar Lombardot (42).
Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson (44) will be the first biathlete in the red group to start. Next up are Campbell Wright (46), Johannes Kuehn (47), Martin Uldal (48), Sturla Holm Lægreid (50), Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen (52) and the yellow and red Tommaso Giacomel (54), Quentin Fillon-Maillet (56), Eric Perrot (58), Martin Ponsiluoma (60), Philipp Nawrath (62), Johannes Dale-Skjevdal (64), Emilien Jacquelin (66) and Justus Strelow (68).
At the end of the race, Jeremy Finello (71), Jacques Jefferies (74), Malte Stefansson (75), Sebastian Stalder (76), Dmytro Pidruchnyi (77), Henning Sjoekvist (79), Paul Schommer (81), Nicola Romanin (85), Matthias Riebli (87), Blagoy Todev (88), Jakob Kulbin (89), Jimi Klemettinen (91), Danilo Riethmueller (93), David Komatz (94), Sam Parmantier (97), César Beauvais (99) and Tadej Repnik (107).
The complete start list
Men’s sprint – 2.30pm
C51A_v1-27-1- The full programme for the Ruhpolding World Cup, the fifth stage of the 2025/2026 season
- Caroline Colombo: my best memory of… Ruhpolding
- Ruhpolding World Cup: Norway with Johan-Olav Botn, still uncertain, Sturla Holm Lægreid, Juni Arnekleiv and Siri Skar
- Dorothea Wierer and Lisa Vittozzi are back after their stalemate: Italy with eleven for Ruhpolding
- Sophia Schneider and Danilo Riethmueller retained, Philipp Horn still sidelined: the German squad for the World Cup in Ruhpolding
- Ruhpolding: Sweden’s selection for the fifth round of the World Cup
- Lisa Theresa Hauser back from illness, first for Lukas Haslinger: Austria’s selection for the Ruhpolding World Cup
- Emilien Claude replaces Valentin Lejeune, women’s squad unchanged: France’s selection for the Ruhpolding World Cup
- “I’ll be thinking about the Olympics if I get my selection”: after a winter disrupted by illness, Emilien Claude returns to the World Cup in Ruhpolding
- Jeanne Richard, Emilien Claude and Oscar Lombardot in favourable positions for Olympic qualification: lessons from the French selection for Ruhpolding
- Ruhpolding World Cup: Slovakia with Paulina Batovska Fialkova, back from a training camp in Lavazè
- Ruhpolding: Belgium unveils its eight-strong biathlon squad
- Coralie Langel’s second World Cup appearance and Jeremy Finello’s comeback: Switzerland announces its squad for Ruhpolding
- Ruhpolding: Slovenia led by Anamarija Lampic and still without Jakov Fak
- The Czech Republic’s selection for the Ruhpolding World Cup
- Johan-Olav Botn finally withdraws from the Ruhpolding World Cup
- Ruhpolding: no relay for Tommaso Giacomel, rested
- “She’s not feeling 100%”: why isn’t Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold taking part in the Ruhpolding relay?
- Ruhpolding: Norway, led by an immense Maren Kirkeeide, wins the relay ahead of Italy and Sweden, with France fourth
- “There were better than us today”: the scarecrows of the last relay before the 2026 Olympics, how Les Bleues let the podium slip away in Ruhpolding
- “It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever experienced”: with an incredible Maren Kirkeeide, the Norwegians won their first relay since March 2024.
- The top three teams in 3 seconds: the Ruhpolding relay, the closest relay in the history of women’s biathlon
- Ruhpolding: Emilien Jacquelin withdraws from the relay, Oscar Lombardot replaces him
- Ruhpolding: Fabien Claude, Oscar Lombardot, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Eric Perrot win the relay at the end of the suspense
- “Boy, does that feel good! Les Bleus take a weight off their shoulders after winning the last relay before the 2026 Olympic Games in Ruhpolding
- 30 km out, called up at the last minute, solid and victorious relay: Oscar Lombardot’s crazy day at Ruhpolding
